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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 2/25/26

Public Safety Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • and hundreds of millions of dollars of restitution being wiped out.
  • <00:49:04.319> they hearing some of the stories of what they hearing some of the stories of
  • of Corrections, the former executive director of Violence Free Minnesota, and a longtime domestic violence
  • > and director of Violence Free Minnesota and director of Violence Free Minnesota and a<01:00:
  • of the Department of is Liz Richard of the Department of Corrections<01:00:45.760> Victims<01:
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/12/25

Agriculture Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • She said the bill falls short of meeting the needs of farmers today.
  • He said you are in direct control of this budget that is in front of us today, and one of the few things
  • <00:26:04.840> the<00:26:05.080> few of us today and in this one of the few of us today
  • <00:31:24.000> that<00:31:24.120> we're of of guiding to consensus that we're of of
  • all of us safe.
Bills: HF1704, HF2052
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 04-10-2026 11:30am

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:02:30.840> the And Trina Wong, board member of the And Trina Wong, board member of the
  • Then in 2025, Pono earned an opportunity of a lifetime: a spot on the United States Deaf Golf Association
  • proud of.
  • opportunity of a lifetime. opportunity of a lifetime.
  • Third reading of House Bill 1678, Senate House Draft 1, relating to associations.
Bills: SB1432, SB2024, SB2043, SB2060, SB2069, SB2153, SB2259, SB2319, SB2321, SB2338, SB2360, SB2396, SB2405, SB2407, SB2544, SB2550, SB2552, SB2578, SB2580, SB2607, SB2614, SB2671, SB2800, SB2805, SB2816, SB2835, SB2877, SB2892, SB2928, SB2934, SB3063, SB3199, SB3233, SB3325, HCR8, HCR10, HCR11, HCR13, HCR14, HCR18, HCR19, HCR22, HCR24, HCR31, HCR32, HCR33, HCR35, HCR54, HCR62, HCR63, HCR66, HCR67, HCR82, HCR83, HCR85, HCR91, HCR93, HCR94, HCR96, HCR98, HCR102, HCR104, HCR105, HCR106, HCR110, HCR111, HCR116, HCR117, HCR118, HCR121, HCR122, HCR123, HCR124, HCR125, HCR127, HCR128, HCR137, HCR139, HCR140, HCR141, HCR144, HCR146, HCR162, HCR165, HCR166, HCR173, HCR178, HCR179, HCR180, HCR181, HCR182, HCR185, HCR189, HCR191, HCR192, HCR193, HCR194, HCR200, HCR202, HCR6, HCR36, HCR42, HCR43, HCR44, HCR53, HCR57, HCR61, HCR64, HCR69, HCR84, HCR101, HCR103, HCR107, HCR112, HCR126, HCR136, HCR154, HCR161, HCR175, HCR186, HCR187, HCR188, HCR197, HCR203, HCR204, HCR206, HB1870, HB1588, HB2429, HB2386, HB2583, HB2361, HB2270, HB2137, HB1643, HB1682, HB1692, HB2078, HB1553, HB1667, HB1700, HB1728, HB2293, HB2096, HB1959, HB1511, HB1961, HB1858, HB1897, HB2088, HB2093, HB2279, HB2314, HB2505, HB2433, HB963, HB1705, HB1550, HB469, HB1334, HB1710, HB1737, HB1753, HB1881, HB2309, HB1713, HB1741, HB2062, HB463, HB1839, HB1664, HB2455, HB2417, HB1898, HB1573, HB1768, HB1962, HB2101, HB1782, HB2033, HB1518, HB1642, HB1752, HB2097, HB2282, HB1696, HB1823, HB1886, HB2152, HB2413, HB2503, HB1875, HB1519, HB1509, HB1628, HB1810, HB1990, HB2023, HB2540, HB1679, HB1888, HB2576, HB2592
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 04-09-2026 11:30am

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • is on page 34 and 35 of the order of the is on page 34 and 35 of the order of the day. day. day.
  • One of them is except couple of words.
  • Termination of birth, termination of having a baby has nothing to do with prolonging of anything else
  • There's no free lumpia, is what I would tell the majority members of the caucus.
  • There's no free lumpia, is what I would tell the majority members of the caucus.
Bills: SB1432, SB2024, SB2043, SB2060, SB2069, SB2153, SB2259, SB2319, SB2321, SB2338, SB2360, SB2396, SB2405, SB2407, SB2544, SB2550, SB2552, SB2578, SB2580, SB2607, SB2614, SB2671, SB2800, SB2805, SB2816, SB2835, SB2877, SB2892, SB2928, SB2934, SB3063, SB3199, SB3233, SB3325, HCR8, HCR10, HCR11, HCR13, HCR14, HCR18, HCR19, HCR22, HCR24, HCR31, HCR32, HCR33, HCR35, HCR54, HCR62, HCR63, HCR66, HCR67, HCR82, HCR83, HCR85, HCR91, HCR93, HCR94, HCR96, HCR98, HCR102, HCR104, HCR105, HCR106, HCR110, HCR111, HCR116, HCR117, HCR118, HCR121, HCR122, HCR123, HCR124, HCR125, HCR127, HCR128, HCR137, HCR139, HCR140, HCR141, HCR144, HCR146, HCR162, HCR165, HCR166, HCR173, HCR178, HCR179, HCR180, HCR181, HCR182, HCR185, HCR189, HCR191, HCR192, HCR193, HCR194, HCR200, HCR202, HCR6, HCR36, HCR42, HCR43, HCR44, HCR53, HCR57, HCR61, HCR64, HCR69, HCR84, HCR101, HCR103, HCR107, HCR112, HCR126, HCR136, HCR154, HCR161, HCR175, HCR186, HCR187, HCR188, HCR197, HCR203, HCR204, HCR206, HB1870, HB1588, HB2429, HB2386, HB2583, HB2361, HB2270, HB2137, HB1643, HB1682, HB1692, HB2078, HB1553, HB1667, HB1700, HB1728, HB2293, HB2096, HB1959, HB1511, HB1961, HB1858, HB1897, HB2088, HB2093, HB2279, HB2314, HB2505, HB2433, HB963, HB1705, HB1550, HB469, HB1334, HB1710, HB1737, HB1753, HB1881, HB2309, HB1713, HB1741, HB2062, HB463, HB1839, HB1664, HB2455, HB2417, HB1898, HB1573, HB1768, HB1962, HB2101, HB1782, HB2033, HB1518, HB1642, HB1752, HB2097, HB2282, HB1696, HB1823, HB1886, HB2152, HB2413, HB2503, HB1875, HB1519, HB1509, HB1628, HB1810, HB1990, HB2023, HB2540, HB1679, HB1888, HB2576, HB2592
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Commerce and Economic Development Oversight Apr 14th, 2026 at 03:00 pm

Commerce & Economic Development Oversight

Transcript Highlights:
  • of 12 times.
  • With 10 aye, 4 nay, we will declare your bill out of committee. Bill out of committee.
  • This is part of the agreed-upon bundle of bills involving prescription drugs this session.
  • This is part of the agreed-upon bundle of bills involving prescription drugs this session.
  • of Tesla.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Special Committee April 14, 2020

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Keywords: HI Senate YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSIdBG_2FU8, 2026-07-02T01:22:43+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, This recording was previously aired on "Olelo on April 14, 2020. Footage courtesy of Olelo Community Agenda The special committee will convene to assess and advise the Senate regarding the State of Hawaii's COVID-19 plans and procedures to include, but not limited to: 1) Confirm the development of the state departmental plans and procedures; 2) Review and assess current state departmental plans and procedures; 3) Review and assess whether state departmental plans and procedures are properly and timely implemented to safeguard public health and safety; and 4) To communicate and disseminate information obtained therefrom. The special committee will be meeting with the following: 11:00 a.m. Office of the Attorney General Ms. Clare Connors, Attorney General 11:45 a.m. Department of Labor and Industrial Relations Mr. Scott Murakami, Director 12:30 p.m. Department of Transportation – Airports Division Mr. Ross Higashi, Deputy Director 1:15 p.m. Department of Health Dr. Bruce Anderson, Director Please note that there may be committee members or invited speakers participating remotely via video or teleconference. The meeting will be available for live viewing on Olelo Channel 49 on Oahu and will go out live for pick up by neighbor island public access channels. No public testimony will be accepted. Meeting of the Special Committee Senate State of Hawaii COVID-19 Tuesday, April 14, 2020 If you require special assistance, please call 586-6800 or email your request to waysandmeans@capitol.hawaii.gov. -End of Agenda-, 912, senate, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Apr 15th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • of doctor or nurse of the day, correction of the previous day's journals, House and Senate bills, a
  • Presently, he serves as the resident member of the Oklahoma Osteopathic Association Board of Trustees
  • Next to him is Darrell Wootton, who is the leader of the Assemblies of God in Oklahoma.
  • Third reading of the bill.
  • There are thousands of them across the state of Oklahoma.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • We partnered with the Home Builders Association of Kentucky to really study the current housing situation
  • Association of Kentucky to really study Association of Kentucky to really study the<00:02:50.720>
  • > Homebuilders The National Association of Homebuilders The National Association of Homebuilders
  • of the income spectrum, and then the free market takes care of itself at the upper end.
  • and then the free market takes spectrum and then the free market takes care<01:14:54.560> of<
Summary: The Kentucky Housing Task Force met and heard first from the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, which presented findings from a housing study done with the Home Builders Association. The chamber said housing is now a major economic-development issue, citing survey results that 90% of community leaders said their region could not absorb a major job announcement and 66% said housing is holding back Kentucky’s economy. The chamber described Kentucky’s housing shortage, rising home prices, declining permits since 2008, and the need for more production to support growth. It urged policy changes including zoning and land-use reform, tax incentives, regional approaches, and especially a residential infrastructure fund modeled on Indiana’s low-interest loan program to help communities finance roads and other infrastructure needed for new housing. Members asked about the severity of the problem, workforce shortages in permitting and construction, the loan interest rate, repayment, and whether Kentucky could replicate Indiana’s results; the witness said the issue is a crisis and that the program would be a revolving public-private partnership, likely around 3% interest, with implementation details still to be worked out. The Kentucky Bankers Association then testified that the housing gap is especially acute for households at 80% of area median income and below, which it said represents about 70% of Kentucky’s housing need. It emphasized that the shortage affects both urban and rural counties and pointed to examples such as Rowan County, where workers at major employers must commute long distances because local housing is unavailable or unaffordable. The bankers said high interest rates remain a major barrier and proposed a $20 million bank commitment for a revolving fund tied to tax credits to finance new housing, not refinances. They cited Hope of the Midwest as an example of a successful tax-credit housing model with a long track record and no defaults, and said the proposal would leverage public-private partnerships to create new units. Committee members questioned how the proposed fund would compare with industrial revenue bonds and whether it could be structured like Kentucky’s tobacco settlement fund, with seed money, a review board, scoring criteria, and possible population thresholds to ensure smaller communities benefit. The bankers said the proposal would be another tool for cities and counties, specifically tied to residential infrastructure, and that larger cities should not be able to capture all of the resources. No formal votes or actions were taken during this portion of the meeting.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/12/26

Human Services Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • At the age of 19, I was convicted of a crime of robbery with a deadly weapon in Maryland.
  • I share some of this state of Minnesota.
  • c> off<00:13:20.560> of<00:13:21.360> what's poses a risk of harm based off of what's
  • country of rule of laws. We set those. country of rule of laws. We set those.
  • service consequence of um cessation of service consequence of um cessation of service for<01:34:45.040
Bills: HF3174, HF3800
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • This is the credentials of value.
  • the cost of their education.
  • these that are part of our culture, part of our community, and are very valuable and needing higher
  • just for the record, can you explain that credential of value in just kind of lay terms?
  • And there's never been a report of any impropriety or any misuse of funds in this process.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Education Feb 4th, 2026 at 09:06 am

Senate Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Music Supports the cultural interests of a large portion of the state of New Mexico.
  • on behalf of Stan Rounds and the New Mexico School Superintendents Association.
  • I very much recognize that, and having been with the president of the New Mexico School Board Association
  • I feel that because of Just the size of some of the largest school districts.
  • Of kind of changing that structure of having more of a city manager structure, city-run government, kind
Bills: SB194, SB200, SB203, SB204, SJR3
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Education Feb 4th, 2026 at 08:33 am

House Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • So there's a lot of situations.
  • There's a lot of brain issues involved.
  • I know for me personally, we're kind of steering away from anything that really shows any of their knowledge
  • accent, any sort of speech impediment, any sort of... and sometimes a soft voice they couldn't hear
  • Now they do get a different perspective of, "I'm not just playing when I'm here; it is a lot of listening
Bills: SB194, SB200, SB203, SB204, SJR3
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Legislative Session Day 19 (2-3-26)

Kentucky House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • is the orders of Next order of business is the orders of the<00:06:43.759> day.
  • /c> No one under the age of 21 years of old No one under the age of 21 years of old may<00:17:37.120>
  • That's different types of uh of smokes.
  • equity<00:33:41.440> and director of the division of equity and director of the division of
  • > color preparation of young citizens of color preparation of young citizens of color for<00:34:15.679
Summary: The House convened, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, recorded 95 members present, approved the prior journal, and received notice from the Senate that Senate Bills 1 and 3 had passed and were sent over for concurrence. Committee reports advanced a number of bills on housing, local purchasing, health care credentials, postsecondary education, school bus safety, special license plates, milk transportation, veteran PTSD treatment, and the Kentucky Fire Commission, with several reported with committee substitutes. The chamber then considered House Bill 169 on coverage for feeding or eating disorders. The sponsor explained that the bill addresses insurance coverage decisions tied to body mass index by requiring BMI to be considered alongside another factor, such as depression, anxiety, or family circumstances, and said the committee substitute clarified that one factor alone could not control the decision. The substitute was adopted, and the bill passed 95-0. House Bill 393, which updates the Alzheimer’s and related dementias council, adds a caregiver seat, and requires an annual action project including an early detection toolkit, also passed unanimously, 95-0. House Bill 194, relating to cigar bars, drew the most discussion. The sponsor said the bill does not repeal existing smoke-free ordinances, but creates a narrow exemption for tightly defined cigar bars, with a 25% gross revenue threshold from cigar-related sales, age restrictions, local permitting options, smoke containment requirements, and signage. Members asked about local authority, other tobacco products, and whether the bill could affect smoking bans; supporters emphasized the narrow scope and personal choice, while opponents said their districts’ smoking bans and constituent concerns led them to vote no. The bill passed 69-24. The House then applied the clincher and moved to announcements, including committee schedule notices, a Small Business Day event, receptions, and citations recognizing National School Counseling Week, the KBLC Black History Celebration, and memorializing Brandy Engles.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Constitution, Campaigns and Elections Committee Apr 30th, 2025

Constitution, Campaigns and Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • So, that's what led to all of this. They just wanted to say you can't.
  • We do carry this before the poll workers and they're aware of this.
  • So technically, this is already the rule of law, right?
Bills: SB142, SB158
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health Finance and Policy Committee 2/23/26

Health Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
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  • Um, second reason is the reasons that Chair Pinto mentioned at the beginning of the long association.
  • <00:53:14.000> I<00:53:14.160> was<00:53:14.319> a of the long association.
  • I was a of the long association.
  • of uh of this been strongly in favor of uh of this kind<00:53:56.319> of<00:53:56.559> licensing