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KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • I ask you to put your hand upon our state and our nation and also to bless our first responders and our
  • ><00:16:11.279><c> staff</c> providing all of our so all of our staff providing all of our so all of
  • So um definitely on our on our well.
  • the the the our of our tourism, right?
  • On our next slide, we've got our Guard.
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The committee met with a quorum, approved the August minutes, and heard a brief announcement from Senator Richardson about the Missing in America Project interring unclaimed veterans’ remains at the Western Kentucky Veterans Cemetery in Hopkinsville. He read the names of several veterans being laid to rest with military honors, and the chair thanked the volunteers involved in the effort. The main presentation was an update on Kentucky’s urban search and rescue program from the Department of Military Affairs and Kentucky Emergency Management. Officials said the program is being built around two regional task force hubs, a helicopter aquatic rescue team, an incident support team, and a rescue aid fund for local search and rescue units. They reported that the $8.3 million appropriated for the program in the 2025 budget was fully executed, that $482,670 of the rescue aid fund went to 29 local teams, and that $493,592 has already been allocated in the current year to 36 teams. They also described warehouse and equipment purchases, staffing with full-time and part-time personnel, and a new training site on state property for collapsed-structure and multi-agency exercises. Officials said the program has already been used in recent disasters, including flood response and urban search and rescue operations in several parts of the state, and claimed the effort has impacted more than 1,500 citizens through rescues, evacuations, and related assistance. They said the helicopter aquatic rescue team is fully operational, the task force roster should be finalized by January, incident support should be online by April, and the full program should be deployable by June 30 or July 1, 2026. Members asked about statewide response times, K-9 search capabilities, and the long-term cost of the program, including concerns about reliance on federal matching funds. The presenters said K-9 assets will be part of the task force, that pre-positioning during forecasted storms can reduce response times significantly, and that they would provide more detailed budget information later.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, May 21, 2025 - Part 2)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And Democrats choose to stand with our communities and our neighbors and our families and Our people
  • This bill fixes a provision in the Inflation Reduction Act to ensure that new innovative therapies for
  • THIS BILL FIXES A PROVISION IN THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT TO ENSURE THAT NEW INNOVATIVE THERAPIES FOR
  • Thirty of them voted for the Butch Lewis Act. How about the PACT Act for our veterans?
  • HOW ABOUT THE PACT ACT FOR OUR VETERANS, THAT COST MONEY.
ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Agenda Mar 10th, 2026

Agricultural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Our secretary is going to take a silent roll.
  • purposes, the clock in here on the wall is incorrect, and so we have a service request to get that fixed
  • The wall is incorrect, and so we have a service request to get that fixed.
  • Our offices are in Meridian.
  • Then that was provided broadly; we posted it online on our website so anybody could access it.
Keywords: 989, all
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Emergency Management Committee Apr 7th, 2025

Emergency Management

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm here to represent AB 262, which is about helping our community and our families respond and recover
  • This shouldn't happen in our state.
  • asylum laws, our very generous asylum laws.
  • go through the process, they will be covered by our federal programs, by our state programs.
  • It says California Individual Assistance Act.
Keywords: 988, house, all
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, May 8, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's not going to fix our climate crisis. It's just dumb.
  • It's not going to fix our climate crisis. It's just dumb.
  • our our debts,<00:34:03.360><c> to</c><00:34:03.600><c> fix</c><00:34:03.840><c> our</c><00:34:04.080
  • ><c> broken</c><00:34:04.399><c> immigration</c> debts, to fix our broken immigration debts, to fix our
  • </c><00:39:27.520><c> forest</c> America's ability to manage our forest America's ability to manage our
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • They're also our neighbors, our friends, our business colleagues.
  • I've enjoyed our conversations in our office here.
  • Our goal right now is to up our recruitment rates and really look at ways to increase our academies so
  • There are auditors within our dairy marketing and our marketing services branch.
  • They all keep our vermin down and our rodent population under control.
Keywords: 988, house, all
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • So our, our, our, our, economy and so that affects the jobs as well.
  • Wildfire, of course, can keep focus on wildfire, keep doing what we can do in our forests and insurance
  • forests, our mountains, everything that we have is so diverse.
  • Our forest is a different situation. But in Yosemite itself, we have...
  • Our forest is a different situation. But in Yosemite itself, we are not fully staffed.
Summary: The Assembly Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports, and Tourism held an informational hearing on the state of California tourism amid declining international visitation and broader economic and political headwinds. Visit California CEO Caroline Betetta said the industry remains a major economic driver, with 2024 visitor spending of $157 billion, 1.2 million jobs supported, and $12.7 billion in state and local tax revenue, but warned that 2025 forecasts show the first post-pandemic decline in visitation, driven largely by a projected 9.2% drop in international travel. She cited concerns about the strong dollar, visa wait times, border and immigration rhetoric, and a proposed federal visa integrity fee, while emphasizing Visit California’s marketing campaigns and the importance of upcoming mega-events like the World Cup and 2028 Olympics. A second panel of destination leaders described local impacts and strategies. Visit Sacramento’s Mike Testa said the city has diversified beyond conventions into music festivals, sports, and food events, but noted that international apprehension is affecting events like Terra Madre Americas and that California should do more to incentivize major festivals to stay in-state. Santa Monica Travel and Tourism’s Lauren Salisbury said the city is seeing lower international visitation, especially from Canada, Australia, and Europe, and that wildfire coverage and later federal troop presence in Los Angeles hurt local sentiment and caused cancellations. Yosemite Sierra Visitors Bureau’s Rhonda Salisbury reported steep drops in international visitation to the gateway region, ongoing concerns about wildfire, reservations, insurance costs, and park access, and praised a new federal requirement for quarterly meetings between national parks and gateway communities. San Diego Tourism Authority COO Carrie Verbeck-Cappich said tourism is the region’s second-largest sector, but 2025 is softer than 2024, with spending down despite modest visitation growth. She pointed to weaker Canadian and Asian travel, government-related meeting cancellations, and the need for more support to bid on and host major events; she also highlighted border-crossing delays, insufficient federal staffing at ports of entry, and the Tijuana River sewage crisis as major regional issues. Committee members discussed the effects of federal rhetoric, infrastructure, and cross-border conditions on tourism, and several witnesses urged continued support for Visit California, Brand USA, event incentives, and efforts to present California as welcoming and open. Public comment then opened, beginning with testimony from the California Attractions and Parks Association.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • Over the weekend, our office posted its initial comments on the May Revision on our website.
  • So that would be our comment.
  • Thank you, members. our proposal. What is part of our proposal is at least a billion per year.
  • You just acknowledge there's a nexus here for mismanaging our forests.
  • To speed up our analysis?
Summary: The hearing opened with budget framing from the chair and the LAO, who said the May Revision addresses roughly a $14 billion budget problem and that the environment and transportation subcommittee’s proposals account for about $1.9 billion of the solution. The LAO urged members to focus on solutions that do not worsen out-year deficits, to preserve reserves, and to defer major policy changes that are not necessary to pass the budget, including the newly introduced water-related trailer bills. Members also raised concern about a late-dropped Olympic-related trailer bill, which the LAO likewise suggested should be deferred for fuller review. The first major item was the Delta Conveyance Project and related water quality control plan trailer bills. The administration argued the proposals would streamline permitting, water rights proceedings, judicial review, and land acquisition, and would clarify DWR’s bond authority for the project. DWR said the project is needed to protect water supply reliability against drought, earthquakes, sea level rise, and other climate-related disruptions, and that the tunnel would help move water when conditions are wet and safer for the environment. Committee members from both parties questioned the timing, the use of budget trailer bills for major policy changes, the scope of the CEQA and water-rights changes, the lack of a bond cap, cost growth, and eminent domain protections. The LAO recommended deferring both water trailer bills without prejudice. Public comment was sharply divided, with labor, water agencies, and some business groups supporting the project as climate adaptation and reliability infrastructure, while environmental, tribal, fishing, county, and community groups opposed it as an attempt to bypass public process and weaken protections. The committee then briefly heard the DMV’s Digital Experience Platform fee trailer bill, which would reinstate a $1 system improvement fee to help fund the vehicle-registration phase of the project. DMV said the fee would raise about $7 million annually and offset roughly $59 million to $60 million of project costs, while the LAO noted it would help but would not solve the Motor Vehicle Account’s broader structural gap. The hearing then moved to California High-Speed Rail, where the new CEO presented an updated plan and said the project remains a major climate and infrastructure investment. He reported a revised Merced-to-Bakersfield cost range of $34.9 billion to $38.5 billion, said the agency is trying to reduce risk through direct procurement of materials, and argued that stable annual funding is needed to avoid higher costs from delays.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee Apr 7th, 2026

Natural Resources and Water

Transcript Highlights:
  • our seal, and our institutions, but not on our landscape.
  • And to have that element in our lives, as opposed to just sterilizing our landscapes and our nature so
  • Do we want to be integrated in with our wildlife, our wild lands, and our wildlife?
  • over our North State, which is our largest mountain ranges.
  • I'll have our Vice Chair.
Keywords: 987, senate, all
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Water and Natural Resources Jul 1st, 2025

Water & Natural Resources Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • But take a walk through our river walk. I think that's one of our bright... spots.
  • But that effort is going to help our air stay clean and help our areas stay beautiful.
  • Our enrollment is ahead for fall, and so we're bringing back our own student wildlife.
  • In our communities now.
  • can get our reimbursement.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • 'Give us this day our daily bread.
  • a great friend of our family.
  • our fire unions.
  • Education is vitally important to our state, and as such, our teachers are vital to our state, and they
  • Speaker, SJR53 is approving a major rule by OMMA under our new reigns Act process.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we Give us this day our daily bread
  • Property Act.
  • Property Act.
  • I don't think that we would run this type of legislation for our police unions, our trade unions, our
  • Education is vitally important to our state, and as such, our teachers are vital to our state, and they
Summary: The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several introductions, including the Nurse of the Day and a guest pastor, on the National Day of Prayer. Members also made announcements about prayer activities in the Capitol and welcomed former Speaker Charles McCall to the gallery. The chamber then moved through a long floor calendar of Senate bills, joint resolutions, and a conference committee report, with several measures amended on the floor before final passage. Among the bills passed were SB 1090, a consumer protection measure aimed at giving homeowners time to cancel contracts with predatory door-knocking roofers and contractors; SJR 49, repealing a Wildlife Conservation Commission rule on surety for oil and gas leases; SB 633, a juvenile code measure described as protecting children from fentanyl poisoning; SB 650, a public utilities bill tied to transparency and accountability for state employee salary increases; SB 263, amended to include a “lemonade stand” provision; SB 122, a transportation-related bill on proof of insurance; and SB 1614, creating a teacher induction program, which also received emergency passage. SJR 52 and HJR 1101, both dealing with agency rules, also passed, as did SJR 53 on Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority rules. The most debated item was SB 1884, which would strengthen equal access for school employees to teacher professional organizations and related membership/dues procedures. Supporters argued it would clarify existing law, ensure fair access, and give teachers more choice and legal support; opponents said the problem was compliance with current law, not a need for new statute, and warned against duplicating existing protections. After extended debate, the bill failed 47-44. Members then took up SJR 50, a major Medicaid expansion-related resolution revising earlier trigger language; supporters said it preserved expansion unless federal funding changed and gave lawmakers flexibility, while opponents argued the state had not done enough fiscal analysis before proposing changes. SJR 50 passed 69-18. Finally, the House adopted a conference committee report on HB 3021, consolidating graduation requirements into the ICAP framework and clarifying related school rules, and the bill passed with emergency status.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Agriculture and Wildlife Feb 23rd, 2026

Agriculture and Wildlife

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is us carrying our own weight.
  • So our milk specialist out of Texas comes up and reviews our program.
  • We brought our forester on last year, so a good part of his first six months was determining the scope
  • We need a couple of auction cycles now that we've got our forester in place to give you an honest answer
  • That is our assumption.
Summary: The committee first considered Senate Bill 2122, which would give the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry more flexibility to allow out-of-state poultry processing when in-state processing is unavailable. Supporters said the bill would help poultry producers who face short processing windows and lack sufficient in-state capacity, while opponents raised questions about food safety and environmental standards. The bill passed 13-0. The committee then took up Senate Bill 330, as amended, to help the Oklahoma State Veterinary School Committee study and support the state’s growing elk herd in western Oklahoma. An amendment updated dates and removed a fiscal section, and the bill passed 11-2. Senate Bill 271 followed, updating dairy regulation authority from milk from cows and goats to milk from all hoofed mammals and increasing the milk production fee from one cent to two cents per hundredweight. The Department of Agriculture said the change was needed to preserve Grade A status, maintain interstate milk shipping, and cover program costs without subsidizing the dairy program from poultry fees. After extensive debate over fees, federal pressure, raw milk safety, and state sovereignty, the bill passed 8-7. Later, the committee approved Senate Bill 2169, which creates a framework for managing invasive woody species and cedar removal on state lands to improve forage, reduce wildfire risk, conserve water, and increase school land revenues; it passed 12-1. Senate Bill 269, addressing baiting in migratory bird hunting and related penalties for guides, also passed 12-1. Senate Bill 2095, setting fees and fines for hunting guides and outfitters, passed 12-1 after questions about misdemeanor versus felony penalties. Finally, Senate Bill 2157, creating a Southeast Scenic Rivers framework, passed 8-5 after testimony that it would protect water resources and avoid federal scenic river designation, while critics argued it could expand government and affect property and agricultural rights.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Jun 1st, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • If you don't mind, that's what I would like to offer for our entire state today.
  • land, and spread our land.
  • Overstep its conventional boundaries, invade our land, and spread chaos and disaster.
  • O Virgin Star of the Sea, our beloved mother, we ask you to plead with your son on our behalf of our
  • O Virgin Star of the Sea, our beloved mother, we ask you to plead with your son on our behalf so that
Summary: The House convened with a quorum, opened with prayer, the pledge, and a national anthem performance, then moved through several personal privileges and recognitions. Members welcomed a student cancer survivor and entrepreneur, Bella of Brave Bella Bead Company, and also recognized a new legislative assistant, a page leaving for college, and a resolution honoring National Mississippi River Day. The chamber also received conference committee reports and enrollment reports, and returned some previously failed measures to the calendar, including H.R. 119 and H.B. 410. The main floor action centered on a series of Senate concurrent resolutions, most of which were adopted overwhelmingly. These included SCR 59 on re-evaluating flood maps and insurance rates tied to the Comite River Diversion Canal, SCR 61 urging higher reimbursement for behavioral health crisis centers, SCR 62 calling for review of school-zone safety and speed limits, SCR 68 creating a blockchain and digital innovation task force, SCR 69 encouraging continued research to reduce sugarcane burning, SCR 70 supporting the Major Richard Star Act for medically retired combat-wounded veterans, SCR 54 supporting the Mississippi River Basin Fishery Commission Act, SCR 55 designating the Peggy Martin Rose as the official state rose, SCR 64 creating a construction manager-at-risk task force, SCR 75 studying a Louisiana maneuvers museum and trail, and SCR 80 creating a task force on the minimum foundation program and long-term teacher pay funding. Most passed with little or no opposition, with SCR 84 on earthquake seismic activity in several parishes amended to adjust task force membership before final adoption. The House also heard a personal privilege statement honoring the late Ponder P.C. Clinton Jr., a noted Black farmer, cattleman, and community leader in Shreveport’s Cedar Grove neighborhood, and expressed condolences to his family. Later, members received a hurricane-season reminder from Rep. Jay Galle about disaster response procedures and the need to work through parish emergency offices. The transcript ends as the House moves into additional concurrent resolutions returned from the Senate with amendments.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

House Chamber - Fri Mar 6, 2026, 12:00PM HST - Day 24

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • In fact, it continues to assist our families and our kids.
  • There's nothing better that we can do with our taxpayer dollars than to feed our kids in our schools,
  • There's nothing better that we can do with our taxpayer dollars than to feed our kids in our schools,
  • There's nothing better that we can do with our taxpayer dollars than to feed our kids in our schools,
  • </c> our the middle class family in our areas our the middle class family in our areas need<00:29:54.960
VT

Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Session - 2026-05-20 - 10:00AM

Vermont Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Our committee's contribution to amending this section was to fix a typo and replace the word affirmation
  • </c> members of our community, members of our members of our community, members of our families,<00:58
  • Act 250 Act 181 land use review board Act 250 Act 181 report<01:15:01.440><c> on</c><01:15:01.640><c
  • in our state.
  • would be our um um um our our our our our our CAP<01:53:36.360><c> agencies,</c><01:53:37.360><c> um
Keywords: 927, senate, all
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/23/2026 - House Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs

House Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee of Reference

Transcript Highlights:
  • , with part of that, our 4-H and our partnership for the county.
  • So we don't just flood our fields; we conserve the way we grow our food.
  • So we don't just flood our fields; we conserve the way we grow our food.
  • We've got some great support from a lot of our branches of our branches. That's better.
  • We've got some great support from a lot of our branches of our branches.
Summary: The Committee on Land, Agriculture and Rural Affairs heard four measures and advanced each on a do pass recommendation. SB 1199 was amended to require the Arizona Department of Agriculture to post the Salt River horse herd agreement on its website. Supporters said the change would improve public transparency and access to the agreement governing the Salt River wild horse herd; the department said it was neutral and noted the agreement is already on the state procurement website. The bill passed 6-3 after members debated whether the requirement should be in statute or handled administratively. SB 1761 appropriates General Fund money to the University of Arizona for the Yuma Center for Excellence for Desert Agriculture, Cooperative Extension, and the Arizona Experiment Station over multiple fiscal years. Senator Tim Dunn and supporters from the Arizona Farm Bureau said the funding would strengthen agricultural research, extension services, rural counties, and water and crop-related innovation. Several members said the bill was important to Arizona agriculture even though the amounts would still be subject to budget negotiations; it passed 6-1 with one present vote. SB 1198, as amended, continued the Arizona Beef Council and the Arizona State Veterinary Medical Examining Board for eight years. Testimony from the Beef Council and veterinary board emphasized that both entities are industry-funded or self-funded and provide ongoing services without taxpayer dollars. Some members objected to combining the two continuations and to the eight-year term, but the bill passed 4-3 with one present vote. SB 1683 expanded restrictions on land ownership and related transactions involving foreign adversary nations and agents, especially near critical infrastructure and military installations. Supporters, including representatives tied to Luke Air Force Base and the bill sponsor, argued it would address national security risks and protect training and mission security. Opponents said the bill broadened the scope of prior law too far without enough justification. It passed 5-3 and the meeting adjourned.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/23/2026 - House Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs

Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • , who take part of that, our 4-H and our, uh, the partnership for the county.
  • The more efficient we can use our agricultural systems, the better off we are, you know, for our whole
  • We conserve the way we grow our food. We conserve the way we grow our food.
  • Continuing our agency will allow our board to continue its mission to protect the animals of Arizona.
  • It is our last bill. It is our last bill. And go ahead. Mr.
Bills: SB1198 , SB1199 , SB1286 , SB1683 , SB1761
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 02/18/25

Environment, Climate, and Legacy

Transcript Highlights:
  • music, our dance, our art, or our sense of community.
  • our music our dance Define who we are our music our dance our<00:20:37.360><c> art</c><00:20:37.960>
  • c> community</c> our art or our sense of community our art or our sense of community Morhead<00:20:40.640
  • The Clean Water Legacy Act deals mostly with nonpoint source pollution, which makes up 85% of our impaired
  • how</c> science to base our our findings and how science to base our our findings and how we're<01:47
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Texas operates on a two-year budget cycle, and our General Appropriations Act is largely based on projected
  • We also make several one-time investments to address the needs of our state, including bolstering our
  • Our state retirees have devoted their careers to serving our state, and it's high time we give back to
  • Our partners have made all session.
  • Okay, members, that concludes our business.
Committee: Senate Finance
Keywords: 1185, senate, all