Video & Transcript Research : 'electrical licensing'

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TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Apr 9th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • SB 599 by West relates to the authority of a political subdivision to regulate a licensed, registered
  • for the Committee on Licensing and Administrative Procedures.
  • for the Committee on Licensing and Administrative Procedures.
  • for the Committee on Licensing and Administrative Procedures.
  • This bill is referred to the Committee on Licensing and Administrative Procedures.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

March 25, 2025 - 09:00 AM

Transcript Highlights:
  • for the usage that our electric vehicle... ...control here.
  • for the usage that our electric vehicle... ...to the State Transportation Trust Fund to account for
  • It was an accident by a 12-year-old who was riding an electric bike.
  • It was an accident by a 12-year-old who was riding an electric bike.
  • They don't have a permit, hanging tag, or the license plate.
Summary: The Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee heard several transportation and infrastructure bills. HB 1239, Energy Infrastructure Investment, would let the Public Service Commission create a mechanism for utilities to recover costs for renewable natural gas infrastructure; supporters said it could diversify energy supply and help agriculture, while members raised concerns about consumer rates and asked whether savings from RIN credits should be passed to customers. The bill drew supportive public testimony and was reported favorably after debate, with members noting the PSC would set costs and that the sponsor was open to further discussion on consumer protections. The committee then took up HB 313, which exempts Purple Heart recipients from paying Florida tolls. With no questions or opposition, it passed unanimously. The committee also considered HB 567, a broad transportation omnibus/strike-all bill covering EV tax revenue for roads, airport and MPO changes, workforce funding, traffic signal modernization, speed limits, and a pilot to streamline airport permitting. A major amendment added utility right-of-way notice, response, and incentive/penalty provisions, and another amendment authorized local governments to set age and ID rules for e-bikes, scooters, and other micromobility devices after testimony about a fatal crash. The bill was reported favorably after extensive debate and public testimony from transportation and utility stakeholders. HB 112, dealing with municipal sewer collection systems, would allow cities to use sewer revenues to expand wastewater infrastructure. Sponsors said it was aimed at helping cities like Hollywood reduce septic use and improve water quality; testimony supported the measure as a way to unlock funding for sewer expansion, and the bill passed unanimously. The committee also approved HB 7009, preserving public records and meeting exemptions for 911 and public safety radio communications systems and expanding them to next-generation 911. Finally, PCS for HB 1397, a large transportation package addressing airport, seaport, spaceport, and workforce issues, was amended and passed 14-1 after questions about federal testing notifications, removal of certain business preference language, and a provision redirecting some transit funds to highway projects if not timely used.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Legislative Session Day 23 (2-9-26)

Kentucky House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • readability, organization, and readability, benefiting<00:19:12.640> both<00:19:13.039> licensed
  • <00:19:13.679> professionals benefiting both licensed professionals benefiting both licensed
  • Representatives in honor of Kucky's of Representatives in honor of Kucky's rural<00:33:16.000> electric
  • <00:33:16.480> cooperative<00:33:17.200> utility rural electric cooperative utility
  • rural electric cooperative utility workers<00:33:18.240> who<00:33:18.559> provided<00
Summary: The House convened with an invocation and pledge, established a quorum, approved the prior journal, and received notice that the Senate had passed Senate Bills 18 and 132 and requested concurrence. The chamber also suspended rules to allow co-sponsorships and vote modifications. Later, the Committee on Committees and Rules reported referrals of several bills and resolutions to standing committees and posted House Bills 49, 66, 139, and 313 for future consideration. The main floor action centered on House Bill 7, relating to school bus safety. The bill would create a voluntary, violator-funded stop-arm camera program for school buses, with civil penalties of $300 for a first offense and $500 for repeat offenses, due process appeal rights, and possible registration consequences for nonpayment. Members from both parties spoke in support, including one member who described being injured after getting off a school bus. The House passed HB 7 by a vote of 78-15. The House also passed House Bill 48, which updates and modernizes statutes governing the Kentucky Board of Physical Therapy without expanding scope of practice, and House Bill 266, which adds audiologists and speech-language pathologists as eligible credentials under the Kentucky Healthcare Workforce Investment Fund. Both bills passed unanimously, 95-0. The chamber then handled motions and announcements, including withdrawal of House Bill 105, notice of several committee meetings, and a resolution recognizing the last day of February as a day to honor Black women; that resolution was introduced and discussed but no final vote was taken in the transcript. The House adjourned until 2 p.m. Tuesday, February 10, 2026.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Budget Committee Sep 11th, 2025

Budget

Transcript Highlights:
  • drivers allowed to participate in the mobile drive-thru license app pilot program.
  • We normally fund hydrogen and electric medium and heavy-duty trucks and buses from these funds.
  • To clarify, we are going to continue to look at both technologies, hydrogen and electric, as we go forward
  • It is both medium-duty and heavy-duty electric and hydrogen. Thank you very much.
  • I will be brief on behalf of two clients, the California Electric Transportation Coalition.
Keywords: 988, house, all
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Pensions, Investments & Financial Services Apr 23rd, 2025

Pensions, Investments & Financial Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • which transferred rulemaking authority for card skimmers at gas pumps to the Texas Department of Licensing
  • The FCIC was originally established to combat card skimming at gas pumps, skimming on electric terminals
  • merchant or technician must report the finding of a gas pump skimmer to the Texas Department of Licensing
  • Um, we generate our own revenue by selling electricity, uh, electric transmission and water services,
  • Uh, licensed police officer in Texas, regardless of where your assignment is, is a very dangerous position
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Transportation - 03/19/25

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Basically, what this does is it changes MnDOT's program around electric vehicle use in the HOV lanes.
  • I can answer questions about HOV lanes, but it allows electric vehicle owners to purchase a decal to
  • vehicle uh owners of allows electric vehicle uh owners of electric<00:01:11.280> vehicles<00:
  • a electric vehicles to purchase a decal<00:01:15.119> uh<00:01:15.360> to<00:01:15.560
  • She went to get her driver's license renewed, and they made her take the medical wrap off.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • For capital outlay, we have a Napa electrical infrastructure upgrade project, which is a mouthful.
  • This project is necessary to meet the electrical demands of the facility and will upgrade the electrical
  • We also check with other departments for various licenses depending on the type of behavioral health
  • However, before any awards are made, we work with all of the licensing and certification processes at
  • in their clinical practice rather than automatically making a referral out to a licensed behavioral
Keywords: 988, house, all
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session May 27th, 2026

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • AB 2379 ensures licensed and license-exempt family child care providers are informed of the constitutional
  • Assembly Bill 1761 by Assembly Member Rogers, and others, an act relating to electricity. Mr.
  • Members, I rise today to present AB 2343, which requires private licensed alcohol and drug treatment
  • facilities to participate... ...which requires private licensed alcohol and drug treatment facilities
  • When you apply for your business license, you have to estimate to the local agency delivering the license
Keywords: 988, house, all
Summary: The Assembly convened, first dealing with quorum and routine procedural matters before moving through a series of third-reading bills, many focused on immigration enforcement, worker protections, child care, and school or voting-site safety. Early measures included AB 2393, AB 1994, AB 1929, AB 1633, AB 1650, AB 1655, AB 1851, AB 1896, and AB 2230, with authors and supporters arguing these bills would provide accountability, protect immigrant communities, preserve access to benefits and services, and limit intimidation by immigration enforcement. Opponents repeatedly argued the bills were anti-law-enforcement, unconstitutional, or based on exaggerated or nonexistent threats. Several bills passed by recorded vote, including AB 2393 (41-15), AB 1994 (58-0), AB 1929 (41-17), AB 1650 (44-19), AB 1655 (50-14), AB 1851 (56-0), AB 1896 (41-19), and AB 2230 (42-15). AB 1633, a 54-vote bill imposing a tax on for-profit detention facilities, was debated at length but the roll was not completed in the excerpt and the item was moved on from temporarily. After a caucus break, the House returned and took up additional bills. AB 2379 would require child care providers to be informed of constitutional protections and receive multilingual training regarding immigration enforcement; it passed 59-10 on both the urgency and the measure. AB 2460 would direct the education department to update referral protocols so schools can better respond to students affected by immigration enforcement trauma and family deportation; it passed 52-8. AB 2495 would expand prohibitions on unfair immigration-related practices by employers, making immigration-related threats unlawful in workplace disputes; it passed 50-15. Throughout the day, debate was highly partisan and often heated, with repeated exchanges over whether the bills addressed real harms or were political messaging, but the Assembly ultimately advanced the measures that came to a vote.
DE

Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session - Session 2 - 42nd Legislative Day Jun 30th, 2026 at 02:00 pm

Delaware Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • You walked up, give me your license or registry. That doesn't work well.
  • mopeds and electric motorcycles; House Substitute 1 for House Bill 457, sponsored by Representative
  • mopeds and electric motorcycles.
  • mopeds and electric motorcycles.
  • License importers must comply with testing requirements before distributing to any stores, and those
Keywords: 1064, all
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Apr 7th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • , we have the class A misdemeanor in the bill and this actually revokes then the tobacco product licensing
  • I ask unanimous consent for Senate Bill 2721 relating to the licensing and regulation of who provide
  • Safety and Licensing Act, too, and the regulation by certain political subdivisions of the installation
  • by Sparks relating to a certificate of public convenience and necessity to construct an elected electric
  • relating to discrimination by state agency against an applicant for or holder of an occupational license
Bills: SJR 12, SJR 81, SCR 39, SB 22, SB 32, SB 241, SB 393, SB 414, SB 458, SB 464, SB 568, SB 583, SB 609, SB 660, SB 693, SB 731, SB 732, SB 746, SB 783, SB 785, SB 897, SB 993, SB 996, SB 1008, SB 1029, SB 1035, SB 1036, SB 1120, SB 1122, SB 1147, SB 1163, SB 1188, SB 1197, SB 1209, SB 1227, SB 1245, SB 1267, SB 1307, SB 1321, SB 1332, SB 1386, SB 1394, SB 1396, SB 1470, SB 1494, SB 1537, SB 1596, SB 1598, SB 1610, SB 1664, SB 1814, SB 1822, SB 1841, SB 1948, SB 2065, SB 2155, SB 2406, SB 2407, SJR 12, SJR 36, SJR 81, SJR 50, SJR 4, SCR 22, SCR 12, SCR 39, SB 765, SB 62, SB 666, SB 888, SB 687, SB 847, SB 1248, SB 504, SB 305, SB 296, SB 284, SB 241, SB 304, SB 1023, SB 204, SB 609, SB 670, SB 850, SB 854, SB 413, SB 1346, SB 1033, SB 1220, SB 1073, SB 810, SB 1539, SB 447, SB 1119, SB 1505, SB 1215, SB 1302, SB 583, SB 673, SB 681, SB 1172, SB 955, SB 957, SB 1120, SB 541, SB 266, SB 1415, SB 53, SB 1352, SB 785, SB 1450, SB 1502, SB 1566, SB 414, SB 1062, SB 711, SB 746, SB 1404, SB 1448, SB 507, SB 1026, SB 1349, SB 1355, SB 1433, SB 1434, SB 1596, SB 1403, SB 667, SB 1059, SB 1567, SB 310, SB 311, SB 505, SB 1209, SB 1210, SB 1470, SB 264, SB 1029, SB 1358, SB 1364, SB 1569, SB 1376, SB 1228, SB 519, SB 1350, SB 462, SB 827, SB 1585, SB 1396, SB 1484, SB 1273, SB 927, SB 1227, SB 1229, SB 1353, SB 1464, SB 1709, SB 1729, SB 1733, SB 1744, SB 1772, SB 1841, SB 1147, SB 1008, SB 2016, SB 1173, SB 1163, SB 996, SB 568, SB 1370, SB 1321, SB 1101, SB 860, SB 993, SB 693, SB 1610, SB 1537, SB 1332, SB 1307, SB 963, SB 493, SB 984, SB 619, SB 1122, SB 455, SB 522, SB 1057, SB 1239, SB 1254, SB 1255, SB 1259, SB 1341, SB 1664, SB 1877, SB 464, SB 1277, SB 32, SB 732, SB 660, SB 731, SB 921, SB 268, SB 1822, SB 1188, SB 1589, SB 397, SB 1058, SB 1036, SB 1267, SB 2112, SB 1930, SB 532, SB 1035, SB 2155, SB 508, SB 292, SB 291, SB 901, SB 1333, SB 1436, SB 1494, SB 964, SB 779, SB 1378, SB 2312, SB 1719, SB 1386, SB 287, SB 2143, SB 1245, SB 261, SB 1247, SB 1948, SB 2406, SB 2407, SB 1882, SB 1197, SB 1814, SB 618, SB 38, SB 393, SB 2065, SB 1371, SB 1394, SB 1365, SB 2243, SB 2226, SB 2039, SB 1919, SB 1895, SB 1598, SB 1493, SB 1810, SB 1791, SB 1706, SB 1644, SB 1238, SB 783, SB 458, SB 22, SB 651, SB 897, SB 1809, SB 1080, SB 745, SB 826, SB 989, SB 1320, SB 1437, SB 2320, SB 2289, SB 1171, SB 664, SB 1637, SB 2064, SB 868, SJR 40, SJR 27, SCR 38, SCR 37, SB 1079, SB 1243, SB 1504, SB 1851, SB 1879, SB 2237, SB 1257, SB 2034, SB 1522, SB 883, SB 249, SB 1318, SB 1151, SB 596, SB 1191, SB 226, SB 570, SB 870, SB 991, SB 60, SB 365, SB 1067, SB 1786, SB 326, SB 1401, SB 1592, SB 1728, SB 1265, SB 586, SB 529, SB 217, SB 209, SB 1923, SB 1559, SB 1839, SB 387, SB 1874, SB 1872, SB 1873, SB 1921, SB 1883, SB 1677, SB 95, SB 1620, SB 1838, SB 2024, SB 2429, SB 1999, SB 511, SB 2309, SB 2166, SB 871, SB 510, SB 33, SB 2420, SB 1860, SB 1541, SB 1316, SB 1314, SB 1313, SB 1426, SB 1398, SB 1869, SB 1750, SB 1871, SB 36, SB 855, SB 1233, SB 760, SB 2425, SB 2037, SB 1758, SB 1759, SB 2365, SB 1924, SB 762, SB 1271, SB 1818, SB 605, SB 1405, SB 1762, SB 1968, SB 1977, SB 2077, SB 2148, SB 2321, SB 1967, SB 1662, SB 1663, SB 2124, SB 2204
Summary: The meeting primarily focused on educational reforms, particularly in special education funding. Notably, Senator Bettencourt laid out the transformative impacts of Senate Bill 568, which aims to lift a historical cap on special education funding that affected approximately 775,000 students. The discussions included plans for an intensity-based funding model that could ensure fair distribution of resources depending on individual needs, thereby enhancing educational support for diverse learning requirements. Senators acknowledged past failures in the special education framework, emphasizing the necessity of moving towards a system that is transparent and focused on delivering adequate services.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Science, Technology and Energy (02/02/2026)

Science, Technology and Energy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, there are municipal utilities as well as electric cooperatives.
  • modest in some cases flat electricity modest in some cases flat electricity demand<01:50:53.520>
  • had increases in electricity demand. had increases in electricity demand.
  • <02:16:16.400> consumption electricity consumption electricity consumption uh<02:16:18.159>
  • <02:32:17.840> and was right next to both electric and was right next to both electric and
Keywords: 1189, house, all
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • Next, we have Carrie Shahan from the executive officer for GCCA contractor license board with comments
  • I am the executive officer of the contractor's license board.
  • officer of the contractor's license officer of the contractor's license board.<00:16:01.120>
  • We got the<00:18:50.080> electrical<00:18:50.559> union,<00:18:51.039> the<00:18
  • :51.280> elevators,<00:18:51.919> the the electrical union, the elevators, the the electrical
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate Chamber Jan 22nd, 2026 at 11:13 am

New Mexico Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • If you're a mechanical engineer, you're an electrical engineer, systems engineer, we need you.
  • ... ...and licensed group child care homes be treated as residential uses in the application of local
  • family child care homes, licensed group child care homes, or licensed child care centers, providing
  • that licensed child care... ...child care homes, or licensed child care centers, providing that licensed
  • family child care home, or licensed group child care home.
Keywords: 996, all
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Senate May 29th, 2026

Louisiana Senate Floor Meeting

Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, received a prayer and pledge, adopted the journal, and heard messages from the House reporting final passage of several Senate bills and concurrence in SCR 86 and 87. The chamber also observed personal privileges honoring the lives of Edith K. Kirkpatrick and Susan Ann Traylor Bidick, with family members present and a moment of silence held for Bidick. The House later refused concurrence on Senate amendments to HB 42 and HB 159. The Senate then took up a series of resolutions, most of which were adopted without objection. These included studies on energy infrastructure and modernization (SR 174, amended to add an alternative energy industry representative and a consumer advocate), breast pump Medicaid reimbursement (SR 175), digital student IDs (SR 176), lethality assessment protocols in domestic violence cases (SR 177), problem gambling prevention (SR 178), community water system grading (SR 179), condolences for Sharon Courtney (SR 180), and expansion of the Louisiana Tumor Registry (SR 181). The chamber also adopted SCR 85 honoring the Sam Houston High School Broncos baseball team after a recorded vote of 36 yeas and 8 nays. On bills returned from the House, HB 1222 on grocery initiative grants failed on final passage by a vote of 18 yeas and 19 nays. SB 312 had House amendments rejected, SB 348 and SB 485 had House amendments concurred in, and SB 121 on congressional redistricting was the subject of extensive debate over racial gerrymandering, district configuration, and expected litigation before the Senate concurred in the House amendments by 28 yeas and 10 nays. The Senate also concurred in several House concurrent resolutions, including studies or reports on flooded corn and migratory waterfowl, deer hunting with dogs in Kisatchie National Forest, support for a Senator Kennedy letter to the Fish and Wildlife Service, boating safety reporting, and subsurface data review. Finally, HB 944 creating a Women’s Health Consortium within the Department of Health was amended to address funding concerns and convert it into a more task-force-like structure, then passed 37-0 with nine coauthors. The Senate then recessed until 1:30 p.m. to continue work, including conference committee reports.
FL

Florida 2026 5th Special Session

Regulated Industries Mar 19th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • It removes the exemption from continued education for building professionals licensed 10 plus years.
  • It will keep all licenses, regardless of experience, knowledgeable and accountable.
  • It aligns licensing with expertise.
  • FPL does a good job in my county of making electricity available.
  • They're all Of, or my county, of making electricity available.
Summary: The Committee on Regulated Industries met with a quorum and heard several bills, with SB 1742 on condos temporarily postponed. SB 1298 on building construction was reported favorably after sponsor testimony about continuing education for building professionals, rural sharing of building officials, residential inspector limits, a planning examiner internship, permitting modernization, and contractor transition liability. SB 638 on home inspectors was also reported favorably after discussion of increasing required education from 120 to 200 hours, adding subject-specific exam and course requirements, and requiring $300,000 in errors and omissions insurance. SB 960 on elevator accessibility requirements was reported favorably, allowing additional shorter support rails in elevators while keeping the existing 42-inch rail requirement. The committee also unanimously recommended confirmation of a block of board and commission appointees. The committee adopted amendments and reported favorably CS/SB 940 on third-party restaurant reservation platforms, aimed at stopping bots and unauthorized resale of restaurant reservations; the Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association and Booking Holdings supported the bill, and members discussed how the measure would preserve direct restaurant-platform relationships like OpenTable and Resy while targeting third-party marketplaces that resell reservations. CS/SB 196 on foods containing vaccines or vaccine materials was reported favorably after amendments that defined mRNA vaccine use and added a cosmetics-related amendment addressing harmful chemicals such as PFAS, phthalates, formaldehyde-releasing agents, and mercury compounds; the Florida Retail Federation raised concerns but said it was working with the sponsor. CS/SB 1418 on heated tobacco products was reported favorably after an amendment clarifying the definition of heated tobacco products and excluding hookah, with support from the Florida Retail Federation and comments that the bill would distinguish these products from cigarettes for tax purposes. The committee also adopted a strike-all amendment and reported favorably CS/SB 1262 on construction contracting, which adds consumer protection and financial literacy topics to contractor continuing education, increases penalties for unlicensed contracting, creates a standardized disciplinary reporting system, and requires timely refunds and project completion standards; the Florida Home Builders Association supported the measure. Finally, CS/SB 1304 on solar facilities was reported favorably after extensive testimony from county commissioners and local officials supporting greater local oversight and decommissioning requirements for utility-scale solar on agricultural land; the bill would remove the current statewide by-right treatment for solar on agricultural land and authorize counties to adopt decommissioning ordinances. The meeting ended with members recording additional affirmative votes on selected bills and adjourning.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

Regulated Industries Feb 11th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • IT WAS THE LICENSE THAT CAN BE REVOKED IF YOU DO THAT.
  • OF PROFESSIONAL REGULATION THAT CONTINUOUSLY MAINTAIN A LICENSE FOR 10 YEARS.
  • BECAUSE THEY ARE LICENSED AS WELL.
  • ALL THREE ARE LICENSED BY YOU.
  • ALL LICENSE.
Keywords: 999, senate, all
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York State Senate Session - 05/06/2026

New York Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • We have 12,000 registered architects as well as 22,000 licensed architectural professionals here in New
  • We have 12,000 registered architects as well as 22,000 licensed architectural professionals here in New
  • We have 12,000 registered architects as well as 22,000 licensed architectural professionals here in New
  • our Police officers do not go around questioning the consumption data and utility consumption, electricity
  • to state regulators for New York State to be able to go into these businesses, to see how much electricity
Keywords: 993, senate, all
Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, approved the journal, and welcomed several guest groups, including Saugerties student government officers, the Marlboro High School boys bowling state champions, a civics group, a National Guard/9-11 responder advocate, family members honoring Salvador Vizcarrondo Jr., architecture professionals, correctional officers and employees, and small business representatives. Members also offered resolutions recognizing Architecture Week, Correctional Officers and Employees Week, and Small Business Week, along with tributes to community leaders and student achievements. The chamber then took up a series of bills on the non-controversial calendar, passing measures on education leave for incarcerated people, utility interconnection study, property tax exemption, alcohol regulation, executive law, school drill requirements, victim sentencing rights, public health, public officers, public authorities, election law, environmental conservation, veterans/homeland security, labor, and other topics. Several bills were laid aside. Some measures drew brief explanations of vote, including concerns about school safety drills, correctional staffing and safety, and a victims’ rights bill that one senator said mirrored an earlier version he had carried. The most extended debate centered on the 21st Century Antitrust Act (Calendar 879), with supporters arguing it would modernize antitrust enforcement against dominant firms, especially big tech, and opponents warning it would create vague standards, invite private lawsuits, and harm small and rural businesses. Another debated bill (Calendar 818) would restrict sharing of utility consumption data with police; supporters framed it as a privacy measure requiring normal legal process, while opponents said it would hinder law enforcement while still allowing state regulators access. Both bills were ultimately restored to the non-controversial calendar and passed, and the Senate adjourned until the next day.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Session (05/21/2026)

New Hampshire House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Representative occupational licenses.
  • study New Hampshire's electrical study New Hampshire's electrical renewable<03:56:02.360> portfolio
  • <04:01:53.360> grid requiring utilities and electric grid requiring utilities and electric
  • the state electric infrastructure. the state electric infrastructure.
  • The maintain their commercial license.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Standing Committee on Finance - 05/12/2026

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Provides for a tax abatement for electric energy storage equipment placed in service after January 1,
  • Provides for a tax abatement for electric energy storage equipment placed in service after January 1st
  • and non-electronic requests with respect to record retention and transmission of requests through licensed
  • With respect to record retention and transmission of requests through licensed gambling gaming facilities
Keywords: 993, senate, all
Summary: The Senate Finance Committee, chaired for the day by Senator John Liu, took up a long agenda of bills covering labor and benefits, corrections, health, taxation, government transparency, and public services. Early measures included increasing short-term disability benefits, adjusting a poverty-level-related earned income disregard, expanding correctional health staffing review, and authorizing the Inspector General to investigate sexual assault complaints in correctional facilities; each of these advanced to the floor. The committee also advanced bills on ovarian cancer screening access, retirement system membership changes, a trail stewardship program, live agency representative access, FOIL/open meetings fee awards, a Harriman campus development plan, court data reporting, educator conventions, park water testing, an energy storage tax abatement, a Native American Affairs office, adult changing tables in public facilities, Medicaid Inspector General audit standards, remote training certification for agency personnel, newborn Gaucher disease testing, electronic self-exclusion requests for gambling, and child daycare inspections and opioid antagonist requirements. Several bills drew discussion. The prescription drug transparency bill (Print 488A) prompted questions about possible overlap with federal Hatch-Waxman/FTC oversight and whether a New York notice requirement could slow generic-drug settlements; sponsors and staff said it was intended as a supplemental transparency measure for consumers. The court reporting bill (Print 1849A) raised concerns about mandates on local governments, but supporters said it mainly required OCA to compile data in one format. The Medicaid local-share phaseout bill (Print 5519) generated the most debate, with supporters arguing it would provide major property tax relief and should be addressed in the budget, while opponents emphasized the need to curb Medicaid fraud, waste, and abuse first. Two major fiscal oversight proposals were defeated. Print 8661, which would have required the Comptroller to hire an independent private auditing firm to review state-funded programs for fraud and abuse, was opposed despite support from some members who argued outside auditing was overdue; it failed by one vote. Print 5519 was also ultimately defeated after a recount confirmed it lacked the required majority of the full 22-member committee. Most other bills were approved and sent either to the floor or, in the case of the drug transparency bill, to the Rules Committee.