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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 2/13/25 - Part 1
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
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- </c><01:04:51.079><c> debate</c> countless hours of legislative debate countless hours of legislative
- </c> fixes your institutional legislative fixes your institutional legislative Horizon<01:12:42.920><
- This legislation has been one of the most vetted and dissected pieces of legislation in state history
- </c> surprise us is if we saw legislators surprise us is if we saw legislators that<01:24:02.120><c>
MN
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- the legislative session, and this is a kind of colorful graphic timeline of the legislative session.
- the legislative session, and this is a kind of colorful graphic timeline of the legislative session.
- the legislative session, and this is a kind of colorful graphic timeline of the legislative session.
- the legislative session, and this is a kind of colorful graphic timeline of the legislative session.
- the legislative session, and this is a kind of colorful graphic timeline of the legislative session.
Committee:
House Taxes
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance (01/16/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- The legislative budget assistant. Mr.
- Appropriation being the authorization granted by the legislative body.
- </c> authorization granted by the legislative authorization granted by the legislative body<00:38:00.720
- We will, our office will receive, and the Office of Legislative Services, who drafts legislation, will
- office of legislative Services who drafts<00:44:04.160><c> legislation</c><00:44:04.760><c> we</c><00
Summary:
The Finance Committee met for an organizational opening session in which the chair, Ken Weyler, called the committee to order and members introduced themselves. The introductions established the committee’s leadership and membership, including Vice Chair Dan McGuire, ranking member Mary Jane Wallner, deputy ranking member Karen Eil, clerk Jerry Griffin, and other members from both parties. Many members briefly described prior legislative service and professional backgrounds, with several noting prior experience on Finance or related budget committees.
Chair Weyler then outlined committee procedures and expectations. He emphasized that Finance handles spending bills and fiscal notes, that bills will generally be heard by the full committee and then referred to the appropriate division, and that executive sessions may be used to save time when positions are clear. He reviewed rules on attendance, dress, phones, paperwork handling, committee replacements, conflict of interest and recusal, and the process for testimony, including that members should listen without debating witnesses and that sponsors of bills must recuse themselves from questioning witnesses on their own bills.
He also described the committee’s structure and workload, noting three divisions and the role of legislative budget staff. Weyler said the committee would likely see bills from many policy committees that have fiscal impacts, and he encouraged policy committees to find offsets within their own areas rather than assume new spending will be added. No bills were heard and no votes were taken during this portion of the meeting.
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- And whereas the legislative impact.
- </c> legislative day be dispensed with. legislative day be dispensed with.
- </c> >> He's working legislation over there. >> He's working legislation over there.
- Because we're bringing legislation legislation legislation that<02:25:31.359><c> really</c><02:25:31.760
- </c> legislation as it relates to chaplain. legislation as it relates to chaplain.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services (01/21/2025)
Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:24:22.960><c> where</c> if we have critical legislation where if we have critical legislation
- Uh, we do oppose this legislation.
- And so then this becomes a pointless piece of legislation.
- </c> pointless piece of legislation pointless piece of legislation um<04:02:14.560><c> so</c><04:02:14.720
- “Okay, thank you.” about legislating it um but uh that that about legislating it um but uh that that
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs (03/05/2025)
Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- legisl legisl had<02:37:50.240><c> to</c><02:37:50.520><c> pass</c><02:37:50.920><c> statute</c><02:
- They are all reviewed by the lawyers of the Office of Legislative Services, and then the legislators
- They are all reviewed by the lawyers of the Office of Legislative Services, and then the legislators
- They are all reviewed by the lawyers of the Office of Legislative Services, and then the legislators
- ><c> legislative</c> The Joint Committee legislative The Joint Committee legislative administrative<02
MN
Transcript Highlights:
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- </c> and uh if if we do not pass legislation and uh if if we do not pass legislation and<00:41:09.520
- </c><00:47:33.559><c> we</c> that's included in the legislation we that's included in the legislation
- And so for me, as a legislator, I can call the governor's office.
- </c> insulated uh from uh legislative insulated uh from uh legislative engagement<00:49:41.319><c> public
Committee:
Senate Human Services
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Hearing Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee and Senate Environmental Quality Committee Aug 11th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- on legislation.
- on legislation.
- My name is Andrea Ventura, and I am the legislative and policy director for Cleaner.
- We need more of this, more legislative oversight.
- If DPR is unwilling to do it, then we're asking for it to be legislated in.
Summary:
The joint Assembly and Senate hearing examined whether California’s pesticide program is meeting its public-protection goals, with opening remarks from committee chairs emphasizing the state’s large pesticide use, the need to transition toward sustainable pest management, and ongoing oversight including a state audit of DPR and county agricultural commissioner enforcement. The hearing also referenced recent concerns in Ladera Ranch about childhood cancer cases and the need for transparent investigation and community access to information.
Panel one focused on human health and the regulatory framework. Dr. Anna Maria Mora described long-running CHAMACOS research showing widespread pesticide exposure in farmworker families, links to neurodevelopmental, respiratory, liver, and cardiometabolic harms, and greater impacts on children facing social adversity. She urged biomonitoring, better linkage of exposure data to health outcomes, regulation of chemical classes and mixtures, stronger buffers around homes and schools, and more community-based research. Professor Tim Malloy explained California’s two-tier system of DPR registration and county permitting, said the state’s program is strong but falls short on cumulative exposure analysis and alternatives assessment, and argued that DPR and counties need better tools, training, and funding to implement legally required protections. Committee members asked about biomonitoring, class-based regulation, and how to make pesticide data more usable for the public.
Panel two brought testimony from environmental justice and farmworker advocates, who argued that California remains behind other jurisdictions by allowing highly hazardous pesticides, including 1,3-dichloropropene and paraquat, and by relying on a funding structure tied to pesticide sales. Witnesses said DPR often moves too slowly on reevaluations, rarely assesses combined exposures, and does not adequately account for health, environmental, and social costs or conflicts of interest involving pest control advisors. They also described inconsistent county-level implementation, weak outreach, and confusion over whether DPR or county agricultural commissioners are responsible for enforcement, and urged faster phaseouts, tiered fees, stronger local protections, and clearer accountability. Panel three represented regulated entities and agricultural stakeholders, who supported the goals of safer pest management but stressed that California’s registration process must be more predictable, transparent, and timely. They said AB 2113’s staffing and timeline reforms were important, but backlog and delays still hinder access to newer, lower-risk products and can hurt both consumer and agricultural uses. Agricultural witnesses also emphasized the need to invest more in pest prevention, invasive species detection, extension support, farmer training, and practical incentives for sustainable pest management. No votes were taken; the hearing was informational, with members pressing witnesses on timelines, implementation, funding, and the division of responsibility between DPR and county agencies.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Task Force Jun 24th, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Task Force
Transcript Highlights:
- And three, to draft or modify legislation as necessary to effectuate the goals of finding and funding
- For legislation pertaining to substance abuse prevention and treatment.
- Are there legislative roadblocks to this integration? Is it habit? Is it reimbursement?
- Are there legislative roadblocks to this integration? Is it habit? Is it reimbursement?
- And maybe this is to legislators or to you, Dr.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee Jun 24th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Do you think private homeowners and single-family would be happy with this legislation?
- Well, I mean, your legislation is making it more complex to operate in the space.
- My name is Vince Agrew, State Legislative Director with Sheet Metal Workers Local 104.
- Hi, Jim Lindberg, Friends Committee on Legislation California, in support. Thanks.
- Committee on Legislation California, in support. Thanks.
Summary:
The committee heard several housing-related bills, beginning with SB 1003, which would create pro-housing enhanced infrastructure financing districts to help local governments fund infrastructure needed for housing developments. The author and supporters argued that infrastructure costs often prevent projects from penciling out, while the chair expressed support and said the bill would be taken up later when quorum was available. SB 1014 followed, proposing new disclosure requirements for local jurisdictions to provide good-faith estimates of on-site and off-site improvements within 30 days of application, with supporters saying it would reduce late surprises and opposition from several cities citing implementation concerns with the 30-day timelines.
The committee then took up SB 802, a Sacramento-region bill requiring a joint powers authority to coordinate housing and homelessness services. Senator Ashby and former Mayor Darrell Steinberg argued that Sacramento’s fragmented system has failed for years and that a JPA would improve accountability, coordination, and use of state funds. The bill drew broad support from local officials, service providers, business groups, and advocates, while some county and city representatives registered opposition or neutral concerns about state-mandated local governance. Several committee members said they were persuaded by the need for regional coordination, though some raised concerns about local control; the chair noted the bill would be moved when quorum allowed.
The committee also heard SB 1092 and SB 1093, both focused on mobile home park residents after disasters or park sales. SB 1092 would give residents a right of first opportunity to match a sale offer for a park, with supporters saying it protects vulnerable seniors and preserves affordable housing, while park owners and their representatives argued it would devalue property and raise constitutional and financing concerns. SB 1093 would require more transparent communication, access to property, and consideration of rebuilding or closure after a disaster; supporters cited the long uncertainty faced by Palisades residents, while opponents warned about liability, safety, and burdensome review requirements. Members split along similar lines, with some emphasizing property rights and market impacts and others stressing the need to protect residents and preserve scarce affordable housing.
MN
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- </c><00:09:07.960><c> Citizen</c> LCCMR, the Legislative Citizen LCCMR, the Legislative Citizen Commission
- are legislative extensions, These are legislative extensions, projects<00:15:48.160><c> that</c><00:
- We do send a copy of the RFP to all legislators.
- We do um have social media legislators.
Committee:
Senate Finance
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Natural Resources & Energy. (2-11-26)
Natural Resources & Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- :02:13.120><c> energy</c> legislative liaison for the energy legislative liaison for the energy environment
- </c> roles in in developing this legislation roles in in developing this legislation and<00:05:18.960
- And we have not limited the partnerships within this legislation.
- So there are alternative legislation.
- . legislation. legislation.
Committee:
Senate Natural Resources & Energy
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session Jan 27th, 2026
California Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- This legislation is not radical. This legislation does not break new legal ground.
- This legislation is not radical. This legislation does not break new legal ground.
- It is so important and so critical that we move forward this legislation.
- We're very limited in power in what we can do as state legislators. We get that.
- We're very limited power in what we can do as state legislators. We get that.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Mar 26th, 2025
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- I want you to know this is an excellent piece of legislation, and I don't want you to feel restrained
- That's the second piece that this legislation takes care of. So I can tell you that.
- Federal legislation provided $200,000 in funding to restore the Espada Aqueduct.
- This legislation, frankly, is personal for me for a number of reasons.
- So many of these people feel now they're targeted because of the legislation and this legislation.
Bills:
HB1583 , HB1775 , HB1832 , HB1836 , HB1837 , HB1866 , HB1983 , HB2029 , HB2217 , HB2318 , HB2363 , HB2486
Keywords:
mental health, emergency detention, peace officer, mental illness, prevention of harm, border security, private landowners, study and report, General Land Office, participation, controlled substances, opioid antagonists, law enforcement training, substance abuse prevention, Texas-Mexico border, criminal justice, public safety, law enforcement, National Park Service, arrest powers
AK
Alaska 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session Jun 20th, 2026 at 10:00 am
Alaska House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Will the clerk please certify the journal for the previous legislative days?
- I certify the correctness of the journal for the 23rd through the 30th legislative days of the second
- 34th Legislature of the State of Alaska into its third special session in Juneau, Alaska, and the legislative
- Speaker, what this resolution does is it allows the legislation on the governor's special session call
- Our body has done substantial work on property tax legislation thus far, and we should keep the momentum
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget Apr 20th, 2026 at 04:30 pm
Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget
Transcript Highlights:
- I believe there's a committee substitute on the legislation without objection. It's adopted.
- So, would you agree that we have to, as a legislator, feel like there should be more time to educate
- the public about one of these than the other, and so having them both in the same bill puts legislators
- House Bill 4078 is a piece of legislation that covers administrative costs for certain ARP projects,
- SB1134 is a piece of legislation.
Bills:
HB4028 , HB4029 , HB4059 , HB4063 , HB4073 , HB4074 , HB4075 , HB4076 , HB4077 , HB4078 , SB1130 , SB1131 , SB1132 , SB1133 , SB1134 , SB1142 , HB4028 , HB4029 , HB4059 , HB4063 , HB4073 , HB4074 , HB4075 , HB4076 , HB4077 , HB4078 , SB1130 , SB1131 , SB1132 , SB1133 , SB1134 , SB1142
Keywords:
tax deduction, venture capital, economic development, Oklahoma, investment, ALS, funding, healthcare, State Department of Health, emergency declaration, public finance, state budget, financial regulations, monetary policy, referendum, constitutional amendments, special election, Oklahoma legislature, public voting, recovery fund
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Formal House Session 36 Apr 15th, 2026
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Moore, legislation relative to medication administration in rest homes, severally to the Committee on
- Jalen, the legislation relative to assisted living residences in the Commonwealth. D.
- Jalen, the legislation relative to assisted living residences in the Commonwealth, and a petition of
- Moore, the legislation relative to medication administration in rest homes, severally to the Committee
- Speaker, I also join my colleague in hoping that the body support this legislation. Thank you.
Summary:
The House convened, recited the Pledge of Allegiance, and received a gubernatorial message on fiscal year 2026 supplemental appropriations, which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. The House also approved several resolutions, including honoring Abby Goodman, reaffirming Massachusetts-Taiwan friendship, recognizing the Cambodian American Khmer New Year celebration, and observing Elks National Youth Week. Senate petitions on assisted living residences and medication administration in rest homes were referred to the Committee on Aging and Independence, and the House concurred with those referrals.
The main legislative business was House Bill 5279/5375, the transportation bond bill financing long-term improvements to municipal roads and bridges. Ways and Means recommended an amended substitute bill, and the House adopted the amendment and advanced the bill to third reading. Later, the House took up the substitute bill, House 5375, and members spoke in support of the Chapter 90 transportation package, emphasizing municipal road and bridge funding, rural road mileage distribution, housing-related infrastructure, lifecycle asset management, DCR deferred maintenance, and MBTA electrified locomotives. A roll call vote was ordered, and the bill was passed to be engrossed by a vote of 155 in favor and 0 against.
The House also passed to be engrossed a bill authorizing the grant of easements or takings of certain parcels of land to the city of Boston. In addition, the chamber received the certified returns for the 5th Essex District special election and adopted an order creating a special committee to escort the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Executive Council for the swearing-in of Representative-elect Andrew Francis Robert Tarr. Tarr was then administered the oaths of office by Governor Maura Healey and seated. The House later adopted an order to adjourn and recessed until the next day at 11 a.m. in informal session.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Formal House Session 36 Apr 15th, 2026
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Moore, legislation relative to medication administration in rest homes, severally to the Committee on
- Jalen, the legislation relative to assisted living residences in the Commonwealth. D.
- Jalen, the legislation relative to assisted living residences in the Commonwealth, and a petition of
- Moore, the legislation relative to medication administration in rest homes, severally to the Committee
- Speaker, I also join my colleague in hoping that the body supports this legislation. Thank you.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Education Oversight REVISED: SB2045 - Added Apr 13th, 2026
Education Oversight
Transcript Highlights:
- Yeah, so there's actually some other legislation that deals with some of that specifically.
- But on this particular legislation, it is not. It is not done by the free speech committee.
- Each institution would come up with... ...legislation, it is not.
- I don't think that would apply under this legislation. Thank you.
- thank you for follow-up is there a cap apply under this legislation.
Bills:
SB710 , SB843 , SB1317 , SB1338 , SB1410 , SB1477 , SB1489 , SB1593 , SB1614 , SB1630 , SB1632 , SB1633 , SB1670 , SB1726 , SB1734 , SB1725 , SB1735 , SB1894 , SB1975 , SB346 , SB2045
Committee:
House Education Oversight
Keywords:
teacher preparation, teacher education, teacher shortage, teacher workforce, educator pipeline, alternative certification, apprenticeship, residency program, paraprofessional pathway, high school to teacher pathway, nontraditional teacher candidates, Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability, TeachForwardOK, higher education, public school districts, workforce development, grant program, technical assistance provider, mastery-based assessment, emergency clause
Summary:
The committee heard and advanced a long series of education-related bills, including measures on school board nepotism rules (SB 843), preserving the Ag in the Classroom program in statute (SB 1410), shifting oversight of technology centers to the State Board of Career and Technology Education (SB 1735), teacher certification and hiring transparency (SB 346), AP exam access (SB 1975), in-state tuition alignment with federal law after a consent judgment (SB 1633), teacher professional development caps (SB 1894), portability of career teacher status between districts (SB 1317), recess requirements and discipline limits (SB 2045), expanding the Teach Forward Program (SB 710), limiting concurrent enrollment to students 21 and under (SB 1477), special education training and parent-record review rights (SB 1489), a teacher induction program for new and emergency-certified teachers (SB 1614), graduate-level teacher training requirements (SB 1726), career assessment test selection and credit transfer authority (SB 1632), OSU-Tulsa governance changes (SB 1593), virtual days for certain high school students not taking the ACT (SB 1630), R&D rebate modernization (SB 1670), AI guardrails in schools (SB 1734), and security fees for student organizations that cannot be based on viewpoint or content (SB 1725). Several bills drew brief questions, especially SB 1633, SB 1489, SB 1477, SB 1614, SB 1726, and SB 1725, but no substantive opposition was recorded beyond a few nay votes on some measures.
Most bills were moved by due pass motions and approved by voice or roll-call votes, often unanimously or near-unanimously. Notable recorded opposition included SB 1633 and SB 1725, each passing with a few nays, and SB 1726 passing 7-2. SB 1338 was laid over until Wednesday. The meeting concluded with notice of another committee meeting scheduled for Wednesday at 9 a.m., and the committee adjourned.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate has already announced that they are doing legislation.
- I think it was this week I saw that they are doing legislation with regards to NIL.
- Just introduction, Mark Harris, Idaho State Senate, Legislative District 35.
- There are two legislative tasks we have to do per subsection 40-1310 and also subsection 40-2301.
- He said that would make them better as a legislative body, particularly for this committee.
Committee:
House State Affairs