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NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Taxation and Revenue Feb 18th, 2026 at 08:43 am

House Taxation & Revenue

Transcript Highlights:
  • For employers who already fund a large share of New Mexico's budget.
  • And what that means is extreme increases in utility bills.
  • But how much does it cost the state in our funded vacancies and our retention rates?
  • Protection Fund, the Emergency Medical Services Fund, the Law Enforcement Protection Fund, and the Local
  • Transportation Projects Fund.
Bills: SB240
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Feb 18th, 2026

Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • public or private vertiports if federal funds are not available.
  • If federal funds are available, FDOT may fund up to 80% of the...
  • If federal funds are available, FDOT may fund up to 80% of the non-federal share of the project costs
  • Kiarra Nixon from Equal Ground Action Fund is waving against.
  • relief trust fund, risk mitigation trust fund, by Senator Wright.
Bills: S0174 , S1342 , S1334 , S1362 , S1602 , S1604
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Alcohol, Tobacco and Controlled Substances REVISED: HB3530 - Added Feb 11th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Alcohol, Tobacco and Controlled Substances

OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Alcohol, Tobacco and Controlled Substances REVISED: HB3530 - Added Feb 11th, 2026

Alcohol, Tobacco and Controlled Substances

Transcript Highlights:
  • currently in statute and replaces that with a fee to be collected by OMMA and sets up a revolving fund
  • I cap the fund at $5 million, so anything over that would head to general. allow a $2,000 fee, which
  • Does it accumulate like a super fund of where something is more than $2,000 that needs to be reclaimed
  • I cap the fund at $5 million, so anything over that would head to general.
  • We capped the fund at $5 million, so anything over that would head to general revenue.
Summary: The committee considered several alcohol, marijuana, nicotine, and ABLE Commission bills. House Bill 3011 was amended to clarify that home beer brewing would not be taxed if the beer is not being sold, and then passed by recorded vote. House Bill 3143, extending the moratorium on marijuana licenses, and House Bill 3144, adding a cap to prevent a large number of licenses if the moratorium is lifted, both passed. House Bill 3881, creating a regulatory framework for alternative nicotine products including e-liquids and vape products, passed after a question clarified it does not apply to medical marijuana vapes. The committee also advanced House Bill 3519, which replaces the current bond requirement for abandoned grow sites with an annual $2,000 fee paid to OMMA, creates a revolving fund capped at $5 million for cleanup costs, and waives the fee after five consecutive years of ownership in the same name as the license. Members discussed how the fund would be used and whether it was protected from legislative sweeps. House Bill 3522, requested by the Restaurant Association, requires the ABLE Commission to report its disciplinary actions annually and passed unanimously. Finally, House Bill 3530, with a committee substitute adopted as the working draft, sets timelines for ABLE licensees to produce requested documents. It also passed by recorded vote. The meeting then adjourned.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Ethics and Elections Jan 28th, 2026

Ethics and Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • Lastly, Section 14 prohibits the use of state funds to purchase or deploy surveillance or security cameras
Bills: S1622 , S1178
Summary: The committee met with a quorum present and first took up Senate Bill 1178, the Foreign Interference Restriction and Enforcement Act, sponsored by Senator Garcia. The bill would expand state restrictions on foreign countries of concern and designated foreign terrorist organizations, including creating a state registration framework for foreign agents, banning gifts to public officials from covered foreign entities, requiring ethics training on foreign influence, tightening procurement limits for information technology and critical infrastructure, restricting sister-city/sister-state encouragement, revising linkage institute rules and tuition provisions, and criminalizing certain conduct tied to foreign governments or unauthorized enforcement of foreign law. Members asked extensive questions about how the bill would affect election technology, software development, federal foreign-agent registration, educational exchanges, and the treatment of organizations such as CARE; the sponsor said the bill focused on ownership/control and foreign countries of concern, not specific components or general participation in events. An amendment by Senator Grall was adopted to clarify definitions, align penalties with willful violations, and specify that new ethics training content is additive. The committee then heard supportive testimony from Kelly Curry of State Armor and Rob Pierce of American Global Strategies, both of whom argued the bill would help Florida counter foreign influence, protect data and infrastructure, and improve transparency. CS for SB 1178 was reported favorably by roll call vote. The committee then considered Senate Bill 1622, which provides a one-time waiver of the automatic fine for a late-filed financial disclosure under specified conditions, including that the filer submitted the disclosure before the maximum fine accrued and had not previously received such a waiver. Carrie Stillman of the Commission on Ethics testified in support, saying the bill preserves transparency and compliance goals while making the fine and appeals process more workable. The bill was reported favorably by roll call vote. Finally, the committee took up confirmation hearings for appointments in tabs 3 through 26. No separate votes were requested, no public testimony was offered, and the block of appointees was recommended favorably to the full Senate by roll call vote. The meeting then concluded with no further business.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Finance Jan 21st, 2026

Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • The bond debt is repaid by a state road fund and highway infrastructure fund, including federal revenue
  • We also have a local road fund. We also have federal funds that may be available.
  • Fund county government funds, the County Road Funds, Municipal Street Funds, and then a County and Municipal
  • Government Fund.
  • like from the general fund, there's less pressure in the transportation sector at least to fund state
Bills: SB2
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • , abbreviated commonly as the SRFs, which fund asset management planning that can help utilities better
  • The shifting landscape of funding opportunities available to utilities, combined with the unmet funding
  • this long-term funding gap.
  • be funded through... ...programs outside of the new water supply fund.
  • so that all eight programs of the Texas Water Fund, including the new Water Supply Fund, can be funded
Bills: HB3077 , HJR2 , HJR7 , HJR7
Committee: Senate Finance
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 3/18/25

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
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Bills: HF2274 , HF1932
Committee: House Taxes
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Finance Committee 2/18/25

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:43:53.720><c> with</c><00:43:53.920><c> no</c> Dedicated funds with no oversight.
  • </c><00:50:24.880><c> the</c> funds with no oversight from the funds with no oversight from the legislature
  • We risk losing a lot of oversight and accountability for the use of state funds and consistent expectations
  • Diverting funding from the EDI Center to a new office means that staffing for oversight and administration
  • Diverting funding from the EDI Center to a new office means that staffing for oversight and administration
Bills: HF6 , HF52 , HF53
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Feb 17th, 2026

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • We are creating the fund so the department has the ability to be flexible.
  • We are creating the fund so the department has the ability to be flexible and administer it best for
Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer, and recognized the Doctor of the Day, Dr. Rachel Franklin, along with several student pages and visiting groups in the galleries, including Catholic home educators, Leadership Moore, and ALS advocates. The ALS introduction highlighted the disease’s effects and the need for awareness and support. The chamber then took up several bills. Senate Bill 392 reestablished the Oklahoma Strategic Military Planning Commission through 2030 to support military installations and related planning, and it passed 47-0 with emergency status. Senate Bill 985 codified the local food for schools program and gave the Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry more flexibility to administer it; members discussed its benefits for school nutrition and local producers, and it also passed 47-0. Senate Bill 1265 extended the deadline for municipalities to publish ordinances from 15 to 30 days due to the decline of daily and weekly newspapers, and it passed 47-0. Senate Bill 1283 updated probate law so out-of-state executors, administrators, or guardians must appoint an agent in Oklahoma rather than in the county where the case is heard, and it passed 47-0. Senate Bill 1441 made it unlawful to knowingly fly a drone over critical infrastructure below 400 feet or into the structure, with penalties aligned to physical trespass, and it also passed 47-0. The Senate then made several committee and devotional announcements before adjourning until Wednesday, February 18, 2026, at 1:30 p.m.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Natural Resources May 21st, 2025

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • is the bill we previously heard from Representative Slauson related to the dissolution of a public utility
  • Senate Bill 1855 is intended to rectify these ambiguities and oversights.
  • When those developments go in, we utilize the U.T. EGCD, which Mr.
  • Without a formal agreement process and dedicated funding mechanisms for these initiatives, the district's
  • documented costs incurred by the district for legal, engineering, and administrative review, construction oversight
Bills: SB612 , SB1855 , SB2568 , SB3058 , HB49
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 05-01-2026 06:30pm

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Report No. 27, final reading of Senate Bill 2398, Conference Draft 1, relating to residential housing utilities
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

House Chamber - Fri May 1, 2026, 6:30PM HST - Day 56

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

RM 325 Conference PM - Fri May 1, 2026

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

RM 329 Conference AM - Fri May 1, 2026

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

RM 325 Conference AM - Fri May 1, 2026

Hawaii House Floor Meeting