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ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Advanced Nuclear Energy Committee Apr 22nd, 2026 at 09:30 am
Advanced Nuclear Energy Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- I would say there's a school of thought out there that, you know, what you're talking about—if you want
- to reduce the administrative burden and streamline the process—there's a school of thought out there
- I think there's a school of thought out there that says you not only need to reduce regulation, but you
- And that shows, yeah, that’s how much we’re purchasing then.
- bottom slide shows, you know, generally what we’re domestically supplying, about 8%, versus what we purchase
Committee:
Joint Advanced Nuclear Energy Committee
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- also a school board member.
- I left the newsroom, KRQE News 13, to become a middle school teacher at Belen Middle School.
- Hidalgo County has two public school districts, the Animas Public School Districts,...
- of Albuquerque Public Schools.
- and school.
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum, heard an invocation from Rabbi Jack Stocker for New Mexico’s first Jewish Community Day at the legislature, and then proceeded with the Pledge of Allegiance, Spanish pledge, flag salute, and national anthem. Early floor business included unanimous-consent approvals for cameras on the floor and in the gallery, a relaxed dress code for guests, and an excuse for Senator Hickey. Majority Floor Leader Peter Wirth noted it was the last day for bill introductions and reviewed the day’s observances and receptions, including Multiple Sclerosis Advocacy Day, Jewish Community Day, Santo Domingo Pueblo Day, Lincoln County Day, and UNM Day.
A large portion of the meeting was devoted to honoring the Artesia Bulldogs football team, recognized for winning another state championship and for their long record of success. Senators and coaches praised the team’s resilience, community support, and the role of local fundraising and school support in sustaining athletic excellence. The Senate also observed a moment of silence for New Mexico State Police Officer Darien Jarrett on the fifth anniversary of his death in the line of duty, with Senator Brantley speaking about Jarrett’s service and the impact of his loss on law enforcement and the region.
The chamber then celebrated UNM Day with a formal certificate recognizing the University of New Mexico’s role as the state’s flagship university, its enrollment, degrees awarded, research, patents, health sciences, and hospital services. Multiple senators spoke in support, emphasizing UNM’s impact on education, health care, public service, first-generation students, and athletics, and several introduced guests from UNM programs and leadership. The Senate also read and adopted a certificate recognizing Dr. V. Sue Cleveland for 32 years leading Rio Rancho Public Schools, with members praising her role in building the district and supporting its growth and success.
Later, the Senate recognized Valencia County Day and Hidalgo County Day, with senators highlighting each county’s history, economic development, agriculture, transportation, and community identity, and introducing local officials, business leaders, and youth honorary lieutenant governors. Additional floor remarks honored nurses and health care professionals tied to Lincoln County Day and related observances, with senators introducing guests from nursing, education, and hospital settings and emphasizing the importance of the nursing workforce and rural health care.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- came out this year was the importance of local involvement in our schools.
- People afraid to call police, children afraid to go to school, and families separated.
- It gets kids to school, parents to work, and families to stores and services.
- It gets kids to school, parents to work, and families to stores and services.
- They want to know, how long will it take to get the kids to school and me to work?
Committee:
Senate State Affairs
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Education Finance Feb 17th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- 1.83 million students, and there was a whisper that maybe this was a new normal, given that high school
- , CSU schools, and not all of them are accepted at some campuses, primarily the ones with growth.
- earlier in high schools, quite frankly, to get students interested in the campuses?
- look like, and I've seen what adequately funded schools look like, and students can tell.
- COLAs are not discretionary bonuses; they're essential to maintaining purchasing power.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Law & Justice Feb 2nd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- facilities, buildings in connection with court proceedings, and mental health facilities, as well as schools
- , both primary and secondary school premises or school transportation, and including child daycare centers
- It continues to remain unlawful for a person to carry a spring blade knife into school premises or school-provided
- It removes outdated language while maintaining clear restrictions in sensitive places like schools, child
- I think this is an area where we could get Washington to put together a study, our law schools.
Summary:
The committee began with Senate Bill 5962 on spring blade knives, first suspending the five-day notice requirement. Staff explained the bill would remove spring blade knives from the list of dangerous weapons while keeping restrictions on carrying them in schools, child care, and other protected locations. Proponents, including Knife Rights and the prime sponsor Sen. T’wina Nobles, described the measure as a modernization and cleanup bill that would reduce confusion and support lawful use and manufacturing; one testifier strongly objected to the bill’s added location-based restrictions. Public testimony was overwhelmingly in support, and the hearing then moved on without a vote.
Senate Bill 6105 would raise the wage exemption from garnishment for medical debt judgments from 30 to 60 times the state minimum wage, while keeping the 80% disposable earnings exemption and adding notice requirements identifying the debt as medical. Sen. Marko Liias said the bill is intended to protect low-wage workers from severe financial hardship and reduce incentives to work off the books. Supporters from patient, consumer, AARP, and anti-poverty groups said medical debt is often unexpected and garnishment can destabilize families; opponents from collectors and trade groups argued the bill was too broad, lacked stakeholder input, could hurt providers, and should define medical debt more clearly. The hearing closed with no action taken.
The committee then heard Senate Bill 6203, which would clarify that out-of-state convictions can include foreign-country convictions for offender scoring if obtained with sufficient due process safeguards. The sponsor, Sen. Matt Boehnke, said the bill closes a gap in sentencing law; prosecutors supported the concept and suggested simplifying the language, while the Sentencing Guidelines Commission, defense attorneys, and public defense opposed it, citing undefined standards, difficulty verifying foreign convictions, and due process concerns. The committee also heard Senate Bill 6296 on involuntary treatment, which would expand who may petition for detention, change rules for assisted outpatient treatment and police assistance, require firearm surrender compliance procedures, and make other ITA changes. The sponsor and several providers and family members supported the bill as a needed modernization, while DCRs, disability advocates, behavioral health organizations, hospitals, and others raised concerns about due process, implementation, rural transport, capacity, and unintended consequences. No votes were taken on either bill during the hearing.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Seclusion Working Group - 01/14/26
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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- </c> in which the school in which a school in which the school in which a school using<00:09:40.800><
- language to say school districts that to combine that school...
- . school. school.
- </c> school districts in a difficult place. school districts in a difficult place.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- The RFA offers low-interest loans for land purchases, farm improvements, equipment, operating capital
- We offer low-interest loan programs for a variety of farm activities, including land purchases, farm
- </c> purchase the other 45% that $45,000. purchase the other 45% that $45,000.
- </c><00:34:34.720><c> real</c> entry- level farmers purchase real entry- level farmers purchase real
- You are getting those dollars, and it's purchasing the real estate that it is.
Committee:
Senate Capital Investment
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- So could this in essence end up turning out to be what would be in effect a moratorium against purchasing
- of get out over their skis without the, the available water to serve the needs of those that are purchasing
- This would give us a tool in the toolbox, a vehicle, a framework to be able to purchase surface water
- Uh, which gives us the authority to plan, purchase, construct and operate facilities, plants, and equipment
- All of the schools are located inside city limits.
Bills:
HB 1520 , HB 1525 , HB 1530 , HB 1535 , HB 2068 , HB 2091 , HB 2347 , HB 2372 , HB 2805 , HB 2815 , HB 2867 , HB 3154 , HB 3482 , HB 3483 , HB 3663 , HB 3781 , HB 3901 , HB 3915 , HB 4135 , HB 4153 , HB 4158 , HB 4329 , HB 4331
Committee:
House Natural Resources
Keywords:
Angelina and Neches River Authority, river authority, Sunset Advisory Commission, Texas Sunset Act, Special District Local Laws Code, local government, natural resources, board of directors, director training, board governance, public testimony, open meetings, public information, conflict of interest, ethics, complaint system, general manager, board president, staggered terms, removal of director
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Budget Review Subcommittee on Personnel, Public Retirement, and Finance (1-21-26)
Transcript Highlights:
- It includes those that should carry us as a state without any sort of additional purchases needed.
- We're not having to apply updates and purchase updates.
- purchases needed.
- </c><00:24:43.120><c> They're</c><00:24:43.760><c> intrinsically</c> purchase updates.
- They're intrinsically purchase updates.
Keywords:
1:00 Roll Call
2:38 Overview of Citizen Identity Security and Threat Reduction
9:36 Identity Solution and Casts
13:51 System Application and Discovery Issues
21:31 Staffing and Timelines
29:14 Adjournment, 958, all
Summary:
The House Budget Review Subcommittee on Personnel, Public Retirement, and Finance received a presentation from Jim Barnhard, CIO of the Commonwealth Office of Technology, and David Carter, deputy CIO/CISO, on the state’s citizen identity management project. They said the project is intended to streamline citizen logins across agencies, reduce duplicated identity-management costs, improve security by centralizing authentication, and provide a flexible system that can scale with demand. The presenters described major implementation challenges, including integrating with diverse and legacy applications, and said the chosen software-as-a-service vendor was selected because it can connect to many systems and maintain the service in a federally certified cloud environment.
The presenters emphasized that the project scope is limited to login, authentication, identity management, and identity proofing, while leaving authorization decisions to the individual applications and agencies. They said the work is being done in phases, beginning with discovery sessions with agencies, then selecting representative applications for onboarding rather than attempting a “big bang” rollout. They also said the vendor agreement includes professional services and knowledge transfer to reduce long-term dependence on outside support, and that the state has already begun outreach to agencies, including initial work with the Finance Cabinet and the Department of Revenue.
Members asked about staffing, current spending, future costs, and whether existing systems or contracts could be reduced. The presenters said the project is being supported with existing staff, with no expectation of a large increase in positions, and that the vendor will carry most of the operational load. They said they did not have statewide spending figures with them but could try to gather them, and explained that the negotiated pricing is intended to be all-inclusive, with fixed costs for the first five years and capped increases in years six and seven. They said centralizing identity services should eventually allow the Commonwealth to stand down some duplicated agency-level licensing and reduce overall operational costs.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
January 14, 2025 - 01:00 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- But as far as purchasing insurance, again, just to make sure everyone's clear on my role, I'm a licensed
- So as a consumer is going through the process of purchasing a policy, how much coverage for contents
- And when we retain that amount, so when it attaches, for example, if my company purchases $1 million
- Every dollar that we save by purchasing the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund has to be passed on to
- Every dollar that we save by purchasing the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund has to be passed on to
Summary:
The subcommittee held its first meeting on homeowners property insurance, with members from both parties introducing themselves and repeatedly noting that insurance affordability, roof condition, claims handling, and storm recovery are top concerns for their districts. Chair Yeager said the meeting was intended as an educational discussion rather than a legislative debate, and introduced a panel that included Insurance Commissioner Mike Yaworski, consumer Chad Carr, agent Mary Catherine Lawler, insurer executive Melissa Burt DeVries, and policyholder attorney Chip Merlin.
The panel and members discussed major cost drivers in Florida homeowners insurance, including inflation, home age, roof age, mitigation features, claims history, litigation costs, reinsurance, and the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund. Commissioner Yaworski said underwriting has become more sophisticated and that litigation costs, reinsurance, and replacement-cost inflation all affect premiums; he also said litigation is down about 30% and average requested rate increases have fallen from about 22.1% in 2022 to 0.8% today. DeVries said age of home, replacement cost, roof age, and coverage choices can materially change premiums, and explained that reinsurance is a major expense passed through to consumers. Merlin emphasized transparency concerns, argued that insurers are increasingly individualizing risk, and said consumers often struggle with coverage limits, deductibles, and claim denials.
Members asked about flood coverage, hurricane deductibles, managed repair programs, mitigation credits, new insurer capitalization, and whether savings from reforms are reaching consumers. Yaworski explained that flood is generally excluded from homeowners policies and covered separately, that hurricane deductibles are mandatory in Florida and usually around 5%, and that the office tracks savings from reforms through rate filings and insurer discussions. He said the state is updating mitigation discounts and monitoring new entrants closely for solvency and market conduct. Several members and panelists said recent reforms have helped reduce some abuses and litigation, but many consumers are still seeing higher premiums because replacement costs and reinsurance remain elevated. No votes or formal actions were taken.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 02/25/26
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Federal changes are also impacting what people are able to purchase.
- Federal changes are also impacting what people are able to purchase.
- Changes are also impacting what people are able to purchase.
- </c><01:03:53.680><c> or</c> places like pharmacies or schools or places like pharmacies or schools or
- Where were your rotations in medical school?'
Committee:
Senate Health and Human Services
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- They get the work specifically from their sending school district.
- Um, so that's the way the school is working.
- </c> through their sending school district. through their sending school district.
- We have their sending school district.
- Um we do have kitchen school is working.
Committee:
Senate Finance
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 1/22/25
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:21:33.640><c> right</c><00:21:33.799><c> the</c> confused the purchaser right the confused the
- purchaser right the purchaser<00:21:35.200><c> um</c><00:21:35.440><c> gets</c><00:21:36.039><c> created
- as a new purchaser um gets created as a new provider<00:21:38.159><c> and</c><00:21:38.440><c> the</
- One is I purchased the assets and created a brand new entity. This one ended, this one started.
- One is I purchased the assets and created a brand new entity. This one ended, this one started.
Committee:
House Human Services Finance and Policy
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- More often than not, when you buy a condominium, the purchaser will get a copy of these things before
- they enter into purchasing an association.
- They want to know the rules before they enter into purchasing an association.
- </c><00:52:40.960><c> will</c> buy a condominium uh the purchaser will buy a condominium uh the purchaser
- an association is common to purchasing an association is common to get<00:52:48.440><c> these</c><00
Committee:
House Housing
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- just professor of law at UNH law school just down<01:37:53.040><c> the</c><01:37:53.200><c> street</
- So if you get the entire town to work with you, if you get the school board to work with you, if you
- Representative Alexander said that if you get the entire town to work with you, if you get the school
- </c><04:28:47.360><c> of</c> >> I can't speak for the purchase of >> I can't speak for the
- purchase of firearms.<04:28:48.240><c> I</c><04:28:48.400><c> don't</c><04:28:48.480><c> know</c><04
Committee:
House Judiciary
Summary:
The Judiciary Committee opened a hearing on House Bill 1067-FN, which would formalize and expand mental health courts in New Hampshire and create a grant-based funding structure for them. Representative Mark Pearson, the prime sponsor, described the bill as a bipartisan, compassionate, and cost-effective approach that would connect people with mental illness to treatment and supervision instead of incarceration, while still holding them accountable. He said the proposal was developed with input from the judicial branch, law enforcement, corrections, mental health organizations, and others, and emphasized that local courts could tailor programs to their needs.
Committee members questioned the bill’s fiscal note, whether the legislature had previously studied the issue, how the program would be funded, and whether the bill should more explicitly address treatment, prevention, and data collection. Representative Buzz Sher, who helped develop the bill, explained how mental health courts work, including referral, clinical and public-safety assessments, case management, goal-setting, and graduation from the program. He said existing New Hampshire mental health courts are mostly partial and county-funded, and that the bill would formalize them, set standards, and allow grant funding. He also cited data from Georgia and New Hampshire suggesting significant savings from reduced incarceration and related costs.
Members also raised concerns about due process, whether people not formally charged could be swept into the system, and whether individuals with violent offenses or domestic violence histories could be diverted inappropriately. Sher responded that only people already in the criminal justice process are eligible and that courts use safety assessments to screen out most violent cases. The committee requested that Sher file supporting financial data from other jurisdictions, and he agreed to do so. No vote or final action was taken during the hearing.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, February 27, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- They grew up in our schools, played with our children, pledged allegiance to our flag, and it made our
- grew up in our schools played with our<00:13:32.320><c> children</c><00:13:33.199><c> pledged</c><00
- Well, let's go back to a little basic school chemistry and science on that.
- Treasury to make sure that the schools and roads in local areas have some of the money they need.
- </c><04:00:16.960><c> teacher</c> daers one of whom is a school teacher daers one of whom is a school
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (02/11/2025)
Science, Technology and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> legislature is um the issues of school legislature is um the issues of school funding<00:53:09.599
- </c><01:27:57.960><c> district</c> budgets it impact school district budgets it impact school district
- So we're talking about a substantial amount of purchase that would be able here, and my understanding
- So we're talking about a substantial amount of purchase that would be able here, and my understanding
- </c> about a substantial amount of purchase about a substantial amount of purchase that<04:19:20.560>
Committee:
House Science, Technology and Energy
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Transportation, Highways and Public Works May 21st, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- And so the intent of that original purchase of that, they spent their own money to do it and put it on
- If you were to buy a camera on your automobile, you purchase it yourself, you put it on your vehicle
- You purchase it yourself. You put it on your vehicle to do the things you wish it to do.
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works met with five members present and approved the May 14, 2026 minutes. The committee first considered HCR 32, which urges the Port of New Orleans to secure backup motors for the aging St. Claude Avenue Bridge; members discussed the bridge’s importance, the relatively low cost of the motor, and the traffic and emergency-response impacts of repeated breakdowns. HCR 32 was reported favorably. HCR 68, a request to Congress for funding to remove unusable bridges along Highway 90 as part of reconnecting the corridor toward New Orleans East, was also reported favorably after brief discussion about federal representatives and coordination with DOTD.
House Bill 582 was deferred without objection. The committee then took up HB 762, which clarifies that the Office of Motor Vehicles may, rather than must, refer certain delinquent reinstatement-fee debts to the Office of Debt Recovery or other collection channels. Testimony from OMV and the bill author emphasized that the measure was intended to clean up prior language and preserve OMV discretion, while senators raised concerns about political influence, collection practices, and the impact of fees and debt on drivers. HB 762 was reported favorably.
HB 730, concerning automatic dependent surveillance broadcast devices on aircraft, was amended to limit its application to aircraft over 2,500 pounds and to prohibit the use of the imposed fees on smaller aircraft. Supporters said the bill restores the original safety purpose of the devices and prevents their use for fee collection; the committee reported the bill favorably as amended. The committee also reported favorably on HCR 53, which creates a study committee on oversized vehicle permits and their parish-level impacts, and HCR 60, which urges DOTD to pursue the DRIVE initiative to study and improve safety on the I-12 corridor. The meeting concluded with a motion to adjourn.
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Transportation, Highways and Public Works May 21st, 2026
Transportation, Highways & Public Works
Transcript Highlights:
- And so the intent of that original purchase of that, they spent their own money to do it and put it on
- If you were to buy a camera on your automobile, you purchase it yourself, you put it on your vehicle
- You purchase it yourself. You put it on your vehicle to do the things you wish that to do.
Keywords:
Saint Claude Avenue Bridge, Port of New Orleans, backup motors, infrastructure, traffic management, oversized vehicles, permitting, economic impact, transportation, local regulations, Louisiana economy, Interstate 12, I-12, Interstate 55, I-55 interchange, DOTD, Department of Transportation and Development, D.R.I.V.E. Initiative, highway infrastructure, transportation planning
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Appropriations Committee Apr 22nd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- lack of access to job classifications that match the skill set required of my office and a lack of purchasing
- to job classifications already used by other oversight agencies and would provide my office with purchasing
- Absent AB 1608, my office can develop its own classifications through SBB and can seek a purchasing delegation
Summary:
The Assembly Appropriations Committee met on April 22, 2026, with a quorum present and first took up a large consent calendar. It moved a set of bills to the Assembly Floor consent calendar by unanimous vote, including AB 1773, 1785, 1828, 1873, 1918, 2001, 2085, 2173, 2412, 2536, 2644, and 2781, and separately approved another group of unanimous bills not eligible for floor consent, including AB 1544, 1555, 1614, 1621, 1637, 1704, 1816, 1933, 2529, 2559, 2663, and 2731. The committee then heard several individual bills, with each author describing the measure and witnesses generally testifying in support; no organized opposition was recorded on the bills discussed.
Among the measures heard, AB 2393 would create fixed statutory damages for certain false imprisonment and arrest claims, while exempting peace officers, custodial officers, and public entities. AB 1697 would delay implementation of a recently enacted prohibition on employment contracts that require workers to repay employer debts if they leave a job, and AB 2534 would extend Domestic Violence Prevention Act restraining order protections to attempted forced marriages and survivors of forced marriages. AB 1608 would strengthen the High-Speed Rail Inspector General’s office by adding staffing and contracting authority, requiring public reports, and allowing limited temporary confidentiality for sensitive information; the bill drew questions from members about transparency and whether information could be withheld, but the author and Inspector General said the measure would increase accountability and only allow narrow, time-limited confidentiality.
The committee also approved AB 1916, which would allow American Sign Language interpreters to participate in the same collective bargaining process as other certified court interpreters, and AB 1803, which would require anti-hate speech training as part of workplace harassment prevention training for employers with five or more employees. AB 1821 would change Public Records Act response timelines from calendar days to business days, with local government sponsors arguing it would better reflect actual processing time for broad and complex requests without reducing access. AB 1919 would establish election procedures to let voters decide the future of Santa Cruz Metro service funding after a one-time grant expires. Each of these bills was moved forward on due pass votes, with some members not voting on certain measures. The committee then approved a long suspense file, and the remaining suspense bills were deemed approved without further discussion.