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NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services (04/08/2025)
Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Or she's our assistant. Oh, right. Perfect. Thank you.
- Or she's our our assistant. Who's Jamie? Or she's our our assistant. Oh,<00:07:07.759><c> right.
- </c><00:38:55.359><c> as</c> maybe they start some type of program as maybe they start some type of program
- Care, custody, control of inmates to watch construction projects.
- ,</c><00:56:27.119><c> it</c> the the second injury fund program, it the the second injury fund program
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Professional Registration and Licensing Mar 4th, 2026 at 08:00 am
Professional Registration and Licensing
Transcript Highlights:
- Well, epinephrine, a school nurse can deliver that.
- Imagine a scenario where Missouri medical schools are teaching physician-assisted suicide.
- In medical school, it's like 78% Missouri students.
- We do have a lasers course our third year in optometry school, and every optometry school in the United
- And again, all the schools teach to that already.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 2/10/25
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- I remember back in school, the pizza ingredient looked more like a... do still have some Farmland up
- </c> Pizza it uh I remember back in school Pizza it uh I remember back in school the<00:10:58.560><c>
- Building those three SAF facilities would generate an estimated 55,000 construction job years and, in
- </c> agriculture water certification program agriculture water certification program and<00:53:20.599
- there's a a national check off program there's a a national check off program<01:36:15.719><c> and</
Committee:
House Agriculture Finance and Policy
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- So, you know, that's the whole National Guard citizen-soldier construct.
- You know, threequarters of construct.
- Just then they allowed, uh, the school buses couldn't go.
- </c> allowed uh the school buses couldn't go. allowed uh the school buses couldn't go.
- We<00:47:58.880><c> have</c><00:47:58.960><c> a</c><00:47:59.599><c> school</c><00:47:59.920><c> bus<
Committee:
House Ways and Means
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Energy and Natural Resources (01/08/2026)
Energy and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:02:59.200><c> The</c> standards program. I'll get there. The standards program.
- Um, we also support section 4, the electric assistance program expansion.
- Um, we also support section 4, the electric assistance program expansion.
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- assistance program assistant pro assistance program expansion.<02:43:21.359><c> We</c><02:43:21.600><
Committee:
Senate Energy and Natural Resources
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Agenda Feb 13th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Voc Rehab, and the Charter School Commission.
- And some of the others are statewide programs.
- The next maintenance budget before you is for the public school support program.
- The next maintenance budget before you is for the public school support program.
- To schools who are on the state plan, and a 10.83% increase to schools who are not enrolled in the state's
Summary:
The committee received an LSO update on the latest green sheet, including the fiscal effects of House Bill 559, recent cash transfers, and the Idaho Budget Rescissions Act for FY 2026. Staff then walked through FY 2027 maintenance budgets, explaining how statewide decisions, benefit costs, contract inflation, and cost allocation were built into the numbers. Members also discussed clarifications to the health insurance calculation language and the treatment of certain agency plans, including graduate medical education and the Secretary of State’s cash balance approach.
The committee considered and approved maintenance budgets for the legislative branch, public safety, natural resources, health and human services, economic development, the judicial branch, constitutional officers, and general government. Several members objected to the across-the-board reductions, arguing they would create long-term costs, harm staffing and services, and shift expenses to other parts of government or to the public. Supporters said the committee needed a target, that the maintenance budgets were structurally balanced, and that further changes could be addressed in the enhancement process. Most budget motions passed on divided votes, and the committee also adopted standard language for each packet.
The committee debated several pieces of nonstandard language, including provisions related to budget integrity, reporting requirements for large Health and Welfare acquisitions, a cash transfer for livestock depredation prevention, public defender parking, insurance reimbursement limits, and a proposal to use reserve funds to hold state employee health insurance premiums flat. Some language was adopted by unanimous consent, while the employee premium language prompted extended discussion over which reserve funds could be used and whether the proposal should apply differently to elected officials and other employees. The meeting ended while that issue was still being worked through, with the committee having advanced multiple budget packets and accompanying language to do-pass recommendations.
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 055 Mar 9th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- . programs. programs.
- </c> lethality assessment program form. lethality assessment program form.
- It's a fantastic program. involved. It's a fantastic program.
- </c> Rules schools are exact. Oh, sorry. Rules schools are exact. Oh, sorry.
- This is not an optional program. This is not an encouraged program.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session-Day 12, February 23, 2026-PM
Wyoming Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- This is what would affect your middle school band, your middle school CTE, your middle school PE, your
- 40.640><c> school</c> middle school PE, your middle school middle school PE, your middle school music
- </c><01:06:26.480><c> we</c><01:06:26.720><c> have</c> school how many school districts we have school
- </c> and lead your school district. and lead your school district.
- </c> that go to these schools. that go to these schools.
MD
Transcript Highlights:
- . >> House Bill 28, Higher Education, Private Career Schools Advertising. >> House Bill 28 is on third
- </c><00:08:50.720><c> and</c> Disabilities Housing Programs and Disabilities Housing Programs and Affiliated
- Mary's High School. >> All right. Thank you, Madam Speaker. >> I'll be cheerleader from afar.
- Mary's<00:15:04.480><c> High</c><00:15:04.639><c> School.</c> Mary's High School.
- Mary's High School.
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Agenda Feb 13th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Voc Rehab, and the Charter School Commission.
- Rehab, and the Charter School Commission.
- The next maintenance budget before you is for the public school support program.
- The next maintenance budget before you is for the public school support program.
- To schools who are on the state plan, and a 10.83% increase to schools who are not enrolled in the state's
Summary:
The committee first received updates from LSO on the latest green sheet, including the revenue impact of House Bill 559, recent cash transfers, and the Idaho Budget Rescissions Act for FY 2026. Members then moved through a series of FY 2027 maintenance budgets, beginning with the legislative branch. The committee discussed the statewide 2% reduction layered on top of the governor’s recommendation, benefit-cost adjustments, and how those decisions were being built into the maintenance budgets. The legislative branch budget passed, followed by unanimous-consent adoption of related language.
The committee next considered public safety, natural resources, health and human services, economic development, judicial branch, constitutional officers, and general government budgets. In each case, analysts explained how rescissions, ongoing base reductions, and statewide adjustments were incorporated. Several members objected to the across-the-board cuts, arguing they would reduce staffing or services in corrections, juvenile corrections, environmental quality, health and welfare, public defender services, crime victims compensation, tax administration, and treatment courts, while supporters said the committee needed a target and would revisit details in enhancement work groups. Most budget motions passed on divided votes and were forwarded with do-pass recommendations.
The committee also adopted multiple sections of standard and nonstandard language, including cash transfers, reporting requirements, and agency-specific provisions. In Health and Human Services, members debated language requiring reporting on large acquisitions and transfers, and in Economic Development and General Government they adopted language affecting the State Public Defender, the Department of Insurance, and group insurance premiums. The meeting ended while the committee was still working through a disputed general government language item about funding employee health insurance premiums from reserve accounts, with members debating whether the language should reference specific reserve funds or broader reserve funding and whether the proposal was properly within JFAC’s scope.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Environment, Energy & Technology Dec 5th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- I am the program manager for the hazardous waste and toxics reduction program of the Department of Ecology
- I'm the program manager at the Department of Ecology Solid Waste Program.
- They're subject to the program cap.
- programs have been running for longer than a decade.
- They're halting construction on projects that are already in advanced stages of construction.
Summary:
The committee held a work session covering PFAS regulation and impacts, no-cost allowance allocation for emissions-intensive trade-exposed industries (EITEs), and regional resource adequacy and data center load growth. Senator Victoria Hunt was welcomed as a new member. The Department of Ecology reviewed Washington’s Safer Products for Washington PFAS work, including completed restrictions on PFAS in outdoor furniture, carpets, rugs, stain/water-resistant treatments, and newer rules adopted in November restricting PFAS in most apparel, cleaning products, and automotive washes, with reporting requirements for some other products such as cookware and firefighting gear. Ecology also described Cycle 2 PFAS reviews now underway, including artificial turf and paints, and answered questions about compliance, online sales, sell-through periods, and how Washington’s approach differs from broader bans in states like Maine and Minnesota. The Department of Ecology also presented on PFAS in biosolids, describing a 2024 sampling study, limitations in testing methods, and a 2025 statutory amendment requiring additional sampling between 2027 and 2028 and a report to the legislature in 2029. The Department of Health then updated the committee on PFAS in drinking water, reporting that most Group A public water systems have completed sampling, that 317 sources and 188 systems are expected to exceed new contaminant levels, and that treatment costs for public systems are estimated at about $970 million, leaving a large funding gap; members also asked about private wells, health effects, bathing exposure, and home filters. The Board of Health’s new state action levels are being aligned with federal MCLs, and the department said it expects to continue monitoring and notification under state rules. Ecology also briefed the committee on no-cost allowance allocations to EITEs under the Climate Commitment Act, explaining the leakage-mitigation rationale, the current allocation schedule through 2034, and a forthcoming report on policy options for 2035-2050; members asked about industry barriers, competitiveness, and whether facilities might leave the state. Finally, E3 presented a regional resource adequacy study showing rising load, retirements outpacing additions, limited winter reliability value from wind, solar, and batteries, and a projected shortfall beginning in 2026 that could grow to about 9,000 MW by 2030 if planned projects are not built. The presentation emphasized winter cold-weather events, hydro variability, the importance of permitting and transmission, and longer-term options including nuclear, geothermal, hydrogen, carbon capture, and long-duration storage. EPRI then introduced its DC Flex initiative, which is studying how data centers can provide flexible load through workload shifting, cooling optimization, and on-site backup or bridging resources to reduce grid stress and protect ratepayers.
MI
Michigan 2025-2026 Regular Session
Transportation and Infrastructure 26-06-24
Transportation and Infrastructure
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm also an assistant professor at the University of Michigan-Flint.
- Residents remember with pride the vibrancy of the neighborhood: leaders, elders, schools, businesses,
- .. ...its now-gone vibrant community by establishing a memorial park, which is currently under construction
Committee:
Senate Transportation and Infrastructure
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure met with a quorum present and adopted the June 16, 2026 minutes. The committee first took up House Bill 5644, which would allow nurse practitioners, physical therapists, and occupational therapists to certify applications for disability windshield placards and disability license plates. The sponsor and witnesses from the nursing profession said the bill restores a practice that had worked for years, reduces delays and extra costs for patients, and improves access, especially in rural and underserved areas. A Department of State representative explained the issue arose after an Auditor General review found the statute was unclear. The bill was reported to the floor on a 10-0 vote.
The committee then heard Senate Bill 791, which would designate a portion of I-475 in Genesee County as the St. John Street Community Memorial Highway. Senator Cherry and representatives of the St. John Street Historical Committee described the history of the St. John Street neighborhood in Flint, its displacement by urban renewal and highway construction, and the effort to memorialize the community’s cultural significance and trauma. No members asked questions, and the bill was reported to the floor unanimously, 10-0.
House Bill 4415, previously heard by the committee, was also reported to the floor without further testimony. The committee then considered Senate Bill 959, which had a new S-2 substitute. Senator Klinefelt explained the substitute as a compromise that reorganizes rail detector regulations and changes distance and speed thresholds for Class 1, 2, and 3 rail lines. The substitute was adopted 10-0. After additional comments from Senator McBroom opposing the bill due to concerns about impacts on Upper Peninsula commerce and rail operations, the committee reported the S-2 version of Senate Bill 959 to the floor by a 6-4 vote. The committee then adjourned.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
House Special Committee on Red Hill Info Briefing - Thu Oct 2, 2025 @ 10:00 AM HST
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:15:08.560><c> and</c> cleanup under the super fund program and cleanup under the super fund program
- </c><00:20:46.799><c> and</c> under the super fund program and under the super fund program and specifically
- </c> other facil facilities such as schools other facil facilities such as schools and<00:24:23.440><
- </c> To be completed is an initial flushing program and a unidirectional flushing program, and a plan
- </c> connection control program. connection control program.
Summary:
The House Special Committee on Red Hill received an update from the Hawaii Department of Health and EPA Region 9 on regulatory oversight of the Red Hill facility, the Navy drinking water system, and ongoing environmental investigation and cleanup. The agencies reviewed the authorities governing the work, including DOH’s emergency orders, EPA’s 2023 administrative consent order, and the older 2015 agreement, and explained that the newer framework is being used for most current oversight because it includes closure, remediation, drinking water protections, and stronger community engagement requirements, even though some requirements overlap.
EPA and DOH reported major milestones and current work. Defueling was completed in March 2024, with about 104 million gallons removed, and the agencies said this eliminated the risk of another catastrophic release. They described the current tank-closure phase, expected to finish in July 2029, along with site assessment, site investigation, remediation, and long-term monitoring that may continue through at least 2040. They also summarized drinking water actions: emergency response flushing and sampling after the 2021 spill, lifting of the public health advisory in 2022, completion of extended drinking water monitoring in 2025, and ongoing system improvements such as repairs, flushing plans, valve work, complaint-response protocols, and upgrades to storage tanks and pumps.
Members asked several questions about monitoring results, the meaning of TPH, the status of the 2015 agreement, and the Navy’s groundwater model. EPA said its sampling and the Navy’s results were in alignment during extended monitoring, and that it plans to issue a summary report covering the full response period. On the groundwater model, EPA and DOH said they have not yet approved it for decision-making, are reviewing it iteratively with outside experts and University of Hawaii data, and may approve it for specific uses in the future. DOH said its latest comment letter states the model cannot yet be used for decision-making purposes, and noted that UH’s separate modeling work is contingent on funding and may not be completed until next spring. The agencies also said they continue community outreach through open houses, webinars, neighborhood boards, legislative hearings, and fuel tank advisory committee meetings.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- That grant has been met, so that $1 million helped us with all of the pre-construction activities.
- When we pull out from finishing construction, they will actually use that as their parking lot base.
- We were funded on this project from the canal efficiency program and the regional water sustainability
- We received about $460 million through the Water Smart program in a couple of different grants.
- I have worked in the stream channel protection program for the department for approximately 20 years.
Committee:
Senate Resources and Environment
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Joint Select Committee on Collective Bargaining Jan 20th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- However, we object to requiring our members to perform major construction projects.
- However, we object to requiring our members to perform major construction projects.
- We object to requiring our members to perform major construction projects.
- They often assist local law enforcement officers in searches and gang work out on the streets.
- They often assist local law enforcement officers in searches and gang work out on the streets.
Summary:
The Joint Select Committee on Collective Bargaining met to hear impasse presentations from the Department of Management Services and several bargaining units. The department reported that most articles had been resolved in each of the full-book contracts, with remaining disputes centered largely on wages and a handful of non-economic issues. For the FDLE special agents, security services, law enforcement, Florida Highway Patrol, and Florida State Fire Service units, the state described its wage offers as generally a 2% competitive increase plus a 3% special pay increase, along with various bonuses, retention funds, or career-development funding in some units. The department also said it wanted to keep existing language on work schedules, seniority, grooming, equipment, grievance procedures, and other items, often characterizing its changes as housekeeping or alignment with current practice. The department noted that insurance had been agreed to with no increased employee cost, and it confirmed that correctional officers do receive overtime pay.
Representatives for the Florida State Fire Service Association strongly disputed the state’s position, arguing that firefighters should not be required to perform major construction work, that their work schedules and on-call/callback arrangements unfairly suppress overtime, and that wildfire and fire-rescue employees are underpaid and underprotected. They also pressed for better compensation for EMT/paramedic-certified firefighters, additional protective clothing, on-site decontamination and shower/laundry facilities, and stronger cancer-prevention language. The association said the state had not bargained in good faith and urged the committee to support the union’s proposals.
The Police Benevolent Association’s Florida Highway Patrol unit focused on wages and a career development plan, saying troopers remain underpaid compared with other states and are leaving for better-paying agencies. It also sought a veteran stipend, broader grooming/tattoo language, safety improvements for high-mileage vehicles, and changes to seniority and inflation-related pay. The PBA law enforcement unit raised similar safety concerns about aging vehicles, sought limits on performance evaluations tied to case presentations, and requested a $7,000 across-the-board wage increase. The security services unit, representing correctional officers, probation officers, and ISS officers, said its main issue was wages and asked for an $8-per-hour starting pay increase, retention bonuses, special pay for death row and close-management staff, added pay for SOTEC officers, and overtime pay for lieutenants and captains who currently receive comp time instead. No votes were taken, no public testimony followed, and the committee adjourned after taking the presentations under advisement.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, March 25, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Now, I yield back. uh assistance nutrition program uh to uh assistance nutrition program uh to help<02
- </c> not be cutting food assistance programs. not be cutting food assistance programs.
- This program for years incentivized local food procurement for school meals.
- Just yesterday, USDA announced that it was ending part of the farm-to-school program.
- This program for years incentivized local food procurement for school meals.
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- School School 28-7.
- Cheer Lady school education programs. Cheer Lady school education programs.
- study the quality of after school study the quality of after school programs and of programs and of
- programs certainly that the after school programs certainly that the after school programs certainly
- program not so good good after school program not so good good after school program not so good does
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- Really, it's a huge thing for them, keeping them in our state after they graduate school.
- Huge thing for them, keeping them in our state after they graduate school.
- The people staying in these homes include travel nurses, Micron contractors, construction workers, parents
- We host nurses, Micron workers, construction crews, plumbers, electricians, and other trade professionals
- We host nurses, Micron workers, construction crews, plumbers, electricians, and other trade professionals
Committee:
House Business
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Agenda Feb 9th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- The third is for Idaho State Police District 2 facility construction.
- fund is used for The fund is used for the administration and payment of grants for launch for high school
- Some of it's used to administer the program.
- to award it all, but the kids didn't pick it up, or their plans changed, or they got kicked out of school
- The kids didn't pick it up, or their plans changed, or they got kicked out of school because they didn't
Summary:
The joint Senate Finance and House Appropriations committee met to consider several FY 2026 and FY 2027 cash transfers and then began reviewing maintenance budget language for FY 2027. The first transfer moved $33.745 million from the permanent building fund to the general fund. Keith Bybee and Lori Wolf explained the money was tied to canceled or stalled capital projects, including the Carnegie Library purchase/renovation, juvenile corrections facility additions, an Idaho State Police district facility, IDOC reentry-related projects, and an ISU pedestrian crossing. Senator Wintrow raised concerns that some projects remained important, but the committee approved the transfer 18-2 and sent it with a due pass recommendation.
The committee then approved a $15 million transfer from the Water Pollution Control Fund to the general fund and a $10 million transfer from the In-Demand Careers Fund to the general fund, both with due pass recommendations. Members asked whether there were eligible students waiting for In-Demand Careers grants and whether the transfer would reduce aid availability; staff said the fund had a large cash balance relative to current obligations and that some money had been returned or remained unclaimed. The committee also approved a FY 2027 In-Demand Careers transfer of $10 million, but only after awards are obligated and reconciled on December 31, 2026, or as soon thereafter as practicable, reflecting concerns about preserving student aid while allowing unused balances to revert.
After the cash-transfer votes, the committee shifted to maintenance budget work for FY 2027. Bybee explained that the packet contained the standard clear language for the maintenance bills, but the reporting structure in the budget database had been disrupted by the many adjustments, so staff would do additional testing before final numbers were circulated. He walked members through the table of contents and examples of the language, noting that maintenance budgets have only existed for three years and generally contain less controversial statutory language, though workgroups could still consider adding intent language. The committee was told that workgroups for General Government and Natural Resources would begin, with additional lunch meetings possible, and the meeting adjourned until the next morning.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Requiring MMB to include fraud impacts in budget forecasts 3/3/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> expected spending in a state program expected spending in a state program including<00:05:20.600
- </c> including program integrity efforts. including program integrity efforts.
- </c> our programs. our programs.
- Very similarly constructed.
- Very similarly constructed. inflation. Very similarly constructed.