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CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Legislative Audit Committee Jun 1st, 2026
Joint Legislative Audit
Transcript Highlights:
- And as a lot of you may know, major infrastructure projects take years, if not decades.
- Like any other agency that works in transportation, the different sources of funds can vary widely on
- This is very important because no single source of funding is going to pay for a mega project or a major
- That's a daunting amount of different funding sources.
- In fact, most major highway projects that we do at SANDAG are actually developed and implemented by the
Committee:
House Joint Legislative Audit
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Transportation Jan 27th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate Bill 706 preempts the naming of major commercial service airports to the state.
- President Trump is a major figure in Florida.
- So he's had a major impact, not just in another state, but here in Palm Beach County.
- And I think that they see this as an opportunity to try and find some revenue source.
- The majority of our members are negatively affected by the misuse of surveillance data.
Summary:
The Senate Transportation Committee met and first considered SB 86, which would make it unlawful for unauthorized aliens to operate commercial motor vehicles in Florida. The sponsor described the bill as a highway safety measure, requiring lawful presence, a valid CDL, English proficiency, and the ability to communicate with law enforcement. The bill also provides for impoundment, custody transfer to federal authorities, a civil penalty on the motor carrier, and an out-of-service order. An amendment was adopted, public testimony included support from the Florida PBA, and the committee reported the bill favorably.
The committee then heard SB 706, which preempts naming of major commercial service airports to the state and would rename Palm Beach International Airport as Donald J. Trump International Airport. An amendment was adopted to make the change subject to FAA approval, a trademark agreement, and a reasonable implementation period for Palm Beach County. Palm Beach County representatives supported the measure and the amendment, and the committee reported the bill favorably.
Next, the committee approved SB 1670, a specialty license plate bill for the “outsider” plate, after adopting an amendment reducing the Huber Brothers Foundation’s share of proceeds from 25% to 10%. The committee also passed SB 1054, which increases penalties for traffic infractions that result in crashes involving red lights or stop signs, including higher fines, license suspensions, and a one-year bodily injury insurance requirement after injury-causing crashes. Testimony from law enforcement and advocacy groups supported the bill, and it was reported favorably.
Finally, the committee considered SB 422 on ADS-B aviation surveillance data. The bill would prohibit use of ADS-B data to calculate or collect landing-related fees, and an amendment narrowed the prohibition to fees tied to landings, touch-and-goes, or entering a fee-assessing airspace radius. Aviation groups, pilots, and airport officials offered extensive testimony, with supporters arguing the bill protects safety and prevents inaccurate or surprise billing, while airport representatives said they use the data for fee collection and operational purposes and wanted further changes. Despite those concerns, the committee reported the bill favorably. The meeting then adjourned.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
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- </c><00:20:01.440><c> is</c> watching the way the majority is watching the way the majority is governing
- President, this is clearly something that the majority of this body and I believe the majority of Minnesotans
- </c> the majority here in this committee. the majority here in this committee.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Finance Sep 25th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- On the prior page of your staff brief, you'll notice a table that says major... scheduled for major infrastructure
- Apart from the general fund, counties categorize their funds as either major or non-major.
- Major and non-major funds, just like the general funds, have both increased.
- Major funds have increased by 140%, and non-major funds have increased by 110%.
- steady for the general and non-major funds.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs (01/22/2025)
Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
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- These plans also outline the states' hemp sourcing policies to ensure the source rule is legally followed
- These plans also outline the states' hemp sourcing policies to ensure the source rule is legally followed
- These plans also outline the states' hemp sourcing policies to ensure the source rule is legally followed
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CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 4 on State Administration and General Government Apr 30th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- You know, you have to compile a lot of different sources.
- Those funding sources must...
- But to maintain the spirit of each of those unique funding sources, those funding sources must go to
- I would say two major things.
- For our department, one major impact is caseloads.
Summary:
The subcommittee heard an extensive presentation on the administration’s housing reorganization proposal, which would centralize multifamily affordable housing finance under the new Housing Development and Finance Committee (HDFC) and align it with the Governor’s trailer bill language. Administration officials said the plan is intended to create a one-stop application and award process, reduce duplicative timelines and costs, and pair state subsidy with private activity bonds and federal tax credits more efficiently. They also described proposed changes to the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities program, including shifting a larger share of funding toward housing-related awards while preserving a portion for sustainable communities investments. The Legislative Analyst’s Office generally supported the streamlining concept but recommended changes to the proposed bond set-aside timing and urged flexibility for integrated applications and future reporting on demand. Senators, especially Senator Cabaldon, raised concerns that the proposal could weaken the original climate-and-transportation purpose of the sustainable communities program and that the reorganization would be undercut by the lack of new housing production funding in the budget. The item was held open without a vote.
The committee then received a report from the California Debt Limit Allocation Committee and the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee on federal and state housing tax credits. Staff explained that the federal H.R. 1 change lowering the bond-financing threshold from 50% to 25% greatly expanded the number of projects able to use the 4% federal tax credit, allowing California to fund many more projects and units. They also described the state low-income housing tax credit as an important gap-filling tool for projects that still need additional subsidy, and noted existing set-asides for rural, homeless, at-risk, and extremely low-income projects. Members discussed rehabilitation as well as new construction, and the item was informational only.
Finally, the Civil Rights Department reported on the effects of federal civil rights policy changes and on three programs facing expiration: California vs. Hate, the Community Conflict Resolution Unit, and Investigations and Conciliation Enhancement. Director Kevin Kish said federal cuts and policy shifts have reduced support for fair housing and other civil rights functions, while CRD’s caseload has grown from about 8,700 open matters a year ago to more than 12,000, with a six-month wait for interviews despite overtime triage efforts. Senators expressed strong support for continuing the programs and concern about the broader federal rollback of civil rights enforcement. The department said it is using overtime, intake triage, and outreach partnerships to manage the workload and direct Californians to appropriate state, local, and nonprofit resources.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 4 on Climate Crisis, Resources, Energy, and Transportation May 20th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- And then, as we talked about in the hearing last week, a major new piece of the solution is shifting
- Focus on that, start there, and then we can work with you to figure out what the funding sources are
- Rogers point is there are some major policy changes being proposed in the May revision and you don't
- Today that there's a 65% chance of a major earthquake in the Delta.
- , major expenditure like this.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
November 18, 2025 - 10:30 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- Sources include cloud services, including software as a service software value added reseller services
- So for a major project in his 30 million Dollar hypothetical, that is a multi-year project.
- So state your contracts and alternative contract sources.
- We got rid of that and then went more alternate sources.
- Sources say you're recognized. >> I think it could be valuable.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- amount not to exceed 10 percent of certain general revenue deposited during the previous biennium, sourced
- I would say that the vast majority of the money in the ESF is coming from oil and gas severance taxes
- One requires a two-thirds majority of the legislature to vote to appropriate money out of the ESF.
- The other one requires a two-thirds majority of the legislature to vote to appropriate...
- The other requires a three-fifths majority.
Committee:
House Appropriations
NH
Transcript Highlights:
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NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (04/21/2025)
Science, Technology and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- The current to all sources of energy.
- </c><00:43:06.880><c> that</c> it's cost-effective or uses sources that it's cost-effective or uses sources
- </c><00:59:21.359><c> of</c> recognized that the vast majority of recognized that the vast majority of
- What's the greatest source of risk?
- </c><02:10:55.199><c> for</c> actually becomes a revenue source for actually becomes a revenue source
Committee:
House Science, Technology and Energy
NY
New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York State Senate Session - 04/21/2026
New York Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- That's the major difference.
- That's the major difference.
- That's the major difference.
- That's the major difference.
- That's the major difference.
Summary:
The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several guest introductions, including students from Brooklyn and St. John’s University, followed by adoption of the resolution calendar with exceptions for two items. The chamber then took up a series of previously adopted resolutions recognizing Black Maternal Health Week, Workplace Violence Prevention Month, the one-year anniversary of the Jet Set nightclub tragedy in the Dominican Republic, New York Constitution Day, and the Month of the Military Child. Senators speaking on the maternal health resolution emphasized racial disparities in maternal mortality and the need for culturally competent care; the workplace violence resolution highlighted hospital safety programs; the Jet Set resolution was adopted in memory of the victims; and the Constitution Day speech reviewed New York’s delayed but eventual support for independence in 1776. The military child resolution stressed the sacrifices of military families and support for children of service members. All of these resolutions were adopted, and the resolutions were opened to co-sponsorship.
The Senate then moved through the third reading calendar, passing several bills and laying others aside. Measures passed included bills on public health, environmental conservation, executive law, public authorities, and consumer protection. One notable debate involved a bill to require transparency from private arbitration organizations handling consumer cases; supporters argued it would provide basic public data and guard against conflicts of interest, while opponents said it would burden a useful dispute-resolution process and intrude on privacy. The bill passed after debate. Another debated bill would phase out number 4 heating oil statewide; supporters said cleaner alternatives exist and the fuel is harmful to public health, while opponents raised cost and transition concerns, especially for colder regions. That bill also passed.
The chamber also considered a bill to create a rebate program for battery-powered landscaping equipment, funded through utility-related mechanisms administered by NYSERDA. Supporters said it would reduce air and noise pollution and help companies transition, while opponents argued ratepayers should not subsidize landscaping equipment. The bill passed after being restored to the non-controversial calendar. Finally, the Senate began discussion of a housing-related bill aimed at preserving manufactured home parks by enabling nonprofits or municipalities to acquire development rights and keep the land dedicated to that use, with the sponsor explaining that the goal is to protect affordable housing and help residents remain in their homes.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- That's nearly 700,000 Arizona small businesses in Arizona, which is the overwhelming majority that have
- Lastly, these bills delay establishment of the major incident division within the Department of Public
- This just adds an additional funding source, a new funding source, I believe, right, to the SMART Fund
- Majority Leader, yes. Mr. Chairman, may I explain my vote? Majority Leader, yes. Thank you.
- I want to applaud, certainly Chairman Livingston, Chairman Farnsworth, Majority Leader Kavanaugh, Majority
Bills:
HB4154 , HB4155 , HB4156 , HB4157 , HB4158 , HB4159 , HB4160 , HB4161 , HB4162 , HB4163 , HB4164 , HB4165 , HB4166 , HB4167 , HB4168 , HB4169 , SB1847 , SB1848 , SB1849 , SB1850 , SB1851 , SB1852 , SB1853 , SB1854 , SB1855 , SB1856 , SB1857 , SB1858 , SB1859 , SB1860 , SB1861 , SB1862
Committee:
Joint Appropriations
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Racial Equity, Civil Rights, and Inclusion Mar 31st, 2026
Joint Committee on Racial Equity, Civil Rights, and Inclusion
Transcript Highlights:
- Who lives in communities that are next to major highways or next to incinerators?
- A slight majority of our members, our business owners, are women. Just a slight.
- The majority are 10 and below.
- I think we can all agree on sources of the wealth gaps at this point.
- But they don't touch them until they reach majority age. They don't have to manage them.
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Racial Equity, Civil Rights, and Inclusion held a hearing on the impact of federal policy on the racial wealth gap in Massachusetts, with no bills heard. Chairs Bud Williams and Miranda opened by framing the issue as a structural, long-standing disparity affecting Black and brown communities, citing major gaps in wealth, income, housing, and opportunity. Members noted this was the fourth hearing in a series on federal impacts on racial equity, and public written testimony was invited by the posted deadline.
Administration witnesses Secretary Lauren Jones, Secretary Kiami Mahania, and Assistant Secretary Juan Vega described how labor, health, and economic development policy intersect with wealth-building. Jones pointed to higher unemployment, wage gaps, and underemployment among Black and Latino workers, and highlighted ESOL, workforce training, MassHire, and skills-based hiring efforts. Mahania argued poverty drives poor health, linking medical debt, Medicaid instability, maternal health, and chronic disease to wealth loss, and said federal changes could worsen both health and wealth gaps. Vega focused on entrepreneurship and procurement, citing disparities in business ownership and revenue, and described state efforts such as small business technical assistance, founder pipelines, place-based grants, and the Business Front Door; members also pressed him on microbusiness definitions, supplier diversity, and whether state programs were reaching firms that had received prior grants.
Nicole O’Bean of the Black Economic Council of Massachusetts testified that Black-owned businesses face a hostile environment due to tariffs, DEI rollbacks, immigration enforcement, capital barriers, and federal funding cuts that reduce contracts from education, health care, and nonprofit sectors. She emphasized that certification alone is not enough and called for stronger inclusive procurement outcomes, better data, and more support for microbusinesses. Dr. Melissa Colon and Dr. Fabian Torres-Dal of the Mauricio Gaston Institute testified on Latino wealth gaps, especially low homeownership, high rent burden, limited access to credit, and occupational segregation; they said structural racism, wage gaps, and education inequities are central drivers and urged housing, labor, and education reforms. Committee members repeatedly linked the hearing’s themes to redlining, medical debt, single-parent households, financial literacy, and the need for legislation and state programs to close the gap, but no votes or formal actions were taken.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee Apr 21st, 2026
Energy, Utilities and Communications
Transcript Highlights:
- It should come from more assured clean energy sources.
- We think there are two sources of fees that could be tapped for this.
- Are you open to other potential funding sources for this kind of mitigation program?
- Just as a Southern Californian, I would like to see another funding source.
- In addition, they often rely on fossil fuels as backup and reliability sources of power.
Committee:
Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- This outlines the major maintenance appropriations.
- As you all know, major maintenance has historically been in the budget bill.
- c> maintenance</c> This outlines the major maintenance This outlines the major maintenance appropriations
- historically</c><00:02:19.440><c> been</c> major maintenance has historically been major maintenance
- </c> Do you have some uh private sources Do you have some uh private sources lined<00:21:09.520><c> up
Committee:
House Appropriations
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Jan 17th, 2026 at 09:11 am
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm highlighting some of the major items in here and some differences.
- The majority of those, 66 thousand, were in the 2nd District.
- We rely on that information source, and it's critical.
- So are we—is there a funding source somewhere else that takes care of that?
- There are other funding sources that are coming.
Committee:
House House Appropriations & Finance
MN
Transcript Highlights:
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- </c> together other federal and local sources together other federal and local sources of<00:23:51.280
- </c><00:49:55.280><c> of</c> RFP, uh, the largest federal source of RFP, uh, the largest federal source
- > or</c><00:59:58.240><c> the</c><00:59:58.400><c> major</c> So, the major drinking or the major So,
- the major drinking or the major water<00:59:59.040><c> infrastructure</c><00:59:59.680><c> funding</c
Committee:
House Capital Investment
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
EEP Public Hearing - Tue Feb 4, 2025 @ 9:00 AM HST
Energy & Environmental Protection
Transcript Highlights:
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- </c><00:24:37.880><c> including</c> multiple funding sources including multiple funding sources including
- The majority of our lands are on the Big Island.
- The majority of our lands are on the Big Island.
- </c> 29,000 on our weight list the majority 29,000 on our weight list the majority of<01:17:14.080><c
Committee:
House Energy & Environmental Protection
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on House Bill 1077, a governor’s administration bill to increase transient accommodations tax revenue and split it between two new special funds: a climate mitigation and resiliency special fund and an economic development and revitalization special fund for tourism/resort areas. Supporters, including the Governor’s Office, recovery and resilience staff, climate and conservation groups, and several state agencies, said the bill would create a dedicated, more reliable funding stream for wildfire mitigation, coastal resilience, land clearing, infrastructure, and community-led projects. Some supporters also urged changes to the bill, including moving the fund to DLNR, adding DHHL and OHA representation, clarifying community grants, and ensuring the fund can support both state-led and community-led resilience work.
The Attorney General’s office flagged a drafting issue, noting that the bill references fees deposited into the new fund even though the new chapter does not authorize fee collection, and recommended deleting that language or adding fee authority. The Climate Advisory Team representative also suggested adding DHHL to the decision-making body and requiring at-large members to have climate, resilience, conservation, or infrastructure expertise. The Tax Foundation of Hawaii and the Kohala Coast Resort Association opposed the measure, arguing that the special fund structure does not meet statutory criteria, that the bill functions as a tax increase, and that the transient accommodations tax is not being collected equitably across all lodging types before any increase is imposed.
Other opponents, including tourism and lodging interests, warned that hotels and timeshares already bear most of the tax burden and that raising the TAT could hurt an already struggling visitor industry and drive tourists away. Supporters countered that current funding is far short of what is needed and that a dedicated revenue stream is necessary to address climate impacts now. Committee members questioned why the Legislature should cede spending decisions to a separate executive-branch process, and the administration responded that the bill is intended to create a transparent, recurring mechanism for funding priorities that can be adjusted over time. No vote or final action was taken in the portion of the hearing provided.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention - 02/18/25
Housing and Homelessness Prevention
Transcript Highlights:
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- </c><01:07:55.160><c> of</c> dispersed because the vast majority of dispersed because the vast majority
- In our experience, you know, the private market builds the vast majority of housing in Minnesota.
- <01:31:12.639><c> of</c><01:31:12.880><c> capital</c> sources of capital sources of capital financing
Committee:
Senate Housing and Homelessness Prevention