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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Capital Investment Committee 2/27/25

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • category, addressing some of the backlog to remain current on repairs is efficient budgeting because
  • category, addressing some of the backlog to remain current on repairs is efficient budgeting because
  • A full listing of the $8 million of emergency repairs from 2024 can be found in the annual CA report.
  • The backlog of repairs in public housing are estimated to be, you know, as much as $70 billion, but the
  • </c> nationally the backlog of repairs um in nationally the backlog of repairs um in public<00:31:27.399
Bills: HF919, HF1192, HF212, HF214
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Health and Welfare May 20th, 2026

Health and Welfare

Transcript Highlights:
  • We did remove the liaisons of the police department actually being a part of the bill.
  • I'm kind of still re-engrossing. I kind of do that sometimes to get it.
  • The whole point of all of this, and I know that this is not The point of all of this, and I know that
  • And we can't stop all of them. We absolutely cannot stop all of them.
  • the information, many of you had never heard any of this.
Bills: SB237
Summary: The House Committee on Health and Welfare met on April 20 and took up Senate Bill 237 by Senator Barrow, a child welfare measure addressing the duties of the state child ombudsman, DCFS, public reporting, confidentiality, critical incident reviews, multidisciplinary investigative teams, forensic interviews, mandatory reporter training, and related child abuse and neglect procedures. Before discussion, the committee reconsidered and withdrew a previously adopted amendment set, then heard the bill re-read and reviewed a new amendment package developed through meetings among Senator Barrow, Representatives Spell and Berault, DCFS, and the ombudsman’s office. Members described the revised bill as narrowing and clarifying several provisions: reducing the number of law enforcement liaisons, limiting death/near-fatality notifications to legislative leadership and committee chairs with later notice to affected district members if substantiated, adjusting medical review language, and adding quality-improvement and training components. Other changes included keeping school-related reports routed to law enforcement, changing some mandatory language to discretionary language for certain child-on-child sexual abuse situations, aligning multidisciplinary team procedures with existing interagency protocols, and making technical revisions to reduce burden and likely lower the fiscal note. The committee also adopted a separate amendment to include recreation language for the Department of Children and Family Services. Senator Barrow and several representatives emphasized that the goal was to improve child protection and review processes while making the bill workable for DCFS and other agencies. They noted the importance of outside review, ombudsman access to records, and using review findings to drive implementation changes. After no objections, the committee adopted the amendment sets and reported Senate Bill 237 favorably with amendments. The meeting then adjourned.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Health and Welfare May 20th, 2026

Health and Welfare

Transcript Highlights:
  • We kind of ran out of time. Scoping and some of those matters.
  • author of the bill and the sponsors of the bill.
  • Of course.
  • Of course.
  • And that is kind of at the core of this bill.
Bills: SB237
Summary: The Senate Committee on Health and Welfare met on May 20, 2026, with eight members present and approved the May 13 minutes. The committee quickly reported several bills favorably, including SB 1224, which requires DCFS review when a pregnancy involves a child under 17 and makes children under 12 a child in need of care; SB 1100, which repeals an old statute on unenriched bread; HB 1220, a continuation of prior work to codify certain provisions related to the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners; HB 1231, clarifying that continuous glucose monitoring is covered through Medicaid for any insulin-dependent diabetic, including gestational diabetes; and HB 198, setting reimbursement rates for ambulatory surgery centers for certain Medicaid procedures. The committee also adopted a personal privilege welcome for physicians on White Coat Day and repeatedly noted that several bills were being advanced with the understanding that further work might continue before floor debate. A major portion of the meeting focused on HB 1160, which would create a streamlined restricted license pathway for qualified international medical school graduates, especially for rural and shortage areas. Committee members pressed the Board of Medical Examiners about delays in promulgating rules under an earlier 2024 law and objected to rule language they said went beyond the statute. Board representatives acknowledged a misunderstanding about the original bill’s intent and said the program had been operating, but members warned against agencies writing rules that contradict enacted law. Despite the criticism, HB 1160 was reported favorably. The committee also reported favorably HCR 67, which creates a task force to study gaps in acute care for special-needs adults and children, following emotional testimony from the sponsor about her son’s death and the lack of appropriate care options. The committee then approved HCR 27, calling for a coordinated statewide evaluation of autism services by the Department of Health and Department of Education, with testimony emphasizing rising diagnosis rates, rural provider shortages, and the need for better data and coordination between medical and school-based services. HCR 28, which would study school nurse orientation and training, was also reported favorably after school nurses described the lack of standardized onboarding for new graduates and the risks of placing them alone in schools without adequate supervision. HB 469, which would have allowed pharmacy license renewal fees to be directed to Xavier University’s pharmacy school as well as public schools, was deferred after concerns about diverting funds from public institutions and the absence of testimony from affected schools. The committee also took up HB 223, which recreates DCFS, and adopted an amendment shortening the sunset date and requiring law enforcement reports to be accepted through a secure web-based platform; the bill was then reported favorably as amended. Another major discussion centered on HB 457 and HB 616, both tied to homelessness. HB 457, establishing minimum standards for shelters and related facilities, was reported favorably as amended after sponsor testimony and support cards. HB 616, which would allow the legislative auditor and local officials access to records and databases for audits of homelessness initiatives, drew extensive debate over privacy, federal funding, and accountability. Supporters cited a 2025 audit showing more than $216 million in federal homelessness spending in New Orleans and argued that auditors need access to performance data to detect waste and abuse; opponents warned about client privacy and the impact of funding cutoffs. The committee adopted an amendment changing permissive language to mandatory language for enforcement and then continued hearing testimony, with the discussion still centered on balancing oversight with confidentiality.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

State of the Union Address by the President of the United States (Tuesday, February 24, 2026)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The chair appoints as members of the committee on the part of the House to escort the President of the
  • as members of the committee on the part of the Senate to escort the President of the United States into
  • hundreds of billions of dollars.
  • Another pillar of next number of years.
  • </c> of the Declaration of Independence. of the Declaration of Independence.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

WLA-EDU, EDU Public Hearings 02-18-2026

Water, Land, Culture and the Arts

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> gist of the bill. gist of the bill.
  • copy of our uh University of Hawaii copy of our uh University of Hawaii plan,<00:25:15.520><c> uh,</c
  • </c><01:20:37.679><c> of</c> opt out of shared facilities as of opt out of shared facilities as of today
  • </c><01:31:11.920><c> of</c><01:31:12.000><c> of</c><01:31:12.880><c> um</c> kind of of of um kind of
  • </c> the agencies who have that kind of the agencies who have that kind of repair<02:44:50.800><c> maintenance
Bills: SB2003
Summary: The joint committees on Water, Land, Culture, and the Arts and Education heard testimony and discussed SB 20003, which would require the auditor’s report under Act 255 to include a recommendation on whether the Monarch Stewardship and Oversight Authority is fit to continue managing Monaca lands. Testimony focused on the bill’s reversion language, the role of the auditor, and whether the measure gave the auditor too much discretion without clear criteria. The Office of the Auditor’s position, read into the record, was that it had strong reservations because the bill did not provide standards for assessing fitness and asked that the requirement be held or amended. Other testimony suggested a work group with relevant agencies and Hawaiian practitioners to manage the transition and reduce conflict. Committee members debated whether the bill should simply restore the original reversion language or also require an audit-based fitness determination. Several members questioned the need for a 2031 audit when Act 255 already provides for a performance and financial audit in 2031 and noted that the bill could shift authority away from the legislature. In response, the committee chair explained that the measure was intended to restore language removed during conference and to address the transition back to the University of Hawaii if the authority was not meeting the act’s purpose. The committees ultimately recommended SB 20003 be passed with amendments. The amendments would strike the auditor/audit section, add language addressing timelines by providing a 10-year lease extension and sublease extension, and make technical changes including a defective date. The committees voted to adopt the amended measure and send it forward as an SD1. The transcript also included a separate Education Committee hearing on SB 3286, which would require the University of Hawaii to develop a facilities and student housing master plan and report to the legislature. University of Hawaii testimony said the system supports the intent but that the bill’s requirements are a heavy lift across 10 campuses and should follow development of a broader academic strategy. Members raised concerns about deferred maintenance, shifting priorities, and the lack of a systemwide plan, while the university said it already has a six-year capital improvement plan but acknowledged it does not fully incorporate the broader academic and housing strategy the bill contemplates.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Address to Congress by the President of the United States (Tuesday, March 4, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
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  • Investments of trillions of dollars each Investments of trillions of dollars each there's<01:10:35.480
  • ><c> of</c> subsidies of hundreds of billions of subsidies of hundreds of billions of dollars<01:29:57.119
  • the</c><01:30:31.560><c> most</c> people of SoftBank one of the most people of SoftBank one of the most
  • <c> of</c> creatures on the edge of the the Gulf of creatures on the edge of the the Gulf of America<
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • I want to put a few highlights together of some of the things that I think I’m most proud of: the investments
  • of some of the few highlights together of some of the things<00:01:46.640><c> that</c><00:01:46.799>
  • </c><00:01:47.799><c> of</c> things that I think I'm most proud of of things that I think I'm most proud
  • As many of you all know, we have a lot of issues in the state of Kentucky where fairs have kind of gone
  • , and there is a lot of turnover because of that.
Summary: The House Budget Review Subcommittee on General Government met with Commissioner of Agriculture Jonathan Shell to discuss the Department of Agriculture’s current budget priorities and the impact of recent legislative investments. Shell praised funding for the Farms to Food Bank program, saying it helps food banks serve Kentuckians, especially seniors, while also supporting farmers. He also highlighted County Fair Grant funding, noting a $250,000 increase helped finance a record nine county fair projects, and he described the Raising Hope rural mental health, suicide prevention, and farm safety program as life-saving, citing one event in Owensboro where 14 people were sent to the hospital after health screenings. Shell also addressed emergency preparedness and bird flu response, saying the department’s Division of Emergency Preparedness and Response is working effectively and that Kentucky has not had affected commercial or backyard flocks, only some wild geese cases. He discussed federal efforts to address egg prices and avian influenza, including biosecurity, farmer relief, and research funding, and said he expects those actions to affect prices in the coming months. He also urged the committee to codify Senate Bill 28 and referenced House Joint Resolution 371, which he said would allow the department to retain $5 million for rural economic development efforts aimed at attracting processors and other large-scale operations. In response to questions from Representative Hart, Shell said the department’s disaster role is mainly to coordinate response plans and identify agricultural needs for state and federal relief, rather than provide direct relief funding itself. He said recent flooding in Eastern Kentucky has mainly affected hay supplies for livestock producers, and that the department is working with the Cattlemen’s Association and UK Extension to locate affected farmers and secure hay donations. Shell closed by asking for continued support for agriculture economic development and for improved staff recruitment and retention, saying the department struggles to compete with other state agencies for employees. The meeting ended with thanks and adjournment, with the next meeting announced for the following Thursday.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

WAM-GVO, WAM-WLA Informational Briefings 01-13-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • We haven't had that issue where we've had a backlog of requests.
  • We haven't had that issue where we've had a backlog of requests.
  • We haven't had that issue where we've had a backlog of requests.
  • We haven't had that issue where we've had a backlog of requests.
  • They They they come backlog of requests.
Keywords: 912, senate, all
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget 2nd Revised Apr 20th, 2026 at 04:30 pm

Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget

Transcript Highlights:
  • Public meeting, what one of the things that came back was the shortage of nursing.
  • So, one of our goals was to increase the number of nurses in the state.
  • Emergency Management retain 2% of some of these millions of dollars.
  • All of this has to be completed, signed, sealed, and delivered by the end of this year.
  • So, what kind of outcomes?
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget Apr 20th, 2026 at 04:30 pm

Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget

Transcript Highlights:
  • of Human Services.
  • What kind of money was created? What kind of return? How much money was expended?
  • I do want to revisit this question of single subject because members of the House voted differently on
  • of legislation.
  • SB1134 is a piece of legislation.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget 2nd Revised Apr 20th, 2026

Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget

Transcript Highlights:
  • I just think that... ...of allowing the people of Oklahoma to really have a voice.
  • of the things that came back was the shortage of nursing.
  • And so one of our goals was to increase the number of nurses in the state, and that's one of the things
  • of these millions of dollars?
  • All of this has to be completed, signed, sealed, and delivered by the end of this year.
Summary: The Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget met and first took up House Bill 4063, adopting a committee substitute over objection by a 17-4 roll call vote. The bill, as explained by the Pro Tem, moves the election dates for House Bill 4440 and Joint Resolution 1024 to August 25, 2026. Members debated whether the measure violated the single-subject rule or was an attempt to revisit proposals that had previously failed, but the committee advanced it and it passed 16-6 after debate. The committee then considered a series of appropriations and reappropriations, largely involving ARPA and interest funds. These included Senate Bills 1130 through 1134 and 1142, which redirected funds to the University Hospital Authority and Trust, the Office of Juvenile Affairs, the State Department of Health for rural hospital rebuild efforts, the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services for Griffin Memorial Hospital capacity, and DHS-related projects including Boys & Girls Club and YWCA funding. All of these bills passed, with most receiving broad support and only a few dissenting votes. Members also advanced several House bills: HB 4029 appropriated funds to the State Department of Health and the ALS fund; HB 4074 gave the Health Care Workforce Training Commission flexibility to close out ARPA projects and transfer funds among nursing-related programs; HB 4075 reappropriated water and wastewater funds within OWRB; HB 476 provided rural economic impact grant funding for water, wastewater, sewer, air park, industrial park, and broadband-related projects; HB 477 funded emergency response and relief grants with standard administrative language; HB 478 covered ARPA closeout costs for consultants and the grants management office; HB 428 extended a qualified equity investment tax deduction sunset; and HB 473 and HB 4073 pulled back ARPA funds for reappropriation and closeout. Most measures passed on strong roll-call votes, and the committee adjourned after HB 4073 passed 21-0.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget Apr 20th, 2026

Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill reappropriates excess ARPA interest funds to a couple of projects within the Department of
  • Yeah, I missed the first part of that. Some of the what?
  • What kind of money was created? What kind of return? How much money was expended?
  • I do want to revisit this question of single subject because members of the House voted differently on
  • So is there some kind of agreement?
Summary: The committee considered a series of bills largely focused on reappropriating and closing out ARPA-related funds, transferring interest earnings, and filling funding gaps in existing state projects. Measures included funding for the Health Care Workforce Training Commission, juvenile services in Rogers County, rural hospital rebuild projects, DHS-related projects for Boys and Girls Clubs and the YWCA, water and wastewater projects through the OWRB, ALS grant limits for OSDH, pandemic relief accounting, administrative costs for ARPA projects, pediatric cardiology and OSU-related projects, rural industrial park and port water/wastewater gaps, and emergency response grants through the Department of Emergency Management. Most of these bills were presented by Rep. Newton, Chairman Caldwell, Speaker Hilbert, Rep. Osborne, Rep. Hill, and others, with committee substitutes adopted without objection where noted. One bill, House Bill 4028, drew the most discussion. It would extend the sunset on the qualified equity investment deduction for venture capital investments. Members questioned the lack of program-specific evaluation data, including return on investment, jobs created, and how much of the tax deduction had actually been used. The sponsor said the program had helped grow Oklahoma venture capital and that he would seek better data, but argued the sunset should be extended for now. The bill passed 23-6. Another extended exchange centered on House Bill 4063, which combined measures related to placing state questions on the August ballot, including HJR 1024 and a bill tied to House Bill 1440. Members raised concerns about single-subject issues, ballot timing, voter turnout, and whether combining the measures limited legislators’ options. The Speaker defended the approach as election-related and noted prior precedent. The bill passed 23-6. The remaining bills were approved overwhelmingly, generally by votes of 27-0, 28-0, or 29-0, and were reported out with due pass recommendations before the meeting adjourned.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Up next, we're gonna call him out of the bullpen for this. One is Senate Bill 378.
  • If you don't mind, I'd like to take a second to respond to some of the mistruths or lies.
  • And to be honest, I'm just tired of all the lies.
  • If that's important to you, I'd start looking at the source of the information.
  • of State Chamber.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Administration of Criminal Justice Mar 31st, 2026

Administration of Criminal Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • victims under the age of 13 — the worst of the worst.
  • victims under the age of 13 — the worst of the worst.
  • any violation of the conditions of supervised release are brought to the parish of conviction of the
  • type of mandatory minimums, that sort of thing.
  • Many of you attended the tour of Angola.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 3/17/26

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:08:28.680><c> of</c> we're definitely um supportive of of we're definitely um supportive of of
  • </c> of cases. of cases.
  • </c> of the law. of the law.
  • </c> is the feasibility of of one that would is the feasibility of of one that would be<00:28:43.440>
  • </c> of the of the issues. of the of the issues.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate State Governmental Affairs Committee Mar 11th, 2026

State Governmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • And I think she's been around trying to meet with as many of you as possible.
  • I mean, it seems that most of them do come from our district. >> Yeah, something about the water. >>
  • as</c><00:08:10.319><c> many</c><00:08:11.199><c> as</c><00:08:11.440><c> many</c><00:08:11.599><c> of
  • </c><00:08:11.759><c> you</c><00:08:11.919><c> as</c> with you as many as many of you as with you as
  • them do come mean, it seems that most of them do come from<00:08:45.600><c> our</c><00:08:45.920><c>
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate State Governmental Affairs Committee Feb 11th, 2026

State Governmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • I know there's a lot of issues.
  • Um, I do kind of see it as a way of oversight to just kind of maybe make sure that the fees are correct
  • </c> I do kind of see it as a way of I do kind of see it as a way of oversight<00:12:46.480><c> to</c
  • </c> government out of uh using of services government out of uh using of services as<00:14:01.600><c
  • We'll take a percentage of it, then we'll pay the rest of it.
Bills: SB223, SB271, SB223, SB271
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

WLA Public Hearing 02-04-2026

Water, Land, Culture and the Arts

Transcript Highlights:
  • of historic in terms of impact of historic preservation<00:10:52.640><c> of</c><00:10:52.800><c> historic
  • </c> rights of humans and of Eevee in Havin. rights of humans and of Eevee in Havin.
  • </c><00:42:57.599><c> of</c><00:42:57.839><c> Consumer</c> behalf of the Office of Consumer behalf of
  • of the Bureau of traditionally the role of the Bureau of Conveyances<00:43:56.960><c> is</c><00:43:57.119
  • of does some of and the arts which kind of does some of this<01:18:56.880><c> stuff</c><01:18:57.040
Summary: The committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 2603, which would designate the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra as the state orchestra of Hawaii. Testimony was uniformly supportive from the Attorney General’s office, the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Retail Merchants of Hawaii, Hawaii Youth Symphony, the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra, the Hawaiian Steel Guitar Association, and others. Supporters emphasized the bill’s value to arts education, cultural vitality, and the visitor economy. The chair noted there were also many written testimonies submitted, and the bill was left without questions or action in the excerpt. The committee then took up Senate Bill 2083, which would create a state-owned historic properties preservation plan working group within DNR. The State Historic Preservation Division supported the bill and said it would help create a statewide database and better planning for state-owned historic properties, while noting its current review work is reactive and project-by-project. The committee asked about duplication and existing consultation processes; SHPD said it already reviews state projects under existing law and has in-house architectural staff. The measure was then set aside after brief discussion, with no vote shown in the excerpt. Next was Senate Bill 2341, which would authorize phased review of certain private-property projects and change SHPD’s review deadlines. SHPD and the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development supported the bill, saying it could encourage more proactive, programmatic review and that the current average review time for simple projects is about 56 days. Several opponents, including Sierra Club of Hawaii, Bianca Isaki, Malama Kane Lua, and Tara Roas, argued phased review would delay projects, create conflict, and weaken historic preservation protections, especially for iwi kūpuna and burial sites. Committee members raised concerns about whether the bill conflicted with prior court decisions and asked SHPD for its view; SHPD said it was not a legal question for them and suggested a programmatic alternative. The bill was not voted on in the excerpt. Finally, the committee began hearing Senate Bill 2306 on administrative fees for the Bureau of Conveyances. HGEA opposed the measure, focusing on a provision allowing the special fund to be used for qualified contractors, while the Bureau of Conveyances supported the bill as a fee correction that would equalize recording fees between systems. The bureau said specialized technical work sometimes requires outside contracting and that it could consider a contract period; the chair and members discussed the HGEA concern and asked whether the issue could be addressed. No final action was shown in the excerpt.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education Jan 21st, 2026 at 10:30 am

Early Learning & K-12 Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • The bill also includes a list of different types of programs.
  • I'm testifying today in support of 5992 on behalf of the agency.
  • Some form of the MSOC bill has been in front of you the last couple of years.
  • Some form of the MSOC bill has been in front of you the last couple of years.
  • of Health.