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NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs (04/30/2025)
Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, which is an extraordinary expansion of state power, and it's also done without any kind of fiscal
- and it's also done without state power and it's also done without any<00:21:27.039><c> kind</c><00:21
- So the governor had to step in and suspend the program.
- So the governor had to step in and suspend the program.
- So the governor had to step in and suspend the program.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Fish and Game and Marine Resources (02/12/2025)
Fish and Game and Marine Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- <03:18:15.920><c> weaponry</c> high-powered weaponry high-powered weaponry I<03:18:17.479><c> also</c
- The director had no power to move forward with that, and so the commission's approval...
- The director had no power to move forward with that, and so the commission's approval...
- I thought this is worth sharing: power must never be trusted without a check.
- I thought this is worth sharing: power must never be trusted without a check.
Committee:
House Fish and Game and Marine Resources
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 028 Feb 11th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And then when the governor came in and circumvented the will of the voter and passed Senate Bill 181,
- She dutifully served as a star root carrier, leaving behind a powerful legacy of perseverance, courage
- She dutifully served as a star root carrier, leaving behind a powerful legacy of perseverance, courage
- 01:56:02.159><c> a</c> a star root carrier leaving behind a a star root carrier leaving behind a powerful
- legacy of perseverance courage powerful legacy of perseverance courage courage<01:56:05.199><c> and<
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Select Committee on the Transportation Costs and Impact of the Low Carbon Fuel Standard Aug 27th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- which, again, is really critical because those stations are expensive to build and require a lot of power
- . ...expensive to build, require a lot of power, and making sure that those are deployed for the transition
- who only have one method of transportation, that they have the opportunity to get out of a gasoline-powered
- So it’s a powerful program. We appreciate it. The first all-electric transit fleet in the country.
- So it’s a powerful program.
Summary:
The hearing was a select committee discussion on the transportation costs and impacts of California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), with opening remarks from the co-chairs and members emphasizing affordability, climate goals, and the need to explain the program’s benefits to the public. The first panel from CARB and the California Energy Commission described how LCFS works as a market-based, declining carbon-intensity program that rewards lower-carbon fuels, supports zero-emission vehicle infrastructure, and is intended to reduce greenhouse gases and local air pollution. They argued the program has driven billions in private investment, increased alternative fuel use, and that LCFS credit prices are not the main driver of retail gasoline prices, which they said are dominated by crude oil, refining, and distribution costs.
Members questioned the panel on the gap between the regulatory target and actual carbon-intensity performance, the role of credit banking, which fuels are generating the most credits, how the 2025 amendments affected the program, and whether LCFS credits are truly additional. CARB explained that banking helps cost-effectiveness and investment certainty, that ethanol, renewable diesel, and biodiesel currently provide the largest volumes while electricity is expected to grow, and that the updated targets were informed by the state’s 2045 carbon-neutrality goals and the 2030 scoping plan. The Energy Commission said its data show environmental programs add some cost to gasoline but do not drive price volatility, which is mainly tied to crude oil and refinery margins.
The second panel, featuring academic and research experts, focused on program design, out-of-state credit generation, and broader economic effects. Speakers said LCFS is successful because it ties incentives to emissions benefit, uses life-cycle analysis, and allows flexible compliance that lowers costs compared with more direct regulation. They also said the program’s benefits generally outweigh costs, that it can reduce air pollution disparities and support equity, but that some issues—especially indirect land use change, additionality, and older program assumptions—need more research and may warrant future rulemaking. One researcher noted that while LCFS likely raises gasoline prices somewhat, the effect is uncertain by design and usually smaller than normal market fluctuations, and another warned that limiting credit generation too narrowly could create legal and efficiency problems.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate - 02/05/25
Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate
Transcript Highlights:
- Association that represents all 50 of the not-for-profit electric co-ops in Minnesota that provide power
- replaced by nonprofits that pay salaries many times when we see their 990s people making more than the governor
- people making more<01:05:06.920><c> than</c><01:05:07.079><c> the</c> more than the more than the governor
- <c> think</c><01:05:09.279><c> that's</c><01:05:09.520><c> something</c><01:05:09.839><c> we</c> governor
- and I think that's something we governor and I think that's something we need<01:05:10.240><c> to</c
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Joint Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources Committee, June 11, 2026 - AM
Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- And so they wouldn't have the brain power, per se, to come up with what would be the next step.
- per se to uh to come up with brain power per se to uh to come up with what<00:43:31.920><c> would</c
- Fortunately, that did pass, and the governor signed it.
- More power to them. their arm in a cow. More power to them.
- This isn't giving irrigation districts veto power over subdivisions, is it? >> Mr.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Executive Departments and Administration (04/08/2026)
Executive Departments and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- The amendment also allowed the governor to order the Gold Star flag to fly on State House grounds and
- The amendment also<00:04:45.280><c> allowed</c><00:04:45.680><c> the</c><00:04:45.840><c> governor</c
- ><00:04:46.240><c> to</c><00:04:46.639><c> order</c><00:04:47.520><c> the</c> also allowed the governor
- to order the also allowed the governor to order the gold<00:04:48.160><c> star</c><00:04:48.479><c>
- </c><02:03:22.639><c> and</c> be mentioning to the to the governor and be mentioning to the to the governor
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 02/18/26
Jobs and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- Number one, that I'll do everything that I can within my power to always maintain control of these proceedings
- The governor often likes to mention that The governor often likes to mention that uh<00:57:46.000><c>
- </c> campaign uh, with the governor campaign uh, with the governor announcing<01:31:28.719><c> uh,</c
- And lastly, the governor made that announcement.
- We don't know where the governor came up with the $10 million number.
Committee:
Senate Jobs and Economic Development
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Legislative Session Day 35 (2-26-26) - Reupload
Kentucky House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:18:52.880><c> things</c> officials. governor uh those type things officials. governor uh those
- Question first. >> the governor, a gentleman from Todd, you're still back there.
- </c> It also being big mad at the governor It also being big mad at the governor doesn't<02:14:54.000
- Um, the governor, Mr.
- Um the governor, Mr. Speaker, I'm that. Um the governor, Mr.
Summary:
The House convened with 97 members present, declared a quorum, approved excusing absent members, and suspended the rules to allow co-sponsorships and vote modifications. The journal for February 25, 2026 was approved. The clerk also reported that the Senate had passed Senate Bills 98 and 122 and requested concurrence. The House then received second-reading reports on a range of bills, including measures on prison educational programs, respiratory care, dietitians, wildlife depredation, temporary structures, military families, civil rights, local boards of education, light pollution, controlled-substance prescribing licenses, youth health services, class sizes for exceptional children, the athletic trainer compact, limited commercial driver’s licenses, and Senate Bill 145 relating to the Department of Agriculture and Alcohol Beverage Control.
Committee reports moved several bills forward, including the main budget bills House Bill 500 and House Bill 504, along with measures on workforce investment, data centers, domestic violence, guardians ad litem, domestic relations, health delivery and “food is medicine” initiatives, state personnel, open records, and fish and wildlife resources. House Bill 500 and House Bill 504 were taken from the Rules Committee and placed on the orders of the day. House Bill 500, the executive branch budget bill, was then taken up for third reading and explanation.
Members presented extensive floor explanations of House Bill 500 and House Committee Substitute 1, describing it as a “good first draft” of the executive budget. Supporters said the proposal emphasizes restrained spending growth, base reductions with exemptions for key areas, employee salary increments, and deposits to the Budget Reserve Trust Fund for future one-time investments. They highlighted funding for K-12 education, postsecondary aid and workforce training, Medicaid and behavioral health, public health infrastructure, pensions, veterans, public safety, economic development, tourism, and state technology and facility maintenance. The budget substitute was adopted by voice vote, and the discussion continued with detailed descriptions of the bill’s provisions; no final passage vote was shown in the excerpt.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Seventy One - Friday, May 15 - Afternoon Session
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Governor Kehoe has said that Missouri is open for critical mineral business.
- As your word says, deliver us from evil, for yours is the kingdom and the power.
- As your word says, deliver us from evil, for yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever
Summary:
The House recognized its drafters and research staff, then moved through committee reports and several conference committee reports and final passage motions. Senate Joint Resolution 87 was adopted and finally passed after debate over a provision affecting the City of St. Louis sheriff; supporters said the final version restored the original format with a minor wording change, while opponents argued it removed local voter control. The resolution passed 95-46 on both the conference report and final passage votes.
Members then adopted and finally passed Senate Bill 973, a measure combining a wholesaler provision and a land bank/real estate transparency provision, with supporters describing it as consumer protection and cleanup language. Senate Bill 1421, a public safety package, was also advanced after a motion to exceed the conference differences; debate focused on clean slate provisions, masked intimidation penalties, prosecuting attorney salaries, fentanyl language, good time credit, Brianna’s Law, and a St. Louis liability provision. The conference report passed 116-18, final passage 110-25, and the emergency clause for the drone-related portion passed 136-5.
The House also adopted and finally passed Senate Bills 835 and 1111, a broad package including insurance claim assignment protections, court automation updates, treatment court administration, a circuit judgeship codification, a St. Louis civil case surcharge, and anti-SLAPP protections. Senate Bill 1408, which authorizes MoDOT and the Highway Commission to consider raising rural interstate speed limits from 70 to 75 mph, was receded to the Senate version and finally passed 93-46. Senate Bill 913, extending multiple agricultural tax credits through 2033 and adding a short-line railroad credit, drew extensive debate over tax credits, budget priorities, and return on investment before the previous question was ordered and the bill passed 107-30.
Finally, Senate Bill 1553 was passed, creating incentives and a grant program tied to critical minerals and pharmaceuticals to reduce reliance on foreign suppliers; supporters framed it as a jobs and national security measure, while one member raised concerns about local revenue impacts before clarifying the bill’s scope. The House then received Senate messages indicating the Senate had passed a House bill, and the session continued.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Emergency Management Committee Mar 17th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- state effort to as early as 2010, when the state developed a roadmap for NextGen 911 under former Governor
- If you need increased environmental controls for cooling the equipment or power requirements, if you.
- In many cases, we remediated power. That was a long cycle. That was about three years or so.
Summary:
The Emergency Management Committee held an oversight hearing on California’s Next Generation 911 rollout, focusing on Cal OES’s decision to move away from the original regional vendor model toward a statewide provider model. Cal OES said the regional architecture created complexity at the boundaries between regions, leading to misrouted calls, transfer problems, and degraded audio, and that a statewide model would better align with national standards and provide a more reliable, secure system. The Legislative Analyst’s Office urged the Legislature to pause further implementation until it has more information on the problems, tradeoffs, costs, and oversight needs, and recommended stronger reporting and possibly independent technical review before proceeding.
Committee members pressed Cal OES on accountability, cost, testing, vendor selection, and whether the current system is safe. Cal OES said the project has cost about $456 million so far, most of it recurring service fees, and that 23 PSAPs had transitioned voice traffic while more than 440 total PSAPs remain in the state. Officials said the current system is operating, that a pause would not put the public at risk, and that the statewide conversion could be completed by summer 2030. Members and the LAO raised concerns about whether Cal OES has enough technical oversight and whether contract language alone is sufficient to prevent repeat problems.
The vendor panel largely defended the regional model and argued that the existing system is already built, tested, and ready to expand. NGA 911, Synergem, Lumen, and Atos said the regional architecture provides redundancy and resilience, that early problems were often tied to legacy-system integration, carrier issues, or training rather than the regional design itself, and that a statewide redesign would add cost and delay. Atos said it serves as the statewide backbone and backup and has already carried live traffic, while vendors emphasized that they support continued modernization but believe California should build on the current regional investment rather than replace it.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Emergency Management Committee Mar 17th, 2026
Emergency Management
Transcript Highlights:
- state effort to as early as 2010 when the state developed a roadmap for Next Gen 911 under former Governor
- If you need increased environmental controls for cooling the equipment or power requirements, if you.
- In many cases, we remediated power. That was a long cycle. That was about three years or so.
Committee:
House Emergency Management
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate - Health and Public Affairs Feb 11th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Rights Act is based in part on accountability for violating a person's rights, especially when the power
- The governor recognizes what happened in the Civil Rights Act, and we don't want to change things in
- He was president of a multi-state lottery association, which operates the power ball and other jackball
Summary:
The committee first heard Senate Bill 246, which would require licensure and inspections for massage therapy establishments. The sponsor and Regulation and Licensing Department said the bill is intended to close a gap in oversight, improve sanitation and public safety, and help address human trafficking and prostitution concerns. Supporters from the massage therapy profession and industry groups said establishment licensing would create accountability and protect legitimate practitioners, while AMTA took a neutral position but supported the rulemaking process. Several senators raised concerns about privacy, home-based businesses, and whether mobile or traveling therapists would be affected; the department said the bill would apply to establishments, not individual therapists, and that home inspections would be governed by rules. The committee voted 8-0 to give SB 246 a do pass recommendation.
The committee then took up Senate Bill 300, an appropriation for CYFD computer hardware and software to improve compatibility with the national child welfare management system. The sponsor said the goal was to reduce delays and improve data sharing, especially in child welfare and ICWA-related cases. Members asked about the current system and how the funding would help, and the sponsor said the bill was aimed at better interoperability. The committee voted 8-0 to send SB 300 forward with a do pass recommendation.
Finally, the committee considered Senate Bill 146, which would amend the New Mexico Civil Rights Act. The bill and committee substitute would align the legal standard more closely with federal deliberate indifference language, reduce damages caps, shorten the statute of limitations, require 90 days’ notice, and bar double recovery under both the Civil Rights Act and Tort Claims Act. Supporters, including county and city representatives, law enforcement, AFSCME, and risk management officials, argued the changes were needed to control rapidly rising claims costs and protect public budgets. Opponents from the ACLU, civil rights, poverty, immigrant, and LGBTQ advocacy groups said the bill would weaken accountability, reintroduce qualified immunity-like protections, and make it harder for people harmed by government actors to seek justice. After a failed motion to table and a 5-5 vote on the committee substitute, the bill remained in committee and did not advance.
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> external power. Right. That's correct. external power. Right. That's correct.
- And I know you all have the power to do it.
- And I know you all have the power to do it.
- And I know you all have the power to do it.
- And I know you all have the power to do it.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- across the state lacked that relationship between districts, the state, and you all here have the power
- across the state lacked that relationship between districts, the state, and you all here have the power
- I think honestly one of the more powerful—and Representative Keeler talked about this—was when we were
- I think honestly one of the more powerful—and Representative Keeler talked about this—was when we were
- It was powerful for me to be able to hear the different lenses and the different realities for kids.
Committee:
House Education Policy
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Hearing Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Human Services and Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Health Mar 25th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- this is near and dear to many people, and I'm optimistic that we can make movement and that the governor
- residual program, meaning rather than automatically terminating IHSS recipients as proposed by the Governor
- The power of wheels. Appreciate it.
- I have seen how power and wealth operate firsthand. My daughter, my great-grandmother,...
- I know what it's like to lose the energy, to lose the mental power.
Summary:
The joint informational hearing focused on the impact of H.R. 1 on older Californians and related county administration issues. Chair Jackson and Chair Addis opened by emphasizing California’s rapidly aging population and the need to protect seniors’ access to food, health care, housing, and in-home support services. Testimony from the Department of Social Services, Department of Health Care Services, and Department of Aging described how H.R. 1 would expand work and reporting requirements in CalFresh and Medi-Cal, increase redeterminations, and create new eligibility barriers. Witnesses and advocates warned that these changes could lead to large coverage losses, especially for adults ages 55 to 64, people experiencing homelessness, caregivers, and some immigrant groups, while also increasing administrative burden on counties. The LAO noted that many provisions do not directly apply to Californians 65 and older, but highlighted indirect effects and some direct impacts, including a new home equity limit for certain long-term care recipients and narrower immigration eligibility rules.
Committee members pressed the administration and counties on how exemptions would be identified and implemented, whether data systems could automatically protect eligible people, and how outreach would reach older adults, women, LGBTQ seniors, and people with limited digital access. DHCS and CDSS said they are working to use existing data, cross-program information sharing, and human-centered communications to maximize exemptions and reduce churn, including text outreach, print and radio campaigns, and navigator support. Members also raised concerns about the need for legal aid and county eligibility workers to help people navigate complex rules, and requested updated analyses on the number of people likely to lose both Medi-Cal and CalFresh and the broader human and system impacts. No votes were taken.
The second major topic was the administration’s proposal to shift some future IHSS costs to counties by establishing a statewide baseline for average authorized hours per case. CDSS said the proposal is intended to improve consistency in assessments and not reduce services, while counties and labor groups strongly opposed it, arguing that rising hours reflect real increases in need, an aging and higher-acuity caseload, and state-mandated assessment tools rather than county error. County representatives said the proposal would strain already limited local revenues, worsen the effects of H.R. 1, and could force cuts to other safety-net services. Committee members questioned the proposal’s timing and impact, but the hearing ended without action, with the chairs asking for continued updates, additional analysis, and more information before May Revision.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Transportation (8-18-25) - Reupload
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, and as you can see, they are in the airframe and power plant certification and training business
- ><c> plant</c><01:36:19.440><c> uh</c><01:36:19.600><c> certification</c><01:36:20.639><c> and</c> power
- plant uh certification and power plant uh certification and training<01:36:21.600><c> business</c><01
- we see opportunities for financial and political support around passenger air service development, power
- </c> Talk a little bit about advanced air mobility and power infrastructure.
Summary:
The committee received an update from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet on the FY 2025 road fund. Officials reported road fund revenues came in $38.5 million above the enacted estimate, but were down about $11 million from FY 2024, largely because a motor fuels tax rate reduction took effect at the start of FY 2025. Motor vehicle usage tax receipts were stronger than expected, and the cabinet said the road fund ended the year with a $61.6 million surplus, which the budget bill directs to state highway construction. Members also discussed how the motor fuels decline affects formula distributions to cities, counties, and rural/secondary roads, with officials saying about $122.8 million had been planned for revenue sharing but was not distributed because receipts were lower than forecast.
Members asked about broader revenue trends, including fuel efficiency, electric vehicles, and the removal of a hybrid fee. Cabinet officials said improved fuel efficiency and CAFE standards reduce gasoline consumption and therefore fuel tax receipts, while EVs and plug-in hybrids are subject to a user fee. They also said toll revenues from the Louisville bridges are covering bills and commitments, though they did not have detailed figures at hand. On project delivery, officials said delays are often caused by right-of-way acquisition, utility relocation, and the large volume of projects in the highway plan, and that much of the work happens behind the scenes before construction begins.
The committee also reviewed the cabinet’s cash management approach, which was adopted after 2000 to avoid setting aside full project costs all at once and to keep the road fund cash balance above a required minimum. Officials said the balance typically rises in winter and falls in summer as project bills come due, and that the current balance was about $166 million. They also reported that project awards for the year were nearing $998 million and expected to exceed last year’s total. No formal votes or legislative actions were taken beyond approving the prior meeting minutes.
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama Public Library Service/Executive Board Jan 15th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- We're forcing them using the power to say no, we won't even need the option.
- We're forcing them using the power to say no, we won't even need the option.
- It's about putting people in power. It's about putting them in control.
- ><c> putting</c><00:38:21.200><c> them</c><00:38:21.359><c> in</c> power.
- It's about putting them in power.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, November 19, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- ,</c> This will expose the rich, the powerful, This will expose the rich, the powerful, and<00:51:14.559
- Remember, Congress serves the powers.
- ,</c> senators in an egregious abuse of power, senators in an egregious abuse of power, targeting<03:
- </c> allowed near the levers of power again. allowed near the levers of power again.
- power over our nation's capital.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Seventy One - Friday, May 15 - Afternoon Session
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Governor Kehoe has said that Missouri is open for critical mineral business.
- Governor Kehoe has said that Missouri is open for critical mineral business.
- As your word says, deliver us from evil, for yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever