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CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Committee on Economic Development, Growth, and Household Impact Jul 11th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Obviously, federal budget cuts to science and research are impacting everything from that basic research
- We just approved a $300 billion budget in the state of California.
- fought so hard to protect because the governor had proposed to cut 8% of higher education in our budget
- The first is to streamline and expand technical assistance, fund the one-time budget change proposal
- with you on, the first of which is streamline and expand technical assistance, fund the one-time budget
Summary:
The Assembly Committee on Economic Development, Growth, and Household Impact held an informational hearing in San Diego focused on “Making Sense of California’s Economy: Real Cost Pressures and Household Impacts Facing San Diego.” Chair Salas and Assemblymember Darshana Patel opened by emphasizing affordability, housing, and the importance of bringing state policy discussions into the community. The first panel featured leaders from Cal State San Marcos and the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation, who described the region’s innovation ecosystem, the university’s role in social mobility and workforce development, and the importance of partnerships with K-12 schools, community colleges, military installations, and industry. They also highlighted regional strengths in life sciences, aerospace and defense, advanced manufacturing, clean energy, and venture-backed innovation, while warning that housing costs, federal research cuts, permitting delays, and small-business fragility threaten growth and talent retention.
Committee members asked about collaboration among higher education institutions and what state policy changes could help. Panelists said the region’s universities are complementary rather than competitive and stressed the value of public-private partnerships, social innovation, and aligning academic programs with employer needs. On policy, they urged faster permitting, possible regulatory sandboxes, stronger research investment, support for cross-border trade and manufacturing, and more housing affordability to keep workers in the region. The second panel centered on small business and entrepreneurship, with testimony from Hydrostasis founder Dr. Debbie Chen, Amai co-founder Sven Davison, and Asian Business Association San Diego CEO Jason Pagal. Chen described building a hydration-monitoring wearable, the barriers women founders face in accessing capital, and the importance of SBDC, Stella Foundation, and university internship support. Davison described Amai’s edible cup business and how tariffs, supply-chain costs, and financing constraints forced the company to pivot manufacturing plans. Pagal presented survey data showing high relocation intent, difficulty hiring, and low confidence among businesses, and recommended expanded technical assistance, regional cost-of-living adjustments, and small-business affordability zones.
During questioning, members discussed targeted procurement and local incentive models, the role of SBDC and other support networks, and how to better tailor state programs to local conditions. Public comment came from the California Southern Small Business Development Corporation, which stressed that access to affordable capital remains a major challenge and noted the volume of loan guarantee requests coming from San Diego. No formal votes were taken; the hearing concluded with closing remarks from both members underscoring the need to use local testimony to shape future state policy and support California’s economy, families, and small businesses.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- were $3,500 to $4,000, and most people just don't have that kind of flexibility built into their budgets
- Even their budget is checked by us. It has to be approved as well.
- Budget Board, so he knows a bit about both sides of how the fiber optic cable gets made.
- He also served as the former chairman of both the City of Pflugerville Finance and Budget Committee and
- doing to make sure that that doesn't happen again, that you're watching and checking everybody's budget
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Nominations held its final nomination hearing of the session and considered three nominees: J.B. Goodwin for the Texas Real Estate Commission, Courtney Yaltman for the Public Utility Commission of Texas, and Thomas Gleason as PUC chairman. Goodwin described his long career in real estate and charitable work, and senators questioned him extensively about the Real Estate Commission’s self-directed, semi-independent status, housing affordability, institutional homebuyers, property insurance costs, disclosure issues, and the Burnett v. National Association of Realtors case. Yaltman and Gleason were questioned about PUC oversight of ERCOT, post-Winter Storm Uri reforms, utility resilience and vegetation management after Hurricane Beryl, water and telecommunications oversight, staffing and transparency, and rising infrastructure and utility costs.
Much of the discussion focused on housing and utility affordability, with several senators urging the nominees to keep consumer protection and public trust at the forefront. Goodwin said housing affordability and large-scale investment purchases were not within the Real Estate Commission’s direct purview, though he supported further study. Yaltman and Gleason said the PUC had increased oversight of ERCOT, improved communication and accountability with utilities, and was working on resiliency plans, rate-setting issues, and infrastructure planning while trying to avoid overburdening ratepayers.
The committee first voted to favorably report nominees left pending from the May 5 agenda by a 6-0 roll call vote. After public testimony was opened and closed, the committee then voted on the nominees heard that day and favorably recommended all three to the full Senate for confirmation by a 7-0 vote. The committee then recessed subject to the call of the chair.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- And TxDOT's Connecting Texas 2050 Long-Range Transportation Plan indicates that there is a budget. shortfall
- funding sources, such as the motor fuel. tax and vehicle registration tax gets us up to 67% of the budget
- It is not, however, a budget. or a guarantee that those projects are going to be built, but it is a plan
- So going back to, I guess. your slide one, you talked about 60, what is it, 62% of the budget. and part
- We then developed the budget.
NY
New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Racing, Gaming and Wagering - 05/20/2026
Racing, Gaming And Wagering
Transcript Highlights:
- And I think under the circumstances of the challenges this year of the budget, unbelievable achievements
- constraints, you can see a lot of people who are doing a lot of different things to try to wrap up this budget
- I hear you get the budget. That's exactly what we've been joined by Senator Helming.
Summary:
The Senate Racing, Gaming and Wagering Committee held what was described as its final meeting, with Chair Joe Addabbo and Ranking Member Tedisco offering brief remarks thanking colleagues, staff, and stakeholders for bipartisan work on gaming and racing issues. The chair emphasized the committee’s goal of promoting legal, safe gaming and supporting related industries such as horse racing.
The committee then advanced several bills. S-2294 (Scufis) on employees of authorized organizations operating games of chance was approved unanimously. S-4865 (Fahy) would allow the Capital District Regional Off-Track Betting Corporation to retain and distribute certain uncashed tickets; it was approved, with Senator Helming voting without recommendation. S-5614 (Addabbo) would remove restrictions on how often certain authorized organizations may conduct bingo games; it passed unanimously and was sent to the calendar.
The committee also approved S-9414 on prediction markets, with members noting the issue’s growing importance and thanking the Gaming Commission, Governor’s Office, and Attorney General’s Office for their efforts; Senator Helming voted without recommendation. S-9415 (Addabbo) would require mobile sports wagering operators to share monthly invoice statements with authorized consumers and was sent to the calendar. S-9545 (Fahy) on unclaimed winnings, refunds, and tax remittance was also approved and sent to the Finance Committee. No opposition votes were recorded on the measures that were advanced.
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Baldwin County Legislation Committee Feb 11th, 2025
Baldwin County Legislation
Transcript Highlights:
- There's plenty of money in the budget. No issues on the budget, and it's a local budget.
Bills:
HB78
Keywords:
Baldwin County, court proceedings, nonjury cases, branch courthouses, judicial authority, 1136, house, all
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- doing a lot more and so how's your budget?
- Uh, there is no budget for this commission.
- Well, there was no so how's your budget?
- </c> budget for the previous committee. budget for the previous committee.
- </c> your budget? your budget?
Summary:
The committee heard several gubernatorial nominations for confirmation, beginning with GM 788 for Karen Knudsen to the Hawaii Sister State and International Partnerships Commission. DBEDT strongly supported her nomination, describing her decades of Asia-Pacific and East-West Center experience. Senators asked about the new commission structure, confirming that the old committee was abolished and replaced by a five-voting-member commission with two governor appointees before the Senate, other ex officio and legislative appointees, and one OHA vacancy still pending. Knudsen said the commission would help review new sister-state and international partnership proposals, while existing relationships would remain in place. Members also discussed the commission’s lack of a separate budget and its use of DBEDT international relations funding. The committee then moved to GM 789 for Wesley Fong to the same commission; DBEDT supported him based on his military, legal, and international trade background. A concern was raised that he also served on the State Ethics Commission, and Fong stated he had resigned from that post effective the 20th of the month to avoid a conflict. Senators questioned his reasons for leaving ethics, and he explained that his term was ending and he wanted to continue public service in a role aligned with his background in international agreements, education, and Indo-Pacific relations. No votes were taken in the portion provided.
The committee next considered GM 769 for Patrick Branco to the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts. The foundation and the Hawaii Regional Council of Carpenters both testified in strong support. Branco appeared by Zoom and said he was currently on temporary military orders on the East Coast, but had prior experience in public diplomacy as cultural attaché in Caracas and had worked on Fulbright and cultural exchange efforts. The committee then took up GM 770 for Makanani Salā to the same board. The State Foundation on Culture and the Arts supported her nomination, and Noe Wong-Wilson testified in person, citing Salā’s work at Windward Community College and her role in organizing the Best Fest festival, saying she would bring Hawaiian cultural perspective to the foundation. Salā said her county experience included arts, culture, and sister-city work, and that she would emphasize public-private partnerships and helping other agencies use the foundation’s expertise. Members briefly discussed FESTPAC and its rotating international location.
Finally, the committee heard GM 767 for Miles Miyatso to the Land Use Commission. The Land Use Commission and the Hawaii Regional Council of Carpenters both supported the nomination, and Avalon Development Company was listed but did not appear on Zoom. The discussion in the provided transcript ended during this item, with no vote or final action shown for the nominations covered.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- ,</c><00:11:26.640><c> which</c> districts to plan their budgets, which districts to plan their budgets
- Right now, school districts across Minnesota are making difficult budget adjustments.
- Right now, school districts across Minnesota are making difficult budget adjustments.
- Boards are right budget adjustments.
- When bargaining, the district comes to the table and says, “This is your budget.”
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Additionally, the median school library budget for a media center is only $5,000.
- Again, given the pricing we've discussed, a $5,000 budget just doesn't go very far. rules.
- </c><00:59:43.040><c> just</c> we've discussed, a $5,000 budget just we've discussed, a $5,000 budget
- Our local budgets simply cannot support purchasing a full slate of research databases on our own.
- ><01:19:01.280><c> purchasing</c> budgets simply cannot support purchasing budgets simply cannot support
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- that the person who does the budget should not be sitting and voting on it.
- It's just that the person who was doing the budget should not be voting on the budget at the school board
- budget committee.
- They just—they're not changing the budget.
- I think it's either way it's still a recommendation that the budget committee makes.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 4/2/25
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- You mentioned the veterinary loan forgiveness program in the proposed Governor's budget that may be in
- 46.839><c> the</c><00:08:47.120><c> proposed</c><00:08:47.560><c> Governor's</c><00:08:48.040><c> budget
- </c><00:08:48.560><c> that</c> in the proposed Governor's budget that in the proposed Governor's budget
- </c><00:34:52.200><c> this</c> school to be 30% of our farm budget this school to be 30% of our farm
- She said many members are familiar with it because it funds all sorts of things within the budget.
Keywords:
agriculture finance, broadband development, Department of Agriculture, Board of Animal Health, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, Office of Broadband Development, food safety, food handler license, cottage food, home processed food, livestock dealer, meat packing company, milk marketer, milk marketing license, grain buyer, grain storage, beginning farmer, emerging farmer, farm down payment assistance, livestock investment grant
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session 5/13/26 - Part 2
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, all in a budget-neutral manner for this next budget term.
- Uh we also include a budget neutral way.
- </c><01:46:47.679><c> passed</c> come from the earlier uh budgets passed come from the earlier uh budgets
- </c> this legislature and into the budget this legislature and into the budget bill<01:47:16.880><c>
- hard hard um budget cuts at our<01:47:22.880><c> schools.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, May 7, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Here in hold when budgets say let go.
- </c> Republicans are trying to pass a budget Republicans are trying to pass a budget that<08:19:24.958
- <08:19:28.398><c> released</c> the Congressional Budget Office released the Congressional Budget Office
- ><c> threat</c><08:20:12.878><c> to</c> Republican budget is a threat to Republican budget is a threat
- There and means and budget committees.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session 4/28/25 - Part 2
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:21:05.280><c> and</c><00:21:05.440><c> how</c> about the 2023 budget and how about the 2023 budget
- going to find out things that you never knew was in that budget.
- going to find out things that you never knew was in that budget.
- And are we shortfalls in the budgets.
- So, this budget, like every other budget, represents a series of choices.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/26
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- That's it's a budget neutral bill. >> Okay. Okay.
- That's it's a budget neutral bill. >> Okay. Okay.
- Um so budget neutral bill. Okay. Okay.
- </c><00:47:02.800><c> year</c> beginning of the year and a budget year beginning of the year and a budget
- I'll just note build a budget.
Keywords:
workforce development, appropriations, nonprofit organizations, employment services, state funding, paid leave, S corporations, employment law, exemptions, Minnesota Statutes, cancer, healthcare, appropriation, Rural Cancer Institute, Minnesota clinicians, pilot program, nursing, education, University of Minnesota, equity
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 051 Mar 6th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It affects groceries, child care, and household budgets.
- </c> conscious uh in this tight budget year. conscious uh in this tight budget year.
- </c><02:10:36.639><c> challenges,</c> Taber and ongoing budget challenges, Taber and ongoing budget challenges
- You as Colorado citizens from budget.
- They have to come up with a balanced budget, which we cannot do.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - 02/18/26
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development
Transcript Highlights:
- On the next slide, you'll see just a quick reminder of kind of a snapshot of our budget, and we have
- Uh, I do want to highlight the next one is the 13% of the USDA budget.
- </c><00:08:44.800><c> and</c> of kind of a snapshot of our budget and of kind of a snapshot of our budget
- As some of you may of the USDA budget.
- So, just a quick breakdown of the budgets we have for our East Grand Forks program.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 03/06/25
Environment, Climate, and Legacy
Transcript Highlights:
- The budget is not subject for review now.
- We're trying to stand up an office of Inspector General currently to review budgets in the OA or the
- They can, in various places, change collectors and set their budget yearly.
- They can, in various places, change collectors and set their budget yearly.
- Cela: The budget wouldn't have to be approved each time by the agency each year.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/4/25
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- We did it in a budget-neutral way, and I'll come back to that in a moment.
- neutral way and I'll come back to budget neutral way and I'll come back to that<00:05:02.320><c> in<
- What you're seeing here is a bit of a depiction of that budget-neutral concept that I mentioned.
- </c><00:07:43.319><c> uh</c> sometimes to address uh budget uh sometimes to address uh budget uh budgetary
- </c> you'll see that in the governor's budget you'll see that in the governor's budget with<00:18:57.159
Bills:
HF1005
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee Aug 11th, 2026
Housing and Community Development
Transcript Highlights:
- So as part of the budget trailer bill in housing, it established a set-aside within CIDLAC, or bonds
- So as part of the budget trailer bill in housing, it established a set-aside within CIDLAC, or bonds
- I know that you have seen me in front of our budget committee discussing everything from the housing
- When we say fast, I mean, I know right now, I don't know if you remember, it was in our budget committee
- And we have an expanded membership through the budget proposal that really gives the expert guidance
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- Her daughter, a young adult in the self-determination program, had no one recognized to support her budget
- We are aware now that we need to align the bill with the 2025 budget, so we will be removing that Now
- that we need to align the bill with the 2025 budget, so we will be removing that provision from the
- committee had some concerns about how it related to the budget deal on this issue last year, and you
- committee had some concerns about how it related to the budget deal on this issue last year, and you
Summary:
The Senate Human Services Committee heard several bills focused on developmental disabilities, food security, veterans, aging services, child care, and elder abuse reporting. SB 969 by Senator Reyes would make remote services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities a permanent option; supporters said virtual programming improves access, continuity, and choice, and there was no opposition. SB 1025 by Senator Hurtado would create an Office of Food Security and Affordability to coordinate state food programs, improve CalFresh enrollment, and develop a 24-hour hotline; committee members raised questions about duplication, metrics, and oversight, but the bill advanced after discussion. SB 1052 by Senator Gonzalez would allow the State Council on Developmental Disabilities to appoint contingent authorized representatives so people with disabilities are not left without support if a family member becomes unavailable; supporters described immigration enforcement, illness, and family separation as reasons for the bill, and members discussed administrative burden and renewal procedures before the bill passed. SB 1077 by Senator Gonzalez would require CDSS to prepare for future federal shutdowns by creating a communications and contingency plan for CalFresh disruptions and a state-backed emergency food assistance mechanism; members discussed how it would work with existing CalFresh administration, and the bill passed. SB 1201 by Senator McNerney would seek federal waivers to protect vulnerable veterans from new SNAP work requirements and require referrals to county veterans service officers; supporters said the federal cuts would harm homeless, newly discharged, and disabled veterans, and the bill passed. SB 1261 by Senator Laird would let aging and disability resource centers continue operating through partner transitions so services would not be interrupted; supporters emphasized continuity of care and the bill passed. SB 1110 by Senator Becker would revise child care subsidy funding and stabilization rules for alternative payment programs and community providers; supporters said the current reimbursement structure is outdated, and the bill passed after the author said a budget-related provision would be removed. The committee also later voted SB 969, SB 1052, SB 1077, SB 1201, SB 1261, and SB 1110 out of committee, with the bills kept on call for absent members, and began hearing SB 991 on elder abuse reporting, where supporters argued that licensing records should distinguish abuse from lesser resident-rights violations so families and policymakers can better understand facility conduct.