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AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama Joint Legislative Committee on Public Accounts Feb 12th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- every day people email us asking for municipal audits.
- every day people email us asking for municipal audits.
- every day people email us asking for municipal audits.
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CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Human Services Committee Jul 15th, 2025
Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- That money could have gone more effectively to shelter or health care or housing or anything else.
- You've already taken care of. Item 5. You've already taken care of. Sorry. File item 6, SB 748.
- Participants also typically must have high care needs.
- care facility for the elderly association removing our opposition.
- I tried to go for that in a few days. Like a million people. Like four people showed up.
Committee:
House Human Services
Summary:
The Assembly Human Services Committee heard several bills focused on homelessness, public benefits, assisted living, and student food access. SB 748 would expand Encampment Resolution Funding to support safe parking sites for people living in cars or RVs and require quarterly reporting on outcomes; SB 290 would repeal the CalWORKs immunization sanction that reduces aid when families cannot provide acceptable vaccination documentation; SB 606 would define “functional zero” for homelessness and require local governments to plan for and report on steps to reach functional zero, including unsheltered homelessness; SB 433 would cap room-and-board charges for Medi-Cal assisted living participants so non-SSI recipients can keep a personal needs allowance; and SB 761 would notify students applying for Cal Grants that they may be eligible for CalFresh and direct them to apply.
Supporters for the bills included representatives from local governments, housing and homelessness organizations, welfare rights groups, disability and aging advocates, student associations, food banks, and county welfare directors. Testimony generally emphasized reducing bureaucratic barriers, preventing homelessness, improving accountability for state funding, and connecting eligible people to benefits and services. For SB 433, assisted living providers initially raised concerns but said they would remove opposition after the committee amendments; for SB 606, an opponent moved to neutral after amendments were accepted.
After quorum was established, the committee voted all of the presented measures out on 5-0 or 7-0 votes, as applicable, with the bills generally sent to the Assembly Appropriations Committee. The consent calendar, including SB 271 and SB 411, also passed unanimously. The hearing then adjourned.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- to 15 days.
- </c> 180-day clock? 180-day clock?
- and seersucker day cream social that day and seersucker day as<04:40:14.440><c> well.
- Memorial Day is the day that we honor those who have fallen.
- And in 1971, that day was designated as Memorial Day.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs (02/20/2026)
State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:16:26.079><c> and</c> martial arts back in the old days and martial arts back in the old days
- Would you care to with this amendment.
- So you have three days to get out.
- So you have three days to clean house.
- </c> day and nail those down. day and nail those down. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Yeah.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Banking and Finance Committee Mar 20th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- through it, who are still going through it, and who have to live with the outcomes of our laws on a day-to-day
- We know how much you're going through, just how much on a day-to-day basis you are fighting just for
- It's with you every day.
- I am today in health care. I work for VA Care Community Health in Los Angeles.
- I also have a day job, and this isn't it.
Summary:
The Assembly Banking and Finance Committee held an outcomes review of AB 238, the wildfire mortgage forbearance law, focused on how the law has worked for survivors of the Eaton and Palisades fires. Chair Valencia and Assemblymember Harabedian said the hearing was intended to hear directly from survivors, assess whether the law is being implemented as intended, and identify fixes. Several survivors described losing homes, facing long rebuild timelines, and struggling with insurers, housing costs, and mortgage servicers. Many said they encountered confusion, inconsistent information, requests for financial documentation, lump-sum repayment demands, credit reporting problems, or loan modifications that they viewed as undermining the law’s purpose. Some urged clearer consumer education, a consumer bill of rights, and an extension of forbearance relief; one witness specifically advocated for AB 1847 to extend forbearance to 36 months.
DFPI Chief Deputy Commissioner Suzanne Martindale said the department had received about 300 wildfire-related consumer complaints, mostly about mortgage forbearance, and that more than 91% had been resolved in the consumer’s favor. She said the department works with both state-licensed and federally regulated institutions, but its authority is limited when national banks are involved, so it often uses outreach and direct contact with lenders and federal partners to resolve complaints. She also described recurring complaint themes such as difficulty obtaining forbearance, customer-service breakdowns, withholding of insurance funds, and non-interest-bearing impound accounts. Committee members pressed DFPI on which institutions were noncompliant, what enforcement tools were available, and how much data the state could collect and make public.
Representatives of the California Bankers Association and California Mortgage Bankers Association said lenders had provided early disaster relief and were working to comply with AB 238, but emphasized that mortgage servicing is constrained by federal law, investor requirements, and secondary-market guidelines. They argued that forbearance is temporary relief, not forgiveness, and warned that extending it without a clear repayment path can create future payment shock or larger debt burdens. They also said many servicers use disaster protocols tied to federal declarations and that clearer communication is needed. In response to committee concerns, the mortgage bankers said they would continue working with the Legislature and federal agencies, but could not promise changes beyond investor and agency rules. No votes or formal committee actions were taken during the hearing.
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Agriculture Apr 27th, 2026
Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development
Transcript Highlights:
- We're breathing it every day.
- So for seven days and seven nights, it was a slow fire with that, that is...
- So not just obesity, diabetes, heart disease, increasing the cost of long-term health care.
- But then they're generally only open one day a week or whatever.
- I don't think I got much sleep for three days straight. You never do.
Committees:
House Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development , House Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture & Rural Development
Keywords:
crawfish, agricultural labor, H-2A program, seasonal workforce, Louisiana economy, Healthy Food Retail Act, food access, food deserts, economic opportunity, public health, Louisiana agriculture, community development, fresh food, agriculture, national security, food production, supply chain, security task force, farm labor, Chinese investments
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Hearing Assembly Select Committee on Cybersecurity and Assembly Emergency Management Committee Aug 19th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- And we've also started to look at it slightly differently to make sure that day-to-day usage is also
- Whereas a couple years ago it was days or weeks to exploit, now it's minutes.
- It can't be hours and days. I think that's right.
- Every day we're seeing 60 billion events, 30 of those are actual attacks.
- Well, we're debating whether or not we can adopt AI in our business day today.
Summary:
The Assembly Select Committee on Cybersecurity and the Committee on Emergency Management held a joint informational hearing on maximizing the value of state cybersecurity investments, with a focus on whether California is fully using the security features already included in vendor contracts. The first panel included Microsoft, Zscaler, and Palo Alto Networks, whose representatives described the products and services they provide to the state, including endpoint protection, data loss prevention, zero-trust access, attack surface management, incident response, and AI-enabled security tools. They generally said utilization is strong in some areas but that underuse can occur because of limited staff, lack of awareness, overlapping tools, audit-driven purchases, and the difficulty of keeping up with rapidly changing threats and products. They also emphasized the need for training, leadership buy-in, and coordination among IT, procurement, budget, and mission staff.
Members pressed the vendors on risks such as ransomware, data loss, IoT and operational technology vulnerabilities, major events like the World Cup and Olympics, and the role of AI in both attacks and defense. The vendors said AI is already changing both sides of cybersecurity, speeding attacks but also helping defenders triage alerts and improve response times. They also discussed workforce shortages and the challenge of retaining trained staff in state government. One public commenter argued that restrictive software licensing can worsen cybersecurity by locking customers into vendors and limiting flexibility, integration, and modernization.
The second panel featured the Department of Technology, Cal OES/CalSIC, and the California Military Department. CDT said its audits, maturity metrics, independent security assessments, continuous monitoring, advisory services, and vulnerability disclosure program are helping improve statewide security, and that departments are making progress but still vary in maturity. Cal OES and CalSIC described training, advisories, cyber advisory services, and statewide exercises like Cyber Dawn, while the Military Department said its assessment teams have seen significant score improvements over time. Officials said underutilization is not always due to lack of awareness; sometimes features are intentionally disabled to reduce attack surface or because tools overlap. The hearing also covered federal funding concerns, including the reduction of MS-ISAC support and the final year of the state and local cybersecurity grant program, and the meeting adjourned after public comment.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/10/2026 - House Democratic Caucus Calendar #5
Transcript Highlights:
- about that—but if you go to traffic school, by God, the The Republicans don't care about that, but if
- That ESA funds could be rolled into 529 accounts back in the day.
- This is the kind of stuff that the federal government has been doing, and since the day Donald Trump
- It shows up in rent, groceries, utilities, and child care.
- Members, this week is African American Legislative Day.
Summary:
The committee worked through a long Minority Caucus calendar covering a wide range of bills, with many items on consent and several pulled for discussion. Early items included resolutions on Judea and Samaria, bullion depository bills, a produce incentive appropriation, a biennial budget proposal, and a veterans services appropriation. Members also heard transportation-related bills on driver permits, citations, boat insurance, English proficiency for commercial drivers and motor carriers, photo enforcement, and a measure restricting incarceration for unpaid fines and fees. Several members raised concerns about constitutional issues, public safety, or whether bills were duplicative or targeted at specific groups.
A large portion of the meeting focused on education and school governance bills. These included proposals on school district bond advisors, restrictions on school property leases and purchases, public meeting requirements, term limits and training for school board members, patriotic youth group access to students, computer science proficiency, and a bill requiring fingerprint clearance cards for traffic school instructors. Members repeatedly criticized what they described as inconsistent treatment of public schools versus ESA/private school programs, and several education bills were pulled from consent for further discussion. Other bills addressed child safety and family law, including DCS credit freezes, recorded child interviews, parents’ rights notices, mandatory reporting of threats by minors, sex offender residency and GPS monitoring, and a bill on guardianship rights during DCS investigations.
The committee also considered a number of social services, health, and labor/consumer bills. These included SNAP work requirement and verification measures, a SNAP error-rate audit, dementia care telemonitoring funding, a Braille transcription appropriation, court fee limits, a physician assistant compact, pediatric licensure compact, and a kratom regulation bill. Members debated an earned wage access licensing bill at length, with opponents calling it predatory and akin to payday lending, while supporters argued it provided a regulated consumer option. Other measures covered cash acceptance by businesses, 529-to-Roth IRA rollovers, AI rules for state agencies, and a bill on public nuisance actions by the Attorney General. Several of these drew warnings about constitutional problems, preemption, or burdens on vulnerable populations.
Energy, water, and tax policy also featured prominently. The committee heard bills on fuel formulations, gas tax relief, data centers and small modular nuclear reactors, utility reporting, and a Commerce Authority mandate to reduce fuel prices. Members criticized some proposals as favoring industry, preempting local control, or lacking a clear funding plan. The meeting ended after additional items on veterans, sample ballot mailing dates, and other miscellaneous measures, with multiple bills noted as pulled from consent or subject to later votes; no final roll-call results were detailed in the transcript excerpt.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections Jan 20th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
State Government, Tribal Affairs & Elections
Transcript Highlights:
- This helps us build a community and serve and care for our fellow man.
- I know you have a busy scheduled day, so I'll just really cut to the chase.
- On to bill number five of the day, Senate Bill 5892. Thank you, Mr.
- Initiative 775 to give individual provider home care workers the right to form a union.
- The paper signature compensation model rewards volume rather than care.
Keywords:
SB 6081, Washington privacy, sex designation, gender marker, nonbinary, transgender, vital records, birth certificate, death certificate, fetal death, stillbirth, driver license, ID card, Department of Licensing, public records exemption, confidential records, record sealing, data sharing, government records, privacy
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee Jul 16th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- with my sister who lives in Phoenix, Arizona, I am not about to complain at all about it being a hot day
- case managers, family and friends, missing work and losing needed income, missing critical health care
- These providers' day-in, day-out focus is on reaching people wherever they may be so they can get them
- We don’t care where you go, but you’re not going to be in our city.
- And then who sits at the dais and complains?
Summary:
The Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee heard several housing-related bills and moved most of them forward. SB 655 (Stern) would establish a state policy that residential units should be able to maintain a safe maximum indoor temperature, with supporters citing extreme heat deaths and the need for statewide guidance. Members raised concerns about the lack of a specific temperature standard and possible impacts on the electric grid, but the bill passed the committee 8-0 as amended to Appropriations.
The committee also heard SB 634 (Perez), which would bar state and local governments from adopting or enforcing ordinances that punish people or organizations for providing basic survival services to unhoused people. Supporters, including people with lived experience and homelessness advocates, argued that criminalizing food, water, blankets, and outreach prolongs homelessness and harms vulnerable residents; opponents from some cities and counties warned about limits on local control. The bill passed 8-2. SB 772 (Cabaldon) would continue and expand the Infill Infrastructure Grant Program by better supporting walkability, transit, and climate-resilient infrastructure for infill housing; it passed 8-0.
The committee also considered SB 838 (Dutraslo/DeRazzo), which would keep the Housing Accountability Act focused on housing by excluding transient lodging from housing streamlining protections. Supporters said some developers have used housing laws to fast-track hotel projects instead of homes, while opponents worried the bill could be too broad and limit mixed-use financing. After discussion about possible clarifying amendments, the bill passed 8-2 to Local Government. Several consent items—SB 484, SB 489, SB 686, and SB 724—also passed unanimously.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee Jul 16th, 2025
Housing and Community Development
Transcript Highlights:
- And just take when I was taking care of my in-laws at the end of their lives—like, if you have babies
- case managers, family and friends, missing work and losing needed income, missing critical health care
- These providers' day-in and day-out focus is on reaching people wherever they may be so they can get
- We don't care where you go, but you're not going to be in our city.
- And then who sits at the dais and complains?
Committee:
House Housing and Community Development
Summary:
The Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee heard several housing-related bills, with most of the discussion centered on SB 655, which would establish a state policy that residential units should be able to maintain a safe maximum indoor temperature. The author and supporters argued the bill responds to deadly extreme heat, especially in older and lower-income homes, while members raised concerns about grid impacts, regional differences, and the lack of a specific temperature threshold. The committee ultimately approved SB 655 on a vote of 8-0, and the consent calendar bills SB 484, SB 489, SB 686, and SB 724 also passed unanimously.
The committee also heard SB 634, which would prohibit state and local governments from banning or penalizing organizations that provide basic survival services to unhoused people. Supporters described cases where service providers faced fines, arrests, or prosecution for offering food, water, blankets, or other aid, and argued criminalization worsens homelessness. Opponents from several cities and counties said local governments need flexibility to manage public spaces and homelessness responses. The bill passed 8-2.
SB 772, which would revise the Infill Infrastructure Grant Program to better support walkable, climate-resilient infill housing, was presented as a way to expand infrastructure funding for housing and mixed-use development. Supporters said it would help make more housing feasible and add resilience features such as stormwater parks, levees, and wetland restoration. The committee approved the bill 8-2. Later, SB 838, which would exclude transient lodging from housing streamlining laws under the Housing Accountability Act, drew support from housing and labor advocates who said the laws should be used for homes, not hotels, and opposition from realtors and builders who warned it could limit mixed-use financing and local development options. The committee passed SB 838 8-2 and adjourned after taking up remaining votes.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
January 15, 2025 - 09:00 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- have, where a vast majority of those FTE are juvenile detention officers that work in the areas of care
- They could be there for 21 days.
- On any given day in detention, we do serve about 1,000 kids statewide in our juvenile detention centers
- The less time children are in foster care, the less money that costs.
- The less time children are in foster care, the less money that that costs.
Summary:
The Justice Budget Subcommittee met for an introductory overview of the justice budget and the major agencies within it. Chair Maney explained that the committee would hear broad presentations rather than detailed budget questions, and the first panel included the Department of Juvenile Justice, Department of Corrections, Commission on Offender Review, Department of Law Enforcement, Office of the State Courts Administrator, and the Attorney General’s Office. Each agency described its mission, staffing, budget, and major responsibilities, with repeated emphasis on public safety, rehabilitation, staffing shortages, technology needs, and the importance of mental health services and education in reducing recidivism.
Secretary Hall described DJJ’s prevention-to-aftercare continuum, including civil citation, detention, probation, and residential commitment programs, and highlighted reductions in juvenile arrests and commitments. Secretary Dixon said DOC’s biggest issues are staffing, overtime, and inflation, while noting progress in education, reentry, and a low recidivism rate. FDLE Commissioner Glass outlined the agency’s investigative, forensic, intelligence, and protective functions, including work on fentanyl enforcement and crime reporting systems. The State Courts Administrator emphasized the judiciary’s constitutional role, case volume, and challenges in providing interpreters, experts, and technology support. Chief Deputy Attorney General Guard described the office’s litigation, criminal appeals, consumer protection, and opioid recovery work, especially defending state laws and recovering opioid settlement funds.
Members then asked questions about prison conditions, immigration enforcement, court filing fees, crime reporting, staffing ratios, and transnational gangs. Agency leaders responded that they were not aware of ICE contracts in some cases, that FDLE works with immigration authorities and detention facilities under existing authority, and that filing fees are a legislative policy decision. The committee also heard from the Justice Administrative Commission, prosecutors, public defenders, guardian ad litem, regional conflict counsel, and capital collateral regional counsel, who focused on indigent representation, dependency and death penalty cases, and persistent staffing and retention problems. No votes were taken, and the meeting concluded after the presentations and questions.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session-Day 4, February 12, 2026-AM
Wyoming House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- to day.
- Let's go to work. of the day. We all understand we're in a of the day.
- We cared about one another.
- So, the committees will meet as soon as we get this taken care of and then we can go on about our day
- </c> of and then we can go on about our day. of and then we can go on about our day.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- in and day out.
- in and day out.
- in and day out.
- So, we had to be extra careful. careful. careful.
- </c> for 15, 20, 60 days. for 15, 20, 60 days.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee Mar 18th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- I know, it was Blue Day. Blue Day. I got to get a blue scarf or something. Becca Kramer, with me.
- Can you give me an example of the seven days for if it is copyrighted, responding seven days; if it is
- copyrighted material is not found, 30 days?
- Yeah, if they have copyrighted it, it's seven days, but if not, 30 days.
- Day. So I'm a little grumpy today. I apologize in advance.
Summary:
The Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee met with a new membership roster and adopted its committee rules after quorum was established. The hearing then began with AB 412, the AI Copyright Transparency Act, which would require generative AI developers to provide copyright holders notice when registered copyrighted works are used in training data. The author and supporters, including SAG-AFTRA, the Transparency Coalition, voice actors, writers, labor groups, and other creators, argued the bill would give artists a practical way to learn whether their works were used and to vindicate their rights. Opponents, including EFF, CalChamber, RIAA, CCIA, Chamber of Progress, Bay Area Council, BSA, and TechNet, said the proposal was technically unworkable, could burden startups, conflict with existing law and pending litigation, and raise federal preemption concerns. Members discussed the bill’s amendments, including a fingerprinting approach and narrowing the bill to model developers, and the committee voted 8-2 to pass AB 412 as amended to the Judiciary Committee.
The committee then heard AB 446, which would prohibit “surveillance pricing,” or the use of personal data to charge different prices for the same product or service. The author and supporters, including Consumer Watchdog, UFCW, labor organizations, and consumer/privacy groups, described examples of differential pricing tied to device type, location, shopping behavior, and digital price tags, and argued the bill would protect consumers from discriminatory and predatory pricing. Business and industry opponents, including CalChamber, grocers, retailers, travel, broadband, and other associations, said the bill could conflict with the CCPA, interfere with loyalty and rewards programs, and create confusion about personalized discounts and dynamic pricing. The discussion focused on how the bill would treat loyalty programs, whether existing privacy law already covers the issue, and whether the proposal would unintentionally affect legitimate discounts and promotions.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> each and every day. each and every day.
- It has since crept into stewardship, where you're taking care of the culture, taking care of our natural
- It has since crept into stewardship, where you're taking care of the culture, taking care of our natural
- </c><01:32:17.320><c> of</c><01:32:17.400><c> the</c> taking care of the taking care of the the<01:32
- </c> uh taking care of our natural resources. uh taking care of our natural resources.
Committee:
Senate Economic Development and Tourism
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Economic Development and Tourism heard several governor’s message nominations to the Hawaii Tourism Authority’s advisory board. The first nominee, Daniel O’Leary, received strong support from HTA leadership and Deputy Director James Kunane Tokioka, who praised his visitor-industry knowledge and work on brand marketing and tourism planning. O’Leary said he hoped to contribute his experience and strengthen the organization’s integrity. Joel Guy was also supported by HTA, Tokioka, and several community testifiers, who highlighted his long work in Hana, his film-industry background, and his role in community-focused tourism planning. During questioning, Guy said the advisory board should still have influence, especially on strategic planning and community concerns, even though its role is advisory rather than decision-making.
The committee then considered Linda Wong’s nomination. HTA and Tokioka strongly supported her, citing her long community experience and familiarity with HTA work. Wong said the new advisory board was collaborative, had no conflicts so far, and was trying to balance resident concerns with attracting higher-value tourists. Senator Kim questioned her about the advisory structure, and Wong said she believed the Legislature had reduced HTA’s authority because of past conflicts but that the new board could help turn things around and possibly regain more authority in the future.
The committee also heard testimony on Kimberly Algos and Terry Fisher. Algos was described by HTA and Tokioka as a strong leader and solid board member; Tokioka explained that she and another co-chair were selected because of their busy schedules and that the advisory board’s committees were created so members could contribute beyond the single statutory duty of selecting the chair, president, and CEO. Fisher was supported for his tour-operator experience and strategic planning work. In questioning, he endorsed performance-based contracting and accountability for contractors, while acknowledging that external events can affect results. He also said the convention center is critical infrastructure that should be repaired and used to help fill tourism lulls and attract major conferences. The hearing included supportive testimony from industry representatives, but no votes or final actions were taken in the portion provided.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/26
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> pegging wages and health care pegging wages and health care to<00:15:51.400><c> the</c><00:15:51.520
- </c> taking care of them with this bill. taking care of them with this bill.
- </c> I don't think we have a health care I don't think we have a health care problem,<00:23:09.760><c
- </c> have to be sanitized every day? have to be sanitized every day? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
- In doing so, this bill risks pulling routine day-to-day workforce management decisions into a regulatory
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:04:41.280><c> Nursing</c><00:04:41.840><c> home</c><00:04:42.080><c> care</c> Nursing home care
- Community-based care is not an entitlement, and nursing home care costs are a lot higher than community
- care.
- </c> where they need that level of care where they need that level of care because<00:06:03.600><c> there
- </c> of the day being done, we are ajourned. of the day being done, we are ajourned.
Committee:
Senate Ways and Means
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division II (01/16/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- During that period there were six House session days, so those are six days we’re not going to have.
- One day is Town Meeting Day, and one day we will have a public hearing on House Bill 1 and 2, so those
- </c><00:10:40.800><c> we're</c><00:10:40.920><c> not</c> days so those are six days we're not days so
- meeting</c> going to have one day is town meeting going to have one day is town meeting day<00:10:44.680
- day we will have a public day and one day we will have a public hearing<00:10:46.600><c> on</c><00:10
Summary:
The meeting was an introductory House Finance Division Two session focused on committee procedures, staffing, and the upcoming budget process. Mickey Landrian, the division analyst, introduced himself and explained that the subcommittee operates more informally than the full committee, does not hold executive sessions or public hearings itself, and makes recommendations back to House Finance. Members were told that public hearings on legislation occur in the full committee, while Division Two will hold work sessions and vote on recommendations such as ought to pass, retain, or ITL. The chair also welcomed new members and a new clerk, and noted that meetings will be recorded and streamed, with microphones required for audio capture.
A substantial portion of the meeting covered the division’s workload and schedule. Landrian outlined the agencies assigned to Division Two, including Safety, Fish and Game, Transportation, Education, the Lottery Commission, Police Standards and Training, the University System, and the Community College System. He explained the different fund types the division will handle, especially Education Trust Fund, Highway Fund, and Fish and Game Fund, and reviewed reference materials distributed to members, including agency budget requests, prior recommendation tracking sheets, and surplus statements. He emphasized that the agency budget requests and related handouts are available online and useful for members to review before budget work begins.
Members discussed the compressed timeline for the session, with a target date of March 26 for completing Division Two recommendations. Landrian said only a few bills had been referred to Finance so far, none yet to Division Two, but that more bills and amendments were expected, including many amendments to House Bill 2. He noted that the committee would need to move efficiently and frontload meetings. Representative Papich added that Fish and Game may require closer scrutiny than in prior years because of its push for direct general fund appropriations, and members also discussed the importance of getting preliminary budget documents before the governor’s budget is finalized. No votes were taken and no formal actions were reported beyond the procedural overview and distribution of materials.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 3/10/26
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- So after we're able to take care of ourselves, then we can take care of other people.
- We don't care anything about you.
- do and now we're telling them we don't care about you?
- </c> power for between three and five days. power for between three and five days.
- </c><01:43:22.560><c> obviously</c> a little bit less um uh care obviously a little bit less um uh care
Committee:
House Higher Education Finance and Policy