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CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Education Committee Jun 10th, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • If you're the school admin, the counselor at the school, or a teacher, or the admin assistant at the
  • I graduated high school with a 1.87 GPA, barely. I graduated high school with a 1.87 GPA, barely.
  • The school administrators failed to ask why I became truant in high school, with over 138 instances of
  • cutting from school.
  • school.
Committee: Senate Education
Keywords: 987, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Human Services - 02/12/25

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • CFSS also allows for the purchase of goods or services with from a person's CFSS budget, which is not
  • So when I say goods and services, uh, in lieu of receiving services, a person could elect to purchase
  • a personal emergency response system or they could purchase goods or services that otherwise kind of
  • </c> that cfss also allows for the purchase that cfss also allows for the purchase of<00:04:44.400><c
  • </c><00:05:03.320><c> or</c> system or they could purchase goods or system or they could purchase goods
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
DE

Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Agriculture Committee Meeting Jun 17th, 2026

Agriculture

Transcript Highlights:
  • The USDA abruptly canceled its local food purchase Action essential.
  • The USDA abruptly canceled its Local Food Purchase Assistance, or LFPA, a 2025 program, eliminating that
Bills: SB311 , HB371
Committee: House Agriculture
Summary: The House Agriculture Committee met with a quorum present and considered three bills. Senate Bill 53 would codify and continue the Farm to Community Program if federal support is reduced or unavailable, prioritize Delaware farmers, and require reporting and transparency. Testimony in support came from the Delaware Farm Bureau, the Academy of Medicine and Public Health, and Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Jimmy Crone, who said the department supports the bill. Members raised no questions, and the committee voted to release the bill by roll call. The committee then heard Senate Bill 311, a Department of Agriculture maintenance bill updating Title 3 provisions related to plant industry and pesticides. The bill removes an outdated $100 license fee, requires certified private applicators to keep pesticide application records available for inspection, expands the definition of landscaper to include commercial entities installing their own nursery stock, and removes a good-character requirement for grain inspector applicants. With no public comment or questions, the committee voted to release the bill by roll call. Finally, House Bill 371, sponsored by Representative Vanderwyn, would streamline the Agland Preservation Act by eliminating a redundant county advisory board step for farmland preservation districts. Representative Vanderwyn and Deputy Secretary Crone explained that the advisory boards were more useful when the program was new, but now the county planning and zoning commissions and the Department of Agriculture already provide the needed review. After brief discussion, with no public comment, the committee voted to release the bill by roll call and then adjourned.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations May 18th, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • It requires the funds to be used exclusively for purchasing bulletproof vests for law enforcement officers
  • Some either don't have any vests, or they'll end up purchasing them or being donated, then they run out
Summary: The House Committee on Appropriations met on May 18, 2026, and considered four Senate bills. Senate Bill 143 would create a Special Protective Equipment Fund to finance bulletproof vests for peace officers, with the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement to regulate distribution; an amendment standardizing fund language was adopted, and the bill was reported favorably as amended. Testimony and cards in support came from law enforcement groups and the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement. Senate Bill 367 would create the Watershed Restoration and Conservation Fund, depositing remaining severance tax revenues from sand and stone mining after constitutional allocations; an amendment was adopted to align it with House Bill 802 by adding reporting and appropriation language, and the bill was reported favorably as amended. Support was noted from the Louisiana Concrete Association and Chiefs of Police, and members discussed flood-related concerns and broader watershed restoration goals. Senate Bill 388 would authorize review of state contracts involving foreign adversary nations or terrorist organizations and remove a trigger clause from a prior 2023 law. The sponsor said the review could be done at no cost, and the bill was reported favorably. Senate Bill 398 would reorganize manufactured housing regulation by moving oversight from the fire marshal’s office to the Board of Contractors, consolidating residential housing oversight, moving licensees to Title 37, and changing inspection procedures; an amendment to conform fund language was adopted, and the bill was reported favorably as amended. The committee then adjourned.
VA

Virginia 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Mar 4th, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • not involved modification to the structure from prohibition on using cooperative procurement to purchase
  • not involved modification of the structure from prohibition on using cooperative procurement to purchase
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism Feb 10th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism

Transcript Highlights:
  • My understanding is that they are currently working through the OMES purchasing policies, and it makes
  • Uh, of equipment, can you maybe just give me an example of what kind of equipment could be purchased
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Finance - Part 1 - 04/25/25

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Finally, at the very end, we have fiscal impacts to other funds on lines 335 and 336, with a charter school
  • fire 336 with a charter school fire inspection<00:36:24.480><c> fee</c> inspection fee inspection fee
  • 87 is a one-time trunk highway fund appropriation of $150,000 for autonomous mower research and purchase
  • </c><01:47:57.040><c> of</c><01:47:57.199><c> an</c> mower research and purchase of an mower research
  • Line 233 are appropriations from the trunk highway fund for purchase of a state patrol helicopter and
Committee: Senate Finance
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

JHA Public Hearing - Tue Feb 3, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST

Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • What I would say in answer to their problem is that there are a huge group of high school seniors that
  • to replace the language establishing the threshold amount of 250,000 and replace it with a small purchase
  • This will ensure that this bill aligns with any updates to the small purchase threshold. >> Say the word
  • >> Small purchase threshold. >> That's a tongue twister. >> What's that?
  • >> The small purchase threshold.
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The committee heard House Bill 1525, which would appropriate funds to counties to open more voter service centers for in-person voting, provide money to the Office of Elections to print and mail the voter information guide to all registered voters, and support a public outreach campaign to increase voter participation. The Office of Elections supported the bill and estimated costs of a little over $2 million to print and mail the guide and about $178,000 for outreach, noting it spent about $441,000 on election advertising in 2024. Testimony from advocacy groups including Hawaii Alliance for Progressive Action, Common Cause Hawaii, and Indivisible Hawaii strongly supported the measure, emphasizing access for neighbor island voters, people with disabilities, new voters, and voters who need ballot assistance. County election officials from Honolulu, Maui, and Kauai provided comments or testimony that were more cautious. They said additional funding would be welcome, but staffing and logistics remain major constraints, especially for election-day service centers. Honolulu’s city clerk said funding alone would not necessarily solve long lines, while Maui’s county clerk explained that voter service centers require trained seasonal employees, extensive training, and the ability to handle many ballot styles. Maui also described its current pop-up sites, including Hana, as expensive but necessary for remote communities, and said the county is already running at bare minimum staffing. Members asked questions about who decides how many service centers are opened, how staffing is handled, and whether there is a middle-ground model between the old precinct polling places and the current voter service center system. Honolulu explained that county clerks make those decisions under current law and that the county has tried pop-up sites in addition to its main centers. The discussion also noted that in 2024 most voters used vote by mail, while a smaller number used early in-person voting or final-day service centers. No vote on the bill was taken in the portion provided.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Finance Division II (02/19/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> um since we know that our local school um since we know that our local school districts<00:13:02.600
  • </c> estimating costs at a local school estimating costs at a local school district<03:31:44.760><c>
  • They would have had to have been in the public school for all of the 2025-26 school year, essentially
  • They would have had to have been in the public school for all of the 2025-26 school year, essentially
  • </c> hit that goes with the public school hit that goes with the public school child<03:37:03.199><c>
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The committee first took up HB 129, which would redefine “evidence-based” in public education. The Department of Education testified that the bill’s definition would conflict with federal definitions and be very restrictive, potentially affecting a wide range of instructional methods, curriculum materials, teacher training, civics requirements, suicide prevention training, and other programs. The department said the bill could force a broad overhaul of school practices, create local implementation burdens, and require at least one new state position, with a fiscal note estimating roughly $118,000 in FY 2026 rising in later years. Members also raised concerns about possible impacts on federal pass-through funding and whether the bill was workable. Representative Papovich moved to retain HB 129, and the motion passed 7-0. The committee then heard HB 133, a Department of Safety/DMV bill involving follow-up when a person votes using an out-of-state license or non-driver ID and then does not obtain a New Hampshire credential within the statutory timeframe. DMV officials said the bill would require a $40,000 technology upgrade plus a new full-time position, and that the fiscal note did not include postage or fully account for the manual work needed to match records, send notices, and review responses. They said the proposal also raised broader tracking issues because it would apply not only to voters but to anyone who had not obtained a New Hampshire license within 60 days, and they questioned whether DMV was the proper agency to make those inquiries. Committee members pressed the department on how the 60-day clock would be determined, whether the bill could amount to a kind of poll tax or raise privacy concerns, and whether voter ID cards or other exceptions would avoid that problem. The department explained that New Hampshire offers a free voter identification card through town clerks for people without a license or state ID, but said the bill did not exempt those cards and that the DMV would still be asked to investigate status after voting. Officials also said the bill would be difficult to enforce, that some cases would be ambiguous, and that any response from the DMV would likely amount to a request for information rather than an enforceable consequence. No vote on HB 133 was taken in the portion provided.
ND

North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session

Water Topics Overview Committee Mar 26th, 2026

Water Topics Overview Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • Every system that's a part of these regional systems, you know, has to purchase the water and make it
  • We'll flood communities, homes, schools, churches, cemeteries.
  • Homes, schools, churches, cemeteries.
  • Schools and cities and counties take up the lion's share of it.
  • I was still in high school. But I've been told stories that when they merged these...
Summary: The Water Topics Overview Committee met with a quorum and heard updates from Department of Water Resources Director Reese Haas and Lieutenant Governor/State Water Commission Chair Michelle Strinden on statewide water funding, major projects, and two legislative studies requested in House Bill 1020. Haas reviewed the status of the Northwest Area Water Supply and Southwest Pipeline projects, noting NAWS construction is expected to move water by fall and Southwest’s Hebron-Rugby expansion phase one is in final design with bids expected next month. He also summarized the department’s budget outlook, including Resources Trust Fund and Water Project Stabilization Fund balances, the effect of oil price volatility and stripper well exemptions on revenues, and the status of project buckets, carryover, lines of credit, regionalization, bid trends, and administrative/process updates. Committee members asked about project prioritization, municipal funding demand, maintenance expectations, replacement versus deferred maintenance, and whether the 2025 session may have underfunded municipal water supply needs. Haas said the commission uses the same high/medium/low prioritization process across all buckets, reviews maintenance plans as part of policy, and is seeing strong demand in the municipal bucket. He also explained that the department’s 14-year projection is based on the next seven legislative sessions and that the state faces a projected $1.3 billion shortfall over that period if all planned projects are funded under current assumptions. Deloitte then presented draft findings from the cost-share policy study and the governance/finance study. For cost share, Deloitte said the model shows a roughly $1.3 billion shortfall over 14 years and about $1.8 billion through 2031 under current policy, and offered seven options including tighter eligibility for replacement projects, state funding caps for the Mouse River and Red River Valley projects, a priority-based cost-share scale, timing shifts, use of existing lines of credit, and delayed reimbursement timing. For governance, Deloitte outlined draft options for Southwest, NAWS, and Red River ranging from maintaining current structures with stronger planning to transferring ownership or adding formal oversight, and recommended broader use of performance metrics, long-term financial planning, and clearer decision trees. No votes or formal actions were taken; the commission discussed the scenarios and the studies will return in revised form later in the spring.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs (01/22/2025)

Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • So the way this bill is written, ATCs could purchase CBD oil, for example, in bulk.
  • So the way this bill is written, ATCs could purchase CBD oil, for example, in bulk.
  • So the way this bill is written, ATCs could purchase CBD oil, for example, in bulk.
  • So the way this bill is written, ATCs could purchase CBD oil, for example, in bulk.
  • </c> getting um they they've been purchasing getting um they they've been purchasing residential<04:11
Keywords: 1189, house, all
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • this legislation as the approach provides options for homeowners who are serving as landlords to purchase
  • this legislation as the approach provides options for homeowners who are serving as landlords to purchase
  • 2433 offers two additional incentives for projects that provide deed-restricted units that can be purchased
  • 1569.2 of the Health and Human Services Code, hopefully to free up more homes to be available for purchase
Summary: The Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee heard a full agenda of housing-related bills, with most measures receiving broad support and advancing on unanimous or near-unanimous votes. Early in the hearing, AB 2035 by Assembly Member Dixon was presented as a narrowly tailored fix for a large senior HOA in Laguna Woods Village, allowing a lower vote threshold to amend outdated CC&Rs after repeated failed elections; members raised questions about broader impacts, but the bill passed 12-0 to Judiciary. AB 1684 by Assembly Member Ward would bar HOAs from restricting homeowners’ ability to install or replace cooling systems; supporters cited heat-related health risks and a constituent’s experience, while HOA representatives sought amendments to preserve reasonable rules on drainage, electrical capacity, and common-area protection. The committee discussed those concerns and advanced the bill 8-0 to Judiciary. AB 1710 by Assembly Member Carrillo would extend SB 330-style vesting protections to state and regional permitting agencies so housing projects are not subjected to shifting post-entitlement standards, with supporters arguing it would improve predictability and speed housing production. Special districts and utilities opposed unless amended, warning about conflicts with changing state and regional rules, but the bill passed 9-0 to Local Government. AB 1738 by Assembly Member Crewe would require remote virtual inspections for certain simple home renovations; supporters from SPUR and Placer County described faster, lower-cost inspections already in use, while labor groups raised concerns and sought amendments. Members emphasized keeping inspections jurisdiction-based and not replacing safety oversight, and the bill passed 8-0 to Local Government. The committee also approved AB 1890 by Assembly Member Curry, which increases state matching support for Napa County farmworker housing centers from $250,000 to $500,000 annually through 2036; supporters described the centers as a successful public-private model providing housing and services for farmworkers, and the bill passed 8-0 to Appropriations. AB 2433 by Assembly Member Alvarez would modernize the density bonus law by improving notice, clarifying eligibility and ministerial approval, and adding incentives for for-sale affordable housing; it drew strong support from housing and business groups and passed 10-0 to Local Government. AB 1567 by Assembly Member Ta would allow assisted living communities to be counted in housing element reporting and RHNA-related planning, and it passed 10-0 to Local Government. The consent calendar, including AB 1573 and AB 2162, was also approved unanimously, and the committee adjourned after taking roll-call votes on the remaining items.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources Committee, February 19, 2026

Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • What is that onetime purchase limit? Is it $100? >> 125. >> 125. Okay, perfect.
  • What is that<00:06:50.560><c> onetime</c><00:06:51.039><c> purchase</c><00:06:51.360><c> limit?
  • </c> that onetime purchase limit? Is it $100? that onetime purchase limit? Is it $100?
Bills: SF0024
ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Agenda Feb 2nd, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • construction, and $2.5 million for those activities that the district is handling themselves or that we're purchasing
  • The district was Since the two 40-foot gates ran $1.1 million, the district was able to purchase them
  • So we've spent probably another half million dollars on purchasing support equipment so that we could
  • Jackson: Another half million dollars on purchasing support equipment so that we could have this tool
Summary: The committee heard a series of presentations on Idaho water infrastructure and management projects funded through state and federal grants. Paul Arrington of the Idaho Water Users Association opened by describing statewide water challenges and emphasizing that recent legislative investments are being paired with private dollars to address aging infrastructure, improve reliability, and avoid future curtailment. He introduced presentations focused on Boise River Basin projects and Eastern Snake River Plain settlement-related work. Lori Gray of Nampa Meridian Irrigation District described a $21 million Ridenbaugh headworks replacement project near Barber Dam and Barber Park. She said the project will replace 1930s-era infrastructure, improve employee safety, increase delivery reliability, improve efficiency, and include fish screens, automated crest gates, and an OG weir. She outlined funding from a state aging infrastructure grant, a regional water sustainability grant, and federal WaterSMART funds, and gave a schedule showing work through 2026 and 2027. Daniel Hoke of Water District 63 presented the Treasure Valley Water Supply Project, which is using new monitoring, modeling, and forecasting to track declining drain return flows in the Boise River Basin and develop mitigation options, including a planned Fifteen Mile drain project to stabilize return flows. Jay Barlowji of Twin Falls Canal Company described a large canal lining and automation effort to reduce seepage, improve delivery efficiency, and add real-time monitoring at return-flow sites; he said the project totals about $26.3 million and is about two-thirds complete. Alan Jackson of Bingham Groundwater District discussed groundwater-to-surface-water conversions, a district-owned drill rig and planned monitoring wells, and annual mitigation water purchases under the settlement agreement. Aaron Dowling of Fremont-Madison Irrigation District described telemetry for groundwater meters, a pipeline replacement, a long-running North Fremont Canal pipeline project, automation that has increased reservoir storage, and smaller canal-company infrastructure upgrades. The committee then took up two rule dockets from the Idaho Department of Water Resources. It approved docket 37-0204-2501, revising the Shoshone-Bannock Tribal Water Bank rules, after Mary Condon explained that the changes were the product of consultation with the tribes and stakeholders and mainly removed outdated or unnecessary provisions while clarifying rental applications, payments, and terms. Haley Johnson Wasco testified for the tribes in support. The committee also approved docket 37-0307-2501, revising stream channel alteration rules, after Aaron Gollart explained that the changes streamline the rules, add definitions and standards for bridges, culverts, permanent structures, rock riprap, and bioengineering, and reduce the overall word count. A third rule docket was postponed to another day, and the committee adjourned.
ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Agenda Feb 2nd, 2026

Resources and Environment

Transcript Highlights:
  • construction, and $2.5 million for those activities that the district is handling themselves or that we're purchasing
  • The district was able to purchase them outright. The state grant right now came in two forms.
  • So we've spent probably another half million dollars on purchasing support equipment so that we could
  • have this, this ...another half million dollars on purchasing support equipment so that we could have
Keywords: 989, all
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Consumer Protection & Business Jan 21st, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Consumer Protection & Business

Transcript Highlights:
  • restrictions and requirements that might be important based on space, food availability, designated purchases
  • restrictions and requirements that might be important based on space, food availability, designated purchases
  • But does that also—so even though a customer wouldn't be purchasing from there with the retail sales—
  • So even though a customer wouldn't be purchasing from there with the retail sales, are they allowed
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Legislative Session Day 10 (1-20-26)

Kentucky House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • House Bill 432, Representative Neighbors, an act relating to local purchasing.
  • Neighbors, an act relating<00:27:22.240><c> to</c><00:27:22.400><c> local</c><00:27:22.799><c> purchasing
  • </c><00:27:23.679><c> House</c><00:27:23.919><c> Bill</c> relating to local purchasing.
  • House Bill relating to local purchasing.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Adjacent to the eastern city limits of Marble Falls, we purchased water from the city at the in-city
  • However, when we had to purchase the system, those individual entities stood tall, stepped forth, and
  • backed the initial purchase of the system.
  • We wanted everyone who purchased service from the district to have an equal seat on the Board of Directors
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Commerce Committee Meeting - 2025-04-02

Commerce Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Under APSO, many Minnesotans are unable to purchase their auto insurance through the normal market due
  • We also support key fixes that allow micro and mezzo licensees to purchase cannabis and hemp-derived
  • family encouraged me to open a business in our community to educate and provide a safe place to purchase
  • Issue number two: allow Lodos hemp retailers to purchase Minnesota-compliant products from reputable
Bills: HF1545 , HF2426 , HF1615 , HF2403
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • She's got incredible experience when it comes to um purchasing land and supporting testimony testimony
  • c> to</c><00:11:17.839><c> um</c> experience when it comes to um experience when it comes to um purchasing
  • <00:11:18.880><c> land</c><00:11:19.120><c> and</c><00:11:19.279><c> supporting</c> ...purchasing land
  • Hawaii County's, um, what we call our 2% land fund, where we set aside 2% of our property tax to purchase
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The Committee on Water and Land heard two gubernatorial nominations and one resolution. Governor’s Message 585 nominated Stanley Ruidas to the Game Management Advisory Commission for a term ending June 30, 2028. DLNR supported the nomination, citing his prior service as GMAC chair from 2020 to 2022 and his work on hunting and wildlife management issues. Ruidas said he hoped to continue as chair and focus on bringing meetings to hunters across the islands and advancing island-specific wildlife management plans. The committee later recommended advice and consent on GM585, and the motion passed unanimously. Governor’s Message 550 nominated Alexandra Kelly Polo to the Legacy Land Conservation Commission for a term ending June 30, 2028. DLNR and several supporters, including the County of Hawaii and community advocates, praised her experience with land acquisition, conservation easements, and county open-space efforts. Kelly Polo said her work has helped protect thousands of acres on Hawaii Island and emphasized the importance of preserving natural resources and working with community groups. The committee recommended advice and consent on GM550, and the motion passed unanimously. The committee also considered SCR 19/SR 100, which requested DLNR to convene a Kīua Bay advisory working group. DLNR and the Hawaii Tourism Authority offered written support, and members said the working group could help address long-standing issues in the area. The committee recommended passage with technical and nonsubstantive amendments, and the motion was adopted unanimously. In a separate joint portion of the meeting, the committees also advanced SCR 75/SR 58, supporting historic preservation staffing for Lahaina rebuild efforts, with both technical and substantive amendments, and later advanced STR 24 with an amendment to include the 100th Infantry Battalion alongside the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.