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CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Jun 22nd, 2026
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- As his Treasury Secretary, an openly gay member of the cabinet.
- Please welcome retired United States Army Major Veronica Zura.
- Please welcome retired United States Army Major Veronica Zura.
- Former fellows have applied to the State Assembly and State Senate fellowship programs and have landed
- And so it matters when we put in-home supportive services in our state budget.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- Cabinet Secretary, if you can come up and speak.
- And although we know who you are, if you can state your name again for the record.
- And although we know who you are, if you can state your name again for the record.
- I'm the acting cabinet secretary for CYFD.
- Yes, as Senator Kumpo stated, I am known as Miss Grace.
Committees:
Senate Senate Rules , Senate House Rules & Order Of Business
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine the nominations of Stephen Vaden, of Tennessee, to be Deputy Secretary, and Tyler Clarkson, of Virginia, to be General Counsel, both of the Department of Agriculture. Apr 8th, 2025 at 09:00 am
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Tyler Clarkson to be General Counsel of the United States.
- United States' trade matters.
- They are a great help to the turkey producers in my state.
- We farm in multiple states and I know a little bit about what goes on in multiple states.
- The Department of State indicated the pause or demise of USAID.
Keywords:
USDA, nominations, Judge Vaden, Tyler Clarkson, agriculture policy, rural America, tariffs, farmer advocacy
Summary:
The meeting focused on the nominations of Judge Stephen Alexander Vaden for Deputy Secretary of Agriculture and Mr. Tyler Clarkson for General Counsel at the USDA. Members expressed concerns regarding the challenges farmers and ranchers face, especially in navigating the impacts of recent tariffs imposed by the President. Significant attention was given to how these nominations could influence agriculture policy and support rural communities amidst economic uncertainty. The committee emphasized the necessity for strong leadership in the USDA to advocate for farmer needs and ensure the proper implementation of assistance programs.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Air Mobility & Aviation Economic Development Task Force (9-16-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- First, an for aviation in the state.
- As an aside, one of the the state.
- I think that's from this state.
- </c> programs as the state of California. programs as the state of California.
- </c> the state and global industries as well. the state and global industries as well.
Summary:
The task force meeting began with approval of the July 14 minutes and then heard a presentation from the Kentucky Aviation Association. Association leaders described general aviation airports as important to rural access, commerce, emergency response, tourism, agriculture, and workforce development, and cited statewide economic impacts they said exceed $1.6 billion and support more than 9,400 jobs. They thanked the legislature for prior airport funding and said it had helped airports with basic operations and repairs.
The association asked lawmakers for four things: continued appropriations for general aviation airports; relief or a more workable process for required financial audits, which they said can cost $10,000 to $20,000 or more and sometimes exceed a small airport’s annual budget; a regularized statewide appropriations process for airport infrastructure needs, which they said total about $100 million and are currently addressed unevenly; and funding for the Aerospace Education Reinvestment Opportunity Act to support scholarships and aviation workforce training. Members of the task force asked follow-up questions about the audit burden, the difference between financial and safety audits, and the difficulty of finding audit firms. The presenters said they would bring specific ideas back on audit reform.
Eastern Kentucky University then presented on its aviation program. EKU leaders thanked the committee for prior support, including a $25 million appropriation for a new flight school building at Central Kentucky Regional Airport, and said the project is expected to break ground in 2026. They reported strong enrollment growth, with 502 aviation majors, most of them Kentuckians, and said the program has expanded flight hours and job placement. EKU also outlined plans to add an air traffic control program in response to Senate Bill 87 and the national shortage of controllers, saying it could train students to FAA standards if the university receives the needed investment in simulators, equipment, space, and faculty. They also discussed the need to replace an aging fleet of training aircraft, saying the current planes are decades old and costly to maintain, and that newer aircraft would improve training quality and reduce student costs.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 2/25/25
Energy Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Highest among competing states.
- and follow blue states.
- states.
- states.
- </c><01:06:19.960><c> we</c><01:06:20.400><c> kind</c> state or the neighboring states we kind state
Committee:
House Energy Finance and Policy
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on State Government. (7-8-26)
State Government
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> mirrored what's happening in our state. mirrored what's happening in our state.
- And like what this state is doing is the first state to declare this.
- And like what this state is doing is the first state to declare this.
- </c> personnel cabinet. personnel cabinet.
- </c> of Agriculture and Personnel uh cabinet. of Agriculture and Personnel uh cabinet.
Committee:
Joint State Government
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> has in our state. has in our state.
- States. There is no limitation to the States.
- </c> cooperatives in the state. cooperatives in the state.
- Found about a dozen in the state. state. state.
- </c> the state government as well. the state government as well.
Committee:
Senate Labor
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Retirement and Government Resources REVISED Feb 17th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Retirement and Government Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- That's not stating that they. Would be putting in moving them instead of into Oprah.
- . the state had to take them over because they were pretty well bankrupt.
- Our firefighters are dealing with all kinds of things that have a state impact and that our state investments
- And as you stated We're at about 80%. So I think we can do both.
- It's one of the correspondents I have is on state use.
Bills:
SB134 , SB1356 , SB1407 , SB1611 , SB1639 , SB169 , SB1722 , SB182 , SB1870 , SB2039 , SB432 , SB609 , SB715 , SB716
Committee:
Senate Retirement and Government Resources
Keywords:
retirement, public employees, reemployment, benefit adjustment, Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System, state government, OMES, Office of Management and Enterprise Services, Department of Labor, Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Rehabilitation Services, civil service, human capital management, state employee disputes, whistleblower, veterans employment, veterans placement, fleet management, state fleet, motor vehicles
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Transportation Jan 27th, 2026 at 04:00 pm
Transportation
Transcript Highlights:
- It was a deliberate long-term state investment.
- This was not a state-led solution.
- And we presented that letter to the state treasurer.
- And we presented that letter to the state treasurer.
- for the value of state highway construction and repair work that may be performed by state workforces
Committee:
Senate Transportation
Keywords:
SB 5987, SB5987, Fairfax Bridge, State Route 165, SR 165, Carbon River, WSDOT, Washington State Department of Transportation, emergency bridge replacement, infrastructure failure, transportation emergency, climate commitment account, climate investment account, clean energy, climate funding, greenhouse gas reduction, environmental justice, renewable energy, building electrification, industrial decarbonization
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board (11-12-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- So, I'm Steven Stack, Secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. Dr. Stack, Dr.
- , what they get funded or don't states, what they get funded or don't get<00:04:49.440><c> funded.
- There's certain ways our state is.
- </c> and they very generously gave the states and they very generously gave the states 24%<00:10:31.920
- Um so it was a tough their entire state.
Summary:
The Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board met on November 12, 2025, approved the October 22 minutes, and heard an update from Cabinet for Health and Family Services Secretary Steven Stack and Public Health Commissioner John Langfeld on Kentucky’s application for the federal rural health transformation grant. The presenters described the grant as a $50 billion, five-year program with annual CMS scoring and rescorings, no state appeal rights, and a December 31 deadline for CMS to announce awards. They said Kentucky submitted its application on November 3 and had gathered stakeholder comments earlier in the process.
The testimony emphasized that the grant is intended to support new models of rural care rather than replace existing funding or pay for clinical services or lost hospital revenue. Officials said the state had to address at least three of five federal strategic goals, including prevention and chronic disease, sustainable access, workforce development, and care/technology innovation. They also reviewed restrictions such as no new building construction, no payment for monthly broadband costs, and a cap of 5% for electronic medical record-related spending.
The presenters said CMS has been clear that funding should focus on innovation in care delivery, rural access, and related policy goals, and that the state’s award could vary year to year based on performance milestones. The meeting was interrupted by a building fire alarm and evacuation announcement before the presentation was completed.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Agriculture (11-6-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> have the policy side both at the state have the policy side both at the state and<00:12:38.160><
- </c> about when I started uh at Murray State about when I started uh at Murray State and<00:26:36.400
- </c><00:34:58.720><c> representative</c> world's greatest state representative world's greatest state
- </c> Insurance, what all of our state Insurance, what all of our state employees<00:47:37.440><c> are
- </c> abundance here in the state of Kentucky. abundance here in the state of Kentucky.
Summary:
The committee heard first from Kentucky Farm Bureau leaders, who outlined the organization’s current priorities and recent work on farmland transition. Eddie Melton said Farm Bureau is working through 983 county and advisory committee resolutions and highlighted support for the updated selling farmer tax credit, now law through House Bill 775, as well as Senate Bill 28’s agriculture economic development provisions. He said Farm Bureau’s likely priorities include maintaining the 50% share of the tobacco settlement fund for agriculture, protecting funding for the Kentucky Department of Agriculture, preserving sales tax exemptions on farm inputs, keeping property taxes controlled, and exploring additional tools to keep farmland in active farmers’ hands, including possible loan or inheritance-tax changes. He also raised concerns about eminent domain transparency, nuisance deer permits, and access to agricultural inputs and crop protection products.
Alita Bots described the farmland transition initiative in more detail, saying the revised state tax credit is generating strong interest and that a new federal tax provision now allows eligible land sales to actively engaged farmers to spread capital gains taxes over time. She said the initiative has reached 22 counties and more than 1,300 people this year through outreach and meetings, and that Farm Bureau is pairing policy work with resources to help farm families plan transitions and prepare wills and other estate documents. Drew Graham added that the effort is also meant to bridge the rural-urban divide and support rural communities, and Farm Bureau invited members to its annual meeting in early December.
Members asked about rising insurance costs and deer damage. Farm Bureau representatives said severe convective storms, inflation, and higher repair and material costs have driven insurance rate increases, citing five major storm events since 2021 and a recent Owensboro hailstorm that caused about $350 million in losses; they said the company is moving toward percentage deductibles to help moderate increases. On deer, they said crop-loss totals are hard to quantify but acknowledged the problem and discussed possible coordination with the Department of Fish and Wildlife and Hunters for the Hungry. Commissioner Jonathan Shell then began the Department of Agriculture presentation, reporting gains from the department’s school agriculture outreach program, including a 23% increase in county participation between March and September and improved teacher-reported student learning, before continuing into the department’s legislative priorities.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session Feb 28th, 2026 at 10:00 am
Washington Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The Secretary of State. So, they had a claim. The Secretary of State.
- this state.
- It's a state program.
- to the United States.
- I've seen it in other states. back to the United States. I've seen it in other states.
Bills:
SB6061 , SB6234 , SB6170 , SB6176 , SB6182 , SB6335 , SB5647 , SB6047 , HB2367 , HB2606 , SB5998 , SB6005 , SB6003 , SB6129 , SB6225 , SB6228 , SB6231 , SB6061 , SB6234 , SB6170 , SB6176 , SB6182 , SB6335 , SB5647 , SB6047 , HB2367 , HB2606 , SB6129 , SB6228 , SB6231 , HB2235 , HB2272 , HB2340 , HB2543 , HB2554 , HB2632 , HB2464 , HB2619
Keywords:
tourism, self-supported assessment, funding, statewide promotion, economic development, sewage, grinder pumps, residential buildings, regulation, construction, contracting rules, state highway construction, procurement limits, state regulations, infrastructure funding, vehicle registration, enforcement, renewal, transportation, state law
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections Feb 24th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections
Transcript Highlights:
- Welcome to the February 24th, 2026, meeting of the State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections Committee
- election policy or practice is narrowly tailored and necessary to further a compelling, particularized state
- The amendment requires all state and local government statutes, codes, rules, regulations, and other
- 2026, to use the term 'extraterrestrial' when referring to life forms from other planets, and urges state
- The bill adds WOTEC employees and officers that perform network and system security duties to the state
Bills:
HB1759 , HB2417 , HB2632 , HB2249 , HB2574 , HB2309 , HB2235 , SGA9066 , SGA9246 , SGA9268 , SGA9267
Keywords:
designation, commemoration, December 12, local observance, cultural significance, military justice, victims' rights, militia, Washington code, legal protections, citizenship, immigration, terminology, rights, legal status, HB 2249, Washington Technology Solutions, WaTech, civil service, classified service
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Delivery of Government Efficiency Apr 23rd, 2025
Delivery of Government Efficiency
Transcript Highlights:
- Sometimes they also have to notify other state agencies.
- So a rule— and I'm going to state this and see if you know about this—but a rule means a state agency
- My bill would require the Secretary of State to include on a ballot any proposed cost to the state that
- Current law also states that state agencies shall develop procedures for use in achieving a management-to-staff
- We're the state chamber for the state of Texas, and I am testifying in strong support of HB 5195, alongside
Committee:
House Delivery of Government Efficiency
Keywords:
constitutional amendment, fiscal impact, state budget, ballot measure, transparency in voting, management-to-staff ratio, state agencies, employee regulations, government efficiency, workforce management, public information, governing board, transparency, confidentiality, access rights, privacy, identifying information, state agency, consent, occupational license
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Apr 16th, 2025
Ways and Means General Fund
Transcript Highlights:
- Isn't that pretty risky for the state to ... Isn't that pretty risky for the state to be invested?
- So the state would be made...
- I see the state auditor back there, Andrew Serell.
- A lot of states don't have property tax.
- And this would require the state to... And this would require the state to do the same thing.
Committee:
House Ways and Means General Fund
Keywords:
firefighter benefits, occupational disease, line of duty, disability pension, death benefits, retirement benefits, hypertension, heart disease, respiratory disease, cancer presumption, HIV, hepatitis, municipal firefighters, state firefighters, fire districts, workers' compensation, public safety employees, post-retirement benefits, benefit eligibility cutoff, occupational illness
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- Many other states do so.
- state policy.
- And you might say, well, why the state? Well, a number of other states have done this.
- state supplemental pay board.
- Was it to save the state of Louisiana? Was it to save the state of Louisiana money?
Bills:
HB165 , HB175 , HB198 , HB272 , HB457 , HB488 , HB566 , HB603 , HB763 , HB902 , HB909 , HB971 , HB981 , HB1066 , HB1125 , HB1154 , HB1231
Committee:
House Appropriations
Keywords:
HB165, lottery proceeds, Lottery Proceeds Fund, Veterans Service Grant Fund, constitutional amendment, veterans, military veterans, veterans' benefits, veterans services, family support, state lottery, education funding, Minimum Foundation Program, problem gambling, compulsive gaming, state treasurer, ballot proposition, constitutional referendum, lottery revenue, Louisiana resident veterans
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House State Government & Tribal Relations Jan 13th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
State Government & Tribal Relations
Transcript Highlights:
- The rejection rate in this state, you know, The rejection rate in this state, it's not acceptable.
- And again, the drop-off happens quite a bit versus our state and other states.
- And when I came to America to go to college, I was out-of-state tuition in all 50 states.
- And when I came to America to go to college, I was out-of-state tuition in all 50 states.
- So I guess you can call me a U.S. resident without a ...state tuition in all 50 states.
Committee:
House State Government & Tribal Relations
Keywords:
local representation, fair elections, government accountability, voter rights, transparency, foreign nationals, elections, Washington state, voter participation, government oversight, voting rights, uniform standards, overseas voting, civilian voting, state legislation, tribal relations, government, state policy, sovereignty, federalism
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- Most of the time, they are elected from around the state.
- of Education with the authority to appoint a state school superintendent and to operate the State Department
- Across the country, states use many different education governance structures, yet 49 states still outperform
- the state, there is broad support for going back to a state superintendent of schools, regardless of
- , we beat the surrounding states.
Committees:
Senate Senate Rules , Senate House Rules & Order Of Business
Keywords:
wildlife commission, removal procedures, malfeasance, appointed officials, governance, education reform, public education, state board of education, superintendent, chartering authority, constitutional amendment, policy setting, insects, insect workshop, insect identification, ecology, monitoring, management, pollinators, pollination
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board (7-30-25) - Reupload
Transcript Highlights:
- And um in February this year, your Cabinet for Health and Family Services estimated that changes to state
- And um in February this year, your Cabinet for Health and Family Services estimated that changes to state
- And um in February this year, your Cabinet for Health and Family Services estimated that changes to state
- And um in February this year, your Cabinet for Health and Family Services estimated that changes to state
- And um in February this year, your Cabinet for Health and Family Services estimated that changes to state
Summary:
The Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board met on July 30, 2025, approved the June 25 minutes, and received a presentation from Katherine Castanza of the National Conference of State Legislatures on Medicaid provisions in H.R. 1. The presentation outlined more than 20 Medicaid-related provisions, emphasizing that the largest federal savings come from work/community engagement requirements, changes to provider taxes, limits on state-directed payments, more frequent eligibility redeterminations for expansion populations, and related eligibility/enrollment changes. She said the fiscal effects are backloaded, with most reductions occurring in the later years of the 10-year window, and noted potential significant impacts on hospital payments and state financing. She also described new funding opportunities, including a $50 billion rural health transformation fund and a new home and community-based services waiver with associated grants.
A substantial portion of the discussion focused on Kentucky’s pending community engagement 1115 waiver and how it would interact with the new federal requirements. Board members asked whether the waiver had been approved, what the cabinet’s contingency plan would be if CMS does not approve it, and what the timeline is for compliance. Cabinet representatives said the waiver has not yet been approved by CMS, remains under public comment, and that the state will wait for CMS guidance before moving forward; if needed, the state would amend the waiver or submit a new one. They said the work requirement must be in place by January 1, 2027, with a possible extension to 2028.
Castanza also explained that expansion adults with incomes between 100% and 138% of the federal poverty level would face new cost-sharing requirements beginning October 1, 2028, and that eligibility redeterminations would move from annual to every six months starting January 1, 2027. She then walked through provider tax changes, including a moratorium on new provider taxes beginning October 1, 2026, and a phased reduction in the hold-harmless threshold for existing taxes beginning January 1, 2028, with exemptions for nursing facilities and ICF/IID providers. Board members questioned the timing and likely impact on Kentucky, and Castanza responded that the effect would depend on each tax’s current rate and would phase in over time.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 2/12/25
Elections Finance and Government Operations
Transcript Highlights:
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- services, and in response we learned that 14 of the 23 cabinet-level state agencies did.
- services, and in response we learned that 14 of the 23 cabinet-level state agencies did.
- ><c> did</c> the 23 cabinet level state agencies did the 23 cabinet level state agencies did the<00:47
- the state. understanding as the Secretary of State understanding as the Secretary of State uh<01:07: