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NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Radioactive and Hazardous Materials Sep 2nd, 2025
Radioactive & Hazardous Materials Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- But that was withheld as secret.
- They cannot cover those with trade secret claims, although they can use trade secret claims to hide.
- entries it'll say, you know, trade secret, trade secret, that should have been disclosed under the new
- It breaks down the use of trade secret chemicals or trade secret surfactants, which is a class of trade
- secret chemicals that could be PFAS.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Working Group on Omnibus Jobs, Labor and Economic Development - 05/27/25
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> and trade secret and trade secret information.<00:04:45.280><c> Reasonable,</c><00:04:45.759><c>
- While patent and trade secret today.
- ,</c> information, including trade secrets, information, including trade secrets, may<00:09:47.839><c
- We could talk about the secrets.
- </c> which is the proprietary trade secrets. which is the proprietary trade secrets.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 3/5/26
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Transcript Highlights:
- So maybe you could address<00:30:28.000><c> that,</c> address that, address that, >> Mr.<00:30:
- </c> >> may prefer to address it. >> may prefer to address it.
- </c> 13371B classifies trade secret 13371B classifies trade secret information<01:08:13.200><c> and</
- </c> protect uh privacy and trade secrets. protect uh privacy and trade secrets.
- </c> secrets would be. secrets would be.
Committee:
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Cmte on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - Subcommittee on Veterans - 03/09/26
Transcript Highlights:
- The first address, our number-one bonding priority, is the design funding for a new hangar at the 148th
- The first address, our number-one bonding priority, is the design funding for a new hangar at the 148th
- This a soldier's life in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War, or the Secret War. This year...
- officers who served in the secret war in Laos remotely.
- SERVED IN THE SECRET WAR IN LAOS REMOTELY. WE ALSO HEARD FROM THE NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION.
Summary:
The Minnesota Senate Subcommittee on Veterans heard a Department of Military Affairs presentation on bonding, tuition benefits, and cyber response. The department requested $3.5 million in design funding for a new hangar at the 148th Fighter Wing in Duluth, citing safety problems with the aging 1950s-era hangars and the need to improve the wing’s competitiveness for future federal military construction funding. It also sought $2.5 million for asset preservation at Army facilities statewide, emphasizing that state dollars are often matched by federal funds. A National Guard lieutenant also testified about the State Tuition Reimbursement Program, describing how it helped pay for her undergraduate and doctoral education and reduce student debt.
The committee also received an update on Minnesota National Guard cyber operations, including the response to the July 2025 ransomware attack on the City of Saint Paul. Testimony described the cyber coordination cell’s role in planning, interagency coordination, and support during the incident, including helping re-image about 500 computers and assisting with network recovery. Members heard that the Guard’s cyber teams conduct extensive partner engagement and are prepared to support state and local entities when civil resources are exhausted and the incident exceeds local capacity.
Three bills were then heard and advanced. Senate File 4075, as amended, would implement recommendations from the task force on Special Guerrilla Unit and regular forces veterans from the Secret War in Laos, including eligibility and benefit changes; the committee adopted an amendment and passed the bill to the full committee. Senate File 3956, as amended, would clarify that the Department of Veterans Affairs may partner with veteran-serving organizations using nonmonetary resources to address food insecurity, homelessness, and suicide prevention; it was also referred onward. Senate File 4056, as amended, would add veteran or military status as a protected class under the Minnesota Human Rights Act; testimony supported the change, including concerns about service members losing educational opportunities while on state active duty, and the bill was passed to the full committee.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/26
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
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- </c> the options that we have um to address the options that we have um to address remaining<00:31:15.760
- When we tell let you in on a secret.
- ,</c> about how you protect trade secrets, about how you protect trade secrets, what<00:50:27.839><c>
- </c><00:58:32.240><c> both</c> think where we've tried to address both think where we've tried to address
Keywords:
boat storage structures, public waters, natural resources, rule amendments, watercraft canopy, PFAS, environmental regulation, manufacturers, public health, product safety, groundwater, water appropriation, water-use permit, water permit, aquifer test, aquifer, well construction, groundwater permit, Department of Natural Resources, DNR
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
General Government REVISED: Links added Feb 3rd, 2026 at 01:30 pm
General Government
Transcript Highlights:
- This directly addresses a core structural problem.
- This addresses documented concerns that TIF districts often function as a closed looped.
- When, from what I can see, everything that protected trade secrets is completely redacted.
- And so what House Bill 3075 does is address this problem in the Public sector only.
- Chairman, this would address any municipalities.
Committee:
House General Government
Keywords:
purchasing, compliance, state employees, longevity pay, contract management, unclaimed property, service charges, property fund, accountability, government transparency, local development, economic impact, voter approval, tax increment financing, review committee, public finance, blight, salary increase, bonus limits, job performance
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- And I really would like to address those.
- NDAs are for trade secrets, not trauma secrets. I get asked a lot.
- Secrets don't help children. Children, right?
- secrets in a business, that's not what we're talking about here.
- Because I have never seen a secret that benefits a child.
Committee:
House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- If there's a crime and we're addressing that, that is outside of the House.
- I don't believe that in the case of a secret hearing, a secret meeting of the Ethics Council, the Ethics
- to back up to the beginning and to the problem that we're trying to address.
- But nevertheless, it is recorded, even if it is secret and private.
- One of the key things we see is how to address it when we see misuse of it.
Committee:
House Judiciary, Rules and Administration
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Commerce and Tourism Feb 4th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- The NLRB, the NLRA, allows recognition of a union by either secret ballot or card.
- The NLRB, the NLRA, allows recognition of a union by either secret ballot or card.
- So let me address that.
- So the landing fees, I want to address that.
- So I'm going to step back and address a couple of things that I've heard.
Summary:
The committee first took up SB 1236, which would condition state economic development incentives on employers at subsidized companies using secret-ballot union elections and prohibiting neutrality agreements. The sponsor said the bill is meant to protect workers and taxpayer dollars, and he noted he would amend the Attorney General enforcement language to allow appeals. Supporters argued it protects secret ballots and transparency, while opponents said it is a form of union-busting, could conflict with federal labor law, and would burden contractors and workers. After debate, the committee reported the bill favorably on a roll call vote, with Senators Bracey Davis, Smith, and Errington voting no and the remaining recorded votes in favor.
The committee then heard CS/SB 198, which regulates cryptocurrency kiosks to combat fraud, especially against seniors. The bill requires kiosk registration, fraud warnings, blockchain analytics, transaction limits, receipts, and refund protections for certain first-time transactions involving non-U.S. wallets. Supporters from consumer and senior advocacy groups said the bill would help stop widespread scams, while one industry witness praised the bill’s fraud protections but suggested narrowing the daily limits and new-customer period. The committee reported the bill favorably by roll call vote.
Next, the committee considered CS/SB 1356 on dog breeding, pet sales, and breeder registration. The sponsor described it as a work in progress aimed at ending inhumane breeding conditions, improving consumer disclosures, and creating breeder standards and penalties; an amendment removed state oversight of local animal shelters. Pet store representatives supported many animal welfare provisions but objected to the three-day financing waiting period, shelter-space requirements, expanded reimbursement, and litigation exposure. Animal welfare supporters backed the bill, and the committee reported it favorably.
The committee also heard SB 1722 on app stores and minors’ access to apps. The bill requires age verification, parental consent for minors, notice of app changes, and enforcement by the Department of Legal Affairs. Supporters said it would better protect children online and help enforce existing age-based restrictions, while opponents warned it could require overcollection of personal data, create privacy and constitutional problems, and duplicate tools parents already have. After debate, the committee reported the bill favorably. Finally, the committee took up CS/SB 422, which would bar use of ADS-B aviation data to calculate or collect certain airport fees, with an amendment adding departures to the covered activities. A pilot supported the bill as a safety and privacy measure, while airport advocates opposed it, saying it would undermine airport finances and force less efficient fee collection methods. The transcript ends during testimony on this bill, before final action is shown.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session - part 2 May 9th, 2025
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Members, this is definitely addressing a concern.
- Address this, but that's the piece that we need to commit to work on.
- They have a secret, and they're using it well.
- it secret due to its economic value.
- That's what trade secrets are.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Labor & Commerce Jan 20th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Labor & Commerce
Transcript Highlights:
- Otherwise, PERC must conduct a secret ballot election.
- The secret ballots exist to protect individual choice.
- Secret ballots, if there's only one union available, card check is the only option.
- And again, this doesn't address disposal requirements, doesn't address anything else related to asbestos
- This bill addresses that directly. ...understanding their rights or protecting their families.
Committee:
Senate Labor & Commerce
Keywords:
agriculture, collective bargaining, labor relations, public employment, agricultural employees, SB 6188, asbestos, asbestos training, asbestos certification, asbestos worker, asbestos supervisor, Department of Labor and Industries, L&I, rulemaking authority, occupational safety, workplace safety, hazardous materials, abatement, encapsulation, removal
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- We always talked about there are no secrets here.
- There are surprises, but we're not going to have a secret.
- Would get out and they wouldn't have to hold that secret.
- It's secret, so I can keep that secret.
- An NDA, keeping that secret, keeps the big secret better. don't know about each other, it did not help
Committee:
Senate State Affairs
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 3/17/26
Commerce Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- , double secret wine purchase.”
- , double secret wine purchase.”
- , double secret wine purchase.”
- , double secret wine purchase.”
- </c> secret, double secret wine purchase. secret, double secret wine purchase.
Committee:
House Commerce Finance and Policy
Keywords:
alcohol consumption, nursing homes, assisted living, resident activities, Minnesota Statutes, seasonal liquor licenses, resorts, intoxicating liquor, county board, Brainerd, Northern Pacific Center, event center, liquor license, on-sale license, alcohol sales, special law, local option, Minnesota liquor law, chapter 340A, Sunday sales
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Veterans and Military Affairs Division 3/4/26
Veterans and Military Affairs Division
Transcript Highlights:
- Um so we need to address<00:15:35.680><c> that.
- But that is, you know, the address that.
- We would encourage you to learn more about the secret war.
- </c> uh opan 34 commandos that did uh secret uh opan 34 commandos that did uh secret work<00:31:57.679
- Uh Veterans away so we can address this.
Committee:
House Veterans and Military Affairs Division
FL
Florida 2026 4th Special Session
February 12, 2026 - 12:30 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- But the only request and the only requirement that we have is that that would be done by a secret ballot
- You said that they could have a... can't have a secret ballot, or they can't have a secret ballot, but
- One of them being by card check, one of them being by secret ballot.
- We are saying that we are requiring it to be done by secret ballot if they choose. All right.
- And I appreciate the conversation we had, and a lot of it, I think, will be addressed in his amendment
Summary:
The Transportation Economic Development Budget Subcommittee met with a quorum and took up four member bills. The first, CS/HB 1387 by Rep. Overdorf, would create the Taxpayer Dollars Protect Workers Act and require secret-ballot union recognition for companies receiving state economic development funds. Questions focused on whether the bill was pro- or anti-union and on its fiscal impact; the sponsor said it was neutral and expected no fiscal impact. Public testimony was overwhelmingly opposed, with several speakers arguing it would interfere with private-sector labor relations and discourage companies with existing labor agreements from investing in Florida, while a few supporters backed the measure. The bill was reported favorably on a party-line style vote, with several members voting no.
The committee then unanimously reported favorably CS/HB 1211 by Rep. Albert, which streamlines senior management service governance in the Department of Military Affairs, updates military leave benefits for state employees serving in the Florida National Guard, expands emergency financial assistance eligibility for guardsmen, and repeals an unfunded statutory program. An amendment aligning senior management positions under state statute was adopted without objection. The committee also unanimously reported favorably CS/HB 741 by Rep. Owen, a Department of Commerce bill updating outdated statutes, including provisions on military installation revertor clauses, rural community definitions, community development block grant language, and E-Verify/unauthorized employment provisions; the sponsor said there would be little or no fiscal impact. Finally, CS/CS/HB 1093 by Rep. Spencer, dealing with advanced air mobility, was amended to focus on infrastructure and funding for vertiports and charging systems and to remove liability, siding, and preemption provisions. Support came from industry and legal groups, and the bill was reported favorably unanimously.
Before adjournment, the chair noted that budget recommendations for fiscal year 2026-27 had been submitted to the appropriations chair. The ranking member offered closing remarks, saying it was his last year in the House and thanking members for their collegiality. The meeting then adjourned.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
General Government REVISED: Links added Feb 3rd, 2026
General Government
Transcript Highlights:
- This directly addresses a core structural problem identified by I.
- This directly addresses a core structural problem identified by I. District.
- when, from what I can see, everything that protected trade secrets is completely redacted.
- And so what House Bill 3075 does is address this problem.
- Chairman, this would address any municipalities.
Committee:
House General Government
Summary:
The committee met for its first General Government meeting of the second part of session and laid over several agenda items, including bills listed as numbers 3, 4, and 10. HB 3310, the Government Accountability and Budget Transparency Act, was presented as a procurement accountability measure to strengthen oversight, efficiency, and timely payment to private vendors doing business with the state. After brief questioning about whether late payment is a widespread problem, the committee voted 8-0 to pass the bill.
HB 431, which would increase the treasurer’s share of the unclaimed property administration fee from 4% to 6%, was presented as necessary to cover higher operating costs such as salaries and IT. The author emphasized that the change would not cost taxpayers anything or reduce the amount returned to owners of unclaimed property. The committee approved the bill after questions about long-term impacts on the unclaimed property fund.
The most extensive discussion centered on HB 3841, a major reform of tax increment financing (TIF). The author said the bill would not ban TIFs but would require voter approval, separate consent from affected taxing jurisdictions, more transparency, annual training for review committees, independent legal and financial opinions, and economic impact studies. Members raised concerns that the bill’s wording—especially the “majority of the eligible voters” language and removal of executive-session confidentiality—could make TIFs impractical or eliminate trade-secret protections, and they also questioned costs and effects on economic development. At the author’s request and with committee support, the bill was laid over for further work.
The committee then passed HB 3024, which creates statutory limits and oversight for state employee pay increases and bonuses, including a 10% cap unless higher amounts are approved through cabinet secretary/OMES procedures. Supporters said it would add transparency and curb large, unreported raises, while questions focused on whether it would help address broader pay disparities. Finally, HB 3075, as amended by a PCS, was presented to authorize rounding cash transactions to the nearest nickel for state agencies and local governments in response to the practical disappearance of pennies. The committee approved that bill as well, and the meeting adjourned with plans to reconvene the following week.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> had uh who has a right to a secret had uh who has a right to a secret ballot<00:07:27.520><c> to
- </c><00:22:31.360><c> thing</c> who they voted for, a very secret thing who they voted for, a very secret
- </c><00:22:52.640><c> ballot</c> loss of a the right to a secret ballot loss of a the right to a secret
- So, it's not that um a secret ballot.
- We have a process in Minnesota for addressing this." uh and that is the certification that is uh and
Committee:
House Ethics
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Minnesota House passes SF1832, the workforce, labor, and economic development finance bill 5/9/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- They have trade secrets.
- That's what trade secrets are.
- and because you keep it it's secret and because you keep it secret<01:27:34.719><c> because</c><01:27
- </c> secret because of its economic value. secret because of its economic value.
- How do you address<01:48:47.520><c> the</c> address the address the everinccreasing<01:48:50.679><c>
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism 2ND REVISED Feb 24th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism
Transcript Highlights:
- SB 1937 preserves the secret ballot and union representation decisions.
- How do we know that this type of election is better for a secret ballot?
- What we have in this is that there will be a secret ballot election, yes. Thank you, Mr.
- We do have the secret ballot at the ballot box when people are voting for individuals.
- There are numerous instances where there is a secret ballot.
Bills:
SB1327 , SB1372 , SB1403 , SB1937 , SB277 , SB2131 , SB1749 , SB1348 , SB1469 , SB2018 , SB1931 , SB1530 , SB2155
Keywords:
tourism, recreation, economic development, Oklahoma Commission, executive director, probation, credits, educational advancement, Oklahoma Statutes, criminal justice reform, job incentives, tax rebates, Oklahoma Quality Jobs Program, employment growth, wage requirements, labor organization, incentives, employer practices, union neutrality, worker rights
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- The Pediatric Secretive Transitions Parental Rights Act.
- Opponents claim that secrets are necessary to protect children from unsupportive parents.
- This habit of keeping secrets from parents is no different than parent alienation.
- I'm not, I don't believe that schools or providers are trying to be secretive.
- If there's, in fact, nothing secret about it.
Committee:
House Judiciary, Rules and Administration