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TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Depending upon how the fund performs, contributions can vary, and there's a share.
Committee:
Senate Finance
Keywords:
diesel fuel tax, tax credit, auxiliary power units, power take-off equipment, refund, energy efficiency, firefighter retirement, municipal contributions, pension system, retirement benefits, funding ratios, sales tax exemption, exotic animals, game animals, agriculture, livestock, civil liability, motor vehicle, legal protection, removal
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Children and Youth Health Committee Apr 9th, 2025
Children and Youth Health
Transcript Highlights:
- So, the science says that it is less likely to become dependent on anything that's hemp or THC derived
Bills:
SB274
Committee:
Senate Children and Youth Health
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Local Government Committee Mar 26th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- in long-term infrastructure planning and projects because the availability and cost of financing depends
Summary:
The Local Government Committee met on March 26 and heard four bills, beginning as a subcommittee until quorum was established. The chair opened with housekeeping rules, including that testimony would be in person only and that disruptive conduct would not be tolerated. AB 59 by Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry was heard first; it would remove the sunset on Reclamation District 108’s authority to participate in hydropower projects. The author, Colusa County representatives, and water district officials said the change would support long-term financing, lower energy costs, and help the district continue water stewardship. No opposition was presented, and the bill was later reported out 7-0.
AB 417 by Assembly Member Carrillo was then presented as a measure to streamline and clarify laws governing enhanced infrastructure financing districts (EIFDs) and community revitalization and investment authorities (CRIAs). Supporters, including the sponsor and planning, city, and flood control representatives, said the bill would improve local governments’ ability to fund affordable housing, climate adaptation, transit, fire mitigation, and other infrastructure without raising taxes. One opponent objected to the CRIA provisions, arguing that CRIAs retain eminent domain authority and asked for an amendment to remove that authority. The bill was passed after quorum was established, with the chair noting it would improve functionality while preserving transparency and public participation.
AB 533 by Assembly Member Flora reauthorized health care districts that own or operate hospitals or clinics to use the design-build process for construction projects after the prior authority sunset on January 1, 2025. The author and supporters from the Association of California Health Care Districts, the Design-Build Institute of America, and engineering and hospital groups said the measure would restore a useful financing and construction tool without changing public contracting requirements. There was no opposition, and the bill passed 7-0. The committee also approved AB 1030 on the consent calendar, and after roll calls on the remaining items, all measures were reported out of committee.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Consumer and Public Affairs Mar 20th, 2025
House Consumer & Public Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- There's a good chance anybody could be killed even without a firearm, depending on how they react to
Committee:
House House Consumer & Public Affairs
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate Bill 568 presents an opportunity, but its impact depends on clear funding commitments to support
Summary:
This was a press conference calling on the Texas Legislature to increase and reform funding for special education, with speakers arguing that the current system leaves a roughly $1.7 billion gap and forces districts to stretch general education dollars to cover mandated services. Sabrina Gonzalez Ocedo of The Arc of Texas opened by framing the issue as one of equity and self-determination for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and noted support for legislative efforts including Senate Bill 568 and House Bill 2. She also thanked a coalition of advocacy groups and legislators involved in special education funding work.
Representative Steve Toth spoke in favor of investing surplus dollars in special education, citing high rates of functional illiteracy and dyslexia among prison populations and saying earlier intervention could change life outcomes. Amy Litzinger described how accommodations and assistive technology helped her succeed in school and urged continued investment so other students can access similar supports. Sarah Harden, a parent and disability advocate, shared her daughter’s positive experience in a well-supported district but warned that many Texas districts cannot provide comparable services because of funding shortages and that families are increasingly worried about cuts.
Rachel Hull, a special education director, said well-resourced special education is transformational and outlined the need for individualized services, therapies, vocational training, and college readiness supports. Jean Mayer, a school trustee, said districts are struggling to meet state and federal requirements because funding does not match actual costs, pointing to staffing shortages and the need for parent engagement and professional development. The speakers repeatedly urged lawmakers to fully fund Senate Bill 568 and broader special education reforms this session; no votes were taken, as this was an advocacy event rather than a committee hearing.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- it's taking the data that they have and giving us a recommendation. which we could then act on, it depends
Committee:
House Insurance
Keywords:
health impact analysis, cost analysis, coverage mandates, health insurance, legislative analysis, health care data, education, funding, classroom resources, teacher support, student outcomes, health benefits, provider dentists, payment reimbursement, insurance code, noncontracting, dental care, reimbursement, health benefit plans, noncontracting providers
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Ethics and Elections Mar 17th, 2025
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Feb 26th, 2025
Ways and Means Education
Transcript Highlights:
- personally doing as part of the budget process that I want to bring to the committee to discuss, depending
Committee:
House Ways and Means Education
Keywords:
HB226, homestead exemption, ad valorem tax, property tax, property tax relief, widow, widower, unremarried spouse, surviving spouse, senior exemption, elderly, disabled, permanently and totally disabled, blind taxpayer, deed ownership, principal residence, school tax, county tax, municipal tax, Alabama Department of Revenue
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Fiscal Responsibility Committee Feb 19th, 2025
Fiscal Responsibility
Transcript Highlights:
- Or are they going back into the classroom depends on the discipline or what's going on in the situation
Committee:
House Fiscal Responsibility
Keywords:
athlete agents, commission, state regulation, Alabama, higher education, athletics, membership diversity, catastrophe savings account, catastrophe fund, storm savings, disaster savings, hurricane, windstorm, floodwaters, hail, tornado, property insurance, homeowners insurance, insurance deductible, FORTIFIED
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Commerce and Tourism Feb 18th, 2025
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Joint Legislative Auditing Committee Feb 10th, 2025
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Joint Legislative Budget Commission Feb 5th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- the hospital's indirect medical education costs for services provided, are paid quarterly, and are dependent
Summary:
The Legislative Budget Commission met with a quorum present and considered 12 budget amendments, most of which were adopted without opposition. The first amendment transferred $8.2 million in Department of Corrections general revenue authority from salary incentives to contracted services to support the phased demobilization of Florida National Guard troops assisting with correctional staffing. Senator Pizzo questioned the length of the Guard’s deployment and urged a long-term staffing solution, while the department said the Guard presence was being reduced and that about 2,200 employees were in training. The Department of State received an additional $618,391 in federal grant authority for library grants and private cloud costs, and the Department of Transportation’s two amendments were zero-sum work program changes: one realigned funds to production-ready projects and another added three projects over $3 million each to the current-year work program.
The commission then approved several Agency for Health Care Administration amendments tied to Medicaid supplemental payment programs. These included funding for the Florida Cancer Hospital Program, indirect medical education payments, disproportionate share hospital payments for the state mental hospitals, the Low-Income Pool program, physician supplemental and public hospital payments, Florida KidCare, and Medicaid services realignment. Members asked about possible federal disallowances in the LIP and physician/public hospital programs, and agency staff said some disallowances were likely but the amount was not yet known. For KidCare and Medicaid, staff explained the changes were based on the December estimating conference, enrollment shifts, and updated actuarial assumptions, including changes to managed care regions and program design.
The final amendment restored budget authority for a hospital direct payment program after a prior payment, including a $24.3 million CMS-related amount and $3.2 million in administrative fees, was not processed before fiscal year-end and reverted. Senator Pizzo pressed the agency on how the payment was missed and whether any penalty applied; staff said the invoice was not received and processed in time and that communication issues contributed. After brief debate on each item, the commission adopted all amendments, with one recorded nay on the final item, and then adjourned.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Joint Administrative Procedures Committee Jan 13th, 2025
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, May 12, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We have to vote like our lives depend upon it because it does. We're not going back.
- We have to vote like our lives depend upon it because it does. We're not going back.
- We are not going back. depend upon it because it does. We're depend upon it because it does.
- George Washington repeatedly reminded the nation that freedom itself depended on morality, faith, and
- </c><08:49:52.958><c> on</c> nation that freedom itself depended on nation that freedom itself depended
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
MS House Floor - 4 February, 2026; 10:00 AM
Mississippi House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- But I expect, depending on what the Supreme Court does, we'll address it next year would be my intention
- But I I expect after depending<00:49:55.119><c> on</c><00:49:55.200><c> what</c><00:49:55.359><c> the
- </c><00:49:55.599><c> Supreme</c><00:49:55.920><c> Court</c> depending on what the Supreme Court depending
- >> It depends on what price they paid for it to begin with, but they should be able to. >> So would you
- on what price they paid for >> It depends on what price they paid for it<05:29:35.120><c> to</
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, again, I think it depends on how far they are.
- have a number of small businesses in some of our border communities, Nashua, Hudson, and Pelham, who depend
- Nashua, Hudson, um, Pelim, who depend on Nashua, Hudson, um, Pelim, who depend on cigarette,<01:02:43.599
- </c><04:14:53.840><c> or</c><04:14:54.080><c> a</c><04:14:54.239><c> little</c><04:14:54.560><c> depending
- </c> getting back a lot or a little depending getting back a lot or a little depending on<04:14:55.439
Committee:
House Ways and Means
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on House Bill 1596, which would raise New Hampshire’s cigarette excise tax from $1.78 per pack to about $2.80, using an inflation-based adjustment since the rate was last set in 2008. Representative Jerry Stringham, the bill’s sponsor, said the measure would keep New Hampshire competitive with neighboring states, generate revenue, and help offset other budget pressures. He also described the bill as repealing an income-based premium charge in Medicaid/CHIP-related programs and restoring cuts to the University System of New Hampshire, arguing that the combined package would still leave the state in a positive fiscal position. He said the tobacco tax increase would likely have some cessation effect but would remain low relative to other New England states, and he cited prior testimony from health groups supporting a larger increase.
Members questioned the sponsor about how the new rate was calculated, the prior tobacco tax reduction and restoration, whether tobacco companies would absorb or pass on the tax, and the fiscal note’s estimates for Medicaid premium revenue and UNH funding. Stringham said he used Bureau of Labor Statistics inflation data, that the earlier 10-cent reduction did not produce the expected sales increase, and that the current bill would eliminate the premium charges now in the budget. He later clarified that the Department of Medicaid Services had updated the revenue estimate, but said the bill still showed a surplus overall. He also said the federal government already imposes a $1-per-pack tax and that New Hampshire would remain below neighboring states even after the increase.
Two public witnesses testified in opposition to the tax increase. Anna Bettincourt, a tobacco category manager, argued that higher tobacco taxes would unfairly target smokers, reduce New Hampshire’s tax advantage, and likely shift purchases to other states or illicit markets rather than reduce use. She said tobacco companies generally do not lower prices and that Massachusetts’ flavor restrictions had not eliminated sales. In response to questions, she maintained that a smaller increase would still be harmful and that enforcement problems make bans ineffective. The sponsor and some members countered that smokers impose higher health costs and that tobacco taxes are a policy tool for both revenue and public health. No vote or final committee action was taken in the portion of the meeting provided.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Health and Human Services (04/09/2025)
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Depending on the situation, uh, maybe something related to a bill or claims processing, we might need
- Bills like this will without doubt reduce the effectiveness of our vaccine programs, which depend both
- Bills like this will without doubt reduce the effectiveness of our vaccine programs, which depend both
- In fact, voluntary vaccination rates, depending on the vaccine and depending on the population you're
- </c> depending on the vaccine and depending depending on the vaccine and depending on<01:58:56.239><c
Committee:
Senate Health and Human Services
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session-Day 13, February 24, 2026-PM
Wyoming House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- bill provides that mechanism for the county to enter into a contract with the department and then, depending
- 09:38.240><c> department</c><00:09:39.680><c> and</c><00:09:40.000><c> then</c><00:09:40.800><c> depending
- </c><00:09:41.200><c> upon</c> the department and then depending upon the department and then depending
- ><c> which</c><01:12:13.440><c> partner</c><01:12:13.840><c> you've</c><01:12:14.159><c> got</c> depending
- on which partner you've got depending on which partner you've got working<01:12:14.800><c> together.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, February 24, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Our economic and national security depend on it.
- Our economic and national security<00:38:42.960><c> depend</c><00:38:43.359><c> on</c><00:38:43.520><
- </c> security depend on it. security depend on it.
- A refrigerator takes six years and sometimes, depending on which model you buy, 46 years to recoup the
- on which model you sometimes depending on which model you buy,<04:57:33.600><c> 46</c><04:57:34.320>
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Conference Committee on H.F. 2438 - Transportation Omnibus - 05/12/25
Transcript Highlights:
- And so, depending upon the various different funding sources for each of those projects, you could say
- And so, depending upon the various different funding sources for each of those projects, you could say
- So, um, you know, depending what our goal here is to avoid construction or getting a longer-term better
- And I ran some calculations recently, and that turns out, again, depends upon the mix of fixes you've
- And I ran some calculations recently, and that turns out, again, depends upon the mix of fixes you've