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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Conference Committee on S.F. 1832 - Jobs and Labor Omnibus - 05/18/25
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Northern Lights is a collaborative, and we serve 12 school districts.
Bills:
HF568 , HF433 , HF1689 , HF3135 , HF3137 , HF3145 , HF2887 , HF2819 , HF2802 , HF2664 , HF2267 , HF799 , HF800 , HF3049 , HF296 , HF580 , HF1438 , HF1237
Committee:
House Capital Investment
Keywords:
special education, education funding, construction, Minnesota, regional educational programs, HF433, Cloquet Area Fire District, fire station, capital investment, bonding bill, state bonds, general obligation bonds, public safety, emergency services, fire protection, local infrastructure, Minnesota capital budget, DEED grant, municipal facilities, station construction
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session Apr 21st, 2025 at 12:30 pm
North Dakota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- major stakeholders don't take this seriously, and try to find a solution that they can bring us collaboratively
Summary:
The Senate reconvened and handled several House messages and conference committee appointments before taking up a series of bills. It appointed conference committees on Senate Bill 2265 and House Bills 1454, 1448, and 1524. The chamber also adopted a Senate amendment to House Bill 1216, delaying its effective date for the copay accumulator prescription drug bill to January 1, 2026, with later renewal timing for non-PERS plans.
House Bill 1216 then came up for final passage. Senators debated whether allowing copay accumulator programs to count manufacturer coupons toward deductibles would help patients with expensive drugs or unfairly shift costs to insurers and other policyholders. Supporters said it would help people afford life-saving medications and that the coupon payments go to pharmacies, not insurers; opponents argued it could raise premiums and create perverse incentives for drug pricing. The bill passed 29-18. The Senate also concurred in House amendments to Senate Bill 2160, which changes health insurance benefits under the Uniform Group Insurance Program to move from a grandfathered to a non-grandfathered plan, with supporters emphasizing added benefits and flexibility and opponents warning of higher costs and irreversible changes. That bill passed concurrence 33-14 and final passage 39-8.
The Senate next concurred in House amendments to Senate Bill 2339, the wildfire mitigation bill, which requires utility mitigation plans to be updated every two years, incorporate national electric standards, and creates a rebuttable presumption of reasonable care if the plan is followed. The bill then passed final passage 46-1. The chamber also adopted conference committee reports and passed House Bill 1460 on adult foster care and monitoring devices, House Bill 1440 on cigar lounge tobacco use, and Senate Bill 2374 on insurance-related provisions including property insurance arbitration, managed repair programs, and surplus lines issues; SB 2374 also added a study on towing and recovery coverage. The session ended with announcements of upcoming conference committee meetings and adjournment until April 22, 2025.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session Apr 21st, 2025
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I learned from Mary how to lead a committee and to be very collaborative in the approach, really to listen
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Appropriations Apr 15th, 2025 at 02:00 pm
Appropriations
Transcript Highlights:
- Section 41 is for collaboration between the department and the Housing Finance Agency for those medically
Committee:
Senate Appropriations
Summary:
The committee first took up House Bill 1012, the Department of Health and Human Services budget. Senator Dever walked through the amended budget, highlighting a roughly $5.85 billion all-funds total, major one-time items for IT, child care, housing, behavioral health, juvenile justice, rural EMS, and supportive housing, along with funding for Medicaid expansion, CCBHCs, opioid settlement uses, and several studies and reporting requirements. Members discussed the provider inflation increase, with Senator Mathern urging a 2%/2% rate instead of 2%/1.5%, but the committee adopted the subcommittee amendment and then passed the amended bill 15-0 with a do-pass recommendation. Senator Dever was named as carrier.
The committee then considered House Bill 1540, a school choice/education savings account-style bill. Senator Shibley explained the subcommittee amendments, including clarifying the Bank of North Dakota as administrator, adding a means test at 400% of the federal poverty guideline, and adjusting the fiscal note to about $21.7 million for the second year. In debate, members raised concerns about the bank being assigned duties outside its normal role, the lack of DPI involvement, and whether the means test should be tiered rather than a hard cutoff. The committee rejected a do-not-pass motion 5-10-1, then approved a do-pass motion on the amended bill 9-6-1, with Senator Wobama noted as the likely carrier.
The meeting ended with the chair announcing the committee would adjourn and reconvene the next morning.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
AGR Public Hearing - Fri Apr 11, 2025 @ 10:30 AM HST
Agriculture & Food Systems
Transcript Highlights:
- 20:16.799><c> of</c><00:20:16.960><c> Agriculture</c> ...urging the Department of Agriculture to collaborate
Committee:
House Agriculture & Food Systems
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, July 15, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Free speech, assembly, and religious practices for all.
- Free speech,<02:13:13.360><c> assembly,</c><02:13:14.159><c> religious</c><02:13:14.719><c> practices
- </c> speech, assembly, religious practices speech, assembly, religious practices for<02:13:15.440><c>
- <02:20:06.720><c> responsible</c><02:20:07.359><c> fiscal</c> practicing responsible fiscal practicing
- </c> coin issuers, creating practical coin issuers, creating practical regulatory<02:40:10.240><c> pathways
MN
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/18/2026 - House Transportation & Infrastructure
Transportation & Infrastructure
Transcript Highlights:
- Looking back to 2012, Nevada and Arizona's departments of transportation collaborated and began envisioning
- He called it a practical, ready-to-go project and respectfully asked for support to fully fund House
Bills:
HB2067 , HB2068 , HB2127 , HB2164 , HB2200 , HB2201 , HB2242 , HB2283 , HB2284 , HB2285 , HB2286 , HB2287 , HB2304 , HB2306 , HB2399 , HB2601 , HB2609 , HB2760 , HB2761 , HB2859 , HB2887 , HB2892 , HB2893 , HB2894 , HB2978 , HB4027 , HCM2012 , HCM2016
Committee:
House Transportation & Infrastructure
Keywords:
appropriation, transportation, infrastructure, Apache Junction, funding, Show Low, road extension, special license plates, nonprofits, charitable contributions, Reay Lane, Graham County, HB 2200, State Route 89, SR 89, Chino Valley, Arizona Department of Transportation, ADOT, road widening, highway expansion
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session Jan 27th, 2026
California Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- this is germane to this overall discussion, which allows for local and local law enforcement to collaborate
- California's rail system, informed by recent derailments and understandings of rail safety best practices
Summary:
The Senate took up a series of third-reading bills covering horse racing, local taxation, consumer financial security, elections, utilities, batteries, sexual health, body-worn cameras, property tax treatment for inherited homes, adoptee birth records, youth housing bonds, workers’ compensation, and civil rights. SB 795 on horse racing, SB 762 allowing Hercules to seek voter approval for a sales tax increase, SB 505 requiring two-factor authentication for money transmitter platforms, SB 46 barring California ballot access for presidential candidates who have already served two terms, SB 73 restricting federal access to voting machines without a court order, SB 327 on utility oversight and ratepayer protections, SB 501 expanding battery producer responsibility, SB 608 on school contraceptive access, SB 691 on EMS-related redaction of body-worn camera footage, SB 288 clarifying Proposition 19 timing for inherited homes in probate, SB 381 giving adoptees access to original birth certificates, SB 492 creating a youth housing bond, SB 555 increasing permanently partially disabled workers’ benefits, and SB 747 creating a civil cause of action for constitutional violations by federal officers were all debated and advanced. Most measures passed on roll call, with SB 505 and SB 288 approved by unanimous roll call, and SB 73 carrying an urgency clause that also passed unanimously.
Debate on SB 747 was the most extensive and contentious. Supporters argued the bill was needed to hold federal officers accountable for alleged constitutional violations, especially in immigration enforcement, and described it as a civil-rights remedy for people harmed by federal agents. Opponents said existing federal and state remedies already cover such conduct, warned the bill was politically motivated, and argued it could increase litigation and strain law enforcement resources. The bill nevertheless passed on a 30-10 vote, with the urgency clause also approved. SB 492 on youth housing also drew debate over state bonding and debt, with supporters emphasizing early intervention for homeless and foster youth and opponents arguing the state should avoid borrowing and instead fund projects through the budget; it passed 30-9 on both urgency and the measure.
Other bills also drew focused testimony. SB 555 was presented as a long-overdue cost-of-living adjustment for permanently partially disabled workers’ benefits, and SB 381 was supported as a way to give adopted adults access to their original birth certificates for identity and medical-history reasons. SB 691 was framed as a privacy measure for patients receiving medical or psychological treatment, while SB 501 was described as closing a gap in California’s battery recycling and safety rules by adding medium-format batteries used in e-bikes and portable power systems. SB 762 was presented as a local option for Hercules to address revenue shortfalls, and SB 46 and SB 73 both centered on election integrity and constitutional questions, with members split over federal-state authority and ballot access.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session Jan 27th, 2026
California Senate Floor Meeting
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Mortgage Finance Authority Act Oversight May 28th, 2025
Mortgage Finance Authority Act Oversight Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- There are some best practice recommendations in the. strategy about land use and zoning, um, that could
- So how do you collaborate with other fiscal agents and, and other entities to make sure that these projects
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Conference Committee on SF2298 5/8/25
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 088 Apr 11th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And so those $8 million that were speculated to be saved, even though based on the past practice of the
- /c><04:13:03.600><c> of</c><04:13:03.760><c> the</c><04:13:03.920><c> last</c> based on the past practice
- of the last based on the past practice of the last couple<04:13:04.319><c> years,</c><04:13:04.560><
- That is fiscal restraint in practice. None of us are perfect, and maybe this budget isn't either.
- That is fiscal restraint in practice. practice. practice.
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 065 Mar 20th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><01:43:34.239><c> the</c> When there's an issue or practice the When there's an issue or practice
- </c> prioritizing collaborative compliance. prioritizing collaborative compliance.
- </c> It is lengthy, but it is practical It is lengthy, but it is practical and<03:45:22.319><c> it</c
- </c> Uh just so you know, uh current practice Uh just so you know, uh current practice from<04:01:18.560
- Uh we need timelines and best practices.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, March 18, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:51:38.240><c> And</c><00:51:38.400><c> they</c><00:51:38.559><c> invite</c> sustainable practices
- And they invite sustainable practices.
- This initiative helps young people in the county collaborate and develop leadership skills.
- </c><03:34:57.279><c> And</c> other predatory business practices.
- And other predatory business practices.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- I mean honestly this kind of it incentivizes collaboration between the assessing department and the property
- I mean honestly this kind of it incentivizes collaboration between the assessing department and the property
- I mean honestly this kind of it incentivizes collaboration between the assessing department and the property
- I mean honestly this kind of it incentivizes collaboration between the assessing department and the property
- I mean, honestly, this kind of incentivizes collaboration between the assessing department and the property
Committee:
House Housing
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Budget Review Subcommittee on Education. (6-3-26)
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, and it's a collaborative process, um, involving lots of different stakeholders that you would expect
- Um<00:36:40.040><c> and</c><00:36:40.160><c> it's</c><00:36:40.280><c> a</c><00:36:40.320><c> collaborative
- </c><00:36:40.800><c> process</c><00:36:41.920><c> um</c> Um and it's a collaborative process um Um and
- it's a collaborative process um involving<00:36:43.080><c> lots</c><00:36:43.320><c> of</c><00:36:43.400
Summary:
The Interim Joint Budget Review Subcommittee on Education met for its first summer interim meeting, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and took roll. The first presentation came from Jerry Gels, principal of Ignite Institute in Erlanger, who focused on the rising cost of dual credit. He said dual credit tuition has increased from about $150 to $290 for a three-credit course over roughly five years, which he argued is discouraging participation, especially for working-class and low-income students. He cited Ignite data and broader college outcomes to argue dual credit improves college persistence, shortens time to degree, and reduces student debt, noting that many of his students enter college with substantial credit and that low-income students at Ignite have increasingly participated after targeted efforts and scholarship use. He also said the instructional labor is largely paid by county school systems, so he questioned the size of the tuition increase and said the committee should examine how the costs are being set and whether college tuition should be stabilizing as more students arrive with credits already earned.
Members asked about who pays for dual credit, the role of state scholarship support, and whether tuition varies by institution. Gels said students in his district generally pay the dual credit cost themselves, though some districts may cover it, and he noted the dual credit scholarship now covers fewer classes than before. He said the price appears to be set centrally rather than varying by university, and he emphasized that the higher cost is creating barriers even though the courses are taught largely by local teachers on school payrolls. He also described Ignite’s efforts to expand access for free- and reduced-lunch students, saying participation among that group rose from 27% with no dual credit to about 90-92% taking at least one dual credit class.
The committee then heard from the Goldwater Institute, represented by Michael Frazier and Dr. Tim Minella by Zoom. They argued Kentucky’s public universities should face stronger accountability and transparency, citing declining public confidence in higher education, rising costs, and what they described as administrative growth and research spending that does not clearly benefit students or the Commonwealth. They proposed requiring a 10-year accounting of staffing growth by category, comparing it to enrollment and low-income Kentucky enrollment, and limiting non-STEM faculty teaching releases for research unless approved under a baseline consent process. They also criticized certain university-funded research projects as examples of misdirected spending and said public reporting should distinguish Kentucky residents from non-residents more clearly, pointing to a reported decline in low-income in-state undergraduate enrollment. No votes or formal actions were taken during the meeting.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Where are the city's collaborative efforts?
- The county's collaborative efforts that are the direct access to those children in the environment?
- Where are the city's collaborative efforts?
- The county's collaborative efforts that are the direct access to those children in the environment?
Committee:
House Capital Investment
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Minerals, Business & Economic Development Committee, February 27, 2026
Minerals, Business & Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- So, this allows for that partnership and allows explicit permission for that collaboration, and then
- 11:29.040><c> that</c> allows explicit permission for that allows explicit permission for that collaboration
- 30.480><c> then</c><01:11:30.640><c> the</c><01:11:30.800><c> act</c><01:11:31.040><c> becomes</c> collaboration
- and then the act becomes collaboration and then the act becomes effective<01:11:31.840><c> immediately
Keywords:
energy transmission, load growth, Wyoming energy authority, transmission planning study, public utilities, regional cooperation, energy, funding, grants, loans, coal, natural gas, mineral processing, economic development, stable token, liquidity, trust account, Wyoming, fund distribution, financial regulation