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CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado Senate 2026 Legislative Day 101 Apr 24th, 2026
Colorado Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- But the maximum additional revenue the state could retain in 2027-28 is an additional $4.8 billion.
- But the maximum additional revenue the state could retain in 2027-28 is an additional $4.8 billion.
- But the maximum additional revenue the state could retain in 2027-28 is an additional $4.8 billion.
- But u the<03:18:10.319><c> uh</c><03:18:10.479><c> the</c><03:18:10.880><c> maximum</c><03:18:11.520>
- <c> additional</c><03:18:12.160><c> revenue</c> the uh the maximum additional revenue the uh the maximum
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Energy and Natural Resources (02/18/2025)
Energy and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- Granite Shore Power, as a reminder, is an independent power producer with over a thousand megawatts of
- as a reminder 233 um gr andore power as a reminder independent<00:30:06.519><c> power</c><00:30:06.799
- I have worked with Senate members and Granite Shore Power.
- I have worked with Senate members and Granite Shore Power.
- </c><01:15:04.040><c> from</c> because we can probably make power from because we can probably make power
Committee:
Senate Energy and Natural Resources
VA
Transcript Highlights:
- entrusted to them is not merely the power of rule, but the responsibility to serve.
- It is not merely the power of rule, but the responsibility to serve.
- simple: that community is power.
- If we want power to be good, more good people have to have power.
- Because women don't typically, again, build power the same way.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, May 8, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- ,</c> guaranteed the right to challenge power, guaranteed the right to challenge power, to<01:04:47.680
- And I yield back. powerful example of powerful example of faith.<02:06:37.840><c> He</c><02:06:38.159
- He has remained a powerful faith.
- ,</c> the exploitation of government power, the exploitation of government power, you<02:47:36.960><c
- Backed by powerful teachers article.
Keywords:
Congressional Gold Medal, Army Rangers, World War II, ceremony, Emancipation Hall, colorectal cancer, Hispanic community, screening disparity, awareness, healthcare access, health education, chronic illness, cancer research, colon cancer, rectal cancer, cancer screening, Hispanic health, Latino health, racial disparities, health equity
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Children and Families Feb 17th, 2026 at 08:00 am
Children and Families
Transcript Highlights:
- And so I'm just going to let you know, I did get some permission from the powers that be, so I'm not
- That was pretty powerful, and that was a lot of work on your part.
- I will note that the penalty is a maximum level, so it can come down from there as well.
- I will note that the penalty is a maximum level, so it can come down from there as well.
- Penalty is a maximum level, so it can come down from there as well.
Committee:
House Children and Families
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- Well, from the city's perspective, that shifted too much power to the county.
- KP Public Affairs here on behalf of the San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission and San Joaquin Joint Powers
- KP Public Affairs here on behalf of the San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission and San Joaquin Joint Powers
- I want to just acknowledge that we did receive a letter of opposition from Capital Corridor Joint Powers
- Is there a study that came out that said that 10 miles is the amount that makes it the maximum safety
Committee:
Senate Transportation
Summary:
The Senate Transportation Committee heard SB 220, which would require the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority to submit an earlier governance reform report to the Legislature in light of Measure G, including consideration of the new countywide executive and future board changes. Senator Allen argued the bill was only a vehicle to prompt a locally driven discussion before 2028, while Metro, the City of Los Angeles, and several committee members opposed it as premature and unnecessary because local task forces and an ad hoc Metro committee were already studying the issue. After debate over local control and timing, the committee voted 3-2 to send SB 220 to Senate Appropriations, with the bill left on call for absent members.
The committee then heard SB 667, the California Railway Safety Act, which would require wayside detector systems on freight rail lines at specified intervals, with exceptions for some short-line railroads, and would require railroad response plans to be submitted to the CPUC. Supporters, including rail unions and labor groups, said the bill was a needed response to the East Palestine derailment and other safety risks, while opponents from freight railroads, passenger rail operators, business groups, and agricultural interests warned it could raise costs, slow freight and passenger service, and create a disincentive to invest in faster track. Members questioned the cost, implementation timeline, preemption issues, and possible impacts on passenger rail and the supply chain. The committee approved SB 667 on a 7-2 vote to Appropriations, with the bill also left on call.
Finally, the committee considered ACR 71, which would designate a portion of State Route 101 in Santa Clara County as the Little Saigon Freeway. The Assembly Member author and community witnesses described the designation as a recognition of San Jose’s large Vietnamese American community and its history as refugees and contributors to the region. Numerous supporters from the community, local government, and the public testified in favor, and there was no opposition. Members praised the cultural significance and noted connections to other Vietnamese communities, including Westminster. The resolution was adopted unanimously, with 10 votes, and sent to Appropriations.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/10/2026 - Senate Natural Resources
Senate Natural Resources Committee of Reference
Transcript Highlights:
- This is a powerful illustration of the unifying symbolism behind this important cultural and recreational
- Chair, Senator, on the same sheet that you'll see, we often talk about power-to-weight ratio.
- So the lighter the machine with more power, higher power-to-weight ratio, the more likely it is to cause
- more damage than the heavier machines with lower power-to-weight ratio.
- I'm a general manager of the largest power sports dealership in Arizona.
Summary:
The committee heard and advanced several appropriation and policy bills. SB 1488 would appropriate $600,000 for a workforce development study on coal-impacted communities in northern Arizona, especially areas affected by the closure of Navajo Generating Station and related coal operations; supporters described it as a needed transition study, and it received a do-pass recommendation. SB 1523 would provide $340,000 to the Navajo Nation for the Ganado waterline pipeline project serving 235 homes; testimony emphasized long-standing lack of safe drinking water, and the bill also received a do-pass recommendation. SB 1041 would appropriate $500,000 to the Arizona Trail Fund; supporters highlighted the trail’s statewide recreational and cultural value, and it passed with a do-pass recommendation. SB 1447 would extend the groundwater withdrawal fee moratorium and related Pinal AMA fund provisions through 2033; irrigation district representatives said the extension would help maintain infrastructure amid Colorado River shortages, and it was also recommended do-pass.
The committee also considered several regulatory bills. SB 1445 would let smaller cities and towns use approved on-site bacteriological testing equipment and limit required sampling frequency for certain ADEQ permits; the sponsor said it would save small towns money, while some members raised concerns about limiting sampling during discharge events, but the bill still received a do-pass recommendation. SB 1580 would appropriate $2.545 million for a statewide fire incident management platform for fire and law enforcement agencies; supporters said it would improve accountability, information sharing, and interoperability, while one member objected to the targeted funding approach, and the bill passed on a 5-3 vote. SB 1418 would streamline siting and permitting for small modular nuclear reactors in smaller counties, especially when co-located with large industrial users; supporters argued it would help energy reliability and rural economic development, while opponents warned it would weaken local review and environmental safeguards, and it passed 5-3.
The committee took up two bills involving consumer protections and access. SB 1419 would add inspection and disclosure requirements for rooftop solar installations and restrict sales claims about estimated savings; supporters said it responded to consumer complaints about roof damage and misleading sales practices, while opponents argued it would burden rooftop solar and restrict speech. After extensive testimony, including from county officials, former ROC leadership, and solar industry representatives, the bill received a do-pass recommendation on a 6-2 vote. SB 1363 would create a rural opportunity initiative to issue additional marijuana-related licenses for underserved rural communities; supporters said it would improve access and reduce illicit-market activity, while opponents argued the bill was confusing and could expand licenses too broadly. The committee ultimately recommended the bill do pass on an 8-0 vote, with members noting possible amendments before floor consideration.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee Jun 22nd, 2026
Business, Professions and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- Ever since then, it has acted like a monopoly and has used and abused their market power.
- outrageous, and those prices are coming from the Gianni Infantino corrupt FIFA itself with monopoly power
- fine or whatever the situation was, So my question is, this informal conference, will they have the power
- We know that we also have to address the powerful monopoly of Live Nation and Ticketmaster.
- California's independent live industry generates $18 billion in economic output, supports more than 102,000
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Natural Resources and Energy (8-29-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- droughts or floods, acid rain, possible acid rain, um, the impacts on agriculture, the impacts on solar power
- impacts on agriculture, the impacts<00:32:20.240><c> on</c><00:32:20.559><c> solar</c><00:32:20.960><c> power
- <00:32:21.519><c> if</c><00:32:21.760><c> we're</c><00:32:21.919><c> blocking</c> impacts on solar power
- if we're blocking impacts on solar power if we're blocking the<00:32:22.559><c> sunlight</c><00:32:22.880
- If you're doing modification up there, you could cut your solar output 10, 20, 50%, depending on how
Summary:
The meeting began with a quorum call and approval of the prior meeting’s minutes. Senator Williams then presented a discussion draft involving KCNA and COOT/Kentucky Wired governance changes. He said the proposal would make the COOT executive director the KCNA director, place the education CIO as chair of a new board of constitutional officers, terminate existing KCNA employees at inception, and return KCNA funds to the general fund. He described the measure as a temporary holding pattern focused on customer connectivity until an audit is completed next summer. Senator West asked whether the bill would change existing Kentucky Wired contracts, and Williams said the contracts would remain in place and COOT would simply handle the work without an extra layer of bureaucracy. No vote was taken; the item was for discussion only.
The committee then heard a presentation on geoengineering and related legislation from Rep. John Hodgson, Sen. Rollins, and retired meteorologist Randy Baker. They described geoengineering as attempts to alter climate or weather, including solar radiation modification, stratospheric aerosol injection, marine cloud brightening, and cloud seeding. The presenters distinguished these activities from ordinary jet contrails, crop dusting, ground-level emissions, and airport fog control, and said the proposed Kentucky bill would exclude those ordinary activities. They argued Kentucky lacks a current prohibition on weather modification, said the bill would protect farmland, crops, animal agriculture, aquaculture, and human health, and cited public concern, federal uncertainty, and similar legislation in other states. They also said cloud seeding is used in some western states but remains scientifically unproven and potentially harmful.
Members asked about enforcement, federal preemption, and whether other states’ actions could affect Kentucky. The presenters said high-altitude spraying would be difficult to hide, that satellite imagery could detect large releases, and that the bill was intended as an assertion of state sovereignty even if federal law later changed. They also said there were no known active geoengineering projects in Kentucky. The discussion remained informational, with no committee vote or final action taken on either topic.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Hearing Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Human Services and Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Education Finance Apr 23rd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Quality Advisory Panel meeting where we did share the center-based selection points and per-child cost outputs
- It's been static, and the purchasing power for local grantees has decreased.
- With the decline in the purchasing power of the block grant, which you have been... programs who are
- With the decline in the purchasing power of the block grant, which you have been, More is needed.
- With the decline in the purchasing power of the block grant, which I’ve mentioned, and thinking about
Summary:
The hearing focused on California’s early learning and care system, including the Master Plan for Early Learning and Care, universal preschool access, and the state’s transitional kindergarten (TK) expansion. Administration officials said California has made progress toward universal TK for all four-year-olds and expanded access for low-income three-year-olds, children with disabilities, and some two-year-olds in state preschool. The Department of Social Services highlighted ongoing work on quality improvement and a single rate structure, while the Department of Education emphasized continued investments in UPK infrastructure, inclusion, and teacher development. Testimony from advocacy groups stressed that access remains uneven, especially for infants, toddlers, and three-year-olds, and that federal threats to Head Start could significantly disrupt services in California.
Witnesses and committee members discussed several policy recommendations for preschool and state preschool programs, including consolidating part-day and full-day contracts, simplifying eligibility priorities, eliminating some family and licensing fees, allowing self-attestation of income, making the two-year-old preschool option permanent, and basing funding on enrollment and the true cost of care. A parent from Contra Costa described losing child care after moving counties for safety reasons, illustrating delays and fragmentation in the system. Providers in public comment argued that reimbursement rates are too low and that better pay and retirement and health benefits are needed to stabilize the workforce.
The second panel addressed the governor’s January budget proposal to fully implement universal TK and reduce TK class ratios from 12:1 to 10:1. The Department of Finance said the budget would add about $2.4 billion to serve all eligible four-year-olds and $1.5 billion for the lower ratio. The Legislative Analyst’s Office said its enrollment and cost estimates were lower than the administration’s and projected the ratio change would cost less than proposed. The Department of Education and the Learning Policy Institute reported that TK enrollment and staffing have grown, most districts now offer TK, and many are on track to meet new teacher requirements, but facilities, staffing, and expanded learning remain challenges. Committee members raised concerns about access at all school sites, the need for more full-day options, and the risk that TK expansion could crowd out CSPP and Head Start space.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- You have a hard time going to any pulsed power lab in the United States without finding double Ts on
- defense side from a defensive standpoint is making sure that our own equipment is hardened toward pulse-powered
- So when you look at the data, what you'll find is, in areas like electrical generation and power. transmissions
- variables, if someone else starts doing the same thing you're doing, your funding goes down. either outputs
- We could significantly grow in these, in places like advanced manufacturing, power generation and grid
Committee:
House Higher Education
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Economic Development Feb 24th, 2026
Joint Committee on Rural Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- And so there is a cap on the maximum price that the taxpayers will be on the hook for.
- And so there is a cap on the maximum price that the taxpayers will be on the hook for.
- They don't have arrest powers. I haven't looked at the fiscal note.
- So we're working with Northeast Power.
- And I'd also like to submit a letter on behalf of Northeast Power, our electric cooperative.
Summary:
The Committee on Economic Development met in executive session and first approved House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2151 by a vote of 11-0. The substitute removed CPI language so the measure would not allow a year-over-year increase, and the committee then voted the bill do pass. The committee then heard House Bill 2474, which would add progressive design-build as another procurement option for municipalities and other local political subdivisions. The sponsor and supporters said it would give local governments more flexibility, speed, and cost control on major projects by allowing a collaborative, multi-stage process before final pricing is set; no one testified in opposition, and the hearing was closed without a vote.
The committee next heard House Bill 2693, a port authority bill that the sponsor described as clarifying port authority creation, districts, operations, and partnerships while preserving limits on state liability. Testimony from Port KC and the Missouri Port Authority Association focused on public safety needs, including authority for port rangers with arrest powers in Kansas City’s port district, board appointment and removal provisions, and the need to keep ports competitive for development. Questions also touched on labor standards, housing authority funding, and whether the bill affected data centers; the hearing ended without opposition testimony.
Finally, the committee heard House Bill 1716, which would create a Department of Economic Development grant program for rural workforce housing through nonprofit regional partners. The sponsor and Northeast Missouri witnesses said the program is already working in northeast Missouri through a revolving fund, with homes built and sold at cost to help attract and retain workers such as teachers, nurses, and tradespeople; supporters from housing, business, utility, and economic development groups backed the bill, while one witness opposed government involvement in housing. Committee members questioned eligibility, nonprofit-only administration, local contractor use, affordability, and whether the program could crowd out private builders. The sponsor said an amendment would be needed before a vote, and the committee adjourned after the hearing without taking final action on HB 1716 or HB 2693.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- c> Generators</c> New England Power Generators New England Power Generators Association.<00:47:39.200
- </c> megawatts of power generation capacity. megawatts of power generation capacity.
- That's the maximum she can do.
- That's the maximum she can do.
- </c><00:58:20.799><c> she</c><00:58:21.040><c> can</c> maximum right that's the maximum she can maximum
Committee:
Senate Ways and Means
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development Committee Feb 19th, 2025
Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- That's a little bit of a concern for me about that much power in the Governor. I just want...
- rather the Senate and 35 Senators elect the Lieutenant Governor than the Governor having that much power
- We're going to increase the maximum spend on a single qualifying film project to 25 million, which was
- for film, they have a minimum spend of 500,000, and I think we've increased it to 25 million as the maximum
Keywords:
driver licenses, validation, identity, state laws, regulations, K-12 education, athletic associations, student-athlete eligibility, Alabama Administrative Procedure Act, governance, manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, motor vehicle crimes, restitution, law enforcement, HB243, Devinee Rooney and John Wesley Safe Streets Act, DUI, drunk driving, impaired driving
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Emergency Management Committee Apr 7th, 2025
Emergency Management
Transcript Highlights:
- The damage impacted 25% of homes, interrupted water, power, and communication services, and displaced
- The power is inevitably shut off when wildfires hit now. That's always the case.
- And when the power goes off, there they had in the Thomas fire, no ability to run the water pumps.
- We want them to be more thoughtful about what happens if the power goes out.
- A lithium battery fire at the Moss Landing Power Plant led to its evacuation in January.
Committee:
House Emergency Management
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention - 03/17/26
Housing and Homelessness Prevention
Transcript Highlights:
- So, because of that, 474A established the maximum amount of bonds that could be allocated at that 50%
- </c> cap on the maximum bond um limitation. cap on the maximum bond um limitation.
- to help make everything in our power to help make sure<00:42:39.880><c> that</c><00:42:40.080><c> they
- as as the as as their landlords power as as the as as their landlords and<00:43:03.440><c> we</c><00
- It is why I have constitutional amendments to put the power in the people's hands so that they can vote
Committee:
Senate Housing and Homelessness Prevention
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 4/21/25
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
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- </c><00:37:00.079><c> grant</c> 39, section 20 doubles the maximum grant 39, section 20 doubles the maximum
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- You all have heard powerful stories, even today, about FIG.
- powerful stories, even today, about<01:07:44.240><c> FIG.
Bills:
HF2312
Committee:
House Higher Education Finance and Policy
Keywords:
higher education, college finance, student aid, financial aid, state grants, North Star Promise, scholarships, tuition relief, Minnesota State, University of Minnesota, Office of Higher Education, work-study, child care grants, Indian scholarships, tribal colleges, Hunger-Free Campus, student parents, pregnant students, parenting students, sexual misconduct
NV
Transcript Highlights:
- Grassroots means that we are powered by community members.
- As Native people, we understand the power and meaning of identity.
- They reach a maximum of $8,000.
- Again, we've limited that to maximum... ...each payment.
- Again, we've limited that to a maximum of 15%.
Bills:
AB49 , AB169 , AB188 , AB284 , AB296 , AB306 , AB356 , AB366 , AB467 , AB499 , AB515 , AB540 , AB542 , AB595
Committee:
Senate Finance
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- themselves, without giving the patient the benefit toward their co-pay and toward their out-of-pocket maximum
- for, you know, for a Toward their out-of-pocket maximum for, you know, for accounting for where they
- help that they receive from third parties in paying the bill. ...copay and/or their out-of-pocket maximum
- but they refuse to apply them and give patients credit toward their deductibles or out-of-pocket maximums
- So that just improves the quality of care within the facility and gives that power to the department.
Committee:
House Health and Welfare
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine the Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress, including S.257, to improve the resilience of critical supply chains. Feb 11th, 2025 at 09:00 am
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- The Federal Reserve remains squarely focused on achieving our dual-mandate goals of maximum employment
- Monetary policy actions are guided by our dual mandate to promote maximum employment and stable prices
- And in doing so, they've earned some powerful enemies who want to shut them down.
- The Federal Reserve has enormous power over Americans' ability to work and earn a living.
- Our authorities or power to affect.
Bills:
SB257
Keywords:
supply chain resilience, critical supply chains, critical goods, manufacturing, domestic manufacturing, reshoring, nearshoring, supply chain security, supply chain shock, supply chain disruption, critical infrastructure, emerging technologies, semiconductors, microelectronics, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, robotics, advanced manufacturing, blockchain, cybersecurity