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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Committee Meeting - 2025-04-02

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • Okay, and Mr. Wonka, go ahead and ask that.
  • He's in a long-term care facility and has dementia, and his doctor has prescribed him gummies, and these
  • and scared and hurts himself.
  • and preventing fraud, waste, and abuse in MDE's programs.
  • So, this would allow the counties and tribes to respond in a preventative and holistic way. and provide
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 4/2/25

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
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KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Standing Committee on Postsecondary Education (2-24-26)

Postsecondary Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • She is a sophomore at the University of Louisville majoring in political science and Spanish.
  • . >> And um, second. the four universities who testified the four universities who testified against<
  • </c><00:03:59.400><c> for</c> today and I thank the universities for today and I thank the universities
  • House Bill 94 requires the universities to review and update their data annually and to share this data
  • c><00:09:18.200><c> universities</c> And for the for the universities And for the for the universities
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • In particular, the big three: the College Access Program grant, the Kentucky Tuition Grant, and KEES.
  • In particular, the big three: the College Access Program grant, the Kentucky Tuition Grant, and KEES.
  • Um, and that award colleges in Kentucky.
  • </c><00:26:39.360><c> and</c><00:26:39.679><c> using</c> &gt;&gt; are they going to college and using
  • and the University of Kentucky for cancer research.
Summary: The committee met to review KHEAA’s student aid programs ahead of the upcoming biennial budget. KHEAA officials outlined the agency’s role administering state grants and scholarships, emphasizing that net lottery proceeds are statutorily dedicated to student financial aid after a literacy appropriation. They focused on the College Access Program (CAP), Kentucky Tuition Grant (KTG), and KEES, and explained that the FAFSA simplification changes significantly expanded eligibility for Pell and CAP recipients. KHEAA said the General Assembly’s additional funding this biennium allowed CAP to be fully funded, and that FY25 spending for CAP reached about $232 million for roughly 72,000 students, up from about 55,000 recipients the prior year. Officials said they are watching current-year application trends closely and expect a clearer funding picture by late fall as awards are actually disbursed and enrollment data comes in. Members asked about how CAP eligibility works, the difference between applicants and recipients, and whether KTG is tied to Pell eligibility. KHEAA explained that CAP is essentially aligned with Pell eligibility, while KTG uses a different need formula and is limited to private colleges in Kentucky. They also noted that schools verify final eligibility after KHEAA’s initial review of application data. Questions about the FAFSA simplification act and federal changes led KHEAA to say they do not expect major effects on state grant and scholarship programs, though federal student loan changes may affect students, especially at the graduate level. The committee also discussed KEES, which KHEAA said has been fully funded since its creation, and dual credit/work-ready scholarships. KHEAA reported that dual credit participation continues to grow and that FY25 spending for dual credit and Work Ready Kentucky totaled about $26.4 million, compared with a $13.1 million appropriation, with transfers from Work Ready used to keep dual credit fully funded. Officials said they will seek growth funding for dual credit in the next budget because the program has expanded and now includes the work-ready component under one statute. Members asked about transferability of dual credit courses and whether students actually use the credits toward degrees; KHEAA said it does not have hard data on every credit’s transfer, but it is seeing positive trends in bachelor’s completion and more high school graduates earning associate degrees. No votes or formal actions were taken beyond approving the July 15, 2025 meeting minutes.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Local Government (Part I) May 5th, 2025

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • And with that, I thank you, Chairman and members, and I'm happy to answer any questions.
  • and the Lieutenant Governor and Speaker and the governor and all of the great senators here, Texas will
  • And, and Mr.
  • And so it’s important that we do that, I think. And so thank you very much and I appreciate you.
  • And it also considers and balances the benefit of simplicity, fairness and efficiency.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Local Government heard several bills, most of them left pending after brief public testimony. House Bill 331, by Rep. Patterson and sponsored by Sen. Hinojosa, would create a presumption that firefighters, police officers, and EMTs who suffer a heart attack or stroke within eight hours after a strenuous shift were injured in the line of duty for workers’ compensation purposes; testimony from a firefighters’ association supported the bill, and it was left pending. Senate Bill 2655, by Sen. Flores, would authorize Burnet County to establish a local provider participation fund to help support local hospital services; a hospital administrator testified in support, and the committee substitute was left pending. Senate Bill 1443, by Sen. Hughes, would extend the Northeast Healthcare Provider Participation District in three counties, and House Bill 3307, by Rep. Noble, would allow property tax arbitrators to complete required continuing education online; both were left pending without opposition. Senate Bill 3048, by Sen. Birdwell, would create the Bluebonnet Hills Municipal Management District in Midlothian and was also left pending. The committee then took up House Bill 9 and HJR 1, sponsored by Sen. Bettencourt, which would raise the business personal property tax exemption from $2,500 to $125,000 and place the constitutional amendment on the November 4, 2025 ballot. Business groups, realtors, and taxpayers’ advocates testified in strong support, saying the change would provide meaningful relief to small businesses and help balance earlier homeowner tax relief. The City of Fort Worth testified in opposition, warning of a revenue shift to homeowners and budget impacts, but the committee adopted the committee substitutes and reported both measures to the full Senate on 6-0 votes. The committee also heard House Bill 1399 and HJR 99, by Sen. Nichols, to exempt animal feed from property tax when it is already sales-tax exempt; no one testified against them, and both were left pending. Senate Bill 2553, by Sen. West, would let owners of historic archaeological sites protest land and structure appraisals separately, and it was left pending after supportive testimony. Senate Bill 2907 and SJR 78, also by Sen. West, would exempt certain perishable inventory, including food and some prescription drugs, from property tax if approved by voters; pharmacists, business groups, a researcher, and a coalition of retailers and food/medicine advocates supported the bill, and it was left pending. Finally, Senate Bill 1331, by Sen. Hancock and explained by Sen. Middleton, would lower the population threshold for certain municipal civil-service-related petition restrictions from 950,000 to 70,000; law enforcement representatives and a San Marcos police association supported it, and it was left pending. The committee then recessed until 15 to 30 minutes after adjournment.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Local Government (Part II) May 5th, 2025

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • You can own the land and everything and the house separate.
  • And for those reasons, I hope that you all support this bill, and I thank you all for your time and look
  • You cannot cross the streams between your maintenance and operation and I&S interest and sinking debt
  • and going.
  • That’s why we needed to address it, and Chairman Darby and I decided to do so, working with you and your
Summary: The Committee on Local Government heard a series of local bills and public testimony focused on hospital districts, municipal management districts, local provider participation funds, manufactured housing, transit financing, development moratoriums, and property tax procedures. Early items included House Bill 467, which would help dissolve the defunct Maybank Kemp Hospital District and establish an Andrew Gibbs Memorial Nursing Endowment, and Senate Bill 3063, creating the Bio Bell Municipal Management District in Liberty County; both drew no public opposition and were left pending subject to call. The committee also heard House Bill 1327, extending the Harris County local provider participation fund through 2027, and Senate Bill 1375, extending Collin County’s LPPF authority, both presented as mechanisms to draw federal Medicaid matching funds for hospitals. A major portion of the meeting centered on Senate Bill 2764, which would require earlier notice to buyers of manufactured homes about how to convert a home from personal property to real property. Senator Cook described the bill as a consumer-information measure tied to displacement concerns at a mobile home park in her district, and a resident testified in support, saying the notice would help families make informed decisions. The committee also discussed Senate Bill 2519, a bill by Senator Bettencourt aimed at preventing local governments from shifting maintenance-and-operations tax revenue into debt-like uses and from changing the purpose of tax rate elections after voters approve them. Supporters argued it would protect taxpayers and preserve the separation between M&O and debt service, while opponents tied the bill to Austin’s Project Connect transit financing and warned it would disrupt an approved project and invite litigation. The committee heard and left pending several other bills, including House Bill 1244 on agricultural land ownership changes without reapplying for an ag exemption, House Bill 2559 on development moratoriums, and Senate Bill 2063 on unequal appraisal protests. Testimony on House Bill 2559 came from developers and builders who said moratoriums in Conroe had delayed projects and harmed buyers, while supporters of the bill said it would impose clearer limits and notice requirements. On Senate Bill 2063, the sponsor explained a committee substitute narrowing how market value evidence may be used in unequal appraisal appeals. The committee also considered multiple local district bills, including new MUDs and management districts in Montgomery, Denton, Fannin, Travis, Hays, and Williamson counties. At the end of the meeting, the committee took up pending business and voted out several measures, including House Bill 1244, House Bill 2559, House Bill 467, House Bill 1327, House Bill 1399, House Bill 2723, House Bill 2730, House Bill 3307, House Joint Resolution 99, and multiple district bills such as Senate Bills 3037, 3043, 3047, 3048, 3050, 3052, 3053, 3056, 3057, 3063, and others. Most were reported favorably, often with committee substitutes, and many were recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. Several bills, including the transit-related SB 2519 and the manufactured housing bill SB 2764, remained pending subject to call after testimony closed.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • our colleges, career techs, and universities across Oklahoma for workforce are applicable not just on
  • I appreciate the representative talking about workforce and college, but this money is being appropriated
  • And if college is something, that's great. But we're appropriating this money right now.
  • and the state are one and the same.
  • Oklahoma's preeminent university and land-grant institution.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Scholars and several positions on the College of Medicine alumni board.
  • And Joe Carter and I sat down, and we worked out a plan, and we put him on a plan.
  • go and do that and make those changes?
  • This is the first professor at the Oklahoma College of Optometry, a man that I highly respect and has
  • This is the first professor at the Oklahoma College of Optometry, a man that I highly respect and has
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Hartzell was flying cargo and troops in and out of Vietnam.
  • and adults.
  • work, she's a devoted wife and partner and mother of two boys ages 12 and 4 and two dogs, all of whom
  • Murray State College is one of the few campuses in the country that operates a shooting range and has
  • She wants to attend Fordham University to Study poly sci, premed, and fashion merchandising.
OK
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  • work, she's a devoted wife and partner and mother of two boys, ages 12 and 4, and two dogs, all of whom
  • Murray State College is one of the few campuses in the country that operates a shooting range and has
  • peace and prosperity and safety come true.
  • She wants to attend Fordham University to study poli sci, pre-med, and fashion merchandising.
  • She is on the soccer and cross-country teams, and in Key Club and BPA.
Summary: The House convened, completed the roll call, and heard an invocation, a Veteran of the Week recognition for Colonel William S. Hartzell, and several guest introductions and special presentations, including the Coeta Tigers wrestling team, the Murray State College shotgun team, and visitors from Taiwan. The chamber also recognized the Psychologist of the Day, Nurse of the Day, Doctor of the Day, and Pages of the Week, along with committee meeting announcements and a motion to adjourn at the end of business. Members then considered and passed a series of bills. Senate Bill 1290 on 211 services passed 82-0 and its emergency clause also passed. Senate Bill 1530 on state government and innovation/research funding passed 58-27. Senate Bill 1847 on Medicaid home and community-based services passed 78-10 with its emergency clause. Senate Bill 169 increasing longevity pay for state employees passed 85-4 with emergency. Senate Bill 1377 requiring DHS to provide duffel bags and hygiene items for foster children passed 88-4 with emergency. Senate Bill 1990 on the Incentive Evaluation Commission passed 88-4. Senate Bill 1991, a cleanup measure redirecting certain lease and land-sale revenues to O-CAMP, passed and its emergency clause also passed. The House also adopted H.R. 1050 reaffirming Oklahoma’s sister-state relationship with Taiwan, followed by remarks from Taiwanese officials. Senate Bill 1778, the Strong Readers Act, passed 87-5 with emergency after discussion about reading screeners, funding tiers, and an optional second-grade assessment. Senate Bill 1579, described as a taxpayer bill of rights related to ad valorem tax, drew extended debate over property taxes and state savings before passing 85-0. Senate Bill 1992, defining strategic financial partners for an income tax credit, passed 65-24. The House then moved to adjourn until Tuesday, April 14, 2026, at 9:30 a.m.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

AGR Public Hearing - Fri Apr 17, 2026 @ 10:30 AM HST

Agriculture & Food Systems

Transcript Highlights:
  • Good morning and welcome to this morning's Agriculture and Food Systems hearing.
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  • Um, and I ended up getting him to a rescue, and he had surgery, and he had three pellets removed from
  • This legislation is a genius, and<00:24:52.679><c> uh</c> and uh and uh and<00:24:53.440><c> then</c>
  • And effectively and cost-effectively.
Bills: SCR120 , SCR71 , SCR164 , SCR41
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Legislative Session Day 25 (2-11-26)

Kentucky House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
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  • > intentionally</c> care and public health and intentionally care and public health and intentionally
  • And in daughter, a parent, and a friend.
  • To Appropriations and Revenue, House Bills 557 and 560.
  • information</c><00:47:59.920><c> and</c> And to small business information and And to small business
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Transportation Jan 27th, 2026 at 04:00 pm

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • And the better job we do writing those reports, and not changing the design so that it goes in once and
  • I found a secondary way in and brought in resources and water and other items, but those residents were
  • And then that also affects tourism and things in Buckley and the surrounding area.
  • And that also affects tourism and things in Buckley and the surrounding area.
  • And you can actually go on Kobo News and type that in.
Bills: SB5987 , SB6170
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs May 19th, 2025

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chairman and members.
  • My wife and I, along with our son, grow cotton, corn, wheat, and sunflowers in and around Hill County
  • The first, and biggest, is solar and wind farms.
  • We have advanced degrees in animal science and business, and we've won state and national awards for
  • and we... ...we gave them seed technologies and we gave them equipment, lease contracts, and we did a
Summary: The Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs met with only four members initially present, so quorum was not established until later in the hearing. The committee heard several agriculture-, wildlife-, and food-labeling-related bills, including HB 3479 on expanding the Rio Grande vegetative management program beyond carrizo cane to other noxious vegetation, SB 823 on shrimp origin labeling and restrictions on misrepresenting imported shrimp as Texas or Gulf shrimp, HB 3088 on giving Texas Parks and Wildlife more flexibility to procure resale goods for park gift shops, HB 1275 on permits for non-bovine dairy farms in certain TB-affected areas, HB 519 on honey production and packaging rules, HB 609 on cleaning oyster cages in-bay with bay water only, HB 1592 on a voluntary AgriLife pest and disease alert system, HB 2842 on targeted urban deer depredation permits, and HB 4163 on limiting city requirements that agricultural operators maintain roadside rights-of-way. Testimony generally came from industry groups, agency resource witnesses, and affected producers, with most witnesses supporting the bills and several bills drawing questions about enforcement, labeling responsibility, and the scope of local authority. The most extensive discussion centered on SB 823, where Vice Chair Hancock and others questioned why wholesalers would be covered if they cannot relabel products. The bill author and restaurant association witness said the measure was intended to improve transparency and allow enforcement against intentional mislabeling, while preserving a good-faith defense and clarifying that the bill does not create a private cause of action. HB 519 also drew supportive testimony from beekeepers and a family farm, who argued that current rules treat honey extraction and bottling too much like food manufacturing and burden small operations. HB 609 was presented as a way to save time and resources for cultivated oyster mariculture by allowing cage cleaning in the bay without soaps or chemicals, and HB 1592 was described as a voluntary opt-in alert system for pests and diseases coordinated through AgriLife and other state agencies. HB 43 generated the most detailed policy debate. The bill would restructure and expand the Texas Agricultural Finance Authority, update grant and loan programs, and create a pest and disease control depredation program. The committee substitute reduced some funding caps, changed references from predators to depredating animals, and made the financial provisions contingent on appropriations. Supporters from Texas Farm Bureau, cotton growers, grain and feed interests, and young farmers described severe drought, inflation, land loss, rising input costs, and shrinking infrastructure as major threats to agriculture, while one witness urged preserving priority for young farmers. After testimony, the committee adopted the committee substitute and reported HB 43 favorably. The committee also voted HB 519, HB 609, HB 1275, HB 1592, HB 3088, HB 3479, HB 2842, and HB 4163 favorably, with several recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. SB 823 was reported from committee on a 6-2 vote after adoption of the committee substitute. The meeting ended with notice that the committee would tentatively reconvene Friday morning and then recessed subject to the chair's call.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Licensing & Administrative Procedures May 13th, 2025

Licensing & Administrative Procedures

Transcript Highlights:
  • SB1376, and McQueeney is here. I'll let the record show Mr. McQueeney is here.
  • So it saves time and money from the electrician. to not having to be there to do nothing and just watch
  • Because you are about to schnooze and lose here. Thank you very much.
  • board" and establishing a uniform framework on how these boards are created and governed.
  • , removals, and reimbursements.
Bills: SB1346 , SB1376 , SB2075 , SB2167 , SB2864
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Chairman and members.
  • Right now, we spend a lot of money training people in community colleges, high schools, and other programs
  • And then we met it so easily we got rid of it and we supported getting rid of it and just having a voluntary
  • And then all... ...
  • And How about AI?
Bills: SB388 , SB455 , SB917 , SB925 , SB1006