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Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Agriculture and Forestry Committee Mar 5th, 2025

Agriculture and Forestry

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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 2/26/25

Agriculture Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Like many sectors, turkey growers and processors struggle to find reliable labor.
  • Reliable labor, policies that support workforce development like rural infrastructure investment, rural
  • But then, in the spring of '24, the B3.13 strain was detected in dairy cattle in Texas and found to be
  • The strain was detected in dairy cattle in Texas and found to be very infectious.
  • It was considered a single introduction, a single spillover event in dairy cattle in Texas.
Bills: HF601, HF271, HF1101, HF979
Keywords: agriculture, depredation compensation, livestock, crop damage, elk, wolves, wildlife management, skills path program, career and technical education, CTE, dual credit, postsecondary options enrollment, apprenticeship, apprenticeship readiness, dual training, work-based learning, career pathways, skilled trades, workforce development, high school to career
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KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Budget Review Subcommittee on Primary & Secondary Education & Workforce Development (2-21-23)

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North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Finance and Taxation Apr 8th, 2025 at 09:00 am

Finance and Taxation

Bills: HB1428
Keywords: HB 1428, North Dakota sales tax, sales tax exemption, thrift store, nonprofit corporation, 501(c)(3), charitable organization, used clothing, clothing exemption, retail tax, Century Code 57-39.2-04, charity shop, secondhand clothing, taxable events, nonprofit retail, 908, all
Summary: The Finance and Tax Committee met with a quorum and took up House Bill 1482, which would require certain municipal bond elections to be held on primary or general election days rather than at special elections. Senator Rummel walked the committee through a proposed amendment from Representative Wagner that would remove special-election language, align ballot timing requirements, and make related cleanup changes. Members discussed the distinction between constitutional debt limits and the bill’s election-timing requirements, with Senator Powers seeking clarification that the measure did not change levy or bond limits themselves. The committee also discussed whether the amended language would comply with the Secretary of State’s requirements. Chairman Weber and Senator Rummel said they had consulted legislative council and wanted a further check before the bill moved forward, and the chairman said he would hold the bill until that review was complete. The amendment was approved unanimously, 6-0, and the bill as amended was then adopted unanimously, 6-0. After passage, the committee discussed who would carry the bill, eventually settling on Senator Rummel as carrier. The chair also said several other bills, including gas tax and property tax measures, would be held for the time being while the committee waited for developments in the House. The committee announced it would not plan to meet the next day unless called from the floor, and then adjourned.
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TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Committee on Natural Resources Mar 5th, 2025

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Texas Wildlife Service listed numerous animal species in Texas as endangered, while overlooking the
  • We fight for a Texas run by Texans for all Texans, and as you set environmental policy in Texas, know
  • HB 2912 from 2001 changed the name of the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission. to the Texas
  • Commission in existing code.
  • Savage, Railroad Commission of Texas, Philip Ledbetter, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. and
Bills: SB766, SB290, SB494, SB1145
Keywords: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, water regulation, environmental protection, pesticide management, natural resources, LP-gas, property owner notice, gas installations, safety notification, petroleum theft, task force, oil and gas, law enforcement, economic impact, environmental regulation, water permits, water quality, land application, 1185, senate
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Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure Committee Feb 25th, 2026

Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure

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Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate State Governmental Affairs Committee Feb 19th, 2025

State Governmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Your sub, if you want, it'll be covered under different code sections.
  • It'll be… Your substitute, if you want, it'll be covered under different code sections.
  • It'll be… Your substitute, if you want, it'll be covered under different code sections.
  • It'll be… Your substitute, if you want, it'll be covered under different code sections.
  • It'll be… Your substitute, if you want, it'll be covered under different code sections.
Bills: SB137, SB164, SB165, SB49
Keywords: sewer, wastewater, public service commission, PSC, utility regulation, private utility, regulated utility, affiliated system, consolidation, rate jurisdiction, rate setting, wastewater management entity, common ownership, control, Jefferson County Board of Health, local constitutional amendment, public utilities, Alabama Code Title 37, Alabama Code Title 22, certification
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Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Children and Youth Health Committee Feb 6th, 2025

Children and Youth Health

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Texas 89th Regular

Agriculture & Livestock May 14th, 2025

Agriculture & Livestock

Transcript Highlights:
  • Would be required to hold an ungraded dealer-wholesaler license obtained from the Texas Department of
  • That are ungraded, or Texas duck eggs that are ungraded. Any reported problems? No.
  • SB1864 is a common sense update to the agriculture code.
  • This is representing the Texas Poultry Federation against the bill, is that correct?
  • Now, currently, today in the state of Texas, anybody can sell eggs.
Bills: SB1864
Keywords: eggs, ungraded eggs, egg grading, poultry, farm products, local food, small farmers, direct-to-consumer sales, wholesale food sales, food safety, refrigeration requirements, sanitation standards, occupational license, dealer-wholesaler license, Texas Department of Agriculture, restaurants, small grocery stores, cooperatives, farmers cooperative, agricultural regulation
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TX

Texas 89th Regular

Veteran Affairs Apr 1st, 2025

Veteran Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Preserving Texas spaceports is vital.
  • Currently, there are over 1.5 million veterans that call Texas home.
  • Preserving Texas spaceports is vital.
  • We urge Texas legislators to champion policies recognizing the contributions of Texas veterans.
  • , invest in Texas, and be the next generation of risk takers and job creators for Texas.
Bills: SB 390, SB 1197, SB 1271
Keywords: veteran-owned businesses, state contracting, historically underutilized business, economic opportunity, small business, economic development, veterans, certification, Texas legislation, unmanned aircraft, spaceport, criminal offense, aviation regulations, airspace safety, military installations, concurrent jurisdiction, governor's approval, state agency, land acquisition, Veteran Affairs
Summary: The meeting of the Committee on Veteran Affairs addressed several significant bills aimed at supporting veterans and their businesses. Among the bills discussed was SB390, which seeks to expand the definition of historically underutilized businesses to include all veteran-owned businesses, regardless of disability status. This change aims to create a more equitable economic landscape for veterans and to foster their participation in state procurement opportunities. The committee heard strong testimony supporting this initiative, emphasizing the importance of providing veterans with fair chances in business development.
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TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on State-Federal Relations Mar 27th, 2025

S/C on State-Federal Relations

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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 4/15/26

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Good morning, everybody, and welcome to the Workforce, Labor, Economic Development Finance and Policy
  • Uh, the Department of Labor has been very helpful in this area.
  • Uh, the Department of Labor has been very helpful in this area.
  • Do you feel like we need to have Labor come up and explain or confirm anything at this point?
  • against Houston, Texas with the site. site. site.
Bills: HF4862, HF4598
Keywords: apprenticeship, education, teacher training, grant program, labor and industry, workers' compensation, Minnesota workers' compensation, Workers' Compensation Advisory Council, reinsurance association, Workers' Compensation Reinsurance Association, WCRA, occupational disease, presumption, first responders, firefighter cancer, PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder, police officer, paramedic, emergency medical technician
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KY

Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

Administrative Regulation Review Subcommittee (5-13-25)

Transcript Highlights:
  • plans reviewer 1 and building code field inspector 1.
  • the classifications of building code the classifications of building code plans<00:04:07.040>
  • code field inspector<00:04:10.000> one.
  • Any questions from members on this regulation from the Education and Labor Cabinet?
  • regulation from the education labor regulation from the education labor cabinet?
Keywords: 0:16 – CALL TO ORDER 0:20 – ROLL CALL 0:56 – ELECTION OF CO-CHAIRS 1:54 – APPROVAL OF MINUTES 2:10 – OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL 3:28 – PERSONNEL BOARD 4:30 – EDUCATION AND LABOR CABINET, BOARD OF EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 5:18 – PUBLIC PROTECTION CABINET, OFFICE OF CLAIMS & APPEALS 12:03 – PUBLIC PROTECTION CABINET, DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL 12:54 – CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES, DEPARTMENT FOR MEDICAID SERVICES 14:54 – CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES, DEPARTMENT FOR COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES 31:44 – NEXT MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT/ADJOURNMENT, 958, all
Summary: The Administrative Regulation Review Subcommittee met to reorganize its leadership for the new term, renewing Representative Derek Lewis as House co-chair and Senator Steven West as Senate co-chair. The committee then approved the minutes and moved through a series of agency regulations, generally adopting staff-suggested amendments without objection. Among the regulations reviewed were an Attorney General rule changing how a commission reviews and distributes funds and how grant reporting is handled; Personnel Board changes abolishing and renaming certain job classifications and adjusting probationary periods; an Education and Labor Cabinet rule removing references to local board of education members; several Public Protection Cabinet rules covering Board of Claims and Crime Victims’ Compensation procedures; an Alcoholic Beverage Control rule on direct-to-consumer shipping forms; and a Medicaid Services emergency regulation establishing the Kentucky Trauma Hospital Rate Improvement Program for rural hospitals serving many Medicaid patients. The committee also heard that the Board of Claims and Crime Victims’ Compensation regulations included both staff and, in one case, an agency amendment, which were approved. The most extended discussion came on the Department for Community Based Services’ regulation increasing per diem rates for private child-placing therapeutic foster care levels 2 and 3. Committee members questioned the estimated $10 million biennial cost, the source of the funding, and why the cabinet had not yet filed regulations implementing Senate Bill 151 on kinship care. DCBS staff said the rate increase was discretionary and intended to address placement crises for children with high needs, while acknowledging they could not personally explain the budget decisions. A kinship caregiver testified in support of the rate increase but urged the cabinet to also implement SB 151 and expand support for kinship families. The committee expressed frustration over the lack of SB 151 implementation but stated the rate increase itself was appropriate and allowed the regulation to proceed.
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Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

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

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Members and audience, thank you for coming in to the House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development
  • I'd like to welcome House File 10004, Representative Seon, welcome to the committee of Workforce, Labor
  • spring in response to Industry labor spring in response to Industry labor shortages<00:24:07.720
  • obviously not having a history of Labor obviously not having a history of Labor violations<00:35
  • It's great to be back in front of Labor.
Bills: HF1439, HF1004, HF498, HF1326
Keywords: HF1439, Minnesota Grocers Association Foundation, Carts to Careers, workforce development fund, DEED, Department of Employment and Economic Development, grocery industry, food industry, food retail, retail workforce, job training, career pathways, scholarships, certifications, workforce pipeline, one-time appropriation, industry training, labor shortage, youth employment, apprenticeship
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Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 02-11-2026 11:30am

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 4/7/26

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • We advocate for a fair tax code and a budget to meet our public investment needs.
  • In Minnesota, we've seen this already with our tax code.
  • Our labor creates value that gets extracted and gets by those who own capital. That's our system.
  • Our labor creates value that gets extracted and gets by those who own capital. That's our system.
  • Our labor creates value that gets extracted and gets by those who own capital. That's our system.
Bills: HF4621, HF4123, HF4616, HF1183
Keywords: child tax credit, financial assistance, low-income families, state revenue, tax policy, net investment income, taxation, business income, self-employment, tax increase, wealth tax, fairness, public services, high-income earners, economic equity, Internal Revenue Code, employee classification, federal law, Minnesota statutes, 1183
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TX

Texas 89th Regular

Environmental Regulation May 8th, 2025

Environmental Regulation

Transcript Highlights:
  • They're destroying the tourism and fishing industries in Texas and killing many. ecosystems in Texas
  • In Texas, many Texas cities... Everything goes down the same drain to the same treatment facility.
  • So again, Texas Water Association is a state association focused on sound water policy for Texas.
  • Texas A&M received $1.6 million and Texas Tech received $1.6 million.
  • Sure, so the Fertilizer Act falls under Chapter 16.63 of the Texas Agricultural Code.
Bills: HB1341, HB1674, HB4028, SB2321
Keywords: hydrogen sulfide, public health, environmental regulation, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, ground level concentrations, emissions limit, emissions limits, ground-level concentrations, air quality, PFAS, agriculture, environmental protection, health risks, criminal offense, chemical regulation, preproduction plastic, water quality, pollution control, industrial waste, emissions
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Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs (Part I) Apr 24th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • So if Texas had been a state that a future convention gets called, but we weren't one of the applicants
  • Roger Abshire. ...political member of the political science faculty at Texas University.
  • This has been a very common practice among states, including Texas.
  • Okay, hi, Cindy Castillo, Texas Eagle Forum. We're opposed to SJR54.
  • Oglesby both traveled here from northeast Texas. Beautiful Senate District 1.
Bills: SB 312, SB 945, SB 946, SB 1367, SB 1861, SB 2044, SB 2337, SB 2403, SB 2819, SJR 54
Keywords: public school funding, education, budget allocation, financial transparency, state law, local control, fiduciary responsibility, public retirement systems, investment management, proxy voting, financial factors, insurance, political shareholder proposals, fossil fuels, greenhouse gas emissions, environmental regulation, discrimination, credit extension, social credit, value-based standards
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Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs (Part II) Apr 24th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • And as this committee is aware, testimony before the Texas Senate is important. It matters.
  • I move that the State I move that the State Affairs Committee of the Senate of the State of Texas, under
  • It's not lightly used, but when the state But when the state of Texas needs testimony from entities,
  • and the state of Texas in this case is the client, those entities cannot lightly refuse testifying before
Bills: SB312, SB945, SB946, SB1367, SB1861, SB2044, SB2337, SB2403, SB2819, SJR54
Keywords: public school funding, education, budget allocation, financial transparency, state law, local control, fiduciary responsibility, public retirement systems, investment management, proxy voting, financial factors, insurance, political shareholder proposals, fossil fuels, greenhouse gas emissions, environmental regulation, discrimination, credit extension, social credit, value-based standards
Summary: The Senate Committee on State Affairs was called to order and a roll call showed most members present, with one absent. The chair explained that the committee had arranged witnesses for a later meeting but had received responses from some parties declining to testify, prompting Senator Bettencourt to offer a written motion for subpoenas. The motion authorized the committee chair, under Senate Rule 11.20, to issue subpoenas to BlackRock, State Street, or other financial services companies affecting Texas public pension investments, along with their subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, employees, agents, or representatives. The subpoenas would require testimony and production of records concerning investment practices, the impact on Texas public pension funds, and any investments intended to further political or social causes. Members discussed the importance of obtaining testimony and the limited but necessary use of subpoena power. The committee then voted, with 10 ayes, no nays, and one absent, to adopt the motion. With no further business, the committee recessed until the call of the chair, planning to return after the local calendar.
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TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs (Part III) Apr 24th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • The common-sense provisions in this bill would go far in protecting the Texas economy and Texas companies
  • Texas is that in Texas access to capital must be based on merit, not ideological conformity.
  • We have proof right here in Texas, in particular, the University of Texas, Texas A&M, companies from
  • We have proof right here in Texas. in particular, the University of Texas, Texas A&N, Right here in Texas
  • economy, to Texas energy, and the Texas retirees.
Bills: SB312, SB945, SB946, SB1367, SB1861, SB2044, SB2337, SB2403, SB2819, SJR54
Keywords: public school funding, education, budget allocation, financial transparency, state law, local control, fiduciary responsibility, public retirement systems, investment management, proxy voting, financial factors, insurance, political shareholder proposals, fossil fuels, greenhouse gas emissions, environmental regulation, discrimination, credit extension, social credit, value-based standards
Summary: The committee heard Senate Bill 945, 946, 2044, 2819, 2403, 2337, and 312, with all bills left pending after testimony. SB 945 would restrict insurance companies from denying or limiting coverage based on oil and gas activity or ESG-related goals, and supporters argued it would protect Texas energy producers from politically motivated shareholder activism and insurance discrimination. SB 946 would bar creditors from using social credit, ESG, DEI, or religious/political affiliation as a basis for denying or limiting credit; witnesses said it would prevent viewpoint-based financial discrimination and protect access to capital for Texas businesses. SB 2337 would require proxy advisory firms to disclose when recommendations are based on non-financial factors or when they give conflicting advice to different clients; supporters said the measure would increase transparency and curb ESG-driven influence over shareholder voting. SB 312 would direct public retirement systems to focus on financial returns rather than social or political objectives, with the author saying the bill responds to activist pressure on pensions and would reinforce fiduciary duty. The committee also took up election and ethics measures. SB 2044 would strengthen electioneering restrictions for publicly funded education institutions and personnel, prohibiting use of official resources to promote political agendas; testimony focused on alleged school district electioneering in bond and tax elections. SB 2819 would prohibit county elections administrators from holding certain officer positions appointed by elected officials, addressing potential conflicts of interest. SB 2403, the Texas Ethics Commission sunset bill, would restructure complaint handling with a three-tier violation system, risk-based complaint prioritization, longer response times, bipartisan preliminary review panels, and expanded hearing options; members discussed amendments aimed at dismissing minor complaints, clarifying categories, and adjusting lobbying and penalty provisions, but the amendments were withdrawn during committee consideration. Across the ESG and finance bills, invited witnesses from the American Energy Institute, Heartland Impact, Consumers Research, ADF Action, Texas Civil Justice League, and related groups generally supported the measures, arguing that banks, insurers, proxy advisors, and asset managers have used ESG or reputational-risk standards to discriminate against energy, agriculture, firearms, and religious organizations. No opposition testimony was presented in the excerpt, and the committee closed public testimony on each bill and left them pending.