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NV
Transcript Highlights:
  • The person votes in Las Vegas on Election Day.
  • Result: they'll be allowed to vote in Nevada's election. No provisional vote is required.
  • Please vote no on this bill. Thank you, and have a lovely day. Please vote no on this bill.
  • And again, under federal and state law, it is a crime to vote or attempt to vote twice.
  • Today I'm voting in support of the...
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Ways and Means Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:30 am

Joint Committee on Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • Now, last week, we voted unanimously to upgrade our secret shopper.
  • It was voted on by the voters in Massachusetts. It was approved.
  • You know, we voted unanimously for a tip line. We can't man it.
  • So we have, we voted unanimously a tip line. We can't man it.
  • We voted unanimously.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Joint Committee on Ways and Means held a public FY27 budget hearing at Barnstable Town Hall, with opening remarks emphasizing the Cape and Islands’ seasonal infrastructure, housing, transportation, workforce, and digital needs. The hearing began with testimony from the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development, which outlined the Healey-Driscoll administration’s budget priorities for job training, apprenticeship, youth employment, reentry programs, and unemployment insurance modernization. The secretary highlighted proposed funding for the Workforce Competitiveness Trust Fund, Career Technical Initiative, YouthWorks, reentry workforce development, and services for young adults with disabilities, along with a proposal to streamline youth work permits. Members also discussed the unemployment trust fund, the COVID assessment on employers, rising unemployment, and the need to improve DUA customer service and claims processing. Committee members asked about job seeker barriers such as child care, housing, transportation, and out-migration of young workers, as well as how to keep Cape Cod graduates and seasonal workers in the region. The administration said its strategy is to pair training with broader affordability investments and to expose students to career pathways earlier, including through middle school, early childhood STEM, YouthWorks, pre-apprenticeships, and Building Pathways. Senators and representatives also raised concerns about regional funding disparities, especially for Hampshire Franklin MassHire, and the administration said it is reviewing MassHire funding and service equity through a policy committee and statewide workforce board. On unemployment assistance, officials reported major improvements in wait times and claims processing, but said they are still working through backlogs and staffing challenges while maintaining program integrity. The committee then heard testimony from the Executive Office of Economic Development. The secretary described House 2 as a fiscally restrained budget with no new taxes or fees, while preserving core programs and using the Mass Leads Act tools to support competitiveness. EOED’s proposal included funding for the Community One Stop for Growth, rural economic development, social enterprise operating grants, regional economic development organizations, the Workforce Investment Trust Fund, Community Workforce Partnerships, Pathmaker, advanced manufacturing training, life sciences, innovation vouchers, AI initiatives, small business assistance, and tourism and live theater support. The Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation also testified on its FY27 request, focusing on consumer protection, licensing, banking, insurance, and public safety regulation. No votes were taken during the hearing.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 03/26/26

Environment, Climate, and Legacy

Transcript Highlights:
  • And just to clarify, that was the A3 amendment, the one we just voted on. Yes, that is okay.
  • amendment and I encourage a yes vote. amendment and I encourage a yes vote.
  • I might take a vacation somewhere, but I'll be back and still vote.
  • <01:51:42.600> So, be back and still vote. So, be back and still vote.
  • And worse yet, the stressors are cumulative. They add or multiply one another.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Capital Investment - 02/18/25

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • The cumulative impact of sustained underinvestment has resulted in a 10-year renewal need of $6 billion
  • Can't vote on your own project in teams to rank them, and then what you see as a bonding list coming
  • ><00:42:16.720> our<00:42:17.040> system<00:42:17.720> can't<00:42:17.920> vote
  • <00:42:18.119> on<00:42:18.240> your others in our system can't vote on your others
  • in our system can't vote on your own<00:42:18.640> project<00:42:19.640> in<00:42:19.920
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • sure if you might even be the best respondents to that, but I am concerned about, you know, this cumulative
Summary: The committee opened with the State Controller’s Office May Revision requests, including funding for Fiscal book-of-record stabilization, a Broadcom IDMS licensing adjustment, the California State Payroll System, ACFR reporting automation, and $3 million for unclaimed property outreach. Testimony emphasized progress on Fiscal becoming the state’s accounting book of record in July, faster ACFR publication, and the move to electronic unclaimed property claims. Members asked about the size of the unclaimed property fund and how quickly money is transferred to the General Fund; the Controller’s office said about $15 billion is held, with most excess transferred regularly, and the LAO noted the fund is the General Fund’s fourth-largest revenue source. No concerns were raised by Finance or the LAO, and the item was closed after no public comment. The committee then heard the administration’s proposal to tax prewritten digital software and software-as-a-service, with Finance saying it would modernize sales tax treatment and raise an estimated $450 million General Fund and $560 million local revenue in 2026-27. The LAO supported modernizing the tax but suggested broader digital goods coverage and a business-use exemption; industry and taxpayer groups opposed the proposal, warning of higher costs for consumers and businesses. Members also heard CDTFA’s administrative request tied to the proposal, plus a separate CDTFA budget reduction reflecting lower operational needs; that reduction was presented as a savings item and drew positive reactions. Next, the committee considered federal conformity for “Trump accounts,” which would align California tax treatment with federal rules for tax-deferred children’s accounts and avoid tracking burdens for families. The LAO recommended approval, and the item drew no opposition. The committee also heard a proposal to cut the first-year $800 annual business tax to $400 for LLCs, LPs, and LLPs; Finance argued it would lower startup costs and encourage new business formation, while the LAO said the benefit was not well targeted and could subsidize entities that would form anyway. Members discussed the policy tradeoff, and public commenters split between support for small business relief and concern about revenue loss. The final major revenue item was a permanent business tax credit limitation, capping credits at the greater of $5 million per corporation or 50% of pre-credit liability, while excluding the low-income housing tax credit and personal income tax credits. Finance said it would raise significant revenue from large profitable corporations, and the LAO said it was a reasonable option but noted it would mainly affect the R&D credit and could have future implications for programs like California Competes. Public testimony was sharply divided, with business groups opposing the cap and anti-poverty advocates supporting it as a way to recapture revenue. The committee also heard FTB’s CalFile realignment request, which would return most of the direct-file-related resources to the General Fund while retaining a smaller staff to improve CalFile, and the California Arts Council’s request to reauthorize the Keep Arts in Schools voluntary contribution fund, which members and advocates supported despite relatively modest annual donations. The hearing continued with GoBiz proposals on civic media funding, CA RISE reappropriation, and a semiconductor facility reversion, with the LAO supporting the latter two and members raising questions about the civic media program’s scope, outreach, and inclusion of broadcast and ethnic media.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • sure if you might even be the best respondents to that, but I am concerned about, you know, this cumulative
Keywords: 988, house, all
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • rulemaking analysis, CARB staff estimated that the LCFS updates could result in $100 billion in cumulative
Summary: The hearing was a select committee discussion on the transportation costs and impacts of California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), with opening remarks from the co-chairs and members emphasizing affordability, climate goals, and the need to explain the program’s benefits to the public. The first panel from CARB and the California Energy Commission described how LCFS works as a market-based, declining carbon-intensity program that rewards lower-carbon fuels, supports zero-emission vehicle infrastructure, and is intended to reduce greenhouse gases and local air pollution. They argued the program has driven billions in private investment, increased alternative fuel use, and that LCFS credit prices are not the main driver of retail gasoline prices, which they said are dominated by crude oil, refining, and distribution costs. Members questioned the panel on the gap between the regulatory target and actual carbon-intensity performance, the role of credit banking, which fuels are generating the most credits, how the 2025 amendments affected the program, and whether LCFS credits are truly additional. CARB explained that banking helps cost-effectiveness and investment certainty, that ethanol, renewable diesel, and biodiesel currently provide the largest volumes while electricity is expected to grow, and that the updated targets were informed by the state’s 2045 carbon-neutrality goals and the 2030 scoping plan. The Energy Commission said its data show environmental programs add some cost to gasoline but do not drive price volatility, which is mainly tied to crude oil and refinery margins. The second panel, featuring academic and research experts, focused on program design, out-of-state credit generation, and broader economic effects. Speakers said LCFS is successful because it ties incentives to emissions benefit, uses life-cycle analysis, and allows flexible compliance that lowers costs compared with more direct regulation. They also said the program’s benefits generally outweigh costs, that it can reduce air pollution disparities and support equity, but that some issues—especially indirect land use change, additionality, and older program assumptions—need more research and may warrant future rulemaking. One researcher noted that while LCFS likely raises gasoline prices somewhat, the effect is uncertain by design and usually smaller than normal market fluctuations, and another warned that limiting credit generation too narrowly could create legal and efficiency problems.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Special Session - Senate Floor Session - Part 1 - 06/09/25

Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Abler votes I. Senator Abler votes I. Abler votes I. Senator Abler votes I.
  • Abler votes I. Senator Abler votes I. Abler votes I. Senator Abler votes I.
  • Latz votes no. Latz votes no. Latz. Latz votes no. Latz votes no.
  • votes no. Senator Jazinski votes no. votes no. Senator Jazinski votes no.
  • votes no. Senator Jazinski votes I. votes no. Senator Jazinski votes I.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • votes, vice chair for the vote. Okay. votes, vice chair for the vote. Okay.
  • Anyone voting no? Anyone voting with reservations? All members present vote aye.
  • Voting Voting Voting on<01:13:53.760> also<01:13:54.080> voting<01:13:54.400> no
  • Voting on SB 1074 chair, for the vote.
  • Chair voting aye. Vice chair voting no.
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The joint hearing covered three measures. SB 1602 would appropriate funds to DLNR for monitoring wells for the Koho aquifer system; DLNR and HHFDC supported it, and written testimony from several organizations and individuals was also in support. Members asked whether monitoring wells are a statewide function rather than a county function, and staff confirmed they are done statewide. The second bill was an administration measure clarifying that criminal water pollution enforcement remains with the Department of Health rather than DLNR. The Attorney General’s office said it was a cleanup clarification and that DOH has stronger enforcement powers and better testing capability; DOH and DLNR supported it, and there was no opposition noted. The final and most heavily debated measure was SB 1074 on environmental impact statements. The bill would let previously authorized or permitted commercial activities continue for up to one year while an agency determines whether environmental review applies after a challenge, and would allow permit renewals during that review. DLNR said it stood on written comments and suggested aligning the bill with similar House language. Supporters, including several ocean tourism and Maui business representatives, argued the bill would provide certainty and keep families and small operators working while environmental review is completed, especially in the wake of the Lahaina fires and ongoing business losses. Some supporters said the measure should be narrowed with a sunset or limited to recently renewed permits. Opponents, including the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development, Earthjustice, the Sierra Club, and other environmental advocates, argued the bill was overly broad and could weaken HEPA/NEPA-style environmental review, especially for fisheries and other commercial activities. They said the bill could be used as a “Trojan horse” to avoid review and that DLNR could resolve the underlying disputes more quickly through settlement or existing exemption processes. No votes were taken during the hearing.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

JHA Public Hearing - Wed Mar 19, 2025 @ 2:00 PM HST

Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • If not, Vice Chair, for the vote, please. Voting on SB 104, SD2, HD1 with amendments.
  • If not, Vice Chair, for the vote, please. Voting on SB 19, SD2, HD1 with amendments.
  • Vice Chair, for the vote, please. Voting on SB 935, SD2, HD1 with amendments.
  • If not, Vice Chair, for the vote, please. Voting on SB 1324, SD2 with amendments.
  • If not, Vice Chair, for the vote, please. Voting on SB 694 with amendments.
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The House Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs heard SB 104, which would restrict the use of restrictive housing or solitary confinement in state-operated and state-contracted correctional facilities, with specified exceptions. The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation strongly opposed the bill, saying its existing policy already meets or exceeds ACA and National Institute of Corrections standards, and objecting to language they said would give the oversight commission operational decision-making authority. The Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission supported the bill, but also said it was not intended to run operations and described concerns about restrictive housing practices, including CoreCivic’s SHIP program at Saguaro. Supporters included the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the Office of the Public Defender, the Disability Rights Center, ACLU Hawaii, Easter Seals Hawaii, and individual testifiers. They argued that Native Hawaiians are disproportionately impacted by incarceration, that solitary confinement is harmful and linked to depression, anxiety, suicidality, and poor reentry outcomes, and that confinement beyond 15 days is widely condemned under international standards. Several testifiers cited suicides and deaths in custody as reasons to codify limits in statute rather than rely on policy alone. The department responded that it already has 24/7 medical care, though not 24/7 mental health coverage at one facility, and explained that it uses four custody categories: disciplinary segregation, administrative segregation, protective custody, and placements for inmates seeking separation for safety reasons. Members questioned the department and commission about the SHIP program, whether the bill was based on other states’ laws, and how current policies compare with national standards. The director said the bill was too ambiguous in places and that the department was willing to work with the commission on policy changes, but still opposed the measure as written. The committee took testimony and questions; no vote or final action was taken in the portion provided.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Room 224 Conference AM - 04-28-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • are you folks ready to ready to vote are you folks ready to ready to vote then?
  • Chair votes I. amendments. Chair votes I. Co-Chair<00:05:22.520> Miyake.<00:05:23.200> I.
  • Um Um Um Chair<00:05:40.760> votes<00:05:41.000> I. Chair votes I. Chair votes I.
  • This is the draft that we had to vote on earlier. This is the draft that we had to vote on earlier.
  • Chair votes I. Co-Chair Miyake. I. Chair votes I. Co-Chair Miyake. I.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Room 016 Conference AM - 04-28-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Myself, I'm voting I. Rep. Matayoshi. I. Myself, I'm voting I. Rep. Matayoshi. I.
  • I'll take the vote for the Senate. I'll take the vote for the Senate.
  • now voting. Uh chair Elefante, I vote I. now voting. Uh chair Elefante, I vote I.
  • Let's go ahead and vote it out. >> Let's go. Let's go ahead and vote it out.
  • we'll go ahead and vote. we'll go ahead and vote.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Room 224 Conference PM - 04-28-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Yeah, we're ready to vote. Okay, great. All right, voting on SB 2043 SD1 HD1.
  • Yeah, we're ready to vote. Okay, great. All right, voting on SB 2043 SD1 HD1.
  • Are we ready to vote? Are we ready to vote?
  • Chair votes I. conference draft one. Chair votes I. Co-chair<00:08:58.600> Rhodes.
  • vote on behalf of the House? vote on behalf of the House?
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Room 229 Conference PM - 04-28-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Do you Do you think you'll get the votes Do you Do you think you'll get the votes for<00:11:39.000
  • Going back to HB 2293, HD2, SD1, uh, we're voting on this CD, proposed CD.
  • > this<00:17:31.760> CD, uh we're voting on this CD, uh we're voting on this CD, proposed
  • So, uh, we will go ahead and vote on the CD1. Chair votes I. Chair Poepoe: I. Manager Maruoka: I.
  • Manager May, please take the vote for the Senate. Manager: I. Chair Rhodes: I.