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MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Agriculture Feb 3rd, 2026

Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • Representative Job. Here. Bucick. Clemens. Here. Deal. Here. Deernell. Here. Farnon. Here. Fuchs.
  • Representatives, Job? Aye. Music? Aye. Clemens? Aye. Deal? Aye. You're now? Present. Elliot? Aye.
  • provide much-needed markets for corn farmers and give back to the communities they call home, providing jobs
  • The first is that rail programs drive investment and job creation.
  • When the business locates in our service territory, it creates jobs for our members.
Summary: The Agriculture Committee first established a quorum and then went into executive session, where it voted House Bill 24-22 do pass by a vote of 18 ayes, 0 noes, and 1 present. The committee then moved into public hearing on House Bills 2713 and 2716, both sponsored by Representative Deal. HB 2713 was described as the larger agriculture tax credit package, including removal of sunsets from several existing ag-related credits and technical changes to programs such as biodiesel, meat processing, specialty crops, wood energy, and rolling stock. HB 2716 focused on the short-line rail tax credit and related rail infrastructure incentives, including track rehabilitation and industrial development credits. Representative Deal said the bills were intended to provide long-term certainty for agriculture and rail investment and noted the programs’ positive return on investment. Committee members raised concerns about eliminating sunsets, how future legislatures would review the credits, and whether some credits could be used if Missouri moved toward eliminating income tax. Questions also focused on whether abandoned or minimally used rail lines would qualify, and on the transferability of rolling stock credits to entities with different tax liabilities. Deal and witnesses said the rail provisions were aimed at active short lines and that data on the credits’ performance could be provided. Testimony in support came from the Missouri Corn Growers Association, Missouri Farm Bureau, Missouri Soybeans, the Biodiesel Coalition of Missouri, Missouri Dairy, Missouri Agribusiness Association, Missouri Bankers Association, Missouri Eastern Railroad, Missouri Economic Development Council, Osage Valley Electric Cooperative, and the Missouri Railroad Association. Supporters said the credits have stimulated ethanol, biodiesel, dairy, specialty crop, meat processing, and rural economic development projects, and that rail credits help preserve and expand short-line service, reduce truck traffic, and attract industrial investment. No opposition testimony was offered on either bill, and the hearings on HB 2713 and HB 2716 were adjourned without any recorded committee vote on those bills in the transcript.
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Corrections and Public Institutions Feb 2nd, 2026 at 12:00 pm

Corrections and Public Institutions

Transcript Highlights:
  • So you have individuals that go to FEC or a low-level job employment agency, and they get no resources
  • We're expecting people to hold jobs, to continue to pay taxes, to meet a number of other restrictions
  • I'm happy to take any questions, but the sponsors and previous witnesses did a great job.
  • So when they have problems getting housing, they have problems getting a job, and when they finally get
  • that housing and they finally get that job, each one of those things improves that self-esteem.
Keywords: 959, house, all
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Early Learning & Human Services Jan 28th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Early Learning & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • It would have been late last year since I took this job about four months. Remember when it was.
  • It would have been late last year since I took this job about four months ago. Thank you.
  • portion that gives a caseworker position on the board that just says this position is a part of their job
  • I can't imagine trying to navigate this world as a 19-year-old, finding housing, finding a job, doing
  • support from other outside sources, I'm on the other side of it now, getting straight A's, working a job
Bills: HB2455 , HB2468 , HB2529
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security Nov 4th, 2025

Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security

Transcript Highlights:
  • are the primary activities that we use the Visit Florida money for, as well as social media, military job
  • Military job fairs in and out of state, air shows.
  • You're doing a great job. SkillBridge has come a long way. Yes, it has. It's fun. It's fun.
  • You're doing a great job. Skill Bridge has come a long ways. Yes, it has. Thanks for all you do.
  • You're doing a great job. Skill Bridge has come a long ways. Yes, it has. It's fun. It's fun.
Summary: The Committee on Military Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security met to consider SB 96, which originally proposed a new veterans dental care program but was amended to expand the existing Veterans Dental Care Grant Program. The amendment raised eligibility from 300% to 400% of the federal poverty level and added a recurring $500,000 general revenue appropriation. Members discussed whether expanding eligibility without guaranteed additional funding could dilute services for veterans already being served, while supporters argued it would help veterans currently turned away for dental care. The committee adopted the amendment and then reported CS/SB 96 favorably by roll call vote, with Chair Wright voting no. The committee also approved two committee bills continuing public records exemptions: SPB 7000, covering the address and telephone number of people staying in public emergency shelters during storms or catastrophic events, and SPB 7002, covering certain Department of Military Affairs records stored in or transmitted through Department of Defense systems or related to military cyber operations. Both were moved as committee bills without objection and were favorably reported. Members then received presentations from Dr. Pia Woodley of the Florida Veterans Foundation and Joe Marino of Veterans Florida. Dr. Woodley outlined the foundation’s dental initiatives, emergency assistance, transportation support, benefits guide distribution, new programs for state veterans’ homes and community grants, and recent audits with no findings. Marino described Veterans Florida’s SkillBridge, entrepreneur, and workforce programs, including outreach and federal partnerships, and noted legislative priorities to allow stipends for training at UF IFAS AGVets facilities and to rename a program in statute for clarity. The meeting concluded with no further business and adjournment.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Higher Education Oct 15th, 2025

Appropriations Committee on Higher Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • programs of strategic emphasis to reflect those needs more precisely, focusing on fields that offer strong job
  • We have job placement. Um, there we go.
  • student, once they graduate, may be unsure of what they're doing after graduation, and so their initial job
  • right out of graduation may not be the job they have three years down the road, five years down the
  • making $40,000 maybe right out of undergrad, and that might be because they're working a part-time job
Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Higher Education heard a presentation on the State University System’s new strategic plan, SUS 30, and its legislative budget request. University officials described the plan’s five priorities: One SUS collaboration, elevating student success, operational excellence, world-class talent, and innovative research and economic development. They highlighted Florida’s continued status as the top higher education system in the nation, low tuition, strong graduation outcomes, rising median wages for graduates, and expanded use of the My Florida Future website to help students and families compare degree outcomes and earnings. Members asked for follow-up information on programs of strategic emphasis, mental health and social work workforce needs, wage data over time, and how the system supports innovation moving toward commercialization. The committee also discussed campus safety, prompted in part by recent events at FSU. System officials said universities and the Florida College System recently held a safety summit to share best practices on building security, threat assessment, and coordination with law enforcement, and they agreed to provide a report back to the committee after the Board of Governors reviews recommendations in November. Senators also raised questions about Pell student support, first-generation student success, and whether liberal arts graduates’ earnings catch up over time. Officials said Pell students are tracked through performance-based funding metrics and that the system’s accountability plans will continue to emphasize access and completion. A separate update covered line funding for nursing and health care partnerships. Officials said the $6 million appropriation was fully subscribed through 24 proposals from all 10 nursing programs, supporting scholarships, faculty recruitment, internships, simulation, and licensure preparation. They reported over 1,900 new nursing graduates, more than 200 new student slots, over 300 scholarships, and a 92% NCLEX pass rate. Senators asked about expanding eligibility for the program, and staff said that issue would be revisited this year. The Board of Governors’ legislative budget request totaled $634.5 million and included $295 million for performance-based funding institutional investment, a request to restore and increase the state investment portion to $400 million, $125 million for preeminence funding, $100 million for faculty recruitment and retention, $6.4 million for UF/IFAS extension workload, and $3.1 million for State Fire Marshal inspections. The chair noted that resources are limited and that difficult budget decisions lie ahead. No votes were taken, and the meeting adjourned after the presentations and questions.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Intergovernmental Affairs May 6th, 2025

Intergovernmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Tax credits, even though these areas are rich in job opportunities, public transportation, and essential
  • Instead, HB 3753 shifts focus forward, allowing the proposals to be evaluated based on proximity to jobs
  • practitioners, we can tell you that families need good housing opportunities, which keep them close to jobs
  • Great job. I love this bill.
  • Good job.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House workforce panel considers HF661 2/25/25

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • a husband who is disabled, and it was very difficult for me to be able to have anything more than a job
  • My question with the 300 that you have in the program is: Is the placement rate for them accepting jobs
  • 00:10:08.160><c> for</c><00:10:08.600><c> them</c><00:10:08.880><c> accepting</c><00:10:09.399><c> jobs
  • </c><00:10:09.959><c> the</c><00:10:10.160><c> same</c> rate for them accepting jobs the same rate for
  • them accepting jobs the same number<00:10:11.480><c> or</c><00:10:12.000><c> can</c><00:10:12.120><c
Keywords: 1183, house
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

February 19, 2025 - 01:00 PM

Transcript Highlights:
  • We have a whole Department of Commerce dedicated to job creation, and our state agencies are job providers
  • And our state agencies are job providers. So I want to make sure we're doing that right.
  • place for you to learn how to do. ...is 17.5%, which is a great place for you to learn how to do the job
  • Otherwise, we wouldn't be doing our job as the legislature.
  • Otherwise, we wouldn't be doing our job as the legislature.
Summary: The Health Care Budget Subcommittee met to review agency budgets, vacant positions, and possible efficiencies across several health and human services agencies. Members were asked to identify savings and potential areas for increased funding, and the discussion repeatedly focused on whether long-vacant FTEs, reversion of funds, and staffing shortages reflect true operational needs or broader budgeting and recruitment problems. The chair and members emphasized that the exercise was intended to help the committee make more informed budget decisions and to identify structural issues that may require legislative action. For the Agency for Persons with Disabilities, members highlighted a large waiting list, including individuals in crisis and children, and discussed whether vacant positions and unspent funds could be redirected to services. Several members raised concerns about delays in crisis applications, the use of paper applications, and whether the issue is staffing, process, or both. For the Department of Children and Families, the presenters discussed vacant positions, the use of staff augmentation in state hospitals, support for expanding behavioral qualified residential treatment program beds, and concerns raised by audits of the managing entities, which showed procurement and financial management problems. They recommended continued oversight, reporting requirements on Medicaid enrollees receiving mental health services through managing entities, and support for the governor’s proposed funding items. Other agencies reviewed included Elder Affairs, where members questioned the need for multiple divisions, CARES assessments, and supervisory overhead; the Department of Health, where vacancies, turnover, pay gaps, and units of rate were discussed as barriers to recruitment and retention; and the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, where the presenters said vacancies were tied to new nursing homes and recommended shifting a major priority into general revenue rather than trust funds. Throughout the meeting, members generally agreed that the vacancy review was eye-opening and suggested deeper, possibly separate, reviews of agency staffing, pay parity, and fund reversion practices. No formal votes were taken during the transcript.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Feb 18th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • and we We're able to get some matching grant money for y'all that y'all are doing terrific terrific job
  • President, this is one of the things I enjoy most about my job.
  • My job is getting to honor some Texans who entertain us, Texans who we see on television. on TV and entertainment
  • Manufacturing jobs are high-quality and high-wage jobs.
  • everybody knows what you're gonna get and and the beauty of it is that so many people had their first jobs
Bills: SJR1 , SB9 , SB40 , SJR36 , SJR1 , SJR5 , SB9 , SB40
ND
Transcript Highlights:
  • the job that we want.
  • Six of them already have signed jobs here at Trinity Health.
  • Rick does a great job as our executive.
  • They're approaching us, which makes our job a lot easier that way.
  • People feel like they're not getting the data needed to do their jobs.
Summary: The committee met on the Minot State campus for a presentation from President Shirley and several university leaders on enrollment, academics, workforce initiatives, and partnerships. Shirley reviewed the university’s financial audits, noting mostly clean results with only minor technical findings in recent years, and highlighted Minot State’s major programs, specialized accreditations, and ties to Minot Air Force Base and NCAA Division II athletics. Members asked about education workforce shortages, athletic tuition waivers, dual credit incentives, and the university’s in-state tuition policy for all students. Shirley also discussed the university’s recruitment efforts, including the Hometown Pride and Academic Excellence scholarships, campus visit growth, and the Emerging Scholars dual-credit reimbursement program. A major focus was workforce development and new academic offerings supported by legislative Workforce Education Innovation Funds. Shirley described the new Innovation Engineering program, which was developed with industry input to train broadly skilled engineers for western North Dakota, and said it had already drawn more applicants than expected. Dr. Crystal St. Peter presented a new master’s program in counseling that integrates mental health and addiction counseling to address statewide provider shortages, with a hybrid format to reach rural students. Members asked about licensure requirements, internship hours, and job placement for graduates. Shirley also outlined a new nursing simulation center and health sciences space in downtown Minot, made possible by state support and the purchase of the former Trinity Health Center West building. The committee also heard about Minot State’s efforts to build pipelines into education and special education, including the Aspire program for rural high school students and an online paraprofessional-to-special-education degree pathway. Shirley said these programs, along with new articulation agreements and a large Bush Foundation grant, are intended to address teacher shortages and keep students in North Dakota. No formal committee votes or actions were taken during the presentation; the session consisted of informational updates and member questions.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session: 2025 First Special Session 6/9/25 - Part 2

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And if you have time to correct it, that's what our job is to do in the end. Do the right thing.
  • They are working with an expert teacher, and they're getting on-the-job training.
  • So maybe you can get a job at the department because they are hiring. And that is a sad reality.
  • So maybe you can get a job at the department because they are hiring. And that is a sad reality.
  • So maybe you can get a job at hiring.
Keywords: 1183, house
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Senate Executive Departments and Administration (01/21/2026)

Executive Departments and Administration

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> statutory job of the TCO. statutory job of the TCO.
  • All the did a great job introducing it.
  • Jobs are hard to find.
  • </c> We lost 3,000 jobs. We lost 3,000 jobs.
  • </c> had what they needed to do a good job. had what they needed to do a good job.
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 2/13/25

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • My job was to supervise their processing and make recommendations to the commissioner.
  • was something that was put into the statute in the early '90s, in part to help agencies do a better job
  • So I'm just wanting to make it very clear that the Minnesota Supreme Court was doing its job.
  • People may not like the answer, but it was doing its job.
  • of the legislature bill that is the job of the legislature to<00:50:50.799><c> look</c><00:50:50.960
Keywords: 1183, house
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/12/2026 - House Natural Resources, Energy & Water

House Natural Resources, Energy & Water Committee of Reference

Transcript Highlights:
  • want to say that they have great personnel who work there, and working with Lynn Cordova is a great job
  • That's their job. Madam Chair. Yes. Ms.
  • Many of these projects are located in rural communities, providing jobs, lease payments to landowners
  • They want to put on an incredible dinosaur program that's going to bring jobs. ...they're willing to
  • They want to put on an incredible dinosaur program that's going to bring jobs and tourists into this
Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 2150, which continues the State Land Department until July 1, 2030. Members questioned the commissioner extensively about agency procedures, backlog, appraisals, auction practices, privilege claims in the Fontamonte audit, and the Coyotes land transaction. The committee also discussed the Griffin amendment, which required quarterly updates, a public hearing on the department’s strategic plan, changes to conceptual land use plans and five-year disposition plans, and legislative findings. After debate over oversight and accountability, the amendment was adopted and HB 2150 was returned with a do pass recommendation by a 6-4 vote. The committee then considered House Bill 2975, which would suspend the State Land Department’s solar scoring map and require new mining and housing resource maps, with the amendment changing the mapping deadline and requiring the maps to be posted online. Supporters said the bill would improve fairness and maximize trust revenue for schools by avoiding favoritism toward solar; opponents argued the solar map is only a guidance tool and that removing it could reduce transparency and revenue. The department said it was neutral but asked for additional staff or consultant support if the bill passed. The committee adopted the amendment and passed HB 2975 as amended on a 6-4 vote. House Bill 2781 followed, addressing solar plant decommissioning, restoration, financial assurance, insurance, and a remediation fund. The amendment narrowed the bill to decommissioning standards and limited its reach to projects receiving permits after the effective date. Testimony focused on the need to ensure solar sites are restored and that taxpayers are not left with cleanup costs; several speakers cited abandoned or aging energy infrastructure as a cautionary example. The committee adopted the amendment and passed HB 2781 as amended by a 6-4 vote. Finally, the committee began House Bill 2267, which would classify certain utility-scale wind or solar projects within four miles of residential property as a public nuisance, with exceptions and grandfathering for existing projects. The sponsor argued the bill responds to concerns about large renewable projects near homes and property value impacts, while the amendment narrowed the scope to utility-scale wind and solar and excluded rooftop solar and existing projects. The transcript cuts off before any final action on HB 2267.
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Budget Jan 20th, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Budget

Transcript Highlights:
  • And so these are people that are looking at thinking they won't potentially have a job.
  • And so these are people that are looking at thinking they won't potentially have a job. And so.
  • And so these are people that are looking at thinking they won't potentially have a job.
  • So my question is that we're not creating 10 brand new jobs in the state.
  • I started this job in May of last year. And obviously started looking into the numbers.
Committee: House Budget
Keywords: 959, house, all
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Senate Standing Committee on Education (1-15-26)

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, they do excellent work and they have a thankless job many times, and as we go into session, I just
  • 53.519><c> and</c><00:02:54.560><c> as</c><00:02:54.800><c> we</c><00:02:54.879><c> go</c> thankless job
  • many times and as we go thankless job many times and as we go into<00:02:55.280><c> session,</c><00:
  • And when I looked at this, they'll do a better job at me at looking at this.
  • And so I I job at me at looking at this.
Committee: Senate Education
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

State Affairs Aug 15th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • As a transgender man who has worked and aims to continue working in government jobs, this would put me
  • Not only that, but weed in Texas accounts for over 100,000 jobs.
  • The number of jobs are going to be impacted by this. I dare you. I dare you to pass this.
  • Without that public trust, they can't conduct their jobs, nor will people let them conduct their jobs
  • They can't conduct their jobs, nor will people let them conduct their jobs in a way that meaningfully
Bills: SB6 , SB7 , SB8 , SB11 , SB12 , SB13 , SB15 , SB17
Summary: The committee first took up Senate Bill 8, the Texas Women's Privacy Act, and heard extensive public testimony both for and against the measure. Supporters, including representatives of Texas Values and Texas Values Action, argued the bill was needed to protect women’s privacy and safety in restrooms, locker rooms, showers, prisons, domestic violence shelters, and other government-controlled spaces, and said it would provide clear, sex-based rules. Opponents, including many transgender Texans, civil rights advocates, clergy, business and public safety voices, and others, argued the bill would invite harassment, gender policing, lawsuits, and invasive inspections, while harming trans, intersex, and gender-nonconforming people as well as cisgender women who do not fit stereotypes. Several witnesses said the bill would conflict with federal law or prison standards, worsen safety in shelters and prisons, and hurt Texas’s reputation and economy. The chair repeatedly noted the compressed special-session schedule and said flood relief remained the session’s top priority. Public testimony on SB 8 was eventually closed, and the bill was left pending. The committee then moved to Senate Bill 6, dealing with consumable hemp product restrictions. Testimony on SB 6 focused on whether the bill went too far in restricting hemp-derived THC products. Opponents argued hemp and THC have medical and economic value, that the bill would criminalize conduct and burden courts, and that regulation—not prohibition—was the better approach. Some witnesses supported tighter rules such as testing, child-resistant packaging, and limits on marketing to children, but still opposed the bill’s broad THC ban, higher fees, and age restrictions. Several speakers emphasized benefits for veterans, chronic pain patients, and small businesses, and warned that prohibition would push consumers toward the illicit market. The committee heard the testimony and then continued with additional witnesses, with no final vote or disposition reported in the excerpt.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs Apr 14th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • It was created to provide job training and reduce recidivism.
  • It's our job, the legislature's job, to provide direction and funding to help agencies fulfill their
  • They completely ruined Mike's career; he can't get another job.
  • I was lucky enough to get another semi-comparable job in the industry.
  • But these agencies cannot do their job. jobs unless they receive reports of the violations of law.
Committee: House State Affairs
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • Our job is to accept our children and everybody's children for their authentic self.
  • That's our job as parents. That's our job as legislators.
  • That's our job as community people, and especially mental health providers.
  • as parents that's self that's our job as parents that's our<00:24:21.200><c> job</c><00:24:21.480><c
  • </c><00:24:23.279><c> as</c> our job as legislators that's our job as our job as legislators that's our
Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 9, which would create oversight for Medicaid-related policy through a board modeled after the Public Pension Oversight Board. Sponsor Rep. Adam Bowling said the measure was intended to bring legislative, executive, and stakeholder voices together to vet issues and make better-informed Medicaid policy. Members generally supported the concept, though some questioned the proposed board’s party breakdown and whether the language should be updated now rather than later. After discussion, the committee voted 19-0 to pass HB 9 favorably. The committee then heard House Bill 495, which Rep. Hail said would protect mental health care professionals, institutions, and ordained ministers from discrimination when providing what the bill calls protected counseling services. He described the bill as a parental-choice measure that would allow counseling aligned with family values and said it also creates a civil cause of action for harmed parties. Opponents argued the bill would shield conversion therapy, with Dr. Eric Russ, Brandon Long, Dr. Brandon Creech, Brenda Rosen, Chris Hartman, and Dr. Bobby Glass testifying that conversion therapy is discredited, harmful, and associated with depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicide risk. They said professional medical and counseling organizations oppose such practices and urged rejection of the bill. During questions, Rep. Layman pressed the sponsor on whether the bill would protect therapies even if a child was not in distress and on whether the committee should be endorsing a practice discredited by professional organizations. Rep. Hail responded that he viewed the issue as a parental choice and said he believed the bill protects providers offering those services. The transcript ends during continued discussion of HB 495, with no final vote shown on that bill.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Finance (01/30/2026)

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • You miss opportunities for new jobs.
  • Your lifetime earnings go new jobs.
  • , 7% lose a with children leave a job, 7% lose a job,<02:16:23.040><c> and</c><02:16:23.280><c> another
  • </c> job, and another 47% reduce their hours. job, and another 47% reduce their hours.
  • Um, they can do a great job work.
Committee: House Finance
Keywords: 1189, house, all