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AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm sure you learned a lot from her.
- I'm sure you learned a lot from her.
- So the lesson that I've learned from Alfredo is to always, always, So the lesson that I've learned from
- Learn. Luke Taggart. Thank you. Maria Jose Rivera Maiva Maiva. Maria Jose Rivera Mayo. Kyle.
- I hope we've learned our lesson, right?
Summary:
The House convened, approved the journal, and spent much of the opening portion recognizing guests and interns from both parties, along with former lawmakers and a newly seated member, Representative Sylvia Allen. The chamber then took up House Concurrent Resolution 2065 honoring the late Alfredo Gutierrez. Members from both parties gave extended remarks about his life as a civil rights advocate, student activist, legislator, and mentor, and the resolution was unanimously adopted and transmitted to the Senate. Family members of Gutierrez were recognized in the gallery during the memorial tribute.
The House then moved into Committee of the Whole on the first budget-related measures. On House Bill 4138, the “feed bill”/budget operations measure, Democrats argued the budget favored corporations and data centers over seniors, health care, housing, universities, and vulnerable families, while Republicans defended it as a continuation of prior policy and said it preserved tax conformity and modest agency cuts. After debate and questions, the committee recommended the bill do pass and the House adopted that report, sending HB 4138 to engrossing.
The chamber next considered House Bill 4139, the amusement/gaming-related budget bill. Members debated whether it was essentially unchanged from last year’s budget language, with Republicans saying it was a continuation bill and that gaming-related provisions would support rural economies and tourism, while Democrats questioned the broader budget context and its effects on working families. The committee recommended HB 4139 do pass, and the House adopted that recommendation. The House then began debate on House Bill 4140, the state budget implementation bill, focusing on the budget stabilization fund and a proposed government efficiency initiative; discussion was still underway at the end of the transcript.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
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Keywords:
HF169, Minnesota insurance, health plan, summary of benefits and coverage, SBC, patient assistance program, deductible, health insurer, consumer disclosure, out-of-pocket costs, medical assistance funds, copay assistance, health coverage transparency, chapter 62Q, enrollee, HF195, Fairmont, street reconstruction, bonding bill, capital investment
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate Chamber Jan 20th, 2026 at 04:07 pm
New Mexico Senate Floor Meeting
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- project selection and priorities financed by bonds in its annual budget request, increasing the weight distance
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- There are work-based learning pathways that states have been doing, and this incorporates work-based
- learning with CTE and classroom learning, uh, and also creating greater partnerships between agencies
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NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Land Grant Aug 14th, 2025
House Rural Development, Land Grants And Cultural Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- And I learned what I did not know about Monty.
- So, you know, it takes a while to learn this state And to understand.
- But we're also working in machine learning that Dean Pontelli talked about.
- We learned you don't collar bulls. They last about 24 hours.
- Because if you are one of the smaller operations, cows learn very well. They're very smart.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- But the actual work they're learning, I guess, how to do if they didn't know how to repair potholes or
- And so we believe that the distance, the physical distance from here to Arizona, makes oversight impossible
- Always wanting to learn more and envision different options and possibilities.
Summary:
The Committee on Public Safety heard several resolutions, including HCR 944/HR 90 to request a gubernatorial proclamation designating Hawaii as a Purple Heart state on August 7, 2025; HCR 205/HR 197 urging Maui County and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to expedite a permanent replacement for the Kulani Hakoi Bridge; and HCR 164/HR 159 urging counties to maintain an electronically accessible list of hurricane refuge shelters. No one testified on the first two measures. On the hurricane shelter resolution, the Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities supported the intent and requested a wording change from “special needs” to “access and functional needs.”
The committee then heard HCR 70, which asks the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to expand personal and professional development programs to include community service programs. Director Tommy Johnson said DCR supports the intent and described existing community service work lines at Kulani, the women’s correctional facility, and Wawa, including tasks such as pothole repair, tree trimming, and school grounds work. In response to questions, he said participation depends on inmate eligibility, volunteer status, and whether the work would interfere with programming; inmates must have no serious misconducts in the prior year and no escape attempts. He also explained that some work lines are tied to security classifications and facility type.
The committee spent the most time on HCR 153/HR 148, which requests DCR to incrementally reduce the number of inmates housed in private out-of-state facilities. The ACLU of Hawaii strongly supported the resolution, arguing that private prisons are unsafe and that Hawaii should bring incarcerated people home. The ACLU cited federal findings and actions against private prison contractors, conditions at the Saguaro facility in Arizona, and the need for in-state rehabilitation and oversight. Director Johnson also supported the measure in principle but said population levels, security classifications, and available in-state facilities limit how quickly people can be returned. He said DCR provides annual reports on inmates eligible to return and suggested more frequent reporting could be considered. Committee members discussed benchmarks, quarterly reporting, parole, and reintegration services, and the ACLU argued that other states have reduced or phased out private prison use through sentencing reform, parole changes, and reintegration programs. No votes or final actions were taken in the portion provided.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs Committee, February 17, 2026
Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- So, if you're driving long distances, you want to fuel up your car, but you're driving an EV, you stop
- So, $200 is more than I mean, it's ... distances, you want to fuel up your car, distances, you want to
- helpful for individuals without access to home charging or for those who frequently travel long distances
- apples-to-apples comparison. ...without access to home charging or for those who frequently travel long distances
Keywords:
driver's license, motor vehicle services, third-party providers, Wyoming, regulatory compliance, motor vehicle, registration, license plate, electronic system, State Department of Transportation, county treasurers, vehicle fees, public records, license plates, replacement cycle, vehicle registration, motor vehicles, state fees, 916, all
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- And something that I've learned throughout this process of kind of researching this bill and what that
- And I've learned that microplastics and nanoplastics are getting into our bodies.
- And we have recently learned that recycling plastic leaks micro- and nanoplastics into the environment
- They're being taken a far distance away from Massachusetts, and to really lower the costs and make it
- And when the mother learned about the proposed plant, a few miles from her home, she told And when the
Summary:
The hearing focused mainly on two subjects: expansion of the Massachusetts bottle bill and bills to remove woody biomass from state clean-energy and greenhouse-gas programs. On the bottle bill, supporters from municipal, environmental, public health, and local government groups argued that the 5-cent deposit is outdated, redemption rates have fallen, and expanding coverage to more beverage containers—especially water, sports drinks, and small alcohol bottles—would reduce litter, cut plastic waste and microplastics, and save cities and towns money. Several speakers also backed raising handling fees for retailers and redemption centers, and some supported restoring a Clean Environment Fund so unclaimed deposits would support recycling-related purposes. Opponents, including the Massachusetts Beverage Association and the National Waste and Recycling Association, argued that curbside recycling and transfer-station systems are more convenient, that the targeted containers are valuable to local recycling programs, and that the proposal would shift costs onto consumers and municipalities. Committee members questioned witnesses about redemption rates, handling fees, the 2014 ballot question, and whether the bill had changed from prior sessions.
The biomass portion drew strong support from Springfield officials, state legislators, environmental advocates, and public health groups. They said woody biomass should not count as clean energy because burning wood produces particulate pollution and carbon emissions, and they warned that current law contains a loophole that could help finance the proposed Palmer Renewable Energy biomass plant in Springfield. Witnesses emphasized Springfield’s air-quality and asthma burdens, the public health impacts of PM2.5, and the need to close the loophole before a January 1, 2026 deadline. One forest-industry witness supported a separate bill promoting modern wood heat with pollution controls, arguing it is cleaner than older wood systems and has minimal ratepayer cost, while noting that those credits would be affected if the governor’s broader energy affordability bill repeals the alternative energy portfolio standard.
No votes were taken during the hearing. The chairs managed testimony by alternating between the bottle bill and biomass topics, asking speakers to keep remarks brief and to note when they agreed with prior testimony. Several legislators also testified in support of the bills, and committee members asked follow-up questions on deposit levels, retailer handling fees, recycling economics, and the public-health rationale for the biomass restrictions.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appr/Sub-Public Safety and Judiciary 2ND REVISED Jan 28th, 2026 at 09:00 am
Transcript Highlights:
- So we We've, this body has learned lessons and accepted information from my office.
- And I believe 1 of them withdrew their application when they learned the salary.
- People become prosecutors because you want litigation experience and you want to learn how to do the
- Honestly, probably the legal portion, getting to learn more about how our state and how our laws work
- It's gonna make every moment of learning easier through defensive tactics and firearms.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Water, Parks, and Wildlife Committee Jun 30th, 2026
Water, Parks, and Wildlife
Transcript Highlights:
- Okay, good—and led on the committee's informational hearing on data centers, learned about hunting and
- There currently exists a really modest center where local students can participate and learn about nature
- With the reintroduction of other predators, when we look at wolves in other situations, we can learn
- And they learned to coexist with us, which unfortunately was their existence.
- I have spoken with other states, Canada, Alaska, everywhere that has grizzly bears, and tried to learn
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- These providers required a letter of protection, known as LOP, which I later learned obligated me to
- Learning I had no legs meant I could not become a United States Marine.
- Medical providers are not being reimbursed 100% of the bill cost, which is what I'm learning.
- It took about 24 seconds to cover that distance.
- I was able to learn how to write again.
Bills:
HB4806
Keywords:
civil action, damages, health care services, noneconomic damages, negligence, legal standards, 1184, house, all
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- And she says that if you can improve the learning environment, these kids will just soak it up and they'll
- Students, they'll learn more and so I'm a big believer in that.
- If you have any questions or want to learn more about what we're doing, I'd be more than happy to set
- Huh, really, I, you're supposed to learn something every day.
- where we might not have as proximity of uh access to the, the core, um, is there a difference in distance
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations and Budget Finance Subcommittee REVISED: SB1403 - Added Apr 8th, 2026 at 04:30 pm
A&B Finance Subcommittee
Transcript Highlights:
- We want to prevent that from having to send our assessors long distances far away and being confronted
Keywords:
sales tax exemption, nonprofit organizations, contractors, charitable purposes, state law, retirement, public employees, reemployment, benefit adjustment, Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement System, Olympics, funding, Oklahoma Department of Commerce, local businesses, revolving fund, event hosting, sales tax, tax exemption, tax refund, Oklahoma Sales Tax Code
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Water Topics Overview Committee Jun 10th, 2026 at 09:00 am
Water Topics Overview Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- when it comes to water, learning things when it comes to other areas.
- things when it comes to water, learning things when it comes to other areas.
- Now, the pump system goes up and then downgrade, so it's not pumped the entire distance.
- Now, the pump system goes up and then downgrade, so it's not pumped the entire distance.
- And we've learned that during that process. They don't. And we've learned that during that process.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/12/25
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- We ask them to work with a provider that does have that experience, and they can learn it from there.
- <00:10:41.000>
it that experience and they can learn it that experience and they can learn - crisis teams because people are learning crisis teams because people are learning about<00:18:26.039
- I'm learning about 988 on the fly right here, I have to confess.
- I'm learning about 988 on the fly right here, I have to confess.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Energy and Natural Resources (01/28/2025)
Energy and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- could just get the information to me, yeah, at what percentage slope does that happen with adequate distance
- could just get the information to me, yeah, at what percentage slope does that happen with adequate distance
- could just get the information to me, yeah, at what percentage slope does that happen with adequate distance
- As the chair... that happen with with adequate uh that happen with with adequate uh distance<00:54:52.200
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TX
Transcript Highlights:
- And we'll learn from it.
- And in every disaster, we learn from it.
- I always learned something. So you'll have a safe trip out.
- , but also the new knowledge, AI, machine learning.
- It is, I think, something that I've learned from my past.
Summary:
The joint Senate and House disaster preparedness hearing convened in Kerrville with quorum, public testimony limited to three minutes and invited testimony to 10 minutes. Leaders from both chambers, along with the lieutenant governor and speaker, framed the hearing as an unprecedented joint effort focused on learning from the July 4 flood, honoring victims, and identifying actions to reduce future loss of life. The committee also heard opening remarks about decorum, logistics, and the intent to continue work in future sessions.
The first panel included Kerr County Judge Rob Kelly, Sheriff Larry Leitha, Emergency Management Coordinator William B. Thomas IV, Kerrville Mayor Joe Herring Jr., Kerrville City Manager Dalton Rice, Upper Guadalupe River Authority representative William Rector, Kendall County Judge Shane Stolarczyk, and Real County Judge Bella Rubio. They described the flood as sudden and catastrophic, with Kerr County reporting 108 deaths and two missing. Local officials emphasized that they received no timely warning of the scale of the event, that responders and volunteers acted heroically under extreme conditions, and that communications, cell coverage, and rural emergency resources were strained. Several witnesses said the county’s existing alert systems were limited by geography, sparse broadband, and the speed of the flood.
Testimony focused on possible improvements, including real-time flood gauges and predictive monitoring, stronger rural emergency management staffing and training, better interoperability and alerting tools such as IPAWS, CodeRED, WENS, and sirens, and expanded broadband and radio coverage. Kerrville asked for a flood warning system before next summer and state help for stormwater, floodplain, and disaster recovery funding. UGRA described its past and current flood-warning and mitigation efforts, including gauge funding, a new software-based flood prediction project, and consideration of additional retention dams. Kendall and Real counties highlighted successful or needed alerting and evacuation practices, while also stressing the difficulty of funding and maintaining such systems in small rural counties. Members asked detailed questions about the timeline of the flood response, low-water crossings, communications failures, sirens, bridges, and whether regional consolidation or additional infrastructure could improve future preparedness.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs (01/13/2026)
Election Law and Municipal Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- So how do we balance those knowing that we can learn from the experience of other states?
- So how do we balance those knowing that we can learn from the experience of other states?
- So how do we balance those knowing that we can learn from the experience of other states?
- So how do we balance those knowing that we can learn from the experience of other states?
- So how do we balance those knowing that we can learn from the experience of other states?
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
EDN Public Hearing - Thu Feb 12, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST
Transcript Highlights:
- We have the Early Learning Board, importantly, offering testimony and support.
- We have the early learning board else?
- The family child interaction learning programs are the center of our early learning system because families
- The family child interaction learning programs are the center of our early learning system because families
- The family child interaction learning programs are the center of our early learning system because families
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on HB 1783, which would expand public-private partnership options for charter school facilities. The Department of Education offered comments, the Charter School Commission and SFA supported the bill, and Hawaii Technology Academy, Hawaii Kids, Hawaii Children’s Action Network, HGA, Aloha Project, and several individuals testified in support, while UPW opposed it. Supporters said charter schools need faster and more flexible ways to address severe facility shortages and high costs, and SFA described the bill as a pilot model that could leverage developer partnerships and state contributions, citing Maryland as an example. Members asked whether the bill was limited to charter schools; DOE said the language could be read to include other public school facilities, but if focused only on charter schools, DOE was less concerned. The Charter School Commission also described an existing public-private preschool model through Parkway Village Preschool and PACTED.
The committee then took up HB 1778, which would establish a CIP database for school facilities. SFA supported the bill, saying it would create a more disciplined, transparent basis for funding decisions by documenting facility condition, needed repairs, classification, and timing. DOE initially said it rested on its comments, then responded to questions by saying it already maintains deferred maintenance lists, uses systems such as Maximo, CPT, GIS, and finance software, and sends legislators project-status letters twice a year. DOE said it is working on improving its outward-facing dashboard and integrating its systems, but questioned whether the bill would add value beyond existing tools. Members emphasized the need for a publicly accessible, real-time transparency tool, while DOE said it was still evaluating its current systems and was not yet seeking funding for a new IT program.
For HB 2344, creating an Independent Public School Realignment and Closure Commission, DOE said it wants to remain part of any consolidation process to keep students and education central, while SFA said the bill is timely and framed it as a restructuring response to changing conditions and possible federal funding cuts. SFA compared the proposal to the federal BRAC process for military base closures and said Hawaii has the same enrollment as in 1961 but many more schools, arguing that the state needs a more deliberate approach to school closures and land reuse. The Attorney General’s office raised technical concerns about several sections, including unclear references to administrative support, a governor-approval sequence, a possible conflict with existing statutes governing closed-school disposition, and a missing section number. Testimony on HB 2345, which would establish a geographic CIP district, began with DOE in opposition; DOE said the bill would duplicate existing work, add confusion by creating two agencies doing the same thing, and spend money inefficiently because district project coordinators and project lists already exist.