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HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
ECD/TOU Public Hearing - Wed Feb 12, 2025 @ 10:15 AM HST
Transcript Highlights:
- The monies to be deposited into the special fund are the fees collected under the chapter and any rule
- There will be technical amendments needed for clarity, consistency, and style, and the bill contains
- There will be technical amendments needed for clarity, consistency, and style, and the bill contains
- There will be technical amendments needed for clarity, consistency, and style, and the bill contains
- There will be technical amendments needed for clarity, consistency, and style, and the bill contains
Summary:
The joint hearing of the Committees on Economic Development and Technology and Tourism on February 12, 2025, focused on HB 77/HB 1077, a measure related to increasing the transient accommodations tax and directing revenue toward climate mitigation/resiliency and economic development/tourism resiliency. Most testifiers supported the bill, including the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, Hawaii Green Infrastructure Authority, State Energy Office, Governor’s office, DLNR, the Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission, the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, the Nature Conservancy, the Hawaii Climate Advisory Team, Care for Aina Now Coalition, the Hawaii Tourism Authority, and the Ocean Legislative Task Force. Supporters emphasized the need for reliable funding for disaster preparedness, environmental restoration, infrastructure resilience, and tourism-related resilience projects; some cited polling and a reported funding gap for natural resource protection and restoration.
Opposition or concerns came from the Kohala Coast Resort Association, which argued the state should fully collect existing taxes from short-term vacation rentals and other accommodations before considering any tax increase. The Attorney General and Department of Taxation offered technical comments, noting the bill’s special fund language referred to fees that the chapter did not actually authorize and recommending either deleting that language or authorizing fee collection through rulemaking. The Hawaii Tourism Authority supported the measure but asked that the funding mechanism have a clear nexus to tourism resiliency.
After a brief recess, the chair recommended amendments to redirect the proposed 1.75% TAT increase away from the two special funds and into the general fund, while earmarking 7.3% of total revenue for climate mitigation/resiliency and 7.3% for economic development and tourism resiliency, with technical and defect-effective-date amendments. Both committees then voted to pass the measure with amendments; the recommendations were adopted, and the meeting adjourned.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Natural Resources Committee Jun 29th, 2026
Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- It defines the container as the bag and not the box when it comes up for recycling purposes—only the
- So this bill attempts to solve that problem by focusing on the actual container that the liquid is in
- We don't need a deposit. If you choose to use a deposit to get them back, fine.
- But you can choose to do that, but we're not mandating a deposit.
- It could be a deposit. It could be that they just make it really convenient.
Committee:
House Natural Resources
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- And all the COLAs are out of the funded deposit account, so that it's not out of the direct, the main
- So basically what they're saying is if we build up money in the funding deposit account, we can spend
- However, they did say that they don't have the expertise that is contained within this currently on staff
- I'm referencing that they would be putting on the PBMs for this enforcement function, it is not contained
- going to say that they need, and I guess it would depend on the enforcement provisions that are contained
Committee:
Senate Finance
Summary:
The Senate Finance Committee met with eight members present and deferred HB 127. It then considered a series of bills, most of which were reported favorably without opposition. HB 22 revised COLA rules for the clerks of court retirement system, allowing more frequent COLAs when the system is better funded; HB 324 made judicial stipends permanent and added future COLAs subject to available funding; HB 233 increased jury mileage reimbursement; HB 47 reorganized assessor retirement COLA statutes; HB 533 allowed St. Tammany Parish to transfer unused witness-fee account balances to the 22nd Judicial District Court; HB 980 adjusted eligibility for the Firemen’s Supplemental Pay Board; HCR 45 urged Congress to clarify ARPA deadlines for water projects; HB 559 increased court costs in the 4th Judicial District; HB 290 recreated the Department of Treasury and related entities in statute; and HB 382 addressed Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget review authority over Group Benefits plans. The committee also reported HB 1157 favorably, creating a financing bank mechanism for infrastructure projects, and HB 575 favorably, giving youth aging out of foster care preferred access to surplus state vehicles through the Louisiana Property Assistance Agency.
Several measures drew more discussion. HB 1236, dealing with pharmacy benefit managers and professional dispensing fees, prompted extensive testimony from the sponsor, the Legislative Fiscal Office, the Department of Insurance, independent pharmacies, and PBM representatives. Supporters said it clarifies and strengthens enforcement of existing PBM law and protects independent pharmacies; opponents argued the bill’s requirement that PBMs bear dispensing-fee costs would be difficult to implement and could raise premiums. The sponsor said he would work on amendments, including clarifying language and a delayed effective date, and the bill was nevertheless moved favorably. SB 25, on registrar of voters compensation, was amended to a revised pay structure and then reported favorably. HB 47 and HB 533 were also presented as funding and administrative cleanups for retirement and court-related accounts, with local support noted.
The committee also heard HB 233 on jury duty mileage reimbursement, which the sponsor said updates a 1961 rate and would be funded locally at an estimated average increase of about $4,000 per judicial district. HB 324 on judicial salaries was described as self-funded by the judiciary and subject to available funding, with no budget impact. HB 575 on foster youth transportation was presented as a non-appropriation measure aimed at helping youth aging out of foster care by giving them preferred access to surplus vehicles. HB 382, which concerns the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget’s role in approving Group Benefits plans, was reported favorably with little discussion. The meeting ended after a motion to adjourn.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Appropriations Committee Aug 13th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- fee, due pass as amended to, among other things, specify a processing fee amount for bag and box containers
- Dupass is amended to, among other things, specify a processing fee amount for bag and box containers.
- Seyarto, vehicle lien sales, due pass with author's amendments to require the DMV, three years after deposit
- , due pass as amended to provide that all penalty revenues received by the Labor Commissioner be deposited
- , due pass as amended to provide that all penalty revenues received by the Labor Commissioner be deposited
Summary:
The Assembly Appropriations Committee held its August 13, 2026 suspense-file hearing on Senate bills, with the chair opening by thanking staff and recognizing consultant Jennifer Swenson’s retirement after 30 years in the Legislature. The committee explained that it was weighing the fiscal impact of 293 bills and that some would move forward while others would be held because of cost, duplication, or competing budget priorities.
The committee then took up the suspense file in alphabetical order and acted on a large number of measures, sending many to the Assembly floor as due pass or due pass with amendments. Examples included bills on battery recycling, wildfire resilience loans, mobile home park disaster assistance, price gouging, veterans’ property tax exemptions, housing and insurance issues, energy and utility regulation, election procedures, criminal justice, health care, education, housing, environmental protection, and artificial intelligence. Many bills were amended to narrow scope, delay implementation, add reporting requirements, clarify definitions, or reduce costs; others were held in committee.
Among the notable actions, several bills were advanced on roll calls while others were held, including measures related to water quality, utility rate information, juvenile detention, CARE Court, and various housing and energy proposals. The committee also moved a number of sunset and technical cleanup bills, and several members requested to be added as principal or joint authors on amended measures.
At the end of the hearing, the chair noted that the committee had moved a large number of bills to the Assembly floor, usually with amended language, and that the amended versions would be posted online. The hearing then adjourned.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Environment and Agriculture (01/20/2026)
Environment and Agriculture
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> if they contain those toxics. if they contain those toxics. >> Okay? >> Okay?
- </c><03:59:12.000><c> So,</c> deposits to keep that stuff safe.
- So, deposits to keep that stuff safe.
- This is um from a batteries contain.
- </c><05:17:19.600><c> tested</c> products that are have contained tested products that are have contained
Committee:
House Environment and Agriculture
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session Apr 27th, 2026
California Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- She is also a member of the California Deposition Reporters Association.
- Senate Bill 917 by Senator Laird, an act relating to alcoholic beverages.
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and then moved through privileges of the floor recognizing visitors, including Fresno State Ag Leadership students and members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated. The body also approved the Senate journals and took up several gubernatorial appointments, confirming Heather Lynn Gonzalez to the Court Reporters Board and reappointing Anacubas to the California Law Revision Commission and David Hübner to the same commission, each by 26-10 votes.
The chamber then considered SCR 136, commemorating the 50th anniversaries of the California Coastal Act, Coastal Commission, and Coastal Conservancy. Supporters emphasized coastal access, environmental protection, habitat restoration, public trails, and climate resilience, while opponents argued the commission can override local control and hinder development and infrastructure. The resolution passed 27-4. The Senate also adopted SR 68 on Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Denim Day unanimously, with members discussing survivor support, consent, and the need for stronger protections and accountability.
Additional resolutions and bills were approved, including SCR 130 recognizing Child Abuse Prevention Month, SB 1058 on school nutrition procurement flexibility, SB 930 requiring end-to-end encryption for certain school exam proctoring services, SB 917 expanding farmers’ market sales opportunities for wineries, SB 1002 on continuity of telehealth care for eligible patients, SB 1036 clarifying mitigation fee credits for redevelopment, SCR 131 calling for urgent action on unsheltered homelessness, SB 1285 on juvenile record dismissal, SB 969 on remote developmental services, and SCR 157 honoring School Bus Driver’s Day. Most of these items passed unanimously, while SCR 131 passed 34-0 after debate over housing-first approaches, self-sufficiency, interim shelter, and coordination among state and local governments. The consent calendar was then approved, committee announcements were made, and the Senate adjourned in memory of Sandy Steers, with the next floor session scheduled for April 30, 2026.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session Apr 27th, 2026
California Senate Floor Meeting
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Governmental Organization Committee Apr 22nd, 2026
Governmental Organization
Transcript Highlights:
- Under current law, a wine that is labeled as Californian must contain 100% Californian-grown wine.
- Current law allows wine labeled American to contain up to 25% foreign bulk wine.
- For example, wines labeled Napa Valley may contain up to 15% grapes from other regions of California.
- For example, wines labeled Napa Valley may contain up to 15% grapes from other regions of California.
- By limiting the alcoholic beverage to six liters every 31 days, regardless of whether the adult arrives
Committee:
House Governmental Organization
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs (01/30/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
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Summary:
The committee held a public hearing on House Bill 451, which would create a postconsumer paint stewardship program in New Hampshire. Prime sponsor Representative Karen Ebel described the bill as a bipartisan, broadly supported model based on PaintCare programs used in other states. She said consumers and businesses could drop off leftover paint at participating retailers or municipal household hazardous waste sites, with the paint then collected and recycled by the stewardship organization. She emphasized that the program is intended to reduce landfill disposal, improper dumping, and contamination of groundwater and soil, while also helping municipalities save on hazardous waste handling costs.
Members asked several questions about how the program would work and how it would be funded. Ebel explained that the program would be financed by a small fee charged at the point of sale on paint products, not a general sales tax, and that retailers could either list it separately or roll it into the price. She said the fee would cover the Department of Environmental Services’ administrative costs, which were described as minimal, and that the program’s structure was developed with DES and industry input. Questions also addressed whether cans would be recycled and how collected paint would be processed; Ebel said the ACA and PaintCare representatives could provide more detail, but that the paint and containers would be handled through recycling or other approved disposal methods rather than landfilled.
Representative Judy Aron, a co-sponsor and chair of the House Environment and Agriculture Committee, testified in support, saying the bill had been developed over several years with stakeholders and would keep toxic paint out of landfills while saving municipalities and taxpayers money. Representative Peter Bixby, the ranking member of Environment and Agriculture, also supported the bill, saying his committee had heard it many times and that it had strong bipartisan enthusiasm. No vote was taken during the hearing.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee Jan 21st, 2026
Budget and Fiscal Review
Transcript Highlights:
- true-up deposit, to the Rainy Day Fund.
- And so then... ...deposits to the Rainy Day Fund, in our view.
- And we have done discretionary deposits into the...
- And then when you do, you talk a little bit about this, the BSA deposit.
- And we are now doing, suspending the deposit for the current year.
Committee:
Senate Budget and Fiscal Review
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- from the institution to its comparable non-IOTA business or consumer accounts, where non-matured deposit
- A lending rate is always higher than a savings and a deposit rate, and that's what they did.
- So I guess, in other words, why require the publisher to take down a version of the story containing
- So I guess in other words, why require the publisher to take down a version of the story containing a
- Certain foods, bananas, draft beer, contain a lot of radioactivity above normal background.
Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Summary:
The Judiciary Committee met with a quorum present and considered several bills. SB 106 on exploitation of vulnerable adults would allow service of process on scammers through the same nontraditional communication methods they use; it passed 8-0. CS/SB 280 on candidate qualification would create an enforceable party-affiliation requirement and a private right of action to disqualify noncompliant candidates; it passed unanimously. CS/SB 948 on flood disclosures was amended to extend disclosure requirements to residential leases, condo developer leases, and mobile homes, with tenant remedies if disclosures are not provided and flooding causes major losses; it passed 8-0.
The committee also advanced CS/SB 498 on IOTA interest rates after a lengthy debate over legal aid funding and bank regulation. Supporters argued the bill would restore sustainability and fairness to the program by setting alternative interest-rate benchmarks, while opponents said it would cut funding for civil legal aid and that banks participate voluntarily. After testimony from legal aid leaders and bankers, the bill passed 7-2. SB 774, requiring clerks to electronically transmit certain mental health, substance abuse, and risk protection orders to sheriffs within six hours, was presented in response to a fatal Volusia County incident and passed 11-0. CS/SB 752 on defamation and online publication was amended to require removal from a website rather than the internet, then passed 8-2 after testimony from the media, a private attorney, and supporters who said it would help people harmed by false online reports.
The committee also heard SB 832 on former phosphate mining lands, which would create a narrow defense against strict liability claims if notice and gamma radiation survey requirements are met. The bill was amended to clarify notice provisions and received support from industry and technical witnesses describing radiation surveys and reclamation practices. The transcript cuts off before the final vote on SB 832, so no committee action on that bill is shown in the excerpt.
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
S/C on Disease Prevention & Women's & Children's Health Mar 20th, 2025
S/C on Disease Prevention & Women's & Children's Health
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, and that is, uh, industrial formulations that undergo extensive processing and typically contain
- Uh, of the bill that would require warning labels, not labels, but warning labels on foods containing
- This problem could be compounded by a potential 50-state patchwork of food and beverage warning label
- Finally, I'll note that Texas manufacturers, those in the food and beverage industry and those in other
MN
Transcript Highlights:
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- contained in the complaints.<00:02:36.000><c> Any</c><00:02:36.320><c> attempt</c><00:02:36.720><c> to
- </c><00:02:51.800><c> in</c> believe that allegations contained in believe that allegations contained
- </c><00:10:53.760><c> that's</c><00:10:53.960><c> visible</c> and a tumbler container that's visible
- </c> beverage glasses for a whiskey drink. beverage glasses for a whiskey drink.
Committee:
House Ethics
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs (02/18/2026)
Commerce and Consumer Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> tarbased sealant products containing tarbased sealant products containing levels<01:04:58.960><c
- ,</c><01:33:08.400><c> you</c> tra you can tax like a beverage, you tra you can tax like a beverage,
- Uh, governing special bank and credit union deposits. >> Sure. >> Okay.
- And last but not least, enabling wine and beverage manufacturers.
- When products of certain New Hampshire wine and beverage manufacturers... Okay.
Committee:
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Legislative Audit and Fiscal Review Committee Mar 24th, 2026 at 10:00 am
Legislative Audit and Fiscal Review Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- The State Auditor's Office has also prepared the executive summaries, which contain largely the same
- Page 9 contains a summary table of revenue and expenses and a more detailed table of revenue.
- On page 10 contains charts of the sources.
- We did identify in some of these folders that there were checks that were not deposited.
- Other matter number four, QuickBooks can generate a deposit slip or deposit summary that would be more
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Legislative Audit and Fiscal Review Committee Mar 24th, 2026
Legislative Audit and Fiscal Review Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- major recommendations, the audit report for the... ...that are major audits and audit reports containing
- The State Auditor's Office has also prepared the executive summaries, which contain largely the same
- Page 9 contains a summary table of revenue and expenses and a more detailed table of revenue.
- We did identify in some of these folders that there were checks that were not deposited.
- Other matter number four, QuickBooks can generate a deposit slip or deposit summary that would be more
Summary:
The Legislative Audit and Fiscal Review Committee met to receive a series of audit presentations, beginning with approval of the prior meeting minutes and a review of the state’s annual comprehensive financial report (ACFR) for fiscal year 2025. The State Auditor’s Office and the Office of Management and Budget reported a clean opinion on the state’s financial statements and described continued growth in net position, strong general fund balance, and significant Legacy Fund investment income. Committee members asked about how the report reflects long-term finances and how North Dakota compares with other states, and OMB noted that the ACFR is based on audited actual results rather than budget forecasts.
The committee then heard the North Dakota University System audit, which also received a clean opinion but included four findings: misreporting of Strategic Investment and Improvements Fund construction money, insufficient monitoring of service organizations, improper bank reconciliations at several campuses, and investment/cash recording issues at Bismarck State College. University System officials agreed with the findings and said corrective actions were underway, including internal review of bank reconciliations and greater use of shared services. Members also questioned practices such as campus use of certificates of deposit and whether repeated findings were being adequately addressed.
Additional audits were presented for the State Fair Association, State Auditor’s Office, Workforce Safety and Insurance, Housing Finance Agency, Housing Incentive Fund, Job Service North Dakota, the Retirement and Investment Office, PERS, the Center for Distance Education, the Securities Department, the Commission on Legal Counsel for Indigents, the Ethics Commission, and the Office of Administrative Hearings. Most received clean opinions with no findings; exceptions included a repeat component-unit issue at the State Fair Foundation, a securities personnel-evaluation finding, and a Housing Finance Agency finding involving a late return of escrow surplus. The committee also discussed broader oversight issues, including the need for independent auditing of the Ethics Commission, possible legislative changes to give the State Auditor more subpoena power and independent legal counsel, and future work on data analytics, cybersecurity reviews, and audit capacity. The meeting recessed for lunch after these discussions.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs (02/11/2026)
Commerce and Consumer Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, I'm a... products containing colar or amounts of products containing colar or amounts of phes<01:
- </c> warning that drinking alcohol beverages warning that drinking alcohol beverages may<03:19:33.439
- </c> brand of food candy desserts beverages brand of food candy desserts beverages those<04:20:36.239
- Section two they're contained.
- Um, it's sold in stores containers.
Committee:
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- A single egg contains about 6 grams of high-quality protein and essential nutrients such as vitamin B12
- There is a letter of support from FAIR Idaho, which does food, agriculture, restaurant, and beverage
- There is a letter of support from FAIR Idaho, which does food, agriculture, restaurant, and beverage
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- HB 4284 by Gear relating to the excessive discount on certain alcoholic beverages referred to the Committee
- HB 4285 by McQueenie relating to the transportation of beverages by an airline passenger.
- HB 4356 by Toth, relating to the restriction of covenants prohibiting the display of signs containing
Keywords:
occupation tax, securities, financial regulation, tax exemption, legislative amendment, capital gains tax, realized gains, unrealized gains, investment income, asset sale, capital assets, wealth tax, estate tax, trust tax, tax limitation, constitutional amendment, Texas Constitution, Article VIII, property tax, sales tax
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on State and Local Government - 03/11/25
State and Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- adjudications are made, the attorney general or a court, and this is in section one, is directed to deposit
- </c><00:02:40.720><c> money</c><00:02:41.280><c> from</c> is um uh directed to deposit money from is
- um uh directed to deposit money from that<00:02:42.200><c> are</c><00:02:42.400><c> recovered</c><00:
- We checked our checking account, and it did show a $2,000 deposit.
- </c><01:30:18.360><c> those</c> the types of items that contain those the types of items that contain
Committee:
Senate State and Local Government