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MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 3/27/25
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Transcript Highlights:
- maintaining public trust and safety. maintaining public trust and safety.
- uncommon for public officials or public<01:09:53.120>
safety <01:09:53.440>officials, <01 - :09:53.920>
police <01:09:54.239>officers public safety officials, police officers public - angle and I'm glad it's going to public angle and I'm glad it's going to public safety. safety.
- this is all to be worked out in public this is all to be worked out in public safety,<01:21:25.600
Keywords:
mortgage foreclosure, redemption, foreclosure surplus, sheriff's sale, junior lienholder, mortgagor, homeowner protections, loss mitigation, dual tracking, foreclosure redemption period, certificate of redemption, certificate of sale, sheriff, county recorder, registrar of titles, homeownership center, lien priority, real property, foreclosure by advertisement, surplus funds
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- public for this? No. Anybody on Zoom? public for this? No. Anybody on Zoom?
- Um, you mentioned public input.
- Um, you mentioned public input.
- Um, you mentioned u public office. Um, you mentioned u public input. input. input.
- Um, you mentioned public input.
Bills:
HB1881, HB2218, HB1956, HB2151, HB1845, HB1844, HB2103, HB2424, HB1650, HB376, HB2599, HB1861
Keywords:
land use, ropeway, transportation, state regulation, government exemption, DLNR, Department of Land and Natural Resources, Board of Land and Natural Resources, BLNR, public lands, public trust resources, community co-management, co-management agreement, community-based organization, Native Hawaiian, malama aina, ahupuaa, subsistence, cultural resources, religious practices
Summary:
The committee on Water and Land met on February 10, 2026, with Chair Mark Hashem outlining strict testimony rules and noting a time constraint because of later hearings and floor session obligations. The committee then took up several bills, hearing mostly supportive testimony on HB 1881 relating to land use, HB 2218 relating to DLNR/community management, and HB 1956 relating to freshwater waves, while HB 1845 relating to the Land Use Commission drew legal concerns and opposition. HB 2151 relating to building materials had no substantive testimony presented in the excerpt, and the committee moved through it quickly.
On HB 1881, testimony focused on protecting North Shore lands from overdevelopment. A supporter described the area as valuable precisely because it remains largely undeveloped, and a member asked whether the bill’s restrictions on “finculars” would affect existing or future private residential installations; the response suggested the bill was aimed at future commercial uses and that grandfathering or personal-use exceptions might be possible, but the exact wording would need legal refinement.
HB 2218 received broad support from OHA, DLNR, Kua, Sierra Club, Hui Maka Aana, the Honlay Initiative, and others, who said the measure would expand community-based co-management across DLNR divisions, build on existing park partnerships, and produce real benefits such as better stewardship, safer access, local jobs, and stronger community trust. Members asked about the bill’s five-year review structure, how multiple community groups would be handled, and whether the model could apply to ocean or nearshore areas; DLNR said the board would retain authority, agreements would be non-exclusive and subject to review, and the department was still working through how the approach would function across different divisions and marine settings.
For HB 1956, the Attorney General offered technical comments, urging clearer definitions of “residing” and “freshwater way,” clearer timing for citations and arrests, and more explicit procedural safeguards and agency roles. On HB 1845, the Attorney General and Land Use Commission raised concerns that the bill could conflict with constitutional protections for important agricultural lands and could not be reconciled with existing voting requirements; the LUC also said commissioners cannot vote by proxy under sunshine law and warned that the bill could allow too few commissioners to approve major boundary changes. Members questioned how the bill would work in counties without designated important agricultural lands, and the LUC explained that Kauai is the only county to have completed the IAL process, while the broader statutory process remains county-driven and has been the subject of litigation. No votes or final committee actions were taken in the excerpt.
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee Jan 28th, 2026
Finance and Taxation Education
Transcript Highlights:
- So, I am our public school system.
- We need to be doing for public schools.
- Like I said, that's why we're having a public hearing.
- you've<00:32:39.440>
heard <00:32:39.600>the public hearing and you've heard the public - >> I feel for our public education >> I feel for our public education um<00:50:06.880>
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- If not, public testimony is now closed.
- public school.
- Public testimony is now closed.
- Hearing none, public testimony is closed. We will record yours in. Public testimony is closed.
- I grew up here and went to public school in AIS.
Keywords:
higher education, tuition rates, financial support, immigration status, Texas law, SB 1835, resident tuition, nonresident students, scholarship students, public higher education, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Education Code Section 54.213, tuition waiver, in-state tuition, out-of-state students, higher education finance, enrollment cap, capacity limit, workforce development area, nonimmigrant visa
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- That's often out of reach without public-private partnerships.
- toll without a public vote on tolls.
- . ...public in the event of a declared emergency or a natural disaster.
- Public safety vehicles are exempted from tolls, and very few public safety employees are issued department
- We're going to public testimony. And I guess you reserve the right. Right to close.
Bills:
HB1589, HB2208, HB2297, HB2560, HB2725, HB3080, HB4417, HB4473, HB4520, HB4662, HB4888, HB4905, HB4906
Keywords:
HB 1589, toll road, toll project, toll project entity, voter approval, local control, county election, commissioners court, Transportation Code, Chapter 372, road construction, highway funding, infrastructure, public referendum, ballot measure, transportation policy, Texas toll roads, regional mobility, toll collection, vehicle registration
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Beyond the economic toll, these crimes pose a public safety risk.
- Could you clarify how this law would apply to public sidewalks and other public areas that happen to
- And then secondly, how this would affect normal public use of public spaces?
- And it's not that we want to illegalize that person carrying a firearm in public.
- Public Policy at the Texas Council on Family Violence, and I'm here in support of HB 2703.
Bills:
HB316, HB353, HB 1160, HB1414, HB1422, HB1443, HB1713, HB1789, HB1902, HB2073, HB2666, HB2695, HB316
Keywords:
motor fuel, criminal offense, metering device, organized crime, Texas Penal Code, trespassing, school safety, day-care centers, education, trespass, public safety, utility employees, criminal penalties, assault, harassment, public duties, safety, law enforcement, driving offenses, license regulations
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- If we're going to do that, we might as well be inclusive of our public schools as critical access...
- ...our public schools as critical access.
Bills:
SJR 5, SJR 36, SJR 5, SJR 5, SR 105, SR 121, SB 17, SB 19, SB 25, SB 28, SB 17, SB 19, SB 25, SB 28
Keywords:
bail, felony offenses, criminal justice reform, public safety, constitutional amendment, school safety, mental health, emergency response, education policy, law enforcement, SR 121, Senate Resolution 121, Pete Alfaro, Pedro Cuellar Alfaro, Pedro Alfaro, Baytown, Texas Senate tribute, in memory, memorial resolution, condolence resolution
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Military and Veterans Affairs Committee Feb 12th, 2025
Military and Veterans Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Key talking points I want to make about this: This is an opportunity for us to enter into a public-private
- We think that this public-private partnership should lean into what the public sector is good at, which
- The legislation establishes that this public-private partnership.
- The committee members, please take notes during the public hearing process.
- That’s not felt by the public out there; it's felt by us.
Keywords:
veterans affairs, Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs, State Board of Veterans Affairs, commissioner, governor appointment, board advisory, veteran service organizations, veterans homes, veterans cemeteries, veteran service officers, district managers, state veterans home trust fund, veterans benefits, military veterans, disabled veterans, elderly veterans, active-duty service members, state agency reorganization, executive authority, governance reform
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Administrative Regulation Review Subcommittee (1-13-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- waiting chart it's all been made public waiting chart it's all been made public uh<00:19:13.520>
- Nathan Goan, Justice and Public Safety Cabinet Office of Legal Services.
- Nathan Goan, Justice and Public Safety Cabinet Office of Legal Services.
- Julie Brooks, regulations coordinator for the Department for Public Health.
- Jennifer Bart, Public Safety Branch Manager.
Keywords:
0:01– Meeting start/roll call
0:34 – Approval of minutes
0:48 – Welcome of new committee members
1:34 – Council on Postsecondary Education
25:17 – Teachers’ Retirement System
27:00 – Kentucky Public Pension Authority
29:04 – Board of Veterinary Examiners
31:40 – Board of Nursing
34:01 – Board of Emergency Medical Services
36:15 – Fish & Wildlife Resources
40:34 – Department of Corrections
56:00 – Department of State Police
58:05 – Department of Criminal Justice Training
59:22 – Transportation Cabinet
1:00:18 – Department of Education
1:01:23 – Department of Employment Services
1:04:17 – Department of Workplace Standards
1:05:25 – Department of Housing, Buildings & Construction
1:06:59 – Cabinet for Health & Family Services, Dept. for Public Health (Sanitation)
1:13:50 – Cabinet for Health & Family Services, Dept. for Public Health (Trauma System)
1:17:46 – Cabinet for Health & Family Services, Dept. for Public Health (Radon)
1:18:30 – Cabinet for Health & Family Services, Dept. for Medicaid Services
1:19:15 – Cabinet for Health & Family Services, Dept. of Aging Services
1:20:36 – Other Business/Adjournment, 958, all
Summary:
The subcommittee met with a quorum, approved the minutes, and welcomed new members before taking up Council on Postsecondary Education regulations 13 KAR 2:120 and 13 KAR 2:130. The regulations, as amended by staff and agency amendments, update public university and KCTCS performance funding models to conform to 2024 Senate Bill 191 and the performance funding work group’s recommendations. Changes discussed included replacing the underrepresented minority metric with an underrepresented students metric defined as first-generation students, adding an adult learner metric, increasing the low-income degree premium, adjusting small-school and nonresident credit-hour weights, revising data aging and progression metrics, and adding STEM+H criteria in 13 KAR 2:120.
Travis Pal of the Council on Postsecondary Education explained that the changes reflect the work group’s three-year review process and that the work group ultimately voted to define underrepresented students as first-generation students and to apply half-weighting between research and comprehensive universities for the new metric. Michael Frasier of the Kentucky Student Rights Coalition and Eastern Kentucky University student government opposed 13 KAR 2:120, arguing that the regulation improperly applies weights where the statute does not clearly authorize them and that the funding changes disadvantage comprehensive universities and vulnerable students. He asked the committee to find the regulation deficient or, alternatively, recommend legislative clarification and a revised fiscal analysis. Pal responded that weighting has been part of the model since 2017, that CPE was following the statute and work group recommendations, and that the model could be changed by future legislation.
Members asked about the timing of the broader performance funding review, and Pal said the full model is reviewed every three years, with the next work group cycle beginning in 2026. No motion to find the regulation deficient was made, and the committee allowed the regulations to proceed to the committee of jurisdiction. The committee then approved a staff amendment to Teachers’ Retirement System regulations 102 KAR 1:195 and 102 KAR 1:340, which require annual reporting of accumulated sick leave, leave policies, and salary schedules to TRS and make technical changes to the final average salary calculation and related definitions.
DE
Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Administration Committee Meeting Jun 17th, 2026
Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- Seeing none, we'll go to in-person public comment.
- five public meetings regarding charter changes.
- It requires public hearings, public notice, explanatory statements, voter education materials, and clear
- Should we go to in-person public comment for a moment? Okay. All right. In-person public comment.
- We'll move forward to in-person public comment, reminding folks that public comment is restricted to
Keywords:
federal workers, government shutdown, interest-free loans, tax deferral, public transportation, Rehoboth Beach, municipal charter, city charter amendment, commissioners, mayor, local government, election qualifications, affidavit of eligibility, domestic partner, cohabitant, conflict of interest, freeholder, leaseholder, municipal court, Alderman
Summary:
The House Administration Committee met to consider a series of resolutions and bills covering arts districts, child care background checks, federal worker relief, health care reform, court transparency, school tax reassessment, municipal charter changes, constitutional amendment procedures, data center nondisclosure agreements, state employee benefits governance, and lieutenant governor vacancies. Members also noted that House Concurrent Resolution 12 had been removed from the agenda and that public comment would be limited to one minute per speaker.
The committee released SCR 167 to study arts, culture, and creative districts in Delaware; HB 438 to close a loophole in the child care service letter requirement; SB 268 to provide interest-free loans, free transit, and tax deferrals for federal workers during shutdowns; SS2 for SB 1 to expand and permanently strengthen primary care investment while also addressing hospital cost growth; HCR 147 to request a Court of Chancery report on audio recordings and automated case assignment; SB 322 to replace the current post-reassessment 10% school revenue increase authority with a 2% annual increase option under safeguards; SB 306 to amend the Rehoboth Beach charter; HB 440 to require voter approval for constitutional amendments after legislative approval; SB 312 to bar nondisclosure agreements for large data center projects; SS1 for SB 289 to change State Employee Benefits Committee governance; and SB 264 to require a special election to fill a lieutenant governor vacancy.
Testimony was mixed on several measures. Arts, child care, federal worker relief, primary care, court transparency, data center transparency, and the lieutenant governor vacancy bill drew mostly supportive testimony, while SB 322 and SB 306 drew both support and opposition, especially over tax impacts and the proposed spouse/partner restriction in Rehoboth Beach. HB 440 prompted debate over whether 55% voter approval was the right threshold for constitutional amendments, and SB 312 was supported as a transparency measure by residents affected by prior data center NDAs. All of the listed measures were released from committee by roll call vote, with some members voting no on HB 440, SB 306, SB 312, SS1 for SB 289, and SB 264.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
State Committee Meeting - 2026-04-09
State Government Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- We will promote cultural understanding in public services.
- We will promote cultural understanding in public services.
- <00:15:06.440>
dollars tools we have to protect public dollars tools we have to protect public - listed here needs to be listed as public listed here needs to be listed as public or<00:25:58.600
- public sphere. public sphere. Thank<00:26:10.240>
you. Thank you. Thank you.
Keywords:
Central and Eastern European Affairs, ethnic council, advisory council, Minnesota state government, immigrant communities, refugees, humanitarian parolees, Ukraine, Poland, Croatia, Hungary, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Czech Republic, Baltic states, Slovakia, Slovenia, Kosovo, Russia
Summary:
The committee first approved the April 7, 2026 minutes and then held an informal hearing on House File 4364, which would establish a Central and Eastern European Ethnic Council in Minnesota. Representative Jordan and testifiers Mykola Mager and Julia Miller described the large Central and Eastern European community in Minnesota, its contributions to the state, and the need for a formal advisory body to help address barriers to government services, support refugees, workforce development, entrepreneurship, and cultural understanding. Members expressed general support and noted the bill’s importance, but no formal action was taken on the bill during the hearing.
The committee then took up House File 4543, a bill to create a centralized payroll reporting portal for prevailing wage projects. Representative Frazier said the bill would reduce administrative burden on project owners, improve transparency and accountability, and help prevent wage theft, misclassification, tax fraud, and insurance fraud. Testifiers from county, city, and contractor groups largely supported the idea of streamlining reporting, but contractor representatives raised concerns about employee data privacy, public access to sensitive payroll information, duplication of existing systems, interoperability with contractor software, and the need for stakeholder engagement. Members echoed both support and caution, and the bill was laid over as amended rather than advanced.
Finally, the committee considered House File 4821, described by Chair Klevorn as addressing the “penny problem” and a related change to high-deductible insurance plans. The bill would authorize state agencies to round cash transactions because of the penny shortage and would change MMB’s obligation to offer certain high-deductible health plans from “must” to “may,” producing modest administrative savings. Members questioned the drafting of the rounding language and asked about cash transactions at state agencies and the handling of cannabis tax payments. The chair noted the bill had missed the deadline and would be caught by the chief clerk’s office; the discussion ended with the bill being laid over as amended.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 4/7/26
Public Safety Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- our public safety system. our public safety system.
- Victim services are part of public Victim services are part of public safety.<00:23:44.000>
In - made a massive investment in public made a massive investment in public safety. safety. safety.
- actually accomplish a lot for public actually accomplish a lot for public safety<01:02:05.360>
- I think that's important for public<01:25:34.760>
safety. public safety. public safety. - I think that's important for public<01:25:34.760>
Keywords:
public safety, law enforcement, mental health, domestic violence, appropriations, criminal justice, Minnesota corrections, victim services, task force, personal safety, emergency management, local government, funding, preparedness, Minnesota, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, BCA, Independent Use of Force Investigations Unit, use of force, police accountability
HI
Keywords:
HB2271, Hawaii budget, emergency appropriation, public employment cost items, collective bargaining, labor grievances, temporary hazard pay, state employees, bargaining unit 1, bargaining unit 10, BU-1, BU-10, Department of Education, University of Hawaii, general fund, revolving funds, interdepartmental transfers, settlement agreement, arbitration award, court order
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- The commission maintains facilities related to wildlife propagation and supervises public shooting ranges
- was published by the National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians and the CDC.
- was published by the National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians and the CDC.
- We have the experts in the room that are talking with other state groups as public meetings.
- All right, we will go into public testimony. Yeah, we've got a few. Go ahead.
Keywords:
petting zoos, animal encounters, public health, handwashing, supervision, sanitization, safety regulations, civil penalties, water supply, groundwater, Phoenix, certificates, long-term storage credits, water conservation, municipal provider, replenishment obligation, water banking, annual report, Arizona Water Banking Authority, water supply management
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate - Health and Public Affairs Feb 13th, 2026 at 04:01 pm
Senate Health & Public Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- That's contrary to New Mexico public policy and access to the judicial system.
- So with that, we have ended public comment. And stop the timer.
- Public comment has ended, and we'll go to any questions or comments from committee members.
- Charter schools are part of our public school system, so their nurses are part of this bill.
- And as one of the public speakers urged this committee to do, we need to move into a public health approach
Keywords:
physician assistants, interstate compact, medical services, licensure, cross-state practice, military families, regulatory authority, physical therapy, licensure compact, interstate practice, healthcare, military spouses, criminal background check, HB34, school nurse, school nurses, nurse licensure, charter school, charter schools, school district
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- only had a penalty provision on public only had a penalty provision on public officers.<00:05:22.720
- >> Other<00:10:51.279>
public <00:10:51.600>comment, >> Other public comment - <00:21:02.559>
safety could undermine critical public safety could undermine critical public - keeping a close eye on our public keeping a close eye on our public benefits<00:32:32.799>
and - the public? the public? >> Oh,<00:37:00.480>
sorry, <00:37:00.880>Mr.
Keywords:
Second Amendment, firearms, state rights, federal regulation, law enforcement, civil penalties, government liability, concealed carry, public colleges, university facilities, weapons legislation, self-defense, campus safety, weapons, age requirement, permits, HB0097, Wyoming firearms privacy, merchant category code, MCC
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- If not, we'll move to public comment. If not, we'll move to public comment. >> Okay.
- Thank you. >> We'll continue with public testimony. Who'd like to go next?
- It was essential to justice, to healing, and to public safety.
- In my to healing, and to public safety.
- >
comment <01:21:00.560>and I will close public comment and I will close public comment
Keywords:
Second Amendment, firearms, state rights, federal regulation, law enforcement, civil penalties, government liability, concealed carry, public colleges, university facilities, weapons legislation, self-defense, campus safety, weapons, age requirement, permits, HB0097, Wyoming firearms privacy, merchant category code, MCC
AL
Keywords:
entertainment district, alcohol consumption, local governance, city council, public spaces, home school, career and technical education, public schools, K-12 education, enrollment policy, Cherokee County, off-road vehicle park, ORV park, ATV, all-terrain vehicle, dirt bike, off-highway vehicle, recreational vehicle, county permit, inspection
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Consumer and Public Affairs Feb 10th, 2026 at 06:48 pm
House Consumer & Public Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Do you respond to some of the public comment?
- , a good public policy to keep on the books.
- And then we also had someone who gave public testimony, Dr.
- We also had someone who gave public testimony, Dr.
- There might be a few questions, but we won't be taking public comment and everything on Thursday.
Keywords:
juvenile delinquency, firearm possession, criminal background checks, state law, gun control, youth offense, conviction, public safety, SB38, pet food, registered pet food, registration fee, fees, sunset repeal, repeal of repeal, revenue, state fee, business regulation, animal feed, pet food registration
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Just, you guys would look—these are some of the evolutions that we do with the public for public education
- Okay, members, is there no further public testimony?
- Gress, I believe they are a matter of public record.
- Gress, I believe they are a matter of public record.
- So members, there's no further public testimony.
Keywords:
brackish water, groundwater, desalination, water resources, feasibility study, environmental impact, dementia care, telementoring, healthcare education, rural communities, grant funding, braille, disability access, education funding, state corrections, inclusion, produce incentive, agriculture, economic support, funding