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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 2/24/26
Energy Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Um it's estimated that all rateayers.
- But by that estimate, using Minnesota-specific situation, we estimate if in 2030 we meet 10% of our peak
- But by that estimate, using Minnesota-specific situation, we estimate if in 2030 we meet 10% of our peak
- They can hedge against pricing control.
- Are there any high-level estimates about how much cheaper?
Committee:
House Energy Finance and Policy
Keywords:
virtual power plant, VPP, distributed energy resources, DER, demand response, load management, grid modernization, peak demand, peak shaving, battery storage, energy storage, solar photovoltaic, solar panels, electric vehicles, smart thermostats, heat pumps, aggregator, public utilities commission, PUC, rate recovery
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Finance (Part II) Jan 29th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- You know, 3.4% is the estimate we have for retiree growth.
- They were sitting at 5.1% then; the estimate for 2025 is now 7.4%.
- They were sitting at 5.1% then; the estimate for 2025 is now 7.4%.
- The price needs to come down. And hopefully maybe there'll be more that enter the market.
- As with ERS, all appropriations for these areas are estimates. Thanks.
Summary:
The Senate Finance Committee heard budget presentations for the Texas Historical Commission, the Pension Review Board, the Employees Retirement System (ERS), Social Security and benefit replacement pay, the Texas Emergency Services Retirement System (TESSRS), and the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT). The Legislative Budget Board outlined recommendations and major changes for each agency, including reductions tied to one-time projects at the Historical Commission, continued funding for courthouse grants, heritage trails, and Holocaust/genocide education, as well as new or modified riders and capital items. For the pension-related items, LBB described funding changes for PRB, ERS, Social Security, and TESSRS, including ERS health plan cost growth driven largely by pharmacy costs, the status of pension funding reforms, and TESSRS’s request for additional state support to address its unfunded liability and staffing needs.
Members asked extensive questions about the Historical Commission’s one-time funding, unexpended balance authority, courthouse preservation, the Presidio La Bahia and National Museum of the Pacific War projects, and coordination of Texas history messaging across sites such as the Alamo, San Jacinto, Washington on the Brazos, and other heritage locations. The Historical Commission chair emphasized heritage tourism, economic development, and the need for continued investment in historic sites, staffing, IT modernization, and vehicles. On the pension items, senators discussed PRB oversight of local systems, including the Dallas police and fire pension situation, and ERS investment returns, benchmark comparisons, and rising health costs. ERS officials said the plan remains well funded overall, noted a 2021 cash balance reform and a planned supplemental legacy payment, and explained that GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic and Mounjaro are a major driver of pharmacy spending; they also said the agency is working with the Texas Pharmacy Initiative and that rebates are contractually returned to ERS.
For TESSRS, LBB and agency staff said the system serves volunteer and part-paid emergency personnel, is facing an infinite amortization period, and is requesting additional appropriations, staffing, and IT funding, along with a statutory change to allow an actuarially determined state contribution. The agency said it may otherwise need to cut benefits for volunteer firefighters. For CPRIT, LBB reported about $600 million in recommended funding for the biennium and a 10-FTE increase, while the agency described its $6 billion voter-approved program, $3.75 billion in grants awarded to date, and $10.4 million in revenue sharing since 2011. CPRIT’s only exceptional item was a request for a 10% salary increase for two exempt positions. No committee votes or formal actions were taken in the transcript.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Water and Natural Resources Nov 18th, 2025
Water & Natural Resources Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- The 1.1% allocation is estimated to be $18 million to $20 million.
- We've seen estimates everywhere from 700 million up to 1.3 billion.
- You can get to a billion dollars fairly easily, depending upon production and prices.
- Also, to see if the rates, which we've estimated at 50, 75, and then 100 over that 80.
- We can only see sort of the… Range and what the oil price projection is.
Committee:
House Water & Natural Resources Committee
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Health & Long-Term Care Jan 15th, 2026 at 08:00 am
Health & Long-Term Care
Transcript Highlights:
- The benchmark reflects consumer wages and consumer price growth in the domestic product in Washington
- A couple years ago, we did a review on hospital pricing. You can't read the slide, but that's okay.
- We received a small grant to look at what's a fair price for a hospital to get paid, because we don't
- We have a lot of variability in hospital pricing.
- , but should it be cost-plus pricing?
Committee:
Senate Health & Long-Term Care
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint hearings with the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition to examine financial aggression, focusing on how the Chinese Communist Party exploits American retirees and undermines national security. Apr 9th, 2025 at 01:30 pm
Aging (Special) Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- The FDC's estimate that the annual loss...losses to the Scourge are approximately 61 billion and the
- that price is, right?
- I've heard estimates of as low as 20 billion without the algorithm as high as 40 with it.
- Yeah, but you know, it'll be open price.
- The great thing about American capital markets, it's an open price discovery.
Committee:
Senate Aging (Special) Committee
Keywords:
Chinese Communist Party, retirement security, investment risks, SEC enforcement, Bipartisan action
Summary:
The meeting primarily addressed concerns regarding the impact of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on American investments and the financial security of retirees. The chair discussed legislation aimed at ensuring the protection of American investors against the risks posed by Chinese companies. There was a consensus among the members regarding the necessity to enforce existing policies that require compliance from foreign companies wishing to trade on American exchanges. The discussion included testimony from various stakeholders highlighting the urgent need to limit exposure to the CCP in retirement portfolios. Additionally, there were calls for increased accountability of regulatory bodies such as the SEC to better shield American investors from potential loss.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Nov 5th, 2025
Legislative Health & Human Services Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- On slide three, This is talking about rising health insurance prices.
- The list prices give you an idea of the cost for Wigovi, which is another GLP-1.
- , is required to report those prices and trends on drugs.
- In 2025, has prohibited pharmacy benefit managers from spread pricing.
- Try and control, reduce prices of the cost of prescriptions.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- Also, pricing changes such as pharmaceuticals.
- So we would expect in the millions of recovery, but this is an estimated amount.
- This is based on cost-based pricing adjustments. We see most of this growth here tied to pharmacy.
- The next one is on mandatory pricing maintenance.
- So this reflects estimated utilization of services across all Medicaid populations.
Committee:
House Health and Welfare
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- It's estimated that 2-5% of people in prisons are actually innocent.
- Do you all have an estimate? Does anybody keep the hard numbers? I wouldn't.
- I know Dallas had an estimation.
- It allows for the immediate sale of seized crude oil and condensate at market prices to prevent loss.
- As the price of copper has continued to increase, thousands of Texas residents have been forced... have
Bills:
SB552 , SB1099 , SB1124 , SB1208 , SB1372 , SB1506 , SB1667 , SB1804 , SB1806 , SB1870 , SB1936 , SB1937 , SB2180 , SB2405 , SB2569 , SB2570 , SB1646
Committee:
Senate Criminal Justice
Keywords:
community supervision, criminal justice, illegal alien, deferred adjudication, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, SB 1099, undocumented immigrant, unauthorized immigrant, immigration status, felony sentencing enhancement, criminal penalty increase, Texas Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure, affirmative finding, judgment finding, deportation, public safety, immigration enforcement, sentencing reform, felony offense
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Committee on the Census Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Senate Committee on the Census
Transcript Highlights:
- Population Estimates Program has a mission to ensure that the population estimates and counts produced
- Thing for the CBO to estimate. I mean, do they, are they explicit in the basis for their estimates?
- So in vintage of population estimates.
- They estimate, um, they estimate, um, Thank you, Susan.
- They estimate, um, they estimate, um, Different subgroups.
Committee:
Senate Senate Committee on the Census
Summary:
The Senate Committee on the Census heard presentations on Massachusetts population trends and how they affect state housing planning. Susan Strait of the UMass Donahue Institute reviewed recent Census Bureau estimates, saying Massachusetts grew strongly over the last decade but that growth has slowed sharply in the newest estimates, largely because net international migration has fallen from a post-pandemic surge. She also described the four components of population change—births, deaths, domestic migration, and international migration—along with aging trends, declining fertility, the importance of the millennial cohort, and the role of foreign-born residents in births and the labor force. Committee members asked about college students in group quarters and about counting incarcerated people, and Strait explained the Census Bureau’s current methods and noted that some issues remain under discussion.
Jesse Guerrero of the Metropolitan Area Planning Council then explained how MAPC uses UMass Donahue population projections to build household and local land-use forecasts for MassDOT and the statewide housing plan. He said the earlier transportation projections anticipated slower statewide growth and regional decline in western Massachusetts and on the Cape, with more growth in eastern Massachusetts. He also described how household formation, development patterns, zoning, and affordability are modeled, and noted that newer housing-plan scenarios use updated Census data and different assumptions about migration. Senator Miranda raised concerns about Cape Cod population loss and whether seasonal residents are being counted, and Guerrero and Strait said the projections focus on permanent residents, not seasonal populations.
Tim Reardon of the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities tied the demographic forecasts to the statewide housing plan, saying housing demand exists even under low-growth or slight-decline scenarios. He said the plan estimates about 115,000 homes are needed to address existing shortages, including doubled-up households, shelter families, seasonal conversion losses, and the need for healthier vacancy rates, plus additional units tied to future household formation. He added that the state’s total housing target is about 222,000 units, or as high as 262,000 under a higher-growth scenario. Senators pressed him on whether the scenarios are now too high given the recent drop in immigration, on affordability and out-migration, and on whether the housing plan adequately reflects homelessness and overcrowding in Boston and elsewhere. Reardon said the plan includes production, rental assistance, shelter prevention, and preservation strategies, and noted that HLC is also using grant programs and MBTA Communities-related infrastructure funding to support housing production statewide.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 4 on State Administration and General Government Apr 30th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- HCD has estimated the impact of CPI to increase annual recurring fees for an average-size mobile home
- park, and the increase in recurring fees to homeowners is estimated to be an additional...
- The increase in recurring fees to homeowners is estimated to be an additional $1.50 to $2.50 per year
- And with struggling prices all over, we need you to please vote no on the RNHCD trailer.
- It will price us out of our homes. As I said, one automatic rounded-up dollar at a time.
Summary:
The subcommittee heard an extensive presentation on the administration’s housing reorganization proposal, which would centralize multifamily affordable housing finance under the new Housing Development and Finance Committee (HDFC) and align it with the Governor’s trailer bill language. Administration officials said the plan is intended to create a one-stop application and award process, reduce duplicative timelines and costs, and pair state subsidy with private activity bonds and federal tax credits more efficiently. They also described proposed changes to the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities program, including shifting a larger share of funding toward housing-related awards while preserving a portion for sustainable communities investments. The Legislative Analyst’s Office generally supported the streamlining concept but recommended changes to the proposed bond set-aside timing and urged flexibility for integrated applications and future reporting on demand. Senators, especially Senator Cabaldon, raised concerns that the proposal could weaken the original climate-and-transportation purpose of the sustainable communities program and that the reorganization would be undercut by the lack of new housing production funding in the budget. The item was held open without a vote.
The committee then received a report from the California Debt Limit Allocation Committee and the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee on federal and state housing tax credits. Staff explained that the federal H.R. 1 change lowering the bond-financing threshold from 50% to 25% greatly expanded the number of projects able to use the 4% federal tax credit, allowing California to fund many more projects and units. They also described the state low-income housing tax credit as an important gap-filling tool for projects that still need additional subsidy, and noted existing set-asides for rural, homeless, at-risk, and extremely low-income projects. Members discussed rehabilitation as well as new construction, and the item was informational only.
Finally, the Civil Rights Department reported on the effects of federal civil rights policy changes and on three programs facing expiration: California vs. Hate, the Community Conflict Resolution Unit, and Investigations and Conciliation Enhancement. Director Kevin Kish said federal cuts and policy shifts have reduced support for fair housing and other civil rights functions, while CRD’s caseload has grown from about 8,700 open matters a year ago to more than 12,000, with a six-month wait for interviews despite overtime triage efforts. Senators expressed strong support for continuing the programs and concern about the broader federal rollback of civil rights enforcement. The department said it is using overtime, intake triage, and outreach partnerships to manage the workload and direct Californians to appropriate state, local, and nonprofit resources.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 4 on State Administration and General Government Apr 30th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- HCD has estimated the impact of CPI to increase annual recurring fees for an average-size mobile home
- park, and the increase in recurring fees to homeowners is estimated to be an additional...
- I want to make sure that you understand that was our estimated impact to...
- And with struggling prices all over, we need you to please vote no on the RNHCD trailer.
- It will price us out of our homes. As I said, one automatic rounded-up dollar at a time.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Legislative Session Day 42 (3-9-26)
Kentucky House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- HB 227 relies on age estimation instead of age verification.
- HB 227 relies on age estimation instead HB 227 relies on age estimation instead of<00:32:21.080><c> age
- </c><00:54:35.640><c> uh</c> such as the client list and pricing uh such as the client list and pricing
- I live on a garbage prices to go down.
- "Freedom doesn't come without a price.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
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- </c><00:41:27.920><c> all</c><00:41:28.160><c> of</c> pay more than a particular price all of pay more
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- So, I think the price point is something like 30, 35 grand where you can actually purchase a robot that
- So, I think the price point is something like 30, 35 grand where you can actually purchase a robot that
Committee:
Senate Labor
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee Jun 10th, 2026
Housing and Community Development
Transcript Highlights:
- These factors include market factors like housing prices and construction costs.
- But having a credible way to estimate how much housing a rezoning would produce does seem like a missing
- piece Way to estimate how much housing a rezoning would produce does seem like a missing piece of a
- That's tens of thousands of families that could be priced out or displaced.
- Housing experts estimate a shortage of between 840,000 and 3.5 million housing units.
Committee:
House Housing and Community Development
AR
Arkansas 2026 Regular Session
AGRICULTURE- HOUSE SMALL BUSINESS & ECONOMIC DEV. SUBCOM. Jun 2nd, 2026
AGRICULTURE- HOUSE SMALL BUSINESS & ECONOMIC DEV. SUBCOM.
Transcript Highlights:
- state laws that... ...quit producing and several state laws that were passed to try to stabilize milk prices
- Price Foundation literature for our customers.
- I think the relationship between the producer and the consumer should be what dictates price, not the
- Price Foundation and the Raw Milk Institute. Representative Rye: Yes, that'd be a good thing.
- We do have the estimated cost per student. We do have the estimated cost per student.
Summary:
The committee approved the minutes from its October 27 meeting and then heard testimony on the economic and regulatory effects of Arkansas’s raw milk law, Act 698. Clinton Ballard of Milk and Honey Hill Farm said the law helped his family farm expand from 8 to 12 cows and from serving about 75 families to about 150, increasing sales by roughly $50,000 and allowing about $10,000 in raw cheese sales through retail outlets. He argued the law supports small-farm income, food security, and local processing, but said state health agencies still do not inspect raw milk producers unless they sell to a commercial buyer, which he said limits access to USDA grants and other opportunities. He and members discussed safety practices, including rapid chilling, sick-animal removal, sanitation, customer education, and whether any optional state certification or inspection program should be created without adding burdensome regulation.
Members asked about herd management, bee production, market channels, and whether raw milk producers should receive training or certification. Ballard said his farm uses Jerseys, removes sick cows from production, sells on-farm and through retail locations, and relies on best-practice guidance from groups such as the Weston A. Price Foundation and the Raw Milk Institute. Several members expressed support for consumer choice but also raised concerns about food safety, especially for children and pregnant women, and about possible “mission creep” if the state creates a voluntary inspection or training system. The discussion ended without any vote or formal action on the raw milk issue.
The committee then heard a lengthy presentation from Terrence Bolden of TLB Enterprises on hydroponic and container-based farming as a response to food insecurity, food deserts, and workforce needs. Bolden described a three-year career and technical education model using retrofitted shipping containers to grow food year-round with low water and energy use, paired with training in drones, robotics, agribusiness, and entrepreneurship. He said pilot projects are underway or planned with UAPB, the Little Rock School District, and other partners, and projected that five regional hubs could create significant economic impact and multiple jobs per container. Members asked about costs, target communities, school partnerships, food desert locations, and whether the model could include aquaponics or protein production; Bolden said the program is intended as a public-private partnership and that the committee could tour a container site once it is operational. The meeting adjourned after the presentation and questions.
AR
Arkansas 2026 Regular Session
AGRICULTURE- HOUSE SMALL BUSINESS & ECONOMIC DEV. SUBCOM. Jun 2nd, 2026
AGRICULTURE- HOUSE SMALL BUSINESS & ECONOMIC DEV. SUBCOM.
Transcript Highlights:
- Price Foundation literature for our customers.
- I think the relationship between the producer and the consumer should be what dictates price, not the
- Price Foundation and the Raw Milk Institute. Representative Rye: Yes, sir.
- We do have the estimated cost per student.
- We do have the estimated cost per student.
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- It also prioritizes students who qualify for free or reduced-price meals or who are in households with
- only to schools with less than 50 percent of their total enrollment eligible for free and reduced-price
- Based on 2025-26 free and reduced-price meal percentages, this would exclude roughly about 45 percent
- It changes the bus depreciation adjustments to 33% of the state price.
- It changes the bus depreciation adjustments to 33% of the state price quote rather than reducing the
Committee:
House Appropriations
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee Apr 24th, 2025
Finance and Taxation General Fund
Transcript Highlights:
- Senator Price here. Senator Shnut here. Senator Stewart here. Senator Stutz here.
- Keep in mind though that the estimates we have for next year are showing a bit of decline.
- Senator Price, on the We have a second. Senator Price, on the adoption of the substitute for HB186.
- Senator Price. Aye. Senator Shonut. Aye. Senator Stewart. Aye. Senator Stuts. Aye.
- Senator Price. Any objections? Senator Price. Any objections to using previous roll?
Bills:
HB186 , HB185 , HB182 , HB183 , HB184 , HB312 , HB460 , HB405 , HB186 , HB185 , HB182 , HB183 , HB184 , HB312 , HB405
Committee:
Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund
Keywords:
Alabama budget, general fund appropriations, fiscal year 2026, state budget, appropriations act, HB186, executive branch funding, legislative branch funding, judicial branch funding, debt service, capital outlay, corrections, Medicaid, public health, mental health, transportation, education, law enforcement, tourism, veterans affairs
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (02/03/2025)
Science, Technology and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> probably tripling quadrupling the price probably tripling quadrupling the price of<00:04:59.000>
- </c> always will be expensive and the prices always will be expensive and the prices will<01:47:45.159
- </c><02:26:42.520><c> um</c> years we've seen High Energy prices um years we've seen High Energy prices
- <02:38:37.680><c> of</c><02:38:37.840><c> fossil</c> price of fossil price of fossil fuels<02:38:39.800
- You can learn more about that at bitly Carbon Price Gap PDF. Thank you.
Committee:
House Science, Technology and Energy
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services (02/03/2026)
Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> qualified than me that could estimate qualified than me that could estimate how<04:30:29.520><c>
- That's a conservative estimate roughly.
- I think, you know, obviously now prices have gone up.
- I think, you know, obviously now prices have gone up.
- But because prices have gone away.