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NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (01/27/2025)
Science, Technology and Energy
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- How do we know people aren't gouging on the prices?
- This is a great effort to help price transparency.
- Yes, so if I'm trying to price my healthcare like I would price... That's correct. Anything else?
- I mean, I just went and priced some auto repairs. That's correct.
- Just tell us what you're going to... ...what the price is, and there should be one price for everyone
Bills:
HB3000, HB2622, HB2283, HB541, HB1776, HB1803, HB1669, HB2588, HB220, HB3415, HB50, HB1314, HB 107, HB220, HB50, HB107
Keywords:
ambulance service, rural healthcare, grants, financial assistance, qualified counties, mental health, patient transport, female attendants, security measures, healthcare regulation, epinephrine, anaphylaxis, health care, school safety, training, emergency response, direct patient care, healthcare, physicians, medical services
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Legacy and Budget Stabilization Fund Advisory Board Mar 31st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Legacy and Budget Stabilization Fund Advisory Board
Transcript Highlights:
- is it priced itself out of the market for the most part?
- Earnings, you know, the price to the earnings, and that's kind of a valuation measure.
- Have you seen any impact from the higher oil prices as far as the inflows to the Legacy Fund?
- It's also beneficial as the public market prices change much more rapidly than the private market prices
- The public market prices change much more rapidly than the private market prices, and if we didn't do
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- or the market price of a property is not relevant to equal and uniform.
- The sales price of a property is excluded in the equal and uniform discussion.
- If a property owner comes in with a sale price that's lower than the appraisal district's value or a
- Had a recent sale price. How do you know if those are equal properties except?
- to look at what is the sale price of all the properties. That's a pretty straightforward approach.
Keywords:
county appraisal district, board of directors, governance, taxing units, public representation, penalty, property report, taxation, timely filing, chief appraiser, appraisal district, ad valorem tax, property appraisal, tax protests, unequal appraisal, property rights, property tax, public employees, protest leave, appraisal review board
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Information Technology Oversight Committee (7-8-26)
Transcript Highlights:
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- router but with no increase in pricing router but with no increase in pricing even<00:18:06.320>
- And that's just to see if there's a better price, a better way to do this project.
- Sometimes when you do a market test, the market price goes up, sometimes it goes down.
Keywords:
Meeting Start 00:00:00
Kentucky Office of the Attorney General 00:01:18
LTS Kentucky Managed Technical Services LLC 00:13:41
Kentucky Wired Operations Company 00:34:20, 958, all
Summary:
The committee first approved the minutes from its May 21 and June 10 meetings, then heard testimony from the Kentucky Office of the Attorney General on the effect of HB 314 on the Kentucky Communications Network Authority (KCNA) board. The Attorney General’s representative said HB 314 changed KCNA’s structure and staffing, but did not alter the statutory duties of the board, which still include developing and implementing strategic plans, providing policy direction, monitoring results, and approving fiscal planning. He argued the board is not merely advisory, has operational and budget authority, and that actions taken outside board approval could be ultra vires and without effect. He also noted the board historically approved settlements and contracts, including matters involving Open Fiber, and said the removal of the executive director position reduced direct personnel control but did not eliminate the board’s broader oversight.
The committee then heard from representatives of Kentucky Managed Technical Services/LTS, who described a dispute over the Kentucky Wired network refresh and service-provider transition. They said the project agreement required a market test and acceptance of a proposal for both the network refresh and service-provider role, but that their proposals were rejected and the refresh work was later treated by the parties as a change order issue. They said some equipment worth about $3 million had been delivered, transferred, and paid for, while roughly $7 million in additional equipment was canceled by LTS but reportedly shipped to a KCNA warehouse and not paid for. They also said no refresh installation work has been performed, that they continue providing network maintenance to avoid service disruption, but believe the contract has expired and that there is no current agreement for ongoing service-provider work.
Committee members asked whether actions taken without board approval would be invalid, whether the board could alter or terminate contractor arrangements, whether the bond disclosures suggesting a successful contract extension were accurate, and what equipment had been purchased or remained in storage. LTS representatives said they would follow up with the committee on the financial delta between the contracted rate and the month-to-month billing they say has been in effect since the contract expired, and on an inventory of in-service equipment and end-of-life dates. They said they want a commercial resolution, but if no resolution is reached soon they may pursue the formal contractual dispute process, and identified September 1 as their stated target date for resolving the matter and completing the refresh.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- We're simply pricing people out of the homes they already own, many of them free and clear.
- We're simply pricing people out of the homes they already own, many of them free and clear.
- December 2025, that compares the price December 2025, that compares the price of<00:35:09.040>
a - The latest, of course, is the exceedingly quick rise in fuel prices.
- Um we we've already had issues prices.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- And you heard that the average house price in Texas right now is $340,000.
- Rising home prices threaten that advantage.
- Okay, price goes up. So what it does is it increases the costs on our college students.
- It's a matter of them being priced out, the demand priced. the working-class housing out of existence
- It's a matter of them being priced, the demand priced, pricing the working-class housing out of existence
Keywords:
zoning, public notice, local government, residential development, protests, water conservation, municipal utility districts, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, environmental regulation, groundwater management, nonconforming uses, zoning regulations, land use, property rights, municipal authority, municipal moratorium, development moratorium, property development, subdivision, site plan
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- Chairman Price? Here. Present. Vice Chairman Owen? Senator Barthelemy? Here. Present.
- I can't say enough about Senator Price and Representative Bacallat on this.
- I want to thank Senator Price and Representative Bacallat and, of course, Chief DeMarco here for negotiating
- I have talked to Senator Price about this, the chairman, in the off season.
- I have talked to Senator Price about this, the chairman, in the off season.
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Retirement met on May 5 with four members present. HB 41 was deferred until the following week, and the committee approved the April 20, 2026 minutes. The committee then took up several retirement-system bills, many of them negotiated measures involving municipal police, firefighters, teachers, district attorneys, and judges.
HB 45, by Rep. Bacallat, was amended and reported favorably. It makes changes to the Municipal Police Employees Retirement System, including retention bonuses, recognition of out-of-state police service, benefits for three officers killed in the line of duty before full enrollment, a DROP fix, and more competitive accrual rates. Testimony from the Louisiana Municipal Association, MEPERS, police representatives, and Mayor Helena Marino was strongly supportive, emphasizing that the bill resolves longstanding disputes and litigation. HB 1237, also by Rep. Bacallat, was reported favorably after testimony that it eliminates partial dissolution penalties for municipal police and adjusts related firefighter provisions; witnesses said it was a negotiated fix supported by municipal and fire stakeholders.
HB 42, concerning phased retirement in the Teacher Retirement System, was reported favorably as a permissive framework allowing universities to offer phased retirement options. HB 17, by the District Attorneys’ Retirement System director, was reported favorably to add the Louisiana District Attorneys Association to the definition of employer and require annual reporting on the rehire statute. HB 21, a cleanup bill for the Municipal Employees Retirement System, was also reported favorably. HB 1134, creating a backdrop retirement option for certain judges whose positions are abolished, was amended and reported favorably after LASERS raised questions about early retirement eligibility and the need to bar future judicial candidacy.
HB 24, by Rep. Owen, drew the most discussion. It would allow retired or certified teachers to return to work through contracts with school systems, with a three-year sunset. The sponsor argued it would help keep qualified teachers in classrooms and avoid midyear departures, while TRSL, the Louisiana School Board Association, and committee members raised concerns about fiscal impact, contractor status, workers’ compensation, leave rules, and overlap with a separate bill being worked on by the chairman. After an amendment clarifying the independent-contractor definition was adopted, the committee chose to hold the bill in committee for further work rather than advance it immediately. The meeting ended with a motion to adjourn.
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Banking and Insurance Committee Mar 19th, 2025
Banking and Insurance
Transcript Highlights:
- Senator Hatcher, Senator Hovy, Senator Jones, Senator Kitchens, Senator Livingston, Senator Price, Senator
- When you fill a prescription, you set the price based on the cost to do business and a fair... ...and
- SB252 is a lifeline we all agree drug prices are out of control, but slashing pharmacy reimbursements
- They asked what was the price of the medicine, and the medicine was like $800 and something dollars.
- Senator Price, hi. Senator Roberts, hi. Senator Singleton, hi. Senator Smith, man, I.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Health and Human Services (Part II) Mar 5th, 2025
Health & Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- The NADAC price for that is 31 cents per pill. That's what the payment should have been.
- And so, you know, we don't really see a solution through this bill regarding price gouging the way we
- Prices went down when we deregulated electricity in some places.
- It went to an average, but prices went down when we deregulated telecom, when we deregulated.
- Prices always come down because of the cost of regulation, and in this case, from what was given when
Keywords:
SB 502, Texas peace officers, Health and Human Services Commission, HHSC Office of Inspector General, OIG investigators, law enforcement classification, Schedule C, state employee benefits, injury benefits, peace officer status, commissioned officers, state auditor classification, Government Code, Code of Criminal Procedure, human services, health and human services, law enforcement compensation, public employee benefits, Texas state law enforcement, child welfare
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- Mr Price Mr Price Mr Roberts Mr Roberts Mr Roberts Mr sessions Mr sessions Mr sessions Mr shellnut Mr
- Mr Price Mr Price Mr Roberts Mr Roberts Mr Roberts Mr sessions Mr shellnut Mr shellnut Mr Singleton
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- even call a price to pay and I wouldn't even call a price to pay and I wouldn't even call a price to
- of eggs still the same price the price of eggs still the same price the price of eggs still the same
Keywords:
teacher compensation, education funding, public school educators, teacher retention, teacher designation, lottery, gambling, internet gaming, mobile application, criminal offenses, aquifer, water management, Edwards Aquifer, sustainability, regulatory framework, SB 565, Texas Water Code, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, compliance agreement
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Public Safety Committee Jun 9th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Can you truly put a price on family connection?
- And more importantly, can you put a price on hearing the words, “I love you”? Thank you.
- Can you truly put a price on family connection?
- And more importantly, can you put a price on hearing the words, “I love you”? Thank you.
- You can't put a price on that, for what it's worth, one Assembly Member's perspective. Okay.
Summary:
The Assembly Standing Committee on Public Safety heard several bills, with testimony largely focused on criminal justice, public safety, and detention-related issues. SB 498 by Senator Becker would make electronic messaging free for incarcerated people in CDCR facilities and end 15-minute limits on voice calls; the author and supporters argued it would strengthen family ties and rehabilitation, while no opposition testified. SB 953 by Senator Niello would require two DMV points for misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter cases even when diversion is granted; victims’ family members and law enforcement groups supported it as an accountability measure, while the ACLU and Debt-Free Justice California opposed it, arguing diversion should remain an incentive for rehabilitation and safer roads. The committee also heard SB 1306 by Senator Cortese, which would align state law with federal exemptions for certain GBL-containing chemical mixtures used in semiconductor manufacturing; the author and SEMI said it would reduce unnecessary regulation and protect California’s semiconductor industry, and there was no opposition testimony.
Members also considered SB 941 by Senator Padilla, which would cap commissary markups in private immigration detention facilities at 35% above vendor cost. The author and supporters described high prices for basic necessities and poor conditions in private detention centers, while no opposition witnesses appeared. SB 691 by Senator Wahab would require law enforcement body-camera policies to include a process for EMS personnel to request redaction of recordings before public release when patients are receiving medical treatment; supporters said it would protect patient privacy, while the Sheriff’s Association opposed it as duplicative and potentially confusing. SB 562 by Senator Ashby would allow partial refunds of bail bond premiums when charges are not filed or are dropped early; supporters framed it as a fairness measure for low-income families, while bail industry representatives and victims’ advocates warned it could discourage bail agents from posting bonds and could affect domestic violence cases.
The committee also took up several additional measures on consent or with no opposition testimony, including AB 2796, SB 891, SB 1012, and SB 1143. After discussion, the committee voted to pass SB 953, SB 1306, and SB 941, and to move SB 498, SB 691, and SB 562 forward as well, with some votes initially held open for absent members. Several bills were pulled by their authors and not heard, including SB 1004, SB 1208, SB 1338, and SB 1401. The meeting concluded with the committee adjourning until the following week.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Transportation Infrastructure Revenue Subcommitee Jun 5th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Part of the reason why we haven't seen too much in the way of empty shelves and price increases yet,
- And we, we raised the price of labor here in the state of New Mexico to help.
- The price of the hamburger went up.
- That it's, it's a reasonable price where we can all live with it if we keep funding.
- Um, I'm, I'm a little more concerned with what we do know, and that is we know that the price of Uh,
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, June 29, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Gas prices are too high. Grocery prices are too high. Health care prices are too high.
- Gas prices are too high. right now. Gas prices are too high.
- Health care Grocery prices are too high.
- And too many prices are too high.
- Families across the country have paid the price, Mr.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee Jun 24th, 2026
Housing and Community Development
Transcript Highlights:
- If they match the price and terms, they get the right to buy. It isn't theoretical.
- And so I think those are important. ...equal offer other than the price.
- If they're able to come up with a sales proposal that's meaningful and that matches the market price
- That makes it very challenging for them to not sell a park to a resident group at a reduced price.
- The median home price in California is now over 10 times the median household income.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee Jun 24th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- If they match the price and terms, they get the right to buy. It isn't theoretical.
- Assemblymember David Tangipa [member_23826]: ...equal offer other than the price.
- If they're able to come up with a sales proposal that's meaningful and that matches the market price
- That makes it very challenging for them to not sell a park to a resident group at a reduced price.
- The median home price in California is now over 10 times the median household income.
Summary:
The committee heard several housing-related bills, beginning with SB 1003, which would create pro-housing enhanced infrastructure financing districts to help local governments fund infrastructure needed for housing developments. The author and supporters argued that infrastructure costs often prevent projects from penciling out, while the chair expressed support and said the bill would be taken up later when quorum was available. SB 1014 followed, proposing new disclosure requirements for local jurisdictions to provide good-faith estimates of on-site and off-site improvements within 30 days of application, with supporters saying it would reduce late surprises and opposition from several cities citing implementation concerns with the 30-day timelines.
The committee then took up SB 802, a Sacramento-region bill requiring a joint powers authority to coordinate housing and homelessness services. Senator Ashby and former Mayor Darrell Steinberg argued that Sacramento’s fragmented system has failed for years and that a JPA would improve accountability, coordination, and use of state funds. The bill drew broad support from local officials, service providers, business groups, and advocates, while some county and city representatives registered opposition or neutral concerns about state-mandated local governance. Several committee members said they were persuaded by the need for regional coordination, though some raised concerns about local control; the chair noted the bill would be moved when quorum allowed.
The committee also heard SB 1092 and SB 1093, both focused on mobile home park residents after disasters or park sales. SB 1092 would give residents a right of first opportunity to match a sale offer for a park, with supporters saying it protects vulnerable seniors and preserves affordable housing, while park owners and their representatives argued it would devalue property and raise constitutional and financing concerns. SB 1093 would require more transparent communication, access to property, and consideration of rebuilding or closure after a disaster; supporters cited the long uncertainty faced by Palisades residents, while opponents warned about liability, safety, and burdensome review requirements. Members split along similar lines, with some emphasizing property rights and market impacts and others stressing the need to protect residents and preserve scarce affordable housing.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, November 12, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- THEY REFUSED TO SUPPORT A COMMONSENSE MEASURE AND AMERICAN FAMILIES PAID THE PRICE.
- And while Washington stalled, hardworking Americans paid the price. Mr.
- Energy prices are up. Grocery prices are up. Housing costs are up.
- President Trump and Republicans, their plan is to drive up prices for everybody.
- THIS IS ON TOP OF SOARING PRICES FOR FOOD, ENERGY AND HOUSING AND UNACCEPTABLE.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- If that bid price is acceptable, we can turn that CM into the general contractor.
- <00:08:31.759>
is maximum bid price if that bid price is maximum bid price if that bid price - Seino: We still have to make sure that they give us a price, a maximum guaranteed price, that we can
- We, the taxpayers, end up paying that price because we lose that income coming into the state.
- We, the taxpayers, end up paying that price because we lose that income coming into the state.
Summary:
The committee took up House Bill 422, relating to school impact fees. The Education Committee recommended passage with amendments, and Ways and Means concurred. The amendments would repeal the construction fee component of the school impact fee while retaining the land impact fee and in-lieu fee requirements, remove related statutory language, exempt certain developments from school impact fees, raise the unit threshold for satisfying the land component to 100 units, require the School Facilities Authority to adopt rules and policies, and require a report to the Legislature on the effect of repealing the construction portion of the fee. The measure was also given a sunset date of June 30, 2029, with the committee report to note that the changes are intended to test the efficiency and efficacy of the fee structure and could be made permanent if the report supports that outcome. The committees adopted the recommendation, with one senator initially voting no and then changing to yes after the amendments were explained.
The meeting also included a separate hearing on House Bill 1155, concerning procurement for Department of Transportation projects and construction manager/general contractor procurement. DOT testified that it supported the concept but wanted to narrow the bill, saying the current language was too broad and that the goal was to allow more innovative procurement while preserving selection safeguards. The State Procurement Office said it supported the bill’s language but was willing to work with DOT on alternative wording. Several construction-related organizations, including subcontractors, iron workers, elevator constructors, and building trades representatives, opposed the bill, arguing that exemptions from the procurement code would weaken protections such as retainage, equality, and prompt payment and could invite favoritism or corruption. In response to those concerns, the chair proposed amendments limiting the exemption to DOT, narrowing the qualifying contracts, adding a two-year sunset, requiring a report after the first year, and clarifying that project management could not be procured under the section. The amended recommendation passed, though several members voted with reservations.
A separate item, House Bill 476, was briefly called up at the end of the agenda, with a recommendation to pass with amendments to increase a rate from 7.25% to 8%, but discussion was not completed in the portion of the transcript provided.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 2 on Resources, Environmental Protection and Energy May 21st, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- The GGRF revenue is a function of allowance and allowance price.
- Some sort of commensurate offset with prices.
- And so these are going to probably increase allowance prices.
- Interest from the fleets is at the highest point ever right now because diesel prices are so high.
- Interest from the fleets is at the highest point ever right now because diesel prices are so high.
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Mar 18th, 2026
Finance and Taxation General Fund
Transcript Highlights:
- . >> Senator Price. >> Senator Shelnutt. >> Senator Stewart. >> Senator Stutts. >> Senator Weaver.
- Senator Givhan. >> Senator Jones. >> Senator Kelley. >> Senator Livingston. >> Senator Orr. >> Senator Price
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Bills:
SB176, HB155, HB247, HB311, HB312, HB317, HB466, SB176, HB155, HB247, HB311, HB312, HB317, HB466
Keywords:
controlled substances, unlawful distribution, marijuana, violent offense, sentencing guidelines, criminal justice, state holidays, federal holidays, public holidays, legal holidays, office closures, state employees, personal leave, compensatory leave, bank closures, school closures, Mardi Gras, Mobile County, Baldwin County, Rosa Parks Day