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MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Emerging Issues May 12th, 2026

Emerging Issues

Transcript Highlights:
  • Emerging Issues will now come to order. Madam Secretary, please call the roll.
  • Two definitions that are provided in the bill, one being for emergent properties, the other being for
  • The definition of metadata has a detailed list of attributes, but the actual operative requirement that
  • That will end executive session, and seeing no further business, Emerging Issues is now adjourned.
Keywords: 959, house, all
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

FL House Floor Session - 2026-03-06 (10:00AM Session)

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • By operating under a Medicaid waiver instead of through DCF, the state benefits from enhanced federal
  • They wait for a medical emergency that sends them to the ER. It's not because they're not working.
  • A bill to be entitled an act relating to services during a state of emergency.
  • Fast, off and smooth operator. Good afternoon, everyone.
  • It spoke so much to me and so much to how you operate. Pink, where you at? Pink, stand up.
Keywords: 998, house, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Elections - 02/06/25

Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • The company took the county to court over its ordinance prohibiting industrial mineral operations.
  • The company wanted to mine silica sand to export, use in fracking operations out of state.
  • The company took the county to court over its ordinance prohibiting industrial mineral operations.
  • The company wanted to mine silica sand to export, use in fracking operations out of state.
  • The company wanted to mine silica sand to export, use in fracking operations out of state.
Committee: Senate Elections
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Health and Mental Health Mar 5th, 2026 at 08:00 am

Health and Mental Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • So I'm just kind of trying to understand the operational aspects.
  • I can't count the number of clients that I have sitting in emergency rooms or departments waiting for
  • We see folks going to emergency rooms and psychiatric placements. About there.
  • We see folks going to emergency rooms and psychiatric placements well outside the state if needed.
  • I can have them taken to the emergency room and receive medication, a long-acting injectable.
Keywords: 959, house, all
MS

Mississippi 2026 Regular Session

Government Structure - Room 409, 12 January, 2026; 2:00 P.M.

Government Structure

Transcript Highlights:
  • And and I in operating these agencies.
  • So, out of our special funds operations.
  • And uh I operations of the fairgrounds.
  • And we're trying to get emergency rooms.
  • Uh, it still operates. Matter of fact, it is going to operate on Friday.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • The state's NIL rules officially became operative in September 2021, just two months after the NCAA became
  • operative in September 2021, just two months after the NCAA adopted its own interim nationwide NIL policy
  • But right now we have athletes, as Tyree alluded to, operating in a system where they have very little
  • And to that point, there's some schools, so to your point, every athlete in every school is operating
  • But what do you see that as sort of like an emerging, I guess, market, right? That's monetized.
Summary: The committee held an informational hearing on name, image, and likeness (NIL) and financial literacy for student athletes, with members framing California as a national leader on NIL but emphasizing the need for stronger protections and more consistent education. The chair and witnesses discussed how NIL opportunities now include both third-party endorsement deals and school revenue-sharing arrangements, and how the current landscape varies widely by institution, leaving athletes with a patchwork of rules and support. Several witnesses argued that student athletes, especially younger ones and those from low-income or first-generation backgrounds, are vulnerable to predatory contracts, tax problems, and pressure from family, agents, or lenders. The first panel featured Tyree Dillingham and Brandon Copeland, who called for standardized financial literacy, better guardrails against predatory NIL advances, and a player-led association or similar collective voice for athletes. They described examples of athletes not understanding paychecks, taxes, or contract terms, and warned that some schools and collectives blur the line between education and marketing. Copeland also argued that college athletics now functions like a professional business and that athletes need representation and a standard contract structure to protect them. The second panel focused on lived experience, including testimony from attorney Anthony Coronae and student athlete Mikey Williams. Coronae described reviewing a contract that he said functioned like a predatory loan disguised as marketing support, with the company taking exclusive rights to Williams’ NIL and requiring repayment far beyond the advance. Williams testified that he signed without a lawyer, later lost endorsements, scholarship, and housing stability, and only later learned the contract’s consequences. He said a required financial literacy course at Sacramento State helped him begin to understand budgeting, taxes, and contracts, and he urged the legislature to require legal review or stronger safeguards for athletes. The third panel, from San Diego State University, highlighted a more structured institutional model. Athletic director Brendan Hill described a mandatory four-year life-skills program that includes financial literacy, resume workshops, internships, and branding education, while student athlete Sloan Benchoff said the program helped her manage money and prepare for post-college life. Witnesses agreed that support is uneven across schools, that some agents and lenders are exploiting athletes, and that California should consider standardized financial education and agent regulation while also being careful not to create rules that unintentionally restrict athlete rights. No formal vote or bill action was taken at the hearing.
WA
Transcript Highlights:
  • here, there are a few rules of the road that we just want to be mindful of to make sure everybody's operating
  • There is an emergency clause and immediate effective date. Thank you, Madam Chair.
  • There is an emergency clause and immediate effective date.
  • There is an emergency clause and immediate effective date.
  • There is an emergency clause and immediate effective date, and a fiscal note is available in your eBB
Summary: The House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee heard public testimony on House Bill 2598, which would create a Salmon Advisory Commission made up of tribal leaders, state agencies, legislators, and local governments to develop recommendations on salmon and steelhead recovery. Prime sponsor Rep. Lekanoff described the bill as a way to bring executive, legislative, and tribal leaders together on salmon recovery and treaty obligations. Staff noted a fiscal note of roughly $35,000 in out years. Supporters emphasized salmon’s cultural and treaty importance and the need for coordinated leadership, while the lone public testifier, Todd Myers of Washington Policy Center, opposed the bill as another statewide layer of bureaucracy and argued that recovery efforts should focus more on local, watershed-level action. The committee noted 10 signed in pro, 886 con, and one other, but no vote was taken on the bill in the hearing. The committee then heard House Bill 2620, which would repeal the recently adopted Forest Practices Board rule expanding riparian buffers on non-fish-bearing streams and impose new standards for future riparian buffer rulemaking, including an economic viability standard for the timber industry and additional consensus and alternative-analysis requirements. Rep. Dent said the bill was intended to restore communication and collaboration in the forest practices process. Testimony was sharply divided. Tribal representatives and environmental advocates said the rule was the product of a long, science-based adaptive management process under the Forest and Fish framework and was needed to protect water quality, salmon habitat, and treaty rights; they argued the bill would undermine that process and conflict with Clean Water Act compliance. Forest industry and small forest landowner witnesses supported the bill, saying the process had lost trust, ignored alternatives, and imposed significant economic harm on rural communities and family tree farms. DNR and Ecology testified in opposition, saying the rule was based on science and that the bill would weaken water-quality protections and jeopardize HCP compliance. The committee recorded 592 signed in pro, 489 con, and one other, with no vote taken during the hearing. After the public hearings, the committee moved into executive session on five bills. Staff briefly described House Bill 2104, which would make permanent the Aviation Assurance Funding Program for wildfire response; House Bill 2348, a DNR request bill on land and material sales advertising; House Bill 2544, which would require an adjudication process for the Upper Columbia River with a proposed substitute; House Bill 2554, which would repeal Initiative 456 concerning state declarations on tribal natural resource management; and House Joint Memorial 4009, urging federal action on wildland firefighting consolidation. The committee then recessed briefly for caucus and began executive action, starting with a motion to report House Bill 2104 out of committee with a do pass recommendation.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • These threats operate in the ecosystem, but their combined effect would be catastrophic, not just one
  • And then these threats operate in the ecosystem, but their combined effect would be catastrophic, not
  • If we can continue to operate in that fashion, think about what's in the best interest of the patients
  • And I appreciate it as well, bringing up the thoughtfulness about thinking about other emerging areas
  • So I start with the operating assumption, which... Government.
Summary: The Assembly Select Committee on Biotechnology and Medical Technology met on August 19, 2025 to examine the effects of federal grant cuts, tariff uncertainty, and related policy changes on California’s biotech, medtech, and academic research ecosystem. The chair and panelists emphasized California’s outsized role in the industry, describing major clusters in the Bay Area, Los Angeles, and San Diego, and explaining how research, startup formation, manufacturing, and clinical trials are interconnected across the state. Speakers from Biocom California, California Life Sciences, Farma, UC, Stanford, CSU Biotech, and UCLA all argued that NIH and NSF funding are foundational to discovery, workforce training, and commercialization, and that disruptions are already chilling venture capital, startup formation, and hiring. Witnesses described several concrete impacts: suspended or terminated grants, reduced doctoral admissions, fewer training opportunities, canceled retreats and internships, and anxiety among graduate students and early-career researchers. UC reported hundreds of millions of dollars in suspended or terminated NIH and NSF funding, while Stanford said more than a thousand training and career-development grants nationwide have been frozen or ended, affecting multiple trainees per grant. CSU Biotech said 133 federal grants had been terminated, scaled back, or canceled, totaling about $140 million, including nearly $30 million from NIH and NSF. Industry representatives also warned that proposed antitrust limits on mergers and acquisitions could undermine the standard biotech exit path and further deter investment. Committee members asked about the duration of the disruption, the possibility of state action to offset federal losses, and whether California could better support workforce development, manufacturing, and R&D tax credits. Panelists urged the Legislature to preserve and expand state support for STEM education, internships, apprenticeship pathways, manufacturing incentives, and the R&D tax credit, and to consider infrastructure and housing as part of competitiveness. They also noted that tariffs are already raising costs for medtech components and building materials, and that China is increasingly competing for R&D, talent, and licensing deals. No formal votes or bill actions were taken at the hearing; the meeting was informational and focused on testimony and discussion.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/10/2026 - House Education

House Education Committee of Reference

Transcript Highlights:
  • All right, 40 years, I've been a nurse, most of that in the emergency department.
  • Schools may continue operating exactly as they do today.
  • So in closing, in emergency medicine, we do not ask whether someone should have been injured.
  • And, you know, this idea of operating in the shadows just doesn't make sense to me.
  • That's not how we intended for school boards to operate. ...asleep at the switch.
Summary: The committee heard testimony on House Bill 2076, which would create a program and fund within ADE, in consultation with AZPOST, to reimburse eligible schools and employees for approved training, certification, and school safety equipment, and would allow schools to adopt policies permitting certain employees to carry concealed firearms on campus if they meet training, notification, and confidentiality requirements. The sponsor, Rep. Bliss, framed the bill as an optional, fiscally responsible medical-response measure focused on bleeding control and emergency preparedness, not a mandate to arm schools. Supporters said the bill adds guardrails, expands access to training, and could help staff respond in emergencies. Opponents, including Giffords, Arizona for Gun Safety, and the Arizona Education Association, argued it would normalize firearms in classrooms, create confidentiality and law-enforcement concerns, expose students and staff to new risks, and divert attention from prevention, mental health, and other school safety investments. After debate, the committee voted 6-5-1 to give HB 2076 a do-pass recommendation. The committee then took up House Bill 2830, which directs the State Board of Education to adopt science standards requiring instruction on fetal and prenatal development and specifies that the content is not sex education. Supporters, including the sponsor, a school board president, and a biology teacher, said the bill is about age-appropriate, medically accurate science, parental rights, and clear statewide guidance. Opponents, including the AEA and Reproductive Freedom for All, said it fragments science instruction, politicizes the curriculum, and omits the broader reproductive and public health context students need. Members debated whether fetal development can be taught without discussing reproduction, and whether the bill is an education measure or an anti-abortion effort. The committee approved HB 2830 on an 8-4 vote. The transcript also included discussion of House Bill 2093, which would repeal required mental health instruction and social-emotional learning in schools; supporters argued it restores parental control and refocuses schools on academics, while opponents said school-based mental health education saves lives and helps students who may not have support at home.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/02/2026 - Senate Floor Session

Arizona Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • HB 2097, irrigation non-expansionary operational maximum; Natural Resources.
  • It also has an emergency clause, takes two-thirds to enact the emergency. Did I miss anything? Yep.
  • I just don't find the need for an emergency clause. Thank you.
  • You've passed House Bill 2938 with the emergency, signed in open session.
  • Because ICE agents are operating with masks...
Summary: The Senate convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then approved the journal and received House messages and first-read bills. The chamber moved through multiple Committee of the Whole calendars, considering a range of measures on solar energy, public safety, insurance, health care, agriculture, gaming, education, child welfare, and real property. Several bills were retained on calendar, while many others were advanced with committee amendments and floor amendments. On Calendar 2, SB 1419 on solar energy inspection contractors drew the most debate. A floor amendment by Sen. Sundareshan sought to require utilities to protect ratepayers from costs associated with large energy users such as data centers; supporters argued it would help keep electricity affordable, while opponents called it a hostile amendment. After a division vote, the amendment failed 12-15, and SB 1419 was reported do pass as amended. SB 1498 (DPS appropriation) and SB 1502 (unlawful flight/reckless endangerment) also advanced. The Committee of the Whole report was adopted, but a later attempt to add the failed Sundareshan amendment to the report on SB 1419 was defeated 13-14. On Calendar 1, the Senate advanced SB 1165, SB 1206, SB 1212, SB 1215, SB 1290, SB 1291, and SB 1347, mostly with committee amendments. SB 1178 on naturopathic physicians and prescription drug pricing saw a contested Sears floor amendment aimed at stopping price gouging on essential generic drugs; supporters said it would lower drug costs, while the sponsor objected that it was not germane. The amendment failed, and the bill passed as amended. SB 1186 on document retention and donations also drew a Sundareshan amendment on transparency and implementation; it failed, and the bill passed as amended. SB 1286 on veterinary visits and electronic prescriptions advanced after a proposed Kavanagh floor amendment was defeated on division. The Senate then adopted the Committee of the Whole reports and moved on to additional calendars. On Calendar 4, the chamber passed SB 1004 on ESA students and interscholastic activities, SB 1116 on AHCCCS access/behavioral health, SB 1162 on health care institution licensing complaints, SB 1179 on developmental disability/health monitoring, SB 1475 on school district governing boards and eligibility, SB 1821 on DCS training and child placement, and SCR 1012. A request to hold SB 1475 for a reinstatement process was rejected. The Senate also took up an additional Committee of the Whole for SB 1077, SB 1479, and SB 1566; SB 1077 advanced with a Payne floor amendment, SB 1479 advanced with a Carroll amendment classifying certain forged real-property recordings as a class five felony, and SB 1566 began consideration with a Petersen amendment to remove part of a prior amendment. Throughout, the chamber repeatedly adopted committee reports and advanced the bills for further action.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/02/2026 - Senate Floor Session

Arizona Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • HB 2097, irrigation, non-expansionary operational maximum. Natural Resources.
  • This bill also has an emergency clause; it takes two-thirds to enact the emergency.
  • I just don't find the need for an emergency clause. Thank you.
  • Because ICE agents are operating with masks.
  • We have seen several fatal shootings involving ICE during enforcement operations in public.
Keywords: 1182, all
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Agriculture Oct 28th, 2025

Agriculture

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is another company that operates in our area and actually now has, I believe, the current provider
  • In the state, the City of Oklahoma City operates four wastewater treatment plants that treat more than
  • Further studies show that adult flies emerged from biosolid cake all year round.
  • Whether you're a lagoon operator, whether you're a mechanical plant operator, we put microbes into our
  • Operators now, as most of us know, they're not, they don't come to the background and they're taking
Committee: House Agriculture
Summary: The committee hearing focused on biosolids, sewage sludge, and PFAS contamination, with the opening remarks and first three presenters arguing that land application of municipal sludge poses serious risks to soil, water, livestock, and human health. Representative Shaw cited EPA and state data on detected pollutants and PFAS in biosolids, while Denise Travick Poyer described her background in chemical engineering and PFAS work and said the EPA’s draft sewage sludge risk assessment shows unacceptable risk at very low PFOS/PFOA levels. She urged source reduction, more testing, and consideration of total organic fluorine, and noted examples from Michigan where industrial pretreatment and source reduction reduced PFAS in biosolids. Johnson County, Texas Commissioner Larry Woolley and Investigator Dana Ames presented a case study of alleged runoff from land-applied biosolids affecting a ranch, with high PFAS readings in soil, water, fish, cattle tissue, and a stillborn calf, and said the county and state had pursued investigations, lawsuits, and legislative responses. Sandra Trawick of Save Oklahoma Farms and Ranches argued that Oklahoma’s biosolids program relies heavily on Class B sludge, that current rules are outdated, and that land application exposes farms and rural communities to pathogens, chemicals, odors, flies, and runoff; she cited examples from Maine, Texas, Georgia, Michigan, and Oklahoma to support calls for stronger regulation or a ban. After the testimony, members asked about sampling methods, lab testing, EPA limits, and whether the cited PFAS blood levels were comparable to the soil and sludge measurements. Witnesses said the Johnson County samples were collected by a Texas A&M PhD contractor and tested at a single lab, and they explained that the EPA’s 4 parts per trillion figure applied to municipal drinking water standards. Questions also addressed whether sludge is incorporated into soil; Trawick said it had often been left on the surface, though she had seen better disking after public scrutiny. Members asked how biosolids compare with manure and feedlot waste, and witnesses responded that municipal sludge is more contaminated because it includes industrial, hospital, and household waste streams, unlike animal manure. The committee then moved to alternative solutions, hearing from Doug McKinney of Advanced Microbial Solutions, who promoted biological sludge removal using bacteria to reduce sludge volumes and avoid land application, citing cost savings for wastewater plants and correctional facilities. Jason Jepsen of Eden Energy followed with a pitch for an eight-stage waste-to-energy system that converts mixed waste into clean energy, biochar, and reusable products, framing waste as an asset and presenting his company’s technology as a no-land-application alternative.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/10/2026 - Senate Floor Session

Arizona Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • That's not how this place operates, and you know it.
  • It increases emergency room visits.
  • Members, this is an emergency measure and will require a two-thirds vote for its passage with the emergency
  • And this will go on, be signed with the emergency.
  • But people that are online and in the gallery need to know that emergency clauses are for emergencies
Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, a roll call showing 27 present, and approval of the prior journal. Members then introduced guests, including representatives of the Arizona Fair Association, Mohave County fair staff, a constituent guest, a physician candidate shadowing a senator, Father David Myers, and the Doctor of the Day. The chamber also received messages and read a long list of bills placed on second reading. The Committee of the Whole considered three measures. SB 1268, a veterans property tax exemption cleanup bill, was explained as clarifying that the exemption applies to a veteran’s primary residence and, if jointly owned, still counts as 100 percent; it received a do pass recommendation. SB 1051, requiring hospitals to collect and report patient immigration-status information for accounting purposes, drew extensive debate. Supporters said it would improve accountability for hospital spending and taxpayer costs, while opponents argued it would intimidate patients, discourage care, burden hospitals, and target immigrants unfairly. Despite repeated points of order and appeals over germaneness and remarks, the bill advanced on a 16-13 vote. SB 1316, creating a rural health transformation fund process with public hearings and JLBC involvement, was presented as a transparency measure for roughly $167 million in federal rural health funds; supporters favored legislative input, while opponents said it added bureaucracy and could delay care. It advanced 17-13. The Committee of the Whole reported all three bills do pass, and the Senate adopted the report. HB 2792 was substituted for SB 1268 as an identical measure and passed with the emergency clause by a 29-1 vote. SB 1123 and SB 1145 also passed, and SB 1125, dealing with child safety and communication with tribal nations regarding group homes, passed unanimously 30-0. SB 1316 passed 17-13, and SB 1051 passed 17-13 after a lengthy floor debate in which supporters framed it as a fiscal/accountability measure and opponents called it harmful, anti-immigrant, and likely to deter medical care. The Senate then announced committee meetings for the next day and adjourned until Wednesday, February 11, 2026.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/10/2026 - Senate Floor Session

Arizona Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It increases emergency room visits.
  • It increases emergency room visits.
  • Members, this is an emergency measure and will require a two-thirds vote for its passage with the emergency
  • And this will go on, be signed with the emergency.
  • But people that are online and in the gallery need to know that emergency clauses are for emergencies
Keywords: 1182, all
AR

Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session

JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE Apr 23rd, 2026

JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE

Transcript Highlights:
  • budget that the governor's staff presented last month, and that is that the allocations for county operations
  • If you'll notice, the emergency clause has those two sections, Sections 8 and 9, effective upon passage
  • If you'll notice the emergency clause has those two sections, sections 8 and 9, effective upon passage
  • To be clear, because I’m going faster than that—this is House Bill 1008, emergency management, on page
  • This is House Bill 1008 emergency management on page three. You recognize for your question.
Summary: The committee first reviewed a long list of House and Senate bills that were ready to be passed out, then heard a special language subcommittee report. The report recommended do pass on six bills, including SB 63, SB 67, SB 73, HB 1089, HB 1090, and HB 1093, and amendments on 11 others. A motion to pull HB 107 out for separate consideration failed, and the special language report was adopted. The committee then took up the Revenue Stabilization Law and schedule. Staff explained the schedule’s differences from the governor’s balanced budget proposal and described several fund transfers, including $100 million for Medicaid sustainability, $70 million for the Arkansas Children’s Educational Freedom account, $43.7 million for the general discretionary majority vote set-aside, $5 million for the motor vehicle set-aside, and two $150 million transfers related to the Quick Action Closing Fund and public highway improvements. Members asked for clarification on allocations, and the committee adopted the amendment and passed both House Bill 1100 and Senate Bill 75 as amended. Representative McClendon then presented a bill to support expansion of the Bella Vista Veterans Wall of Honor, but withdrew it, saying he would seek other funding sources. The committee then moved through the remaining captioned bills, including House Bills 105, 107, 1008, 1022, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1051, 1052, 1064, 1066, 1068, 1089, 1090, and 1093, and Senate Bills 3, 4, 7, 8, 15, 20, 21, 30, 31, 36, 41, 43, 58, 63, 67, and 77, generally passing them with little or no discussion, some as amended. The chair announced that all prior holds had been released and said the next Joint Budget Committee meeting would be Tuesday for peer issues only, then adjourned the meeting.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate Chamber Feb 12th, 2026 at 04:57 pm

New Mexico Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And now, I'd almost bet in the room they'll be one of the first ones to apply for operational money.
  • Madam President, I am directed to inform the Senate that the House has passed House Bill 63 with emergency
  • House Bill 165, House Bill 184 as amended by the House, House Bill 285 as amended by the House with emergency
  • Authority to make loans or grants from the Water Project Fund for certain water projects, declaring an emergency
  • interests, providing protest procedures and procedures to claim the exemption, and declaring an emergency
Keywords: 996, all
ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Legislative Session Day 16 Jan 27th, 2026

Idaho Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senators, it's important we support our mining industry as they seek to responsibly operate in the state
  • the Judiciary, Rules and Administration Committee, an act relating to immunity of persons giving emergency
  • first aid, to revise provisions regarding immunity of persons giving emergency first aid from damage
  • claims. ...of persons giving emergency first aid, to revise provisions regarding immunity of persons
  • giving emergency first aid from damage claims.
Keywords: 989, all
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Appropriations - Education and Environment Division Apr 2nd, 2025 at 02:30 pm

Appropriations - Education and Environment Division

Transcript Highlights:
  • And that was the argument made that it was between your operating line and the capital assets.
  • And there's Section 24 emergency, but that's just mainly because of drought disaster again. Okay.
  • And then the emergency clause was that in before that?
  • The agency had mentioned how if there was an emergency clause added regarding the payback for the $4.2
  • He had mentioned how if there was an emergency clause added regarding the payback for the $4.2 million
Keywords: 908, all
Summary: The committee first returned to the A&E/Water Resources budget and walked through the bill section by section, agreeing to keep some routine items and remove or defer others. Members accepted Section 4 with language to allow additional Resources Trust Fund revenues and requested federal funds, while Sections 5, 6, 7, 10, and 17 were taken out for now. They also discussed Section 12’s Bank of North Dakota line of credit for the water infrastructure revolving loan fund, Section 14’s federal funding for the biotreatment plant, Section 20’s study language on water governance and finance, Section 22’s line-item transfer limits, and Section 23’s carryover language. Several members raised concerns about the size and flexibility of available funds, the need for a project stabilization fund, and whether some projects—especially Southwest water—should be studied again. No final votes were taken, and the chair said the committee would return to the budget later after more numbers were known. The committee then moved to the Historical Society budget, where members reviewed a series of one-time funding changes. The $500,000 NAGPRA grant was removed from the budget because it is tied to separate legislation. For the military gallery expansion, the committee reduced SIF funding by $5 million and split another $4.2 million request between SIF and donations. The Medora area planning amount was reduced, local grants were reworked with matching requirements and a cap on awards, Fargo’s request was reduced, the Medora transportation improvement grant was removed, and the America’s 250th celebration funding was increased to $1 million. Members also discussed adding language giving the North Dakota National Guard military gallery primacy on signage and allowing the Adjutant General to manage content. The chair and members indicated the Historical Society budget amendments would be drafted and brought back, with the goal of finishing them by Friday if possible. The committee also noted upcoming hearings on related bills, including 1603, and said the budget work would likely go to conference committee because several funding and matching issues remained unresolved. No formal votes were taken in this portion either, and the meeting adjourned with plans to reconvene the next day.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 03/04/26

Judiciary and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • Operation of the no-fault system.
  • </c> an ambulance bill, there's emergency an ambulance bill, there's emergency room,<01:26:42.880><c>
  • </c><02:21:55.200><c> rental</c> um 1.20, it talks about emergency rental um 1.20, it talks about emergency
  • Um but more an emergent issue.
  • There is emergency rental assistance.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Elections Apr 3rd, 2025

Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • So I think in an emergency situation.
  • We can help them work through those emergency situations. Uh, we often do on election night.
  • So what we try to do is we try to work with different counties to help them resolve emergency issues
  • I don't know what new emerging technology is going to come out.
  • So we're already moving towards that direction with this emerging technology.
Bills: HB304
Committee: House Elections