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HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

House Chamber - Tue Feb 10, 2026, 12:00PM HST - Day 12

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Will the House come to order? Will the House come to order? Will the House come to order?
  • of Welcome to your House of Welcome to your House of Representatives.
  • <00:15:44.240> of Welcome, Illeia Gian to your House of Welcome, Illeia Gian to your House
  • >> Madam Speaker, I move that this house >> Madam Speaker, I move that this house stand
  • The House stands adjourned carried.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

WAL Public Hearing - Tue Apr 7, 2026 @ 10:00 AM HST

Water & Land

Transcript Highlights:
  • So, with that, then let's open up with SB 2405, SD1, HD2, relating to agricultural workforce housing
  • housing.
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  • . re-housed. re-housed.
  • Okay, we're voting on SB 2405 SD1 HD2, relating to agricultural workforce housing.
Summary: The Water and Land Committee met on April 7 and heard testimony on several resolutions and one bill. SB 2405 SD1 HD2, relating to agricultural workforce housing, received support from the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity, HFTC, and the Hawaii Farmers Union, and the committee later recommended passage as is; one member voted with reservations citing department cost and staffing concerns. The committee also heard HCR 19/HR 20 designating March as March for Water Month, HCR 63/HR 57 urging DLNR and DOT to clarify jurisdiction over Honouliuli Bridge, HCR 85/HR 77 on transferring parcels for the East Kapolei TOD project, HCR 140/HR 132 on vegetation management and fuel reduction in West Maui, HCR 166/HR 156 on identifying East Oahu lands for native Hawaiian tree planting, HCR 82/HR 74 on basic shelter standards for rapid deployment housing, HCR 98/HR 90 on a Honolulu housing pattern book, HCR 104/HR 96 on North Shore coastal trails, HCR 106/HR 98 on endorsing Waikiki as a world surfing reserve, HCR 141/HR 133 on Maui fire code enforcement, and HCR 165/HR 155 on permanent pickleball nets and lighting at Kamiloiki Community Park. Testimony was generally supportive on most measures, with several agencies and organizations submitting written comments or appearing in support. HCR 82/HR 74 drew the most discussion: the State Council on Developmental Disabilities supported the intent but asked that accessibility be considered on the front end, while another testifier opposed the resolution, arguing it could turn temporary emergency shelters into permanent substandard housing and should be deferred. Committee members discussed temporary versus permanent housing standards and accessibility, and the chair later said the measure would be amended to require permanent units to meet appropriate code standards and to note accessibility concerns in the committee report. On HCR 140/HR 132, DLNR testified that firebreak maintenance on its Waianae lands would be costly, and members noted funding and staffing implications. At the end of the meeting, the committee adopted the chair’s recommendations on the measures it voted on. SB 2405 was passed with a reservation from one member; HCR 19/HR 20, HCR 63/HR 57, HCR 85/HR 77, HCR 98/HR 90, HCR 104/HR 96, HCR 106/HR 98, HCR 141/HR 133, and HCR 165/HR 155 were passed unamended, while HCR 140/HR 132 was passed with reservations and HCR 166/HR 156 and HCR 82/HR 74 were passed with amendments. The committee then adjourned.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/26

Housing Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • I call this House Housing Finance and Policy Committee to order.
  • Housing Fund, and the Family Housing Fund.
  • :10:44.160> Family<00:10:44.480> Housing Minnesota Housing Fund, Family Housing Minnesota
  • manufactured housing. manufactured housing.
  • I'm sure manufactured housing housing.
Bills: HF4234, HF484, HF483, HF2614
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 3/17/26

Housing Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chair Michael Howard called the House Housing Finance and Policy Committee to order.
  • Protecting HRA employees supports workforce stability, reduces turnover, and helps ensure housing services
  • federal housing choice voucher program. federal housing choice voucher program.
  • that, House File 4141 is laid over. that, House File 4141 is laid over.
  • House File 3951. House File 3951.
Bills: HF4141, HF3951
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 4/15/26

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • 03:47.720> Family<00:03:48.120> Housing Minnesota Housing Fund, Family Housing Minnesota
  • Housing Fund, Family Housing and<00:03:48.760> Family<00:03:49.160> Housing<00:03:49.519
  • housing program. housing program.
  • House File 1183. House File 1183.
  • workforce development fund. workforce development fund.
Summary: The committee first adopted the April 14, 2026 minutes as amended, correcting a misspelling in the reference to Chair Davids. It then heard House File 4234, a tax-exempt bonding/affordable housing bill from Representative Rey Rower, and adopted a technical A1 amendment before laying the bill over for possible inclusion in the 2026 tax bill. The bill would conform Minnesota law to recent federal changes to low-income housing tax credit rules by lowering the amount of tax-exempt bonds needed for projects to qualify, with the stated goal of spreading bond allocations across more projects and increasing affordable housing production without additional state funds. Testimony in support came from the bill author, the Greater Minnesota Housing Fund, and Mary Tingerthal, who said the change would increase efficiency in the use of federal bond authority and could raise the number of funded housing projects from about 16 to 25 per year, bringing in roughly $120 million more annually for housing. Members discussed where the benefits would be felt statewide, including greater Minnesota and larger metro areas, and the author said the bill would help address shortages in affordable and senior housing. The committee took no final vote on the bill, instead laying it over. The committee next heard House File 3697 from Vice Chair Norris, which would change Minnesota’s tax refund claim timelines to better align with federal law and most other states. The author and a tax attorney testifier said the bill would reduce confusion and help taxpayers, especially vulnerable individuals who may overpay or be overassessed and then miss the current deadline to seek refunds. The Department of Revenue said it had no concerns with the language and did not oppose the bill, and the committee laid the bill over for possible inclusion in the 2026 tax bill. Finally, the committee began hearing House File 4738 from Representative Keeler, a Safe Harbor funding proposal for victims of sex trafficking and sexually exploited youth. The author described Safe Harbor as a statewide program serving youth across Minnesota and said the committee should consider creative funding options, but Chair Davids stated the proposed funding source would not work because it would take money from women’s sports scholarships. Testifiers from Lake House in Duluth and a former Safe Harbor youth described the program’s impact on homeless and trafficked youth, including shelter, mental health services, education, and transition to adulthood. The hearing continued with testimony, but no action was taken in the portion provided.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Tourism and Gaming Working Group (TGWG) - Wed Apr 15, 2026 @ 11:30 AM HST

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • House District 24 and chair of the House Tourism Committee.
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  • that gambled his house away. that gambled his house away.
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Appropriations Apr 16th, 2025 at 08:00 am

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chair, I move for a due pass on Senate bill, or House Bill 1577 as amended.
  • Chairman, I move we reconsider our actions on House Bill 1009. Second.
  • We're now in the reconsideration of House Bill 1009, Senator Wanzek. Mr.
  • The committee will be on House Bill 1619. The amendments are being passed around.
  • Senator Schaible has a second on due pass as amended on House Bill 1619.
Bills: SB2225, HB1619
Summary: The Appropriations Committee met to clear several remaining bills and discussed scheduling around upcoming conference committees. The chair noted that full committee meetings would likely be held after floor session, while Thursday and Friday mornings were being reserved for conference committees. Members also discussed how conference committees would be scheduled and where they would appear on their dashboards. The committee first took up House Bill 1577, relating to wastewater facility grants. Amendments were adopted to create a loan/line-of-credit mechanism through the Bank of North Dakota and the Department of Environmental Quality to keep two canceled federal BRIC-funded projects moving: a lagoon project in Fezenden and a wastewater treatment project in Lincoln. Members emphasized the language was intended to apply only to those projects and to preserve the possibility of federal reimbursement later. The amendment passed 16-0, and the bill as amended received a 15-1 do pass recommendation. The committee then reconsidered House Bill 1009 and adopted an additional amendment transferring the remaining balance in the bioscience innovation grant fund to the general fund, rather than issuing another round of grants. That amendment passed 16-0, and the bill as amended also received a 16-0 do pass recommendation. Finally, the committee considered House Bill 1619, creating a long-term care facility loan fund and adjusting an existing medical facility loan program. After discussion, members amended the bill to reduce the long-term care fund cap to $10 million per project, set the interest rate at 2%, extend repayment to 30 years, and align the medical facility loan program to 2% with a 30-year term. The amendment passed 14-2, and the bill as amended received a 16-0 do pass recommendation.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/25

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • I am calling to order this meeting of the House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and
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  • rights under the nursing home Workforce rights under the nursing home Workforce Standards<00:03:
  • <00:04:12.760> so the the industry in that Workforce so the the industry in that Workforce
  • under the purview of the workforce under the purview of the workforce Standards<00:26:36.039>
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate County and Municipal Government Committee Apr 29th, 2025

County and Municipal Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, representative Lands in the house Representative Lands in the House hearing also asked the sponsor
  • One bill deals with municipal housing authorities and the other with county... ...housing authorities
  • existing public housing developments and to build new affordable housing.
  • Members, this is a companion bill from the House.
  • bill. ...the House bill.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House State Government Committee Apr 2nd, 2025

State Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • tax credits, build the facilities on land owned by the housing authority, and then these housing projects
  • So that's the purpose of both House Bill 90 and House Bill 91.
  • One is for municipal housing... ...and 91.
  • One is for municipal housing authorities, and one is for county housing authorities.
  • Housing authorities now have the ability to go out and borrow money.
Bills: HB442, HB459, HB90, HB91, HB461, HB481
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Business and Insurance 2ND REVISED Apr 16th, 2026 at 09:30 am

Business and Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • I declare House Bill 3081 to have passed. Thank you, Mr.
  • Members, House Bill 3983 is a fair tax piece of legislation.
  • Members, House Bill 3790 is the Homeowner's Protection Act.
  • It's a house bill, and he's agreed to be able to carry it.
  • And you are recognized to explain the provisions of House Bill 3673.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Business and Insurance 2ND REVISED Apr 16th, 2026

Business and Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Members, House Bill 3983 is a fair tax piece of legislation.
  • Members, House Bill 3983 is a fair tax piece of legislation.
  • Members, House Bill 3983 is a fair tax piece of legislation.
  • I declare House Bill 3041 to have passed.
  • Members, House Bill 4105 is a very simple bill.
Summary: The Business and Insurance Committee considered a long agenda of bills and executive nominations. Among the bills, it advanced measures to update fire extinguisher industry age restrictions and application rules (HB 381), create a five-day cancellation right for homeowners after severe storm-related contracts (HB 3790), require a biennial workers’ compensation medical fee schedule update (HJR 1023), create the Oklahoma Home Services Act to standardize home service contract disclosures (HB 4139, amended to correct a wording error), cap surcharge fees and add a career tech exemption (HB 3041), create the Oklahoma Tolling and Recovery Board (HB 3297), allow expired electrical contractor licenses to be reinstated without re-examination (HB 3673), clarify who is not a security guard for licensing purposes (HB 4105), create a licensing framework for in-ground pool contractors effective November 1, 2027 (HB 3338), and streamline surplus lines insurance procedures and premium tax enforcement (HB 3048). One bill on smokeless tobacco taxation (HB 3983) drew extended debate over whether a weight-based tax would be fairer and revenue-neutral; after questions about health impacts, reporting, fraud concerns, and inflation, the bill failed to receive a second and was left in committee. HB 3041 also drew significant debate over whether it would effectively allow higher credit card surcharges, but it ultimately passed 5-4. The committee also heard numerous executive nominations, all of which were approved and sent to the full Senate. Those included Michael Stop and Michael Bauer to the Oklahoma State Athletic Commission, Michael Cantrell and Burrell Sears to the Oklahoma Abstractors Board, Richard Willoughby to the State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors, E. Keith Mitchell and Andrew Revelis to the ABLE Commission, Jackie Ward to the alarm, locksmith, and fire sprinkler industry board, Terence Shreve to the Used Motor Vehicle Dismantler and Manufacturer Board, and Adra Berry as Cabinet Secretary of Licensing and Regulation. Nominees generally described their professional backgrounds and commitment to public safety, regulation, or industry expertise, and several senators spoke in support of their service. Most nominations passed unanimously or near-unanimously.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development May 14th, 2025

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Workforce and Economic Development Committee will now come to order. Clerk will call the roll.
  • Senate Bill 1228 from the subcommittee on workforce.
  • The chair of the house moves that SB1343 result amendments be reported to the full House with the recommendation
  • Amendments be reported to the full House with the recommendation that it do pass.
  • The committee on trade, workforce, and... Economic development is now adjourned.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • housing supply challenge is real. housing supply challenge is real.
  • housing.
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  • That workforce challenge we find ourselves in is directly relevant to our region's housing crisis.
  • And strengthening this construction workforce is a pro-growth, pro-housing strategy.
Summary: The committee met without a quorum and began informally, with members noting this was the final information-gathering meeting on housing before a November meeting to discuss findings and report back to the LRC. The main presentation focused on the Lexington Affordable Housing Partnership, a public-private effort supported by a $10 million state allocation. Presenters described Fayette County’s housing shortage, citing a gap of more than 22,000 units, rising home prices, and the challenge of assembling land and capital for affordable projects. The partnership explained that five local banks created a $3 million capital investment fund to buy and hold land at no interest, with deed restrictions keeping the site at 80% or below area median income and allowing the banks to seek Community Reinvestment Act credit. The first project is a 12.5-acre former Transylvania University baseball field, planned for about 242 units, including detached homes, townhouses, garden-style apartments, and senior housing. Speakers said the project required extensive neighborhood engagement and zoning/development approvals, but that the planning phase is now largely complete and infrastructure work should begin soon. Financing details included roughly $64 million in additional funding through tax credit equity, market-rate loans, city support, Kentucky Housing Corporation resources, and donations from nonprofit partners. Developers said the multifamily bond applications are due to Kentucky Housing Corporation the next day, and they expect the land purchase to be repaid into the revolving fund once the property is entitled and closed, allowing the original $3 million to be redeployed for future projects. They estimated rental units could be filled within about six months of completion, while for-sale units would come online over 12 to 36 months. In discussion, members asked about regulatory barriers and project timelines. Presenters pointed to rising construction costs tied to new federal and state requirements, and one member highlighted the need to continue reviewing planning and zoning reforms to speed development plan approvals and reduce delays. The group also endorsed a possible statewide $20 million housing fund, a residential infrastructure fund, and efforts to avoid additional regulatory burdens on housing development.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Workforce Apr 8th, 2025

S/C on Workforce

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Committee on Workforce will come to order. We'll call the roll. Chairman Longoria. Present.
  • EVs are more in place in our houses, and we certainly drive them more on the road.
  • Our goal with House Bill 5008 is to ensure that our workforce is equipped to meet the current and future
  • questions you may have regarding workforce development and training initiatives.
  • This bill has been filed several sessions; it has passed the House unanimously twice.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 4/9/26

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
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  • workforce is increasingly challenging. workforce is increasingly challenging.
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  • revenue source in his House File 4143. revenue source in his House File 4143.
  • going to renew her motion that House going to renew her motion that House File<01:45:15.920>
Bills: HF4841, HF4234, HF3697
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/26/26

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm calling to order this meeting of the House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and
  • <00:02:37.440> task law that uh created the workforce task law that uh created the workforce
  • years with um in the the workforce years with um in the the workforce development<00:14:28.959><
  • <00:34:04.320> They're governor's workforce board. They're governor's workforce board.
  • Happy to move House File >> Yes, Mr. Chair. Happy to move House File 3691. 3691. 3691.
Bills: HF4072, HF3691, HF4613