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NH
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> appropriate to allow phase in. appropriate to allow phase in.
- It's a request.
- It's a request. However, if unverified. It's a request.
- So, we do support this legislation.
- I think that there will legislation.
Committee:
House Transportation
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee Apr 27th, 2026
Revenue and Taxation
Transcript Highlights:
- Congress would get involved and would consider legislation.
- When appropriate, I ask for an aye vote. Thank you very much.
- The motion is due pass to the Committee on Appropriations.
- The motion is due pass to the Committee on Appropriations.
- The motion is due pass to the Committee on Appropriations.
Committee:
House Revenue and Taxation
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Transportation and Public Works Feb 12th, 2026 at 09:12 am
Transcript Highlights:
- And although we don't have to have public comment, I think it would be appropriate to do so.
- We'll have any amendments that we feel are appropriate, and then we'll have a debate.
- We are requesting another $80 million on top of what we have in the planning years.
- We are requesting another $80 million on top of what we have in the planet years.
- I want to call your attention to page 3 under the Special Section 9 appropriations.
Summary:
The committee first took up HB 322, which would create a transportation trust fund and transportation program fund. The sponsor offered and the committee adopted an amendment striking the section that would have imposed a 1% gross receipts tax on electricity sales. After a recap of the bill’s remaining provisions, including a $400 million seed amount and future transfers from motor vehicle excise tax revenue, the committee heard brief support from Associated Contractors of New Mexico and the Asphalt Pavement Association and no opposition. The amended bill then passed on a roll-call vote.
The committee then heard HB 270, a public works/apprenticeship bill that would require contributions to approved apprenticeship and training programs or to the Public Works Apprentice and Training Fund for public works construction projects, while eliminating an exemption for certain road, highway, utility, and maintenance work. Supporters, including union carpenters, electrical workers, the building trades council, and apprenticeship advocates, argued the bill would expand training, help address labor shortages, and provide a return on public investment. Opponents from utility contractors, highway contractors, and Associated Contractors of New Mexico said they already operate federally approved in-house training programs, warned the bill would raise project costs, and argued some trades have no accessible approved programs.
Members questioned how the bill would interact with existing in-house programs, whether rural contractors and nonunion firms would be affected, and whether the state-approved fund and federal highway training requirements could conflict. A proposed amendment to exempt projects of $50 million or less was introduced but tabled. After extensive debate, the committee voted 6-5 to pass HB 270. The meeting also included discussion of a prior procedural error in which HB 270 had been heard before being properly assigned, which the chair said rendered that earlier action void. At the end of the meeting, the committee received a brief New Mexico Department of Transportation District 3 presentation on district projects, budget, and construction status.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Capital Planning Advisory Board (5-21-25) part 2
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> the largest portion of DOC's request the largest portion of DOC's request focuses<00:08:37.760><
- :36.800><c> complete</c><00:09:37.040><c> the</c> requesting 15.7 million to complete the requesting
- </c><00:09:56.560><c> to</c> also requesting additional funds to also requesting additional funds to
- Uh, the General Assembly appropriated $50 million of the requested $147 million in the previous budget
- ><c> of</c><00:12:39.360><c> the</c> appropriated $50 million of the appropriated $50 million of the
Summary:
The committee heard capital plan presentations from the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, the Personnel Cabinet, and the School Facilities Construction Commission. The Justice Cabinet described its large portfolio of more than 900 facilities across the state and said decades of underfunded maintenance have created a backlog of repairs. Requested projects included a high-acuity mental health treatment facility for juvenile justice youth, two female detention centers to support the regional detention model, major corrections repairs and replacements, a new kitchen at Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex, a new dormitory at the Kentucky Correctional Institute for Women, completion of a new Eastern Kentucky prison, DOCJT training facility upgrades in Richmond and Madisonville, State Police radio system replacement and post construction, a combined Frankfort headquarters/Post 12 facility, and expanded crime lab and storage capacity. When asked about the high cost of the EKCC kitchen project, staff said construction inside an operating facility raises costs and that building a new adjacent kitchen would be more economical in the long run. The panel also asked about Fish and Wildlife officers training at DOCJT; staff said they do and that the training is funded through the CLEFT fund. The Justice Cabinet also said the recently enacted Senate Bill 4’s AI inventory and registry requirements would be part of its enterprise application and AI inventory system work.
The Personnel Cabinet requested funding to replace CHRIS, the state’s human resources and payroll system, which supports payroll and benefits for about 48,000 employees and the Kentucky Employee Health Plan for roughly 192,000 members. Staff said the current SAP-based system went live in 2011, is approaching end of support in 2030, and has not received functionality enhancements since 2016. They said the replacement is estimated at $151 million, with most of the cost tied to professional services and software, and that the project would begin in July 2026, go live by July 2030, and require a stabilization period through 2032. In response to questions about outsourcing payroll or reusing existing systems, staff said the complexity of state HR, payroll, tax updates, and integrations with other agencies makes outsourcing or partial reuse impractical.
The School Facilities Construction Commission introduced its role in helping all 171 school districts address unmet facility needs, focusing on core school facilities such as roofs and elementary buildings rather than athletic projects. No votes or formal actions were taken during the excerpted discussion; the meeting consisted of presentations, explanations of requested projects, and member questions.
NV
Nevada 2025 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session May 29th, 2025 at 11:00 am
Nevada Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Assembly Bill 398, as amended, appropriates $45 million in general fund appropriations in both years
- Assembly Bill 398, as amended, appropriates $45 million in general fund appropriations in both years
- In addition, the bill appropriates $19.3 million in general fund appropriations in both years of the
- Assembly Bill 398, as amended, appropriates $45 million in general fund appropriations in both years
- In addition, the bill appropriates $19.3 million in general fund appropriations in both years of the
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection - 03/10/26
Commerce and Consumer Protection
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> but I will say from a state legislative but I will say from a state legislative standpoint,<00:19
- However, it is this in legislation.
- </c> is asking us to fix in your legislation is asking us to fix in your legislation uh uh uh the<01:
- the appropriation, or whether a fiscal note has been requested from them on what it would take to conduct
- ,</c><01:49:45.000><c> as</c> many ways as a legislator, as many ways as a legislator, as legislators
Committee:
Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Finance and Policy Committee 4/2/25 - Part 1
Health Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- And I appreciate legislation.
- </c><00:41:31.200><c> I'm</c> support of karma legislation. I'm support of karma legislation.
- c> Representative Bonner's legislation aims Representative Bonner's legislation aims to<00:56:16.480>
- But it has been requested. have requested a fiscal note this year. have requested a fiscal note this
- <01:38:40.960><c> house</c><01:38:41.199><c> file</c> appropriation house file appropriation house file
Committee:
House Health Finance and Policy
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Civil Rights & Judiciary Jan 23rd, 2026 at 10:30 am
Civil Rights & Judiciary
Transcript Highlights:
- This is familiar legislation to this committee.
- This is familiar legislation to this committee.
- As a reminder, this is a Secretary of State request.
- I request a yes vote. Thank you.
- And it looks like we're going to do by request an oral vote.
Committee:
House Civil Rights & Judiciary
Keywords:
interment, location choices, remains, Washingtonians, funeral services, condominium, housing, warranty, property rights, construction, public safety, vulnerable users, pedestrians, protected classes, transportation, corporate filings, secretary of state, business entity filings, annual reports, foreign corporation
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session (Full Formal with Calendar) Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- This is a complicated set of legislation, and there's more conversation to be had about which are the
- This is a complicated set of legislation, and there's more conversation to be had about which are the
- I request unanimous consent to make a brief statement.
- Everybody's didn't quite requesting a statement.
- certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects.
Summary:
The Senate considered a series of amendments to a supplemental appropriations bill and related measures, with several adopted and several rejected or withdrawn. Early amendments on equitable approaches to public safety and a Holyoke local account clarification failed, while amendments providing $2.5 million for Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers technical assistance and expanding access to gender-affirming medications and mifepristone were adopted. The chamber also adopted a technical amendment on alternative protein grants, a clarification to ETF modernization, and an energy storage systems amendment. Other proposals on homeowner protections, La Casa funding, emergency contract reform, an energy dashboard, EV charging ratepayer impacts, hate crimes, distressed hospital payments, and task force membership were rejected or withdrawn.
A substantial portion of the debate focused on health care, food assistance, and public safety. Senators spoke in support of funding for community health centers, hospital relief, and EBT anti-skimming protections, including $15.5 million for chip-enabled EBT cards and related replacement-benefit support. One amendment to strengthen protections against impersonating federal officers was rejected, while another on professional protections was withdrawn after discussion of ballot address privacy and security concerns. The Senate also adopted amendments to continue prior appropriations for a North Shore food pantry and drought management efforts, and it later approved a sick leave bank for a Department of Mental Health employee.
The chamber then took up the fiscal year 2025 fair share supplemental budget conference report, which Ways and Means described as $1.39 billion in spending split between transportation and education, including MBTA improvements, Chapter 90 aid, regional transit authorities, special education circuit breaker reimbursements, higher education deferred maintenance, and career technical education capital grants. After a roll call, the bill passed, with one recorded negative vote. The Senate also adopted a separate Ways and Means amendment and ordered the bill to third reading before final passage. The session ended with adjournment motions and a moment of silence honoring Melissa and Mark Hortman and other victims of political violence, along with a memorial adjournment for firefighter Jeffrey DeSanchez.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Finance Jan 23rd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- I represent the 43rd Legislative District.
- That was the... ...intention of that legislation.
- He said they are in support of the legislation, House Bill 2089, and will support any legislation that
- Because I think we have heard a request, and so I'm just advising the prime sponsor A request, and so
- Representative Ramel, appreciate working with you on this legislation.
Summary:
House Finance met on Friday, January 23rd, and heard three bills. On House Bill 2194, staff explained that the bill would allow a county and a city within that county to both impose the cultural access sales and use tax at the same time, with the county providing a credit for the city tax. Representative Parsley said the change would let more jurisdictions support cultural, arts, science, and school-related programs. Olympia and Thurston County officials testified in support, describing grant funding for cultural organizations, free programming, and school access benefits; a committee member raised a question about how the change could affect county bond obligations.
The committee then heard House Bill 2089, which would narrow a B&O tax preference for first mortgage interest by removing the requirement that a financial institution be located in 10 or more states, and direct the resulting revenue to the wildfire response, forest restoration, and community resilience account. Staff said the bill would raise significant revenue and have implementation costs for the Department of Revenue. Representative Scott said the bill was intended to restore wildfire funding and limit the preference to community banks, while opponents from the Washington Bankers Association and Community Bankers of Washington warned the bill could harm community banks and mortgage lending if not drafted carefully. The Department of Natural Resources and a public employee representative supported restoring wildfire preparedness funding.
Finally, the committee heard a proposed third substitute for House Bill 1960, which would replace property taxation for new or repowered large renewable energy facilities and battery storage systems with a state and local excise tax structure, while also creating a local investment distribution account and a tribal capacity grant program. Staff and the sponsor described the bill as a way to reduce property tax shifts onto nearby taxpayers and provide more stable, predictable revenue for local governments and tribes. County officials, assessors, treasurers, and some clean energy and conservation groups supported the concept but asked for clearer definitions, payment timing, and rate adjustments; utilities and renewable developers said they supported the goal but opposed the bill as drafted because of concerns about the rates and the treatment of centrally assessed utilities. No votes were taken, and the committee adjourned after closing the hearings on all three bills.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- So all we are trying to do is put into legislation what everybody agrees that the law is, except for
- And how is it not a legally appropriate change to the code?
- This just globs them all into one, which I don't feel is appropriate. Nobody writes a whole...
- If you look at the legislative history to Section F in 1989, they said, "No, that's not right."
- How do you read the case and the legislative response, and I would...
Committee:
Senate Jurisprudence
Keywords:
HB 1193, informal marriage, common-law marriage, declaration of informal marriage, confidentiality, privacy, county clerk, vital statistics unit, Family Code, Health and Safety Code, marriage records, public records, personally identifying information, PII, legal representative, Texas marriage law, child enrollment, parent rights, managing conservator, education
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session - part 2 May 9th, 2025
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Reports from the Committee on Rules and Legislative Affairs.
- Thank you, Madam Speaker, and first I respectfully request a roll call on this.
- So again, I respectfully request a no vote on this.
- We've heard from some of those businesses since the passage of that legislation.
- The small business assistance appropriation is important.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- You will press the red button. temporary appropriations for the expense temporary appropriations for
- </c> this legislation. this legislation.
- </c> >> Appropriate. There's no rule against it. >> Appropriate.
- Who requested the roll call? Okay. Who requested the roll call?
- The vast majority this legislation.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Commission on Race and Access to Opportunity (7-29-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:36:34.480><c> for</c> legislature about appropriation for legislature about appropriation for
- </c><00:53:19.040><c> that</c> Neil who worked with appropriations that Neil who worked with appropriations
- So, I'm grateful for the legislation and for that approval.
- So, I'm grateful for the legislation and for that approval.
- Our city appropriated $1.5 million. We need much more so that we can complete this.
Keywords:
This meeting is taking place on location at the Kentucky State University Cooperative Extension Building Room 238 using on site equipment., 958, all
Summary:
The interim Commission on Race and Access to Opportunity met at Kentucky State University and heard a presentation from President Kofi Aapo and Vice President Michael Dorsy on the university’s role as an HBCU and its current priorities. They emphasized Kentucky State’s impact on Black student outcomes nationally, its focus on workforce development, civic leadership, innovation, and economic mobility, and its efforts to grow enrollment, expand dual-credit partnerships, and launch a prison education program. They also described House Bill 250’s role in prompting program review and the creation or expansion of market-aligned offerings, including manufacturing engineering, agricultural engineering, biological and agricultural engineering, social work, criminal justice, and expanded online programs through “Thoroughbred Global.”
A major topic was Kentucky State’s move toward STEM and applied programs. President Aapo said the university is diversifying beyond liberal arts to meet workforce demand and cited plans for a PhD in agroecology, which he said would help farmers adapt to climate conditions and would be federally funded. He also discussed the nursing program as the fastest-growing on campus, partnerships with health systems that pay tuition and guarantee jobs, and the need for a new nursing facility. He said the current nursing space is inadequate and that a new building could double or triple enrollment in the program. He also described a mobile health initiative intended to bring preventive care and health education to underserved areas of the state.
Members asked questions about the nursing building, STEM strategy, teacher preparation, dual credit, prison education, and student readiness. Senator Bledsoe asked about the shift toward STEM, and Aapo said the strategy is based on student demand and data from House Bill 250. Senator Berg requested a list of dual-credit partners and encouraged long-term tracking of prison education participants to study outcomes such as recidivism; Aapo said the university has not yet begun that research but intends to. Senator Tidner asked about remedial needs, and Aapo said KSU found more than 100 students with zero GPAs when he arrived and is using co-requisite support and tutoring to address English and math deficiencies. Representative Brown and others highlighted the historical and ongoing value of HBCUs, and no votes or formal actions were taken during the meeting.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate and House Tax Policies Discussion Group - 05/12/26
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> legislation there? legislation there?
- </c> Members, uh Joanna Bears, legislative Members, uh Joanna Bears, legislative director<00:20:45.040
- </c> legislator members. legislator members.
- </c> include any legislators. include any legislators.
- legislator legislator um um um uh<00:37:25.880><c> members.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Local Government Jan 20th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- So I just want to be really clear as we’re looking at the legislation.
- I mean, like, it can't support itself appropriately in that area.
- I mean, like, it can't support itself appropriately in that area.
- That is a legislative mandate that overrides professional judgment.
- Thank you, Representative Hall, for your leadership on this legislation.
Committee:
House Local Government
Keywords:
renewable energy, nonemitting generation, public entities, contracting, electric generation, distributed energy, agricultural land, energy generation, renewable resources, siting regulations, land use, urban development, vegetation management, shrubsteppe, environmental regulation, economic development, sales tax, rural counties, industrial land banks, growth management
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 4/9/25
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Tanaka from the Council of State Governments, who's here to watch the meeting of the Midwestern Legislative
- Tanaka from the Council of State Governments, who's here to watch the meeting of the Midwestern Legislative
- from the A budget for RORO appropriation from the A budget for RORO home<00:10:13.680><c> treatment<
- </c><00:12:19.760><c> an</c> that timeline without requesting an that timeline without requesting an
- extensions to utilize or must request extensions to utilize the<00:16:21.560><c> funds.
Bills:
HF2446
Committee:
House Agriculture Finance and Policy
Keywords:
agriculture finance, broadband development, Department of Agriculture, Board of Animal Health, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, Office of Broadband Development, food safety, food handler license, cottage food, home processed food, livestock dealer, meat packing company, milk marketer, milk marketing license, grain buyer, grain storage, beginning farmer, emerging farmer, farm down payment assistance, livestock investment grant
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- This legislation is essential for This legislation is essential for removing<00:26:30.000><c> barriers
- reductions to previous um appropriation reductions to previous um appropriations<01:02:17.599><c> in
- </c> and 75 is another appropriation and 75 is another appropriation extension<01:04:33.599><c> that<
- </c><01:14:35.280><c> to</c> would be a statutory appropriation to would be a statutory appropriation
- </c> related to um, the appropriation related to um, the appropriation extensions.<01:19:09.760><c> I
Committee:
Senate Transportation
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Children and Family Law (03/18/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:11:28.399><c> um</c> sure that we have appropriate um sure that we have appropriate um supervision
- I would say appropriately allocated.
- I support this legislation.
- ,</c><00:32:05.679><c> but</c> Um, it may not need this legislation, but I don't want to kill this legislation
- :29:30.239><c> show</c><01:29:30.400><c> the</c> legislatively we have to show the legislatively we have
Summary:
The committee opened with a brief update and prayer for Oscar, a person known to members, noting he was making slow but encouraging progress and awaiting transfer to rehab. The hearing then began on House Bill 518, which would require the commissioner of DHS to provide a detailed annual report of DCYF costs. Representative Erica Leyon, the sponsor, said the bill was intended to improve transparency, clarify how DCYF resources and shared services are used, and help future discussions about staffing, funding, and whether DCYF should remain within DHHS or become a separate department. She said the department could likely comply without additional cost and was open to adjusting the reporting date, with the department preferring December 31 instead of September 1.
Committee members and the DCYF director, Marie Nunan, discussed whether the bill was duplicative of existing reporting and whether it should also include federal funding mandates. Nunan said DCYF already has many policies and reports, but does not currently produce one consolidated DCYF-specific report in this form; she also said the department believed it had the capacity to file the report and was not taking a position on the bill. Several members questioned whether the measure was necessary, while others supported transparency but suggested the information was already available or could be obtained without legislation. In executive session, the committee voted 15-1 to retain HB 518, meaning it will not advance to the calendar at this time.
The committee then opened House Bill 775, sponsored by Representative Jod Nelson, concerning supervised visitation centers. Nelson introduced Dr. Scott Hampton, who testified that supervised visitation is important for child safety, domestic violence prevention, and family preservation. Hampton described the history of visitation centers in New Hampshire, saying funding cuts had reduced the number of centers over time and that prior legislation had failed due to budget reductions. He argued that supervised exchanges can reduce risks such as abuse, abduction, and homicide, and said the service can prevent harm without adding cost by avoiding more serious incidents. The hearing on HB 775 was still underway at the end of the transcript, with no vote or final action shown.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services (01/27/2026)
Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><01:55:11.360><c> Um,</c> current state legislation. Um, current state legislation.
- </c> to the legislators on the best strategy. to the legislators on the best strategy.
- </c> rewrite that part of the legislation? rewrite that part of the legislation?
- Um, protective legislation.
- </c> by the legislative body? by the legislative body?