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NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate Chamber Feb 19th, 2026 at 08:53 am

New Mexico Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • the many times To come.
  • Other members who want to speak for the first time, Senator Townsend, I'll go to you for a second time
  • Speak on this a long time.
  • Time after time, when there's employer issues health stuff.
  • I know time is short, Mr. President.
Bills: SB273, SB37, SB100
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • I have time, I mean given where we're all at with only one hearing.
  • But I also don't want to waste a member's time, so I don't want to, you know, I don't want to...
  • Time, by the way, but is that a hand grenade or something like that?
  • There's many times they have not, and they've acquired them by other means.
Bills: HCR40, HB214, HB214
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 4/14/26

Higher Education Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Thank you for your consideration. commitment at the time benefits are commitment at the time benefits
  • <01:19:29.679> employee that is a permanent part-time employee that is a permanent part-time
  • , it's 40/60% at the college level full-time to part-time and 30/70% at the state level, and again that
  • <01:25:53.280> to<01:25:53.679> part-time the college level full-time to part-time
  • knew I didn't want to teach full-time knew I didn't want to teach full-time and<01:31:57.920>
Bills: HF4479, HF4368, HF4889
Summary: The committee approved the April 9 minutes and then took up House File 4479, which would require public postsecondary institutions to make space available for town halls and similar official events by elected officials, with limits intended to keep the events on the official side and not campaign-related. Representative Frederick said the bill is meant to prevent universities from creating barriers such as fees or parking charges and to ensure a neutral, accessible venue for community conversations. The bill was laid over for possible later action. The committee heard supportive testimony from Jim Dimmick of Minnesota State University, Mankato, who argued that town halls should be public, open, moderated, and dialogic rather than speeches, and said universities should be centers for public discourse. He also said charging fees can undermine neutrality and that using partisan student groups to sponsor events can create the appearance of bias. Minnesota State official Mr. Omen said campuses often host these events, fees are set locally to cover costs, and student government sponsorship can sometimes avoid charges; he also noted the fee at Mankato is discounted and depends on room size. Several members raised concerns about the bill. Representative Scott, Chair Robbins, Representative Schwarz, Representative Allen, and others argued that campuses should not be required by statute to give legislators special treatment, that fees and parking costs cover real expenses, and that universities should remain focused on education rather than political events. Questions also focused on who would decide what room size is reasonable, how disputes would be handled, and who would pay for security if protests or safety issues arose. Representative Frederick responded that room selection would be a good-faith partnership with the university, that the bill does not require a town hall or guarantee a specific room, and that security funding is not spelled out in the bill.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 3/17/26

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • Co-pays and deductibles break the bank every time.
  • While it's true ESPs bank every time.
  • So, I will be sure to raise my hand higher next time.
  • So, I will be sure to raise my hand higher next time.
  • And so, uh, with that, good government all the time.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

CAA Public Hearing - Wed Feb 4, 2026 @ 9:30 AM HST

Culture & Arts

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, and let's try to have a good time.
  • I was testifying at the same time in another committee. We'll be standing on our comments.
  • >> I repeated it three times in three different ways. >> Thank you, Charlie.
Summary: The committee on Culture and the Arts heard several measures related to arts funding, administration, and access. Testimony was largely supportive across the agenda. For HB 2218 and HB 1815, the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts supported the bills, and members discussed transition timing and administrative support, including the need for an additional year in one measure and a temporary administrative position to help with the transfer. HB 1764, the music accessibility pilot program, drew broad support from the Retail Merchants of Hawaii, Hawaii Symphony Orchestra, Hawaii Public Library System, Hawaii Youth Symphony, and others, with testimony emphasizing library-based music programming, community access, and economic benefits. HB 2117, which would create an arts data mapping task force, also received extensive support, though witnesses suggested narrowing the initial scope, adding representatives from independent and charter schools and neighbor island arts programs, and ensuring adequate funding and a realistic timeline for the work. The committee also heard HB 2436 on arts integration in public schools, HB 2438 on the Hawaii Cultural Trust, and HB 2532 on the Hawaiian flag. HB 2436 and HB 2438 received support from SFCA, while the Cultural Trust bill prompted a lengthy explanation from the chair about how the proposed tax credit would work and amendments to clarify that donations to the trust and to qualifying cultural nonprofits must be made in tandem, with eligible organizations listed and updated annually by SFCA and OHA. HB 2532 drew testimony from Dr. Adam Jansen in support of protecting the Hawaiian flag as a historical and cultural symbol; he said the flag should continue to be used for solidarity, protest, inclusion, and identity. At the decision-making portion, the committee adopted the chair’s recommendations on the measures considered. HB 2118, HB 764, HB 1815, and HB 2117 were passed with amendments, including date deferrals and technical changes; HB 764 also had its appropriation blanked out. HB 2436 was passed with amendments, and HB 2438 was advanced with substantial clarifying amendments to the cultural trust structure. The chair indicated that HB 2117 would include an interim report due in 2027 focused on music and dance, with a final report due in 2029 on arts education more broadly.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Education May 15th, 2025

Public Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Our release time programs work with school administrators to find a time for students to attend that
  • I remember doing release time in the early 1960s.
  • We ask for a time that works for each student.
  • During a core class time or a state exam course.
  • How might this impact how that time is used?
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/4/25

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • We were able to have a good time and enjoy working.
  • He sees our veterans all the time.
  • understanding that you are a full-time understanding that you are a full-time worker<00:27:03.480
  • <00:32:36.240> folks younger potentially only part-time folks younger potentially only part-time
  • time standing up for Minnesota's workers.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

04/28/2026 - Joint Appropriations

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is the time to ask any technical questions.
  • That's why it's one-time. That's the difference between ongoing versus one-time.
  • At the same time, these budget proposal cuts and one-time reductions of nearly 9% to university operating
  • I only do one at a time.
  • I voted no last time.
Summary: The committee met in a special joint appropriations session to review the FY 2027 budget package, including House Bill 4138 and Senate Bill 1831, the general appropriations or “feed” bills. Staff described the budget as including a one-time transfer of state funds, a 5% lump-sum reduction to most agencies’ discretionary general-fund budgets, continued funding for the state health insurance plan and school facilities, and various one-time restorations or reversions of prior appropriations. Members spent much of the meeting clarifying how the 5% reductions would work, noting that formula and mandatory funding such as K-12 basic aid are excluded, while the governor’s executive branch would decide how to implement the cuts within agencies. The chair repeatedly emphasized that the committee was not specifying line-item cuts and that agencies would have discretion over implementation. A large portion of the discussion focused on the practical effects of the budget on universities, public safety, health care, rural programs, and fund sweeps. Arizona Board of Regents and university representatives said the proposed reductions would amount to more than $85 million statewide and could affect programs such as the Arizona Promise Program, Teachers Academy, and tuition freezes, though no specific program cuts were written into the bill. Other testimony raised concerns about fund sweeps from encumbered balances, including university research funds, housing trust funds, utility regulation funds, and ADOT-related accounts, with some members warning about possible impacts on rural infrastructure and federal matching dollars. The committee also discussed the state employee health plan, including a $228 million general-fund infusion and proposed employee premium increases over three years, as well as questions about corrections, forestry and fire management, and rural critical access hospitals. Public testimony was largely opposed to the budget. Speakers from Opportunity Arizona, the Arizona Board of Regents, health care, and local government argued that the package would reduce support for education, housing, SNAP, health care access, and rural communities while preserving tax benefits for data centers and wealthy taxpayers. A mayor from Globe described severe flood damage and asked for state help for a flood relief fund, while a motorcycle safety advocate questioned a proposed transfer from the motorcycle safety fund. Committee members debated whether the budget’s effects should be described as speculative or as likely consequences of the broad cuts, and several exchanges became contentious over comparisons to the Great Recession and references to federal tax policy. The meeting ended with continued public testimony and no final vote taken in the portion provided, though leadership had earlier said the committee planned a mass roll-call vote on all the bills at the end.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Common Education Feb 11th, 2026 at 03:00 pm

Common Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • And while at the time I was told that the bill allowed this approach, it didn't require this approach
  • At the time, I thought I heard about three times, but I wasn't clear if that was a semester or a year
  • More recently, I heard five times, but I want to make clear that all of our newly certified teachers,
  • So this is a bill that would limit screen time through K through 5 to 1 hour a Day, there is no data
  • Thank you, committee, for your time.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Criminal Jurisprudence Apr 22nd, 2025

Criminal Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • I would anticipate that we would take most of the time that we have before session to do the voting.
  • district court if the juvenile is charged with a first-degree felony, was 14 years of age or older at the time
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Criminal Jurisprudence Apr 22nd, 2025

Criminal Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • It ran out of time in the Senate.
  • Nine times out of ten, probably 9.9 times out of ten, it's the state.
  • to time.
  • I see I'm almost out of time.
  • We've known each other for a long time. Long time.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education May 1st, 2025

S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • They used the same fiscal note as the last time that this bill came up, which is a ridiculous amount.
  • As it relates to that, because what it should be is the basic allotment times 1.28 in middle school,
  • The basic allotment times 1.28, so that's if the basic allotment is $6,000, they get that, and then on
  • B.A. times 1.28 versus B.A. times 1.28. Point well noted. Just double-check on that.
  • All right, at this time the chair lays out House Bill 4980 and recognizes Chairman Wilson to explain
Bills: HB 1079, HB3651, HB4980
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Children and Senior Advocacy Committee Mar 19th, 2025

Children and Senior Advocacy

Transcript Highlights:
  • If any of y'all had been involved in times past with kids playing football, In times past with kids playing
  • In the meantime, the child was left at home at this time.
  • It happens all the time. If this bill is passed, it the time.
  • But I will tell you I've been there a long time.
  • Is that why you bring the bill at this time?
Bills: SB140, HB235, HB276, HB317, HB340
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 2/17/25

Transportation Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
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  • we encounter is the prolong wait times we encounter is the prolong wait times for<00:36:25.560><
  • significant as well and a lot of times significant as well and a lot of times there<01:08:55.199
  • Appreciate your time today.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Environment Committee Meeting - 2026-04-16

Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Thank you for your time and consideration. in a timely manner and as a result, in a timely manner and
  • the time to be here today. the time to be here today.
  • and time and time again.
  • <01:23:18.520> and<01:23:18.640> time changes time and time and time and time changes
  • time and time and time and time again. again. again.