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TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Business and Commerce (Part II) Apr 1st, 2025
Business & Commerce
Transcript Highlights:
- It adds that agreements entered into under chapter 143 and 147 of the local government code are applicable
- agreements at the request of various first responder stakeholders.
- You said you want those contracts... ...and agreements between, for example, the police and fire to remain
- intact, so you support project labor agreements?
- Do you support project labor agreements? That's not what I've written about, or what this...
Bills:
SB75 , SB715 , SB776 , SB1299 , SB1405 , SB1968 , SB2021 , SB2077 , SB2148 , SB2321 , SB2330 , SB2411
Committee:
Senate Business & Commerce
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
ACT 279 WG Info Briefing - Mon Dec 1, 2025 @ 10:00 AM HST
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- There's also a deal purchase agreement.
- They manage it agreement to DTS.
- We've signed a state agreement, prevailing wage agreements with ...
- We've signed a state has signed agreement agreement agreement >> prevailing<01:22:00.639><c> wage
- </c> >> prevailing wage agreements with Okay. >> prevailing wage agreements with Okay.
Summary:
The Act 279 working group met for an informational briefing with DHHL on its use of the $600 million appropriation and progress on the department’s implementation plan. The chair reviewed the working group’s oversight role, noting that it was created to monitor expenditures, project development, and progress toward reducing the Hawaiian Homes waitlist, and that the group must submit a progress report before the 2026 session and a final report before the 2027 session. DHHL said it had provided an updated booklet reflecting the Hawaiian Homes Commission’s February 2024 recommendations and a detailed accounting of encumbrances and project progress across the islands.
DHHL highlighted several implementation themes: innovative financing and construction methods, land acquisitions and exchanges, technology, beneficiary services, and partnerships with counties and private entities. The department described a “project lease” model that gives beneficiaries access to a project rather than a specific lot, with options such as turnkey homes, owner-builder, self-help, or rent-to-purchase arrangements depending on financial qualification. Officials said this approach is intended to serve lower-income beneficiaries, expand access for people on the waitlist, and allow beneficiaries to receive support services such as financial literacy and down payment assistance.
The department reported that roughly $511 million had been encumbered for infrastructure, about $152.8 million for acquisitions, financing, and beneficiary services, and about $36 million in other covered costs, with about $588.9 million encumbered as of December 31 and about $120 million expected to be spent by that date. Officials said the original implementation plan covered about 2,722 units, while the updated plan projects roughly 6,000 to 7,000 leases and 2,472 lots to be occupied. They also described phase-two needs for additional funding, including projects on Hawaiʻi, Maui, Kauaʻi, and Oʻahu, and said they would need continued legislative support, including possible bonding and private activity bond set-asides, to complete remaining projects.
Members discussed the distinction between encumbered and spent funds, and DHHL explained that encumbrances reserve money for specific contracts while construction spending occurs over time through progress payments. The department also showcased examples of innovative projects, including a high-rise project in urban Honolulu financed through a mix of private activity bonds, tax credits, and state funds, and an acquisition-based project in Kapaʻa, Kauaʻi using multiple funding sources. DHHL emphasized partnerships with the City and County of Honolulu and Maui County, and said it is still assessing future projects to keep infrastructure costs manageable and ensure homes are safe and affordable for beneficiaries.
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Higher Education Institutions Committee Jun 18th, 2026 at 10:00 am
Higher Education Institutions Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- So the language in the agreement is providing and receiving institutions and such.
- But there's not unanimous agreement among faculty.
- You'll never get unanimous agreement on faculty in many things, so that's not surprising.
- But there's not unanimous agreement among faculty.
- You'll never get unanimous agreement on faculty in many things, so that's not surprising.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Day 27 (2-13-26)
Kentucky Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> another provider who was in agreement another provider who was in agreement with<00:30:19.279><c
- I think we have agreement from the minority party and the majority party that no person should be denied
- I think we<00:55:20.800><c> have</c><00:55:20.960><c> agreement</c> we have agreement we have agreement
- President, I had to get up and talk today that I'm so happy that we have come to an agreement today that
- </c> we have agreement on that basic premise. we have agreement on that basic premise.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Health Mar 17th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- So the Opioid Settlement Fund receives revenues from over a dozen settlement agreements.
- The data use agreement with Carillon was not released until May 2024.
- The last part of August, the provider participant agreement was released by DHCS.
- extensive review before finalizing and submitting the agreement to DHCS in December of 2024.
- It's a three-way agreement between us, DHCS, and CMS.
Summary:
The committee heard a budget oversight hearing on the Department of Health Care Services, focusing first on the overall Medi-Cal budget and a March General Fund loan to cover a current-year shortfall. DHCS said the 2025-26 budget proposal totals $193.4 billion, with Medi-Cal projected at $188.1 billion total funds and $42.1 billion General Fund, driven by higher enrollment, pharmacy costs, managed care growth, and costs tied to eligibility expansions and the COVID-era redetermination unwinding. The department said the $3.44 billion loan was needed to manage cash flow and ensure timely payments to providers and plans, while the LAO noted Medi-Cal’s cash-basis budgeting creates volatility and that more detailed estimates would come with the May Revision. Members discussed federal Medicaid threats, the need for transparency on cost drivers, and the impact of pharmacy spending, long-term care, and immigration-related coverage expansions.
The second major topic was family health programs, including California Children’s Services, the continuous coverage unwinding, and opioid settlement fund spending. DHCS described CCS funding methodology changes, ongoing county stakeholder work, and a delayed rollout of CCS monitoring and oversight until July 1, 2025, while county representatives and advocates argued the program is underfunded and asked for more technical assistance and a delay in implementation. On the unwinding, the department explained that federal redetermination flexibilities helped maintain coverage after the pandemic, but the Governor’s budget proposes ending them at the end of June 2025; advocates urged making the flexibilities permanent to avoid coverage losses. For opioid settlement funds, DHCS and Finance said the budget increases funding for naloxone distribution while reducing other harm-reduction spending based on updated settlement revenues, prompting criticism from members and public commenters who argued the change would weaken effective harm-reduction programs.
The hearing also included an update on Proposition 35 implementation. DHCS said the voter-approved measure continuously appropriates MCO tax revenues beginning in 2025, with up to $4.6 billion annually available for specified Medi-Cal and provider investments in 2025 and 2026, but implementation depends on consultation with the required stakeholder advisory committee. The department and LAO noted uncertainty about future federal rules affecting the MCO tax after 2026. Public testimony largely supported maintaining Medi-Cal expansions, protecting immigrant coverage, preserving harm-reduction funding, and increasing support for community health workers, pediatric dental care, and CCS county administration. No votes were taken during the portion of the hearing provided.
DE
Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Elections & Government Affairs Committee Meeting Jun 25th, 2026
Elections & Government Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- And most of the time, a business's operating agreement can override this legislation. Thank you.
- And most of the time, a business's operating agreement can override this legislation. Thank you.
- The town law enforcement there is also in agreement with this because they would go to one house, not
- The town law enforcement there is also in agreement with this. law enforcement there is also in agreement
Bills:
HB344
Committee:
Senate Elections & Government Affairs
Summary:
The Senate Elections and Government Affairs Committee heard several election- and campaign-related bills. House Substitute 2 for House Bill 155 would make Public Integrity Commission reports publicly available on the commission’s website, add a specific travel-expense reporting category, and remove the FOIA requirement for accessing reports; Senator Richardson said he supported the transparency measure and asked to be added as a co-sponsor. The committee also took up House Bill 444, the Delaware John Lewis Voting Rights Act, which would create state protections against voter suppression and vote dilution, expand language access, prohibit intimidation and deception, and allow court remedies for violations. The bill drew strong support from advocacy groups including YWCA Delaware, the League of Women Voters, the ACLU, and the Legal Defense Fund, and several senators voiced support and interest in moving it quickly.
House Bill 430, a constitutional amendment proposal, would make explicit that only natural persons may vote in Delaware elections, including municipal elections, in response to concerns about corporate or other artificial-entity voting in some towns. The discussion focused heavily on Fenwick Island, where the mayor testified that the town’s charter has long allowed certain artificial entities to vote in local elections and said the system is limited and has worked for years; other speakers argued the bill was needed to prevent corporate dilution of residents’ votes. Senator Richardson expressed concern about restricting entities with a local stake, while Senator Hoffner and others emphasized the principle of one person, one vote.
Senator Townsend presented House Bill 344, which would tighten campaign finance rules by requiring Delaware bank accounts for candidates and committees, recurring training, better documentation of candidate loans, longer record retention, automatic filing extensions, and inactive status for noncompliant committees; one public commenter opposed the bill on cost grounds. He also presented House Bill 448, which would allow campaign funds to be used for reasonable security expenses for candidates and elected officials, with guardrails, and a commenter suggested allowing electronic security systems without a cap. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 472, a local de-annexation measure for Noble’s Pond in Cheswold to remove scattered residential lots from town boundaries and resolve uneven tax treatment; Senator Hoffner noted local law enforcement supported the change. The committee adjourned after hearing no further public comment on HB 472, and the vote to adjourn was unanimous.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Housing Feb 2nd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Local governments are authorized to enter into interlocal agreements under the Interlocal Cooperation
- shelter can also be located within a jurisdiction with which the local government has an interlocal agreement
- A restriction like that silences the voices of the people who may be opposed or may be in agreement with
- Chair, and we're generally in agreement with this. Thank you. Great.
- You know, the city that I came from actually had an interlocal agreement between Bellevue, Redmond, and
Summary:
The Housing Committee considered two bills in executive session. House Bill 2266, the “step housing” bill, was presented with a proposed substitute that set different siting rules for transitional housing, permanent supportive housing, emergency shelters, and emergency housing; allowed some local standards and certifications; required local code updates within two years or the next comprehensive plan update; and grandfathered existing facilities. Members debated several amendments, adopting amendments to allow form-based codes, clarify timing and definitions, and preempt conflicting local requirements, while rejecting amendments that would have added school/daycare setbacks, expanded operational requirements, or changed local program conditions. The committee then approved the substitute bill on a 10-7 vote and reported it out with a do pass recommendation.
House Bill 2489 would bar local governments from adopting or enforcing laws that criminalize or penalize life-sustaining activities on public property unless adequate alternative shelter space is available. The proposed substitute narrowed and clarified the bill, including exceptions for imminent harm, emergency access, disability access, and certain criminal laws; it also allowed regional shelter agreements and broadened the definition of adequate alternative shelter space. Members adopted an amendment allowing portable mats, beds, or other sleeping spaces in drop-in overnight shelters, including those in religious buildings, while rejecting or withdrawing other amendments, including one on park facilities and one on weapons. After debate over public safety, shelter availability, and local control, the committee passed the substitute bill on a 9-8 vote and reported it out with a do pass recommendation. The chair then announced the committee would not meet the following day.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- All in agreement say aye. Aye. Any nays?
- All right, all in agreement say aye. Aye. Any nays? Nope, ayes have it.
- All in agreement say aye. Any nays? Nope. Ayes have it.
- All in agreement, say aye. Any nays. Ayes have it. Docket 18-04-14-2501 is approved.
- All right, all in agreement say aye. Aye. Any opposed?
Committee:
Senate Commerce and Human Resources
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Joint Select Committee on Collective Bargaining Jan 20th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm pleased to announce that we were able to reach agreement on 30 of the 35 articles.
- I think that we reached agreement on this article in our last bargaining session.
- I am pleased to announce that we reached agreement on the majority of the articles.
- We believe that even with this issue, we could come to an agreement with the state.
- Even with this issue, we believe that we could come to an agreement with the state and will be willing
Summary:
The Joint Select Committee on Collective Bargaining met to hear informational presentations on several state employee bargaining units at impasse. The Department of Management Services outlined the status of negotiations for FDLE special agents, correctional/security services, sworn law enforcement officers, Florida Highway Patrol troopers, and Florida State Fire Service employees. In each case, most contract articles had been resolved, but key disputes remained over wages and several non-economic provisions such as hours of work, grievance language, safety, grooming, seniority, equipment, travel, and on-call pay. DMS emphasized that the state had offered competitive pay increases, special pay, recruitment/retention funds in some units, and that insurance costs would remain unchanged for employees.
Representatives for the Florida State Fire Service Association argued that the state was requiring firefighters to perform work far outside their job descriptions, including major construction and renovation, and that wildland firefighters were being undercompensated for long hours, on-call duty, and callback work. They also pressed for higher wages, an incentive-based pay plan, additional compensation for firefighter-EMTs, more protective clothing, and stronger decontamination and cancer-prevention measures. The Police Benevolent Association’s Florida Highway Patrol unit sought a larger career development plan, veteran stipends, broader grooming/tattoo allowances, improved vehicle safety, and more pay, while the law enforcement unit raised concerns about vehicle safety, performance evaluation quotas, and a $7,000 across-the-board raise. The security services unit representing correctional officers, probation officers, and ISS officers focused on a substantial wage increase, retention pay, special pay for death row and close management assignments, and overtime treatment for lieutenants and captains.
Committee members asked only a few clarifying questions, including whether correctional officers receive overtime, which DMS confirmed they do. No votes were taken and no formal action was scheduled; the meeting was expressly for information only. The committee thanked the presenters, noted that the materials and testimony would be taken under advisement, and adjourned without objection.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Balancing the Budget – Majority Leader Erin Murphy Jun 16th, 2025
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, and a power-sharing agreement. Uh, and the election of Donald Trump.
- Um and a power sharing agreement.<00:00:50.719><c> Uh</c><00:00:51.039><c> and</c><00:00:51.280><c> the
- </c><00:00:51.600><c> election</c><00:00:52.000><c> of</c><00:00:52.239><c> Donald</c> agreement.
- Uh and the election of Donald agreement.
- I think what helped us foster a better relationship this session was the early outreach and agreement
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Final Moments of the 2025 First Special Session - 06/10/25
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- That loss forced us into a power-sharing agreement that really forged what is now a much better working
- That loss forced us into a power-sharing agreement that really forged what is now a much better working
- That loss forced us into a power-sharing agreement that really forged what is now a much better working
- That loss forced us into a power-sharing agreement that really forged what is now a much better working
- That loss forced us into a power-sharing agreement that really forged what is now a much better working
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Well, actually first we'll go ahead and adopt the amendment that then reflects the agreement that the
- the author of the bill, move the adoption of the A25-000081 amendment as it reflects the council's agreement
- reflects the A25-000081 amendment as it reflects the council's<00:02:14.239><c> um</c><00:02:14.640><c> agreement
- and</c><00:02:15.840><c> puts</c><00:02:16.080><c> the</c><00:02:16.239><c> bill</c> council's um agreement
- and puts the bill council's um agreement and puts the bill in<00:02:16.560><c> the</c><00:02:16.720>
Committee:
Senate Labor
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- that an owner operator is not an employee, and what happens in practicality is there is a lease agreement
- And many times owner operators have to sign or enter into a lease agreement that says we're responsible
- if the concern is that an owner operator who is truly an independent contractor, that has a lease agreement
- They can enter into an agreement.
- That agreement will be honored under 406.122 because that specifically defines status as an employee.
Committee:
Senate Transportation
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Transportation heard several bills, mostly local memorial highway designations and transportation-related regulatory measures. Senator Hinojosa presented SB 1351 to designate part of US 281 in Hidalgo County as the Jose Rodriguez Lua Memorial Highway in honor of a Border Patrol processing coordinator killed by a drunk driver; a family member testified emotionally in support, and the bill was left pending. The committee also heard and left pending SB 2245 on bonded titles for vehicles when a lienholder has gone out of business, SB 1568 on animal-friendly specialty license plates with a second “spay, neuter, adopt” plate, SB 2589 on handling closed county roads in Webb County, SB 1104 on allowing large retailers to use one fingerprinted employee of record across multiple Texas locations, SB 1423 naming the Bill Stout Parkway in Longview, and SB 1931 naming part of US 83 the Rodolfo Valdez Memorial Highway. Most of these bills drew supportive testimony or were presented as local measures with no opposition.
The committee also took up broader policy bills. SB 215 would create a digital identification program for Texas driver’s licenses and certain other licenses, but the sponsor said he was mainly laying the bill out for discussion and study; testimony was limited and the bill was left pending. SB 2707 would clarify that government entities such as TxDOT and the military remain exempt from fees on oversized/overweight permit authority, though a county commissioner raised questions about road-use impacts and fee revenue. SB 2807 drew the most discussion: it would prevent a motor carrier’s use of safety technology, training, and related practices from being used as evidence that an independent contractor is actually an employee. Supporters said the bill would encourage adoption of safety tools like cameras and braking systems without increasing misclassification risk, while opponents from the trial lawyers’ side warned the wording could conflict with existing labor-code definitions and create litigation. The sponsor and committee members discussed possible clarifying floor amendments.
After public testimony, the committee voted on the pending bills. All measures were reported favorably on 6-0 votes, with committee substitutes adopted where applicable. SB 1351, SB 1423, SB 1568, SB 1931, SB 2245, SB 2589, SB 2707, SB 2807, and SB 2841 were all sent to the full Senate, and several were recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. The committee recessed subject to the call of the chair after completing the votes.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- So, we are in agreement on this one, I believe, and we can vote this out.
- So, we we we are<00:04:28.960><c> in</c><00:04:29.280><c> agreement</c><00:04:29.759><c> on</c><00:04
- > this</c><00:04:30.240><c> one,</c><00:04:30.479><c> I</c><00:04:30.720><c> believe,</c> are in agreement
- on this one, I believe, are in agreement on this one, I believe, and<00:04:31.840><c> we</c><00:04:32.000
- We are then in agreement with SB 15, House Draft 2, and we are ready to vote if it's okay with the House
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Appropriations Committee Mar 19th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- requested amendments to clarify servicers may be allowed to maintain their contractual servicing agreements
- with GSEs, with federal agencies, and private investors when investor agreements do not align with the
- to provide forbearance outside the terms of federal agencies and private investor loan servicing agreements
- and investors may challenge servicers legally for providing forbearance outside the terms of the agreements
- This will lead to legal challenges that would impact... ...outside the terms of the agreements.
Summary:
The Assembly Appropriations Committee met on March 19, 2025, adopted its committee rules unanimously, and then heard a series of housing, insurance, and disaster-recovery bills. Early bills focused on wildfire relief and insurance issues, including AB 238 on mortgage forbearance for Los Angeles County wildfire survivors, AB 493 on insurance payout interest for homeowners, AB 597 on consumer protections after disasters, and AB 226 on strengthening the California FAIR Plan’s liquidity tools. Supporters generally framed these measures as necessary protections for disaster survivors and market stability, while opponents and concerned witnesses raised issues such as investor guidelines, compliance conflicts, and market disruption. Several members also noted equity concerns and the need to balance relief with consistency across the state.
The committee also heard a cluster of housing-production bills. AB 306 proposed a six-year pause on new state building code updates affecting residential construction and limits on local code modifications, drawing strong support from housing and building industry groups who argued it would reduce costs and improve predictability. It also drew opposition from code, environmental, and clean-energy advocates, who warned about safety, local control, and the loss of important code updates. AB 253 would allow licensed third-party professionals to perform plan checks if local review takes 30 days or more, and AB 301 would impose state-agency permitting timelines similar to those already applied to local governments; both were presented as ways to reduce delays and speed housing development. AB 462 would exempt ADU construction from coastal development permit requirements in Los Angeles County, especially to aid fire recovery and expand housing supply.
After hearing testimony and brief member discussion on each measure, the committee placed the bills on suspense or advanced them as appropriate. In the suspense hearing at the end of the meeting, the committee took up the suspense-file bills and reported AB 226, AB 238, AB 301, and AB 306 out with due pass recommendations on roll call votes. The meeting then adjourned.
ND
Transcript Highlights:
- A distributor may not provide bookkeeping services, and a distributor may not have an agreement with
- To work out in a lease agreement, an agreement between the organization and site, that is it dependent
- To work out in a lease agreement, an agreement between the organization and site, that is dependent upon
- We've always had a loose agreement with the TRPB, where if we needed a special background check on an
- We have the ADW operators, by rule, sign an agreement with a charity in the state.
Committees:
Joint Judiciary , Joint Judiciary Committee
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- There's global agreement. Sorry, Mr. Raymond.
- There's global<01:08:14.559><c> agreement.
- Um there's global global agreement. Um there's global agreement. Sorry,<01:08:20.560><c> Mr.
- Um, this funds the self-directed worker bargaining agreement.
- Uh the proposal um I I should agreement.
Committee:
Senate Human Services
VT
Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session - 2026-02-13 - 11:30AM
Vermont Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- So, this is an agreement that the administration agreed to.
- So, this is an agreement that the administration agreed to.
- So, this is an agreement that we it.
- So, this is an agreement that we that<00:41:12.240><c> the</c><00:41:13.200><c> administration</c><00
- So the agreement was 65% state money.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 4/1/25
Commerce Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- that are being impacted by this are already working towards that and recognize that and could find agreement
- that are being impacted by this are already working towards that and recognize that and could find agreement
- that are being impacted by this are already working towards that and recognize that and could find agreement
- that are being impacted by this are already working towards that and recognize that and could find agreement
- that are being impacted by this are already working towards that and recognize that and could find agreement
Committee:
House Commerce Finance and Policy
Keywords:
garnishment, wage garnishment, earnings levy, bank levy, execution, judgment debtor, judgment creditor, exemption notice, exempt property, bank account freeze, financial institution levy, employer disclosure, garnishee, writ of execution, debt collection, consumer debt, collections, bankruptcy exemptions, public benefits, means-tested benefits
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
06/12/2026 - House Democratic Caucus Calendar #25
Transcript Highlights:
- a political subdivision from negotiating with a labor organization, any exclusive representation agreement
- , collective bargaining agreement, memorandum of understanding, contract, or other agreement regarding