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NH
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Education Policy and Administration (04/23/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
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  • I need to lose weight. I heard the laughter. For the record, I'm Senator Kevin Avard.
  • .<00:33:34.720><c> I</c><00:33:34.960><c> heard</c><00:33:35.200><c> the</c> weight.
  • I heard the weight.
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Summary: The committee first heard Senate Bill 102, which would make informational materials about type 1 diabetes available on the Department of Education website. Senator Ward said the bill is intended to help parents, teachers, and school staff recognize early symptoms such as thirst, frequent urination, fatigue, and weight loss so children can be referred for care before they develop diabetic ketoacidosis. He noted that a newer blood test can identify some children at risk earlier than in the past. Members asked how people would be directed to the website, and Ward said the information would be posted online and also distributed in handouts, with school personnel helping spread awareness. He emphasized the bill is informational only and not a diagnostic or treatment tool. Several supporters testified in favor, including representatives from the Dartmouth Diabetes Link and students with type 1 diabetes who described delayed diagnoses, emergency hospitalizations, and the difficulty of having symptoms misunderstood as stress, athletics, or normal teenage changes. They said the bill could help parents, teachers, and peers recognize warning signs earlier and reduce the risk of life-threatening ketoacidosis. One witness noted that New Hampshire ranks high in childhood type 1 diabetes, and another said even a single person seeing the information could make a difference. A retired diabetes educator and state representative also testified in support. The hearing on SB 102 was then closed. The committee then opened the hearing on Senate Bill 211, which would require school sports teams to be designated as male, female, or co-ed, bar biological males from female-designated teams and locker rooms, and create a cause of action for violations. Senator Avard said the bill responds to constituent concerns and is meant to protect fairness, safety, and privacy for biological females. In questioning, he said girls could still play on boys’ teams, but boys could not play on girls’ teams, and he said he would be open to changes. Opponents, including an attorney from LGBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders, argued the bill is substantially the same as a law passed the previous year that was already challenged in federal court and found likely unconstitutional under equal protection and Title IX; they urged the committee to mark it inexpedient to legislate. The transcript cuts off before any committee vote or further action on SB 211.
WA
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Local Government Feb 25th, 2026 at 08:00 am

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • It would remove the exemptions from the limitations on ground-floor commercial and mixed-use requirements
  • regional transit authority to take specified actions related to land use and construction, and it exempts
  • be reported out of committee with a due pass recommendation it has been moved and seconded that in gross
  • And so what I've tried to do is eliminate as many kind of one-off exemptions as possible and yet provide
  • It has been moved in seconded that in gross Senate engross second substitute Senator 5374 be reported
Bills: SB6132
Committee: House Local Government
Keywords: indebtedness limits, inland port districts, federal funding, infrastructure improvements, economic development
FL
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

FL House Floor Session - 2026-03-11 (10:00AM Session)

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Our words carry weight and our actions have meaning.
  • I noticed you exempted motels, hotels, and RV parks. Is that correct in this new version?
  • The Senate bill, consistent with the House bill, continues the longstanding policy of exempting units
  • There is nothing in this bill that creates new policy exempting public safety unions.
  • is less than 10% of the annual gross written premium of the reinsurer.
Summary: The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and recognition of a quorum, then adopted the special order calendar for the day. The first major item was CS/SB 156, the Officer Jason Rayner Act, which revises laws on resisting officers and adds manslaughter of a law enforcement officer to offenses eligible for a life sentence reclassification. The sponsor said the bill was intended to honor Officer Jason Rayner and clarify that questions of fault belong in court; opponents argued it removed judicial discretion, could sweep in unintended cases, and was a broad response to a case-specific prosecutorial failure. After debate, the bill passed 108-8. The House then passed CS/SB 688 on naturopathic medicine, which creates a regulatory structure and licensure framework for naturopathic physicians, defines scope and limits of practice, and establishes a board under the Department of Health with medical doctor oversight. Supporters described it as a consumer protection and medical freedom measure; opponents called it an expansion of scope and criticized the low penalty for impersonating a naturopathic physician. The bill passed 85-22. The chamber also passed CS/CS/SB 1062 on speech and debate education, creating a Florida Speech and Debate Hall of Fame, a Florida Speech and Debate Week, and a statewide debate initiative, by a vote of 112-0. Additional measures approved included CS/CS/SB 1220 on transportation, which covers a wide range of issues including FDOT authority, airports and seaports, drone delivery, autonomous vehicles, toll revenues, and related regulatory changes; it passed 87-23. SB 962 on affordable housing, which clarifies that Live Local Act zoning preemption does not unintentionally capture working farms and farm operations, passed 109-2. CS/CS/SB 1580 on illegal gaming was introduced and explained as a crackdown on illegal slot machines and unregulated gaming arcades, with questions focused on VFWs, sweepstakes, fantasy sports, and the Seminole gaming compact, but the transcript ends before a final vote on that bill. The session also included several recognitions and lengthy farewell remarks from departing members, including Leader Driscoll and Majority Leader Sirois.
NM
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate Chamber Jan 26th, 2026 at 11:01 am

New Mexico Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • That sale brought in $5,959,800,000, as far as gross revenues go. $800 to the, as far as gross revenues
  • Senate Bill 133, introduced by Senator Steinborn, an act relating to taxation, providing a gross receipts
  • maximum terms for professional services contracts to eight years, providing procurement process exemptions
  • Also, for the entire body, your gross submissions are due by 5 o'clock today.
  • Gross, as in government, not gross as in cannabis. You've got to get those in by 5 o'clock.
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate and House Tax Policies Discussion Group - 05/06/26

Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh it's basically up<00:09:26.400><c> to</c><00:09:26.480><c> 3%</c><00:09:27.000><c> gross</c><00:09
  • It exempts the city of St.
  • Paul from the It exempts the city of St.
  • I think we had to make two exemptions because of the... I'll let Senator Rest explain our bill.
  • </c> had to make two exemptions had to make two exemptions because<00:31:17.040><c> of</c><00:31:17.360
CA
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Business and Professions Committee Apr 14th, 2026

Business and Professions

Transcript Highlights:
  • For patients with weight-related conditions... Weight-related conditions.
  • This is weight loss drugs.
  • This is weight loss drugs.
  • We want people to lose weight. We want people to be healthy.
  • We want people to lose weight. We want people to be healthy.
Committee: House Business and Professions
CA
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee May 28th, 2025

Utilities and Energy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Since 2015, the gross industry margin in California has increased by 36 cents a gallon.
  • Since 2015, the gross industry margin in California has increased by 36 cents a gallon.
  • But coming out of COVID, you have this rapid increase in gross margins across the world.
  • I had it at about page 42, gross gasoline industry margins, if you see that, Assembly Member.
  • Gross gasoline industry margins, if you see that, Assembly Member. Thank you so much.
Committee: House Utilities and Energy
Summary: The Assembly Committee on Utilities and Energy held its annual oversight hearing on the transportation fuels sector, focused on refinery closures, gasoline supply and prices, in-state oil production, and implementation of SBX1-2 and ABX2-1. The chair emphasized that California needs a system-wide transition plan to manage the decline in fossil fuel demand while avoiding supply shocks and consumer harm, especially in light of Phillips 66’s planned refinery changes and Valero’s announced intent to close its Benicia refinery. CEC Vice Chair Siva Gunda and CARB Chair Liane Randolph described the broader fuel transition: EV adoption is rising, gasoline demand is declining, and California’s refining system is increasingly tight and interconnected with imports, storage, pipelines, and marine terminals. Randolph reviewed CARB’s climate and air-quality programs, including the low-carbon fuel standard, and said California still has major ozone and particulate pollution problems even as emissions have fallen. Both agencies stressed that the state must balance climate goals, air quality, consumer protection, and investor confidence, and that additional refinery closures could increase price volatility and strain supply. DPMO Director Ty Milder presented new data on gasoline pricing, saying Californians have paid a “mystery gasoline surcharge” of about 41 cents per gallon since 2015, with higher branded gasoline markups and elevated industry margins concentrated among vertically integrated firms. He said the data show some refiners do well while others struggle, and that the market is highly concentrated. Committee members questioned whether the data proved manipulation or whether state regulations and declining supply were contributing to refinery exits and higher prices. Witnesses said no specific consumer-cost threshold is used in CARB’s economic analysis, and CEC officials said they have not yet implemented the new permissive tools because they are still evaluating whether the benefits outweigh the risks. No votes were taken.
DE
DE

Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session - Session 2 - 42nd Legislative Day Jun 30th, 2026 at 02:00 pm

Delaware Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The legislation includes a narrow exemption for investigations, The legislation includes a narrow exemption
  • The original bill required gross negligence prior to that date.
  • The original bill in 2007 had a standard of gross negligence prior to that date.
  • It was gross negligence for prior to that time. It was simple negligence after that.
  • What it does is it puts that standard of gross negligence on all cases.
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Education Finance - 02/25/26

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • The emotional weight, logistical load, and moral responsibilities are immense.
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  • </c><01:13:08.320><c> instead</c> like, you know, a a 21day weight instead like, you know, a a 21day
  • weight instead of<01:13:08.640><c> a</c><01:13:08.880><c> 49</c><01:13:09.840><c> day</c><01:13:10.080
  • ><c> are</c> of a 49 day weight for people who are of a 49 day weight for people who are waiting<01:13
Committee: Senate Education Finance
HI
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

EEP/WAL Joint Public Hearing - Tue Mar 18, 2025 @ 9:00 AM HST

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:12:58.320><c> from</c> operation is subject to or exempt from operation is subject to or exempt
  • Uh they're attempting to exempt Yes.
  • They do such as category exemptions.
  • </c> categorical exemption would apply. Sure. categorical exemption would apply. Sure.
  • exemptions that DNR has.
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.
FL
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

Judiciary Jan 14th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • We will also discuss the associated public records exemption later.
  • The second is to have a corresponding public records exemption for stricken matters.
  • Cases are weighted proportionately based on the amount of time involved in addressing each case.
  • Those weights are updated regularly to reflect changes in the law and in legal practice.
  • The next issue is a public records exemption for appellate court clerks.
MA
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Informal House Session 62 Jun 29th, 2026

Massachusetts House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The House of Representatives has before it the following gross bills, which have been rightly and truly
  • Reading has released the bill for third reading: An act relative to the town of Grafton's senior tax exemption
  • The gross bills, being rightly and truly prepared, are now before the House for final passage: House
  • The following gross bill, having been rightly and truly prepared, is now before the House for final passage
Summary: The House opened with a salute to the flag and welcomed Troop 56 Boy Scouts from Cambridge, including guests earning a citizenship merit badge. The chamber then took up several procedural matters, including adopting Rules Committee resolutions and extending the Committee on Revenue’s reporting deadline to January 24, 2027. The House also concurred in a Senate petition allowing the South Deerfield Fire District to continue employing fire department member Stephen Kulowski. On legislation, the House advanced Senate Bill 3142, which removes the term “hearing impaired” from the general laws, ordering it to a third reading. The House also passed to enactment a group of bills covering local and personnel matters, including Bridgewater charter language changes to make it gender-neutral, Boston police age waivers for two officers, a Berkeley selectmen membership increase, and sick leave banks for Sharon Manning and Stephanie Vieira. The chamber later concurred in Senate amendments to House Bill 4805 on Plainville’s charter and House Bill 5053 on Orange’s charter, and passed House Bill 5035 on Grafton’s senior tax exemption to be engrossed. The Committee on Ways and Means reported House Bill 5534, a fiscal year 2027 interim appropriations bill totaling $7.703 billion, and the House fast-tracked it through second and third reading. After recesses and renewed motions, the bill was passed to be engrossed and then enacted. The House also adopted an order to adjourn to meet again Wednesday at 11 a.m., and then adjourned.
NH
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Dedicated Funds (09/17/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • liquor that was switched to 5% of gross liquor profits<03:27:55.200><c> and</c><03:27:55.359><c> and
  • </c><03:45:57.840><c> So</c> ultimately to avoid a weight list.
  • So ultimately to avoid a weight list.
  • </c> budget process was around the weight budget process was around the weight list.<04:40:14.958><c>
  • if we do project a weight list uh may<04:40:35.600><c> be</c><04:40:35.760><c> needed.
Summary: The Joint Committee on Dedicated Funds met to review inactive and dedicated accounts, note prior legislation that had passed, and begin its annual review of agency funds. Members discussed several inactive funds, including some HHS-related accounts, a law enforcement memorial fund, and possible cleanup of accounting references where funds had been reorganized or merged. Staff noted that some newer funds may simply not have started receiving revenue yet, and the committee agreed to follow up on specific accounts later rather than address everything immediately. The committee then heard from Fish and Game on its dedicated funds. Topics included the statewide public boat access account, which is used for boat ramp and access-site maintenance and is supported by boat registration fees and federal funds; the ORV education, training, and enforcement account, which has declined over time and may need attention because revenue depends heavily on weather and snowmobile use; and the search and rescue account, which is funded by Hike Safe cards, a $1 fee from boat and OHRV registrations, and court-ordered fees. Fish and Game also explained that the conservation license plate fund had been merged into the non-game species management account, which is supported by donations, federal funds, and a statutory general fund transfer, and that pheasants are treated as game species under a separate program. The committee spent considerable time on the lifetime license account, an off-book Treasury-held account that collects lifetime license sales and returns funds to Fish and Game based on annual sales plus 9% of the fund balance. Members questioned why the account’s presentation did not clearly show the transfer as a revenue reduction and suggested the reporting format needed cleanup so the flow of money would be easier to understand. Fish and Game said the account is operating properly and that the transfer to the unrestricted Fish and Game fund exceeded $400,000 in the most recent year. The committee also reviewed the publications and fundraising revolving fund, which keeps a $100,000 balance for inventory purchases and transfers excess year-end funds to the unrestricted Fish and Game fund; members again raised concerns that the reporting format did not clearly show the transfer, and staff said they could add a note or other clarification.
WA
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health Care & Wellness Feb 18th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Health Care & Wellness

Transcript Highlights:
  • In Gross Second Substitute Senate Bill 5395 relates to the prior authorization process.
  • In Gross Second Substitute Senate Bill 5395 relates to the prior authorization process.
  • provider or facility, and not apply it to a covered person's cost sharing or other obligation, and exemptions
  • The exemptions for fraud or misrepresentation are the same, but exemptions for an act of God, bankruptcy
  • So we're experiencing significant increases in both the gross numbers and percentage of prior authorization
Bills: SB5915 , SB5988 , SB6025 , SJM8002
Committee: House Health Care & Wellness
Keywords: SB 5915, health technology assessment, HTA, clinical committee, medical technology review, coverage determination, state-purchased health care, Washington health care, RCW, evidence-based medicine, cost-effectiveness, safety and efficacy, Medicare coverage, national coverage determination, clinical guidelines, patient advocacy, public comment, medical necessity, rare disease, life-threatening disease
CA
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Transportation Committee Jul 7th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • Just in Madam Chair's district, Phillips 66, a company in Rodeo, received a sales tax exemption for a
  • A gross receipts tax instead of a sales tax, because it could generate more revenue.
  • We also have a gross receipts tax in San Francisco, which we switched to 10 or 12 years ago from the
  • And obviously, if the business community is intensely opposed to a gross receipts tax, and that would
  • And obviously, if the business community is intensely opposed to a gross receipts tax, and that would
Summary: The Assembly Transportation Committee heard several measures, beginning with SB 86, which would extend and expand the CAEATFA sales and use tax exclusion program through 2031, raise the annual cap from $100 million to $200 million, and add fusion energy. Supporters, including the State Treasurer and industry and labor representatives, cited billions in clean-tech investment, job creation, and environmental benefits; county groups opposed the bill over local revenue losses. The committee approved SB 86 on a 12-0 roll, holding the roll open for additional members. The committee then heard SB 545, which would require Go-Biz to study economic development opportunities along the California high-speed rail corridor, including land value, development incentives, and public-private partnerships. Labor, Fresno’s mayor’s office, and other stakeholders supported the bill as a way to spur corridor development and future funding opportunities, while one business group moved from opposition to neutral after amendments. The bill passed on a 9-1 vote, with the roll held open. Members next considered SB 63, a Bay Area transit funding measure authorizing a regional revenue measure to support transit operations amid looming fiscal shortfalls. The author and witnesses described severe service cuts that could follow without new funding, while committee members raised concerns about the bill’s structure, county participation, polling, and whether other revenue options should be considered. The bill advanced on a 9-3 vote, with the roll held open, and the committee also approved SB 263, directing a state study of tariff impacts on California’s economy and supply chains, on an 11-0 vote. Finally, the committee heard SB 661, which would redirect aviation-related tax revenues back to airports for aviation purposes and bring the state into compliance with federal requirements; testimony focused on airport modernization, rural access, and allocation formulas, but no final vote was taken in the portion provided.
KY
KY

Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

Interim Joint Committee on Banking and Insurance (9-16-25)

Transcript Highlights:
  • use the loss percentage basis and then use the loss ratio<00:43:02.160><c> to</c><00:43:02.400><c> gross
  • that up to a premium ratio to gross that up to a premium impact<00:43:05.280><c> both</c><00:43:05.599
  • It's a ratio of your weight to your height.
  • measurement, or any other kind of weight-based measurement.
  • </c> they've lost a striking amount of weight they've lost a striking amount of weight and<01:23:10.400
Summary: The Interim Joint Committee on Banking and Insurance met for its first interim meeting, established a quorum, approved routine opening items, and welcomed a new committee assistant and a legislative intern. The committee first heard a Kentucky Bankers Association presentation from Tim Shank and John Cooper focused on the state’s housing shortage, which they described as affecting all 120 counties and especially low- and moderate-income and workforce housing. They urged support for a proposed $20 million banker-backed revolving fund, paired with tax credits, to finance new housing construction; they said the program would be flexible, could support alternatives such as manufactured housing, and would use below-market loans with tax credits vesting over five years only after units are completed. They also asked for extension of the historical tax credit carryforward from five to seven years and for continued support of new market tax credits, arguing that supply-chain delays make the longer period necessary for historic rehabilitation projects. The bankers also raised concerns about credit unions, arguing that because credit unions do not pay the same taxes as banks, they should not be allowed to acquire healthy state-chartered banks or hold state and local deposits. They cited the recent purchase of First State Bank of Middlesborough as an example, saying the transaction would reduce state, county, and city tax revenue and weaken local tax bases. In response to committee questions, the presenters said local regulations, zoning, parking, sidewalk, and utility easement issues can significantly delay housing projects, and they emphasized that state policy and infrastructure support are needed to help address affordability and development barriers. The committee then shifted to a Department of Insurance presentation by Commissioner Sharon Clark on how to read KRS 6.948 health mandate and federal cost defrayal impact statements. Clark explained that the mandate statements were created in 1998 so legislators would have actuarial estimates of how proposed health insurance mandates would affect administrative costs, premiums, and total costs, and she noted that later legislation added federal cost-defrayal analysis. She also reviewed the background of the Affordable Care Act’s essential health benefits framework and said the department’s statements are intended to help lawmakers make informed decisions on proposed health coverage mandates. No votes or formal actions were taken during the portion of the meeting provided.
NM
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

Senate Chamber Feb 5th, 2025

New Mexico Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate Bill 287, introduced by Senator Trujillo, is an act related to trade practices, exempting from
  • Providing a gross receipts tax deduction for the sale of medical equipment, supplies, and drugs. tax
  • Removing the sunset date of a gross receipts tax deduction for receipts from co-payments or deductibles
  • Extending a gross receipts tax deduction to receipts from a patient paid to a health care practitioner
  • that a health care provider receiving Medicaid reimbursement shall be reimbursed for all applicable gross
WA
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Law & Justice Feb 20th, 2026 at 02:00 pm

Law & Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • has to hear bills, I would entertain a motion to waive the five-day notice rule in considering, in gross
  • Possession of a controlled substance is a gross misdemeanor.
  • with some background on current drug possession crimes, possession of a controlled substance is a gross
  • with some background on current drug possession crimes, possession of a controlled substance is a gross
  • As I have gotten older, the headlines hold more weight.
Committee: Senate Law & Justice
NM
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Transportation and Public Works Feb 12th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • If you're building a road, you're exempted.
  • They are exempted. They don't have to participate in this program.
  • There were contractors that should not have been exempted.
  • And I'm just wondering if they're exempt or their subs are exempt.
  • And I'm just wondering if they're exempt or their subs are exempt.
Summary: The committee first took up HB 322, as amended, which would create a transportation trust fund and transportation program fund. The sponsor explained that the amendment removed a proposed 1% gross receipts tax on electricity sales, while leaving the broader financing structure in place, including a $400 million seed appropriation and future transfers from motor vehicle excise tax revenues into the new funds and related road accounts. Associated Contractors of New Mexico and the Asphalt Pavement Association testified in support, and there was no opposition. The committee adopted the amendment and then passed the bill on a do-pass vote. The committee then heard HB 270, a public works/apprenticeship bill that would require contributions to approved apprenticeship and training programs or the Public Works Apprentice and Training Fund for certain public works projects, while preserving a zero contribution rate where no approved program exists for a classification. Supporters, including union carpenters, electrical workers, and building trades representatives, argued the bill would close loopholes, expand training opportunities, and strengthen the workforce. Opponents, including utility contractors, highway contractors, and Associated Contractors of New Mexico, argued it would raise project costs, duplicate existing federally approved training programs such as TTCP, and unfairly require payments from contractors who already train workers in-house or cannot access approved programs. Members debated whether the bill would affect existing in-house programs, rural access to training, and whether the language conflicted with existing law. An amendment to limit the bill to projects of $50 million or less was tabled, and the committee then passed HB 270 on a 6-5 do-pass vote. After the bill vote, the committee received a District 3 New Mexico Department of Transportation presentation covering project status, funding, and equipment needs in Bernalillo, Valencia, and parts of Sandoval and Socorro counties. DOT staff reviewed completed and upcoming maintenance and STIP projects, local government and school district cooperative projects, and equipment requests. Members asked about delays on the Rio Bravo Bridge project, which DOT said were caused by utility coordination issues, and about the I-25/Gibson interchange, which remains in design and development with later-year funding anticipated. The presentation also addressed specific local projects such as Paseo del Norte and Paseo del Volcán.
WA
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Mar 10th, 2026

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • electricity that are using de minimis amounts of fossil fuels for emergency backup requirements are exempt
  • from compliance under the Clean Energy Transformation Act, and it also clarifies one other exemption
  • Gross substitute Senate Bill 6002, the Secretary will read. March 5, 2026, Mr.
  • It also authorizes gross misdemeanors with a gross misdemeanor warrant and a couple of other things,
  • When I say changes, I mean how that sales tax could be used and also property tax exemptions.
Summary: The Senate opened with ceremonial activities, approval of the previous day’s journal, and adoption of Senate Resolution 8689 recognizing March as Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month. Senators spoke in strong support of the resolution, emphasizing the importance of inclusion, self-advocacy, family caregivers, and the principle of “nothing about us without us.” The resolution was adopted, and all members’ names were added as sponsors. The chamber also welcomed student visitors and later recognized individuals with developmental disabilities and caregivers in the gallery. The Senate then confirmed several gubernatorial appointments. Charles G. Knutzen was confirmed to the Workforce Education, Investment, Accountability, and Oversight Board by a 48-0 vote. Noah Scartvet was confirmed to the Gambling Commission by a 43-5 vote, and Kelly K. Foucai was confirmed to the Spokane Colleges Board of Trustees by a 48-0 vote. The Senate also considered and confirmed additional appointments while excusing several members from attendance during parts of the day. The chamber spent much of the meeting concurring in House amendments and passing a series of bills. Among the measures approved were bills dealing with clean energy exemptions for certain backup fossil fuel use, police data and body camera/ALPR distinctions, housing and rental assistance flexibility, creation of a cabinet-level Governor’s Office of Indian Affairs with Senate confirmation, school district interfund transfers under financial oversight, civic engagement and voting services, wildfire-resistant home-hardening materials, and technical corrections to prior tax and revenue legislation. Most of these bills passed with clear majorities, though some drew recorded opposition, including Second Substitute Senate Bill 6035 and Engrossed Second Substitute Senate Bill 6113. The Senate also adopted a striking amendment and passed Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 2325, creating a tourism self-supported assessment program. Supporters said the negotiated proposal would improve fiscal transparency and help fund statewide tourism promotion, while opponents raised concerns about the assessment structure. The bill passed after concurrence in the House amendments and final passage by a 43-5 vote. The Senate then returned to the fourth order of business and stood at ease for lunch and caucus.