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US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine advancing carbon capture, utilization and sequestration technologies and ensuring effective implementation of the USE IT Act. Feb 12th, 2025 at 09:00 am
Environment and Public Works Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- I know the Chairman knows this because of my service on this committee over the last two years.
- I'd give him a few minutes to get his feet underneath him and then light a fire underneath him.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- They could be fired. He did so much for so many, and he never forgot where he came from.
- We thank him for his service. His sister and cousin told me when I was with the family...
Keywords:
accountants, Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants, advocacy, legislation, business issues, memorial, law enforcement, sacrifice, tribute, community support, service, community, Holocaust, remembrance, antisemitism, human rights, education, Holocaust Remembrance Day, memorialization, sexual assault
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/03/2026 - House Democratic Caucus Calendar #3
Transcript Highlights:
- 2248, Medical Interventions Prohibition, prohibits a business entity from refusing to provide any service
- Madam Chair and members, House Bill 2179, Air Ambulance Services.
- or proceedings initiated by DHS relate to emergency medical services provided by those services.
- Thank you. delivery or mail service. This bill is on the consent calendar.
- We should be urging Congress to fire Kristi Noem to enhance the country's interests.
Summary:
The caucus reviewed a long minority calendar covering a wide range of bills, with sponsors giving brief descriptions and members frequently raising concerns about constitutionality, cost, federal preemption, and policy impacts. Topics included medical intervention and vaccination/mask prohibitions, state treasurer investment rules, vacant state positions reporting, shooting range closure limits, congressional term limits, audit penalties, cellphone use while driving, procurement restrictions tied to China, air ambulance regulation, hospital immigration-status reporting, SNAP purchase restrictions, school assessment changes, school contract transparency, religious excusals from school, student contact information, fitness reporting, and several property tax, water, and agriculture measures. Members also discussed bills on AI-generated sexual material consent verification, DEI liability, hate-crime sentencing, commercial driver forfeiture tied to immigration status, speed-limiting devices for repeat speeding offenses, PFAS firefighting foam, name changes for sex offenders, abortion-inducing drugs, prisoner transition services, sexual extortion penalties, solar radiation management bans, and cultivated-cell food labeling and sales bans.
Several bills drew explicit opposition or requests to pull them from consent, especially those affecting abortion access, immigration-related hospital reporting, school testing, religious release programs, DEI policies, and cultivated-cell foods. Members noted that some measures appeared duplicative, overly broad, or likely unconstitutional, and in multiple cases referenced prior vetoes or prior-year versions of the same bills. Supportive comments were also made on selected bills, including the PFAS foam prohibition, the assistive technology study committee, the digital goods consumer protection bill, and the prisoner transition services extension.
The caucus also considered water and infrastructure measures, including brackish groundwater funding and studies, water augmentation authority bonds, Pima County water rates, groundwater transport rules, and HOA drought watering limits. Toward the end, members reviewed election-related memorials and resolutions, including a proposal to limit voting centers, a memorial urging withdrawal from the United Nations, and another urging defunding the IMF; all three were noted as being on consent and were pulled for further discussion. The meeting closed with announcements, including a note about a local missing-person concern and a caucus recognition program called the Affordable Arizona Award.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- charge imposed by a tourism improvement district is included in the sales price of lodging services.
- charge imposed by a tourism improvement district is included in the sales price of lodging services.
- </c> products and services. products and services.
- </c><00:42:22.400><c> The</c> need to fund public services. The need to fund public services.
- </c><00:42:45.200><c> to</c> providing and funding those services to providing and funding those services
Committee:
Senate Taxes
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Agenda Mar 13th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- And then, based on that information, they'll dispatch law enforcement, fire, or emergency medical services
- That means if one center goes down, another must be able to assume services.
- to be an essential service, the state then has responsibility for funding it.
- It was, at least I learned, that if the state declares a service to be an essential service, then the
- That recommend to the legislature that it declare 911 as an essential service?
Summary:
The Joint Legislative Oversight Committee approved minutes from September 25 and December 2, 2025, then heard seven topic requests for Office of Performance Evaluations (OPE) studies. Presentations covered the impacts of growth on agriculture and infrastructure, Doppel fund balance management, Medicaid hospital billing, Your Health Idaho plan selection, boards of community guardians, sexual assault in women’s prisons, and drivers of prison population growth. OPE staff said all of the topics were feasible, with some categorized as small, medium, or large projects. After a private ballot, the committee’s top-ranked topics were boards of community guardians and drivers of prison population growth, followed by impacts of growth on agriculture and infrastructure and sexual assault in women’s correctional facilities. The committee then voted to assign those four studies to OPE.
The committee also approved follow-up work on the Idaho Home Learning Academy and the direct care workforce reports, with OPE suggesting a December follow-up for Home Learning Academy and a June target for direct care workforce, with possible extension if needed. The committee then released the report on challenges facing Idaho’s 911 system and heard a detailed presentation on funding, staffing, system efficiency, consolidation barriers, and governance. OPE recommended that the Legislature consider evolving the Idaho Public Safety Communications Commission into a statewide program with stronger authority, standardized reporting, and clearer cost responsibilities. Testimony from the IPSCC chair and the Idaho Military Division generally agreed with the report’s direction, emphasized aging infrastructure and funding gaps, and said more data and legislative action would be needed for long-term sustainability.
Committee members asked about the $1-per-line 911 fee, staffing shortages, consolidation authority, and whether 911 should be treated as an essential service. OPE and witnesses noted that local control remains central, but the state lacks consistent data and a statewide decision-maker. The committee then approved a motion for OPE to do a feasibility review of additional cost analysis for the 911 system before deciding whether to launch a deeper follow-up study. The meeting ended with OPE updates on a state administrative office space review, an upcoming career technical education report, and a reminder that legislators can request background research from OPE.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Health and Mental Health Feb 12th, 2026 at 08:00 am
Health and Mental Health
Transcript Highlights:
- I know that you've been hearing about disability services all week and all of last week.
- And I would say that Alzheimer's is in a similar type of situation for the types of services that are
- Mental health and medical services. But thank you again for being here. Thank you.
- that service pro bono in Poplar Bluff, and they certainly don't get enough credit for it.
- It prohibits state-funded insurance from covering those services.
Committee:
House Health and Mental Health
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Licensing & Administrative Procedures Mar 11th, 2025
Licensing & Administrative Procedures
Transcript Highlights:
- � service members, either who move to Texas or return home after their military service. three primary
- here. upon completion of their military service.
- Well, as the Deputy Director of Licensing Services, my Directors of Licensing and Customer Service And
- Postal Service. He and his guys at the post office.
- Certainly, there are not a ton of companies that provide this service.
Committee:
House Licensing & Administrative Procedures
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- Contracted services providers often are coming in from an agency, and they're not certified.
- </c> uh con- con- contracted services uh con- con- contracted services providers<00:29:25.720><c> often
- So, if you have any questions, I'm sorry this gets me fired up because I get so angry when I deal with
- <c> I</c><01:13:31.320><c> get</c><01:13:31.520><c> so</c><01:13:31.840><c> angry</c> this gets me fired
- I know that I get a little passionate, a little fired up on this.
Committee:
Senate Education
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Agenda Mar 13th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- And then, based on that information, they'll dispatch law enforcement, fire, or emergency medical services
- We examined why Idaho has 48 centers and whether that aligned with service needs.
- So that means if one center goes down, another must be able to assume services.
- So that means if one center goes down, another must be able to assume services.
- to be an essential service, the state then has responsibility for funding it.
Summary:
The committee approved minutes from September 25 and December 2, 2025, then heard seven topic requests for possible Office of Performance Evaluations studies. Topics included the impacts of growth on agriculture and infrastructure, Medicaid hospital billing, Your Health Idaho plan selection, fund balance management for boards and commissions under DOPL, the Board of Community Guardians, sexual assault in women’s prisons, and drivers of prison population growth. Requesters emphasized issues such as conversion of farmland to development, possible Medicaid billing upcoding, uninsured Idahoans’ costs, uneven board fund balances after consolidation, gaps in guardianship services, prison safety and oversight, and factors driving incarceration growth. OPE staff said all were feasible, with some smaller, medium, or larger in scope depending on the topic.
After a secret ballot, the committee selected four studies for OPE: the Board of Community Guardians, drivers of prison population growth, impacts of growth on agriculture and infrastructure, and oversight of sexual assault in women’s correctional facilities. Members noted the remaining topics received fewer votes, but the director said the office could potentially take on additional work later if capacity allowed. The committee also agreed to follow up on the Idaho Home Learning Academy report and the 2023 direct care workforce report, with follow-up timing suggested for December and June, respectively.
The committee then received a follow-up report on Idaho’s 911 system. OPE said the system faces four major pressures: insufficient funding, staffing shortages, too many centers relative to call demand, and weak statewide data and oversight. The report recommended evolving the Idaho Public Safety Communications Commission into a statewide program with authority to oversee the system, collect standardized financial data, set performance standards, and clarify cost responsibilities. The committee heard responses from the IPSCC chairman, the Military Division, and others, who generally agreed with the need for better data and coordination but stressed local control, outdated radio infrastructure, and the lack of a clear funding estimate. The committee discussed whether to pursue a follow-up focused on funding gaps and system costs, and OPE said it could do additional background work with the commission and Military Division to see what data are available.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- Or get a commitment to have access to these services?
- There are providers that provide the services.
- that the transition services program.
- Transition services can work with them up to the age of 25 and often do.
- So yeah, they're not taking advantage of those kinds of services.
Committee:
House House Judiciary
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Executive Departments and Administration (02/04/2026)
Executive Departments and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> Military Affairs and Veteran Services Military Affairs and Veteran Services and<03:38:44.160><c>
- </c> agent general, the soldiers and service agent general, the soldiers and service members<03:40:01.840
- Thank you for your service. Thanks, man.
- </c> affairs and veteran services. affairs and veteran services.
- </c> who runs our veteran service portfolio. who runs our veteran service portfolio.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement - 03/24/26
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Revenue Feb 12th, 2026
Joint Committee on Revenue
Transcript Highlights:
- It's eliminating positions, but it's also reducing student support services.
- It's our students, our schools, our public services that are really depending on it. Thank you.
- Massachusetts' health and human service system running.
- We're already seeing consolidation of services, including at hospitals like Morton and St.
- And the next person signed up to testify is Stephanie Hara Rice, Greater Boston Legal Services.
Committee:
Joint Joint Committee on Revenue
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Revenue held a public hearing on H. 4975, Governor Healey’s bill to manage the impact of federal tax changes from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OB3) on Massachusetts. Secretary of Administration and Finance Matt Gorowitz said the bill would phase in selected corporate tax changes over time, avoid a $442 million FY26 revenue hit, preserve the current-year budget, and add a few related changes, including expanding the pass-through entity excise to income subject to the 4% surtax, delaying large federal tax changes over $20 million by one year, limiting opportunity zone benefits to Massachusetts investments, adjusting DFML contributions to match IRS guidance, and aligning casino slot-winnings reporting thresholds with federal law. Committee members questioned the administration about why it chose phased conformity rather than full decoupling, the effect on the budget if the bill does not pass, the purpose of the pass-through entity change, opportunity zones, and the slot-machine threshold and family leave provisions.
Public testimony was sharply divided. MassBudget, Progressive Massachusetts, and Don Griswold of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities urged the committee to go further and permanently decouple from the five most costly OB3 corporate tax provisions, arguing that automatic conformity is fiscally risky, rewards investment outside Massachusetts, and has already caused or could cause large revenue losses. Labor and public-sector witnesses, including leaders from the Massachusetts Teachers Association, AFT Massachusetts, SEIU 509, the Massachusetts AFL-CIO, and building trades unions, also called for permanent decoupling, warning that the federal law will deepen state budget pressures, harm schools, health care, human services, and infrastructure, and shift costs onto workers and public programs. Several speakers said Massachusetts should not adopt federal corporate tax cuts that mainly benefit wealthy individuals and corporations.
Other testimony focused on specific provisions. Unite Here Local 26 asked the committee to strike the casino slot-winnings threshold change from $1,200 to $2,000, saying the current limit helps identify problem gambling, creates an opportunity for intervention, and supports union jobs. The Massachusetts Society of CPAs supported the administration’s phased approach, especially the research and experimental expense deduction, citing the importance of certainty for business filers and Massachusetts’ strong R&D economy. Greater Boston Legal Services testified on the paid family and medical leave sections, explaining that the bill’s changes would align PFML payroll contributions with new IRS guidance and, if paired with administrative action, would be cost-neutral for workers and employers. No votes were taken during the hearing.
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
JHA Public Hearing - Fri Feb 13, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST
Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> welfare service organization on appeal. welfare service organization on appeal.
- of Human Services contracts.
- It has to have services and just the regular services, prevention services, services for helping, like
- ><c> helping</c><02:05:46.880><c> like</c> services, services for um helping like services, services
- </c> welfare services to children. welfare services to children.
Committee:
House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on House Bill 1768, which would prohibit state and county law enforcement agencies and officials from entering into federal immigration-enforcement agreements under 8 U.S.C. 1357(g) and from assisting in certain immigration enforcement actions except in limited circumstances. The Office of the Public Defender, Hawaii Coalition for Immigrant Rights, the Legal Clinic, and the ACLU of Hawaiʻi all testified in strong support, arguing the bill would protect due process, reduce fear in immigrant communities, preserve trust in local police, and keep local resources focused on public safety. Testifiers said cooperation with immigration enforcement can chill court attendance, crime reporting, and cooperation with police, and they emphasized that the bill would not stop federal enforcement or affect other deputization agreements for environmental or other criminal matters. Committee members asked whether any 287(g) agreements currently exist in Hawaiʻi; testifiers said they were unaware of any and believed the bill would maintain the status quo. No vote was taken in the portion provided.
The committee then took up House Bill 1548, which would reduce the maximum sentence for misdemeanors from one year to 364 days and allow people previously sentenced to one year to seek sentence modification. The Office of the Public Defender, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the Legal Clinic, the Hawaii Coalition for Immigrant Rights, the ACLU of Hawaiʻi, and the William S. Richardson School of Law immigration clinic all supported the measure, saying the one-day change could prevent severe immigration consequences such as detention, removal, and bars to relief that can be triggered by a sentence of 365 days or more. Testifiers stressed that the bill would not change criminal liability or public safety, but would align Hawaiʻi law with similar reforms adopted in other states. Members questioned whether the change would affect citizens or create an automatic immigration process; witnesses responded that the issue is the federal immigration consequence tied to the maximum sentence, not actual time served, and that citizens would not face that consequence. The transcript ends during continued discussion of HB 1548, with no final vote shown.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 3/13/25
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Lutheran Social Service has been delivering services for 160 years.
- </c><00:03:26.840><c> at</c> employment services at employment services at LSS<00:03:28.760><c> LSS</
- </c><00:12:21.680><c> at</c> there that can provide the service at there that can provide the service
- </c> not like I mean many of the services not like I mean many of the services that<00:20:26.840><c>
- </c> disabilities our Disability Services disabilities our Disability Services make<00:21:38.360><c>
Committee:
House Higher Education Finance and Policy
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Joint Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions, May 22, 2026 - PM
Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions
Transcript Highlights:
- , and that's a uh to receive service, and that's a requirement<00:13:46.680><c> under</c><00:13:46.960
- And so, this was kind of like the triage line, and then you had fire, EMS, and law enforcement.
- and then you had fire, EMS, and law<02:56:50.720><c> enforcement.
- Each county may or may not be able to support and fund their own next gen emergency services.
- . services. services.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Hearing Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development and Assembly Business and Professions Mar 24th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- provisions of the Respiratory Care Practice Act, expanding the availability of respiratory care services
- ...remain current, and most importantly, continue to protect patients receiving respiratory care services
- We are concerned about short staffing, reduced services, and longer wait times for patients to receive
- We know that the demand for audiology services is there. We have a lack of access.
- We know that the demand for audiology services is there. We have a lack of access.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Revenue Feb 12th, 2026
Joint Committee on Revenue
Transcript Highlights:
- It's eliminating the positions, but it's also reducing student support services.
- It's our students, our schools, our public services are really depending on it. Thank you.
- workers and educators who keep Massachusetts' health and human service system running.
- That starts with permanently decoupling our That funds our essential services.
- We're already seeing consolidation of services, including at hospitals like Morton and St.
Bills:
H4975
Committee:
Joint Joint Committee on Revenue
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Transportation Jan 22nd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Debt service obligations are significant. This is true in Washington.
- On the debt service is significant...
- Or his colleague Lexi, and their fees on passenger ride services.
- . or his colleague Lexi, and their fees on passenger ride services.
- So the debt service... The debt service is $900 million, almost a billion per year in the biennium.
Summary:
The committee first received a presentation from NCSL staff on national transportation funding trends and alternative user-fee options as gas tax revenue declines. The presentation covered declining fuel-tax purchasing power, the effects of more fuel-efficient and electric vehicles, and a range of state responses including indexed gas taxes, EV and hybrid registration fees, voluntary and mandatory road usage charges, transportation network company fees, retail delivery fees, and per-kilowatt-hour EV charging fees. Members asked about Virginia’s mileage-fee program, enrollment rates, and whether states had reduced gas taxes alongside new fees; the presenters said they would follow up with additional information.
Committee staff then presented a comparison of Washington’s transportation budget with Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, and Utah, focusing on population, lane miles, road condition, fuel taxes, preservation spending, mega-projects, and governance structures. The discussion highlighted Washington’s unique transportation pressures, including ferries, fish-passage obligations, high debt service, and major capital projects. Members asked follow-up questions about debt service, interest costs, CCA impacts on fuel prices, and whether project costs differed by state.
The committee held public hearings on three bills. House Bill 2109 would allow vehicles being towed on trailers to use coverings to contain mud, rocks, or debris instead of requiring prior cleaning; the bill’s sponsor and construction witnesses supported it as a practical solution, and the fiscal note showed modest costs to WSP and WSDOT. House Bill 2139 would raise snowmobile registration fees to support snow park and trail grooming; State Parks, DNR, and several snowmobile advocates supported it, while some snowmobile users opposed it, arguing that enforcement of unregistered sleds should be addressed first. House Bill 2192 would expand the Washington Traffic Safety Commission’s fatal crash review authority and allow it to collect certain health data; the sponsor and agency supported the bill as a public-health tool, while one attorney raised concerns about limiting civil discovery and evidentiary access in fatal crash litigation.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Daily, from the flags flown at the town entrance to the flags flown daily by the fire department and
Committee:
Senate Administration
Keywords:
Pflugerville, Trail Capital, health and wellness, outdoor recreation, community connectivity, patriotism, town designation, community engagement, Trophy Club, Texas Town of Patriotism, Mineola, Sweets Capital, Texas, local economy, cultural identity, community events, Port Aransas, Mustang Island, Fishing Capital of Texas, Texas fishing