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ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Human Services Committee May 27th, 2026 at 09:00 am
Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- That is a general fund appropriation to the Industrial Commission budget. Yes. One-time funding.
- Yeah, one-time funding from the general fund. All right.
- And half of those dollars are roughly general fund dollars? Chairman, yes.
- We've made two distributions from the tribal health care coordination fund.
- You can see the waiver distribution here.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - 04/02/25
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development
MD
Transcript Highlights:
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of and that the attorney general of and that the attorney general of Maryland - indicated and have the attorney general indicated and have the attorney general represent<01:14:
- pages are distributing the amendment. pages are distributing the amendment.
- Paige will collect and distribute the senator's amendment. As that's being distributed, Mr.
- distribute the senator's amendment. distribute the senator's amendment.
Summary:
The Senate reconvened after a snow delay, heard an invocation from Reverend Scott Shelton, and conducted several floor introductions and recognitions, including birthday wishes for staff, a welcome for a temporary office staffer, recognition of the Center for Urban Families, and introduction of the week’s pages. The chamber then approved the prior journal and moved through bill and bond initiative readings, referring the listed measures to their standing committees or the capital budget subcommittee.
The first substantive action was adoption of a favorable committee report on Senate Bill 17, an emergency bill authorizing the Baltimore City Board of Licensed Commissioners to issue a related event promoters permit for the CIAA tournament. The floor leader said the bill had no amendments, no fiscal impact, and no opposition in committee. The Senate adopted the report without objection and ordered the bill printed for third reading.
The Senate then took up Senate Bill 1 from the Judicial Proceedings Committee, which would require the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to adopt a statewide policy on law enforcement face coverings, apply it to state, local, and federal officers in Maryland, and enforce violations through a civil citation and discipline. The committee report included two amendments: one technical and one making the policy statewide and preempting local policies. During extended debate, the bill’s sponsor argued that masks undermine transparency and trust and that the measure would create a uniform standard. A senator from Frederick County questioned whether the bill would effectively create a policy for federal agents without Maryland-specific training and raised concerns about enforcement, temporary detention, complaints, and possible conflicts with federal authority. The sponsor responded that officers would retain discretion, that the bill would be enforced through civil citations, and that similar civil enforcement mechanisms have been upheld in Maryland. No final vote on the amended report is shown in the transcript excerpt.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Tax Expenditure Review Commission 6/17/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- This is again an exemption from the general sales and use tax.
- This is again an exemption from the general sales and use tax.
- It has an general sales and use tax.
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Summary:
The Tax Expenditure Review Commission met on June 17, 2026, approved the January 20, 2026 minutes, and then adopted updated commission procedures. The procedural changes, presented by Legislative Budget Office Director Christian Larson, required a quorum of voting members to complete evaluations before a formal recommendation vote, and allowed members to bundle or unbundle tax expenditures for voting. The commission approved the revised procedures by roll call vote, with five ayes and four excused.
The commission then reviewed member evaluation summaries for tax expenditures presented in December 2025 and January 2026. It first considered the alcoholic beverage tax credits for small brewers and microdistilleries, and after discussion voted to recommend repeal of those two expenditures, while leaving the small winery credit for a later meeting because it lacked enough member responses under the new procedures. The vote on the repeal recommendation passed 4-1, with Commissioner Marquart voting no.
The commission next approved the lawful gambling bundle, which included bingo, raffle, and related exemptions. Larson reported that most members recommended continuation for each item, and the commission voted to recommend continuing all six lawful gambling expenditures. It then reviewed the residential utility services bundle—residential heating fuels, residential water services, and sewer services—where members generally favored continuation but several noted possible modifications or caps for higher-income users; the commission voted to recommend continuation of the bundle.
Finally, the commission reviewed the data center equipment sales tax exemption, which Larson said had an estimated annual revenue loss of $95 million and was intended to create jobs in construction and data center industries. Members raised questions about its effectiveness and whether the exemption should be modified or capped, but the commission ultimately voted to recommend continuation. The meeting concluded with these recommendations set to be included in the commission’s 2026 annual report.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Minerals, Business & Economic Development Committee, February 25, 2026
Minerals, Business & Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- of the general fund?
- It's general fund those two boxes.
- The general fund backs up available.
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FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2025-03-19 (2:30PM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- General Hartsell was kind enough to loan this to us.
- A good friend from my hometown, President: Multi-generation friends in the family.
- Thank you, General. This bill is going to make a big difference.
- Florida law prohibits the sale or distribution of prescription hearing aids through the mail.
- This bill was recommended by the Commission on Ethics in consultation with the Attorney General.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House debate on MN emergency powers bill Feb 28th, 2025
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- So, generally speaking, of course, we don't want governors to infringe on our right to assemble.
- The Walz administration coordinated the distribution of hundreds of thousands of life-saving vaccines
- The Walz administration coordinated the distribution of hundreds of thousands of life-saving vaccines
- The Walz administration coordinated the distribution of hundreds of thousands of life-saving vaccines
- The Walz administration coordinated the distribution of hundreds of thousands of life-saving vaccines
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Some of it goes into general revenue.
- as well as the generation side.
- , local distribution companies, pipeline companies or the bus.
- Power grid, wholesale generation, utility scale generation, but we have a long history in working on
- the distributed energy generation side.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention - 02/18/25
Housing and Homelessness Prevention
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- They flow from three federal agencies generally: HUD, the U.S.
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AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Apr 9th, 2025
Ways and Means General Fund
Transcript Highlights:
- In fact, I've added on some potential expenses relative to the same general topic.
- And that has been a huge change for the fire service in general.
- The tax distribution will be 50% to the state general fund, 25% to each county on a population basis,
- Uh, accordingly, it will just be distributed across the state.
- And then the tax is going to the general fund and well, half of it. to the general fund and, well, half
Keywords:
firefighter benefits, occupational disease, line of duty, disability pension, death benefits, retirement benefits, hypertension, heart disease, respiratory disease, cancer presumption, HIV, hepatitis, municipal firefighters, state firefighters, fire districts, workers' compensation, public safety employees, post-retirement benefits, benefit eligibility cutoff, occupational illness
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- **Chair**: Thank you, General Paxton. You're recognized. **General Paxton**: Thank you. I'm sorry.
- **General Paxton**: Thank you.
- **Chair**: Thank you, General.
- **Chair**: Thank you, General.
- **Chair**: Thank you, General.
Bills:
SB 1
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Finance Dec 11th, 2025 at 01:30 pm
Transcript Highlights:
- But generally, it goes by mileage. Our preference would be to replace them at 100,000 miles.
- That's the general fund amount. There was, I think, 23 million federally.
- DA or Attorney General items.
- That's based on the distribution of those funds.
- It's entirely General Fund funded.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- This session is a state-wide issue, both on the transmission and distribution side, as well as the generation
- Upstream partners, which are users like industrial customers, generators, local distribution companies
- It's of affordable, clean power generation.
- A lot of discussions around kind of the bulk power grid, wholesale generation, utility scale generation
- But we have a long history in working on the distributed energy generation side.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Health and Human Services Oversight REVISED: 11:15 a.m. - New Start Time
Health and Human Services Oversight
Transcript Highlights:
- It will allow a general officer in the National Guard to adjudicate a soldier or airman for misconduct
- They would be paid for a two-star general. So It's a simpler bill than it was last year.
- although the bill It provides that the Oklahoma Department of Labor works with ODVA to develop and distribute
- They would be distributed directly to them from those two partners.
- request book from DHS so that whenever there's any rule changes for childcare facilities, it can be distributed
Keywords:
HB3043, Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs, ODVA, seasonal employees, project labor, pro rata jobs, unclassified service, state personnel law, state employee benefits, paid leave, paid holidays, retirement benefits, health insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, temporary workers, veterans affairs, Title 72, Oklahoma Personnel Act, budget reporting
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
WAM, WAM-JDC Informational Briefings 01-14-2025
Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- You’ll see, uh, to generate resources like I mentioned for resiliency and mitigation.
- , to look at the health and well-being of the general population from keiki to kupuna.
- So I mean, as a general rule, not just these four, but as a general rule, isn't it better to wrap things
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VT
Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session
Judicial Retention - 2026-03-25 - 10:30AM
Vermont Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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of practiced before three generations of practiced before three generations - with members of the General Assembly. with members of the General Assembly.
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Assembly Members of the General General Assembly Members of the General - general rankings for judges. general rankings for judges.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2026-05-12 (10:00AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- on February 19, 2026, or Senate Bill 2500, filed during the 2026 regular session, related to the General
- on February 19, 2026, or Senate Bill 2500, filed during the 2026 regular session, related to the General
- Representative McClure, House Bill 5003E, a bill to be entitled an act implementing the 2026 through 2027 General
- Representative McClure, House Bill 5003E, a bill to be entitled an act implementing the 2026 through 2027 General
- Representative McClure, House Bill 5003E, a bill to be entitled an act implementing the 2026 through 2027 General
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- Account for the loss of the county local option gross receipts tax distributed over the course of the
- No further distributions from this appropriation if the municipality.
- Receives a disagreement or otherwise revenue, it's supposed to hold them harmless from distribution.
- The total cost of this appropriation is 42.4 million from General Fund and includes 62.7 for House Bill
- It does not impact the general fund. The money comes from the Public Project Revolving Fund.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Labor, Veterans and Military Affairs Jan 22nd, 2026 at 01:57 pm
Transcript Highlights:
- So it started at 30, distributed to 10, and now it's up at 22.
- Madam Chair, members of the committee, Jason Espinoza, here on behalf of the Associated General Contractors
- We have some of the multiple-discipline programs like Associated General Contractors and ABC.
- In terms of the, say, geographic distribution of the apprentices, what percentage are in metro areas?
- However, because of investment, it's grown despite distributions.
Summary:
The House Labor, Veterans, and Military Affairs Committee met to hear House Bill 7, sponsored by Representative Garrett and Representative Cates, which would continue and support apprenticeship and workforce training funding. The sponsors and the Department of Workforce Solutions described strong growth in apprenticeship participation, especially in the building trades, and said the fund has helped expand programs while maintaining high retention and employment outcomes. They emphasized that the bill would provide predictable, sustained investment in skilled labor needed for construction, infrastructure, and other growing sectors.
Supportive testimony came from contractors, chambers of commerce, trade unions, and a small business owner, all of whom said apprenticeship funding is essential to meeting workforce shortages and keeping workers in New Mexico. Committee members asked about program demographics, geographic distribution, rural participation, reentry and high school dropout data, and how apprenticeships connect to displaced workers from energy and industrial closures. The secretary explained that the department uses Rapid Response and economic transition programs for layoffs and closures, and also surveys current energy workers to gauge retraining interest.
Several members praised the bill’s return on investment and retention of workers in the state, while Representative de Rassas suggested adding more public transparency and performance metrics. Representative Ortiz asked about future funding after 2031 and whether the program could scale with more money. After discussion, Representative Hall moved a do pass, Representative de Rassas seconded, and the committee approved House Bill 7 with no opposition. The chair also announced upcoming committee meetings and asked members to consent to sharing contact information for committee purposes.
VT
Transcript Highlights:
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donated <00:14:11.480>his and he generously donated his and he generously - General and Housing? General and Housing?
- by the Attorney General. by the Attorney General.
consultation The Attorney General, in consultation The Attorney General, in consultation with
Summary:
The House opened with a devotional by former member Jason Lorber, who spoke humorously about the difference between asking questions and making statements, urging members to be direct and add value in deliberation. The chamber then took up several resolutions: JRH 11, urging Congress to enact the National Infrastructure Bank Act of 2025, was read and referred to the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development; JRS 51, setting weekend adjournment for May 1, 2026, was adopted in concurrence; and H.C.R. 261 was read, recognizing May 2026 as Older Americans Month and designating May 6, 2026 as Age Strong Vermont Day. Members also used announcements to welcome guests and highlight events, including the Age Strong Vermont initiative, a former member’s return, visitors connected to psychedelic medicine advocacy, an art social, fisheries and trout-in-the-classroom guests, a legislative intern, and a reminder about the May 16 NAMI walk.
The House then took up Senate Bill 230, an omnibus labor measure relating to fair employment practices. The committee explanation described technical clarifications to parental and family leave for full-time teachers, expansion of protections for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking, removal of outdated statutory language on mandatory retirement for tenured faculty, and clarification that elected and appointed municipal officers are not employees for minimum wage and overtime purposes. The main new policy in section 3B would prohibit non-compete agreements for non-exempt employees, with an exception for collective bargaining agreements, and would restrict certain non-compete and related clauses in health care provider contracts while preserving continuity of care and excluding non-clinical business support services. The committee reported extensive testimony and voted 11-0-0 to recommend the bill favorably with amendment; the House agreed to propose the amendment to the Senate and ordered third reading.
The House also began consideration of Senate Bill 179, updating Vermont’s Uniform Disclaimer of Property Interests Act. The committee presentation explained that the bill would eliminate the current 9-month deadline for disclaimers, reflecting changes in federal tax law and the much larger modern estate and gift tax exclusion, and would modernize the statute in several ways. Proposed changes include clearer rules for jointly held property, allowing pre-death disclaimers, authorizing trustees and parents in limited circumstances to disclaim on behalf of trusts or minor children, permitting disclaimers by proxy for infirm persons, clarifying partial disclaimers and entity disclaimers, improving delivery rules for non-real-estate property, and specifying that a disclaimer is not a transfer for transfer-tax purposes. The bill was described as a response to outdated law in light of an impending large intergenerational wealth transfer, and the House proceeded with second reading discussion.