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ID
Transcript Highlights:
- There being no further business in the 8th order of business, the Senate will now advance to the 9th
- There being no further business in the 11th order of business, the Senate will now advance to the 12th
- The Senate is in the 12th order of business. The Senate is in the 12th order of business. Mr.
- There being no further business in the 12th order of business, the Senate will now advance to the 13th
- The Senate was in the 13th order of business. The Senate is in the 13th order of business.
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum, offered prayer and pledge, approved the journal, and received several communications, including substitute legislator designations and gubernatorial appointments to the Idaho Lottery Commission and State Building Authority. Members also made brief announcements and introductions before moving into committee reports and the day’s floor calendar.
The chamber advanced a number of bills and resolutions through reading and referral, including measures on the Idaho Child Care Program, Health and Human Services appropriations, elections, development impact fees, hazardous waste, and several House concurrent resolutions and joint memorials. On final consideration, the Senate passed Senate Bill 1285 on occupational licensure for nonpublic school diplomas, Senate Bill 1286 on consumer protections for veterans benefits, Senate Bill 1323 on enforcement of contracts involving gold and silver specie, Senate Bill 1338 on allowing a portion of idle state funds to be invested in gold and silver bullion, and Senate Bill 1342 establishing a limited right for households to keep hens for egg production.
The Senate also passed House Bill 531 updating epinephrine delivery system language for schools, House Bill 518 expanding authority for the Attorney General in human trafficking cases, House Bill 512 reinstating an open-book jurisprudence exam for land surveyors, House Bill 551 correcting urban renewal-related property tax treatment for fire and ambulance districts, House Bill 594 codifying a Supreme Court ruling on distribution of late property tax fees and interest, and House Bill 587 clarifying continuous funding for rangeland improvement programs. Debate on several measures included concerns about local control, continuous spending, and oversight, but each bill ultimately received majority support. The Senate reordered the third-reading calendar and then adjourned until Monday, March 9, 2026.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, June 5, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> services that local businesses rely on. services that local businesses rely on.
- and rural communities, to new businesses, and to veteran-owned small businesses.
- </c> weeks until she goes out of business. weeks until she goes out of business.
- </c> These are successful small businesses. These are successful small businesses.
- </c> war and save our small businesses. Mr. war and save our small businesses. Mr.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Hearing Select Committee on the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games and Arts, Entertainment, Sports, and Tourism Apr 6th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- And that 25% includes hyper-local small businesses and micro-small business as well.
- Los Angeles businesses.
- business.
- Business and Economic Development.
- He's talking about business opportunities for our small businesses and how the City of L.A. is working
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- , small business is relative.
- Agriculture. 85% of our businesses and the employment in the state of Oklahoma is small business, meaning
- So I just have a follow-up question on something that you said and You said businesses have lost businesses
- I have former business owners that went out of business because they could no longer compete with a separate
- So, your suggesting here that one business may have gone out of business because of lower labor costs
Keywords:
labor, e-verification, immigration, employers, employment eligibility, Department of Labor, penalties, funeral licensing, continuing education, Oklahoma Funeral Directors Association, professional development, licensing requirements, HB3660, natural organic reduction, human composting, soil reduction, green burial, funeral services, cremation, burial permit
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- You have her business card in front of you.
- There being no further business in the fifth order of business, the Senate will now advance to the sixth
- There being no further business in the eighth order of business, the Senate will now advance to the ninth
- order of business: messages from the House.
- Hearing no objection, the Senate will now advance to the 15th order of business: miscellaneous business
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum present, heard a prayer and pledge, and approved the prior day’s journal. The chamber also welcomed several student groups and visitors in the gallery, including fourth-grade students from Coal Valley Christian and later additional Coal Valley fourth graders, along with other guests and birthday acknowledgments.
In committee and referral business, the Senate received reports on several measures and appointments. Senate Concurrent Resolution 114, which would add a new Joint Rule 24, was introduced and referred to the Judiciary and Rules Committee for printing. Committee reports indicated Senate Joint Memorials 106 and 107, Senate Bills 1226 and 1227, and multiple gubernatorial appointments were correctly printed or recommended for confirmation, including appointments to the Commission of Pardons and Parole, the Idaho Health Insurance Exchange Board, and the State Board of Education.
The Senate also received gubernatorial messages naming Senator Todd Lakey to the State Insurance Fund Board and James Keating to the Parks and Recreation Board, both subject to Senate confirmation. On first reading, Senate Bill 1228 would add sexual orientation and gender identity to civil rights protections, Senate Bill 1229 would revise election provisions for single-county-wide highway district commissioners, and Senate Bill 1230 would revise alcoholic beverage application, permit, and license fee provisions. All three bills were referred to the Judiciary and Rules Committee for printing.
No substantive floor votes were taken on the bills or appointments during this meeting. The Senate concluded miscellaneous business with introductions and announcements, then adjourned by motion until 11 a.m. on Monday, January 26, 2026.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Organizational business meeting to consider an original resolution authorizing expenditures by the committee during the 119th Congress; to be immediately followed by hearings to examine the real impacts of debanking in America. Feb 5th, 2025 at 09:00 am
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Lawful cannabis businesses have been unable to open accounts, and employees of those businesses have
- Of over 2,000 small businesses.
- Devastating for any business.
- , most sustainable part of business.
- If you're running a state-licensed cannabis business, you should be treated like other businesses.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Rules and Administration - 04/30/25
Rules and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> to reduce the uh small business to reduce the uh small business exemption<00:20:54.880><c> from<
- And the thinking was when you're a larger small business, I mean, a small business includes businesses
- business it is.
- It's not perfect, but I do still have a small business includes businesses a small business includes
- Um which businesses like mine.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Not businesses that use social media, but businesses whose business is social media.
- </c><00:02:49.440><c> of</c> um the businesses of um the businesses of um<00:02:52.319><c> uh</c><00:
- use social medium but businesses whose<00:02:59.920><c> business</c><00:03:00.640><c> cher</c><00:03
- </c> platform business. platform business.
- Um this is business.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate SessionReading and Referral of Bills Feb 24th, 2025
Texas Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate Bill 1007 by Middleton, relating to the cancellation of certain consumer transactions, to Business
- Senate Bill 1029 by Nichols, relating to the advertising of certain used motor vehicles, to Business
- To the internet broadcast or recording of certain open meetings to business and commerce.
- Senate Bill 1081 by West, relating to the regulation of art therapy, to Business and Commerce.
- And by dentists to business and commerce.
Summary:
The Senate met briefly and referred a large number of first-reading bills and resolutions to standing committees. The measures covered a wide range of topics, including hemp regulation, dementia research funding, parental rights and public education, municipal library funding, tax and local government issues, criminal justice, health care, education, transportation, natural resources, and election law. Several constitutional resolutions were also referred, including proposals related to the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas and a severance tax revenue fund.
Most of the transcript consists of the reading of bill captions and committee referrals, with no substantive debate or testimony recorded. The listed measures included proposals on school uniforms, charter schools, Medicaid fraud remedies, insurance practices, occupational licensing for people with criminal convictions, water and sewer utility cybersecurity, agricultural protections, public meeting broadcasting, and various local and state governance matters.
No votes were taken on the bills in this segment. The only formal action reflected was referral of the bills and resolutions to the appropriate committees, followed by adjournment of the Senate until the next scheduled meeting.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Select Committee on Community Economic Mobility and Investment Apr 2nd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- business?
- We want a business, and it's youth-operated.
- And while we have been working and preparing our businesses to scale, some of these businesses, from
- and dilapidated businesses, but for local small businesses that would love the opportunity.
- Businesses, but for local small businesses that would love the opportunity to own some of those properties
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado Senate 2026 Legislative Day 090 Apr 14th, 2026
Colorado Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> that's hurting small businesses. that's hurting small businesses. small<01:00:15.920><c> businesses
- </c> And there is no opportunity for businesses, and these are small businesses, who are in the business
- </c> They know that business. They know that business.
- </c> business in our state. business in our state.
- ,</c><02:09:22.239><c> not</c><02:09:22.480><c> just</c> business is open for business, not just business
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Gov. Tim Walz's tax policy proposals heard in House Taxes Committee 4/23/26
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, individuals, the business-to-business sales remain exempt.
- Uh, individuals, the business-to-business sales remain exempt.
- to business.
- If you're a on business to business.
- So, let's that's business to business.
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on House File 5055, the governor’s supplemental tax budget. Commissioner of Revenue Paul Marquart outlined the proposal as a balanced budget package that would leave a positive bottom line in the current biennium and beyond. He emphasized family-focused tax relief, especially a new refundable young child credit for children ages 0 to 4, which would provide up to $3,000 for one child or $6,000 for two or more, benefit about 104,000 families, and phase out at higher incomes. He also described federal conformity changes, including updates to business interest deductions, dependent care credits, and Section 179 expensing, along with omitted federal items such as research expensing and opportunity zones due to cost and policy concerns.
Marquart also defended broader tax modernization proposals, including expanding the sales tax to selected consumer services such as accounting, banking, brokerage, and legal services while lowering the statewide sales tax rate, and creating a social media tax on consumer data collection that would fund an AI readiness special revenue fund rather than the general fund. He said these changes would make the sales tax less regressive and better aligned with the modern economy. Additional provisions mentioned included a gun-related gross receipts tax on firearms and ammunition, cannabis tax technical changes, historic structure rehabilitation conformity, and added auditors for tax compliance.
Testimony from outside groups was mixed. Nan Madden of the Minnesota Budget Project supported the governor’s approach as a response to federal tax and spending changes, praised the decision not to conform to opportunity zones or federal no-tax-on-tips/overtime provisions, and urged even stronger revenue measures. Brian Lake of the Minnesota State Bar Association strongly opposed the proposed sales tax on consumer legal services, arguing it would burden low- and middle-income people in sensitive cases and create unfairness when individuals litigate against the state. Tanner Fritsinger of the Minnesota Association of Professional Employees supported the sales tax base expansion and the social media tax as ways to broaden revenue without raising the base rate. The committee chair thanked the commissioner and then began hearing public testimony, with additional testifiers queued up.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Mar 5th, 2025
Trade, Workforce & Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- We provide employment services to individuals and business services. to employers or businesses.
- a premier business location.
- Business is big business in Texas and the Office of Small Business Assistance helps our small and medium-sized
- in doing business in Texas.
- Business and industry, making sure that businesses and industry are able to grow.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- businesses businesses uh uh uh ability<00:51:13.040><c> to</c><00:51:13.200><c> grow.
- </c> doing business in New Hampshire. doing business in New Hampshire.
- What I'd be more concerned about is a business running the numbers, a business that does business in
- busi- small business investment uh small busi- small business investment and<01:21:48.880><c> growth
- </c> businesses that aren't in the business businesses that aren't in the business of<01:41:36.800><c
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Banking and Finance Committee Apr 23rd, 2026
Banking and Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- Small businesses are the backbone of our economy.
- Most small business owners are not financial experts.
- Most small business owners are not financial experts.
- protection for our small business owners.
- need this protection for our small business owners.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- A quorum is present, and the Senate is ready for business.
- The Senate is at the sixth order of business.
- The Senate is in the sixth order of business.
- reference of Senate will advance the 11th order of business.
- Without objection, the Senate will advance to the 15th order of business. Miscellaneous business.
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum present, heard prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and approved the corrected journal. Members then moved through petitions, resolutions, memorials, committee reports, and messages from the Governor and House. Governor’s appointments for Irving Littman, Judge Rudolph R. Carnaroli, and Terry Kirkham were received and referred to the appropriate committees. The House also transmitted several bills to the Senate, and Senate Bill 1338 through 1341 were introduced and referred to Judiciary and Rules for printing.
The Committee of the Whole considered amendments to Senate Bills 1241, 1270, 1271, and 1285. SB 1241 received clarifying changes related to carriage-related language, local zoning, and public health/safety authority. SB 1270 was amended to replace “alternative” with “cell cultivated,” add a definition, and adjust a penalty. SB 1271 was substantially restructured to narrow authority, remove summary abatement language, strengthen legislative oversight, and add fiscal protections for cities and counties. SB 1285 was amended throughout to broaden the bill from homeschoolers to non-public schools, make corresponding licensure changes, and move the effective date to upon passage and approval. The committee reported all four bills back as amended without recommendation, and House Bill 494 was held for further consideration.
The Senate also received committee reports advancing multiple bills, including transportation, commerce, education, health and welfare, and state affairs measures, many of which were sent to second reading or held for one legislative day. Later, House Bill 613, House Bill 526, and Senate Bill 1297 were moved to the 14th order for possible amendment. During miscellaneous business, senators made brief announcements, including a birthday acknowledgment and an Energy Caucus luncheon. The Senate then adjourned until 11 a.m. the next day.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- new business would step up.
- It's not small business because I think if that were under small business, part-time employees under
- </c><00:52:05.760><c> in</c><00:52:06.079><c> the</c> business up to five businesses in the business
- </c> some businesses are ready to step up. some businesses are ready to step up.
- </c> So, one large business. >> Well, remember they only have a 147 is the maximum business.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- we</c><00:01:29.680><c> should</c> for small businesses and that we should for small businesses and
- </c><00:02:08.160><c> Partnership</c> support Minnesota Business Partnership support Minnesota Business
- </c><00:02:18.200><c> in</c> Federal Federation of businesses in Federal Federation of businesses in
- businesses that talked about the small businesses that in<00:08:35.839><c> other</c><00:08:36.240><c
- </c><00:09:24.279><c> that</c> there will be small businesses that there will be small businesses that
Bills:
HF11
Keywords:
Minnesota Paid Leave, paid family and medical leave, family leave, medical leave, implementation delay, premium collection, employer premiums, state payroll tax, workforce, labor, benefits administration, DEED, Department of Employment and Economic Development, employer notice, seasonal employees, private plans, actuarial study, outreach and education, employee rights, reinstatement
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:00 am
Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- When you look at any business, I mean, there's lots of small businesses in Massachusetts that are failing
- Delivery businesses, which are entirely social equity businesses for the time being, have spent years
- When you add more and more taxes, more and more businesses are just going to go out of business.
- have rushed in, open too many businesses, there's an oversupply in Massachusetts, businesses have rushed
- in, open too many businesses.
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Cannabis held a hearing on a package of cannabis bills focused on equity funding, delivery expansion, advertising restrictions, medical use, first responders, and ownership limits. Testimony strongly supported S. 87/H. 184 to direct a larger share of cannabis revenue into the Cannabis Social Equity Trust Fund and related equity programs, with speakers arguing the current funding is insufficient and that automatic transfers would better support businesses and communities harmed by the war on drugs. Several witnesses also backed H. 145/S. 89 to allow licensed cannabis delivery into municipalities that ban retail sales and to hotels, saying current rules unfairly limit social equity delivery operators and consumer access. There was also support for H. 176 on medical cannabis eligibility and S. 76 on cannabis use by first responders, while H. 177/H. 178 on new taxes drew opposition from several business owners who said the industry is already heavily burdened and overtaxed.
A major point of debate was S. 94/H. 157, which would prohibit billboard advertising for non-prescription marijuana. Public health advocates, parents, and neuroscientists argued that cannabis billboards normalize use, are seen by youth, and are difficult to regulate effectively under the current 85% adult-audience standard. They urged a public health approach similar to tobacco restrictions. In contrast, several industry witnesses opposed further advertising limits, saying cannabis businesses already face strict marketing rules, billboards are privately owned, and additional restrictions would hurt small operators and raise First Amendment concerns. Some witnesses also criticized the proposed increase in ownership caps and consolidation provisions in the broader cannabis bill, warning they would favor large multistate companies over small and social equity businesses.
Committee members asked questions about billboard ownership, enforcement of the current advertising rules, and the legal basis for restricting sign content. Witnesses and members also discussed the Cannabis Control Commission’s role, the difficulty of enforcing audience-composition standards, and whether delivery should be treated more like alcohol. No votes were taken during the hearing, and the chair noted that written testimony would continue to be accepted.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- The Senate is ready for business.
- That has made it more difficult for Idaho businesses, especially small businesses and rural communities
- business. 14th?
- Without objection, the Senate will advance to the 15th order of business, miscellaneous business.
- Without objection, the Senate will advance to the 15th order of business, miscellaneous business.
Summary:
The Senate opened with roll call, prayer, and the Pledge of Allegiance, then approved the March 11 journal and received routine communications, including notice of a temporary substitute senator and several committee reports. The chamber also received a gubernatorial message transmitting signed Senate bills and House messages on enrolled bills and new legislation. Committee reports moved a number of bills forward, including measures on finance, judiciary, resources, education, local government, agriculture, and transportation, with some bills held for amendment or one legislative day.
On the floor, the Senate considered several third-reading bills. Senate Bill 1351, concerning state office vacancies and limits on reappointed gubernatorial appointees, passed 34-0. Senate Bill 1364, revising the expiration of temporary administrative rules, passed 35-0. Senate Bill 1370, amending the abortion trafficking statute by removing the word “recruiting” after constitutional concerns raised by the Attorney General’s office, passed 28-6. Senate Bill 1337, allowing limited flexibility for small irrigation district boards, passed 34-0, and Senate Bill 1339, replacing continuous improvement plans with multi-year strategic performance plans for schools and reducing reporting requirements, also passed on a 34-0 vote.
The Senate also passed House Bill 576 on the Consumer Asset Recovery Fund, House Bill 731 on participation in the federal tax credit scholarship program, House Bill 591 cleaning up obsolete indigent eligibility law, House Bill 663 shifting agricultural license plate design authority, House Bill 543 updating retirement system Roth contribution language, House Bill 563 revising CPA licensure pathways, and House Bill 652 designating hunting as Idaho’s state sport. Senate Bill 1303, revising provisions related to renewable/sustainable energy resources and the Office of Energy and Mineral Resources, passed 27-8. House Bill 822 was introduced, and Senate Bill 1227 received House amendments that the Senate concurred in.
The major defeat of the day was Senate Bill 1375, the fiscal year 2027 Health and Human Services maintenance appropriation bill. After extensive debate over Medicaid rate reductions, provider impacts, federal funding losses, and the use of reserves versus cuts, the bill failed 10-25 and was retained by the Secretary. The Senate then returned to committee reports, received additional House and Senate messages, and adjourned until 10:30 a.m. the next day.