Video & Transcript : 'mileage allowance' :

Page 58 of 500
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Local Government Jan 26th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • And I offer up, it allows those counties. offer up, it allows those counties that have chosen to work
  • The purpose of these is to allow the homes to connect to the sewer system.
  • Some cities do allow it in some cases, but it is one of those steps that would allow more development
  • , either because they explicitly say that they don't allow it.
  • They don't allow it at all in short subdivisions.
Bills: SB6211 , SB6234 , SB6242
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Ways & Means Feb 26th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • It also changes the allowable uses.
  • It also changes the allowable uses.
  • There are a couple new allowable uses.
  • By allowing these billion-dollar companies By allowing these billion-dollar companies to benefit from
  • That has allowed us to compete.
Committee: Senate Ways & Means
ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Agenda Mar 11th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • It provides by-right allowances, which require cities to allow one internal ADU with the primary dwelling
  • Montana, Colorado, and others have allowed five years.
  • The off-street parking should also be allowed to be determined by jurisdictions.
  • And some communities already allow for two, and that's totally fine.
  • And this bill is just allowing Idaho to follow that same process.
Summary: The Senate Local Government and Taxation Committee met with a quorum and heard several bills. House Bill 749, dealing with forced annexation and septic-system replacement in unique annexation situations, was presented as a property-rights compromise that would let a city pay for a new system or allow the homeowner to install one at their own expense. The committee moved HB 749 to the floor with a due pass recommendation, and the motion carried. House Bill 661, which would allow small waste haulers to compete in counties with franchise agreements, also received a due pass recommendation and passed the committee. House Bill 715, which would require city council involvement in hiring or firing directors of city-owned libraries, drew strong opposition from library professionals and associations who warned it would politicize libraries and create conflicting lines of authority; supporters argued it would add accountability for taxpayer-funded positions. Despite the opposition, the committee voted to send HB 715 to the floor with a due pass recommendation. The committee then took up Senate Bill 1354, a major accessory dwelling unit (ADU) bill that would prevent cities over 5,000 population from banning ADUs, require by-right allowances for internal and detached ADUs, limit local restrictions on size, setbacks, parking, fees, and owner-occupancy rules, and extend HOA restrictions to ADUs unless owners consent in writing. Supporters, including AARP Idaho and the Idaho Home Builders Association, said it would expand housing options, help aging Idahoans and family caregivers, and increase supply. Opponents, including the Association of Idaho Cities, APA Idaho, and community association representatives, argued it was too preemptive, would strain infrastructure and parking, and should preserve more local control. The committee voted to send SB 1354 to the 14th order for possible amendment after a failed motion to hold it in committee. House Bill 733, a tax administration bill, would shift partnership audit handling to the partnership level rather than requiring amended returns from each individual partner, aligning Idaho with federal practice and other states. The sponsor and a CPA representative said it was a process change only, intended to reduce administrative burden and improve efficiency for both taxpayers and the Tax Commission. The committee sent HB 733 to the floor with a due pass recommendation. Finally, the committee approved the minutes from February 26 and March 5 and then adjourned.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
  • This is just allowing, is that correct? Just allowing prayer, not mandatory, correct? Members, yes.
  • This bill allows a member to pray.
  • Yes, so Representative Carter, it does allow school boards to offer a prayer beforehand.
  • So, Representative Carter, it does allow school boards to offer, um, a prayer beforehand.
  • and it's an, court jurisprudence on this is that it is allowed and it's emphatically allowed to do a
Keywords: 1182, all
Summary: The meeting covered a long list of House bills, mostly on third-read consent calendars, spanning appropriations, elections, education, public safety, water, taxation, and criminal law. Early discussion focused on HB 2148, which would give the legislature authority to appropriate non-custodial federal funds, described by the sponsor as a transparency measure. Other measures discussed included HB 2091 on insurance-related assessment limits, HB 2122 on reciprocity for BTR-related professions, HB 2138 clarifying firefighter workers’ compensation coverage, and HB 2008 barring public school libraries from using public money to pay library professional associations. HB 2110, removed from consent, would allow school governing body members to pray at meetings, with members noting Supreme Court precedent supporting such prayer. Several bills addressed school safety and parental rights. HB 2142 would create a School Safety Center at the Arizona Department of Education and allow up to 10% of school safety program funds for administration, with supporters citing an audit and lack of oversight. HB 2249 would expand the Parents’ Bill of Rights to require notice if a school employee facilitates social transitioning of a minor and to provide broader access to educational records, with penalties discussed for violations. HB 2074 would add mandatory reporting for anyone in a medical facility who knows a partial-birth abortion is occurring, and HB 2144 would allow child support calculations to begin during pregnancy based on a confirmed pregnancy test and related DNA testing provisions. The committee also took up election-related measures. HB 2022 would make permanent changes tied to the federal Electoral Count Act, including moving Arizona’s primary earlier to preserve military and overseas voting access, while keeping petition dates valid and preserving existing deadlines for candidates. HCM 2001 urged federal designation of the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization, and HCM 2002 supported a separate congressional effort involving CARE and related federal review and designation processes; members debated the distinction between direct designation and a request for federal investigation. HCR 2001 proposed a constitutional amendment to limit voting to U.S. citizens, require government ID to register, prohibit foreign contributions, and end early voting by the Friday before an election. Water, land use, and tax bills were also reviewed. Measures included HB 2024 on snowpack augmentation as a water supply development project, HB 2029 and HB 2030 tightening how Water Conservation Grant Fund money is used, HB 2053 appropriating $100,000 for updated stormwater recharge mapping, HB 2096 expanding revolving fund uses to address cesspools, HB 2097 capping groundwater withdrawal in irrigation non-expansion areas, and HB 2116 funding potential Colorado River litigation. On the tax side, HB 2016 would remove late-filing penalties when no tax is due, HB 2104 and HB 2105 would protect agricultural property owners from repeated reclassification and require notice of inspections, and HB 2289 would update truth-in-taxation examples to reflect higher home values. The committee also heard bills on criminal penalties and other matters, including HB 2043 on felony murder involving an unborn child, HB 2045 on discharging a weapon near a vehicle, HB 2131 and HB 2132 on weapons trafficking and fentanyl penalties, and HB 2062 authorizing a Buffalo Soldiers memorial in Wesley Bolin Plaza.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Transportation Apr 3rd, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Specifically, House Bill 791 would allow Central Catholic alumni.
  • OK, did, did you also have, did you also allow it to, I don't know if the substitute allows for up to
  • We just were the substitute will allow only 30 days. 30 days after.
  • Textile allows for the relocation of commercial signs.
  • However, certain cities are refusing to allow that, to allow us to relocate.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/31/2026 - House Appropriations

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • I will allow that generally. We don't on hostiles, but if you feel the need, I will allow it.
  • Do they want to live in a place that allows electronic monitoring or live in a place that doesn't allow
  • Isaacson replied that some members do not allow electronic monitoring at all, while some allow it in
  • Typically, they're not allowed.
  • The CC&Rs allow communities to generate rules, but the rules... ...allow communities to generate rules
ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Agenda Mar 10th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is all a program that would allow them to expand much further than an intermediate impact.
  • It's simply to allow us to see what's going on.
  • Allowing these to be in residential locations within a municipality does not allow the community to plan
  • And what that does is it allows that wealth to build and equity to build.
  • And what that does is it allows that wealth to build and equity to build.
Summary: The committee first heard House Bill 751, which would expand the STARS program for commercial transportation infrastructure by lowering the minimum project floor from $6 million to $5 million and raising the cap from $35 million to $100 million. Representative Monks explained that STARS lets developers front infrastructure costs and be repaid from a portion of new sales tax generated by the development, and supporters said it helps fund major roadway improvements without costing the state upfront. The committee advanced the bill on a due pass recommendation. The committee then considered Senate Bill 1347, a transparency measure for Idaho Housing and Finance Association’s pass-through homelessness grants, specifically the Continuum of Care and Emergency Solutions Grant programs. Sponsors said the bill would require annual reporting on grant recipients, uses of funds, and outcomes such as housing exits, income changes, and referrals, while not changing funding levels. Testimony included support from transparency advocates and concerns from a senator and nonprofit/housing professionals that the bill could duplicate existing federal and IHFA audits and add unnecessary reporting burden. The committee sent the bill to the floor with a due pass recommendation, with Senators Robbie and Taylor voting no. Finally, the committee took up Senate Bill 1352, which would create state standards for “starter home subdivisions” on parcels of at least four acres in cities over 5,000 population by limiting minimum lot sizes and allowing higher density, while preserving local authority over infrastructure, safety, and environmental requirements. Supporters argued the bill would help address Idaho’s housing shortage by enabling smaller, more attainable homes and reducing regulatory barriers; opponents from city, planning, and local government groups said it would override local control, lacked an income-based affordability requirement, and could create infrastructure and neighborhood impacts. After extensive testimony, the committee’s initial motion for a due pass recommendation failed on a 4-5 roll call, and the bill was then moved to the 14th order for possible amendment. Senate Bill 1354 was held over until the next meeting.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Education K-16 May 20th, 2025

Education K-16

Transcript Highlights:
  • It would allow TEA to commission peace officers for school safety purposes.
  • Members, for allowing me to lay out House Bill 2674 by Representative Cook.
  • So you have institutions and ...settlement in House would allow us to do.
  • So this would allow individuals and institutions to follow that standard.
  • And then that brings us to allow or not allow. Preferably, I would say just not at school at all.
Bills: HB126 , HB121
Summary: The Senate Committee on Education K-16 met to hear testimony on a full agenda of education-related bills. Several measures were laid out and left pending, including HB 322 to allow JET Grant funds to be used for subscription-based and ongoing technology costs for career and technical education; HB 3062 to require fentanyl and drug-poisoning prevention instruction for entering college students; HB 121 to update school safety laws, including TEA peace officer commissions, annual renewal of certain safety exceptions, new reporting requirements, and special education behavior threat assessment changes; HB 3627 to let the State Board of Education chair employ staff; HB 5515 to curb inflated shipping and handling charges on instructional materials; HB 2674 to prohibit new state regulation of homeschool programs; HB 2310 to require a statewide strategic plan for early learning and inclusion for young children with disabilities; HB 367 to standardize documentation for excused absences due to serious illness; HB 1178 to speed certification for out-of-state educators and military spouses; and HB 1481 to expand cell phone restrictions to the full school day. Testimony was generally supportive on most bills, with some concerns raised on HB 121 about school district police departments investigating misconduct and on HB 2674 about how it would interact with the new ESA program in SB 2. HB 5515 drew support from instructional materials coordinators who described extreme shipping invoices and argued the bill would restore transparency and fiscal responsibility. HB 2310 was supported by disability advocates and early learning groups, who said a coordinated state plan would improve access and inclusion for children with disabilities. HB 367 was presented as a simple clarification to reduce confusion for medically vulnerable students and families, and HB 1178 was described by TEA as a modest pathway that would help bring experienced out-of-state teachers into Texas schools more quickly. HB 126, updating Texas’ NIL law to align with the pending House settlement and allow direct payments and pre-enrollment NIL agreements, received extensive testimony from university counsel and committee questioning about the settlement, recruiting, and future college athletics rules. HB 1481, expanding school cell phone restrictions from instructional time to the entire school day, drew strong support from parents, students, educators, and advocates who linked phones to distraction, cyberbullying, and mental health harms; one teacher asked for flexibility so phones could still be used for limited academic tasks. No bills were voted out; each measure heard was left pending subject to the call of the chair, and the committee then recessed to attend the floor session.
MS

Mississippi 2026 Regular Session

Public Health and Welfare - Room 216, 25 February, 2026; 3:00 PM

Public Health and Welfare

Transcript Highlights:
  • of any other drugs that we allow a of any other drugs that we allow a patient<00:19:39.200><c> to</c>
  • The initial facility would not allow that. The facility they found did allow it. Ryan passed away.
  • The initial facility would not allow that. The facility they found did allow it. Ryan passed away.
  • The initial facility would not allow that. The facility they found did allow it. Ryan passed away.
  • </c> Mississippi that says they can allow Mississippi that says they can allow this?
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/17/2026 - Senate Natural Resources

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chair and members, House Bill 2758 allows an eligible entity that House Bill 2758 allows an eligible
  • So that was what the bill was written for originally, to allow a city to transfer.
  • I would... ...which under current statute 45-552 is not allowed.
  • I'm allowed to say that.
  • But what we should not do is allow the speculation and investment based on our failure, is allow the
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session 5/17/26 - Part 3

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • private, eliminating requirements that would share this information by the agency, and ultimately allowing
  • This allows a permanent withholding of payment to entities who have a credible allegation of fraud.
  • This allows a permanent withholding of payment to entities who have a credible allegation of fraud.
  • This allows a permanent withholding of payment to entities who have a credible allegation of fraud.
  • It also allows the permanent agencies.
Keywords: 1183, house
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Feb 3rd, 2026

Children, Families, and Elder Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • While growing up, I was also given an allowance to manage per week.
  • Growing up, I was also given an allowance to manage per week.
  • I've only received an allowance in one placement, my current one.
  • I use my allowance on meals whenever we go on group outings.
  • Thank you for allowing me to present Senate Bill 1642.
Keywords: 999, senate, all
Summary: The Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs heard several child welfare and early childhood bills and reported each favorably. SB 1690 on early childhood education was amended with a delete-all amendment that would require public posting of child care inspection and safety data, change certain child care disclosure and insurance rules, and create the Florida Endowment for Early Learning; the committee adopted the amendment and then reported the bill favorably. SB 1022 would add two new Florida Children’s Initiatives programs in Bay County and Pompano in Broward County, and it was also reported favorably. The committee then took up SB 996 on dependent children. Senator Rodriguez explained that the bill is intended to center lived experience in foster care policy and promote normalcy, including financial literacy and allowance-related supports. Multiple members of Florida Youth SHINE testified in strong support, describing the importance of youth voice, consistent allowances, and opportunities to build budgeting skills and confidence. Senator Sharief also voiced support, and the bill was reported favorably. Finally, the committee considered a bill on temporary cash assistance eligibility, presented with an amendment that narrowed a SNAP eligibility carve-out to people who were victims of human trafficking at the time of a drug conviction. The sponsor said the change recognizes coercion faced by trafficking victims and avoids a lifetime penalty tied to exploitation. After the amendment was adopted and several supporters waived in, the committee reported CS for SB 1462 favorably. The meeting then adjourned without further business.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection - 03/24/26

Commerce and Consumer Protection

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:21:04.400><c> those</c> petition process that allows those petition process that allows those
  • So, it's allowed in the medical space, but it currently isn't allowed in the adult use space.
  • c> request</c><01:01:31.440><c> additional</c> allows the office to request additional allows the office
  • </c> that would allow them to safely go home. that would allow them to safely go home.
  • The bill allows resilience.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Agenda Jan 22nd, 2026

Local Government and Taxation

Transcript Highlights:
  • a little bit more housing construction than what localities might otherwise allow.
  • a little bit more housing construction than what localities might otherwise allow.
  • And they allow both attached and detached ADUs, which makes them work for a wider variety of types of
  • Do you favor or oppose allowing property owners to build more flexibility, allowing them to build smaller
  • But a strong majority of Idahoans believe in this concept of allowing more flexibility, allowing smaller
Keywords: 989, all
MO
Transcript Highlights:
  • No, we have allowed, we expressly allow local governments to put in their own zoning laws, and then we
  • No, we have allowed, we expressly allow local governments to put in their own zoning laws, and then we
  • We're not preempting the state standard, but we're allowing the sale.
  • allow this person to do this thing.
  • So are we being tentative by saying, allow? 21. So are we being tentative by saying 'allow'?
Keywords: 959, house, all
Summary: The Commerce Committee reconvened and continued its hearing on House Bill 2085, a measure to establish statewide preemption over the sale of tobacco, vape, and nicotine products. Supporters, including representatives of vape stores, grocers, convenience stores, and petroleum marketers, argued the bill would prevent a patchwork of local ordinances, protect small businesses, and create consistent statewide rules for retailers. Several supporters said federal Tobacco 21 rules already control underage sales, and that local bans or flavor restrictions would hurt businesses and push sales to neighboring jurisdictions. Opponents, including the Missouri Public Health Association and the Springfield-Greene County Health Department, said local tobacco regulation has helped prevent youth smoking and that the bill could invite litigation over existing ordinances and limit future public health regulation. Committee members repeatedly questioned whether the bill would affect zoning authority or local decisions about where vape shops can locate, especially near schools and child care facilities. The sponsor, Representative Keithley, said the bill was intended to preempt only state standards on the sale and retail regulation of tobacco products, not local zoning, and emphasized that local governments would remain free to regulate zoning. Much of the hearing focused on the bill’s language, especially whether it required a 21-and-over purchase age or merely allowed local jurisdictions that already use 21 to keep doing so. The sponsor explained that the bill was designed to preserve local 21 ordinances without forcing all localities to change from 18 to 21, while still setting statewide standards for sale-related rules. An informational witness from MOST Policy Initiative described health risks of vaping, including nicotine addiction and youth appeal from flavored products, and noted that Missouri does not currently impose a special tax on vapor products. The committee took no vote and adjourned after concluding testimony on HB 2085.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Health Care Financing Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on Health Care Financing

Transcript Highlights:
  • But I ask you, would you feel safe if you were only allowed to have $2,000 in savings?
  • That doesn't get to those people because the personal needs allowance is a fixed dollar amount.
  • At Hale House, I am a recipient of a monthly personal needs allowance of $72.80.
  • Alas, I find that my allowance has been consumed by the cost of more immediate needs.
  • in regards to raising the personal needs allowance for nursing home and rest home residents.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Joint Committee on Health Care Financing held a public hearing focused largely on senior long-term care issues, family caregiving, post-acute care access, and direct care workforce pay. Testimony strongly supported bills to raise the personal needs allowance for nursing home and rest home residents (including H. 1411, S. 482, and related bills), with speakers from Mass Senior Action, Dignity Alliance, nursing home residents, providers, and former state officials arguing that the current $72.80 monthly allowance has been unchanged since 2008 and is inadequate for basic items like clothing, toiletries, haircuts, and transportation. Witnesses also backed bills to increase MassHealth asset and income limits for seniors and to stop counting life insurance as cash, describing the current rules as outdated and harmful to low-income elders. The committee also heard testimony on bills allowing family members, including spouses and guardians, to be paid caregivers (H. 1394/S. 886), with supporters saying this would help families keep loved ones at home and reduce reliance on costly institutional care. Another set of bills (H. 1412/S. 903) drew support from a physician who said clearer MassHealth communication and improved post-acute care determination processes would help reduce delays and backlogs for patients awaiting skilled nursing, rehabilitation, or other post-acute placement. Several speakers emphasized that better home- and community-based care can prevent hospital readmissions and support independence. A major portion of the hearing focused on S. 877, which would establish an enhanced care worker minimum wage of $25 per hour, indexed to inflation, for certain home care and human services workers. Union representatives and direct care workers from SEIU Local 509, 1199 SEIU, and the AFL-CIO described severe staffing shortages, burnout, low wages, and high turnover across home care, mental health, disability services, and crisis response. They argued that higher pay is necessary to recruit and retain workers and to stabilize services for vulnerable residents. Committee members asked about costs, comparisons with other states, and whether non-wage incentives could help, but witnesses repeatedly said wages were the central issue. The hearing concluded after all registered testimony was heard, with the committee noting it would continue accepting written testimony and then adjourning.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Mar 26th, 2025

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • We're not expanding any of these ordinances or allowing for any additional remedies.
  • We're not expanding any of these ordinances or allowing for any additional remedies.
  • So, those are allowed.
  • We allow people to bring in relatives who normally wouldn't be allowed to go into the voting booth with
  • So we're just trying to, with the City Council approval, allow it. allow that flexibility with the other
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • to have a home and who is not allowed to have a home in rural Kentucky.
  • to have a home and who is not allowed to have a home in rural Kentucky.
  • to have a home and who is not allowed to have a home in rural Kentucky.
  • to have a home and who is not allowed to have a home in rural Kentucky.
  • not allowed to have a home in rural Kentucky.
Summary: The Senate Standing Committee on Economic Development, Tourism, and Labor met and first took up Senate Bill 76, sponsored by Senator Greg Elkins. The bill would raise the construction retainage/escrow statute threshold from $500,000 to $2 million to reflect inflation, and would also make any contract term waiving the escrow protection void and unenforceable. Elkins said the measure would not apply to government contracts and was intended to protect contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers from delayed payment. The committee voted 9-0 to pass the bill with a favorable expression and send it to the floor. The committee then considered Senate Bill 59, sponsored by Senator Jimmy Higdon, with a committee substitute adopted first. Higdon said the substitute limited the bill to existing church property and the measure would allow religious institutions to build affordable housing on their property while still requiring local governing-body approval and compliance with building codes. Supporters framed it as a housing-supply tool and a way to use nonprofits and churches to help address Kentucky’s housing shortage, while questions focused on tax impacts, local control, and whether the bill could be used for single-family homes or other developments. A public witness from Henry County opposed the bill, arguing it could enable discriminatory housing and reduce local tax revenue. After discussion, the committee voted 9-0 to pass SB 59 with a favorable expression. Finally, the committee heard Senate Bill 313 from Senator Phillip Wheeler, which would designate June as Kentucky History Month. Wheeler and Kentucky Historical Society Executive Director Scott Alvi said the bill would help promote Kentucky history statewide, especially in connection with the U.S. 250th commemoration in 2026, and would build on existing June observances such as Statehood Day and Boone Day. The committee approved the bill with favorable expression, and the chair announced it would proceed to the floor.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 4/1/25

Commerce Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> represents a compromise um it allows represents a compromise um it allows those<00:31:01.159><c>
  • There was no fee allowed involved in that.
  • There was no fee allowed involved in that.
  • There was no fee allowed involved in that.
  • </c> um there there was no fee allowed um there there was no fee allowed involved<00:43:23.240><c> in
Bills: HF2543 , HF2566 , HF2627
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee Apr 15th, 2026

Housing and Community Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • Thank you for allowing me to speak before you this morning.
  • AB 1751 allows for ministerial approval of qualifying townhome projects.
  • We don't have an allowance right now.
  • Number one, it allows the RHNA process to start earlier.
  • Before, a lot of jurisdictions already allowed that.
Keywords: 988, house, all