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TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Education Apr 29th, 2025

Public Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Members, this is a fairly straightforward piece of legislation.
  • We are spending precious legislative time toward the end of this legislative session on a bill called
  • I would, I don't know. what's going to happen with this legislation.
  • Thank you very Thank you so much for your service. Appreciate it.
  • He then goes as president three months later when he's in office.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Education Apr 29th, 2025

Public Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • The current legislation allows for proper detachment by resolution. or a petition duly validated by the
  • Three board members discussed the possibility of legal and rightful legislation in order to consider
  • If this is a stopgap bill, why not address the original legislation as it is?
  • It was simply a concept that was allowed legally under the existing legislation.
  • Yes, there's some ambiguity in the current legislation, but this does not need to overlay with additional
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Ways and Means Committee 4/24/25

Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • The funding is coming from the Driver and Vehicle Services operating account.
  • titles and motor service, fuel tax, driver's license, training schools.
  • Um then uh on child protective services.
  • Indian families and for the foster youth ombuds office as well.
  • Indian families and for the foster youth ombuds office as well.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

WAL Public Hearing - Thu Feb 5, 2026 @ 9:00 AM HST

Water & Land

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  • to go through national park service. to go through national park service.
  • office and the tribe. office and the tribe.
  • relating to civil service exemptions. relating to civil service exemptions.
  • strong favor of the legislation strong favor of the legislation um<01:45:15.199> to<01:45
  • Um chair's service exemptions.
Summary: The committee first heard HB 1527 relating to gambling. The chair outlined hearing rules, including a two-minute limit and a warning that bills not heard would die. Testimony was overwhelmingly in support from a prosecutor, Honolulu Police Department, and Stop Predatory Gambling, all arguing that casinos and sports betting increase crime, sex trafficking, harassment of athletes, and broader social harm. No opposition testimony was presented, and the committee moved on without questions or action taken on the bill. The committee then heard HB 1823 relating to coastal zone management and HB 2490 relating to coastal resilience. For HB 1823, DLNR, the Office of Planning, and Maui County testified, with Maui County supporting the measure and its proposed amendments. For HB 2490, DLNR expressed concern about exempting a proposed Mokuji Bay pilot project from permits and regulation before a long-term plan is finalized, while the County of Maui, the Mokuji Soto Zen Mission, and the Office of Planning supported the bill as a coastal resilience pilot. The mission described severe erosion, sea-level rise impacts, and years of unsuccessful efforts to stabilize the shoreline; its consultant said the study is leaning toward nature-based and hybrid solutions. In questioning, members and DLNR discussed whether the bill should say the project “shall” or “may” be exempt, and the chair indicated the language would be adjusted to preserve DLNR discretion and to change the lead agency reference to OPSD. No vote was taken in the transcript. Finally, the committee took up HB 2223 relating to historic preservation reviews. SHPD said it stood on its written comments, while OPSD and DHHL supported the bill. DHHL argued the measure would streamline reviews, improve transparency, and help address long wait times for its projects, saying it could alleviate burden on SHPD and better serve beneficiaries. Representative Shimizu questioned whether the bill would create redundancy and expand government rather than strengthen SHPD, noting a separate staffing bill already exists. SHPD responded that DHHL is uniquely subject to 6E review and that the bill would not waive federal or state historic review requirements; the discussion also touched on possible federal-style grant support and the existing memorandum of agreement between SHPD and DHHL. The transcript ends during questioning, with no final committee action shown.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • The membership of the House from the floor leader's office said measures are considered read for the
  • This right, she is the OSU Partner Board scholarship recipient and a FCCLA state officer.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • Members have been taking their oaths of office, and said oaths having been filed in the office of the
  • To my cabinet members, thank you for your service to our great state.
  • Thank you for returning to state service to help me complete Oklahoma's turnaround.
  • When I ran for office, I promised Oklahomans a $2 billion savings account.
  • A new candidate runs for that office, promising parents a new solution.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Apr 9th, 2025

Ways and Means General Fund

Transcript Highlights:
  • We're actually trying to legislation.
  • We're not talking about police officers, right?
  • That's how I got into the fire service.
  • I'm trying to read through the legislation. It may be around the legislation.
  • You're saying that individuals who were law enforcement officers should have... officers should have
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Feb 19th, 2025

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • What this bill does is deal with the prosecutor attorney advised in a law enforcement office.
  • . to help Law Enforcement Officers, so that's what this bill does.
  • We have an office in Hoover, Alabama.
  • In fact, when I called Legislative Services, I said...
  • When I called Legislative Services, I said I don't see it.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

House in Session Apr 23rd, 2025

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • She did not only create this piece of legislation but Several pieces of legislation to address the issues
  • or not getting services.
  • Even after leaving elected office, His commitment to service never stopped.
  • By Health and Human Services...
  • Legislation.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Apr 23rd, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • service, and achievement.
  • in lieu of other state Medicaid plan services.
  • providing health care services to rural counties.
  • So House Bill 18 directs the Health and Human Services Commission to appoint a new State Office of Rural
  • , for delivering those. services to rural Texans.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 4/15/26

Public Safety Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • We heard the bill last week, and the Legislative Auditor's office provided testimony on the bill.
  • services unit focused specifically on managing and responding to threats against state legislators.
  • <00:46:31.280> services<00:46:31.840> unit dedicated legislative services unit dedicated
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NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Agriculture, Acequias And Water Resources Feb 3rd, 2026 at 09:03 am

House Agriculture, Acequias And Water Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • to us, Our officers go out to the place where the horse or equine is.
  • The problem is legislative authorization; we have to sit and wait.
  • So, what this bill does is it gives us a pause on legislative authorization.
  • And I know this legislative body supports rural development.
  • It matters when you guys step forward and support this kind of legislation.
Bills: HM26, HB243, HB109
ND

North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session

Joint Appropriations Jan 21st, 2026 at 12:30 pm

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • legislation, legislators to be able to adjust to the many needs of the state.
  • and ensuring access to essential services.
  • We've talked about this: myself and the Governor's Office, OMB, and the Department of Emergency Services
  • The Legislative Assembly, Legislative Council, Supreme Court, and the university system are not included
  • The Tax Commissioner shall report to the Office of Management and Budget and the Legislative Council
Bills: HB1623
Summary: The committee first heard House Bill 1624, the “Universal Lunch Bill,” from Rep. Mike Nathie. He argued the proposal should be placed in Century Code rather than the Constitution so future legislatures can adjust it if state finances tighten, and said the bill would start the program a year earlier with a $65 million appropriation for one school year. DPI testified that the estimate did not include nonpublic schools that do not participate, and members questioned the impact on Title I, free-and-reduced applications, private-school accountability, breakfast mandates for schools that do not currently serve breakfast, and whether the funding could come from the DPI budget or other sources. Supporters, including North Dakota United, the North Dakota Catholic Conference, a pediatrician, and the American Heart Association, said universal meals improve student health and learning, reduce family costs, and are better handled in statute than by constitutional amendment. No opposition testimony was offered, and the chair closed the hearing for later work-session action. The committee then took up House Bill 1627, introduced by Rep. Tye Dressler, which would raise the income threshold for the state-funded school lunch program from 225% to 300% of poverty, with an estimated cost of about $7 million for 2026-27. Dressler said the bill is intended as a targeted, budget-friendly alternative to the ballot measure and emphasized that the state should maximize federal meal dollars while improving participation in the current program. Members questioned whether raising the threshold would actually increase utilization, whether a dollar amount would be clearer than a percentage, and how the change would affect federal reimbursements and application rates. DPI said it could quickly calculate additional percentage levels, and the chair closed the hearing, directing DPI to prepare more numbers for the work session. Finally, the committee opened Senate Bill 2403, presented by Sen. Schiable, to create a short-term bridge-loan program for financially distressed hospitals, centered on Jacobson Memorial Hospital in Elgin. The bill would authorize up to $5 million per loan, with a $10 million appropriation available on a first-come, first-served basis, and would run only through June 30, 2027. Schiable said the hospital’s debt and operating problems threaten local health care, ambulance service, and the community’s economy, and that the proposal was designed narrowly with Bank of North Dakota review to avoid creating a broad precedent. Committee members asked whether the appropriation could be reduced and whether the bank would still apply commercial feasibility and repayment standards; Schiable said yes, the bank would still evaluate the loan and could reject it if it was not sound.
ND

North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session

Joint Appropriations Jan 21st, 2026 at 10:30 am

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Understanding this, legislative leaders met with the Department of Health and Human Services lead proponent
  • legislative input into the After that meeting, legislative leadership met with Governor Armstrong on
  • , the Office of Management and Budget, the Department of Human Services, or the Centers for Medicare
  • and Medicaid Services.
  • Multiple service lines. We serve 65,000 square miles, right? Multiple service lines.
Bills: HB1623
Summary: The committee heard House Bill 1623, the appropriations bill tied to North Dakota’s Rural Health Transformation Program, which is funded through a new federal rural health care grant. Senator Bekkedahl explained the bill’s background, the interim committee process that developed it, and the federal conditions attached to the award, including spending deadlines, administrative cost limits, and restrictions on uses such as new construction, supplanting existing funding, and certain other costs. Legislative staff then walked through the seven sections of the bill, including appropriation authority, transfer authority, contingent appropriations for pass-through grants, procurement and public improvement exemptions, recipient reporting, legislative reporting, and immediate effective date. Commissioner Traynor and HHS staff described how the department plans to implement the program, emphasizing that the funding is intended to improve rural access, workforce recruitment and retention, technology and data connectivity, and community health initiatives. They said the department will rely on local applications, technical assistance, templates, listening sessions, and partnerships with providers, schools, public health units, tribal entities, and other community groups. Members asked about reimbursement timing, upfront costs, administrative expenses, sustainability after the five-year grant period, and whether CTE centers, public health units, gyms, grocery stores, and other community partners could participate; the department said yes, within program rules and with a focus on measurable outcomes and sustainability. Several supporters testified in favor. Mental Health America of North Dakota and the Mental Health Advocacy Network supported the bill and urged investment in community-based mental health, crisis response, children’s services, peer support, and mobile crisis teams. HIA Health described the grant as a chance to expand home-based and hospice care, noting that rural providers already have workable models but need funding to scale them. A cybersecurity representative also supported the bill, warning that the large amount of health data and AI-related tools will require strong data protection and professional support. The hearing was closed with no opposition testimony, and the committee announced it would return later in the day for further work on the bill and other measures.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Education Finance Committee 4/1/25

Education Finance

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  • Universal meals it was Food Service Universal meals it was Food Service workers<00:39:50.119>
  • Thank you, Chair. leaving them in the Food Service fund um leaving them in the Food Service fund um and
  • there's a cleanup time from the office there's a cleanup time from the office staff<01:32:05.280
  • whatever the reason is then the office whatever the reason is then the office staff<01:32:12.800
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Corrections Apr 9th, 2025

Corrections

Transcript Highlights:
  • And so maybe we're trusting them — correctional officers or trusting their fellow correctional officers
  • It's a more costly way to deliver services.
  • Department of Criminal Justice Correctional Officers.
  • House Bill 1828 authorizes a correctional officer employed by TDCJ to only withdraw time from the legislative
  • This legislative leave pool program will provide much-needed support for correctional officers, allowing
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Health Mar 31st, 2025

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • To give perspective, we have 24 officers that are dedicated, but I only have four female officers. in
  • We have a total of 24 officers in our unit, with only four being female. female officers that are in
  • changed through the Department of State Health Services that were not able to be changed through legislation
  • Now, you're not in a county my size with five EMS services right now—five volunteer services.
  • for all the work that he and his office did this summer and over the last year to get this legislation