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CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Housing Committee Apr 7th, 2026

Housing

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is the highest ratio after Hawaii, not exactly good company from a housing affordability perspective
  • during the Schwarzenegger administration, Some time ago, during the Schwarzenegger administration, the bonds
  • So you got park bond money if you built housing.
Committee: Senate Housing
Summary: The Senate Standing Committee on Housing heard two substantive housing bills and two consent items. SB 1116 by Senator Caballero would update the Starter Home Revitalization Act (SB 684) by clarifying development standards for small infill housing, reinforcing ministerial approval and timelines, improving state oversight and reporting, updating subdivision rules, and addressing private restrictions such as HOA or deed provisions that can block housing. The author and supporters, including California YIMBY and a small developer, said the bill responds to implementation problems and would help produce more starter homes; there was no opposition testimony. Members generally supported the measure but noted concerns about local implementation and the broader impact-fee/infrastructure context. SB 1117 by Senator Cervantes would clarify ADU fee law so local governments assess impact fees only on the portion of an ADU above 750 square feet, rather than on the full unit, while keeping the existing 750-square-foot exemption intact. Supporters argued the current fee structure discourages larger ADUs and creates a sharp production drop above 750 square feet; a homeowner witness said fees on an 800-square-foot ADU would have exceeded construction costs. Local government and fire-related organizations opposed or opposed unless amended, arguing impact fees fund essential infrastructure and services and should remain tied to nexus studies. Several senators said the bill was narrowly tailored but emphasized the need to address broader infrastructure financing. The committee also took up consent items SB 1267 by Senator Allen and SB 1426, the committee omnibus bill. After the committee obtained a quorum and later reconvened, it approved the consent calendar 10-0, SB 1117 10-0, and SB 1116 8-0. All measures were ordered out to the Senate Local Government Committee, and the hearing was adjourned.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Housing Committee Apr 7th, 2026

Housing

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is the highest ratio after Hawaii, not exactly good company on a housing affordability perspective
  • during the Schwarzenegger administration, Some time ago, during the Schwarzenegger administration, the bonds
  • So you got park bond money if you built housing.
Committee: Senate Housing
Keywords: 987, senate, all
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/25/2026 - Senate Government

Senate Government Committee of Reference

Transcript Highlights:
  • Hawaii, 60. South Dakota, 40. Tennessee, 90. Wyoming, 40. Wyoming, 40.
  • Ambiguity makes bonds expensive.
  • In many cases, revenue from utility rates is often pledged toward bonds to finance infrastructure.
  • In many cases, revenue from utility rates is often pledged toward bonds to finance infrastructure.
  • I was born in Hawaii, and that's cool. That is a very fun fact. Thank you. Okay.
Summary: The committee approved the minutes from the prior February meetings and then took up several measures. HCR 2013, designating June 2026 as “Celebrate Life Month” in Arizona, drew emotional testimony from Crystal Cooper and Bella Stockton about their lives with spina bifida and support for the resolution. Senator Kennedy and others questioned the purpose of the resolution, arguing the state should focus on concrete supports for families, but the motion passed 4-1 with two not voting. Members then advanced HB 2327, which clarifies protections for eligible persons’ identifying information in county recorder records, with an amendment excluding voter registration records; it passed 5-0 with two not voting. HB 2258, adding La Paz County to the Tourism Advisory Council’s geographic area, also passed unanimously among those voting. HB 2397, expanding HOA/COA disclosure requirements for prospective buyers, was amended twice and passed 5-1; supporters said it would improve transparency about assessments and defects, while opponents warned about cost and administrative burdens, especially for smaller associations. HB 2015, imposing penalties for late federal/state financial reporting by state organizations, passed 4-2 despite concerns that the automatic penalties were too harsh and could be out of agencies’ control. The committee also approved HB 4049, allowing DCS to hire its own counsel and directing the Attorney General to represent the state’s interest in certain cases involving alleged DCS misconduct, though some members argued current law already addresses conflicts and that DCS had not been consulted. HB 4087, authorizing placement of a Barbara Love memorial in the governmental wall, passed without opposition. HB 2100, allowing counties to authorize certain small land subdivisions, passed 4-2 amid debate over water adequacy and the risk of “wildcat” development. HB 2460, preempting local fees and penalties tied to abandoned or stolen movable business property such as shopping carts, passed 4-2 after extensive testimony from cities, retailers, and advocates over local control, costs, and theft prevention. Finally, HCR 2056, a proposed constitutional amendment recognizing a right to refuse medical mandates, began hearing testimony; supporters framed it as bodily autonomy, while opponents, including pediatric and public health advocates, warned it would weaken vaccine requirements and outbreak protections for schools and children.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Transportation Mar 2nd, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Interstate 5 Bridge Replacement Toll Facility bond retirement, which was included in 6352, and the
  • Please amend this legislation to include 75-year bonding authorization for Sound Transit.
  • This bonding authority will allow Sound Transit to move forward on these light rail projects.
  • We respectfully request that you amend HB 2711 to allow Sound Transit to access longer bonding terms.
  • We urge you to support HB 2711 and strengthen it by adding this bonding authority.
Summary: The Senate Transportation Committee held a work session on two major corridor projects before moving to public hearing and executive session. In the Yakima area, WSDOT, Yakima County, and Ecology described the Interstate 82/east-west connector work as a coordinated effort to add capacity, improve interchanges, and address the Boise Cascade mill site contamination that sits in the project footprint. County and Ecology witnesses said the county is ready to remove wood waste and contaminated material, but the project is stalled pending a draft work plan and a de minimis consent decree; several senators pressed for faster action and clearer direction from Ecology. The committee then heard an update on the SR 3 Belfair freight corridor, where WSDOT said environmental review is complete and the next major step is an access hearing this summer, followed by right-of-way acquisition and construction likely in late 2027 or early 2028. Local and tribal partners emphasized the project’s importance for freight mobility, housing growth, emergency access, and regional economic development. The public hearing was on engrossed substitute House Bill 2711, a transportation resources bill that largely tracks provisions from prior legislation but also adds or changes several tax and account provisions. Staff explained that the bill clarifies fuel tax and peer-to-peer tax distributions, treats trade-in value differently for recreational vessel and luxury vehicle taxes, provides a six-month motor home exemption and penalty waiver for the luxury vehicle tax, allows lease payments to be made over time, exempts tribal members and nonresidents, creates a Preserve Washington account, changes some transfer timing, and repeals the luxury aircraft tax. Testimony was mixed: aviation groups supported repealing the luxury aircraft tax; trucking and some citizens opposed fuel tax and diesel tax increases; Sound Transit, transit advocates, labor, and ferry interests asked for amendments such as 75-year bonding authority, mobile driver’s licenses, ferry funding, and bike education funding. Alaska Airlines and Delta also supported adding mobile ID language. In executive session, the committee advanced several bills, including SHB 1823, SHB 2114, E2SHB 2251, SHB 2323, SHB 2410, EHB 2588, 2SHB 1923, and HB 2495, all with due pass recommendations after adopting amendments where applicable. The committee adopted a striking amendment to E2SHB 2251 adjusting Climate Commitment Act account distributions and a striking amendment to EHB 2588 limiting the ferry district changes to Whatcom County and removing the voter-approval tax provision. It also adopted an amendment to 2SHB 1923 that added further conditions for passenger-only ferry districts, including whale-protection and fare-related provisions. Senator King voted no on E2SHB 2251, objecting that the bill reduced the transportation share of Climate Commitment Act revenues. The chair announced one more executive action meeting would be held Wednesday morning, with amendment requests due the prior day.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 4/7/26

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • Like when you have a baby, maybe you shouldn't have to choose between bonding with them and, you know
  • the fourth highest in the nation, moving past Oregon and New Jersey and only being behind New York, Hawaii
  • 05.120><c> York,</c> Jersey and only being behind New York, Jersey and only being behind New York, Hawaii
  • </c> Hawaii, and California. Hawaii, and California.
  • Stocks are straightforward, and bonds and other sort of market-based assets are straightforward.
Bills: HF4621 , HF4123 , HF4616 , HF1183
Committee: House Taxes
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

2026 Legislative Session - Day Fifty Two - Wednesday, April 15 - Morning Session

Missouri House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And we also And we also have, and they are unique in that they actually have a constitutional bond with
  • ...who now have to maybe pay, you know, I don't know that, to his point, a birth certificate from Hawaii
  • would be free for someone, not to mention how long it would take to get here, if someone was born in Hawaii
Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and approval of the prior day’s journal by a 117-1 vote. Members then spent a long portion of the morning introducing guests and visiting groups, including schoolchildren, university visitors, county officials, business and civic groups, fraternity and sorority members, and legislative conference participants. The Speaker also signed several measures already passed, including Senate Substitute for HB 2061, HB 2641, Senate Substitute for HB 2423, and HB 2934. The main floor debate centered on HCR 48, which urges Congress to pass the federal SAVE Act requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote. Supporters argued it would protect election integrity and prevent non-citizen voting, while opponents said it would create burdensome, potentially disenfranchising requirements, amount to a poll tax, and interfere with state election administration. After extended debate and a successful previous-question motion, HCR 48 was third read and passed 92-43. The House then took up HCR 23, a federalism resolution reaffirming that states should control election administration; it passed unanimously, 137-0. The House also perfected and printed two bills. HB 2855, dealing with workers’ compensation funding increments for the workers’ compensation and second injury funds, was amended to allow finer 0.1% adjustments instead of 0.5% increments and then perfected. HB 1906, a simple county-government bill allowing township counties to offer annual, semiannual, or quarterly payment options for real and personal property taxes, also advanced without opposition. The chamber then moved to announcements and recessed until 2 p.m.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Federal Funding Stabilization Subcommittee Nov 6th, 2025

Federal Funding Stabilization Subcommittee

Transcript Highlights:
  • Just a few state examples: Hawaii has a centralized office that serves as a resource for grant management
  • Hawaii, again, as an example, has organized pods made up of stakeholders by policy.
  • It did extend our municipal bond exemptions, which certainly helps local governments get funding for
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Education Feb 11th, 2026 at 09:06 am

Senate Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • The bill will ease pressure on general obligation bond capacity for major academic projects like the
  • And when she talked about the time frame on the geo bonds, so a geo bond is presented in the odd years
  • So the GEO bond projects, from the time they're first proposed, is about a five-year time period.
  • Institution Bond Act, property tax levies, federal or tribal support.
  • Hawaii is now a member in our conference in all sports.
Bills: SB234 , SB210 , SB243 , SB244 , SM16 , HB8
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate Chamber Feb 16th, 2026

New Mexico Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It was a state tie that Hawaii couldn't have House members wear one.
  • This builds on the roads bonding bill of $1.5 billion in investment in our state roads.
  • And we talked about this in a bonding bill earlier.
  • New Mexico needs to be a place... ...in a bonding bill earlier.
  • In that bill, we give the money to Otero to pay for their bonds in case they lose. Mr.
Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, prayers and pledges, and several procedural announcements, including permission for cameras, a relaxed dress code for guests, and excusing a few senators. Members also recognized numerous guests and honorary lieutenant governors, and discussed a planned bolo tie contest tied to New Mexico tradition and state history. The chamber then moved to business, including the confirmation of Anna Silva as Secretary of the General Services Department. The confirmation drew broad support from senators on both sides, who praised Silva’s long career in state government, her management experience, and her work on major projects such as the executive office building, procurement reforms, and facilities management. After debate, the Senate voted unanimously to confirm her appointment. Silva’s family and guests were recognized from the floor after the vote. The Senate then took up House Bill 2 and 3, the state budget. Senator Muñoz presented the Senate Finance version as a balanced budget with about $11.1 billion in spending, 27% reserves, recurring investments in health care, early childhood, public safety, education, roads, housing, and economic development, and targeted nonrecurring spending for items such as water, universities, and innovation sectors. Supporters emphasized affordability, teacher health insurance parity, medical residency funding, rural and community investments, and public safety funding. Critics raised concerns about the size of the budget, the late availability and complexity of the bill, the removal of a proposed 1% pay raise for state employees, and whether spending priorities and education dollars were being allocated effectively. No final vote on the budget was shown in the transcript excerpt.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

EDU Informational Briefing 01-23-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • About the cost of the Hawaii Super Ferry to the State of Hawaii.
  • And Hawaii has just not kept pace.
  • When we compare Hawaii to the table.
  • Many have per student than Hawaii.
  • This is Hawaii has just not kept pace.
Keywords: 912, senate, all
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

2026 Legislative Session - Day Fifty Two - Wednesday, April 15 - Morning Session

Missouri House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And we also have—and they are unique in that they actually have a constitutional bond with the sorority
  • Missourians who now have to maybe pay, you know, I don't know that, to his point, a birth certificate from Hawaii
  • would be free for someone, not to mention how long it would take to get here, if someone was born in Hawaii
Keywords: 959, house, all
Summary: The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and approval of the previous day’s journal by a 117-1 vote. Members then spent a large portion of the morning introducing guests, including students, civic groups, fraternity and sorority members, county officials, and visitors from various districts. The Speaker also suspended business several times to sign enrolled bills, including Senate substitute for House Bill 261, House Bill 2641, Senate substitute for House Bill 2423, and House Bill 2934. The chamber then debated House Concurrent Resolution 48, which urges Congress to pass the SAVE Act requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote. Supporters argued it would protect election integrity and prevent non-citizens from voting, while opponents said it would create burdens, function like a poll tax, and disenfranchise eligible voters, especially women, rural residents, students, military members, and people who move or change names. After a motion for the previous question passed 93-42, the House adopted HCR 48 by a vote of 92-43. The House also passed House Concurrent Resolution 23, a federalism resolution affirming state control over elections, by a unanimous 137-0 vote after committee leaders said it had broad bipartisan support. The House then perfected and printed House Bill 2855, which adjusts workers’ compensation fund tax increments from 0.5% to 0.1% to better match receipts with expenditures; an amendment allowing replacement of attorneys in long-running permanent total cases was adopted first. Members also perfected and printed House Bill 1906, a short bill allowing township counties to authorize annual, semiannual, or quarterly payment of real and personal property taxes by ordinance. The session ended with announcements and a motion to recess until 2 p.m.
WA
Transcript Highlights:
  • I can attest that a board member that votes against the levy or bond is very unpopular.
  • I've learned about the sovereignty of Hawaii and the city and over the Philippines, which are blights
  • Growing up in Hawaii, I learned about Hawaiian history for less than one quarter in eighth grade, with
Summary: The committee first heard Senate Bill 5901, which would change the school construction assistance program so that instructional space on military bases is excluded from a district’s available space inventory when calculating state construction aid. Staff explained the bill would also require state assistance to equal approved project cost minus federal funding received. Senator Christian said the measure is intended to prevent military-base facilities from unfairly reducing districts’ ability to modernize or build schools. Testimony in support came from OSPI, Clover Park School District, and Medical Lake School District, which said the current formula penalizes districts serving military families and can leave them unable to secure needed renovation funding. No opposition was heard, and the bill was later described as having an indeterminate fiscal impact. The committee then took up Senate Bill 5860 on school board compensation. The bill would raise director pay from $50 to $100 per day, increase the annual cap, allow child care expenses to be reimbursed, require OFM to periodically adjust compensation, and direct WASDA to develop finance training for school directors. Senator Cortez said the changes are needed to broaden who can serve on school boards and to help working families participate. Supporters from OSPI, WASDA, and South Sound superintendents said compensation could improve diversity and help recruit and retain board members, though WASDA noted concerns about diverting district funds and said its members do not have consensus on mandatory training. Opponents argued the bill would misuse levy funds and that child care and other expenses should not be paid from local education levies. The committee also heard Senate Bill 5956 on artificial intelligence, student discipline, and surveillance in schools, which would bar automated systems from being the sole basis for discipline decisions, prohibit risk scores and biometric surveillance, require OSPI guidance updates, and direct WASDA to create model policy. Senator Nobles and supporters said the bill is needed to protect students from discriminatory and inaccurate AI-driven decisions; no vote was taken in the hearing. Finally, the committee heard a proposed substitute for Senate Bill 5574, which would require districts to include instruction on Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, Latino American, and Black American history in required social studies courses during the regular curriculum review cycle, with reporting beginning in 2030. Senator Nobles said the bill is meant to address exclusion and bias in history education and to help students see themselves reflected in the curriculum. Testifiers from education, student, parent, and community groups overwhelmingly supported the measure, saying it would improve belonging, reduce bullying, and build on existing curriculum resources without creating a new course or major new cost. The hearing ended without a vote or other formal action on SB 5956 or SB 5574.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Senate Commerce (01/20/2026)

Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • So these are the folks that are high performing, probably have bonding capacity already.
  • So these are the folks that are high performing, probably have bonding capacity already.
  • So these are the folks that are high performing, probably have bonding capacity already.
  • So these are the folks that are high performing, probably have bonding capacity already.
  • </c> Washington, Illinois, and Hawaii. Washington, Illinois, and Hawaii.
Committee: Senate Commerce
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • from imposing taxes or exercising eminent domain, and it would continue to be authorized to issue bonds
  • In addition, the bill clarifies the authority of these entities to issue revenue bonds to fund these
  • Also, one of them wishes to issue some revenue bonds, and we needed some clarification that they could
  • For their revenue bonds. Okay, is there any questions?
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Local Government May 12th, 2025

Local Government

Summary: The Committee on Local Government heard and discussed a series of House bills dealing with municipal structure, tax payment timing, local provider participation funds, firefighter cancer screenings, sunset review of the Trinity River Authority, replacement certificates of occupancy, and open meetings enforcement. HB 303 would remove the 501-resident floor so very small type A and B municipalities can convert to type C cities; HB 2742 would give property owners a later first split-payment deadline when tax bills are mailed after November 30; HB 3305 and HB 3348 were local provider participation fund measures with committee substitutes; HB 198 would require political subdivisions to offer occupational cancer screenings for firefighters; HB 1535 was a sunset bill for the Trinity River Authority; HB 4753 would allow a municipality-issued proof of a certificate of occupancy to substitute for a lost original; and HB 3711 would treat certain Open Meetings Act violations as offenses against public administration and require public explanation when prosecutors decline to act. Testimony was generally supportive or limited, with several witnesses and senators emphasizing practical fixes, firefighter health and cost savings, local government transparency, and administrative cleanup. For HB 198, firefighter representatives gave emotional testimony about cancer deaths and the value of early screening. On HB 3711, a witness supported the bill but urged stronger enforcement and broader application. Several senators raised policy concerns on HB 2715 about routing removal proceedings through a regional presiding judge rather than the local county, arguing it could politicize the process. The committee took no public testimony on most bills and repeatedly left them pending subject to call of the chair before later voting them out. HB 21, HB 30, HB 1535, HB 1520, HB 198, HB 303, HB 2742, and HB 4753 were reported to the full Senate, generally by unanimous or near-unanimous votes, and several were also recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. HB 30 passed on a 5-1 vote, while the other reported bills were approved unanimously or with no recorded opposition. The committee then recessed subject to the call of the chair.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Intergovernmental Affairs Apr 15th, 2025

Intergovernmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Local tools like bond financing assessments.
  • When bond financing is available, just like for water and sewer infrastructure, we can build. these systems
  • The downgrade of Austin's bond rating reflects continued employee pension challenges and expenditure
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Intergovernmental Affairs Apr 15th, 2025

Intergovernmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, how much do bonds factor into? Um, let's start with the right.
  • If you were going to divide the rate between the bonds...
  • Can you divide the dollar between the bonds?
  • Okay, again I want to go back to the bonds. Let's do the spending side.
  • I can't say general revenue, just the maintenance and operation versus the bonds of the city.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Apr 9th, 2025

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • funding for infrastructure investment in this state, providing authority for certain agencies to issue bonds
  • This debt can be issued in forms of bonds or loans and as a and U.S. investors, banks, private creditors
  • Investors in and issuers of sovereign debt want a stable legal regime for these bonds.
  • Otherwise, bonds are more volatile. and issuers have difficulty borrowing cheaply or borrowing at all
  • The most important being to ensure that a cause of action, if any, relating to a bond or security, travel
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • This spending is fueled by voter-approved bonds.
  • Texas school districts' bonds now exceed a staggering $200 billion in bond principal and interest, making
  • The intent of this bill is to create clarity in bond proposals and to prevent the misallocation of bond
  • Well, there— we've had some— Reports of bonds, for example, being used for big bonds, like billion-dollar
  • which means these taxpayers are still obligated to back the bond.
Committee: Senate Education