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AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama Senate Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Safety Committee Feb 11th, 2026

Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • How many times did it [clears throat] >> She's ruining it? I'm just doing.
  • support and thank you for the time support and thank you for the time today,<00:13:06.560> sir
  • Well, unless we've got it on the calendar for a second time.
  • a second time. a second time.
  • what time it was. So, sorry. what time it was. So, sorry.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Common Education Feb 11th, 2026 at 03:00 pm

Common Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • And while at the time I was told that the bill allowed this approach, it didn't require this approach
  • At the time, I thought I heard about three times, but I wasn't clear if that was a semester or a year
  • More recently, I heard five times, but I want to make clear that all of our newly certified teachers,
  • So this is a bill that would limit screen time through K through 5 to 1 hour a Day, there is no data
  • Thank you, committee, for your time.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education May 1st, 2025

S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • They used the same fiscal note as the last time that this bill came up, which is a ridiculous amount.
  • As it relates to that, because what it should be is the basic allotment times 1.28 in middle school,
  • The basic allotment times 1.28, so that's if the basic allotment is $6,000, they get that, and then on
  • B.A. times 1.28 versus B.A. times 1.28. Point well noted. Just double-check on that.
  • All right, at this time the chair lays out House Bill 4980 and recognizes Chairman Wilson to explain
Bills: HB 1079, HB3651, HB4980
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Children and Senior Advocacy Committee Mar 19th, 2025

Children and Senior Advocacy

Transcript Highlights:
  • If any of y'all had been involved in times past with kids playing football, In times past with kids playing
  • In the meantime, the child was left at home at this time.
  • It happens all the time. If this bill is passed, it the time.
  • But I will tell you I've been there a long time.
  • Is that why you bring the bill at this time?
Bills: SB140, HB235, HB276, HB317, HB340
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 2/17/25

Transportation Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
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  • significant as well and a lot of times significant as well and a lot of times there<01:08:55.199
  • Appreciate your time today.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Environment Committee Meeting - 2026-04-16

Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Thank you for your time and consideration. in a timely manner and as a result, in a timely manner and
  • the time to be here today. the time to be here today.
  • and time and time again.
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  • time and time and time and time again. again. again.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Judiciary Feb 4th, 2026 at 06:03 pm

House Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • The time is getting shorter, you guys. 90 seconds if you wouldn't mind, those in opposition.
  • I have a woman in our community we've arrested or charged with various crimes for over 200 times.
  • Okay, Friday we're doing 99, so we'll have to figure out how much time.
  • Yes, Representative McQueen, do you have an idea what time we will start? on Saturday.
  • And a harder question would be what time we would end. Well, ending is, you know, who knows?
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • Thank you for your time.
  • >> thank you for your time. >> thank you for your time.
  • SHPD's review time many times is the critical path to projects moving forward.
  • Is that going to be a one-time ask?
  • Is that going to be a one-time ask?
Summary: The House Housing Committee opened its Friday morning hearing by noting potentially catastrophic flooding on the island and acknowledging that some members were absent helping their communities, so quorum for voting was uncertain. The committee then heard testimony on several housing-related measures, with most bills drawing support from housing agencies and community organizations and little or no opposition in the room. On SB 2069 SD2, SB 2177 SD2, and SB 2342 SD2, witnesses largely supported the measures. HHFDC supported SB 2069 and SB 2177, and HPHA supported SB 2342. For SB 2342, HHFDC raised concerns that the bill would alter the Qualified Allocation Plan outside the normal open, public process required by federal law and could exclude stakeholders; Kathy Charities echoed those concerns and also objected to changing point allocations in ways that could raise rents and weaken long-term affordability. Members questioned HHFDC about how the QAP is normally updated, the meaning of the point system, and whether a legislative working group could mandate changes; HHFDC said recommendations would still need public hearing and board approval. The committee also heard SB 2060 SD2, which would create a mixed-income subaccount in the rental housing revolving fund. HHFDC said the subaccount would likely use tier-two funds, estimated at about $100 million total, to support mixed-income projects above 60% AMI, citing Front Street Apartments as a possible example. Members asked about project selection and funding needs. On SB 2544 SD2, OHA opposed the bill’s Chapter 6E-related exemptions and mandatory review timelines, arguing that burial review protections should not be weakened and that the SPEED Task Force process was a better venue for streamlining. The sponsor later clarified that the bill was not meant to eliminate the 60-day review process but to make the deadline clearer. For SB 3011 SD1, which concerns public housing and pet ownership, HPHA and several humane organizations supported the measure, saying it would help low-income residents and seniors keep pets and benefit from animal companionship. HPHA explained its existing pet policy, including deposits, monthly fees, and restrictions, and said the requested funding would support ADA-accessible pet areas and related administration. Finally, on SB 2061 SD2, HCDA supported the bill while OHA opposed it unless protections for Hawaiian Crown and Government lands were strengthened. Committee members questioned the project’s 60/40 split between income-restricted and market-rate units, the 10-year owner-occupancy restriction, and the procurement exemption; the sponsor said the exemption was tied to a real estate transaction and that the project would still use 103D-like solicitation procedures. No votes were taken during the hearing, and several items were left for later action because quorum was uncertain.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Apr 14th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • House Bill 4140 is a bill that is fixing something that probably should be fixed a long time ago.
  • I know that that was language that's been needed to be clarified for some time, and I appreciate your
  • We are finding more and more that title companies are not releasing the earnest money that a veteran
  • This time, the chair will turn the gavel over to Vice Chair Lahar. Thank you, Senator Howard.
  • So, at this time, I would move to restore title. I have a motion to restore title.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Committee Meeting - 2026-04-14

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
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  • <00:26:18.400> judicial support effective and timely judicial support effective and timely
  • These all take time, staffing, and sustained resources.
  • plead guilty than those who are released plead guilty than those who are released pre-trial.<01:
  • I I don't time if there are amendments.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 4/8/26

Public Safety Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
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  • you for your time. Thank you. you for your time. Thank you. Thank<00:35:52.040> you.
  • mean people walk by all the time. mean people walk by all the time.
  • We by the time we hire it is a one-time.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/18/2026 - House Judiciary

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • However, it falls back on the victim time and time again to spend their own money to hire attorneys to
  • Thank you for taking time.
  • Time. Oh, go ahead. Oh, gosh. Okay.
  • Time. Oh, go ahead. Oh, gosh. Okay.
  • I've seen this play out in real time.
Summary: The committee heard and advanced several bills dealing with criminal justice, victims’ rights, education funding, and public safety. SB 1094, which would create a civil cause of action for minors who received irreversible gender reassignment surgery in violation of Arizona law, drew extensive testimony. Supporters argued it would provide compensation for harmed minors and extend accountability similar to sexual abuse cases; opponents said it was discriminatory, targeted transgender people and providers, and interfered with informed consent and parental decision-making. The committee voted 6-3 to give SB 1094 a do pass recommendation. SB 1635, which creates the offense of unlawfully alerting someone to an imminent arrest, also passed 6-3 after strong debate. The sponsor said it was intended to stop people from warning specific targets of arrest, including in immigration enforcement and other criminal cases, while preserving First Amendment protections for general alerts. Opponents, including the ACLU and community members, argued the bill criminalized speech, was overbroad, and duplicated existing obstruction laws. SB 1673, appropriating money for the crime victim notification fund, passed unanimously after an amendment increasing the appropriation from $5 million to $8.2 million was adopted. The committee also approved SB 1092, which bars early termination of probation for dangerous crimes against children, after testimony from victims’ advocates and defense-side witnesses about probation, online evidence, and the risk of re-victimizing survivors. SB 1239, extending the statute of limitations for failure to register as a sex offender, passed 6-4 despite arguments that registration is already continuously monitored and that the bill could create redundant liability. SB 1139, a strike-everything bill requiring GPS monitoring for registered sex offenders without a permanent residence, failed after members noted existing monitoring systems already cover many offenders. Later, SB 1502, increasing penalties for unlawful flight when accompanied by aggravating danger, passed 5-1 amid concerns about over-criminalization and possible impacts on drivers trying to pull over safely. Additional measures included SB 1248, clarifying county use of accommodation schools for juvenile detention and jail education programs, which passed unanimously, and SB 1240, excluding dangerous-crime-against-children probationers from county probation incentive calculations, which passed 5-4 over objections that it would undermine rehabilitation incentives. SB 1669, changing rape-shield evidence rules to focus on physical injury, passed 6-3 after a dispute over whether the bill would narrow or clarify admissible evidence. The committee then began hearing SB 1540, a new offense targeting fuel dispenser theft and manipulation devices, with the petroleum industry describing organized gas theft schemes and the sponsor’s amendment removing mere possession of a device from the criminal statute.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/09/2026 - Senate Finance

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Tax base times the QTR raises $2 million.
  • They'll have a hard time.
  • time.
  • This is in a time when the median age of the first-time home buyer in Arizona has reached 40 years old
  • Chair, Senator Leach, every time we see a deed that comes into my office, we have... ...every time we
Summary: The committee first approved the February 2, 2026 minutes and held Senate Bill 1090. It then heard Senate Bill 1503, which would require pension fiduciaries and proxy advisory firms to act solely in the economic interest of plan participants and beneficiaries, prohibit ESG- or ideology-based voting, require disclosures and economic analyses in certain cases, and authorize attorney general enforcement. The sponsor said the bill was meant to protect investors and align with federal action. Testimony was mixed: a policy witness supported the bill, while representatives of ASRS and PSPRS said they were neutral but raised concerns about added costs, operational burdens, reporting requirements, possible conflicts with existing fiduciary duties, and increased litigation risk. After debate, the committee voted 4-3 to give SB 1503 a do-pass recommendation. The committee then considered Senate Bill 1293, which would prohibit GPLET school-district revenues from being abated during the eight-year abatement period. Supporters argued the bill would protect school funding and reduce state aid backfill costs, and a Goldwater Institute witness said it would also reduce gift-clause concerns by limiting subsidies that shift costs to other taxpayers. City and economic development representatives from Phoenix, Mesa, and the Greater Phoenix Economic Council opposed the bill, saying GPLET is an important redevelopment tool that helps finance projects in urban cores and that the change would reduce its effectiveness and slow revitalization. The committee adopted an amendment and then passed SB 1293 on a 4-3 vote. Next, the committee heard Senate Bill 1414, which gives insurers 30 days to review and respond to third-party settlement demands in bodily injury claims. Insurance representatives supported the bill as a commercially reasonable timeframe, while the Arizona Trial Lawyers Association opposed it, arguing that 30 days would become a minimum and could delay settlements for injured claimants; members discussed a possible 15-day compromise. The committee passed SB 1414 by a 5-2 vote. It also passed Senate Bill 1633, which creates an income tax subtraction for capital gains from the sale of a primary residence after a five-year residency; opponents warned it would mainly benefit wealthy homeowners and cost the state tens of millions annually, while the sponsor said it could help housing turnover. Finally, the committee passed SB 1429, as amended, allowing Senate and House leaders to designate board members for the Arizona Commerce Authority, SB 1536, which lets municipalities consolidate multiple street-light improvement districts, and heard SB 1724, which clarifies when property splits or consolidations trigger a limited property value recalculation to prevent tax-base manipulation.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Health Finance and Policy Committee 3/10/25

Health Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • We are in Daylight Saving Time, folks.
  • I've been there many, many times.
  • It loops back on itself many times.
  • federal grants um these are some times federal grants um these are some times one<00:37:28.040><
  • <01:03:28.799> five<01:03:29.000> times enter treatment at five times five times enter
Bills: HF696, HF1429, HF1379
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee Mar 5th, 2025

Finance and Taxation General Fund

Transcript Highlights:
  • Well, it's time for our general fund meeting to come together.
  • Now is the time to try to do something about it. This is a focus for us on this...
  • We had people that were not getting to their dialysis on time and some were not being picked up.
  • There's a time period that they wait because there's somebody else that they've got to pick up.
  • It's past time for us to support public transportation in this state.
Bills: HB52, HB89, HB141, HB52, HB89, HB141
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Transportation May 7th, 2026

Transportation, Highways & Public Works

Transcript Highlights:
  • Appreciate your time. Milleran? Anybody else? Anybody around? All right. Rep, bro. Perfect timing.
  • It deals with five business days for electronic lien release time.
  • Thank you for your patience and your time.
  • The bill is about saving time, saving taxpayer money.
  • It's not something that we do all the time.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Transportation and Public Works met with five members present and approved the April 29, 2026 minutes. The committee then heard and favorably reported several bills, including HB 1233, which lowers the contract threshold for hospital service districts to use the Seymours program for certain hospital construction projects, and HB 715, which requires aerial applicators operating from public airports to have a transponder and radio; an amendment removing language about airport use of ADS-B data for fees was adopted after sponsors said the issue would be handled in another bill. HB 999 was reported favorably to allow impoundment of out-of-state vehicles operated in Louisiana without liability insurance, and HB 692 was amended to let parishes and municipalities use group purchasing organizations, with a narrowing amendment limiting one-source procurements and assurances that local bidders would not be disadvantaged. The committee also advanced HB 511, creating a grant program for pursuit intervention technology in response to officer safety concerns, and HB 590, which would let OMV issue specialized envelopes or notices for drivers with autism or other disabilities so officers are alerted during traffic stops. HB 503 was reported favorably after a local cleanup change to a golf cart bill for Golden Meadow, and HB 655 was approved to let DOTD use cost-plus contracts for operation and maintenance of state-owned ferries. HB 748 clarified that school board-owned or leased vehicles are exempt from tolls, and HB 860 would allow fillable electronic bids for local government procurement. Later, the committee approved HB 896, a major tolling-related cleanup bill for Plaquemines Parish that addresses customer service center access, administrative fees, and exemptions, with members and local officials criticizing the toll structure and its impact on the parish. HB 1000 was reported favorably as a cleanup measure tied to highway priority program reporting and local district contract limits. HB 887 established a more consistent scoring and ranking process for Seymour projects, with an amendment to avoid conflict with changing FAA grant rules. HB 888, a cleanup bill on temporary tags, was amended with added security features and then reported favorably. HB 1086, a broad electronic title and registration modernization bill, received a lengthy amendment set but was voluntarily held over for a week so members could review the new language. The committee also advanced HB 776 to expand the Port Priority Program to larger projects, with amendments clarifying flexibility and removing private projects from the bill. HB 707 was reported favorably to let the Department of Agriculture and Forestry handle promotional activities for the liquefied petroleum gas commission through a cooperative endeavor agreement. HB 868, a farm safety bill requiring safety chains or other manufacturer-specified equipment on trailers, was reported favorably after testimony about a fatal accident and assurances it would not change engineering standards beyond existing manufacturer requirements. Finally, HB 856 was amended to authorize indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contracting for DOTD maintenance and construction work, then reported favorably, and the committee later corrected the record on HB 856 by reconsidering and withdrawing one technical amendment set so further floor cleanup could be made. The meeting adjourned without objection.