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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Republican Press Conference 3/27/25
Transcript Highlights:
- numbers start to get introduced, and these are the numbers that each area would have for the fiscal budget
- This governor's budget widens the fiscal disparities for our schools while continuing to not address
- funded, and though they got a huge amount, I mean an unprecedented amount of funding from the last budget
- We keep hearing about how special education is the largest growth area in the budget, or one of them.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Water, Parks, and Wildlife Committee Mar 25th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- So funding for the program has been at risk in difficult budget years, threatening the availability of
- three or four years that it's been operating since 2021, when it was established through the state budget
- And so in a position that this state is moving in where I see budget deficits, where the LAO has reported
- So not only for the budget reasons as well as my personal experience with this when it comes to state-managed
Summary:
The committee heard several water, parks, and wildlife bills. AB 764 would expand the list of exotic non-game birds that can be managed in California to better control mute swan populations; the author and California Waterfowl said swans are invasive, aggressive, and rapidly increasing, while no opposition testified. The bill passed to Appropriations. AB 616 would make the State Library Parks Pass program permanent by allowing state parks to transfer annual day-use passes to the State Library free of charge; supporters said it improves equitable access to parks, especially for low-income families, and the bill passed unanimously to Appropriations.
AB 293 would require groundwater sustainability agencies to post board membership and a link to Form 700 filings online. Supporters, including the Community Alliance with Family Farmers, argued it would improve transparency and public trust, while opponents said the requirement was redundant and could discourage service on GSA boards. The bill passed, but with some no votes. AB 639 would narrow the definition of dams so certain weirs used for irrigation would not be subject to dam regulations; the author and technical witnesses said the structures pose no safety risk and are already closely managed, while members urged the bill be narrowed further to the Kings River area. It passed as amended to Appropriations.
AB 679 would streamline land transfers for Big Basin Redwoods, Año Nuevo, and Butano State Parks by exempting those acquisitions from the Public Works Board process. Supporters said it would speed conservation and park rebuilding after the CZU fire, while one member opposed it over cost and broader state land-management concerns; it passed as amended. AB 454 would remove the sunset on the California Migratory Bird Protection Act, making state protections for migratory birds permanent after federal rollback concerns; it passed as amended to Appropriations. The committee also adopted its 2025-26 rules and approved the consent calendar, and the meeting adjourned after add-on votes were taken for absent members.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Mar 24th, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- As we start to begin our budget and negotiations, I urge our state to continue its investment in these
- cheer for and let me also tell you this one of the big achievements of the governor's proposal in his budget
- transgender Californians and that is something that we critically analyze as we think about policy or our budget
- Budget subcommittee six on public safety in capital room 447.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
Senate - Tax, Business and Transportation Mar 18th, 2025
Senate Tax, Business & Transportation
Transcript Highlights:
- And also there is funding in, in the House budget, in both sides' budget for this, and we frankly just
- And has created record surpluses for the state's budget in recent years.
- the state to maintain healthy reserves, which is critical given the uncertainty around the federal budget
Committee:
Senate Senate Tax, Business & Transportation
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government Mar 18th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- THIS LEGISLATION MAKES CLARIFYING CHANGES FOR THE FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION FOR AGENCY BUDGET.
- FOR THE SAKE OF OTHER AMERICANS, OTHER CITIES LIKE SALT LAKE WHICH IS CURRENTLY RADICALLY UNDER BUDGETED
- COULD AFFECT OTHERS BUT LONG TERM IT COULD AFFECT US GEOPOLITICALLY BECAUSE CHINA HAS A 300 MILLION BUDGET
- IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING AND THE FEDERAL BUDGET AND THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, THERE ARE SIX AND A HALF BILLION
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine the posture of the United States Transportation Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2026 and the Future Years Defense Program; to be immediately followed by a closed session in SVC-217. Mar 5th, 2025 at 01:30 pm
Readiness and Management Support Subcommittee
Transcript Highlights:
- This is not a budget hearing today, I hope General Reid to hear about how Transcom has informed the Air
- Recapitalization efforts, including any challenges Transcom is encountering, so that when the FY26 president budget
- looking at what this new administration… talking about with respect to funding cuts in the defense budget
- need using any lever that I have right now for an unfunded requirement since I have not seen the budget
Keywords:
Transcom, logistics, military readiness, air refueling, KC-135, KC-46, strategic infrastructure, geopolitical threats, Alaska
Summary:
During this meeting, the committee hosted an extensive discussion on the operations and logistical challenges facing the U.S. Transportation Command (Transcom). General Reid provided testimony on key areas including the importance of maintaining robust logistical capabilities in contested environments, particularly in relation to geopolitical threats posed by adversarial nations. Various members emphasized the necessity for modernization of the air refueling fleet, addressing issues such as the readiness of the KC-135 and the procurement of the next-generation KC-46 aircraft, which has experienced delays and technical challenges. The dialogue further extended to the strategic importance of U.S. ports and transportation infrastructure, especially in regions like Alaska which play a crucial role in military logistics and power projection.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- As a body, we decide whether it's going to be 3% or 4%, depending on the budget at the time.
- And I also apologize for not getting this in the budget during the interim.
- Or when we look at the budget, we can say, maybe we can fund this.
- So it's important that it gets passed at a level that we are able to look at the budget, find money,
Committee:
House House Education
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
January 14, 2025 - 01:00 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- MQA has submitted a legislative budget request for consideration during the upcoming legislative session
- It will reopen after we have distributed this set of funds and if this program is in the budget for next
- The department has submitted a legislative budget request to continue with this project.
- I'm just curious about whether there's a certain budget and whether it's limited to certain areas of
Summary:
The Health Professions and Program Subcommittee met for an introductory and oversight briefing from the Florida Department of Health on implementation of several 2024 laws. The committee heard first from Jennifer Winhold on practitioner-regulation measures, including SB 1716 and SB 1600, which expanded workforce pathways through foreign-trained physician licensure, area-of-critical-need temporary certificates for APRNs and physician assistants, graduate assistant physician licenses, interstate compacts, and a new universal licensure-by-endorsement process. She also reviewed HB 197 on massage therapy enforcement, HB 975 on broader background screening, HB 1561 on office-surgery and liposuction safeguards, HB 159 on pharmacist HIV post-exposure prophylaxis certification, and HB 1063 on chiropractic dry needling and foreign degree licensure. Members asked about compact scope, foreign graduate requirements, massage enforcement overlap with DBPR, and registration thresholds for liposuction procedures.
Dr. Emma Spencer then outlined implementation of SB 76 and related programs, including changes to the FRAME and dental loan repayment programs, the volunteer health care provider program, the Casey DeSantis Cancer Research Program, the Health Care Innovation Council and revolving loan program, and the Andrew John Anderson Pediatric Rare Disease Grant Program. She said the department had updated portals, posted forms, launched or was developing public search tools, and submitted required reports and contracts. Members questioned whether loan repayment funds were reaching rural and underserved areas, how nonprofit applicants were being informed about the Alphonse screening grant program, the short application window for that grant, and how the department would evaluate whether the programs were improving recruitment and retention.
A third presentation, delivered by Mike Mason standing in for Shea Holloway, covered maternal and child health and other public health initiatives. He reported on the telehealth maternity care program’s expansion from a pilot in Duval and Orange counties to 23 counties, the pregnancy-and-parenting resources website required by HB 415, CMV newborn screening requirements under SB 168, sickle cell registry and research grants under HB 7085, and the swim lessons voucher program under SB 544, which received nearly 10,000 requests for 3,500 vouchers and enrolled 86 facilities. Members asked about utilization, marketing, website launch timing, and how the department was promoting these services. No bills were voted on; the meeting concluded with the chair noting that more committee presentations and bills would follow and that briefing materials would be distributed to members.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- It requires zero appropriation, zero impact on the budget, nothing to taxpayers.
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Committee:
Senate Commerce
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection.(6-17-26)
Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection
Transcript Highlights:
- KDVA received $7 million in the 2024-2026 budget for renovations, which are likely to limit capacity,
- for renovations, which are likely budget for renovations, which are likely to<00:15:28.840><c> limit
- Of note, the project received a $16 million appropriation in the 2026-28 biennial budget.
- We also recommend that KDVA request funding in the next budget cycle for a study into that matter.
- cycle for a funding in the next budget cycle for a study<00:32:25.640><c> into</c><00:32:26.360><c>
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Budget Review Subcommittee on Economic Development, Tourism, and Environmental Protection (7-15-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- We, you know, we recognize at KAED that you have a responsibility to budget for a multitude of programs
- for a multitude responsibility to budget for a multitude of<00:26:21.600><c> programs</c><00:26:22.000
- I think that would be something we should take a look at before next year's budget.
- So, I'd be curious what's the budget.
- </c> of a more of the percent of the budget of a more of the percent of the budget and<00:50:49.520><
Summary:
The committee received an update from Secretary Jeff Noel of the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development, joined by Matt Wingate and Terry Bradshaw of the Kentucky Association of Economic Developers, on the Kentucky Product Development Initiative (KPDI) and the closing fund. The presentation focused on how KPDI helps communities develop shovel-ready industrial sites by funding infrastructure, engineering, geotechnical work, and other site-preparation costs. Noel emphasized that the program is designed to reduce uncertainty for companies, improve speed to market, and support statewide job creation and investment, especially in rural and eastern Kentucky where development costs are often higher.
Testimony highlighted the complexity and expense of preparing sites, with examples of road, water, power, and rock-removal costs, and the importance of third-party evaluation in scoring applications. Noel said the program has 116 total projects statewide, with 20 active projects stemming from pilot efforts and 35 projects already resulting in about 6,381 jobs and $4.4 billion in investment. He cited examples including Crown Holdings, Flash Metals, Phoenix Paper, Pratt Paper, AESC, Sound Elements, Kitchen Foods, Latte, Krueger, Biomass, and Anna Munsman. Bradshaw added that even communities that have not yet landed a project have benefited by building spec buildings or improving access to industrial property.
The speakers said the last KPDI round drew $81 million in requests but only $35 million in available funding, and they urged lawmakers to consider whether additional funding or program adjustments are needed. Suggested changes included modestly increasing eligibility or funding flexibility for rural and eastern Kentucky, while maintaining third-party performance metrics, and continuing to prioritize finishing existing parks and creating strong regional sites. No votes or formal committee actions were taken during the meeting.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Jun 3rd, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- As the Chair of Budget Sub 5, which includes housing and homelessness.
- And understanding the budget that all housing has been zeroed out in the state.
- I'd like to thank the budget chair for his leadership on this issue.
- There's a lot of work that we can and should do, much of it is in the budget, is why we have allocated
- So again, I not only support this bill, it's come through our budget sub-five committee.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
ECD Public Hearing - Fri Mar 14, 2025 @ 10:00 AM HST
Economic Development & Technology
Transcript Highlights:
- You know, we know you guys make a lot of decisions about the budget and everything else.
- These are additional subtractions into our budget that we have to figure out at this time.
- These are additional subtractions into our budget that we have to figure out at this time.
- These are additional subtractions into our budget that we have to figure out at this time.
- These are additional subtractions into our budget that we have to figure out at this time.
Committee:
House Economic Development & Technology
Summary:
The committee on Economic Development and Technology heard testimony on several measures, beginning with SB 1343, which would amend quorum requirements for the Small Business Regulatory Review Board. The board chair testified in support, saying it has been difficult to fill all seats and that using active seats for quorum would help the board function more effectively. No opposition or questions were raised, and the committee moved on.
The committee then heard SB 1578, which drew mixed testimony. DBEDT supported the measure and the Attorney General suggested inserting preamble language from HB 1025 to provide historical context on the East-West Center. Austin Martin of the Libertarian Party of Hawaiʻi opposed the bill, arguing it could invite improper behavior, create loosely regulated satellite offices, increase foreign influence, and add competition for land ownership. The committee took no vote during the hearing.
The bulk of the meeting focused on SB 1641, a measure to establish a Hawaiʻi film commission/authority and related funding and governance structure. DBEDT supported the intent and offered friendly amendments to clarify the distinction between film and media industries, while the Honolulu Film Office and labor representatives from IATSE, Teamsters, and Pride at Work supported the bill but urged changes. Their concerns centered on conflicts of interest, especially having producers on the commission, and they asked for more labor representation and clearer oversight rules. The Attorney General raised constitutional and special-fund concerns, saying the grant standards and special-fund language needed work. Committee members discussed renaming the entity as a Hawaiʻi Film Authority, broadening its scope beyond cultural production, adjusting the commission makeup, and clarifying funding sources, including the existing film and creative industries fund and the 0.2% rebate contribution. No final vote was taken in the portion provided, but members indicated the bill would need substantial revisions and an HD1.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Is it going to be in the operating budget, or are you asking this committee for cash too?
- Is it going to be in the operating budget, or are you asking this committee for cash too?
- requests are as proposed in the governor's budget.
- </c><00:51:59.079><c> request</c> the governor's capital budget request the governor's capital budget
- will all this be spent, or how do you really move forward, you know, knowing that we have a small budget
Committee:
House Capital Investment
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
CPC Public Hearing - Wed Jan 29, 2025 @ 2:00 PM HST
Consumer Protection & Commerce
Transcript Highlights:
- Further, the bill establishes a special fund within the Department of Budget and Finance but codifies
- Next up, Department of Budget and Finance. Is B&F here or online? Shame.
- </c><00:33:43.679><c> and</c> up we have Department of budget and up we have Department of budget and
- and Finance and to codify the special fund in Budget and Finance's HRS chapter.
- 00.960><c> and</c> codify the special Fund in budget and codify the special Fund in budget and finance's
Committee:
House Consumer Protection & Commerce
Summary:
The Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce met on January 29, 2025, and heard testimony on HB 108, which concerns intoxicating liquor and would expand direct-to-consumer shipping for beer and spirits. Supporters included representatives of Koloa Rum Company, Maui Brewing Company, and Ola Brew, who argued the bill would modernize alcohol laws, help small local producers compete, support jobs and local agriculture, and give consumers more access to Hawaii-made products. They also said Hawaii already has experience regulating direct wine shipments, with age verification and carrier-based delivery systems in place, and that direct shipping could help businesses reach visitors after they return home and diversify beyond tourism.
Opposition came from the Hawaii Public Health Institute, whose representative said the bill could increase access for underage drinking, especially because liquor commissions do not currently conduct compliance checks on alcohol shipments and may lack capacity to do so. The group also raised tax-enforcement concerns, saying the existing three-tier system makes excise and sales tax collection easier, while direct shipping would require additional auditing. They urged the committee to oppose the bill or defer it until more research is done, and suggested a common carrier reporting requirement to help reconcile shipments.
Committee members questioned both sides about whether current law already allows some alcohol shipments, whether a Kentucky distiller could ship directly to Hawaii, and how reciprocity with other states would work. Supporters said the bill is modeled on wine-shipping language and could be amended to clarify reciprocity, while opponents said the bill lacks a common carrier reporting requirement and would place a burden on county liquor commissions. No vote or final action on HB 108 was taken during the portion of the meeting provided.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Executive Departments and Administration (03/05/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- He said it has about a million-dollar-a-year budget, so it is not a life-saving cut to the budget or
- I have a question in your current position: who establishes your budget and sets how many people you
- We grew from five to six a couple of years ago to do regional and federal work, and our budget is part
- of the state budget, so I have to go before the finance committees first.
- that you guys run under to absorb budget that you guys run under to absorb these these these positions
Summary:
The hearing focused on House Bill 610, which would fold the Office of the Consumer Advocate into the Department of Energy rather than fully eliminate consumer advocacy functions. The prime sponsor argued the current office is small, funded by a special assessment on ratepayers, and duplicative of DOE work. He said moving the function to DOE would streamline energy policy review, reduce bureaucracy, and better focus the larger agency on lowering residential energy costs. He also disputed claims that the Consumer Advocate is independent, saying the office is appointed through a political process similar to DOE leadership.
Committee members and the sponsor discussed whether the bill would actually relocate existing positions or replace them, and whether the Department of Energy would absorb the cost of the transferred staff. The sponsor said the fiscal note shows roughly a million-dollar reduction in both revenue assessment and spending, and that the bill would effectively reduce the office from five positions to three. He also defended his cost estimates for energy-code-related housing impacts and said the Consumer Advocate has sometimes supported policies he считает increase costs, such as energy-efficiency measures and building code changes. He argued the office should focus more on energy supply and generation, including natural gas and nuclear, rather than efficiency alone.
Representative Wendy Thomas testified in opposition, saying the Consumer Advocate is an important, fair, and impartial voice for ratepayers and warning that the bill was fiscally irresponsible because the incumbent could still be owed salary and benefits if the office were repealed. She also said the bill’s drafting was confusing and that the Consumer Advocate’s role is to push back on utilities on behalf of consumers. Other members raised questions about whether the DOE would simply inherit the same political appointment structure and whether the bill would meaningfully lower bills. No vote was taken in the excerpt; the chair indicated additional testimony would follow, and the Department of Energy was present to answer questions.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- So, thank you, a budget to fund it. So, thank you, Madam<04:26:51.760><c> President.
- But we're talking about the default budget.
- We're not talking about the budget that people are going to vote on first.
- </c> we're talking about the default budget. we're talking about the default budget.
- </c><04:34:58.080><c> that</c> We're not talking about the budget that We're not talking about the budget
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- besides the rat not being a pest, the cities do not, you know, they don't have money sitting in their budgets
- well, and we've got a lot of prosperity down here, so I think that they can find the money in their budgets
- well, and we've got a lot of prosperity down here, so I think that they can find the money in their budgets
Committee:
Senate Agricultural Affairs
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm doing the budget in JFAC for the immunization, and I always thought that that premium that we're
- According to the budget analyst that I'm working with, Ms. Poloni, I believe that's who it is.
- to the to lean that we're still able to get to everything that we need to then I guess talk to the budgets
Committee:
Senate Education
Summary:
The committee began by recognizing and thanking page Caleb Williams for his service, including brief remarks and a song, before moving to approval of the minutes from March 12, 16, 17, and 18, 2026. All four sets of minutes were approved by voice vote.
The committee then heard Senate Bill 1420, which would redirect about 1% of the state health insurance premium tax into a fund for medical education, with the goal of stabilizing funding for undergraduate medical education and supporting future expansion of medical school seats. Senator Lent and Representative Manwaring explained that the bill would create a dedicated pathway for these funds and could also accommodate other medical education-related revenues. After questions about the premium tax and existing uses of the fund, the committee voted to send SB 1420 to the floor with a due pass recommendation; Senator Zito requested to be recorded as opposed.
Next, the committee considered House Joint Memorial 20, which asks the federal government to address the costs Idaho incurs under Plyler v. Doe for educating students regardless of immigration status. Representative Tanner argued the decision created an unfunded mandate and cited rough estimates of annual and long-term costs. After questions about the source of the student estimates, the committee voted to send HJM 20 to the floor with a due pass recommendation, with Senators Burtenshaw and Semmelroth requesting to be recorded as opposed.
Finally, the committee heard House Bill 915, which would establish a baseline recess policy for public and charter schools, including a 20-minute daily outdoor recess for grades K-5 when feasible and a prohibition on withholding recess from an entire class as punishment. Senator Taves said the bill was intended to protect children’s health and learning, while opponents argued it was unnecessary and infringed on local control because schools already provide recess. The committee voted to hold HB 915 at the call of the chair, and the meeting adjourned with notice that the IDLA bill was expected the next day.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm doing the budget in JFAC for the immunization, and I always thought that that premium that we're
- According to the budget analyst that I'm working with, Ms. Poloni, I believe that's who it is.
- I guess talk to the budgets as it sounds like you have, so okay. Any other questions?
Committee:
Senate Education