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AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee Jan 21st, 2026

Public Safety and Homeland Security

Transcript Highlights:
  • wake up tomorrow, but God has been more gracious, and I want this done so it will serve future generations
  • for Representative Pettus's line 75, we also made it very plain that it does not construe that the permit
  • plain that it does not construe<00:48:13.119> that<00:48:13.280> the<00:48:13.440> permit
  • c><00:48:13.839> says<00:48:14.000> that<00:48:14.160> you construe that the permit
  • says that you construe that the permit says that you can<00:48:14.640> you<00:48:14.880> can
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Finance May 27th, 2026

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Plaquemines has produced severance taxes to the State General Fund and an enormous amount dating back
  • And since that time period, Plaquemines has given about $2.7 billion into the State General Fund, just
  • In the last five years, we average $65 million a year into the State General Fund. Excuse me. Sure.
  • The state takes its state general fund down to somewhere between $79,000 and $100,000.
  • If you go over the number of patients, what's it going to do to the State General Fund there?
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Hied Committee Meeting - 2026-03-26

Higher Education Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm General My name is Andrew Wild.
  • first-generation college graduate. first-generation college graduate.
  • <00:52:40.120> of educating uh the next generation of educating uh the next generation of
  • intend to send this to the general intend to send this to the general register.<00:56:27.520>
  • Uh so, this is going to the general Uh so, this is going to the general register,<01:03:31.840><
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/24/2026 - Senate Natural Resources

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • SMRs must receive a federal early site permit.
  • or other outlined permits as a condition of lease renewal.
  • or other outlined permits as a condition of the lease renewal.
  • For a lease renewal and special land use permit, approve any permits that are customary in the leases
  • lease, lease, or permit.
Summary: The Natural Resources Committee approved the March 17 minutes and then took up a long calendar of bills, holding HCR 2038. HB 2787, which would bar the state and its political subdivisions from using personnel or financial resources to enforce, administer, or cooperate with the Mexican wolf reintroduction program, drew opposition from Sierra Club and Humane World for Animals/Animal Defense League of Arizona, who argued it would hinder wolf recovery and undercut science-based wildlife management. The committee nevertheless gave HB 2787 a do-pass recommendation by a 4-3 vote. The committee then considered HB 2055 on a Brackish Groundwater Recovery Program Fund and HB 2782 on disclosure requirements for regulatory assets in utility rates. Testimony on HB 2055 raised concerns that brackish groundwater is still groundwater and that pumping it could cause localized impacts, but the bill initially received a do-pass recommendation before a later vote failed on reconsideration. HB 2782 prompted discussion about Corporation Commission authority and utility regulation, but it ultimately received a do-pass recommendation. The committee also heard HB 2781, a solar energy decommissioning and financial assurance bill, with testimony from environmental groups, industry representatives, and a local official; an amendment by Senator Sundareshan to strengthen financial assurance and remove the remediation fund failed, and the underlying bill also failed on a tied 4-4 vote. Later, the committee approved HB 2975, which would suspend use of solar scoring maps on state trust lands and require new mining and housing scoring maps, despite opposition from environmental groups and neutral comments from the State Land Department that the solar map is only a guidance tool. HB 2696, as amended, passed after the committee adopted amendments shifting the Arizona Commerce Authority’s fuel-price mandate and creating a fuel resiliency task force; testimony focused on fuel supply, pipeline capacity, refinery access, and whether the ACA was the right agency to lead the effort. The committee also passed HCM 2009 urging Congress to require legislative approval for new national monuments and to streamline mining and land-swap processes, and HB 2889, which funds ADEQ monitoring of uranium contamination and creates a statewide registry and tribal partnership program. Finally, the committee approved HB 2763, which would require legislative approval before the Arizona Game and Fish Commission could close a shooting range. Supporters said it was meant to protect facilities like Ben Avery and preserve safe shooting locations, while opponents argued the bill was unnecessary because existing review steps already exist and there was no imminent closure threat. The committee also heard testimony on the bill from Game and Fish, which said the measure would add another layer to an already extensive closure process and that the department was neutral on the proposal.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

CPN Public Hearing 03-18-2026

Commerce and Consumer Protection

Transcript Highlights:
  • James Page for the Attorney General, in support. Chair and Vice Chair. Chair and Vice Chair.
  • Uh James Page for the Attorney General Uh James Page for the Attorney General in<00:07:17.640>
  • Good morning, Chair and Vice Chair.<00:07:20.120> Committee The Attorney General supports this
  • >> Next, we have Larry Lipka, General >> Next, we have Larry Lipka, General Counsel<
  • I'm the General Counsel for CoinFlip. We are the largest crypto kiosk operator in the world.
Summary: The committee heard several consumer-protection and insurance measures. HB 1511 HD2 would prohibit unsolicited mail or email using high-pressure tactics or falsely implying affiliation with another entity; it drew support from the Office of Consumer Protection, the DCCA Insurance Division, and the Service Contract Industry Council, with some written support and at least one opposition. HB 1535 HD2, concerning automated external defibrillators and a tax-related provision for devices installed in certain public accommodations, received comments from DOTAX and the Tax Foundation, with additional support from the Department of Health and other groups. HB 1642 HD1 would ban ownership or operation of digital financial asset transaction kiosks that accept U.S. currency; it was strongly supported by OCP, the Attorney General, and AARP, while kiosk operators and industry representatives opposed the ban and urged a regulatory approach instead, including licensing, transaction limits, refunds, and other safeguards. Members questioned whether federal action could preempt the bill and whether a licensure regime could be funded through a surcharge, but no action was taken during the discussion. The committee also took up HB 1753 on social media account deletion and permanent erasure of personal information, with OCP standing on its initial comments and TechNet and Will Caron in support. HB 1810 HD2 would impose prompt payment and financial reporting requirements on professional solicitors selling donated tangible property on behalf of charities; Goodwill Hawaii testified in strong support, emphasizing donor trust and transparency, and several nonprofit and business groups submitted supportive testimony. HB 2282 HD1, which would require explanations for premium increases and clarify insurance licensing and cancellation/non-renewal procedures, was supported by the Insurance Division and OCP; a vice chair asked for complaint data related to condo associations, and a member noted that the same agencies had previously opposed similar Senate bills. Finally, HB 2614 HD1 would require cosmetics merchants to accept returns of new or unopened goods within specified time frames and improve signage requirements; OCP said the bill addressed longstanding complaints about high-pressure sales tactics and no-return policies, citing over 180 complaints and survey results showing most complainants did not understand the policy and felt misled.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Mar 3rd, 2026

Ways and Means Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • general address the committee. committee. committee.
  • >> Welcome<00:18:50.160> General. >> Welcome General.
  • >> Welcome General. >> Good<00:18:52.640> morning<00:18:52.960> Mr.
  • Well, thank you, and I want to commend Representative Oliver and the general and you, Dr.
  • > in<00:29:04.000> two We generated 2200 applicants in two We generated 2200 applicants
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • Vice for purposes of expedited permits.
  • <00:23:58.480> to or agency should be permitted to or agency should be permitted to exercise
  • Permitting with comments. Permitting with comments.
  • availability for residential permitting availability for residential permitting and<01:27:17.920
  • <01:35:25.120> that's come in for the building permit that's come in for the building permit
Summary: The House Housing Committee met on February 4 and heard testimony on several housing measures, beginning with HB1721, which clarifies insurance, indemnification, and certificate-of-occupancy requirements for expedited permits. Testimony on HB1721 was uniformly supportive from the American Council of Engineering Companies, the Grassroot Institute, and individual testifiers, who said the bill would fix insurance issues for design professionals and encourage more participation in the expedited-permit program. No opposition was heard and no questions were raised. The committee then heard HB1714, which would raise salary caps for the executive director and deputy executive director positions at the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation and allow more autonomy in personnel matters, including employment contracts. HHFDC supported the bill, saying greater flexibility is needed to recruit and retain staff and that current pay ceilings are not the main issue because the agency lacks operating funds to reach them. The Department of Human Resources Development offered comments and raised concerns about autonomous personnel authority and employment contracts, saying state personnel matters are governed by existing statutes and collective bargaining rules; the Hawaii Public Housing Authority also offered comments, and one board member and one individual opposed the measure. Members questioned whether performance-based pay or existing incentive policies could address retention instead of statutory salary changes. The committee also heard HB1718, which would make permanent county authority to facilitate mixed-use developments and issue county bonds for low- and moderate-income housing projects. Support came from OPSD, HHFDC, the City and County of Honolulu’s Department of Housing and Land Management, and Housing Hawaii’s Future, all emphasizing that permanent authority is needed to finance long-term mixed-use and transit-oriented projects. A member asked whether the sunset provision would make bonding impractical, and the city representative agreed that temporary authority would make financing difficult because development takes time. Later, the committee took up HB1732, establishing the Kamina Homes program to fund counties’ purchase of voluntary deed restrictions from eligible buyers. The Department of Taxation and several groups, including HHFDC, AARP Hawaii, the Tax Foundation of Hawaii, Hawaii Realtors, Holomua Collaborative, and others testified, with most supporting the bill as a way to help local families remain in Hawaii and age in place. Holomua said a recent survey found 75% of 3,200 working families were considering moving, and argued the bill could preserve housing for local residents. Members asked about the bill’s 8% cap on deed-restriction cost and why the program focuses on residency rather than resale restrictions; the bill’s proponents said the cap allows flexibility for county negotiations and that the measure is aimed at workforce preservation rather than land-trust-style appreciation limits. Finally, the committee heard HB1740, which would modify a prior HHFDC housing pathway by reducing the qualified-resident requirement from 100% to 80% and allowing more flexibility for long-term rental instead of owner occupancy. HHFDC and Holomua Collaborative supported the change, saying the earlier 100% requirement had produced no developments or applicants and that the revised standard would make projects more feasible while still preserving housing for local residents. The committee did not take final votes on these measures during the portion of the hearing provided.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Criminal Justice May 20th, 2025

Criminal Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • Generally, then, House Bill 47 would ensure courts consider the impact of case delays for adult survivors
  • Generally, then, House Bill 171 would set a minimum duration for court-ordered treatment for qualifying
  • I don't think $75 per charge, hundreds per person, is the right number to send to general revenue funds
  • My name is Celeste Embry, General Counsel of the Texas Bankers Association, testifying in support of
  • So if you could add a definition for that, maybe generally accepted accounting principles...
Summary: The Senate Committee on Criminal Justice met with a quorum and heard a long agenda of bills on criminal justice, public safety, mental health, victims’ rights, and related administrative issues. Early bills included HB 47, the omnibus sexual assault survivors bill, which would expand post-assault care, require courts to consider delays for adult survivors, bar sex offenders from rideshare driving, allow lease termination regardless of where an assault occurred, and require more reporting from sexual assault response teams. Testimony was generally supportive, though one witness raised concern that the bill’s reporting requirements could jeopardize county grant funding. HB 171, the Annel Borrego Act, would set a minimum period for court-ordered chemical dependency treatment; NAMI Texas supported it. HB 908 would require missing children reports to be sent to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children within two hours, and HB 1443 would criminalize possession and promotion of childlike sex dolls; both drew supportive testimony and were left pending. HB 567, changing juvenile board chair selection in Parker County, and HB 4263, a TJJD workforce retention bill, were also heard and left pending after brief discussion and adoption of committee substitutes where applicable. The committee also heard several bills focused on jail and prison safety, court process, and victim protection. HB 2282 would raise the arrest warrant fee from $50 to $75; constables supported it as a cost-recovery measure, while the Texas Fair Defense Project opposed it as a regressive fee that burdens low-income defendants. HB 3464 would increase penalties for correctional employees who bring drugs or alcohol into prisons, with support from Harris County jail officials and a formerly incarcerated advocate who described the dangers of contraband and retaliation. HB 285, “Poncho’s Law,” would add criminal negligence to non-livestock animal cruelty offenses; animal welfare advocates said it would close a loophole that lets pet service businesses avoid accountability, and the bill was left pending. HB 2355 would keep certain Crime Victims Compensation records confidential when held by the Attorney General, and HB 2637 would standardize jury exemption ages and clean up jury disqualification reporting; both were left pending after limited testimony. Mental health and competency-related bills received significant attention. HB 305 would require a pretrial hearing within 14 days after a defendant is restored to competency, aimed at reducing repeated decompensation and the forensic waitlist; NAMI Texas supported it. HB 1741 would tighten procedures for not-guilty-by-reason-of-insanity outpatient commitments by requiring a stronger nexus to the receiving county and clearer supervision authority; law enforcement and mental health witnesses said it would improve public safety and treatment success. HB 2492 would make the four-hour family-violence post-bond cooling-off period mandatory rather than discretionary, and HB 1445 would allow a managed assigned counsel director to designate someone to approve certain payments for indigent defense attorneys; both were left pending. HB 1024 would require prompt execution of warrants for parole violators on superintensive supervision, and HB 1306 would extend first-responder-style benefits to death investigation professionals; neither drew opposition in the hearing. The committee also heard a series of public integrity and technology bills. HB 449 would expand the deepfake sexual content statute to include sexually explicit images, with Public Citizen supporting the change as necessary to address a rapidly growing problem. HB 1902 would create a new offense for “jugging,” or following bank or ATM customers to rob them; the Texas Bankers Association supported it. HB 2697 would require sureties to notify prosecutors before surrendering a felony defendant’s bond, and HB 2001 would sharply increase penalties for misuse of public information for financial gain and related coercion, with prosecutors and Texas Rangers describing bid-rigging and public corruption investigations as difficult to prove under current law because of short limitations periods and limited penalties. HB 1866 would grant Texas peace officer authority to National Park Service rangers within Texas park boundaries, and HB 4996 would increase penalties for fraudulent liens filed against public servants. Throughout the hearing, most bills were left pending after testimony, and several committee substitutes were adopted without objection.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Criminal Justice May 13th, 2025

Criminal Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • General Flores, you know, we learned quite a bit from the Uvalde fiasco in many respects, the chaos and
  • Chairman, like we're giving all the power to the Attorney General. You know the argument.
  • And I say that because I served as an Assistant Attorney General under John Hill a long time ago and
  • Just generally speaking, this bill has three aspects to it.
  • Invasive visual recording can generally speaking be committed three different ways.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Taxes Committee Meeting - 2025-05-06

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • fund. general fund.
  • Pages 5 and 6 are the non-general fund provisions or tax provisions that have non-general fund impact
  • Turning to page 6 of the non-general funds spreadsheet, line 69 shows a new item.
  • We can now move to page 10, which covers the non-general funds.
  • to the General Register.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 5/6/25

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • The fiscal impact of this allowance is a general fund cost of The total general fund fiscal impact for
  • Pages five through six are the non-general fund provisions, or tax provisions, that have non-general
  • Pages five through six are the non-general fund provisions, or tax provisions, that have non-general
  • <00:37:04.000> In have non-general fund impact. In have non-general fund impact.
  • fund<00:37:33.839> to to the general from the general fund to to the general from the general
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Good evening, Eric Maron, Deputy General Counsel of the agency.
  • I forget the bill number from last time that generated the blue bonnet instructional materials.
  • We can empower you to break cycles of poverty built over generations and create stability and generational
  • There is a generation that we're teaching today that did not grow up the way that we did.
  • I think it's really important for our society and for this next generation.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Apr 16th, 2025

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • Representative Collins is not here, but since I'm generally an advocate for this, I'll handle it for
  • are saying, but you know it’s always very interesting—and a wakeup call—when we find out how the general
  • ... ...call when we find out how the general public is treated when they go before them and whether they
  • Representative, I'm looking at some of these definitions, and I understand where you're going with this and generally
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Apr 9th, 2025

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • We have an Office of Inspector General in the city of Dallas.
  • Inspector General, thank you.
  • It just overall, like without being generic, it really is to ensure that.
  • If some general says that a foreign general is going to tell me what to do, I have no choice to do that
  • Texas takes a more generalized approach. As a result of this generalized approach, several ...
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

State Committee Meeting - 2025-04-03

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Thank you, Deputy General Counsel.
  • I will move that House File 1837 be referred to the General Register.
  • Motion that House File 1837, as amended, be re-referred to the General Register.
  • We will be moving House File 1837 as amended to the General Register.
  • I serve as General Counsel for True North Legal.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • No tax. and the education and general space support formula is not congruent with technical training
  • which will be invested in the manner and according to the standards provided for investment of the permit
  • SJR So, the main thing I want to talk about is we represent commercial builders, subcontractors, general
  • Full-time faculty are permitted to be members of the faculty Senate.
  • Healthcare expenses in general are very high.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 4/3/25

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Thank you, Deputy General Counsel.
  • <00:18:29.400> res 1837 as amended to the general res 1837 as amended to the general res register
  • working as it just rates generally working as it just rates generally is<00:44:20.680> this
  • Next we will hear from Renee Carlson, General Counsel.
  • I serve as general counsel for True North Legal.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Apr 2nd, 2025

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • Section 22A-001 of the Government Code gives the Attorney General the authority to petition the Chief
  • But I think generally, we see that where costs of things go down when the cost of... ...the supplier
  • But I also think generally in the marketplace when you have... and let's just put... ...companies that
  • Generally, yes.
  • A General Code update bill has been prepared each interim to non-substantively codify laws.