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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House agriculture committee approves HF770 3/3/25
Transcript Highlights:
- because they're beginning farmer loan program was one of the items on the slideshow that helped me purchase
- I was able to lock in with the help of RFA saves me enough interest each month, for example, to purchase
- ><c> Farm</c><00:04:28.400><c> it</c><00:04:28.600><c> at</c><00:04:28.759><c> the</c> helped me purchase
- </c><00:04:55.320><c> 40</c> farmer program helped us purchase 40 farmer program helped us purchase 40
- one ton of hog feed example to purchase one ton of hog feed um<00:05:19.199><c> this</c><00:05:19.360
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 03/23/26
Jobs and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:30:40.399><c> In</c><00:30:40.720><c> total,</c> purchase custom baked goods.
- In total, purchase custom baked goods.
- Thousands of students have shifted to uh remote learning, reducing daily uh school meals.
- Thousands of students have shifted to uh remote learning, reducing daily uh school meals.
- </c> afraid to even come to to to purchase afraid to even come to to to purchase and<01:40:13.840><c>
Committee:
Senate Jobs and Economic Development
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- here senior Trinity Presbyterian School here senior Trinity Presbyterian School here in Montgomery I
- dessert Buffet is from 3:00 to schools dessert Buffet is from 3:00 to schools dessert Buffet is from
- School mhm and Jackson High School mhm and Jackson High School mhm and um I met this young man named
- to go to a different school no they continue to go to school they no they continue to go to school they
- no they continue to go to school they continue to go to school and then how continue to go to school
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Business and Commerce (Part II) Apr 1st, 2025
Business & Commerce
Transcript Highlights:
- Texas has nearly 700,000 public school employees who serve 5.5 million students every day.
- I am a public school employee with Dallas ISD.
- I have been a public school educator for almost 20 years.
- I can't imagine who would be asking for this bill as a public school employee.
- If I understand correctly, public school teachers have contracts with school districts. don't they?
Bills:
SB75 , SB715 , SB776 , SB1299 , SB1405 , SB1968 , SB2021 , SB2077 , SB2148 , SB2321 , SB2330 , SB2411
Committee:
Senate Business & Commerce
Keywords:
electric generation, reliability, ERCOT, Public Utility Commission, penalties, performance requirements, energy policy, construction contracts, compensatory damages, government delays, contractor, legislation, nonprofit donor privacy, membership lists, supporter confidentiality, volunteer privacy, association rights, public records exemption, Texas Public Information Act, government transparency
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- But it looks like it comes from the permanent school fund. Is that right? Yes.
- Why would the permanent, and it's just because I'm not aware, why does the permanent school fund build
- breakfast school lunch program where we oversee 5 million school meals.
- When I took over, zero local products were being served in our schools.
- And so those, most school districts carry.
Committee:
Senate Finance
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- In 2012, after seeing that last insect, I was going to school at the University of Arizona at the time
- Instead we can source a novel source of new world school room from Veracruz, do a demonstration of x-ray
- So, you know, to answer your question, I don't perceive Texas requiring to purchase these insects any
- It'd be like being on the school board.
- In the process also, A&M got a grant through the vet school and Dr.
Committee:
House Agriculture & Livestock
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Minnesota House higher education committee approves omnibus bill 4/16/26
Transcript Highlights:
- I worked full-time, went to school full-time.
- </c><01:14:10.080><c> In</c> full-time, went to school full-time.
- In full-time, went to school full-time.
- </c><01:25:56.159><c> students</c> This would limit public school students This would limit public school
- </c> program would see reduced purchasing program would see reduced purchasing power.<01:29:31.679><c
Summary:
The committee took up House File 4252 and first heard a walkthrough of a DE2 amendment that largely incorporated Office of Higher Education technical and statutory cleanup items, including reporting consolidations, updates to postsecondary registration and licensing statutes, and an anti-fraud provision. New provisions in the DE2 would require public postsecondary institutions to explain developmental courses before enrollment and obtain a written acknowledgement, revise the state grant tuition cap, add a $1.5 million ongoing appropriation in FY 2027 for an identity verification system to combat enrollment fraud, and provide $5,000 one-time funding for reforestation at Bemidji State University. Fiscal staff also noted additional special revenue fund revenue and expenditures tied to licensing and registration litigation response.
The main debate centered on the A8 amendment offered by Representative Rarick, which would require the governor to appoint University of Minnesota regents only from candidates recommended by the joint legislative committee if the legislature fails to elect regents. Rarick argued the amendment was needed to address what he described as conflicts of interest and pay-to-play concerns in recent gubernatorial appointments. Several members questioned whether the language was constitutional, whether it actually addressed conflicts of interest, and whether it should instead refer to ARCAC-screened or ARCAC-recommended candidates. Nonpartisan staff said the governor’s appointment power is addressed in the university charter, not directly in the constitution, but could not definitively assess constitutionality if challenged.
Members were divided: some supported the goal of cleaner governance but said the amendment was not ready or did not match the problem being described; others argued the legislature had failed to complete its own regent appointments and that the amendment was a response to that failure. No vote on the A8 amendment or the bill was reached in the portion provided, though a roll call was requested on the amendment and the chair indicated the bill would continue through amendment consideration before final discussion and vote.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs (04/10/2026)
State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- So, we all are sort of in the same, I think, conundrum where you have building for military schooling
- So, especially for Vermont, the Mountain Warfare School is the first thing that comes to mind because
- </c><01:13:28.720><c> So,</c> building for military schooling. So, building for military schooling.
- , who went to UNH for, well, kind of for free, then grad school for free.
- , who went to UNH for, well, kind of for free, then grad school for free.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
HHS-CPN, CPN, CPN DEFER Public Hearings 03-19-2025
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- by the purchasing dispensary at the time of transportation shall be transported to the purchasing licensee's
- </c> authorize the dispensary to purchase authorize the dispensary to purchase cannabis<00:36:24.800>
- by the purchasing dispensary at the time of transportation shall be transported to the purchasing licensee's
- </c> manufacturing by the purchasing manufacturing by the purchasing dispensary<00:37:14.079><c> at</
- </c> shall be transported to the purchasing shall be transported to the purchasing licenses<00:37:18.400
Committee:
Senate Health and Human Services
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on HB 302, which would expand access to medical cannabis by removing the in-person provider-patient relationship requirement and related restrictions. The Department of Health supported the bill, and multiple advocates and organizations testified in support, including the ACLU of Hawaii, Hawaii Alliance for Cannabis Reform, Marijuana Policy Project, and others. Supporters said the measure would improve access for patients, especially on outer islands, and some urged broader amendments allowing providers to certify cannabis for any medical condition and to speed registration and treat in-state and out-of-state patients equally. No opposition was heard, and the bill was left with no questions after testimony.
The committee also heard HB 1052 HD1, which clarifies that the Public Utilities Commission may use universal service fund monies to provide free telecommunications access for individuals with print disabilities. Testimony was uniformly supportive from the DCCA Division of Consumer Advocacy, the State Council on Developmental Disabilities, the Department of Human Services, the Public Utilities Commission, and the National Federation of the Blind of Hawaii. Witnesses described the program as an important accessibility service that has been operating under prior appropriations and should continue under the universal service program.
HB 1482, relating to controlled substances and hemp/synthetic cannabinoids, drew support from the Department of Law Enforcement, Department of Health, Honolulu Police Department, and others, with some comments from the Attorney General’s office. Supporters said the bill would clarify that delta-8 THC is a controlled substance and help enforcement against illegal hemp products and synthetic cannabinoids. Testimony and questioning focused on the need for better lab testing capacity, retail registry and age-gating, seizure authority, nuisance abatement, and possible use of special funds or appropriations to support enforcement. Members also discussed enforcement of illegal hemp businesses and whether additional funding or statutory changes would be needed.
Finally, the committee took up HB 712, a 340B drug-discount measure affecting safety-net providers and contract pharmacies. Hospitals, health centers, and provider groups testified in support, saying the bill would protect access to discounted drugs and preserve funding for services such as chronic disease management, transportation, and specialty care. Pharmaceutical-industry representatives opposed the bill or sought amendments, arguing the 340B program has expanded beyond its original intent and lacks transparency, and they requested reporting or audit-like provisions to verify claims and revenues. Members questioned both sides about alleged abuse, the growth of contract pharmacies, and whether the bill should include transparency requirements before moving forward.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Currently, the condemner is required to disclose, at the time an offer to purchase is made, any and all
- private and public entities with eminent domain authority, which includes things like cities, counties, schools
- bill gave more transparency and accountability to landowners when faced with their properties being purchased
- demands on our infrastructure, with more traffic as folks travel longer distances to get to work, school
- I'm a master's student at the Bush School of Government, but also a resident in the City of College Station
Committee:
House Land & Resource Management
Summary:
The committee first took up House Bill 5695, which would create the Sayers Ranch Municipal Utility District in Bastrop County between Elgin and Bastrop. Representative Gurdis said Bastrop County commissioners unanimously supported the district. There was no public testimony, the bill was left pending, and later reported favorably to the full House on an 8-0 vote.
The main debate centered on Senate Bill 291, which would require condemning entities to pay landowner attorney’s fees if they fail to provide 10 years of appraisal reports with an initial offer in an eminent domain case. Supporters, including Rita Beving and Charles Maley, argued the bill would add an enforcement mechanism and better protect landowners in a process they described as intimidating and lopsided. Opponents, including Tom Zabel and Lisa Kaufman, said current law already provides a remedy through abatement and attorney’s fees under Section 21.047 of the Property Code, and warned the bill could create inconsistency, delay public infrastructure projects, and increase costs. The bill was left pending.
The committee also heard House Bill 5699, a simple MUD boundary change in Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 405 that would allow a tract to leave one district and join another. Representative Schofield said the landowner and district agreed to the change and to pay the tract’s share of debt. The committee substitute was adopted and the bill was reported favorably on an 8-0 vote.
Later, the committee considered House Bill 5489, which would impose a four-year moratorium on impact fees. Representative Dyson framed it as an “active study” to test whether impact fees raise housing costs. College Station officials and other opponents argued impact fees help fund infrastructure for growth and that local governments should retain control; supporters said the fees are regressive and add to housing prices. The bill was left pending. The committee then heard Senate Bill 292, which would update the Landowner Bill of Rights to add information on surveys, require separate offers for property not sought in condemnation, and require the rights document to be delivered with the initial offer. Supporters said it would improve transparency and fill gaps in the current document, while opponents said it was unnecessary because the law already exists and warned against revisiting a 2021 compromise. The transcript ends during that discussion.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- , which includes charter schools.
- It clarifies that this will be for all public school personnel, including personnel at charter schools
- or the school districts.
- school districts, and each school and each district will be able to pull from there.
- And that's why this amendment is here, to make sure that charter schools, which are public schools, are
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer, and heard several announcements and recognitions, including remarks from the new Democratic caucus leader, Senator Berman, who emphasized bipartisan work on education, health care, the environment, and family issues. The chamber also recognized military leaders, an intern, and guests connected to later bills. No committee reports or executive messages were on the desk at the start of the session.
The Senate then took up a series of bills, many of them with House companion substitutions and technical amendments. Major measures included the Pam Rock Act on dangerous dogs, which passed 36-0; a local government land regulation bill that was amended after questions about quasi-judicial hearings, impact fees, and county costs, then passed 26-8; a vessels/boating bill that incorporated related legislation and passed 35-0; a blood clot screening and treatment bill creating the Emily Adkins Family Protection Act, which passed 36-0; a fleeing or eluding law enforcement bill, amended to remove vehicle impoundment in the House version, which passed 36-0; a concealed carry/firearms bill for certain law enforcement and military personnel, which passed 33-3; and a timeshare management bill, which passed 36-0.
The chamber also passed a disability history and awareness instruction bill, the Evan B. Hartzell Act, after extensive debate about language and the meaning of disability versus “unique abilities”; it received 35 co-sponsors and passed 35-0. Other bills passed included manufacturing and related fee legislation, public education on background screening requirements, utility service restrictions, educational opportunities for military children, Medicaid oversight, health facilities authorities, and veteran and spouse nursing home beds, most by unanimous or near-unanimous votes. Several bills were temporarily postponed, including measures on human trafficking, waste management, Bright Futures, mammogram coverage, Parkinson’s disease, and others.
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Appropriations S/C on Articles VI, VII, & VIII Feb 26th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- We've got individuals that are in schools, in, in career schools, in high schools, high schools is finally
- and trade schools.
- Lisa mentioned high schools and trade schools since we saw you last.
- We've got 60 high schools, when they graduate from high school, they're ready to enter the workforce
- We are increasing our volume by the high school programs and the trade school programs.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- the rider, and then rider 28 was modified to provide unexpended balance authority for the Rosenwald School
- It's only to purchase state... you talk about the State Park Fund, right? That's right.
- It's only to purchase state... you talk about the State Park Fund, right? That's right.
- It's only to purchase state... you talk about the State Park Fund, right? That's right.
- Stephanie Libby: ...for needed IT system enhancements and equipment purchases.
Committee:
Senate Finance
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 4/15/26
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- I am North Branch Area Public Schools.
- </c><00:09:02.640><c> districts</c> us to fund individual school districts us to fund individual school
- other or um school districts have come other or um school districts have come forward<00:12:09.120><c
- </c> things that came out was one, the school things that came out was one, the school districts<00:14
- </c> focus should be um not at our school focus should be um not at our school districts<00:14:59.920
Keywords:
apprenticeship, education, teacher training, grant program, labor and industry, workers' compensation, Minnesota workers' compensation, Workers' Compensation Advisory Council, reinsurance association, Workers' Compensation Reinsurance Association, WCRA, occupational disease, presumption, first responders, firefighter cancer, PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder, police officer, paramedic, emergency medical technician
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- median-priced single-family home, and a family now needs an annual income of roughly $221,000 to purchase
- A family now needs an annual income of roughly $221,000 to purchase a home.
- Are they purchasing those back and keeping them deed-restricted?
- Some of the cheaper systems that are available for purchase go for about $500.
- I started using drugs my junior year of high school.
Committee:
Senate Housing
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Public Health REVISION 2- HB1912 - Added - Part 2 Feb 18th, 2026 at 10:10 am
Public Health
Transcript Highlights:
- the medication. ...have the freedom to go into the store and purchase the medication, can purchase the
- To be sure that the person purchasing them know that they are not a service animal.
- To the purchaser. You recognize for follow-up?
- So then the seller would protect themselves by having an acknowledgement from the purchaser.
- The seller would protect themselves by having an acknowledgement from the purchaser.
Bills:
HB4336 , HB1818 , HB3194 , HB3538 , HB3682 , HB3762 , HB3793 , HB3930 , HB3931 , HB3934 , HB4124 , HB4200 , HB4410 , HB4457 , HB4473 , HB3884 , HB1912
Committee:
House Public Health
Keywords:
interventional pain management, pain management clinic, chronic pain, acute pain, spinal injections, epidural steroid injection, peripheral nerve block, nerve ablation, spinal cord stimulator, intrathecal infusion pump, endoscopic diskectomy, fluoroscopy, physician supervision, allopathic physician, osteopathic physician, CRNA, certified registered nurse anesthetist, nurse anesthetist, freestanding pain management facility, medical licensure
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Energy and Natural Resources (04/21/2026)
Energy and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- A mining business purchased a property in my town which had already had a mining permit, and they wished
- And these are plots of land that are purchased to dump sludge, and they're considered farms.
- </c><00:49:35.599><c> to</c><00:49:35.920><c> dump</c> land uh that are purchased to dump land uh that
- are purchased to dump sludge<00:49:36.800><c> and</c><00:49:37.040><c> they're</c><00:49:37.359><c>
- that and didn't know about it, purchased that and didn't know about it, they<00:57:00.880><c> would<
Committee:
Senate Energy and Natural Resources
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Health and Human Services Jan 28th, 2026 at 09:07 am
House Health & Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- , the school district, operates.
- And I have another question with charter schools.
- , the school district, operates. for nine and a half.
- So it just depends on how the charter school, the school district operates.
- And I have another question with charter schools. Charter schools, and I'm not sure exactly how.
Committee:
House House Health & Human Services
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Judiciary, Division B - Room 409, 28 January, 2026; 9:00 A.M.
Judiciary, Division B
Transcript Highlights:
- That also included every high school in the state uh having a driver's education program.
- uh, or through one through a school uh, or through one authorized<00:04:35.120><c> through</c><00:04
- in the state included every high school in the state uh<00:05:13.199><c> having</c><00:05:13.440><c>
- The state of Mississippi through driver's education, um, and providing the funds to both high schools
- or at our driver's to use it at schools or at our driver's education<00:08:04.240><c> facilities,</c
Committee:
Joint Judiciary, Division B
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Special Legislative Commission on Emerging Firearm Technology Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Transcript Highlights:
- The public interest in purchasing a smart gun is substantial.
- The public interest in purchasing a smart gun is substantial.
- Any law that required all or even a subset of gun purchasers to only buy personalized firearms would
- So you just mentioned that you would hope new firearm purchases would look at this?
- It would be required for anybody looking to purchase a gun or That then it would not be adopted.
Summary:
The commission met for its fourth hearing on emerging firearm technology, focused on personalized firearms and related privacy issues. Co-chairs noted the commission’s charge to study personalized firearm incentives, risks from digital manufacturing codes and AI, and the costs of requiring personalized firearm and microstamp technologies, and said the report deadline is being extended to July 31. They also announced the next public hearing for April 17 at 11:00 a.m., limited to Massachusetts residents.
The first witness, Kai Kloepfer of Biofire, described the company’s personalized 9mm smart gun and argued it is designed to prevent unauthorized use through biometric authentication, local encrypted data storage, no wireless connectivity, and automatic disarming when released. He said Biofire opposes any mandate requiring personalized firearms, calling such mandates a de facto gun ban that would stifle innovation, limit consumer choice, and burden a still-developing market. He said the company has a patent portfolio, has received thousands of pre-orders, is shipping in all 50 states, and is approved for sale in Massachusetts; he also said the gun costs about $1,500, is currently sold online, and is intended mainly for home defense. Members questioned him about sales, manufacturing, battery life, repairability, transfer of ownership, possible expansion to other firearms, and whether microstamping could be incorporated.
A Massachusetts firearms roster official, Michaela Dunn, explained the state’s testing and approval process for handguns and confirmed that the Biofire firearm is now on the Massachusetts roster and commercially available for retail sale in the state. Kate Crockford of the ACLU of Massachusetts testified only on facial recognition, warning that commercially available systems show significant demographic bias and that Massachusetts lacks comprehensive biometric privacy protections. She urged passage of pending data privacy and biometric privacy bills, including the Massachusetts Data Privacy Act and related measures, before any broader use of biometric verification in firearm laws. Commissioners discussed privacy concerns, and Biofire said its system is zero-knowledge and would likely comply with stronger biometric privacy laws. No votes were taken and no formal action was reported beyond the scheduling announcement and the extension effort.