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CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee Apr 20th, 2026

Business, Professions and Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • It does in the small and home and community-based settings.
  • It does in the small and home and community-based settings.
  • These are not easy events to produce.
  • In California, we produced Aftershock, the West Coast’s largest rock festival, and formerly produced
  • And the costs for producing in California are increasing rapidly.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development met as a subcommittee due to the lack of a quorum, then later established quorum and took up a series of bills, mostly sunset extensions for licensing boards. SB 1302, SB 1303, SB 1304, SB 1363, and SB 1368 all dealt with extending board operations to January 1, 2031 and making related technical or policy changes. SB 1303 for the Board of Naturopathic Medicine added a fictitious name permit program and other administrative changes, while SB 1304 for the Respiratory Care Board drew significant testimony over whether licensed vocational nurses should be allowed to perform basic respiratory tasks in skilled nursing facilities and hospitals. SB 1363 updated barbering and cosmetology apprenticeship and licensing rules, and SB 1368 added a retired license category and strengthened continuing education oversight for speech-language pathology, audiology, and hearing aid dispensers. The committee also heard SB 865, which would create a California Music Festival Preservation Grant Program to support large independent multi-day music festivals. Supporters, including Visit Sacramento and festival promoters, said the bill would protect jobs, tourism, hotel nights, and local tax revenue; opponents raised concerns about using state funds during a deficit year and questioned whether profitable events should receive subsidies. The committee also heard SB 1297, which would create regional public-private partnerships and financing tools for wildfire mitigation projects; the author and supporters said it would help address the state’s large wildfire prevention funding gap by leveraging local and private investment, while members asked how the bonds would be repaid and whether the state would bear costs. SB 993, presented on behalf of Senator Ochoa-Bogue, would restore privacy protections for mental health professionals working in correctional and state hospital settings by limiting routine disclosure of identifying information while preserving a complaint process. Supporters described safety threats, stalking, and staffing concerns, and the bill passed unanimously. SB 1304 also passed after committee discussion, with members and the author noting ongoing negotiations over LVN scope and training in higher-acuity settings. SB 865 passed on a 9-1 vote, SB 1297 passed 10-0, and the sunset bills SB 1302, SB 1303, SB 1363, and SB 1368 all advanced unanimously to the Senate Appropriations Committee. SB 1333 was not heard, and SB 1445 was on the consent calendar.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • We’re as big as some small community banks across the state.
  • The Organic Association of Kentucky is obviously working with organic producers.
  • state where we've had producers state where we've had producers requesting<00:13:47.360> funds
  • to construct an expansion of a small to construct an expansion of a small ruminate<00:15:27.120>
  • The project is creating market opportunities for our farmers, specifically goat producers.
Summary: The meeting opened with a quorum, approval of the September 18, 2025 minutes, and a staff update on recent tobacco settlement-funded agriculture activities. The agriculture side highlighted Commissioner Shell’s outreach, including school visits, farm visits, and speaking engagements in Kentucky and a trip to Tennessee to discuss program models. A representative also described a national conference in Iowa, where Kentucky’s agriculture finance program was praised as a $180 million loan program built with tobacco settlement funds. The board noted September approvals totaling $950,000 for the agriculture development board and $3.3 million for the finance corporation, along with staff activity such as site visits, program closures, and project reports. The board also announced that the KKMP report covering 2015-2022 would be distributed and that the annual report, marking the program’s 25th anniversary, was being prepared. The board then reviewed two featured projects. The Organic Association of Kentucky requested $425,000 for organic producer support, but the board approved only one year of funding at $29,000, with members noting concern about recurring applicants and the need to evaluate long-term funding. The second project, by Joseph Dale Bentley in Lewis County, sought $51,300 to expand a small ruminant facility for goat production and export. Members were particularly interested because the project was already operating and creating market opportunities for Kentucky goat producers; the board approved half the project cost to help expand infrastructure and potentially allow quarantining on site. The cabinet then presented its annual update on tobacco settlement fund use in public health. Julie Brooks, Sarah Johnson, and Andrea Day reported on the HANS home visitation program, tobacco prevention and cessation efforts, lung cancer screening, and early childhood oral health. HANS served more families in FY25, rising from 6,293 to 6,715, and increased services from 139,943 to over 143,000. Tobacco prevention and cessation programs continued to support Quit Now Kentucky and My Life, My Quit, though officials noted federal uncertainty and the loss of federal tobacco control infrastructure. They also reported a slight decline in student outreach and cessation requests, but continued demand from schools and communities for vaping and nicotine prevention support. Lung cancer screening expanded to 55 screens, with Kentucky cited as a model for other states due to improved incidence, survival, and early detection rates. Early oral health efforts continued through local health departments, with more trainings for public health nurses, continued varnish kits, and expanded support for dental graduates and hygiene teams.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session May 10th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Just trying to correct a very small injustice.
  • So, female bodies are organized to produce large gametes.
  • Males are organized to produce small gametes.
  • ...a way that they are able to produce ova? No, I cannot.
  • they produce gametes and sperm.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

September 23, 2025 - 09:00 AM

Transcript Highlights:
  • At present time, one mill produces $4,734,000.
  • At present time, one mill produces $4,734,000.
  • There are some really small cities with small police departments and some larger cities with substantial
  • So I want to make sure that we're providing relief to that small, small portion of the affordability
  • So that's how tight it is in some of these small counties.
Summary: The Select Committee on Property Taxes heard first from city representatives through the Florida League of Cities, who argued that property taxes are a stable local revenue source that funds core services such as police, fire, parks, public works, and stormwater work. Casey Cook emphasized that cities are optional governments with widely different tax bases and service levels, that exemptions shift the burden to fewer taxpayers, and that transparency already exists through TRIM notices, public budgets, and local hearings. Sarah Campbell of Fernandina Beach, T. Michael Stavris of Winter Haven, and Stephen O’Kee of Port St. Lucie described their budget processes, the share of general-fund revenue coming from property taxes, reserve policies, debt and capital planning, and the impact of inflation, minimum wage increases, and personnel costs. They all said local governments need predictable revenue and that any property tax changes would require careful consideration of replacement funding or service reductions. Members questioned the city panel about whether homebuyers are clearly informed about city versus county taxes and services, the role of HOAs, how many lobbyists cities employ, reserve levels, average salaries, and whether utility revenues are used only for utility purposes. The panel said TRIM notices, realtor listings, and city websites provide tax information; HOAs generally do not provide emergency services; lobbyists help local governments track Tallahassee legislation; reserves vary by city and fund; and utility revenues are generally restricted, though some cities use limited transfers. Members also asked about revenue replacement if ad valorem taxes were reduced or eliminated, and the panel said options would likely include user fees, service cuts, or other local revenue shifts. The chair also asked about public safety consolidation, and the response was that such decisions are local and may shift costs rather than create true savings. The committee then heard from county representatives after an overview by the Florida Association of Counties’ Davin Suggs, who framed counties as shared partners with the state and emphasized the gap between rising market values and the shrinking share of taxable value after exemptions and assessment limits. He said counties face a mismatch between revenue based on taxable value and expenses driven by real-world costs, and noted that most counties either held millage steady or lowered it without reaching rollback rates. He also highlighted that property taxes are only one part of county revenue, with charges for services and intergovernmental revenue often larger in some counties, and that public safety at the county level includes more than law enforcement, such as EMS, emergency management, inspections, and corrections. Deborah Manzo of Okeechobee County described a fiscally constrained rural county with limited staff, a county-supported airport, heavy reliance on property taxes for the general fund, and major cost pressures from inflation, insurance, retirement, and state and federal mandates. She said the county lowered millage slightly over recent years but still depends on multiple revenue sources and special assessments, and she flagged Medicaid, medical examiner costs, and possible firefighter workweek changes as significant concerns. Bay County Administrator Mark McQueen said his county’s budget is shaped by Hurricane Michael recovery, non-discretionary obligations, and rapid growth; he described ongoing FEMA reimbursement delays, substantial borrowing to cover disaster costs, and continuing interest expenses while the county waits for reimbursement. The county panel was still in progress when the transcript ended.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Local Government Committee Apr 29th, 2026

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'll note for people that may not be aware, I have a very small portion of Contra Costa.
  • The area that I represent is a very small portion of Contra Costa.
  • Cities like Belmont are small. We don't have that large contract capacity.
  • With the intent of producing housing and cities being required to produce housing, not produce—they don't
  • With the intent of producing housing and cities being required to produce housing, not produce, they
Keywords: 988, house, all
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Ways and Means (01/13/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • The goal of producing that total equalized value is to bring all property in the state to market rates
  • it will be again a place where a small it will be again a place where a small business<03:00:27.520
  • do a lot of small businesses have taken<03:07:31.640> us<03:07:31.800> up<03:07:31.960
  • among women of childbearing age produces among women of childbearing age produces this<04:14:10.880
  • a change of 6,000 and also produces a change of 6,000 and also there<04:18:50.960> was<04:18:
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The committee meeting began with an overview from the Legislative Budget Assistant Office on how Ways and Means will work with agencies and leadership during the budget and revenue-estimating process. Staff explained that the governor’s budget is still being developed, agencies are cautious about going on record early, and the committee will use worksheets and updated fiscal reports to track estimates. The presentation emphasized that the fiscal year 2025 budget status is a point-in-time snapshot and remains fluid because the annual comprehensive financial report has been delayed, which could change the beginning balances for both the general fund and education trust fund. The budget update highlighted that the general fund is currently stronger than originally assumed, while the education trust fund is weaker. The speaker said the general fund began FY25 with a much larger balance than expected, while the education trust fund came in lower due to higher-than-budgeted adequacy spending and weaker business tax performance. Revenue trends showed the general fund slightly ahead year to date, but the education trust fund down significantly. The committee also discussed unbudgeted appropriations, including attorney general litigation, legal settlements, abandoned property claims, adequacy true-ups, and education freedom accounts, as well as the role of lapses and off-budget items in the final balance. Members asked about the delayed liquor commission audit and whether it could affect revenue forecasts. Staff said the delay was mainly caused by the commission’s switch in point-of-sale systems and staffing losses, but did not expect major ongoing reporting issues. They also noted that liquor fund variances are more likely tied to Medicaid expansion costs than to commission operations. The governor’s office was said to be working on possible budget reductions, but no January request to the fiscal committee was expected. Commissioner Lindsay Stepp of the Department of Revenue Administration then presented an overview of state revenue sources, focusing first on the meals and rentals tax. She explained that DRA administers 14 taxes that account for most state revenue, and that meals and rentals tax growth has slowed after strong post-pandemic gains. She described factors affecting the tax, including employment, inflation, fuel and food prices, wages, and weather, and noted that online platforms like Airbnb have improved compliance by collecting and remitting tax on behalf of hosts. Members asked about short-term rental compliance and how DRA identifies unlicensed rentals; Stepp said referrals, anonymous tips, and platform data help enforcement.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Education Committee Apr 9th, 2025

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • to be produced to a parent?
  • And so there was, so those weren't produced in such a manner.
  • This bill is a small but necessary step toward providing critical resources to students by including
  • With our support, half of their produce is now local. They reduced sugar.
  • items those fresh produce items like the farm to table farm to school network has described.
Keywords: 988, house, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 3/20/25

Energy Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • to produce energy from our food waste. to produce energy from our food waste.
  • We producing renewable energy for it.
  • top of it's it's an and we would produce top of it's it's an and we would produce 200,000<00:42:
  • <00:42:15.280> around addition to that, we produce around addition to that, we produce around
  • I mean the cause much being produced.
Keywords: 1183, house
ND

North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session

Higher Education Institutions Committee Jun 18th, 2026 at 10:00 am

Higher Education Institutions Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • We produce nearly two-thirds of the state's engineering graduates, half of the nursing graduates, and
  • So it's giving us a real-time example of sharing services from a larger campus to a small campus.
  • vendors to do transcript systems to produce a transcript.
  • But those are produced by our student information system.
  • low-producing programs, and what they are using is a rolling five-year review period.
Keywords: 908, all
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
  • I know back in the day when people were, you know, really hiding even small amounts of marijuana, when
  • want stricter laws that can, I know back in the day when people were, you know, really hiding even small
  • It also does not apply to a television program or television series that was produced before the effective
  • It doesn't impact things that were produced before the effective date of this measure.
  • Anything produced before that wouldn't be impacted. So it would just be going forward.
Summary: The caucus reviewed several bills and Senate or conference committee amendments, with members generally noting whether the sponsor intended to concur. HB 2749 would let courts enter a Class 1 misdemeanor conviction for certain lower-level felony convictions, with the Senate amendment requiring at least five years since completion of sentence before eligibility. HB 2082 would create a childhood cancer and rare childhood disease research commission and adjust funding rules, including a five-million-dollar threshold tied to appropriations or federal grants. HB 2096 would allow counties to seek WIFA assistance for cesspool remediation, with the Senate adding an alternative compliance path using ADEQ’s nonpoint source management plan. HB 4001 would regulate alternative nicotine products through the Department of Liquor Licensing and Control; members discussed whether some tobacco-related products remain outside the bill, tribal enforcement limits, and the absence of a tax provision. The presenter said the AG and governor support the bill. The caucus then shifted to conference committee bills. HB 2003 would lower the learner’s permit age from 15.5 to 15 and increase supervised driving time, but several members raised safety concerns and questioned whether the change was needed; the conference amendment would let current instruction permit holders qualify for a license after six months, while still requiring age 16 for licensure. HB 2133 would impose content-verification requirements for commercial websites publishing sexual material, with conference changes exempting pre-effective-date motion pictures and television programming. Members noted the Motion Picture Association still had concerns, though the changes addressed some retroactivity issues. HB 2874 would change campaign finance penalty rules, including a five-day publication requirement for committees owing late-filing penalties, a $5,000 cap on penalties per late report, and retroactive relief for certain inactive committees that filed no-contribution/no-expenditure reports and later terminated; one member said they still had not received the outstanding fee totals requested on the floor. HB 2010 would regulate digital goods sellers and refunds for revoked access to licensed digital content; the conference version kept a five-year refund structure but changed the refund amount to 20% per year, clarified refund procedures, and removed the refund requirement if alternative access is provided. The caucus took no votes in the transcript and ended after the bill presentations and questions.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Appropriations - S/C on Article III Feb 26th, 2025

Appropriations - S/C on Article III

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's still relatively small, over 7,000 applications. high quality of students are tremendous.
  • The only larger countries producing oil and gas would be Russia and Saudi Arabia. Arabia.
  • An industry that produced almost $12 billion total direct taxes. with the the activity.
  • You know for UT Permian Basin is we're a really small institution. We don't have doctoral programs.
  • It does not generate the basic... money that's needed for me to produce those degrees.
Keywords: 1184, house, all
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

House - Judiciary Mar 20th, 2025

House Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • Our small businesses, including our gun stores, will suffer greatly from this.
  • I would put that language back in, produced for inspection, etc.
  • Madam Chair and Representative, yes, when they produce or misrepresent the weapon or produce a weapon
  • produce a product or you sell a product and it causes harm, you're liable in New Mexico.
  • Um, the people who produced the 3D printer, would they be liable?
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Lowering the High Cost of Healthcare | Senator Matt Klein May 1st, 2026

Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • If you're an independent purchaser of the health care market, like a farmer or a small business owner
  • An independent purchaser of the health care market, like a farmer or a small business owner, we've seen
  • they see that a lot of the money they're spending to try to take care of their health is going to produce
  • > evening and they see these hugely evening and they see these hugely expensive<00:09:55.680> produced
  • <00:10:02.800> these<00:10:03.040> fancy health is going to produce these fancy health
Keywords: 918, senate, all
Summary: The discussion focused on healthcare affordability in Minnesota and several related bills the senator said he is advancing this session. He described rising costs for Medicare beneficiaries, individual market purchasers, and hospitals, warning that federal changes to premium tax credits and Medicaid funding would worsen access and financial strain across the state. He said his goal is a comprehensive response to protect access to care, especially for safety-net and rural providers. A major topic was Senate File 3769 on the 340B drug pricing program. The senator said the bill would empower the attorney general to enforce federal 340B requirements after pharmaceutical companies allegedly failed to provide discounted drugs to safety-net hospitals such as Hennepin County Medical Center and North Memorial. He said the measure passed both chambers with bipartisan support, after a nearly two-hour floor debate and significant lobbying by drug კომპანიies, and argued it could have an immediate effect by restoring hospital revenue and lowering medication costs for patients. He also said 340B is part of a broader effort to stabilize HCMC and other struggling hospitals. The senator also discussed Senate File 3859, which would create a Minnesota vaccine advisory council to provide science-based recommendations after he said the federal advisory process had been undermined. He emphasized that the proposal would not require vaccinations, but would help counter misinformation and require insurance coverage for recommended vaccines. In addition, he supported Senate File 3650, a bipartisan bill to ban direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertising, arguing that such ads raise costs and can steer patients away from appropriate medical advice. No additional votes or committee actions were taken in the interview itself beyond the senator’s description of the 340B bill’s passage.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Energy 2ND REVISED Feb 26th, 2026 at 09:30 am

Energy

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'll close with this: the one thing that I learned in one of the meetings that I had, we can produce
  • This bill does not amend or reopen the Oil and Gas Produced Water Act. With that, a second.
  • And as a state, I hope that we look at produced water.
  • Well, there's some very small producers that we put a real hardship on, and all this does is phase it
  • As many people know, in my district, there are several small producers. They've reached out to me.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Science, Technology and Energy (01/27/2026)

Science, Technology and Energy

Transcript Highlights:
  • However, if small in chance to happen.
  • These are small facilities.
  • They're just small for a country.
  • type of generator whether it's a small type of generator whether it's a small scale<04:54:21.200
  • frequently to being hijacked by small frequently to being hijacked by small factions,<05:18:29.520
Keywords: 1189, house, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 3/13/25

Energy Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • plants and it's time we power producing plants and it's time we remove<00:05:25.280> ourselves
  • He explained that the community is very small, and the sample size for how that is studied is usually
  • that produced greenhouse gas effects<00:37:23.640> and<00:37:24.040> understood<00:37:
  • So that's why policies like this, lifting this moratorium, give our producers the authority to start
  • There's two small towns in my area. One of them said, 'We do not want your railroad.
Keywords: 1183, house
VT

Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Session - 2026-05-22 - 1:23PM

Vermont House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • milk uh producers and handlers. milk uh producers and handlers.
  • So, this changes handler to producer to clarify there.
  • Substantial changes include using grow and grower interchangeably with producer.
  • business hemp producers and processors.
  • business hemp producers and processors.
Keywords: 926, house, all
Summary: The House took up Senate Bill 323, suspending the rules to consider it immediately. The bill was described as a broad agricultural measure with committee amendments and fiscal implications, and it was reported favorably by the Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry Committee, Ways and Means, and Appropriations. Members outlined sections dealing with milk market corrections, farm-to-school language, repeal of the obsolete pest control compact, pesticide applicator licensing changes, seed law updates, the Vermont Agricultural Credit Program, hemp regulation, and CAFO-related provisions. The Agriculture committee reported the bill out 7-0-1, and the effective date was described as July 1, 2026, except for the hemp provisions, which would take effect upon passage. Much of the discussion focused on the hemp sections. Supporters said the bill updates Vermont law to reflect federal changes and shifts hemp oversight from the Agency of Agriculture to the Cannabis Control Board. The hemp provisions would create registration and licensing requirements for hemp producers, processors, and certain hemp products; set fees; authorize testing, inspections, stop-sale orders, and administrative penalties; and allow rulemaking on product standards, labeling, insurance, additives, and age restrictions. Speakers said the changes were intended to help Vermont’s hemp industry maintain access to banking, insurance, and interstate commerce while improving consumer safety and regulatory clarity. Other agricultural provisions were also explained in detail. The bill would clarify milk producer hearing rights, update farm-to-school grant/contract language, remove outdated pest-control compact language, and adjust pesticide applicator exam and fee rules, including removing the limit on retakes and eliminating certain government applicator fees. It would also modernize seed labeling and definitions, transfer the Vermont Agricultural Credit Program into a new statutory structure under VEDA, and make conforming cross-reference changes in tax and cannabis fund statutes. The final sections would add a CAFO permit working group and require consultant training for state agencies on CAFO inspections, with those provisions contingent on future funding. Ways and Means noted the bill’s fee changes could affect state revenues, including an estimated hemp-related impact of roughly $10,000 to $90,000, though the exact effect was uncertain.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • It's about our small businesses. jobs. It's about our small businesses.
  • And it's supporting small businesses.
  • <00:14:52.240> Minnesota<00:14:52.800> small small retailers.
  • Minnesota small small retailers.
  • It brought jobs to my small town.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Delivery of Government Efficiency Apr 23rd, 2025

Delivery of Government Efficiency

Transcript Highlights:
  • Small agencies that have less than 11 employees can still hire a manager.
  • Led by doing, we produce our own energy. We defend our industries.
  • Our small business owners navigate complex administrative and licensing processes.
  • This was one of the top complaints from our small businesses in Texas.
  • We've been producing over 1,000 reports every biennium.