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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Human Services - 03/05/25

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's a constant race, and we often don't win the race.
  • It's a constant race, and we often don't win the race.
  • reduction of a conditional license's duration if a provider demonstrates compliance, creating an incentive
  • </c><00:47:39.440><c> for</c><00:47:39.680><c> improvement</c> creating an incentive for improvement
  • creating an incentive for improvement rather<00:47:40.520><c> than</c><00:47:40.680><c> prolonged</c>
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Limiting zoning authority of local governments over housing types 3/3/26

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • We've done this through locally led planning, targeted incentives, and flexible funding to encourage
  • Third, reward reform. provide<00:41:14.560><c> incentives</c><00:41:15.040><c> for</c><00:41:15.280><
  • c> cities</c><00:41:15.520><c> that</c><00:41:15.680><c> adopt</c> provide incentives for cities that
  • Uh and although the language<01:25:37.360><c> of</c><01:25:37.600><c> race</c><01:25:37.840><c> and</
  • c><01:25:38.080><c> class</c><01:25:38.239><c> was</c><01:25:38.480><c> neutral,</c> language of race
Keywords: 1183, house
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 03/25/25

Environment, Climate, and Legacy

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> 2812 missile author Brett Racing 2812 missile author Brett Racing Culture.
  • </c> in 2025, we've we've I manage uh racing in 2025, we've we've I manage uh racing partnerships<01:
  • </c> Canterbury Park and Thoroughbred racing Canterbury Park and Thoroughbred racing will<01:03:43.039
  • </c> thoroughbred racing viable in Minnesota. thoroughbred racing viable in Minnesota.
  • Thanks, Senator Hoffman. opportunities with the horse racing uh opportunities with the horse racing uh
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Education Policy - 03/12/25

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • especially when disaggregating<00:52:36.599><c> data</c><00:52:36.880><c> by</c><00:52:37.040><c> race
  • </c><00:52:37.440><c> ethnicity</c> disaggregating data by race ethnicity disaggregating data by race
  • there's each other but it it seems like there's a<01:26:47.400><c> perverse</c><01:26:47.800><c> incentive
  • </c><01:26:48.480><c> to</c><01:26:49.280><c> continue</c><01:26:49.600><c> to</c> a perverse incentive
  • to continue to a perverse incentive to continue to authorize<01:26:50.080><c> a</c><01:26:50.199><c>
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

04/28/2026 - Joint Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • House Bill 4139 and Senate Bill 1832 continue to set the Arizona Department of Gaming regulatory racing
  • assessment at 0.5% for fiscal year 2027 and continue to authorize the department for racing meetings
  • in 2026 and 2027 to allow a first-time starter horse to race with gate approval with at least two timed
  • workouts, one of which must be conducted within 60 days of the race.
  • Chair, it's my impression that we're repealing these incentives at the time when some of these renewable
Summary: The joint appropriations committee met on April 28 to review the FY 2027 budget package, including the general appropriations feed bills (HB 4138 and SB 1831) and related budget reconciliation measures. Staff described the budget as including about $17.96 billion in general fund appropriations, a one-time transfer of state monies to increase revenues, a 5% lump-sum reduction to most agencies’ discretionary general fund budgets, and several one-time restorations or continuations for items such as school facilities, child care, child safety, corrections stipends, and public safety operating costs. Members spent much of the meeting debating how the across-the-board cuts would be implemented, which programs might be affected, and how fund sweeps from prior-year appropriations and special funds would work, including questions about universities, public safety, rural hospitals, transportation grants, the Corporation Commission, and health insurance costs for state employees and troopers. A major point of discussion was the impact on universities and higher education. Arizona Board of Regents representatives said the proposed reductions and fund sweeps would affect already obligated dollars, research, staffing, and student aid programs, and could force difficult decisions about programs such as the Promise Program, Teachers Academy, and other pass-through funds. Committee members also raised concerns about whether the cuts could lead to tuition increases or reductions in services, while majority members emphasized that agencies and the executive branch should decide how to absorb the reductions. Another major topic was health care and the state employee health plan: staff explained that the budget includes a $228 million general fund infusion to stabilize the plan, while a separate reconciliation bill would raise employee premiums over three years. Members also discussed whether the budget’s changes to AHCCCS/Access and hospital eligibility rules could increase costs for hospitals and reduce coverage. Public testimony largely opposed the budget. Speakers from Opportunity Arizona, the Arizona Board of Regents, and local governments argued that the proposal would shift costs onto working families, reduce support for education, housing, SNAP, health care, and rural infrastructure, and protect tax benefits for data centers and higher-income taxpayers. A mayor from Globe asked for state help after severe flooding damaged roads, water lines, and homes, while a motorcycle safety advocate asked the committee to review a DPS motorcycle safety fund appropriation. Committee members and staff repeatedly clarified that some items discussed were one-time appropriations not continued into FY 2027, that some fund sweeps were from unspent or unencumbered balances, and that the committee planned to take a mass roll-call vote on the budget bills at the end of the meeting.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Commerce (05/06/2025)

Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, these zoning ordinances treat all persons the same, no matter their race, age, class, creed, gender
  • will then overrule the needs incentive will then overrule the needs of<01:52:31.440><c> the</c><01:52
  • the grounds of retaliation, or perhaps even on some other grounds of discrimination on the basis of race
  • on</c><02:12:45.040><c> the</c><02:12:45.199><c> basis</c><02:12:45.440><c> of</c><02:12:45.679><c> race
  • ,</c> discrimination on the basis of race, discrimination on the basis of race, creed,<02:12:47.119><
Committee: Senate Commerce
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

State Affairs Apr 28th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • You know, President Carter has already concluded that the internment was caused by war hysteria, race
  • kill some people, some somebody, but this bill picked up, uh, picked out some people based on their race
  • Um, they are vital parts of the community, and this bill discriminates based on race and background.
  • Certainly we're trying to respond to it as a country, but this is not an issue of race.
  • And there was an incentive in the prison system, by the way, to keep them locked up because they got
Committee: House State Affairs
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • Udowalk's point, when he's had two seats open for office and no one runs, sometimes there's not an incentive
  • I think right now there really aren't that many incentives for that to occur.
  • This bill creates the incentives to do so, and it also recognizes, and this I will not shy away from,
  • While the bill does not prohibit rehiring, it creates a strong incentive to rehire short-term employees
  • Prop 209 does not allow us to discriminate on the basis of race.
Summary: The Assembly Higher Education Committee heard several measures focused on community college baccalaureate programs and trustee compensation. AB 2528 would raise the maximum monthly compensation cap for community college district trustees, with the author and supporters arguing the change is permissive, long overdue, and needed to make service more accessible to working people and better reflect community diversity. CSEA took a tweener position, warning about optics and asking for longer public notice before any compensation increase, while some members raised concerns about taxpayer costs and benefits. The bill was discussed but no final vote is reflected in the transcript excerpt. The committee then took up AB 2053, which would authorize Coast Community College District to offer a cybersecurity bachelor’s degree. Supporters said the bill addresses a workforce shortage, serves working adults and veterans, and includes an LAO evaluation and a sunset. CSU and its Academic Senate opposed the bill, arguing it duplicates existing CSU programs and could set a precedent for more one-off degrees. Members also raised questions about funding, Prop. 98, and whether the program would divert resources; the author said the district already has funding and that the bill is a narrow pilot. The committee voted to do pass and re-refer the bill to Appropriations, with several ayes and some no votes, and the roll left open for additional members. AB 2301, a pilot allowing up to 10 community college districts to offer nursing bachelor’s degrees, drew broad support from nursing, labor, and community college groups who said California faces a severe nursing shortage and that community colleges offer a more affordable pathway for working and rural students. CSU and other opponents argued existing ADN-to-BSN pathways are more efficient and that the bill could worsen competition for limited clinical placements and faculty. Members questioned funding and Prop. 98 impacts; the Chancellor’s Office said the pilot would not require new state funding and would rely on existing mechanisms such as Strong Workforce and nursing infrastructure grants. The committee voted to do pass and re-refer AB 2301 to Appropriations, with the roll again left open. The transcript then began AB 2694, a broader workforce-responsive baccalaureate expansion bill intended to address duplication rules and create a more flexible process for community college bachelor’s degrees, but the discussion was not completed in the excerpt.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Apr 29th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • expended in a manner. or by a program or activity that discriminates or prioritizes on the basis of race
  • This bill corrects that course by shifting incentives, elevating standards. standards, and providing
  • It provides significant financial incentives for our teachers that...
  • don't want to continue to have those teachers in the classroom, uncertified, we want to provide incentives
  • They have a contract for five years of races.
Bills: SJR59 , SCR30 , SCR46 , SB31 , SB127 , SB324 , SB401 , SB407 , SB467 , SB482 , SB506 , SB529 , SB584 , SB619 , SB636 , SB646 , SB647 , SB659 , SB715 , SB732 , SB735 , SB771 , SB784 , SB800 , SB801 , SB816 , SB1013 , SB1026 , SB1049 , SB1055 , SB1065 , SB1137 , SB1169 , SB1181 , SB1383 , SB1395 , SB1410 , SB1433 , SB1524 , SB1531 , SB1568 , SB1640 , SB1666 , SB1681 , SB1718 , SB1754 , SB1757 , SB1972 , SB1980 , SB2004 , SB2007 , SB2041 , SB2046 , SB2050 , SB2075 , SB2076 , SB2154 , SB2173 , SB2206 , SB2225 , SB2253 , SB2268 , SB2306 , SB2308 , SB2314 , SB2322 , SB2330 , SB2351 , SB2366 , SB2371 , SB2392 , SB2398 , SB2476 , SB2533 , SB2540 , SB2544 , SB2589 , SB2610 , SB2623 , SB2660 , SB2662 , SB2693 , SB2707 , SB2717 , SB2722 , SB2742 , SB2753 , SB2779 , SB2807 , SB2843 , SB2844 , SB2858 , SB2877 , SB2880 , SB2885 , SB2920 , SB2938 , SB2986 , HJR4 , HCR35 , SJR3 , SJR18 , SB5 , SB260 , SB1786 , SB914 , SB963 , SB1197 , SB1415 , SB1437 , SJR36 , SJR50 , SJR63 , SJR84 , SJR59 , SCR12 , SCR39 , SCR46 , SCR48 , SCR19 , SCR30 , SCR3 , SB2023 , SB1433 , SB2322 , SB2877 , SB407 , SB1718 , SB1395 , SB62 , SB666 , SB847 , SB284 , SB854 , SB1073 , SB810 , SB1505 , SB583 , SB1502 , SB507 , SB1026 , SB1434 , SB1376 , SB1585 , SB1772 , SB2016 , SB1163 , SB619 , SB1122 , SB732 , SB731 , SB397 , SB508 , SB1436 , SB287 , SB261 , SB1882 , SB393 , SB1791 , SB529 , SB209 , SB2429 , SB1999 , SB511 , SB2309 , SB510 , SB2253 , SB584 , SB1085 , SB2314 , SB2046 , SB1975 , SB2717 , SB1262 , SB1524 , SB1137 , SB636 , SB2056 , SB884 , SB517 , SB1200 , SB1410 , SB1845 , SB1863 , SB2681 , SB2200 , SB2199 , SB1757 , SB2050 , SB2458 , SB2201 , SB1055 , SB2660 , SB2662 , SB1065 , SB801 , SB2533 , SB3014 , SB3013 , SB758 , SB647 , SB1721 , SB2268 , SB2366 , SB1013 , SB2797 , SB2371 , SB2383 , SB646 , SB1169 , SB1754 , SB2779 , SB2004 , SB2119 , SB2448 , SB1777 , SB1283 , SB2392 , SB2076 , SB2786 , SB2876 , SB2284 , SB2225 , SB1540 , SB2920 , SB2929 , SB1972 , SB2540 , SB2742 , SB2595 , SB2217 , SB715 , SB2330 , SB1383 , SB500 , SB1640 , SB2001 , SB2080 , SB2722 , SB506 , SB2514 , SB2623 , SB2753 , SB2398 , SB1241 , SB2927 , SB2173 , SB2538 , SB898 , SB467 , SB1449 , SB2529 , SB1531 , SB2846 , SB2476 , SB986 , SB1181 , SB2075 , SB2154 , SB2864 , SB31 , SB2880 , SB1359 , SB2386 , SB771 , SB2844 , SB2550 , SB1351 , SB1423 , SB1931 , SB2245 , SB2589 , SB2707 , SB2807 , SB2351 , SB410 , SB659 , SB816 , SB2776 , SB2693 , SB2580 , SB1980 , SB1886 , SB1234 , SB739 , SB482 , SB456 , SB127 , SB1666 , SB2843 , SB2801 , SB800 , SB2055 , SB784 , SB2986 , SB735 , SB1012 , SB324 , SB2926 , SB2938 , SB2007 , SB2138 , SB1242 , SB2615 , SB1049 , SB2310 , SB1224 , SB2972 , SB1568 , SB2841 , SB2885 , SB3016 , SB2858 , SB2610 , SB2139 , SB1856 , SB2035 , SB2308 , SB2306 , SB2041 , SB1528 , SB1681 , SB1141 , SB2401 , SB2530 , SB2375 , SB547 , SB1266 , SB1373 , SB1467 , SB2069 , SB2269 , SB2480 , SB2544 , SB672 , SB904 , SB2695 , SB2891 , SB2422 , SB2543 , SB1854 , SB317 , SB2539 , SB2532 , SB2925 , SB1250 , SB2082 , SB2203 , SB457 , SB2357 , HJR4 , HB135 , HB1109 , HCR35 , HCR64 , SB2721 , SB243 , SB1285 , SB2568 , SB1959 , SB1442 , SB1454 , SB2520 , SB2541 , SB1708 , SB1237 , SB1844 , SB1586
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Senate Commerce (03/31/2026)

Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • We put in an incentive for people to use that form, to say if they're using it, then you're complying
  • We put in an incentive for people to use that form, to say if they're using it, then you're complying
  • We put in an incentive for people to use that form, to say if they're using it, then you're complying
  • This race to the bottom where, if you're the lowest income, you don't have the money to put forward to
  • </c> liquor and did uh horse tracks racing liquor and did uh horse tracks racing which<01:34:07.360><
Committee: Senate Commerce
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Senate Commerce (02/03/2026)

Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><01:16:55.520><c> to</c><01:16:55.760><c> the</c> the phones are going to be racing to the the phones
  • are going to be racing to the phones<01:16:56.960><c> taking</c><01:16:57.280><c> a</c><01:16:57.520
  • piece of that because their wages are higher and the folks at the front iPad answering the phone, racing
  • piece of that because their wages are higher and the folks at the front iPad answering the phone, racing
  • Compensation serves both as an incentive Compensation serves both as an incentive and a mechanism to
Committee: Senate Commerce
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/25/2026 - House Government

House Government Committee of Reference

Transcript Highlights:
  • We already have laws that protect against unlawful discrimination based on race, ethnicity, sex, or national
  • increased risk of lawsuits based on hiring practices unrelated to immutable characteristics such as race
  • Clearly define what we're looking for, the best of the best, without race, color, creed, sexual preference
  • Senate Bill 1212 will directly hinder the quality incentive program, specifically those where insurers
  • Not single-shotting, and we know which races we're going to target for each party.
Summary: The committee first took up SB 1167, which would allow municipalities and counties to satisfy certain public-notice requirements by posting advertisements, publications, and printings on their official websites. The sponsor argued the bill is permissive, intended to modernize notice practices, reduce costs, and help governments meet statutory deadlines, while a Blackmun amendment required a six-month transition period in which notices would still be published in newspapers and the public would be alerted to the change. Newspaper and media representatives, along with tribal and rural community advocates, opposed the bill, arguing that print notices remain important for transparency, historical recordkeeping, and access in areas with limited internet service. Supporters from county and local government said newspaper publication schedules have become unreliable and that websites are a more effective way to reach the public. The committee adopted the Blackmun amendment and then passed SB 1167 as amended on a 4-3 vote. The committee then considered SB 1021, as amended by a strike-everything that would require the Auditor General to refer evidence of possible criminal activity involving health profession regulatory boards to the Attorney General, with procedures for investigation and conflict-of-interest handling. The sponsor and amendment sponsor said the measure would create a mechanism for criminal findings in audit work to be acted on. With no opposition testimony, the committee adopted the amendment and passed SB 1021 as amended on a 4-3 vote. Next was SB 1011, which would require county medical examiners or forensic pathologists to review an infant’s immunization and vaccination history, along with any countermeasures administered in the prior 90 days, in sudden unexplained infant death cases. The sponsor said the bill was a data-collection measure meant to improve accuracy, transparency, and prevention efforts. Opponents, including vaccine advocacy and disability representatives, said Arizona already collects this information, that unsafe sleep is the primary issue in most SIDS cases, and that the bill could fuel misinformation about vaccines. The committee passed SB 1011 on a 4-3 vote. The committee also heard SB 1013, a merit-based public employment bill that would prohibit hiring based on conditions other than merit. Supporters said it would ensure public employees are selected by qualifications and objective criteria; opponents argued existing law already bars discrimination and that the bill could create litigation risks and hinder outreach to underrepresented communities. The committee passed SB 1013 on a 4-3 vote. Finally, the committee considered SB 1015 and a strike-everything amendment that would replace the bill’s original detransition-liability language with the Arizona Thriving Families Act, creating a family and medical leave insurance program within Medicaid beginning in 2029. The original bill sponsor defended the underlying detransition-related liability concept as accountability and support for detransitioners, while opponents said it would function as a discriminatory backdoor ban on transition care for minors. The transcript ends during debate and explanation of the strike-everything amendment, before a final vote on SB 1015 is shown.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/25/2026 - House Government

Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • We already have laws that protect against unlawful discrimination based on race, ethnicity, sex, or national
  • increased risk of lawsuits based on hiring practices unrelated to immutable characteristics such as race
  • Clearly define what we're looking for: the best of the best, without race, color, creed, sexual preference
  • Senate Bill 1212 will directly hinder the quality incentive program, specifically those where insurers
  • Not single-shotting, and we know which races we're going to target for each party.
Committee: House Government
Keywords: 1182, all
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session May 12th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • However, I think it's important that we try to crack down on this unsafe street racing behavior, and
  • And importantly, the concept is simply this: if you're in a street racing situation, you are intentionally
  • So, the Constitution protects against race, gender, age, and national origin as reasons you wouldn't
  • Wouldn't this create an incentive for a race to the bottom?
  • I remain concerned that your bill creates... it further incentivizes a race to the bottom on commercial
Bills: SB111 , SB128 , SB203 , SB205 , SB261 , SB317 , SB393 , SB397 , SB466 , SB510 , SB582 , SB705 , SB731 , SB748 , SB801 , SB867 , SB876 , SB913 , SB1071 , SB1086 , SB1087 , SB1250 , SB1285 , SB1310 , SB1400 , SB1444 , SB1483 , SB1553 , SB1556 , SB1581 , SB1608 , SB1698 , SB1723 , SB1730 , SB1835 , SB1858 , SB1903 , SB1946 , SB1950 , SB1986 , SB2017 , SB2043 , SB2056 , SB2058 , SB2063 , SB2082 , SB2105 , SB2133 , SB2137 , SB2177 , SB2203 , SB2260 , SB2311 , SB2334 , SB2344 , SB2403 , SB2417 , SB2446 , SB2519 , SB2522 , SB2532 , SB2600 , SB2611 , SB2619 , SB2637 , SB2688 , SB2717 , SB2764 , SB2785 , SB2790 , SB2794 , SB2841 , SB2847 , SB2857 , SB2878 , SB2891 , SB2943 , SB2955 , SB2972 , SB2995 , SB3037 , SB3057 , SB3059 , HJR2 , HB26 , HB206 , HB334 , HB451 , HB517 , HB554 , HB1109 , HB2081 , HB2756 , HB3204 , HB3809 , SJR3 , SB5 , SB72 , SB509 , SB616 , SB963 , SB985 , SB1025 , SB1080 , SB1143 , SB1172 , SB1245 , SB1267 , SB1271 , SB1273 , SB1355 , SB1422 , SB1759 , SB1786 , SB2361 , SB17 , SB314 , SB455 , SB761 , SB1023 , SB1968 , SB2122 , SB2371 , SB2420 , SB2544 , SB1 , SB260 , SB1506 , SB1637 , SJR36 , SJR50 , SJR63 , SCR12 , SCR39 , SB2023 , SB62 , SB666 , SB847 , SB284 , SB854 , SB1073 , SB810 , SB1505 , SB583 , SB507 , SB1434 , SB1772 , SB2016 , SB1163 , SB1122 , SB731 , SB397 , SB508 , SB1436 , SB287 , SB261 , SB1882 , SB393 , SB1791 , SB209 , SB2429 , SB511 , SB2309 , SB510 , SB1085 , SB1975 , SB2717 , SB1262 , SB636 , SB2056 , SB884 , SB1200 , SB1845 , SB2458 , SB801 , SB3014 , SB3013 , SB758 , SB2797 , SB2076 , SB2876 , SB1640 , SB1449 , SB1181 , SB1359 , SB1234 , SB2926 , SB2972 , SB2841 , SB1528 , SB2891 , SB1854 , SB317 , SB2532 , SB1250 , SB2082 , SB2203 , SB1285 , SB1237 , SB2819 , SB629 , SB2608 , SB1602 , SB1723 , SB1858 , SB1946 , SB2009 , SB2177 , SB2460 , SB2785 , SB867 , SB1608 , SB640 , SB1698 , SB705 , SB748 , SB2680 , SB2994 , SB2747 , SB1950 , SB913 , SB1071 , SB1086 , SB1087 , SB1483 , SB1444 , SB1553 , SB1556 , SB1703 , SB2133 , SB2297 , SB2298 , SB2622 , SB2955 , SB3059 , SB2637 , SB2334 , SB1861 , SB2043 , SB1367 , SB2857 , SB128 , SB3058 , SB2044 , SB2363 , SB2311 , SB1986 , SB2565 , SB2943 , SB1888 , SB2417 , SB3048 , SB3052 , SB3053 , SB3036 , SB3057 , SB3056 , SB3043 , SB3037 , SB3050 , SB3063 , SB3047 , SB3035 , SB2446 , SB466 , SB2611 , SB2794 , SB2105 , SB2017 , SB1790 , SB1778 , SB1730 , SB2995 , SB2847 , SB205 , SB2619 , SB1903 , SB203 , SB3061 , SB1581 , SB2600 , SB2799 , SB2790 , SB2688 , SB2515 , SB1230 , SB876 , SB2522 , SB2639 , SB2137 , SB2519 , SB2403 , SB2459 , SB3051 , SB2655 , SB2251 , SB2764 , SB2878 , SB1884 , SB111 , SB582 , SB2617 , SB1835 , SB2751 , SB2063 , SB1400 , SB2058 , SB2260 , SB2928 , SB1310 , SB2566 , SB2344 , SB1897 , SB1749 , SB1361 , SB2549 , SB2553 , HJR2 , HJR1 , HB1109 , HB517 , HB1130 , HB1689 , HB2884 , HB1393 , HB2559 , HB26 , HB2756 , HB3204 , HB3012 , HB1327 , HB451 , HB109 , HB206 , HB1238 , HB2890 , HB9 , HB2081 , HB4215 , HB2970 , HB37 , HB1899 , HB3809 , HB334 , HB554 , HB1593 , HB2607 , HB3526 , HB3810 , HB5092 , HB388 , HB2809 , HB1151 , HB913 , SB2919 , SB1782 , SB1705 , SB2696 , SB1944 , SB2215 , SB644 , HB3307 , HB879 , HB116 , HB12 , HB2703 , HB1610 , HB1615 , HB1620 , HB30 , HB21 , HCR7 , HCR75 , HCR86 , HCR92 , HCR93 , HCR126
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

House Chamber Fri May 8, 2026, 10:00AM HST - Day 58

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • administration when repealing the federal clean energy when repealing the federal clean energy incentives
  • unpredictable policy changes, especially when they are already reeling from the loss of the federal tax incentives
  • energy, and I would just like to say that if we are no longer committed to providing that carrot or incentive
  • It's becoming an arms race, schools competing financially for athletes, bidding wars, agents, contracts
  • Next year it's pressure for more funding, more incentives, more resources.
Keywords: 910, house, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 2/24/26

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • case on a high level, but also it's going to keep workers out of work longer because there's not an incentive
  • Just briefly, we didn't put it on the slide, but I'll mention, I think, just in terms of race, racial
  • mention I'll note I think just in terms mention I'll note I think just in terms of<01:09:04.159><c> race
  • ,</c><01:09:04.480><c> race</c><01:09:04.560><c> race,</c><01:09:05.040><c> racial</c><01:09:05.440><
  • c> ethnicity</c> of race, race race, racial ethnicity of race, race race, racial ethnicity uptake,<01
Keywords: 1183, house
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Rules Committee May 6th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'd like to now talk about the ZEVs, the incentive programs, specifically for medium- and heavy-duty
  • The problem that I'm seeing is that even with these incentives, the cost of a ZEV truck has not gone
  • And we can't be doing the incentives forever.
  • The incentive is to help the manufacturers know that, you know, we really are transitioning.
  • But we need those truck prices to go down, so it's less incentive and less price and makes it better.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Rules first handled several routine actions, including approving three governor’s appointments not required to appear: Anthony Surich as Executive Director of the California Housing Finance Agency, Craig Snelling J.D. to the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, and Nicholas Mueller to the Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Commission. The committee also approved referral of bills to committees, all by 4-0 votes. It then took up appointments requiring testimony, beginning with Jereen DiAdamo to the State Water Resources Control Board. DiAdamo focused her remarks on safe drinking water, groundwater sustainability, conservation, and Bay-Delta restoration. She said the number of Californians without safe drinking water has fallen from 1.6 million to 800,000 since 2019, credited the SAFER program, technical assistance, and mandatory consolidation authority, and described ongoing work on failing and at-risk systems, domestic well mitigation, SGMA implementation, and the Bay-Delta Plan. Senators pressed her on audit follow-up, measurable goals for reducing the remaining unsafe systems, funding uncertainty, and concerns from environmental and tribal groups that the board has favored water users over ecosystem protections. Supporters from water, agriculture, business, and local agencies praised her collaborative style and consensus-building, while opponents argued she had not done enough to protect the Delta and called for new leadership. The committee ultimately voted 4-0 to advance her appointment to the full Senate. The committee then heard from Sivagunda Gunda for reappointment to the California Energy Commission. He highlighted progress on grid reliability, zero-carbon generation, and planning for California’s energy transition, including transportation fuels, building electrification, and the eventual retirement of Diablo Canyon. Senators questioned him about the future of Kern Energy and small refineries, the state’s transportation fuels plan, fuel imports and costs, and whether California can retire Diablo Canyon by 2030 without harming reliability. Gunda said the state is planning as if Diablo Canyon retires in 2030, that current resource additions make reliability manageable, and that affordability and market coordination remain key issues. The committee then voted 4-0 to advance his appointment to the full Senate, and the hearing recessed afterward.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Rules Committee May 6th, 2026

Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • get, it's our job to understand those dynamics that are going on over there, mostly because it's a race
  • I'd like to now talk about the ZEVs, the incentive programs, specifically for medium- and heavy-duty
  • The problem that I'm seeing is that even with these incentives, the cost of a ZEV truck has not gone
  • And we can't be doing the incentives forever.
  • The incentive is to help the manufacturers know that, you know, we really are transitioning.
Committee: Senate Rules
Keywords: 987, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 2/24/26

Commerce Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • 00:46:35.520><c> and</c> exacerbate segregation by income and exacerbate segregation by income and race
  • <c> bill</c><00:46:37.040><c> makes</c><00:46:37.359><c> critical</c><00:46:37.680><c> changes</c> race
  • This m bill makes critical changes race.
  • That makes no sense that people have an incentive to increase their own costs to help a management company
  • That makes no sense that people have an incentive to increase their own costs to help a management company
Bills: SF1750 , HF704 , HF3479
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

TGWG Informational Briefing 05-21-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • how policy designs shape measurable behavior outcomes, particularly through the interaction of incentives
  • Illegal market displacement may create different incentives than youth safeguards or public health.
  • And finally, what level of races are acceptable?
Keywords: 912, senate, all