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WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Business, Trade & Economic Development Jan 15th, 2026 at 08:00 am

Business, Trade & Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm an Assistant Attorney General in the Consumer Protection Division.
  • absolutely, having actually built the revenue business to the $100-plus billion per year that they generate
  • Adolescents are also generally more sensitive to social information, including cues about belonging,
  • Can you remind me who was on the work group in general? The two co-chairs were... Just in general.
  • Generally, we believe it's important for owners to have an opportunity to understand how their property
Bills: SB5928
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Water and Natural Resources Jul 1st, 2025

Water & Natural Resources Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • My great-grandfather, Juan de Dios Maese, was Alcalde Mayor in 1846 when General Kearney came into town
  • This is where General Kearney declared New Mexico to be the new territory.
  • That's a general invitation to each and every one of you. Come in and really enjoy a great time.
  • I'm from Mora, and I come from multiple generations of farmers, ranchers, and loggers in the Mora area
  • General. The way FEMA looks at it is disasters are one and done. A tornado comes, it's gone.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Jun 25th, 2025

Legislative Health & Human Services Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • And then, of course, there's state general fund programs.
  • And these are, um, funded by, uh, not by Medicaid, but by state general funds.
  • Um, or our state general fund goes towards the office of guardianship.
  • Our general email address, but these are actual folks.
  • Priorities get done next and then we go through the general waitlist.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Natural Resources May 14th, 2025

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm the general manager for the Edwards Aquifer Authority here today for the bill, uh, and, uh, just
  • I'm the general manager of Active municipal utility District, and certainly I'm speaking in favor of
  • I'm the general counsel of Texas Rural Water Association, and we have worked with staff and submitted
  • I'm general counsel for, uh, Dripping Springs Water Supply Corporation.
  • That's in general law anyway. There's, there's nothing special happening there.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Judiciary Committee Apr 9th, 2025

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • the attorney general, I think there's an amendment dealing with that.
  • The attorney general is to have opposition as well as any potential victim.
  • Specifically, I'd like to draw your attention to lines 9 and 10, where it says, "The attorney general
  • On lines 54 through 59 on page two, this affirms that the attorney general should have an opportunity
  • The notice must generally be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the affected county at
Bills: SB210 , SB292 , HB360 , HB233 , HB66 , HB356 , HB164 , HB238 , HB209 , SB223 , HB307 , SB210 , SB292 , HB360 , HB233 , HB66 , HB356 , HB164 , HB238 , HB209 , SB223 , HB307
Committee: House Judiciary
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Edfin Committee Meeting - 2025-03-27

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • So that would have a carve-out cost, again, not an actual cost or impact to the general fund, but just
  • While this is coordinated under LTFM, charter schools can use this funding for any general fund purpose
  • However, that money is actually coming out of the general fund.
  • Special education, the special education reductions would be borne by the general fund of the school
  • You know, that this is a cut to the general fund and this is going to be both of those reductions to
Bills: HF2430 , HF2433
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Feb 25th, 2025

Alabama Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • security, deepening partnerships across... ...the country and around the world, inspiring a new generation
  • understand our... every year to let them understand our rich history and also to inspire the next generation
  • President, if I could, I'm going to talk in general terms about what the Constitutional amendment is
  • But in general, let me tell you what SB119 does.
  • I know that you are, I believe you are generally, and I know you've just said that. I think you...
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

February 5, 2025 - 12:30 PM

Transcript Highlights:
  • So next, we have Nicholas Wilhammer with the Office of Attorney General. Sir, you are recognized.
  • I'm the Associate Deputy Attorney General for Enforcement.
  • So we can say generally speaking that 2024 saw a decrease in vaping.
  • So you're speaking generally, and most of your numbers are national, is what I'm hearing.
  • The entire Florida equine industry generates $12.8 billion, with thoroughbreds contributing more than
Summary: The subcommittee first heard presentations on protecting minors from age-restricted products from the Department of Business and Professional Regulation and the Attorney General’s office. DBPR described its Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco division’s licensing and enforcement work on alcohol, tobacco, nicotine, and hemp sales, including inspections, undercover underage-purchase operations, arrests, and coordination with the Attorney General on hemp and nicotine enforcement. Members asked about trends in youth use, retailer training, use of underage decoys in investigations, and whether additional education or penalties could help reduce sales to minors. The Attorney General’s office then outlined the new nicotine dispensing device directory created under last year’s law, explaining the criteria for listing devices attractive to minors, the notice process for manufacturers and retailers, and enforcement consequences once listed devices become contraband. Members discussed online sales, product descriptions, notice to industry, and whether more outreach to parents, schools, and local partners could help. The committee then took up House Bill 105, which would decouple thoroughbred pari-mutuel permit holders from the requirement to conduct live racing in order to operate card rooms/slot gaming. The bill sponsor said the measure would align thoroughbred permits with other live-event permits and argued the industry is already declining and heavily subsidized, so the Legislature should not force a private business to keep an unprofitable line of business. An amendment by Rep. Yeager was adopted to remove live-racing requirements for thoroughbred permit holders who are card room licensees, broadening the bill’s effect to include Tampa Bay Downs as well as Gulfstream Park. Public testimony was sharply divided: supporters said decoupling would give tracks flexibility and not end racing, while opponents from the thoroughbred breeding and racing industry warned it would undermine live racing, breeding, jobs, farmland, and the broader equine economy. After debate, several members spoke in favor of the bill, emphasizing business flexibility, declining foal counts, and the view that the state should not require a private industry to maintain racing to keep gaming rights. Opponents argued the bill could damage a signature Florida industry and its economic impact. The committee then voted 10-6 to report HB 105 favorably, with several members voting no and some excused. The meeting then adjourned.
CO

Colorado 2026 Regular Session

Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 093 Apr 17th, 2026

Colorado House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
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  • That is generally into workforce pay.
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Keywords: 981, all
Summary: The House convened with 58 members present and seven excused, establishing a quorum, and approved the April 15, 2026 journal as corrected. The chamber then moved through announcements recognizing visiting railroad workers, LIUNA Local 720, Colorado West Christian Schools, Religious Freedom Day, and several school and community groups, along with birthday acknowledgments and committee schedule notices. The House also adopted a motion to remove House Bill 1245 from special orders and returned it to the general orders second reading calendar, and set House Bills 1290, 1312, and 1321 as special orders. The House adopted Senate Joint Resolution 18, recognizing Nowruz and expressing support for the human rights and fundamental freedoms of the Iranian people, including the Women, Life, Freedom movement. Supporters described Nowruz as a holiday of renewal and resilience and tied the resolution to solidarity with Iranian communities. Representative Zokaie also spoke at length about the personal impact of war on Iranian families and urged a vote. The resolution passed 59-2 with four excused. The chamber then considered several bills in committee report. House Bill 1290, concerning assault and clarifying sentencing, was amended in Judiciary to remove the medical professional provision and passed after testimony emphasizing strangulation as a serious warning sign in domestic violence cases; it then passed the House. House Bill 1312, dealing with peace officer participation, POST Board composition, academy training, and related grants, was amended for clarity and passed the Judiciary report and then the bill. House Bill 1321, modifying the School Security Disbursement Program, had the Education Committee report defeated, but amendments were adopted to broaden eligible service providers and adjust funding language; the bill then passed as amended.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, February 3, 2026)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 4/11/25

Transportation Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • :29.200><c> the</c><00:10:29.440><c> special</c> generate revenue into the special generate revenue into
  • But for my generation and all generations after us, climate change is an existential threat to all of
  • Laura Ziegler with Associated General Contractors.
  • </c><00:53:39.359><c> fund</c> 2025 was 28.2 million in general fund 2025 was 28.2 million in general
  • So I to general register at a 150 vote.
Bills: HF2438
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Select Committee on School Facilities, May 19, 2026 - AM

Select Committee on School Facilities

Transcript Highlights:
  • So uh legislature in general.
  • This is a generational thing.
  • This is a generational thing.
  • </c> generational thing. This isn't a blip. generational thing. This isn't a blip.
  • </c> concerned about is insurance in general. concerned about is insurance in general.
Keywords: 916, all
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, January 22, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
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  • </c><04:29:59.119><c> to</c> thousands of lives we lose generally to thousands of lives we lose generally
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NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Standing Committee on Rules - 06/04/2026

Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • In fact, General Business Law. Mr. Byers, they and Mr. Kammer, all favor.
  • And that's under the General Business Law. U.S.S. Mayor, St. Mayor, Senator Cumber.
  • And after the General Business Law. Moved by San Marry, saying by Senator Harkham.
  • In fact, Senator Hark, Senator Marry, on favor, under State General Business Law.
  • And that the General Business Law. Moved by Senator Meier, Sanneville. All favor, opposed.
Committee: Senate Rules
Keywords: 993, senate, all
Summary: The meeting was a lengthy floor session in which Senator Loo’s Senate Bill 82B and a large number of other bills were taken up and reported. The transcript repeatedly notes bills being moved and seconded by various senators, with most items described as enacted or reported under different laws, including Education, Labor, Capital, Executive, Vehicle and Traffic, Tax, General Business, Social Services, Public Service, Public Health, Retirement and Social Security, Local Finance, Alcoholic Beverage Control, Civil Service, Penal, Judiciary, Senate, and Supreme Court-related laws. The discussion appears to have been a rapid series of bill readings and motions rather than substantive debate on the merits of each measure. For many of the bills, the record states that there was no opposition or that the bills were reported after a voice vote. A few items note opposition before being reported, but no detailed arguments or testimony are included in the transcript. The session also references amendments and chapter-law updates, suggesting the chamber was processing a broad package of legislative actions. The main action taken was the reporting of the bills, with the transcript indicating that the measures were advanced out of the chamber or committee. No roll-call vote details, amendments adopted, or defeats are clearly described beyond the repeated “all in favor, opposed?” style of proceedings and the final statement that the bills were reported.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Veterans and Military Affairs Apr 16th, 2026

Veterans and Military Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • The general was here today for a long time.
  • He was one of that kind of The general was here today for a long time.
  • He was a brigadier general. I don't think that you just wake up one day and decide to be a...
  • He was a brigadier general.
  • I don't think that you just wake up one day and decide to be a brigadier general.
Bills: HB3257
Summary: The Senate Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs met with a quorum and considered three nominations to the Oklahoma Veterans Commission and one bill. The committee heard presentations for Rick Munchler, Robert W. Allen Jr., and Matthew Dukes, each described as having extensive military, public service, and veterans’ advocacy backgrounds. In each case, senators moved do pass, there were no substantive questions or debate, and each nomination received unanimous 5-0 approval to advance to the full Senate for confirmation. The committee also heard House Bill 3257, which would extend certain state benefits available to veterans who are 100% disabled due to a service-connected disability to veterans who are 100% disabled as a result of negligence or malpractice at a VA hospital under federal law. The author explained the bill would align state recognition and benefits with federal disability determinations in those cases, while noting the property tax exemption issue is constrained by the state constitution. After brief questions about the bill’s scope, the committee voted 5-0 to pass the measure to the full Senate. At the close of the meeting, the chair noted another committee meeting would be needed the following week to consider additional Veterans Commission nominees, and the committee adjourned.
ND
Transcript Highlights:
  • Dickinson State using their funds for a deaerator, hot water heaters, large generators, and their ag
  • They can use general fund and other appropriated operating funds.
  • They can use general fund and other appropriated operating funds.
  • There's a shift from the general fund here.
  • And so that's generated by higher education today.
Summary: The committee met to discuss higher education funding and capital building policy. Members first heard an update from NDUS Deputy Commissioner Lisa Johnson on low-producing academic programs. She described a proposed board policy using a five-year rolling window and thresholds of fewer than 10 undergraduate graduates or fewer than 5 graduate graduates, with programs flagged for three consecutive review periods going to the board. Possible outcomes would include continuation, continuation with modifications, inactivation, or termination. Members asked about how the review would account for program costs, service to other students, workforce demand, and the difference between inactivation and termination. Johnson said the board would consider broader factors and that campuses already do detailed program analysis. Several members also asked about cost savings and staffing impacts from program terminations, and Johnson said the board would try to provide more information later. The committee then received a report on the Capital Building Fund from Jamie Wilkie. He reviewed the program’s history, matching requirements, and recent uses, noting that about $334 million in state and matching dollars has been invested overall, with most going to deferred maintenance and extraordinary repairs. Members discussed whether the program is reducing deferred maintenance and requested updated systemwide data on deferred maintenance and campus space utilization. Wilkie said the board is considering a new study to update deferred maintenance figures, which are based on information more than 12 years old. He also reported that several institutions have used current biennium funds for projects such as residence hall renovations, health sciences housing, generators, and building repairs. Later, the committee began a detailed walkthrough of a draft bill that would replace the current higher education funding formula with an FTE-based model and also revise the capital building fund structure. The draft would use fall enrollment FTEs, add completion incentives for degrees in in-demand fields, and create a separate research funding component for UND and NDSU tied to doctoral completions and external research expenditures. Members raised concerns about the use of older data in the formula, the treatment of waivers, the weighting of professional and health sciences programs, and the use of CIP codes to define CTE and education incentives. The bill draft would also combine capital building fund tiers, broaden eligible uses for deferred maintenance and legislatively authorized projects, change matching requirements, repeal the old formula chapter and the capital pool, and transfer funds from the Strategic Investment and Improvements Fund into the capital building fund. No final votes were taken during the portion provided; the meeting was primarily discussion and review.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Human Services Committee Apr 23rd, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's not only modernized outdated fees, but also expands participation, generating more total resources
  • But just very, very quickly, and to the author, I believe that there is no impact to the general fund
  • This is why every city should have it in their general plan.
  • It can either be in the general plan or a separate plan that can be identified as a child care plan.
  • It can either be in the general plan or a separate plan that can be identified as a child care plan.
Summary: The committee heard a series of child and family services bills, with testimony from authors, county officials, advocates, and members of the public. AB 2083 would authorize a regional child care special district for Marina Valley and Paris; there was no public opposition, but a vice chair raised concerns about lack of outreach to Riverside County and possible added fees for residents. The bill was held pending quorum and later noted as enjoying a due pass recommendation, though no final roll was taken in the excerpt. AB 1579, which expands the Children’s Crisis Continuum Pilot Program to allow additional CDSS-approved residential models, drew strong support from San Francisco County, Seneca Family of Agencies, and several counties and advocacy groups, who argued the current crisis residential model is financially and operationally unworkable and leaves youth in hospitals or emergency departments. The Youth Law Center and allied organizations opposed the bill, saying it departs from the original small, community-based crisis model and could lead to more institutional care. The committee passed the bill 6-0 to Appropriations. AB 1628 would extend California’s safe surrender window for newborns from 72 hours to 30 days. The author and fire service supporters said the change would better reflect postpartum recovery and help prevent unsafe abandonment; there was no opposition, and the bill passed 6-0. AB 1634, dealing with the “Kids” specialty license plate program, sought to raise plate fees and revise distribution formulas to generate more revenue for child safety and child care programs. Supporters said the update would modernize outdated 1992 pricing and expand county access, while a committee member objected that the bill would reallocate funds away from state agencies and private nonprofits; the bill was moved on a 5-0 vote with some members not voting. AB 1643 would streamline child support enrollment by having courts transmit support orders directly to child support agencies unless a custodial parent opts out. Supporters said automatic enrollment would reduce poverty and remove paperwork barriers, while opponents warned it could undermine parent choice and create problems for families with sensitive circumstances. The committee passed the bill 6-0. AB 1708 would require regions receiving HHAP homelessness funds to more meaningfully engage smaller cities; many city officials supported it as a way to include jurisdictions that are doing local homelessness work, while Los Angeles’ mayor’s office opposed it. The bill passed 5-0. AB 2395 would standardize access to the child support debt reduction program; supporters described it as a way to help low-income obligors escape uncollectible government-owed debt, while receiving parents and child support agencies warned it could reduce money owed to families and needs more work. The bill passed 4-0. The committee then began AB 1914, which would require local governments to plan for child care in general plans; supporters framed child care as essential infrastructure, while at least one member raised concerns about state mandates on local jurisdictions, and the excerpt ends before any vote.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • Your support impacts countless young lives and generations beyond.
  • ><c> does</c><00:21:32.160><c> not</c> We Make Minnesota generally does not We Make Minnesota generally
  • Yeah, so this is funded by general fund dollars, which are also general fund dollars here from this funding
  • </c><00:37:22.000><c> fund</c> Yeah, so this is funded by general fund Yeah, so this is funded by general
  • </c><00:37:23.760><c> fund</c> dollars which are also general fund dollars which are also general fund
Keywords: 1183, house
Summary: House File 4738 was laid over for possible inclusion in the 2026 tax bill. Representative Keeler presented the bill as a funding source for Minnesota’s Safe Harbor program, arguing that trafficking and sexual exploitation are statewide problems and that current shelter and housing resources are insufficient. She and several supporters emphasized that the program serves youth across greater Minnesota, not just the metro, and that state and federal funding pressures make additional support necessary. Testifiers from Place Called Home/Life House, The Link, the City of Minneapolis, and a survivor all described the impact of Safe Harbor and related shelter programs. They cited data on youth served, bed nights, mental health services, and high unmet need, including waitlists and youth turned away because programs are full. Testimony stressed that stable housing and trauma-informed services help survivors recover and move toward education, employment, and family stability. One committee member, Representative Davis, objected to the proposed funding source, saying he would not support taking money from women’s sports scholarships and urging a different source. The bill’s tax mechanism was described as ending the sales tax exemption for preferred seating, suite licenses, and related amenities at athletic and entertainment events. Alec Williams of We Make Minnesota supported the proposal as a fair way to raise revenue from high-end discretionary purchases for a public purpose. Committee discussion also focused on the size of the revenue estimate and the breakdown of the impact, with nonpartisan staff saying roughly 85% would come from suite licenses, 10% from collegiate seating, and 5% from amenities. Representative Smith and others framed the issue as both a tax and moral question, and the chair moved the bill to be laid over.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • We are being asked to make decisions with limited General Fund resources.
  • It's generally three to six percent down payment assistance.
  • So there is a bit of a distinction between general fund allocations and fund balances and what we have
  • So we are going to move to public comment on general items.
  • Preventing homelessness for youth is critical to stop generational homelessness.
Summary: Assembly Budget Subcommittee 5 on State Administration heard two housing-related trailer bill items tied to the Governor’s reorganization plan. The first item would codify the creation of a new Housing and Homelessness Agency and a Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency structure; the second would further streamline the state housing finance system by creating a Housing Development and Finance Committee and reserving most private activity bond capacity for affordable housing. Administration officials said the changes are intended to reduce duplication, speed awards to construction, and make housing funding more predictable and efficient. Agency leaders described recent housing investments and implementation steps, including work groups, coordination with Finance, the Controller, and the Treasurer’s Office, and development of new guidelines and staffing. Members raised concerns about limited funding, the need for better program-by-program outcome data, youth homelessness, excess sites, and fraud prevention. The Interagency Council on Homelessness presented new three-year action plan metrics, including goals to increase exits from unsheltered homelessness to 70% and move more people into permanent housing, while also noting current performance data and quarterly public reporting. The Legislative Analyst’s Office said it had no concerns with the first trailer bill, but supported the general concept of the second while recommending changes, including removing or revising the proposed 50% bond-cap floor for the new committee and adding attention to 9% and state tax credits. Public commenters, including local governments, nonprofit developers, housing authorities, and advocacy groups, largely supported the reorganization and streamlining goals, but several urged stronger protections for deeply affordable housing, earlier reallocation of unused bond authority, continued access to 9% credits, and more funding for housing programs. No votes were taken in the portion provided; the chair closed item one and moved to item two after member and public testimony.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 11th, 2026 at 05:40 pm

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I think 5% is incredibly generous. And when the gentleman from the 35...
  • We have generation without transmission. We have some transmission that could use some generation.
  • We do not have the generation, and this is a massive problem.
  • so we can move that generation and wield that power from place to place.
  • so we can move that generation, wield that power from place. ...need to be where we get generation so
Summary: The House first took up Substitute Senate Bill 6225, a transportation bond measure. Supporters said it was needed to fund preservation and maintenance of Washington’s transportation system, including road upkeep and emergency repairs, while opponents argued the state had already addressed current needs through a recent unanimous budget and existing bond authority. The bill passed final passage 59-38, meeting the required three-fifths vote. The House then considered Gross Substitute Senate Bill 6260, an education budget-related bill with many floor amendments focused on transition to kindergarten, alternative learning experience (ALE) funding, local effort assistance (LEA), educational service district reserves, superintendent pay, MSOC funding, and collective bargaining limits. Most proposed amendments were rejected, though Amendment 2654 on TK priorities was adopted. After the committee amendment as amended was adopted, the bill advanced to third reading and then passed 50-47. Supporters described it as a necessary budget reduction and risk-management measure; opponents argued it cut K-12 funding too deeply, especially in rural and property-poor districts, and would worsen inequities and invite litigation. The House also concurred in Senate amendments and passed several other bills. House Bill 1796, about school construction financing and capital levy use, passed 95-2. Second Substitute House Bill 2105, dealing with immigrant worker protections, passed 58-38. Engrossed House Bill 2211, on food sourcing for a health-related program, passed unanimously. Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2225, regulating companion chatbots and child safety, passed 74-21. Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2247, related to animal care, passed unanimously. Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 2418, streamlining permitting timelines to support housing affordability, also passed unanimously. The House then moved on to additional Senate-concurred bills, beginning with Second Substitute House Bill 1906.