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AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- , but there's 20 states working on doing this this year.
- Fifteen other states do a biennial budget.
- I know that there are other states that do it this way.
- Chair, there's about 15 states. I have the list; we can go through it.
- I'm a state representative from LD 27.
Keywords:
air emissions, fuel blends, environmental quality, feasibility study, Arizona Department of Agriculture, livestock, compensation, funding, ranching, agriculture, appropriation, University of Arizona, education, state budget, biennial budget, state funding, appropriations, budget procedures, fiscal years, Judea
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate - Health and Public Affairs Jan 30th, 2026 at 03:13 pm
Senate Health & Public Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- I know the states of Delaware and Indiana recently passed this birthday rule, and they're now 16 states
- Now, the plan—most people get Plan G in the state.
- to get out of state on advantage.
- You got some recruitment issues because of New Mexico state laws here.
- to women in our smaller communities around the state.
Keywords:
SB 21, Medicare supplement, Medigap, open enrollment, guaranteed issue, birthday month enrollment, health insurance, insurance regulation, senior health coverage, elderly, retiree, Medicare beneficiaries, preexisting conditions, underwriting restrictions, premium discrimination, New Mexico insurance law, superintendent of insurance, health care coverage, policy portability, healthcare
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- just to kind of learn about the state of medicine in Alabama.
- Uh I'm president throughout the state.
- </c> various hospitals throughout the state various hospitals throughout the state just<00:25:55.360>
- Um so state of medicine in Alabama.
- Thank you. every corner of our state. Alamians every corner of our state.
Keywords:
immigration, law enforcement, fingerprints, DNA collection, illegal aliens, Alabama state law, SB80, Buddy Sharpless Education Institute, Alabama Local Government Training Institute, county commissioner training, local government training, ethics training, State Ethics Commission, county commissioners, Association of County Commissions of Alabama, local emergency management director, public officials, municipal officials, Alabama Code Title 11, Alabama Code Title 31
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture & Natural Resources Jan 27th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Agriculture & Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- As was stated earlier, it does not replace our government-to-government relations with Washington State
- The state did that.
- The state did that.
- The state of Maine has adopted this. The state of California has adopted something similar.
- I have personally represented the state in United States v.
Keywords:
tribal member, board of natural resources, indigenous representation, natural resource management, local governance, derelict vessels, marine environment, coastal management, environmental protection, maritime economy, audit, county, forest management, transparency, public lands, rodenticide, rodenticides, anticoagulant rodenticide, bromethalin, pesticide
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- This is not state money. This is freedom of choice.
- and many states have already driven.
- This legislation changes state statute so that the State of Florida will provide concurrent, both federal
- and state legislative So that the State of Florida will provide concurrent, both federal and state legislative
- States Attorney or United States District Court for the applicable district in this state has waived
Keywords:
places of worship, house of worship, church, mosque, synagogue, religious security, armed security, volunteer security, private security, security guard licensing, licensure exemption, Florida Statutes chapter 493, Class G license, Class C license, security services, faith-based institutions, public safety, military jurisdiction, delinquency, concurrent jurisdiction
Summary:
The committee considered several bills and reported each favorably. SB 624, by Senator Yarborough, would allow batterers intervention programs to offer optional supplemental faith-based activities, with no participant required to take part. Supporters said it would expand provider options and help address a shortage of certified programs; opponents raised concerns about mixing government-ordered programming with religion and about the state’s prior rule change. The bill passed 7-2.
The committee also approved CS/SB 834, which repeals a 2022 restriction barring licensed insurance agents from partnering with health care sharing ministries to market or sell their programs. The sponsor and supporters argued the bill restores free speech, consumer choice, and access to faith-based alternatives, while opponents warned about consumer confusion, higher commissions, and weak protections because these ministries are not insurance. After extended debate, the measure passed 8-2.
Other measures advanced unanimously or near-unanimously. CS/SB 502, as amended, would give Florida concurrent jurisdiction over certain juvenile offenses on military installations so juveniles can be handled in the state system; it passed 9-0. CS/SB 52 would exempt volunteer armed security for houses of worship from Class D or G licensing requirements, and supporters cited rising threats to churches and the need for organized volunteer security; it passed 9-0. SB 840, a cleanup bill to narrow and clarify last year’s emergency-related land-use restrictions after hurricanes, also passed 9-0, and CS/SB 758, which updates the membership of the Justice Administration Commission, passed 9-0 after an amendment restoring two public defenders to the commission.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Early Learning & Human Services Jan 13th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Early Learning & Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- and outside of our state.
- That tip represents our state-operated facilities, our residential habilitation centers, and our state-operated
- and private, that are funded by state dollars.
- and outside of our state.
- That tip represents our state-operated facilities, our residential habilitation centers, and our state-operated
Keywords:
homelessness, youth programs, advisory committee, prevention, protection, developmental disabilities, residential settings, data access, safety, stability, community oversight, residential services, regulation, service providers, monitoring, HB 2319, residential habilitation center, state school renaming, Rainier School, Firecrest School
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- , sponsored by Senator Hinojosa of Hidalgo, urging Congress to enhance coordination among federal, state
- This concurrent resolution calls for greater intergovernmental cooperation among federal, state, and
- As the largest border state, we carry the weight of defending not just our own communities, but the nation
- Direct communication and cooperation between the state and individual Mexican states could also streamline
- Lastly, this bill also contains a legislative finding stating that any individual entering the state
Keywords:
counter-unmanned aircraft systems, C-UAS, counter-drone, drone mitigation, unmanned aircraft systems, UAS, border security, U.S.-Mexico border, aviation safety, airspace regulation, federal preemption, Homeland Security, Department of Defense, Department of Justice, Department of Energy, FBI, state-local coordination, tribal and territorial partners, border patrol, cartels
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Border Security met with a quorum present and first took up HCR 98, a resolution urging Congress to improve coordination among federal, state, and local authorities on counter-unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS) technology for border security. The author and sponsor described increasing drone activity along the border, saying unauthorized drones are used to track agents, identify weaknesses, and smuggle contraband, and argued for clearer procedures to detect, identify, and neutralize such aircraft. There was no public testimony, and the committee voted 4-0 to report HCR 98 favorably to the full Senate; the resolution was also ordered for local and uncontested calendar placement without objection.
The committee then heard HB 180, sponsored by Chairman Birdwell, which would authorize the governor to coordinate directly with Mexican officials and individual Mexican states on border security agreements and appoint representatives to implement them. Birdwell said the bill would codify prior border-security cooperation efforts, improve responses to cross-border challenges such as drug and human trafficking, and include a finding that entrants from foreign countries must use a legal port of entry. No questions were asked, and there was no invited or public testimony.
After the hearing, the committee left HB 180 pending. The meeting concluded with no further business and the committee standing in recess subject to the call of the chair.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Please state your name, who you represent, and your position on the bill, please.
- This bill would expand that to include state jail drug possession.
- Presley stated. The Chair recognizes Representative Lowe.
- This bill would give too much power to a state agency.
- In his concurring opinion, Justice Kennedy gave a striking warning to all states, stating that if the
Keywords:
mental health, women's health, county jail, depression screening, criminal justice, inmate release, identification certificate, Texas Department of Corrections, personal identification, driver's license, state law, reentry services, nondisclosure, criminal history, criminal defendants, community supervision, misdemeanors, felonies, rehabilitation, hearsay
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- into the state of Texas.
- Um, on behalf of the unborn child, it allows state that the women in the state of Texas, who in many
- Chairman Turner, can you state the 2003 law again?
- in out of state, and then taken to another state and And, um, taken by the woman there.
- And so several states, and I don't know if we finally passed it here or not, but several states passed
Keywords:
biological sex, government information, definitions, sex-based distinctions, public health, flags, display, state law, municipalities, government buildings, drug enforcement, local control, home rule, municipal charter, county policy, ordinance preemption, state preemption, attorney general enforcement, civil penalties, mandamus
TX
Keywords:
public school funding, education, budget allocation, financial transparency, state law, local control, fiduciary responsibility, public retirement systems, investment management, proxy voting, financial factors, insurance, political shareholder proposals, fossil fuels, greenhouse gas emissions, environmental regulation, discrimination, credit extension, social credit, value-based standards
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hied Committee Meeting - 2025-04-21
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- It's a state grant.
- Please state your name for the record.
- Third, I want to thank you for linking the state grant caps to the Minnesota state institutions.
- Coming into this session, Minnesota State certainly understood the financial position the state of Minnesota
- has become the economic driver of the state.
Bills:
HF2312
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
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 4/21/25
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- It's the state grant.
- </c><00:03:12.000><c> grant</c> see a total change for the state grant see a total change for the state
- Please state your name for the record and continue. state in your committee.
- </c> that the state took responsibility for. that the state took responsibility for.
- </c> the economic driver of the state. the economic driver of the state.
Bills:
HF2312
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
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- And we have made remarkable discoveries right here in this state.
- Next, we have Barry Powell, former state senator.
- It's expensive to our state.
- As you heard, this is a rural state.
- It is in our nature in this state.
Keywords:
dementia, research institute, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, funding, grants, state health initiatives, research funding, state budget, prevention, healthcare, medical research, Dementia Prevention and Research Institute, disaster relief, flood preparedness, emergency funding, local government support, meteorological forecasting, district apportionment, legislative rules
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Finance Committee Budget Briefing (04/04/2023)
Keywords:
NH House of Representatives Committee Streaming, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68mtXXmZE_w, 2026-07-02T03:39:43+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, The Finance Committee will hold budget briefings on HB 1-A, making appropriations for the expenses of certain departments of the state for fiscal years ending June 30, 2024, and June 30, 2025, and HB 2-FN-A-L, relative to the state fees, funds, revenues, and expenditures on Tuesday, April 4th, at 1:00 pm. in Representatives Hall., 928, house, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47
KY
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> attorney, members of this body, state attorney, members of this body, state AGs<00:09:05.120><c>
- We led a 21 state Commonwealth.
- </c><00:31:17.200><c> similar</c> administration to get a state similar administration to get a state
- 00:31:19.840><c> in</c><00:31:20.000><c> the</c> state scheduling action here in the state scheduling
- , empowering state Commonwealth, empowering state prosecutors.<00:31:22.080><c> And</c><00:31:22.320>
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- industries over the summer to address other rules that they are double-regulating our industries in this state
- of Tests for Alcohol and Drug Influence, the Attorney General, the Department of Public Safety, the State
- Fire Marshal Commission, and the State Board of Licensed Social Workers.
- State Fire Marshal Commission and the State Board of Licensed Social Workers.
Keywords:
wildlife, conservation, Oklahoma, regulations, permanent rules, administrative procedures, guidance documents, transparency, public inspection, rulemaking, rulemaking authority, specific authority, legislative review, agency rules, judicial rules, public safety, state agencies, legislative approval
Summary:
The committee first considered Senate Joint Resolution 49, as amended, which revokes an Oklahoma Wildlife Department rule requiring oil and gas companies to post a surety bond. Senator Murdoch explained that the change was intended to eliminate what he described as duplicate regulation, since the Corporation Commission already requires security bonds, and said the Wildlife Department had agreed to the revision. Senator Merritt’s amendment narrowing the resolution to the surety bond provision was adopted by voice vote, and the resolution then passed 6-0.
The committee then heard House Bill 3281, described by Senator Bergstrom as the same measure previously passed as Senate Bill 1433, the Guidance Transparency Act. It was advanced without questions or debate and passed 6-0. House Bill 4319 followed, requiring agencies to have explicit statutory authority for each rule and to inventory existing rules within three years so noncompliant rules would be automatically repealed by January 1, 2030; it passed 7-0 after a due-pass motion.
Finally, House Joint Resolution 1086 was approved, which ratifies rules from the Board of Tests for Alcohol and Drug Influence, the Attorney General, the Department of Public Safety, the State Fire Marshal Commission, and the State Board of Licensed Social Workers. Senator Bergstrom said committee concerns had already been addressed in prior hearings, and the resolution passed 7-0. The chair then announced a meeting for the following Wednesday at 11:30, urged members to continue reviewing rules and raising concerns promptly, and adjourned the meeting.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- I apologize, I didn't give this question to you earlier, but I just realized: where are the out-of-state
- Now that I'm on the right bill, can you just answer where the out-of-state colleges and universities,
- Other states have that. For a follow-up.
- whenever you say it's all going to just go to the same pot, is that fund and money controlled by the state
- logo or whatever it is. ...for the Texas Tech logo or whatever it is, but none will be going out of state
Keywords:
special license plates, Route 66, Oklahoma, funding, community support, memorial, infrastructure, transportation, Toby Keith, road designation, highway, bridge, license plates, Oklahoma State Beekeepers Association, higher education, special interest, vehicle registration
Summary:
The Transportation Committee first announced it would lay over House Bill 3664, then took up several transportation-related measures. House Bill 3147, by Rep. Hilton Brand, would create a voluntary Route 66 centennial license plate to mark the 2026 centennial of Route 66 and support the Oklahoma Route 66 Association; the sponsor said an emergency clause was included so plates could be in production before the celebration. The committee voted 9-0 to pass the bill.
The committee then considered House Bill 4299, by Rep. Blair, to rename the interchange at Indian Hills Road and I-35 as the Toby Keith interchange. Members asked for clarification on the location and whether the Keith family had been consulted; the sponsor said the family was ready to move forward and that the effort had been started previously by a former member. The bill passed 8-2.
Under oversight, the committee approved a PCS for House Bill 4265, the omnibus memorial roads and bridges naming bill, on a 9-0 vote. It then took up House Bill 4266, the special license plates omnibus bill, where members asked about how funds from out-of-state college and university plates would be handled; the sponsor said the money would stay in Oklahoma through the state system and that no funds would go to out-of-state schools. That bill also passed, 10-0. The chair noted the committee would meet again the following week and members would be told by Friday whether there would be an agenda.
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- expenditures, state liabilities, state debt, bonds, and public finance, and just about everything that
- It's on the constitutional law of state budgeting.
- It's undermining the fast-growth tech companies, the job growth engines of our state, and every state
- from doing business in Washington State.
- helped our state tax code go from the first, the worst, most regressive state to the second most regressive
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House State Government & Tribal Relations Jan 21st, 2026 at 01:30 pm
State Government & Tribal Relations
Transcript Highlights:
- Do their states have that also?
- of the United States.
- And we are part of a 50-state federation of states where the decisions of the U.S.
- State... ...because another state has done something is really not the purview of Washington State to
- We'll now call up our Secretary of State, Steve Hobbs, and the former Secretary of State, Sam Reed.
Keywords:
redistricting, congressional representation, census, state law, legislative boundaries, ballot measures, petitioners, signature gatherers, voting rights, election integrity, initiative process, referendum, signature gathering, ballot measure, citizen actions, support demonstration, 904, all
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Civil Rights & Judiciary Jan 20th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Civil Rights & Judiciary
Transcript Highlights:
- You bring up State v. Steel.
- I'm from the state of Kansas.
- This law is now in 31 states, and it's primarily due to my wife and I going state to state.
- agencies in Washington State.
- Other states have this, including red and blue states. The sky hasn't fallen there.