Video & Transcript : 'Texas State Library' :
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MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> 4,800 buildings spread across 19 state 4,800 buildings spread across 19 state agencies<00:01:14.880
- operations adequately state agency operations adequately maintaining<00:01:59.280><c> state</c><00:01
- </c> government while also protecting State government while also protecting State investments<00:02:
- </c> reflects the percent of state-owned reflects the percent of state-owned buildings<00:02:55.239><
- This is a huge state asset.
Committee:
Senate Capital Investment
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Special Session - Senate Floor Session - Part 3 - 06/09/25
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- . state. state.
- </c> or state grants or anything like this. or state grants or anything like this.
- </c> access, state parks, veterans homes. access, state parks, veterans homes.
- and at city councils around libraries and at city councils around the<02:01:16.000><c> state.
- Bonding should not be the state.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> uh to my right by uh the Minnesota state uh to my right by uh the Minnesota state elections<00:01
- So our voter outreach team is... note the variety of state and uh local note the variety of state and
- At the state level, the Secretary of State serves as the chief election official for the state and carries
- that certifies state elections.
- </c> through the state primary or the state through the state primary or the state general<01:28:18.920
Committee:
Senate Elections
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on State and Local Government - 01/30/25
State and Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> control compliance audits of state control compliance audits of state agencies<00:12:05.880><c>
- </c> statutes session laws rules and state statutes session laws rules and state agency<00:26:48.120>
- </c> one we released on the state one we released on the state lottery<00:41:37.520><c> thanks</c><00
- </c> losing them internally within state losing them internally within state government<00:42:48.160>
- to state government.
Committee:
Senate State and Local Government
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 02/18/25
Environment, Climate, and Legacy
Transcript Highlights:
- Mayor, state your name for the record. Mayor Carson, state your name for the record. Thank you.
- , and it is a state agency.
- </c> larger Farm associations in the state larger Farm associations in the state our<01:02:25.440><c>
- </c><01:14:43.199><c> of</c> in the state of in the state of Minnesota<01:14:44.920><c> um</c><01:14:
- uh and it's done throughout a library uh and it's done throughout the<01:35:17.360><c> state</c><01:
Committee:
Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- Isn't it nice to be over here at the State Library?
- I am the state name is Sue Prrentice.
- We're taking a step to advance that in the state like we've already done for our state-owned buildings
- Biden pushed it later on, but it's really states deciding, and there are eight states.
- </c> bill will create a consistent state bill will create a consistent state policy<00:26:12.640><c>
Committee:
Senate Education
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/25
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Facing a state structural the state.
- parks and recreation areas through the DNR's State Parks Library Pass program.
- </c><00:23:32.880><c> state</c><00:23:33.120><c> parks</c><00:23:33.600><c> library</c><00:23:34.000>
- <c> pass</c> the DNR's state parks library pass the DNR's state parks library pass program. program.
- So, let your state become our state."
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 02/06/25
Environment, Climate, and Legacy
Transcript Highlights:
- in the Twin Cities. the Minnesota state band our band was the Minnesota state band our band was formed
- </c><00:43:25.280><c> in</c> cor Minnesota drill core library in cor Minnesota drill core library in
- use and curtail to the state of Minnesota, but a lot of those were rules and stuff from other states
- and curtail to the state of Minnesota, but a lot of those were rules and stuff from other states that
- He said we can't be using data from other states to regulate what we're doing in this state.
Committee:
Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 04/09/26
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> other states already cover this model. other states already cover this model.
- </c> building the workforce our state needs. building the workforce our state needs.
- </c> state your name. state your name.
- health clinics across the state.
- </c> with state budget realities. with state budget realities.
Committee:
Senate Health and Human Services
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 2/18/26
Public Safety Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- It does not have any a state bill.
- Chair Novotny, please state your name. Committee, please state your name for the record again.
- Every single one of us as residents of this state and denizens of the United States have both a moral
- And that is not how we do things in the United States of America or the state of Minnesota.
- </c><00:46:07.200><c> of</c> we do things in the United States of we do things in the United States of
Committee:
House Public Safety Finance and Policy
Keywords:
public safety officer, peace officer, correctional officer, law enforcement, police privacy, officer safety, doxxing, personal information, data privacy, government data practices, private data, internet posting, online disclosure, residential address, phone number, email address, family member protection, child safety, school information, public records
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/25
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:05:12.560><c> we</c> healthcare workers around the state we healthcare workers around the state
- </c><00:09:18.680><c> of</c> followed the protocol by the state of followed the protocol by the state
- </c> Department of Labor rules and the state Department of Labor rules and the state of<00:21:08.240>
- </c> appropriated by this by the state appropriated by this by the state legislature<00:35:31.040><c>
- </c><01:31:59.639><c> and</c> Broadband out throughout the state and Broadband out throughout the state
Keywords:
HF339, Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board, nursing homes, long-term care, elder care, workforce standards, certified worker organizations, labor funding, general fund appropriation, worker grants, Minnesota labor law, nursing home staffing, caregiver workforce, section 181.214, HF1272, nursing home, boarding care home, nursing home workers, labor standards, Medicaid-certified facility
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Center for Nursing Equity and Excellence funding 3/18/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> Minnesota is one of the only states Minnesota is one of the only states without<00:04:33.920><c>
- </c> fraction of what other states invest. fraction of what other states invest.
- Thanks for throughout our state.
- </c> we see in our state. we see in our state.
- </c> helps the entire state. helps the entire state.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Children and Family Law (03/25/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> ncsl the National Conference of state ncsl the National Conference of state legislators<00:08:26.240
- </c><00:37:30.680><c> uh</c> constitutional formation as a state uh constitutional formation as a state
- state state it's<00:38:57.880><c> an</c><00:38:58.079><c> expression</c><00:38:58.520><c> that</c><00
- </c><00:48:19.480><c> of</c> and his collection of his own library of and his collection of his own library
- </c> here somewhere either in the state here somewhere either in the state archives<00:51:33.280><c>
Summary:
The subcommittee on the Children and Family Law Committee met organizationally to continue work on family court issues, building on a prior special committee’s report and taking a collaborative approach with the Judiciary. The chair said the group would focus on solutions rather than rehashing public complaints, and identified three main topics for early study: specialization and training of family court judges, the extent to which judges should be bound by the rules of evidence, and whether mediation in family cases should be mandatory or voluntary and what qualifications mediators should have. A fourth concern was also raised about overlap between superior court domestic violence cases and family court custody/support matters, and whether one judge should hear both. Members discussed whether to divide into smaller subcommittees, but the prevailing view was to work as a committee of the whole at first. Most members agreed that additional public testimony was unlikely to add much, though recent concerns could still be emailed to the committee.
The committee then heard from Attorney Erin Krian, general counsel for the judicial branch, and Judge Michael Mace. Krian said the judicial branch could provide additional witnesses on mediation and judicial training, including Judge Kissinger, and noted the branch was preparing materials on how other states handle the issues. Mace described the history of the Family Division and said he had reviewed older reports going back to the 1990s. He also outlined current judicial branch efforts, including expanded shadowing for new judges, monthly family-law trainings, and a year-long focus on family law topics. He reported that court rules had been updated to clarify notice requirements for minor guardianship changes, and that the branch had received positive feedback on the family access motion, which provides a statutory timeline and listed remedies for parenting-time disputes.
Members also discussed prior committee work on rules of evidence and family court procedures. One member recalled recommending quiet review of any judges who appeared to apply evidence rules inconsistently, and Krian said the administrative judge can review complaints even if they come from a single person. The committee also received a status update on prior initiatives, including a federal grant for guardian ad litem services for indigent litigants in four locations, testing of redesigned court forms, and continued training improvements. The chair scheduled the next subcommittee meeting for April 1 and the full Children and Family Law Committee for April 8, with further documents from committee research and NCSL to be circulated.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 4/2/25
Public Safety Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> testifier here Imran Ali Mr Ali State testifier here Imran Ali Mr Ali State your<00:02:30.239><c
- Thank you. applied uniformly all across the state I applied uniformly all across the state I want<00:
- Cook, state your full name and begin your testimony.
- </c> religious programming supplies Library religious programming supplies Library support<00:37:42.720
- To date, 41 states dedicate funding to these programs.
Committee:
House Public Safety Finance and Policy
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Transportation Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Joint Committee on Transportation
Transcript Highlights:
- , so it's more seamless when people are transporting over state lines from one state to the other, and
- So it's more seamless when people are transporting over state lines from one state to the other.
- Our neighboring states are the key.
- , Louisiana, Tennessee, and Texas.
- Washington State, Nevada, and Colorado.
Committee:
Joint Joint Committee on Transportation
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Transportation held a hybrid hearing on 31 bills covering driver privacy and data, distinctive license plates, public awareness signage, railroad safety, superload permitting, TNC/delivery data reporting, and MBTA safety measures. Chairs Jim Arciero and Brendan Crighton outlined the hearing process, and the committee heard testimony from state officials, advocates, family members of fallen officers and firefighters, transportation industry representatives, civil liberties groups, and others. No votes were taken during the hearing itself, and the meeting ended with a motion to adjourn.
Several speakers supported bills creating a Blue Star Family license plate to honor families of fallen law enforcement officers, and a separate motorcycle plate for fallen firefighters. Colonel Jeffrey Noble and others from the Healey-Driscoll Administration and law enforcement groups said the plates would complement existing memorial practices and provide a lasting public tribute. Family members of officers killed in the line of duty gave emotional testimony in support, and Representative Steve Ultrino and Paul Jakes backed the firefighter memorial motorcycle plate as revenue-neutral, with proceeds supporting the fallen firefighter memorial.
The committee also heard testimony on transportation policy and safety bills. Industry witnesses urged modernization of Massachusetts superload permitting rules, saying current requirements are slower and more expensive than neighboring states and delay public projects. Advocates supported a human trafficking awareness bill requiring hotline signage in transit facilities, a driver privacy bill limiting automatic license plate reader data retention and sharing, and a bill requiring two-person crews on freight trains and other railroad safety measures such as hotbox detectors and transportation for railroad employees. Senator John Keenan also testified for expanded naloxone availability in MBTA stations and said the MBTA had not fully complied with prior legislative directives.
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Agenda Feb 11th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- In the state, it's net zero to the general fund.
- We are coordinating those comments with other state agencies.
- We are coordinating those comments with other state agencies.
- And Texas is administering basically a grant program with state dollars to provide opportunities to nuclear
- And Texas is administering basically a grant program with state dollars to provide opportunities to nuclear
Summary:
The joint Senate Finance and House Appropriations committee first reviewed the Department of Juvenile Corrections budget. Legislative analyst Noah Peterson outlined the agency’s three programs, funding sources, recent expenditure trends, and proposed FY 2027 requests, including replacement items, IT upgrades, a clinician services transfer from Health and Welfare, and endowment-funded facility and vehicle needs. Director Ashley Dowell described the department’s mission, declining juvenile census, and the role of county partnerships, youth assessment centers, and prevention/diversion services. Members asked about the governor’s holdback, vehicle replacements, staffing, and whether any juveniles were under mandatory minimums; Dowell said the holdback was managed through contract reductions, travel/training savings, and internal efficiencies, and that the staffing analysis found the department was understaffed by 12 positions, with six vacancies already reclassified into direct care roles.
The committee then heard the budget review for the Office of Energy and Mineral Resources. Analyst Peterson explained that the office is mostly federally funded, with several dedicated funds and large reappropriated balances tied to energy resilience projects; he also noted a home energy rebates request that was not recommended by the governor because of uncertainty at the federal level. Administrator Calli Younger said the office uses federal and state funds to support rural energy efficiency, wildfire prevention, permitting coordination, and policy work on hydropower, geothermal, mining, and nuclear energy. She emphasized the new nuclear task force, the office’s request for flexibility to support nuclear policy work, and efforts to improve permitting efficiency through a one-stop-shop approach and participation in FAST-41 processes. Members asked about nuclear fuel recycling, workforce needs, incentives, and a possible merger with the Office of Species Conservation; Younger said Idaho’s lab and regulatory certainty make it well positioned for nuclear growth, but workforce development and policy clarity remain key, and she described the merger idea as a way to consolidate overlapping permitting functions and reduce costs.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- We're the fifth largest employer in the state.
- And also, we see that other states like Tennessee and Texas are promoting opportunities for these companies
- You note very accurately that Tennessee, Texas, and other states have leaned in very significantly with
- And so Texas is now doing the same thing, even to their Texas.
- States like Tennessee and Texas are trying to attract all of it.
Committee:
House Environment, Energy and Technology
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- Let me explain that there is no state like Oklahoma. There's no state that does it like Texas.
- in 1,750 in-state firms.
- in-state opportunities.
- You can go to Texas, and then Texas pays county by county, not as a state as a whole.
- United States, even slightly higher than Texas, which is 3 to 4 times the size of Oklahoma, also has
Committee:
House Administrative Rules
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Special Committee on Tourism Apr 8th, 2026
Special Committee on Tourism
Transcript Highlights:
- But this is a particular industry that is incredibly important to the state of Missouri.
- Don't let any state money go to that. Okay. Please. And thank you. Appreciate that, Representative.
- You know, in Texas County, which I think we all know is the largest county in the state of Missouri,
- And if anybody wants to come to Texas County, the largest county in the state of Missouri, Emmett Kelly
- Is there anyone here today to speak in favor of State Substitute for Senate Bill 1,000?
Committee:
House Special Committee on Tourism
NY
New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York State Senate Session - 06/02/2026
New York Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- New York is an agriculture state and it is a dairy state. That's for sure.
- New York is an agriculture state and it is a dairy state. That's for sure.
- laws of the State of Texas, which if we pass this, they would be even further less likely to do because
- Texas knows that.
- TEXAS KNOWS THAT, THAT'S WHY THEY ARE PREPARING FOR A BILL LIKE THIS TO BE PASS HERE IN NEW YORK STATE
Summary:
The Senate convened, approved the prior day’s journal, and then processed a large number of motions to discharge bills from committees and substitute identical Senate or Assembly versions for third reading. The chamber also adopted the resolution calendar with exceptions and took up several resolutions and ceremonial recognitions, including a resolution mourning Hudson Talbott, a Dairy Month resolution highlighting New York’s dairy industry, and introductions honoring Niskayuna academic teams, Gabriella Scheer for receiving the Liberty Medal, the Hartstein family’s civic engagement, and Diana Cochran’s advocacy for safe firearm storage.
The Senate then moved through the calendar and passed many bills on topics including insurance, public health, education, labor, social services, banking, local government, veterans, public service, consumer protection, criminal procedure, cannabis, parks, taxation, election law, and highway matters. Several members explained votes on notable measures: support for acupuncture insurance coverage, consumer protections for doorbell-camera data sharing, expanded protections in debt collection cases, trauma-informed procedures for sexual assault survivors, a Legionnaires’ disease awareness program, changes to mandatory minimum sentencing, and universal safe storage of firearms. A number of home rule and local authorization bills were also approved, including parkland alienation measures and local tax exemption authorizations.
Most measures passed with broad bipartisan support, though some drew recorded opposition. Notable roll calls included the consumer debt uniformity bill, the mandatory minimum sentencing bill, the safe storage/firearms bill, and the public housing and public health measures, each with more divided votes. The chamber also accepted a lengthy Rules Committee report sending many additional bills directly to third reading, and then began the supplemental calendar, passing at least the first items before the transcript ended.