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AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Education Policy Committee Mar 11th, 2026

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • But it can replace an elective. >> An elective. >> Yeah, that's right.
  • replace a core curriculum. curriculum. curriculum.
  • it<00:18:27.039> can<00:18:27.600> it<00:18:28.000> can<00:18:28.160> replace
  • But it can it can replace an >> Okay.
  • But it can it can replace an elective. elective. elective. >> An<00:18:30.880> elective.
Keywords: 1136, house, all
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • In 2026-27, the department plans to complete the tax form remittance system replacement, as well as data
  • Income replacement and would love to have a continued conversation with you and the rest of the committee
  • more interest in the program due to other legislation, SB 951, primarily that increased the wage replacement
  • Those increases in wage replacement levels, we have seen some increases in claims being filed because
  • it went from 50 to 60% wage replacement levels to 70% to 90%.
Summary: The Budget Subcommittee on State Administration heard presentations on the Department of Industrial Relations’ labor-related budget items, with the main focus on proposed trailer bill language to reform the Subsequent Injury Benefits Trust Fund (SIBTF) and a related budget change proposal for staffing. DIR said SIBTF has grown far beyond its original purpose, citing the 2020 Todd decision, expanded eligibility based on chronic or asymptomatic conditions, and a backlog that has grown to more than 30,000 pending cases. The administration argued the reforms would restore guardrails, reduce liabilities and employer assessments, and speed processing for severely injured workers; the LAO said the proposal was largely consistent with its prior recommendations. Members raised concerns about using trailer bill language for major policy changes, the retroactive application to open cases, and the impact on workers already in the queue, while supporters from employer groups and public agencies backed the proposal as necessary to control costs and restore sustainability. Public comment was split, with injured-worker advocates opposing the retroactive changes and business/public employer representatives supporting the reforms. The committee then heard the SIBTF workload request, which would phase in 177 positions over five years at a cost of $36.5 million, including staff for the Division of Workers’ Compensation, the Office of the Director Legal Unit, and administrative support. DIR said the additional staffing is intended to address very high caseloads and reduce processing times, but emphasized that the request assumes the reform package is adopted; LAO agreed the staffing increase made sense if paired with reforms. Members asked about vacancy rates, current staffing, and whether the workload request would become the new normal, and DIR said it would monitor caseload trends and adjust future requests as needed. Finally, the committee received an update on the California Workplace Outreach Program (CWOP), which DIR described as a partnership with community-based organizations to educate workers and help employers comply with labor laws. DIR reported that CWOP has reached 1.75 million workers and employers and made 8 million touchpoints since 2020, with the current round awarding $50.7 million to 87 partners for a two-year period through June 2027. Members and public commenters highlighted the program’s role in reaching immigrant, farmworker, janitorial, nail salon, and other vulnerable communities, and several speakers urged continued funding at $30 million per year for five years. No votes were taken during the hearing.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

HHS Public Hearing 01-30-2026

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • We're going to replace the language from Governor's Bill SB 3129, which is awaiting referral to us, but
  • And we're going to include in the committee report that we're going to replace the entire language of
  • We're going to um replace amendments.
  • We're going to um replace the<00:38:29.040> language<00:38:29.920> from<00:38:30.240>
  • the entire language of 2211 with replace the entire language of 2211 with that<00:38:46.079> of
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The HHS committee met in Room 224 and announced the hearing was being streamed live, with a one-minute limit on testimony. The chair explained that written testimony had already been reviewed and that speakers should either add new comments or stand on their written testimony. The committee first heard SB 2211, an emergency appropriation to the Department of Human Services. Testimony was overwhelmingly in support, including DHS, Aloha United Way, the Hawaii Food Industry Association, the Hawaii Public Health Institute, Catholic Charities, and many individuals. Supporters emphasized the importance of maintaining SNAP-related food assistance and emergency food delivery, while Catholic Charities raised a question about whether the bill’s language would also reach food banks serving food-insecure households that are not on SNAP. No opposition was heard and the bill was moved on without questions from members. The committee then heard SB 2025, which would exempt actively practicing advanced practice registered nurses from jury duty. Testimony was broadly supportive from nursing and health organizations, including the Hawaii American Nurses Association, the Hawaii affiliate of the College of Nurse Midwives, the Hawaii State Board of Nursing, and others. One witness from Kaiser Permanente requested an amendment to include physician assistants, and a committee member asked the Board of Nursing to review that request. The bill otherwise drew no opposition and no further member questions. SB 2038, relating to medication labeling, drew the most extended discussion. The measure would change labeling requirements for certain abortion medications, and testimony was split between supporters who framed it as a privacy and access issue and opponents who raised patient safety, ethics, and transparency concerns. The Department of Health supported the intent but requested an amendment to allow quicker access to private information during investigations without a subpoena. The Board of Pharmacy said it supported the written comments but noted operational challenges and possible cost impacts, while Kaiser said compliance would likely require manual workarounds and could slow pharmacy processes. The chair and members questioned whether patients could simply remove labels themselves, but witnesses said there could still be safety and access issues if the patient is not the one receiving the prescription. The committee then moved on to SB 2050, relating to chiropractic, which received support from the Hawaii Board of Chiropractic and the Hawaii State Chiropractic Association, with no substantive opposition noted. The hearing later turned to SB 201, relating to insurance, which appeared to be a new mandated-benefit measure tied to infertility/IVF coverage. The Hawaii Civil Rights Commission provided comments, while Hawaii Family Forum opposed the bill, arguing it went beyond medical infertility and raised ethical and public policy concerns. Kaiser and the Hawaii Association of Health Plans both asked for a study or audit, saying the measure could create new insurance mandates and increase costs for residents and employers. Private Work Hawaii strongly supported the bill as an equity issue. The committee noted there was no quorum for decision-making and deferred action on the measure to a later hearing, then recessed.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Most of that reflects the one-time money for the Guardian 2.0 replacement.
  • Right, so the Guardian replacement.
  • This lets you know what our appropriations were for the replacement of that system in fiscal year 25
  • But they had replaced that.
  • None of them can ever be replaced. But they will be looking to retire in the next 10 to 20 years.
Keywords: 914, all
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Economic Development and Tourism Committee Jan 21st, 2026

Economic Development and Tourism

Transcript Highlights:
  • The amendment would replace line 108 on page four with the following.
  • It replaces lines 118 through 123 on page five with the following: G.
  • The the amendment would replace >> Yes.
  • The the amendment would replace line<00:06:31.520> 108<00:06:32.160> on<00:06:32.400>
  • > 123<00:06:40.160> on<00:06:40.479> page Replaces lines 118 through 123 on page
Bills: HB61, HB176, SB12
Keywords: 1136, house, all
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Education K-16 (Part II) May 22nd, 2025

Education K-16

Transcript Highlights:
  • We replaced the direction that the commissioner of education can appoint a conservator to districts filing
  • We're replacing it with shorter tests that are better designed to support student learning.
  • think this combination of bringing back A through F with a testing change where we drop a star and replace
  • This version of the bill proposes a smart, instructionally supportive replacement for the STAAR, which
  • Replacing STAAR with research-based and actionable within-year growth data for each student instead of
Bills: HB4, HB20
Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 2853, which would allow the UT System Board of Regents to adjust the University of Texas at El Paso student union fee above the current statutory cap, subject to student approval, to help fund a new student union building. Senator Blanco explained the bill and the committee substitute, there were no questions or witnesses, public testimony was closed, and the committee adopted the substitute and left the bill pending subject to the call of the chair. The committee then heard House Bill 610, which would limit severance payments for terminated independent school district superintendents to six months’ salary and benefits. Senator Paxton described large severance payouts and said the bill had passed the House overwhelmingly. There were no witnesses, public testimony was closed, and the bill was left pending. A lengthy hearing followed on House Bill 4623, which would waive school district immunity in certain cases involving negligent hiring, supervision, or employment of professional school employees who commit abuse or related misconduct against students. Senator Paxton and several witnesses, including survivors and parents, argued the bill was needed to address cover-ups, delayed reporting, and repeated failures to remove dangerous employees; some members raised concerns about liability caps, litigation, and how the bill would interact with the Tort Claims Act. The committee also heard from TEA staff and employee-group witnesses who discussed possible injunctions and stronger no-hire protections. Public testimony was then closed and the bill was left pending. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 4, an accountability and assessment bill that would restore A-F ratings, change the state testing system, and replace STAAR with shorter, more instructionally useful assessments. Senator Bettencourt explained the committee substitute, including annual ratings, limits on taxpayer-funded lawsuits, and a phased-in testing redesign with beginning, middle, and end-of-year assessments. Testimony was generally supportive from education and business groups, though some witnesses favored norm-referenced testing while others emphasized criterion-referenced, TEKS-aligned assessments; one witness noted social studies assessments were restored in the bill. The hearing concluded with additional invited testimony and no final vote reported in the transcript.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
  • We agreed to the study committee but used it to replace a more urban existing committee on procurement
  • committee but used agreed to the study committee but used it<00:07:21.520> to<00:07:21.840> replace
  • c> a<00:07:22.720> more<00:07:23.000> urban<00:07:24.000> existing it to replace
  • a more urban existing it to replace a more urban existing committee<00:07:25.280> on<00:07:25.639
  • fund instead of going to and replacement fund instead of going to the<00:13:54.720> general<00
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The committee first took up several Senate messages on House bills. It recommended non-concurrence and a committee conference on HB 428 after Representative Pearson raised a constitutional concern about a retroactive provision in the building code bill. It also recommended non-concurrence on HB 156, which had been rewritten by the Senate to create a permanent subcommittee related to food/procurement; members said they did not want to create a permanent subcommittee and preferred to let the issue return next year if needed. On HB 85, concerning temporary student licenses for respiratory therapists, the committee concurred with a Senate rewrite that added restrictions but preserved the bill’s main purpose. On HB 82, a cleanup bill for occupational licensing, the committee concurred with a Senate amendment explicitly allowing the electricians board to create subcommittees, with members noting they did not think the authority was necessary but that it would not do harm. The committee then considered SB 178 on laboratory water testing. Representative Leyon offered amendment 2025-1743H to clarify how fees would be deposited and to direct a portion of certain fees and grants into a non-lapsing lab equipment and replacement fund rather than the general fund. Members said the amendment made the bill’s fiscal flow easier to understand. The amendment passed unanimously, and the committee then voted ought to pass as amended on SB 178, also unanimously, and placed it on consent. For SB 180, dealing with Coos County distressed-area designation, the committee adopted amendment 1748H to remove a provision requiring commissioners to give extra consideration to Coos County and to add a 20-year sunset on the designation. The amendment passed 14-2, and the committee then voted ought to pass as amended 15-1; Representative Schmidt said he would file a minority report because he viewed the provision as unenforceable rather than objectionable. The committee also voted to retain SB 185, which concerned OPLC-related issues, so the agency could continue working on a policy and report back later; that motion passed 16-0. Finally, the committee voted inexpedient to legislate on SB 198, establishing New Hampshire Service Dog Week, after debate over whether the recognition should be statutory or left to a gubernatorial proclamation. Supporters argued the bill would raise awareness and help promote service dogs, while opponents said the effort could continue without a statute and that special-day statutes often lose attention once enacted. The committee also voted inexpedient to legislate on SB 182 after extensive discussion of proposed changes to the maternal mortality review process. Opponents argued the bill would broaden access to personally identifiable information, change panel structure, and affect data comparability; supporters said it was a housekeeping update requested by DHS that would add DCYF and Corrections and improve review of maternal deaths. The ITL motion passed 10-6, and Representative Long said he would file a minority report and explain the committee’s reasoning to the bill’s sponsor.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Judiciary (05/20/2025)

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, and we're going to um, we have an amendment which is a replace-all coming. information last week,
  • No, it's 82. 282 is the replace-all. It's the same exact language.
  • It's just a replace-all instead of adding to the underlying bill. I understand.
  • It's just a replace-all instead of adding to the underlying bill. I understand.
  • We struck the word on line 14 and replaced it with, uh, and then struck 'or property of another.'
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

Rules Apr 16th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • IT REVISES CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY OWNERS CAN CANCEL A ROOF REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT
  • PART OF THIS ISSUE IS FOR THE CONSUMER CURRENTLY A ROOFER CAN REPLACE THE ROOF AND THEN IN THE PROCESS
  • SO THE TYPICAL SITUATION WOULD BE I WOULD GO IN THERE AND CUT THE ROOF BACK AND HAVE TO REPLACE PART
  • WE JUST ALLOW TELEPHONES AND DIGITAL TOOLS TO REPLACE US AS PARENTS AND WE'RE SEEING AWFUL RESULTS OF
  • BECAUSE THE MAINTENANCE REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT OF THESE POTABLE WATER LINES ARE BORNE BY THE CITY OF
Keywords: 999, senate, all
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

JHA Public Hearing - Fri Mar 28, 2025 @ 2:00 PM HST

Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • What would be the process of replacing that person in its current situation as a civil servant?
  • the um a certain standard what would be the um process<00:11:07.279> of<00:11:08.120> replacing
  • My question is: for someone to pass and get a permit and then replace it with the noisy one, how would
  • What I'd like to do is replace part one of this bill with the language in section one of House Bill 54
  • recommendation is is part one replace recommendation is is part one replace with<00:53:26.559>
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The House Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs heard several transportation and public safety measures on March 28, 2025. SB 1195 would prohibit parking within certain distances of crosswalks and intersections, direct parking fine revenue to the Safe Routes to School special fund, and remove the need for signs or curb markings in some cases. The Department of Transportation, Department of Health, and Ulupono Initiative supported the bill, emphasizing improved visibility, pedestrian safety, and funding for school-route improvements; written testimony included both support and one opposition. No vote was taken during the hearing segment provided. The committee also heard SB 1102 on the aircraft rescue firefighting unit chief, which would set term-based appointment provisions for the airport division’s fire chief. DOT supported the measure, saying it would give the director flexibility to select leadership and adapt to changing needs, while a member asked about current removal procedures for underperforming employees. The bill was presented as a management and leadership measure, with no action taken in the excerpt. SB 1216, addressing noisy mufflers and safety inspection requirements, drew DOT support in principle but concern that existing rules already cover inspection standards and that enforcement after inspection remains difficult; DOT also described a planned noise-detection camera pilot on Oʻahu. Testimony included support from neighborhood and advocacy groups and opposition from three individuals. For SB 30, which would require helmets for moped riders under 21, DOT and HPD supported the bill, citing crash data and injury prevention; testimony was evenly split overall, with six in support and six in opposition. SB 344 would require helmets for skateboard users under 18; DOT supported it, and a DOT witness explained current helmet rules for other devices such as e-bikes, scooters, and motorcycles. SB 1095, increasing decal size limits for special number plates, drew DOT concerns that larger decals could interfere with plate readability and automated enforcement. SB 1522 would make proof of filing required vehicle-transfer notice forms a complete defense to actions arising from the vehicle’s later use or abandonment; the Judiciary said it had no position on the bill’s merits but objected to language requiring new court forms and raised access and legal-advice concerns, while Honolulu’s Department of Customer Services supported the measure. The committee then heard SB 597, extending the deadline for the Administrative Driver’s License Revocation Office to issue written review decisions. The Attorney General and DOT supported the extension, citing limited toxicology capacity and shipping delays for testing, and several law enforcement and public health entities also supported it. In contrast, the ADLRO hearing officer testified with serious concerns about due process, warning that eliminating or delaying the review process could create constitutional problems, disproportionately burden people without attorneys, and jeopardize thousands of cases. Finally, SB 1285 proposed a tiered revocation system for DUI arrests; ADLRO strongly opposed it on due process grounds, while DOT supported it as a safety measure and the Hawaii Public Health Institute commented that evidence is lacking for standalone mandatory revocation and suggested stronger impaired-driving standards instead. The committee had not yet taken final action in the portion provided.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention - 03/27/25

Housing and Homelessness Prevention

Transcript Highlights:
  • In the months since then, homes up and down my block had to have their roofs replaced.
  • my block had to have their<01:03:14.799> their<01:03:15.359> roof<01:03:15.799> replaced
  • Um, I think their their roof replaced.
  • They are the most difficult for us to<01:12:23.600> replace.
  • Um, so I really encourage to replace.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

HWN-WTL Public Hearing 02-11-2025

Hawaiian Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • a lot of the Royal Palms that we needed to replace. the finances and it's not like a fund the finances
  • <00:30:58.919> a<00:30:59.000> lot improving landscape and replacing a lot improving
  • landscape and replacing a lot of<00:30:59.279> the<00:30:59.399> Royal<00:30:59.720>
  • of the Royal Palms that that we needed of the Royal Palms that that we needed to<00:31:01.080> replace
  • it's only been recently that to replace it's only been recently that state<00:31:04.360> parks
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The joint hearing focused on Senate Bill 4, which would transfer stewardship of Mauna ʻAla from the Department of Land and Natural Resources to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Committee chairs opened the meeting with housekeeping and noted the hearing was live-streamed, with a two-minute limit for testimony. Director Don Chang of the Board of Land and Natural Resources said DLNR had been working with OHA and had agreed to transfer certain lands subject to due diligence, including Kahana Valley and a parcel in Waimānalo, but urged the committee to finalize those mutually agreed parcels before taking on something new. He also described the current arrangement at Mauna ʻAla as a collaborative one involving the state and the royal trusts, with the state handling routine maintenance and the trusts contributing to larger repairs and improvements on a project-by-project basis rather than through direct annual appropriations. Testimony was mixed. Supporters argued that OHA is better positioned to steward the site because of its cultural mission, Native Hawaiian governance, and ability to protect sacred places with greater cultural competency and accountability. Several speakers emphasized that Mauna ʻAla is not a state park and should be cared for by those with direct cultural ties and experience, and some cited OHA’s recent financial reforms and partnerships as reasons for confidence. Others, including representatives of the Daughters and Sons of the Hawaiian Warriors Makakoa, opposed the bill, citing concerns about OHA’s past financial management, transparency, and the need for more public information and testimony before any transfer. One testifier also argued the land transfer itself was unlawful and rooted in the history of the overthrow and annexation. Members and testifiers also discussed the historical role of the royal trusts and family caretakers at Mauna ʻAla, with one descendant describing a long family stewardship and supporting OHA only if amended language preserved checks and balances and protected iwi and burial grounds. Another speaker said the family recognized James Mayo as kahu of Mauna ʻAla and supported the bill because prior DLNR efforts had not sufficiently protected traditional and customary rights. The hearing ended after public testimony and committee questions, with no vote or final action taken in the portion provided.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • This project will replace the existing central utility plant, and the utility plant provides hot water
  • The project will install new chillers, boilers, pumps, and controls at the central plant and replace
  • And just to provide additional detail, this is replacing the 988 special fund dollars that were scored
  • for that portion of the non-federal share in the Governor's budget, where we're replacing the $98 with
  • And just to provide additional detail, this is replacing the 988 special fund dollars that were scored
Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Health held a May Revision hearing covering several health-related budget proposals and broader concerns about the state’s budget structure. The Chair opened by praising some May Revision changes, such as added health IT funding, county administration support tied to Medi-Cal changes, a delay in Medi-Cal cuts for some lawfully present immigrants, and additional support for Covered California subsidies, while criticizing proposed increases in Medi-Cal premiums, changes to senior eligibility, the lack of a Medi-Cal dental solution, and other reductions affecting counties, mobile crisis units, workforce incentives, and physician shortages. The Legislative Analyst’s Office said the state’s budget condition remains weak despite progress on the structural deficit, and the Department of Finance said the May Revision uses a mix of reductions, reforms, revenue proposals, and fund shifts to cut out-year deficits. The committee first heard Department of State Hospitals proposals, including adjustments to county bed billing authority, contract exemption language for online clinical/pharmacy subscriptions, reversion of unspent funds, a revised Metro Central Utility Plant replacement project, electronic health record implementation, and workforce development funded partly through Behavioral Health Services Act resources. DSH also described savings and realignments in incompetent-to-stand-trial and conditional release programs, including extending the independent placement panel program and shifting funds to support additional bed capacity and a mental health rehab center. Members asked about the use of BHSA funds for workforce programs, and the department said the proposal would replace General Fund support with BHSA reimbursements. The Emergency Medical Services Authority proposed funding for statewide behavioral health crisis response guidance and for enterprise system development, and the Department of Managed Health Care proposed modernization of its complaint system and claims-settlement data system to improve oversight and comply with AB 3275. The largest discussion centered on the administration’s BHSA spending plan under Proposition 1, including state-directed prevention, workforce, and other uses, plus General Fund offsets for existing programs. The LAO questioned whether some proposed offsets fit Proposition 1’s non-supplant and eligible-use requirements, while the administration argued the uses were consistent with the measure and that the state-directed share can be adjusted annually. The Commission for Behavioral Health’s proposals drew the most public and member concern. The administration proposed cutting the commission’s Innovation Partnership Fund from $20 million to $10 million and reducing the Community Advocacy Program by $6.7 million, while redirecting BHSA dollars to other state purposes and direct services. Commissioners, advocates, and several members argued the cuts would weaken community voice, reduce support for underserved populations, and disrupt grants already in process; they also objected to using BHSA funds to backfill General Fund commitments. Public commenters, including youth, disability, behavioral health, LGBTQ, tribal, veteran, immigrant, and community-based organization representatives, overwhelmingly opposed the cuts and urged preservation of prevention, advocacy, mobile crisis, and innovation funding. No votes or final actions were taken during the hearing.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Taxes - 03/27/25

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • SIMPA will be replacing that coal-fired generation by making significant future investments in solar
  • SIMPA will be replacing<01:13:20.400> that<01:13:20.560> coal<01:13:20.880> fired
  • ><01:13:21.199> generation<01:13:21.679> by replacing that coal fired generation by replacing
  • <01:29:06.239> aid, seasonal tax base replacement aid, seasonal tax base replacement aid,
  • <01:33:45.520> aid seasonal taxbased replacement aid seasonal taxbased replacement aid accounting
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

JHA Public Hearing - Tue Feb 10, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST

Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • So, seeing that the concern is that the replacement of the attorney general raises some...
  • interim and not the uh replacement interim and not the agents. agents. agents.
  • So eight times chargers will be modified and replaced with the word charges.
  • replaced with the word charges. replaced with the word charges.
  • amendments in the bill, which replace amendments in the bill, which replace that<02:10:38.000>
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The committee heard testimony on House Bill 1552, which would make the attorney general the interim chief election officer if that office becomes vacant until the Elections Commission appoints a replacement. The Department of the Attorney General opposed the bill, saying it could create a conflict of interest if the attorney general were both the state’s lawyer and the chief elections officer in any related litigation. The League of Women Voters supported having some interim backup for the office, but said it was not necessarily advocating that the attorney general fill the role. Several other testifiers, including the Hawaiian Islands Republican Women, opposed the bill, arguing the current law already provides for a prompt commission appointment and warning about partisan bias and concentration of power. Supporters, including Indivisible Hawaii, said an interim mechanism is needed to ensure election certification in a crisis. The chair also asked whether any statutory acting capacity already exists, and the attorney general said none was known. The committee then took up House Bill 2125, which would bar corporations operating under state law from engaging in election activity. The attorney general opposed the bill, citing Citizens United and arguing that corporations have First Amendment-protected political speech rights and that the bill would likely be unconstitutional. Indivisible Hawaii supported the measure, saying it would keep elections focused on the will of the people rather than corporate influence. Libertarian Party testimony was mixed: one witness supported the goal of reducing corruption but warned the bill could suppress organized dissent and sweep too broadly by treating many associations as corporations. The bill’s introducer asked whether the legislature could still enact it as a policy matter, but the attorney general maintained federal constitutional law would control. No vote was taken on either bill during the portion of the hearing provided. The committee also heard House Bill 2493 on wrongful imprisonment, which would set procedures and compensation for people whose convictions are reversed or vacated on grounds consistent with innocence and whose charges are dismissed. The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation supported the bill’s intent but objected to language assigning it responsibility for helping released individuals secure housing, identification, health coverage, and other reentry needs, saying it no longer has jurisdiction after release and suggesting the courts or a community-based contractor handle that role. The Office of the Public Defender strongly supported the bill, emphasizing the harm of wrongful conviction and the need for compensation, case management, and medical coverage after release. No action or vote was reported on this measure in the excerpt.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Labor - 01/23/25

Labor

Transcript Highlights:
  • line numbers, but towards the end of that section it says relates to state services, and I would replace
  • line numbers, but towards the end of that section it says relates to state services, and I would replace
  • certain tasks like milking cows and feeding livestock must be done daily, and finding temporary replacements
  • certain tasks like milking cows and feeding livestock must be done daily, and finding temporary replacements
  • certain tasks like milking cows and feeding livestock must be done daily, and finding temporary replacements
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
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:
  • This simply grandfathers those existing ones in to replace them is several thousand.
  • <00:03:40.720> them<00:03:40.879> is existing ones in to replace them is existing ones
  • in to replace them is several<00:03:41.440> thousand.
  • Um, I've personally worked on these structures and had to try to repair and replace in cases where the
  • in cases where try to repair and replace in cases where the<00:10:31.200> fabric<00:10:31.519
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Legislation proposes centralized certified payroll reporting portal 4/9/26

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • projects, economic development grants, and infrastructure investments such as lead service line replacement
  • projects, economic development grants, and infrastructure investments such as lead service line replacement
  • safety buildings, libraries, and other public buildings, and most recently lead pipe removal and replacement
  • safety buildings, libraries, and other public buildings, and most recently lead pipe removal and replacement
Keywords: 1183, house
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/16/2026 - House Floor Session

Arizona House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Business on the speaker's desk: I wish to announce Representative Gutierrez will temporarily replace
  • Representative Volk will temporarily replace Representative Connolly on the Committee on Commerce for
  • Business on the speaker's desk: I wish to announce Representative Blattman will temporarily replace Representative
  • Business on the speaker's desk: I wish to announce Representative Blattman will temporarily replace Representative
Keywords: 1182, all
Summary: The House convened, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, approved the prior journal, and recognized the Doctor of the Day, Dr. Jasleen Chatwal. Members then made numerous introductions of guests and visiting groups, including Irish dignitaries and a proclamation recognizing St. Patrick’s Day, AFSCME and CWA members, the Arizona Farm Bureau, the Arizona chapter of the American College of Surgeons for Stop the Bleed training, and advocates for rare skeletal conditions. The chamber also announced committee substitutions and received Senate messages and committee reports. On business from the desk, the House voted to request the Senate return HB 4027 and HB 2444 for reconsideration. The House then moved through first and second readings of a large number of Senate bills and resolutions, placing them on the calendar. In Committee of the Whole, HB 2750 and HB 2999 were each amended and recommended do pass; both were reported back and ordered engrossed for further action. On third reading, the House rejected reconsideration of HB 2197, which dealt with water access and camping near water sources, after debate over criminal penalties and conservation concerns. The House then passed HB 2429 on vacation rentals and short-term rentals, HB 2950 creating special districts and tourism improvement areas, and HB 4001 concerning nicotine products and youth access, each after floor debate and recorded votes. The chamber also adopted a proclamation honoring AFSCME Arizona, made committee and caucus announcements, and adjourned until Tuesday, March 17, 2026.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Business and Insurance 2ND REVISED Feb 19th, 2026 at 09:30 am

Business and Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • It simply replaces the word 'may' with the word 'shall'. Do pass from the chair.
  • However, insurance carriers are contractually obligated to replace the policy if a house burns down or
  • Now, it can cost $4,500 to $5,000 just to replace the back bumper due to sensors and cameras.
  • option in this state for a co-op where people who are educated about insurance don't get their roofs replaced