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MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight Feb 12th, 2026
Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight
Transcript Highlights:
- We're just asking for equal treatment under the law.
- Asking for anything special here, we're just asking for equal treatment under the law.
- We're just asking for equal treatment under the law. asking for anything special here, we're just asking
- for equal treatment under the law.
- , because we don't have enough beds in the Commonwealth for the number of people who are seeking treatment
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/11/2026 - House Ways & Means
House Ways & Means Committee of Reference
Transcript Highlights:
- We don’t want to have a wastewater facility or a water treatment facility that’s just sitting there like
- So, you know, whether it’s water pipe, sewer pipe, water treatment facilities, wastewater facilities,
- Superior is currently completing a long-overdue renovation to our wastewater treatment plant to ensure
- And the hardworking Arizonans in Superior, they depend on their wastewater treatment plant to function
- And I only have to manage wastewater treatment.
Summary:
The committee first heard House Bill 2780, a technical cleanup measure related to Arizona’s judicial tax lien foreclosure process. The sponsor and a witness explained that it would clarify when a foreclosure should proceed as a public sale, standardize how excess proceeds are distributed, and resolve inconsistencies left from prior reforms. Members asked about the intent to protect lienholders while ensuring former property owners can receive excess funds; the bill was then returned with a due pass recommendation on a 9-0 vote.
The committee then took up House Bill 4029, as amended, which would require the Governor’s Office of Strategic Planning and Budgeting and the Joint Legislative Budget Committee to evaluate the revenue impact of federal tax conformity changes earlier in the year, and would require the Department of Revenue to issue tax forms consistent with current statute. The amendment added reporting deadlines and a trigger for the governor to assess whether a special session is needed if the revenue impact is at least $100 million. Supporters argued the bill would force earlier action on conformity and prevent tax forms from being issued based on changes not yet enacted; opponents said it added bureaucracy and could delay the long-standing practice of preparing forms based on expected conformity. The committee adopted the amendment and then approved the bill as amended on a 5-4 vote.
Finally, the committee heard House Bill 4030 and the related HCR 2052, which would impose a moratorium from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2030 on local increases in municipal and county fees, transaction privilege tax rates, and utility rates. Supporters said the measure would protect taxpayers from higher costs of living and prevent local governments from using utility rates or fees to offset other revenue needs. Opponents from cities, counties, and advocacy groups warned it could limit funding for water, wastewater, roads, public safety, and other infrastructure, especially for fast-growing or rural communities that rely on rate studies, grants, and enterprise funds. After extensive testimony and debate over municipal revenue growth, utility financing, and local control, the committee moved the bill forward; the transcript ends during the roll call and does not clearly state the final vote on HB 4030 or HCR 2052.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- We don't want to have a wastewater facility, a water treatment facility that's just sitting there like
- So, you know, whether it's water pipe, sewer pipe, water treatment facilities, wastewater facilities,
- Superior is currently completing a long overdue renovation to our wastewater treatment plant to ensure
- fundamental infrastructure, and the hardworking Arizonans in Superior, they depend on their wastewater treatment
- And I only have to manage wastewater treatment.
Committee:
House Ways & Means
Keywords:
judicial foreclosure, tax lien, redemption rights, excess proceeds, property auction, income tax, federal tax conformity, revenue analysis, legislative session, tax reporting, municipal fees, county fees, utility rates, moratorium, tax classification, local government, inflation, economic stability, tax increases, cost-of-living protection
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session Jun 15th, 2026
California Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- So that, again, is a wasteful spending program.
- So a whole bunch of these different wasteful spending programs that are moving forward.
- and preserve programs that help bring stability to families, especially our children.
- This budget provides 43% increase for special education programs from last year, which is huge.
- We're expanding learning programs.
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum, approved the June 8–11, 2026 journals, and adopted floor amendments. It also referred several bills to Rules and approved motions affecting Budget and Fiscal Review Committee procedure, including second-reading treatment for budget measures and suspension of Joint Rule 62A to allow budget hearings on short notice. Both motions passed on roll call after some protest votes.
The chamber then considered several appointments to the Delta Stewardship Council and the Board of State and Community Corrections. Senators discussed the Delta, water policy, and the proposed Delta Tunnel, but the confirmations of Julie Lee, Ann Patterson, and Sheriff Christopher Clark all passed. The Senate also adopted Senate Joint Resolution 17, authored by Senator Choi, honoring Republic of Korea veterans who served alongside U.S. troops in Vietnam and urging Congress and the President to clarify that states may extend burial and memorial benefits in state veterans’ cemeteries.
The main floor debate centered on Assembly Bill 109, the 2026 Budget Act. Supporters highlighted a $355.9 billion budget with $253 billion General Fund spending, $36.5 billion in reserves, a reduced structural deficit, and investments in child care, Medi-Cal, hospitals, housing, IHSS, education, transit, and other services. Opponents criticized the budget as relying on future tax increases, leaving a structural deficit, and failing to do enough on affordability, public safety, Prop. 36, unemployment insurance debt, and gas prices. After extensive debate, AB 109 passed 28–9, and the Senate later approved a consent calendar of six Assembly bills. The session ended with adjournments in memory of Hajan Lee, Doris Fisher, and James Leslie Barbie, and the Senate adjourned until June 18, 2026.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Public Works and Highways (03/24/2026)
Public Works and Highways
Transcript Highlights:
- So there's an amendment drafted to simply change the title from respiratory therapy program teaching
- So there's an amendment drafted to simply change the title from respiratory therapy program teaching
- </c> indicated about the prior program. indicated about the prior program.
- </c><00:45:56.079><c> Is</c><00:45:56.240><c> that</c> treatment and then comes back.
- Is that treatment and then comes back.
Committee:
House Public Works and Highways
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> program integrity. program integrity.
- > separate</c><01:04:11.000><c> bill,</c> Program integrity is a separate bill, Program integrity is
- the program.
- The program is set to end at the end of fiscal year 2028, and this would remove, ending the program.
- </c> supports loan program. supports loan program.
Committee:
Senate Finance
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (02/09/2026)
Science, Technology and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
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- I mean, I'm of an age CARES program.
- um including energy efficiency programs um including energy efficiency programs.<01:40:59.360><c> Um
- So with through programs like this.
- </c> of Vermont and listed in that program. of Vermont and listed in that program.
Committee:
House Science, Technology and Energy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
FULL INTERVIEW: Prioritizing Infrastructure Projects | Senator Sandy Pappas Mar 27th, 2026
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Water treatment and sanitation systems protect the public's health, and storm water management systems
- When you think of um all the programs that we have that go out the door, our higher ed institutions,
- When you think of um all the programs<00:10:24.720><c> that</c><00:10:24.959><c> we</c><00:10:25.120>
- 10:25.360><c> that</c><00:10:25.760><c> go</c><00:10:25.920><c> out</c><00:10:26.079><c> the</c> programs
- that we have that go out the programs that we have that go out the door,<00:10:26.720><c> our</c><00
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
October 7, 2025 - 12:30 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- OUT THREE TOLL-FREE INSURANCE CONSUMER HELPLINE PUBLIC WEBSITE AND IN PERSON COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMS
- IN ADDITION, THE DIVISION PROVIDES A FREE MEDIATION PROGRAMS FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY AND AUTOMOBILE
- THAT ROLE INCLUDED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT, VENDOR OVERSIGHT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A DRONE INSPECTION PROGRAM
- WITH AN INCREASING NUMBER OF RETIREES ELIGIBLE FOR INCREASINGLY EXPENSIVE ENTITLEMENT PROGRAMS THE STANDARD
- BROADLY SPEAKING, THE MOST COMMON IS THE APPROPRIATE USE FOR AI FOR DENYING OR APPROVING TREATMENTS OR
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Agriculture, Acequias And Water Resources Jan 28th, 2025
House Agriculture, Acequias And Water Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- So if farms are enrolled in conservation programs or there's some shortage going on, and there's some
- All of our programs are voluntary and incentive-based, and I would offer that the CDOT district has passed
- a levy by 80%, and I ...expect we're going to have some kind of wonderful cost-share program that can
- We have done a lot of research on this type of program.
- we're going to be Setting up, we'd be setting up a system where you could be getting a different treatment
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- He specializes in the treatment of adult spinal conditions and primarily practices at Tucson Medical
- But the critics of that program argue that we should not do that, so there's more funds available for
- HB 2902: Appropriation Program, Health and Human Services and Appropriations.
- HB 2224: Produce Incentive Program, Appropriations.
- HB 2239: Child Care Grant Program. HB 2240: Tuition Waiver Children.
Summary:
The House convened, approved the journal, recognized the Doctor of the Day, and welcomed several guest groups, including JAG students and students from Heila Ben High School. The chamber then moved into Committee of the Whole to consider HB 2153, the annual tax conformity bill, which was described by supporters as aligning Arizona tax law with recent federal changes and providing relief through no tax on tips and overtime, a larger child tax credit, a new child care expense deduction, and a deduction for certain retirement income. Opponents argued the measure would primarily benefit wealthy individuals and corporations, reduce state revenue, and leave some seniors out because the retirement-income deduction is tied to retirement accounts. Members also discussed the Department of Revenue’s already-issued tax forms and the need for certainty for filers.
After extended debate, the Committee of the Whole gave HB 2153 a do pass recommendation by a vote of 31-26, and the House adopted the report and sent the bill to engrossing. The House then took up the Senate mirror bill, SB 1106, substituted for HB 2153, and after floor explanations of vote, passed it 31-27 with 2 not voting. Supporters said the bill would help working families, seniors, and small businesses and prevent filing confusion, while opponents repeated concerns about cost, fairness, and impacts on public services. The bill was transmitted to the Senate.
Following the tax vote, members made several announcements, including birthday wishes and a tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and committee chairs announced upcoming cancellations. The House then recessed and reconvened for first reading and referral of a long list of new bills covering topics such as elections, health care, education, transportation, public safety, taxation, housing, and appropriations. The session ended with a motion to adjourn until the next scheduled meeting.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Judiciary Committee Meeting - 2025-04-03
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Transcript Highlights:
- Program is well known in the Lake Erie Basin; that's where it initiated from.
- data on individuals to the classification, as well as non-public data, because grantees under this program
- It also adds, notwithstanding section 13.599, which is the generic classification treatment for grant
- The program we funded through the Minnesota Department of Health provides grants to the producers, and
- We're asking for $3.5 million in 2028 and 2029 to permanently fund the branch's cybersecurity program
Bills:
HF2233 , HF1524 , HF1893 , HF1396 , HF2456 , HF2959 , HF2300 , HF2412 , HF3022 , HF2825 , HF1862 , HF1373 , HF1039 , HF3070
Committee:
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Keywords:
Uniform Special Deposits Act, special deposit, banking law, financial institutions, escrow, escrow account, trust account, security deposit, beneficiary, depositor, creditor process, garnishment, attachment, levy, setoff, recoupment, financial market infrastructure, retirement benefits, compensation, earnest money
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Elect Committee Meeting - 2025-03-26
Elections Finance and Government Operations
Transcript Highlights:
- the Capital Investment Committee and with the state agencies that are responsible for running the programs
- Water treatment plants and things like that fall under, they already have a separate plan that's already
- But we saw that that was not enough for families who were experiencing the program and also lacked the
- The project at Family Promise aims to focus on the idea that the children in the program won't even know
- that their family is in a homelessness program.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Ways and Means (02/12/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- the voucher program.
- like our school voucher program.
- like our school voucher program.
- like our school voucher program.
- like our school voucher program.
Summary:
The committee held a public hearing on HB 402, a bill to repeal a provision in RSA 194-F:2 stating that Education Freedom Account (EFA) funds “shall not constitute taxable income” to the parent or student. The bill sponsor argued the current language is misleading because the state cannot determine federal tax liability, and said the bill would simply remove inaccurate tax advice from state law. He cited IRS guidance and prior federal legislation, including a Ted Cruz proposal, to suggest some EFA uses may be taxable under federal law, while others may not, and said the bill could be amended if needed to avoid confusion.
Testimony was sharply divided. Py Campbell opposed the bill, arguing it would unfairly single out EFA students and could amount to a tax on education funds, including for self-employed families, and recommended it be voted inexpedient to legislate. Stephen Matthew French, a tax preparer, also opposed the bill, saying IRS Publication 970 already makes clear that scholarship-type payments used for tuition and related expenses are not taxable, and that the bill addresses a problem that does not exist. He warned that adding tax reporting requirements could create administrative costs for families and the program administrator.
Bill Ardinger, a tax attorney, supported the repeal of the statutory language, saying the state should not place potentially incorrect tax advice into law. He explained that under federal tax law, only certain scholarship-like uses are exempt, while many EFA-eligible expenses may not be, especially for families using the program for homeschooling or other nontraditional expenses. He said the current statute could mislead families into thinking all EFA payments are tax-free and could expose the state to future legal problems. The hearing ended after questions from committee members; no vote or final action was taken in the transcript.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Government Contract Review Committee (8-12-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- So while there's a lot of treatment providers that may offer one specific modality of treatment, they
- Um, so this Youth Villages Intercept program is a Title IV prevention services program.
- So, it is not development program.
- SNAP outreach is an outreach program to help people understand and navigate the SNAP programs.
- So it's more of an SNAP programs.
Summary:
The Government Contracts Committee first approved the minutes from its July 8 meeting and then moved through a large agenda of contracts and deferred items. The committee deferred a Kentucky Education Television contract because the vendor was still not registered with the Secretary of State, and also deferred a University of Louisville contract to the September meeting at the university’s request. Both motions passed by roll call.
The committee then took up a contract with the Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities for Seven Counties Services. Committee members questioned why the state continues funding the provider despite its ongoing bankruptcy tied to unpaid retirement contributions, how the funding split is determined, whether the state had explored other providers or direct state delivery, and whether all services in the contract are truly required by statute. Agency officials said Seven Counties is the statutorily designated community mental health center for the region, serves about 24,500 people, and provides core safety-net services that would be difficult to replace; they also said the bankruptcy dispute is still ongoing and the contested amount is about $20 million. The committee ultimately deferred the contract to the next meeting and requested additional information on the scope of services and potential offsets or recovery of unfunded liabilities.
The final deferred item was a Department for Community Based Services contract with Youth Villages for the Intercept program. DCBS explained that the program is used because it is an approved evidence-based service under the Family First Prevention Services Act, that Youth Villages has Kentucky staff and offices even though it is headquartered in Tennessee, and that the contract is intended to support intensive in-home services, foster care stabilization, and family reunification. Members asked why the services could not be provided in-house, whether Medicaid should cover more of the cost, and whether the state requires the provider to bill Medicaid as a payer of last resort. DCBS said it would verify billing and funding details and provide them back to the committee. The committee then voted to defer the contract to the next meeting.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
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- We require HEMA outreach programs to make sure our kūpuna are well informed about emergency procedures
- We require HEMA outreach programs to make sure our kūpuna are well informed about emergency procedures
- We require HEMA outreach programs to make sure our kūpuna are well informed about emergency procedures
- </c> practical vegetation management programs practical vegetation management programs for<00:56:10.160
Committee:
House Public Safety
Summary:
The Committee on Public Safety met on March 21, 2025, and heard several resolutions related to corrections, emergency preparedness, and wildfire risk. Early items included HCR 62/HR 57 on flying the National League of Families POW/MIA flag year-round at the state Capitol, for which no one testified, and HCR 154/HR 49, which would request a comprehensive forensic audit of DCR and DAGS spending tied to planning and building a new jail to replace the Ahu Community Correctional Center. The ACLU strongly supported the audit, arguing that the state has spent millions on jail planning over many years without clear accounting, that a new jail is unnecessary and fiscally irresponsible, and that public-private partnership arrangements could reduce transparency. Committee members questioned the use of the term “forensic,” the age of some cited allegations, and whether the auditor could instead conduct another type of audit; the ACLU said it was open to other audit language and offered to help compile background materials. No vote was taken in the portion provided.
The committee also heard HCR 63, asking DCR to provide separate clinical counseling services for correctional staff, with one supporter, and HCR 23, which asks DCR to include circuit and district court facilities in planning the new Ahu Community Correctional Center and to establish a release procedure that avoids releasing detainees into residential communities or public spaces. DCR Director Johnson said the department supported the intent of HCR 23 and had discussed it with the Chief Justice and court administrator, adding that one multi-purpose courtroom could handle both district and circuit proceedings. The chair then moved on without further discussion.
A major portion of the meeting focused on HCR 37, which asks HEMA to work with other agencies on outreach and preparedness for kūpuna. Testifiers from the Pearl City Neighborhood Board, AARP Hawaii, and the Hawaii Council of Community Associations supported the measure, citing the vulnerability of older adults and people with disabilities during disasters, lessons from the Lahaina fires, and the need for clear evacuation plans, siren reliability, and better coordination with care homes and condominium associations. Several speakers described local preparedness efforts and concerns about gaps in communication and implementation. The committee also discussed HCR 69/HR 62 on creating a vegetation management working group to reduce wildfire risk; the Division of Consumer Advocacy supported it, with testimony describing dangerous incidents involving vines and bamboo contacting electrical lines and causing sparking and a utility pole fire. The meeting ended with testimony and questions continuing on that topic, and no final committee action was shown in the excerpt.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session Mar 9th, 2026
Washington House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We have a better plan for our child care program. Thank you. So please vote yes.
- Bill 1390, which phases out the Community Protection Program, a well-intended program that unfortunately
- As we've discussed before, the bill and the program is called Community Protection Program.
- This program was established because there are individuals who do have mental illness...
- myth that once in the Community Protection Program that you never get out of it.
Keywords:
behavioral health, emergency services, health insurance, provider access, mental health funding, premium assistance, funding, healthcare, subsidies, juice grapes, agriculture, commerce, state regulation, market access, fire safety, insurance incentives, best practices, community protection, voluntary measures, mortgage modification
Summary:
The House convened with a quorum, the flag was escorted by the Muckleshoot Veterans Color Guard, and the day opened with a prayer from Dennis Anderson Sr. The House approved the previous day’s minutes, welcomed representatives from the Urban Native Education Alliance, and then moved through caucuses and Senate messages before taking up a long series of third-reading votes on bills that had returned from the Senate.
Several measures drew debate over Senate amendments. House Bill 1069, concerning bargaining over supplemental retirement benefits for certain public employees, passed 78-17 after supporters said it would help correctional workers and critics said the Senate changes weakened the bill. Second Substitute House Bill 1128, creating a child care workforce standards board, passed 68-27 amid arguments over child care shortages, wages, and affordability. Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1155, banning non-compete agreements, passed 62-33; supporters framed it as pro-worker and pro-entrepreneurship, while opponents said contracts should be voluntary and important in business sales.
The House also passed Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1187 on ambulance billing and collections (93-2), Substitute House Bill 1390 phasing out the Community Protection Program (51-44), Engrossed House Bill 1501 on housing-related local requirements (58-37), House Bill 291 on bargaining communication rights (92-3), Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2110 on ambulance staffing/training (95-0), Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2165 on impersonating peace officers (66-29), Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2219 on child care regulations and opioid-related safety language (67-28), Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2266 on housing siting and local flexibility (56-39), Substitute House Bill 2350 on notice and accountability for developmental disability services (95-0), Substitute House Bill 2360 allowing schools to keep and administer albuterol with parental-notification changes (79-16), Second Substitute House Bill 2384 on financial transparency for continuing care retirement communities (78-17), Second Substitute House Bill 2429 on behavioral health planning and appropriations (95-0), Substitute House Bill 2496 protecting tribal sacred sites (71-24), and House Bill 2510, on which the House did not concur in Senate amendments. The chamber also granted conference requests on Engrossed Substitute Senate Bills 5998 and 605 and appointed conferees for each.
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- And those grant programs are still kind of out there and working.
- WSDOT administers the Safe Routes to School program, the Sandy Williams Connecting program, and the bicycle
- and pedestrian grant program.
- Use of state funds do not supplant committed program funding to the project.
- So they're not anticipating that this is going to increase the program.
Committee:
House Transportation
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture & Natural Resources Feb 4th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- First, the Washington Commodities Donation Program.
- It makes some modifications with relation to both programs.
- Program.
- Moving to the Farm-to-Food Pantry Program, it modifies the stated purpose of that program to provide
- Moving to the Farm to Food Pantry Program, it modifies the stated purpose of that program to provide
Summary:
The House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee met on February 4, with public hearing and executive action on several bills. The main public hearing was on House Bill 2668, as proposed substitute, which would direct the Department of Fish and Wildlife to identify and pursue relocation of the Bob Oak Game Farm and to plan remediation of the current site. Testimony from the bill sponsor, Centralia city officials, Lewis County public health staff, a tribal member, and residents strongly supported relocation, citing nitrate contamination in a sole-source aquifer, risks to drinking water for Centralia and nearby households, and the need for long-term public health protection. The committee also heard that interim mitigation measures such as point-of-use filters and water/sewer extensions were underway, but witnesses said relocation was the only durable solution. The bill was added to the day’s executive session as an unusual late addition, then later passed out of committee on a voice vote with a due pass recommendation.
During executive session, the committee also acted on House Bill 2598, creating a Salmon Advisory Commission; House Bill 2619, creating a legislative task force to reduce regulatory stress in agriculture; House Bill 2199, dealing with derelict vessels and disposal timelines; House Bill 2463, which revises agricultural donation and farm-to-food pantry programs; and House Bill 1735, which prohibits force-feeding birds and related foie gras sales. Amendments were considered on several bills, including a DNR amendment to the vessel bill and a narrowing amendment to the force-feeding bill, which failed. The committee approved House Bill 2598 by a 6-5 vote, and House Bill 2619, House Bill 2199, House Bill 2463, House Bill 1735, and House Bill 2668 all received due pass recommendations, with some on voice votes and others by recorded roll call. The chair noted that moving House Bill 2668 in executive session the same day as public hearing was highly unusual and done because of the bill’s urgency and bipartisan support.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- We may hear today from, from folks who have gone through teacher preparation programs or colleges of
- Page 2, line 14 through 15, page 2, line 22 through 25, no treatment programs at schools.
- grow, but it certainly has been a program that's.
- It's just a marvelous program.
- Rehabilitation Act or a similar program or plan.
Committee:
House Public Education
Keywords:
hemp, consumable hemp products, hemp-derived cannabinoids, CBD, cannabidiol, CBG, cannabigerol, Texas hemp law, hemp regulation, cannabinoid products, delta-9 THC, intoxicating hemp, hemp gummies, hemp vape, retail registration, product registration, QR code labeling, child-resistant packaging, youth access, minor sales