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AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/22/2026 - Senate Floor Session

Arizona Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • requires unified statewide efforts from schools, churches, nonprofit organizations, law enforcement agencies
  • , state coalitions, and businesses to provide... ...nonprofit organizations, law enforcement agencies
  • requires unified statewide efforts from schools, churches, nonprofit organizations, law enforcement, agencies
  • , state coalitions and businesses to provide. nonprofit organizations, law enforcement agencies, state
  • national security, spatial intelligence, and emerging technology, he focuses on turning complex challenges
Summary: The Arizona Senate convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, confirmed attendance, and approved the prior journal. Several senators then used points of personal privilege to introduce guests and recognize visitors, including Chaplain Ron Lagata, an Air Force air traffic controller apprentice shadowing Senator Gabaldón, a guest of Senator Farnsworth, and a group connected to Arizona’s space industry and Special Olympics Arizona. Senator Bolick read a proclamation for “Not in Our State,” condemning human trafficking and calling on Arizonans, schools, churches, nonprofits, law enforcement, and businesses to work together to prevent trafficking and support victims. Senator Tothley then gave an emotional statement about the death of an eight-year-old girl in his community, criticized delays in the turquoise alert system, and urged statewide changes so alerts go out more quickly and broadly. The Senate observed a moment of silence in the child’s memory. The chamber then moved through second reading of a long list of bills and resolutions covering topics such as counseling after traumatic events, military permitting, EMS reciprocity, election procedures, court-ordered treatment, assisted living, juvenile detention education, Alzheimer’s funding, gaming appropriations, short-term rentals, law enforcement mask prohibitions, fire district formation, prison and correction officer issues, port of entry funding, appeals court structure, and congressional term limits. Several bills were also referred to committees, including measures on voting centers, candidate petition circulators, weather modification, federal land acquisition consent, bleed control kits, foreign donations, unemployment benefits, and SNAP purchases. The Senate also announced upcoming committee meetings and then adjourned until Monday, January 26, 2026, at 1:15 p.m.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • In fact, these four federal agencies are telling us that there is nothing that is secure for electronic
  • In fact, these four federal agencies are telling us that there is nothing that is secure for electronic
  • Number one, yes, all those issues and challenges that you've laid out are absolutely true.
  • Agencies released that said for the voters with no other option.
  • It's actually listed in the Constitution as an agency that the United States needs to have.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Elections and Constitutional Amendments heard several election-related bills. SB 1175 by Senator Rubio would require lobbyists to file employment changes and terminations directly with the Secretary of State through the new Cal-Access replacement system, rather than through employers or firms, to reduce delays and improve transparency. SB 1357 by Senator Ochoa Bogh would protect the privacy of voters who sign a notice of intention to circulate a recall petition by omitting signatures and street addresses from the published notice and adding a disclosure explaining the notice’s purpose. Both bills drew support from state election officials and were advanced by committee vote. The committee also heard SB 1369 by Senator Reyes, which would add safeguards to judicial recall efforts by requiring oral disclosure when signature gatherers are paid and shortening the signature-gathering period for judicial recalls from 160 days to 80 days. Supporters, including judges and trial lawyers, argued the bill would protect judicial independence and safety amid recent recall efforts, while one senator questioned whether judges should be treated differently from other officials. The bill passed on a 3-1 vote and was re-referred to the Senate Committee on Public Safety. SB 1414, also by Senator Reyes, would create an independent redistricting commission for San Bernardino County; supporters said it would reduce gerrymandering and improve public trust, while county representatives raised concerns but remained open to amendments. It advanced on a 3-1 vote to the Local Government Committee. SB 970 by Senator Cervantes would direct the Secretary of State to adopt regulations allowing military and overseas voters to return ballots electronically, responding to the loss of the federal DOD fax service and mail delays. County election officials and veterans groups supported the bill, while the Secretary of State’s office and voting integrity groups opposed it, arguing that secure electronic ballot return is not feasible and could conflict with existing law. The bill passed 4-0 to Appropriations. The committee also heard SB 1420 by Senator Richardson, which would expand voter awareness of “sign, scan, and go” voting and require guidance on implementation; it was supported by election officials and advocacy groups and advanced to Appropriations. Finally, SB 1310 by Senator Choi would allow limited sharing of jury questionnaire information with election officials to help update voter rolls, but opponents warned it could lead to erroneous voter cancellations; the author narrowed the bill’s scope in response to concerns, and it passed to Judiciary. Several bills were held on call briefly until absent members were added, after which the committee completed its business and adjourned.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee Apr 7th, 2026

Elections and Constitutional Amendments

Transcript Highlights:
  • In fact, these four federal agencies are telling us that there is nothing that is secure for electronic
  • Number one, yes, all those issues and challenges that you've laid out are absolutely true.
  • But even with the... ...agencies released that said for the voters with no other option.
  • And it's tragic and horrific, but that's what's happening. agencies released that said for the voters
  • It's actually listed in the Constitution as an agency that the United States needs to have.
Keywords: 987, senate, all
LA
Transcript Highlights:
  • Working with LED and with all of our state agencies to make sure that everything that the department
  • With that, we have our LPA program, our local public agency program.
  • And then, obviously, we've got right-of-way challenges and other environmental challenges where we're
  • I know their names, but I don’t know the exact agencies.
  • I just don’t usually have their titles or what agency they’re in.” “Okay, okay.
Keywords: 965, house, all
Summary: The Senate Joint Transportation, Highways and Public Works Committee received updates from the Department of Transportation and Development on its transformation efforts, including a new project delivery dashboard, key performance indicators, and litter abatement work. DOTD said the dashboard is now live and tied to daily field updates, and reported progress on its T4LA initiatives, including improved project transparency, customer service, and a new highway sponsorship litter program. Members praised the department’s work and asked about litter funding, with DOTD saying last year’s $14.7 million litter pickup effort included the legislature’s supplemental appropriation. The committee also heard detailed progress reports on LTIF 1.0 and 2.0, the Office of Highway Construction’s bridge bundling and roadway projects, the Calcasieu River Bridge project, and the Cameron Ferry. DOTD reported that LTIF 1.0 is about 80% complete and that LTIF 2.0 has encumbered nearly $150 million, with several projects ahead of schedule and some under budget. The Office of Highway Construction said 62 bridge projects are in the bundle, 11 are under construction, and emergency procurement has helped accelerate delivery. DOTD said the Calcasieu River Bridge remains on track for a mid-to-late April groundbreaking, with all federal permits in hand and right-of-way acquisition underway; it also reported that new Cameron Ferry boats are under construction and that a privatization proposal from Labmar Ferry Services will go to the Louisiana Transportation Authority. Members then reviewed the draft 2026-2027 highway priority program, which DOTD said includes $913 million for construction across 302 projects and about $1.2 billion total investment. The committee also received public comment on the statewide flood control program, which recommended six projects expected to reduce flood damage by more than $289 million, and on the airport construction and development priority program, which includes 31 air carrier projects and 99 general aviation projects. DOTD also noted no current projects for the rail infrastructure program but said it expects to request $13 million and has 19 projects in the queue, and it presented three port projects that are not yet funded but will be considered by the Louisiana Transportation Authority. The Louisiana Highway Safety Commission and LSU’s Center for Analytics and Research presented data on impaired driving, saying impaired driving remains a major factor in fatalities and injuries, with alcohol and drugs together contributing to a large share of crashes and about $700 million in annual economic costs. Members discussed youth driving, marijuana, ignition interlock, DWI courts, and enforcement challenges on waterways; the presenters emphasized education, enforcement, and treatment as part of a broader safety strategy. No formal votes were taken during the meeting, and the committee adjourned after receiving the presentations and public comment.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Finance Feb 27th, 2026 at 08:00 am

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Representative Santos: Different agencies, including the Department of Revenue, the Attorney General's
  • The challenge is always to ask what are the consequences if we don't do something.
  • completed collaborative conservation acquisitions with land trusts, counties, and state funding agencies
  • completed collaborative conservation acquisitions with land trusts, counties, and state funding agencies
  • Taxes are never good, and it challenges the 1% property tax cap.
Committee: House Finance
Keywords: 904, all
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice Feb 18th, 2026

Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • mandatory in-person classroom hours, tightens restrictions on soliciting by bail bond agents and agencies
  • So when I looked at this bill, it made me reflect, and it challenged me as a leader on how I can grow
  • We have funded many of the critical needs identified by our agencies, ensuring stability in the system
  • We have funded many of the critical needs identified by our agencies, ensuring stability in the system
  • McCord said transparency is not optional in a public agency; it is a responsibility.
Bills: S0436 , S0532 , S0600 , S0644 , S0682 , S0928 , S1072 , S1332 , S1632 , S1634
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 3/18/26 - Afternoon Meeting

Elections Finance and Government Operations

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:04:46.880><c> the</c> challenges include rising costs, the challenges include rising costs, the inability
  • ><c> ability</c><00:14:34.880><c> to</c> Other challenges include the ability to Other challenges include
  • He said that is a challenge and that it goes back to the pricing model as well.
  • He said that is a challenge and that it goes back to the pricing model as well.
  • That provision was challenged in U.S.
Bills: HF3698 , HF4243 , HF4239 , HF4241 , HF4242 , HF4240
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Finance Division III (02/18/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • That page, I don't see a page number on it, but it looks like the agency request for staffing went up
  • So the agency request represents the positions that were included in the efficiency budget.
  • So the agency request again is the efficiency budget.
  • relative to the sort of challenges relative to the sort of long-term<01:26:49.199><c> viability</c><
  • </c><01:27:24.880><c> requests</c> governor's budget so the agency requests governor's budget so the
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The meeting began as a Division 3 work session on HB 71, but much of the early discussion focused on whether a previously discussed non-germane amendment could be considered or voted on that day. Members and the chair debated process and notice requirements, and the clerk’s guidance was that the amendment needed a separate public hearing before the full Finance Committee. The amendment was described as requiring DHHS contracts and addenda to include compliance with the Patient Bill of Rights, with a repeal date so the requirement would expire on November 30, 2026. The motion to move OTP on HB 71 with the amendment was withdrawn, and the committee agreed the amendment would be scheduled for a future full Finance hearing instead. The committee then turned to HB 71 itself and heard testimony from DHHS representatives John Williams and Jenny O’Higgins on the fiscal note and policy implications. Members questioned the estimate that the bill could put $12 million to $18 million per year in federal funding at risk, including HUD and Office of Refugee Resettlement funds. DHHS explained that the estimate was based on a broad reading of the bill’s term “specified alien,” which they said was not clearly defined in the bill, so they analyzed it using the federal definition of “alien” and assumed the bill could affect lawfully present non-citizens as well as undocumented individuals. They said the figure represented a worst-case scenario and that they were not claiming the loss was certain. Members also pressed DHHS on whether the bill could affect emergency sheltering in schools, public academies, or institutions of higher learning during disasters. DHHS said the language could create conflicts with federal funding conditions because emergency shelter programs generally cannot impose barriers on who may be sheltered, and they warned that excluding certain people could affect refugee-related and HUD funding. Questions were raised about whether the bill’s language would apply to private institutions as well as public ones, and whether the state could still use schools in short-term emergencies. DHHS said the language was broad, that they could not answer every legal question definitively, and that they would need input from public health and legal staff. No final vote on HB 71 was taken in the portion provided; the committee remained in discussion/work session mode after the amendment motion was withdrawn.
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Budget Feb 9th, 2026

Budget

Transcript Highlights:
  • This includes working with area agencies on aging to deliver meals and programming to seniors.
  • This includes working with area agencies on aging to deliver meals and programming to seniors.
  • This information helps agency programs, local public health agencies, and many community partners identify
  • This information helps our agency programs, local public health agencies, and many community partners
  • So I believe we ended on page 211 for the local public health agency support.
Committee: House Budget
Summary: The committee heard the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services present its FY 2027 budget request, with Director Sarah Wilson and budget staff describing the department’s mission, major divisions, and the impact of federal funding shifts, especially the FMAP change that will shift costs to general revenue. Wilson emphasized prevention, public health infrastructure, workforce capacity, and data modernization, while several members praised the department’s responsiveness and cost-cutting efforts. The discussion repeatedly focused on lapses, excess authority, and the department’s stated practice of spending federal and other funds before general revenue where possible. Members asked detailed questions about local public health agency support, nutrition programs, rural health and primary care, newborn screening, the state public health lab, and the department’s use of flexibility and reallocations. There was extended discussion of substance use disorder funding: the department explained that some funding is being reduced in its own budget because transfer authority is being added for the Department of Mental Health and the Department of Corrections, while some other SUD-related lines are actual reductions. Members also questioned tobacco prevention and cessation cuts, maternal and infant health programs, fetal infant mortality review, and minority health initiatives, with staff explaining program purposes and noting that some reductions were tied to excess authority or to moving programs to other departments. The committee also reviewed specific operational items such as the Health Initiatives Fund transfer, debt offset escrow for loan repayment defaults, donated funds authority, emergency preparedness, environmental health, health informatics, HIV/STI/hepatitis services, local public health incentives, and the COVID/ARPA authority reductions. Several members requested follow-up information on vacancies, lapse trends, grant spending plans, and program details. No final vote or formal action was taken in the portion provided; the chair recessed briefly and the hearing continued with additional budget testimony.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am

Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery

Transcript Highlights:
  • So one of the challenges of this, again, I know that there's people right now doing our part.
  • And that's a challenge. So, asking you to respond to is something better than nothing?
  • You might wonder why a regional planning agency is weighing in on this issue.
  • , but they still have challenges.
  • It's a burden and a challenge in rural areas, but people figure it out sometimes. Thank you.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use, and Recovery held a public hearing on several harm reduction bills, including measures to decriminalize simple possession and paraphernalia, authorize overdose prevention centers, and expand access to naloxone for first responders. Chair Mindy Domb and Senator John Velis opened by describing harm reduction as an evidence-based public health strategy and noting Massachusetts’ recent decline in fatal overdoses. They emphasized that testimony would help shape whether and how the bills advance, and explained the hearing process, including time limits and written testimony. Testimony was sharply divided. Supporters, including Rep. Kate Donaghue, Sen. Cindy Friedman, Rep. Marjorie Decker, Rep. Manny Cruz, public health professionals, recovery advocates, and people with lived experience, argued that harm reduction saves lives, reduces stigma, and can connect people to treatment. They supported overdose prevention centers and decriminalization as tools to keep people alive long enough to enter recovery, and several speakers described personal losses to overdose or family experiences with addiction. Some supporters also framed the bills as racial justice measures, arguing that criminal penalties for possession have disproportionately harmed Black and brown communities. Opponents, including Sen. Nick Collins and several South End residents, argued that overdose prevention centers and decriminalization would worsen public drug use, crime, and neighborhood disorder, especially around Mass and Cass. They said current approaches such as Section 35, diversion, and police leverage into treatment are more effective, and they urged more treatment beds and recovery facilities instead of harm reduction sites. Committee members questioned witnesses about research, local siting, crime data, and the relationship between harm reduction and treatment, and several members said neighborhood impacts must be considered alongside overdose prevention. The committee did not take a vote during the hearing; it continued receiving testimony and announced a later break before resuming on H. 2196 and S. 1393.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement - 03/17/26

Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
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  • It is challenging. We've had to do quite a bit of research.
  • It is challenging. We've had to do quite a bit of research.
  • But in light of the difficulties and challenges of a proposal like that, and with the fiscal challenges
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Appropriations Committee Jun 24th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • It is methodically destroying each of the federal science agencies, completely obliterating them.
  • Despite these challenges, we remain dedicated in our efforts, which is why I am testifying here today
  • 10, the 10 UC campuses working together to educate students, advance knowledge, and tackle the challenges
  • our state's economic viability, our workforce development, and our ability to address pressing challenges
  • At the same time, companies and state agencies are spending time and money enforcing chemical regulations
Summary: The Assembly Appropriations Committee met on June 24, 2026, but initially lacked a quorum and began by hearing presentations only. SB 308 was presented as a bill to streamline fiscal reporting for California community colleges by combining two overlapping annual audit reports into one. SB 895, the California Science and Health Research Bond, drew extensive testimony from the authors and many supporters, who argued it would help offset federal research cuts, protect California’s science infrastructure, support jobs, and preserve life-saving research in areas such as cancer, HIV, Parkinson’s, ALS, climate resilience, and quantum computing. The bill was described as a bond measure that would require a three-party agreement and was sent to suspense. After quorum was established, the committee took up the consent and suspense calendars. Several bills were approved on consent, including SB 308 and a large group of other measures, while the suspense calendar was deemed approved, including SB 895 and other bills listed by the chair. Public comment on SB 895 continued for a long period, with many researchers, students, labor representatives, university officials, and patient advocates speaking in strong support and urging the bill be moved to the floor. The committee also heard SB 1350, which would expand green hydrogen by allowing renewable portfolio standard credits for certain hydrogen use in power generation; the author and supporters said it would help clean energy development, create jobs, and support projects like ARCHES and Element. Later, SB 1306 was presented to align California law with federal exemptions for certain chemical mixtures containing GBL used in semiconductor manufacturing research. The author and SEMI’s representative said the bill would reduce unnecessary regulatory burdens, avoid disrupting semiconductor supply chains, and not change rules for pure GBL. The bill passed out of committee on a roll call vote, with one no vote and one not voting. The hearing then adjourned.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education Feb 18th, 2026

Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • He thought it was so remarkable that they then embarked on a statewide challenge to get this in every
  • ranks at the bottom of all 50 states in teacher salary, teacher retention remains the number one challenge
  • creating an incentive structure within our performance funding for universities to take with greater agency
  • In our performance funding for universities to take with greater agency and to financially motivate them
  • And the problem is you're going to end up having lawsuits and challenges, and it's really not worth it
Keywords: 999, senate, all
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health Care & Wellness Jan 30th, 2026 at 08:00 am

Health Care & Wellness

Transcript Highlights:
  • And access to care in some of the regions of our state continues to remain an immense challenge.
  • "These are our governing agencies that set the rules for safety and the standard of care across hospital
  • One of the biggest challenges that I've seen today is our limited hospital capacity as interventional
  • Pharmacists face the same challenge when it comes to API, facing an opaque supply chain that makes it
  • This is a really incredible opportunity for 38 of our centers to have full support for the agency to
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Insurance Committee Jan 28th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • We are not a state agency. We're a private company. We are not state- or taxpayer-funded.
  • The direct physical loss was not challenged by the courts.
  • So it, you know, it creates a challenge for us. Exactly. It creates a challenge for us.
  • We're representing more than 200 nonprofit agencies that support children, youth, and families across
  • insurance crisis impacting children- and youth-serving organizations, particularly foster family agencies
Summary: The Assembly Insurance Committee held an oversight hearing on the California Fair Plan, focusing on its rapid growth, financial stability, rate adequacy, and role in the homeowners insurance market. Committee members described the Fair Plan as increasingly functioning as a “safety net” rather than a true insurer of last resort, while Fair Plan representatives said the plan was created by statute, is privately funded by member insurers, and is now taking on more business because of non-renewals and limited availability in the admitted market. They emphasized that the plan offers residential and commercial coverage, but not a full HO-3 homeowners policy, and said expanding into that product would require major new staffing, vendor, and claims infrastructure. A major topic was pricing and assessments. Fair Plan officials said their rates have historically lagged their projected costs, especially because reinsurance costs were not fully recoverable in rates until recently. They reviewed recent filings, including a 2023 filing that was reduced from an estimated 80% need to a 35.8% request after working with the Department of Insurance. They also discussed the plan’s reinsurance tower, a new catastrophe bond, and the $1 billion assessment triggered by the 2025 Los Angeles fires after losses exceeded available capital. They said AB 226 helped secure a $600 million line of credit to reduce assessment risk, and they thanked lawmakers for supporting that measure. Members raised constituent concerns about coverage limits, underinsurance, and misinformation from agents. Fair Plan officials said they do not deny applicants because their homes exceed the plan’s $3.3 million limit; instead, policyholders can combine Fair Plan coverage with excess insurance. They said broker training and webinars are being expanded to address misunderstandings, and they noted that raising the cap would depend on achieving actuarially sound rates and sufficient financial capacity. Members also asked about smoke claims from the 2025 fires; the Fair Plan said it has paid covered smoke claims under California law, reviewed closed claims, and removed the “sight and smell” language from its policy form after litigation and CDI action. Public commenters from the insurance industry, builders, agriculture, and nonprofit service providers largely urged faster depopulation of the Fair Plan, more adequate rates, and reforms to the clearinghouse process. Some warned that the Fair Plan is now competing with the admitted market because it can be cheaper in some areas, while others said the plan is still essential because the private market is not serving high-risk or specialized properties. The hearing ended without a vote or formal action, but committee members and Fair Plan representatives agreed to continue working on rate, transparency, and depopulation issues.
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Ways and Means Jan 20th, 2026

Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • And I know in that world, I think when I've done it, it can be a challenge with some things like the
  • So I think that's a challenge that we should probably consider as we move forward with this one.
  • utilize their money and their business to grow their business instead of saving it to government agencies
  • to grow the government agencies.
  • I am not against corporations, and, you know, it is a challenging job to try and turn a profit, but your
Keywords: 959, house, all
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Economic Development Feb 10th, 2026 at 08:00 am

Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • The agency that you talked about that would oversee this, Office of Childhood. Office of Childhood.
  • This challenge is especially acute. of form. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Jim Malley with Aligned.
  • This challenge is especially acute. Parents cannot afford affordable child care.
  • Additionally, Workforce U works together with cities, our West Central Missouri Community Action Agency
  • And this tool is going to help provide that because while the state has a workforce challenge, in my
Keywords: 959, house, all
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Economic Development Feb 10th, 2026

Joint Committee on Rural Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • The agency that you talked about that would oversee this, the Office of Childhood.
  • This challenge is especially acute in child care deserts, where the lack of supply limits economic growth
  • Additionally, Workforce U works together with cities, our West Central Missouri Community Action Agency
  • these economic development bills that tie new job creations at a time where we have a workforce challenge
  • these economic development bills that tie new job creations at a time where we have a workforce challenge
Summary: The Committee on Economic Development met with a quorum and first heard House Bill 2409 from Rep. Brenda Shields, which would create three child care-related tax credit programs to help address Missouri’s workforce and child care shortages. Shields said the bill is aimed at expanding affordable, reliable child care through community partnerships involving businesses, nonprofits, and providers, with credits for contributions to child care facilities, employer-provided child care assistance, and provider facility improvements. She and supporters cited child care deserts, high costs, and lost economic output, arguing the bill would help parents work and businesses recruit and retain employees. Witnesses in support included the Missouri Chamber, Kids Win Missouri, Associated Industries of Missouri, local chambers, economic development groups, and child care-related organizations; there was no opposition testimony. The committee then moved into executive session and approved House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2508 and House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2517, both by unanimous 12-0 roll call votes and both sent do pass on consent. The 2508 substitute dealt with series LLC language, including searchable records and stand-alone certificates of good standing. The 2517 substitute addressed wholesaling, adding a 14-day disclosure period and changing Attorney General enforcement language from “shall” to “may.” Finally, the committee heard House Bill 2654 from Rep. Knight, which would create a Missouri Works capital investment track for projects with at least $50 million in investment, offering a 2.5% tax credit without requiring new job creation. The sponsor and Department of Economic Development said the proposal is modeled on programs in other states and is intended to help Missouri compete for large investments, especially in manufacturing and automation. Many business and economic development groups testified in support, emphasizing retention, expansion, and regional competition; several members asked whether the $50 million threshold could be lowered, and the sponsor said he was open to discussion. No opposition testimony was offered, and the committee adjourned after the hearing.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate Chamber Jan 30th, 2026 at 11:09 am

New Mexico Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • of occupational therapy in achieving and maintaining quality of life for individuals with health challenges
  • that promote recovery, rehabilitation, rehabilitation... ...of life for individuals with health challenges
  • And whereas occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants help people with health challenges
  • occupational therapy services are available to New Mexico residents through hospitals, home health agencies
  • And I think you've got a challenge from Senator Haramil back next year, so you guys are going to have
Keywords: 996, all
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • Today our hearing will focus on our tax agencies, the California Department of Fair...
  • Our hearing will focus on our tax agencies: the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration,
  • There were also challenges in bringing the previously illicit market into the legal system.
  • Like, what value are you seeing to your agency? Sure, sure.
  • Appreciate the analysis from LAO as well as, you know, thoughts from the agency on...
Keywords: 988, house, all