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HI
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  • <00:17:20.000> if<00:17:20.319> time address at the same time if time address at the
  • same time if time permits. permits. permits.
  • primary, you have to be a first-time primary, you have to be a first-time home<00:56:18.799>
  • Well, thank you for your time, Mr.
Summary: The committee heard testimony on HB 1604, which would create an agricultural workforce housing group within the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity to address shortages of farmworker housing. The department said it supported the bill’s intent but emphasized that the group’s early work should focus on gathering data and surveying farm operators to assess actual demand, to avoid “mission creep.” Testimony from the City and County of Honolulu Office of Economic Revitalization, Hawaii Farmers Union, Hawaii Farm Bureau, Housing Hawaii’s Future, and the Maui Chamber of Commerce was in support, with one witness suggesting a housing advocacy nonprofit be added to the working group for balance. The committee then discussed HB 1713 on school impact fees, which would clarify exemptions for certain affordable housing projects and exempt new residential developments of fewer than 100 units. The Attorney General’s office said the bill should define “low to moderate income households” because that term is not defined in chapter 302A. HHFDC, the School Facilities Authority, Grassroot Institute of Hawaii, and others supported the measure, arguing it would reduce administrative burden and remove barriers to housing. Members questioned whether the bill should instead repeal the school impact fee entirely; supporters said they also favored full repeal but viewed this bill as a more feasible step. The School Facilities Authority also explained that about $28 million in school impact fees had been collected across four districts and none had yet been spent, and discussed how recent nexus requirements limit how the funds can be used. HB 1722, relating to residential condominiums, drew extensive testimony and questioning. HCDA supported the bill and explained that it amends the 99-year leasehold pilot program created by Act 97 of 2023 by reducing owner-occupancy restrictions from 100% of units to 60%, allowing some rental or subleasing flexibility for the owner-occupied units, and permitting up to 40% of units to be sold to qualified residents after being on the market for more than 60 days. HCDA said the original restrictions, combined with rising construction costs, higher interest rates, and competition from nearby projects, made the pilot project difficult to market and finance; it said the changes are needed to make the project feasible and competitive. Supporters including AP Hawaii, Kila LLC, and project representatives said the amendments would help make the demonstration project in Kakaʻako viable. Some members raised concerns that the changes could weaken long-term affordability and questioned why certain ownership language was being deleted if rentals would still be restricted. No votes or final committee actions were taken in the portion of the hearing provided.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Health Committee Jan 28th, 2026

Health

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  • Congress and Senate multiple times.
  • Congress and Senate multiple times.
  • Congress and Senate multiple times.
  • >> Time. >> Time. >> Time.
  • or meal time uh each day for the time or meal time uh each day for the purpose<00:41:16.000> of
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Technology and Telecommunications 2ND REVISED Apr 16th, 2026 at 08:45 am

Technology and Telecommunications

Transcript Highlights:
  • We'll do one at a time. What about parents?
  • It was created before my time in the legislature. I believe 2022.
  • Other states have put in limits on screen time?
  • So, most classrooms now have smart boards, that's screen time.
  • We have a technology screen time problem in our schools.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 4/15/26

Public Safety Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • statewide shared radio system. statewide shared radio system.
  • Time is everything.
  • Time is everything. The MS MESB another. Time is everything.
  • That adds time, introduces the possibility of error, and limits shared awareness.
  • At this time it's areas.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

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

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • he would leave the office at times. he would leave the office at times.
  • Thank you for sharing the See none.
  • during the missing dates and times. during the missing dates and times.
  • <01:04:20.840> information of information and timely information of information and timely
  • be recognized as many times as possible. be recognized as many times as possible.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

04/28/2026 - Joint Appropriations

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is the time to ask any technical questions.
  • That's why it's one-time. That's the difference between ongoing versus one-time.
  • At the same time, these budget proposal cuts and one-time reductions of nearly 9% to university operating
  • I only do one at a time.
  • I voted no last time.
Summary: The committee met in a special joint appropriations session to review the FY 2027 budget package, including House Bill 4138 and Senate Bill 1831, the general appropriations or “feed” bills. Staff described the budget as including a one-time transfer of state funds, a 5% lump-sum reduction to most agencies’ discretionary general-fund budgets, continued funding for the state health insurance plan and school facilities, and various one-time restorations or reversions of prior appropriations. Members spent much of the meeting clarifying how the 5% reductions would work, noting that formula and mandatory funding such as K-12 basic aid are excluded, while the governor’s executive branch would decide how to implement the cuts within agencies. The chair repeatedly emphasized that the committee was not specifying line-item cuts and that agencies would have discretion over implementation. A large portion of the discussion focused on the practical effects of the budget on universities, public safety, health care, rural programs, and fund sweeps. Arizona Board of Regents and university representatives said the proposed reductions would amount to more than $85 million statewide and could affect programs such as the Arizona Promise Program, Teachers Academy, and tuition freezes, though no specific program cuts were written into the bill. Other testimony raised concerns about fund sweeps from encumbered balances, including university research funds, housing trust funds, utility regulation funds, and ADOT-related accounts, with some members warning about possible impacts on rural infrastructure and federal matching dollars. The committee also discussed the state employee health plan, including a $228 million general-fund infusion and proposed employee premium increases over three years, as well as questions about corrections, forestry and fire management, and rural critical access hospitals. Public testimony was largely opposed to the budget. Speakers from Opportunity Arizona, the Arizona Board of Regents, health care, and local government argued that the package would reduce support for education, housing, SNAP, health care access, and rural communities while preserving tax benefits for data centers and wealthy taxpayers. A mayor from Globe described severe flood damage and asked for state help for a flood relief fund, while a motorcycle safety advocate questioned a proposed transfer from the motorcycle safety fund. Committee members debated whether the budget’s effects should be described as speculative or as likely consequences of the broad cuts, and several exchanges became contentious over comparisons to the Great Recession and references to federal tax policy. The meeting ended with continued public testimony and no final vote taken in the portion provided, though leadership had earlier said the committee planned a mass roll-call vote on all the bills at the end.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 4/14/26

Higher Education Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Thank you for your consideration. commitment at the time benefits are commitment at the time benefits
  • <01:19:29.679> employee that is a permanent part-time employee that is a permanent part-time
  • , it's 40/60% at the college level full-time to part-time and 30/70% at the state level, and again that
  • <01:25:53.280> to<01:25:53.679> part-time the college level full-time to part-time
  • knew I didn't want to teach full-time knew I didn't want to teach full-time and<01:31:57.920>
Bills: HF4479, HF4368, HF4889
Summary: The committee approved the April 9 minutes and then took up House File 4479, which would require public postsecondary institutions to make space available for town halls and similar official events by elected officials, with limits intended to keep the events on the official side and not campaign-related. Representative Frederick said the bill is meant to prevent universities from creating barriers such as fees or parking charges and to ensure a neutral, accessible venue for community conversations. The bill was laid over for possible later action. The committee heard supportive testimony from Jim Dimmick of Minnesota State University, Mankato, who argued that town halls should be public, open, moderated, and dialogic rather than speeches, and said universities should be centers for public discourse. He also said charging fees can undermine neutrality and that using partisan student groups to sponsor events can create the appearance of bias. Minnesota State official Mr. Omen said campuses often host these events, fees are set locally to cover costs, and student government sponsorship can sometimes avoid charges; he also noted the fee at Mankato is discounted and depends on room size. Several members raised concerns about the bill. Representative Scott, Chair Robbins, Representative Schwarz, Representative Allen, and others argued that campuses should not be required by statute to give legislators special treatment, that fees and parking costs cover real expenses, and that universities should remain focused on education rather than political events. Questions also focused on who would decide what room size is reasonable, how disputes would be handled, and who would pay for security if protests or safety issues arose. Representative Frederick responded that room selection would be a good-faith partnership with the university, that the bill does not require a town hall or guarantee a specific room, and that security funding is not spelled out in the bill.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 3/17/26

Taxes

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  • . share. share.
  • While it's true ESPs bank every time.
  • Um, just want to share a little of my story.
  • Um, just want to share a little of my story.
  • your<00:43:03.119> lived testifying and sharing your lived testifying and sharing your
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

CAA Public Hearing - Wed Feb 4, 2026 @ 9:30 AM HST

Culture & Arts

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, and let's try to have a good time.
  • I wanted to just share an extra picture.
  • I wanted to just share an extra picture.
  • I was testifying at the same time in another committee. We'll be standing on our comments.
  • >> I repeated it three times in three different ways. >> Thank you, Charlie.
Summary: The committee on Culture and the Arts heard several measures related to arts funding, administration, and access. Testimony was largely supportive across the agenda. For HB 2218 and HB 1815, the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts supported the bills, and members discussed transition timing and administrative support, including the need for an additional year in one measure and a temporary administrative position to help with the transfer. HB 1764, the music accessibility pilot program, drew broad support from the Retail Merchants of Hawaii, Hawaii Symphony Orchestra, Hawaii Public Library System, Hawaii Youth Symphony, and others, with testimony emphasizing library-based music programming, community access, and economic benefits. HB 2117, which would create an arts data mapping task force, also received extensive support, though witnesses suggested narrowing the initial scope, adding representatives from independent and charter schools and neighbor island arts programs, and ensuring adequate funding and a realistic timeline for the work. The committee also heard HB 2436 on arts integration in public schools, HB 2438 on the Hawaii Cultural Trust, and HB 2532 on the Hawaiian flag. HB 2436 and HB 2438 received support from SFCA, while the Cultural Trust bill prompted a lengthy explanation from the chair about how the proposed tax credit would work and amendments to clarify that donations to the trust and to qualifying cultural nonprofits must be made in tandem, with eligible organizations listed and updated annually by SFCA and OHA. HB 2532 drew testimony from Dr. Adam Jansen in support of protecting the Hawaiian flag as a historical and cultural symbol; he said the flag should continue to be used for solidarity, protest, inclusion, and identity. At the decision-making portion, the committee adopted the chair’s recommendations on the measures considered. HB 2118, HB 764, HB 1815, and HB 2117 were passed with amendments, including date deferrals and technical changes; HB 764 also had its appropriation blanked out. HB 2436 was passed with amendments, and HB 2438 was advanced with substantial clarifying amendments to the cultural trust structure. The chair indicated that HB 2117 would include an interim report due in 2027 focused on music and dance, with a final report due in 2029 on arts education more broadly.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Education May 15th, 2025

Public Education

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  • Our release time programs work with school administrators to find a time for students to attend that
  • I remember doing release time in the early 1960s.
  • We ask for a time that works for each student.
  • During a core class time or a state exam course.
  • How might this impact how that time is used?
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/4/25

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

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  • He sees our veterans all the time.
  • understanding that you are a full-time understanding that you are a full-time worker<00:27:03.480
  • <00:32:36.240> folks younger potentially only part-time folks younger potentially only part-time
  • time standing up for Minnesota's workers.
  • really um inspiring um to have you share really um inspiring um to have you share that<01:10:48.840
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

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  • 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
  • It happens all the time. If this bill is passed, it the time.
  • Child sexual abuse, shared at CACs.
  • And as Rick shared, we work with a team.
  • Is that why you bring the bill at this time?
Bills: SB140, HB235, HB276, HB317, HB340
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • reports, including but not limited to initial offense report information, showing the advanced date and time
  • Thank you, committee, for your time and consideration.
  • Defendants can already achieve this extra time today by filing a reservation.
  • I will say for the record, a lot of times if people are worried about the victims having to pay this,
  • And I think we're gonna have some evolving law on that over time because with the way things go now with