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AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- contributing significantly to both the state and national economy, and whereas the aviation industry has an estimated
- annual... ...and national economy, and whereas the aviation industry has an estimated annual economic
- SB 1322, price regulation, abnormal market disruptions. Judiciary and Elections.
- SB 1322, price regulation, abnormal market disruptions.
- While the regime has admitted to around 3,100 deaths, independent estimates reveal a far higher toll,
Summary:
The Arizona Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, attendance, and approval of the journal. The chamber then recognized several guest groups and proclamations, including Alzheimer’s Association advocates, Arizona Society of CPAs members, the Arizona Airports Association, and students from Onyose Day Academy. A proclamation was read declaring January 26, 2006, as Arizona Aviation Day, highlighting the economic and public-safety importance of Arizona’s aviation sector and its airports.
The bulk of the meeting consisted of points of personal privilege and floor statements, many focused on condemning recent deaths and injuries involving federal immigration enforcement actions in Arizona and other states. Senators called for investigations, transparency, due process, and an end to what they described as excessive force and warrantless enforcement. One senator also read a resolution supporting human rights and the people of Iran, condemning state violence and supporting secular protections and international accountability.
The chamber also handled routine business, including gubernatorial nominations, which were referred to the appropriate committees, and the introduction and first reading of numerous bills and resolutions covering topics such as taxes, education, immigration, elections, health care, water, labor, housing, firearms, and appropriations. After committee announcements, the Senate adopted a motion to adjourn and recessed/adjourned until Tuesday, January 27, 2026, at 1:15 p.m.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
March 31, 2025 - 04:00 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- In Western Europe, leftist pressure to meet net zero standards has already spiked food prices and driven
- In Western Europe, leftist pressure to meet net zero standards has already spiked food prices and driven
- disposal and nutrients, which despite its innocuous sounding name, is a metric that forces companies to estimate
- the metric tons of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium, and fertilizers. forces companies to estimate
- Overall, the report estimates a 15% total increase in household grocery bills if ESG scoring is allowed
Summary:
The Agriculture and Natural Resources Budget Subcommittee heard House Bill 651, described by sponsors as the Florida Farm Bill and a comprehensive FDACS agency package. The bill combined technical agency updates with several policy provisions, including changes to water additive rules, labeling requirements for meat, milk, poultry, and eggs, criminal penalties related to drones over agricultural land, mail theft, and retail fuel theft, updates to disaster recovery loan programs, an FFA scholarship, school infrastructure provisions, land purchase authority for converted agricultural land, and a Florida Farmer Financial Protection Act addressing ESG-related banking practices. A major portion of the discussion focused on the bill’s fluoride language, with supporters arguing for local choice and consumer consent and opponents warning about public health impacts and loss of local control. Members also questioned the C-4 registry language and whether it was duplicative or could affect organizations’ status.
Public testimony was split. Opponents included Florida for All and the Florida Dental Association, with testimony arguing the bill protected agribusiness interests and that removing fluoride would harm dental health, especially for low-income families. Proponents included Heritage Action, Heartland Impact, and several individuals who argued the bill protected farmers from ESG-driven banking restrictions and supported informed consent and the removal of fluoride from public water. Several agricultural and advocacy groups also waved in support. During debate, some members praised portions of the bill such as housing for agricultural workers, drone penalties, and school-related provisions, but said they could not support the fluoride preemption or the C-4 language. Others supported the fluoride provision as a matter of individual and local choice.
On final passage, the committee reported HB 651 favorably. The vote was 11-4, with Chair Esposito, Vice Chair Botana, Representatives Barnaby, Benaroch, Black, Mayfield, Mooney, Plasencia, Salzman, and Weinberger voting yes, and Representatives Alvarez, Bartleman, Henson, and Rainer voting no.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- here to testify regarding the deep harm caused to California families by exploitative commissary prices
- Inflated commissary prices force additional expenses on already vulnerable Californian families.
- In Fernando's words, the current absence of limits on commissary prices means, 'We have to depend on
- Estimates show about 41 percent of kids who end up in juvenile hall are there for nonviolent offenses
- It's important to note that almost 150,000 new gun owners are estimated to move into the state every
Committee:
Senate Public Safety
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Public Safety met on March 17, 2026, with no quorum at the start and throughout much of the hearing, so bills were presented and discussed but no final votes were taken. The committee heard SB 936 on nitrous oxide sales, SB 941 on commissary price caps in private immigration detention facilities, SCR 118 urging release of Jeffrey Epstein-related files, SB 1009 on juvenile detention standards, AB 46 on mental health diversion, and SB 948 on firearm safety training and registration for new residents. The chair explained public comment procedures and noted that SB 891 was on consent, but the transcript focused on the other measures.
SB 936 drew strong support from the author, prosecutors, local officials, and public health/environmental groups, who described rising misuse of flavored large nitrous oxide canisters, youth targeting, impaired driving crashes, deaths, and waste disposal costs. Opposition from the ACLU argued the bill was too broad and should use a regulatory rather than criminal approach, warning about overreach into ordinary household items. Members generally expressed support, though some asked for narrowing amendments to avoid unintended coverage.
SB 941 was presented as a cap on markups for commissary goods sold to detainees in privately run federal immigration detention facilities, modeled on prior prison commissary limits. Supporters described severe price inflation for basic necessities and the burden on families, while no opposition testified. SCR 118, calling for full release of unclassified Epstein investigation files, was supported by the author, a survivor statement, and anti-trafficking advocates; one member objected that the resolution could implicate people without full facts, while others emphasized transparency and survivor accountability. SB 1009 and AB 46 both centered on criminal justice discretion: SB 1009 would require clear and convincing evidence before detaining youth and was supported by defenders and youth advocates but opposed by probation and district attorneys who warned about public safety and resource constraints; AB 46 would narrow mental health diversion by allowing judges to deny diversion when public safety is at risk, with prosecutors and victims’ families supporting it and public defenders, ACLU, and behavioral health groups opposing it as an unnecessary restriction on treatment. SB 948 would expand firearm safety certificate requirements to include live-fire training and require new California residents to register firearms within 60 days; the author and gun-safety advocates supported it as a common-sense safety measure, and the hearing moved into support testimony as the transcript ended.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Legislative Audit Committee Jun 1st, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- software systems and complete disregard by management resulted in improper customer charges and an estimated
- software systems and complete disregard by management resulted in improper customer charges and estimated
- audit will be looking at the following questions, whether funding sources paid for the appropriate price
- focuses on reviewing CalHR's plans for renegotiating with Delta Dental and determining whether the prices
- focuses on reviewing CalHR's plans for renegotiating with Delta Dental and determine whether the prices
Summary:
The Joint Legislative Audit Committee met to hear new audit requests and receive a status update from the State Auditor. The auditor reported 10 JALAC audits in progress, noted that all 2025-approved audits are underway, said the first 2026 audit is focused on DMV license revocations, and described several statutory and high-risk audits already in progress. The committee also approved a consent calendar of four audit requests: UC library resources, law enforcement information sharing, EDD unemployment insurance claims, and Housing and Community Development housing development monitoring.
The committee then considered Assembly Member DeMaio’s audit request on SANDAG road project management. DeMaio argued the audit was needed to examine whether transportation funds, including voter-approved and restricted revenues, were used for allowable purposes and whether past management failures warranted outside review. SANDAG’s CEO and CFO said the agency already undergoes extensive oversight and audits, that funds are tracked by multiple “colors of money,” and that internal controls have improved. Several members questioned whether the issues were already addressed in public records or existing audits, and the request failed on a roll call vote.
Next, Senator Valadares presented an audit of the Board of State and Community Corrections’ Proposition 47 grant administration, arguing that more transparency is needed on outcomes, recidivism data, and oversight of grantees. The BSCC said it already has oversight mechanisms, that the State Controller conducts biennial audits, and that program data shows positive outcomes. The committee approved the audit unanimously. Senator Cortese then presented an audit of CalHR’s dental benefits procurement and Delta Dental contract, citing long-standing benefit caps, provider network concerns, and retiree out-of-pocket costs. CalHR said its network remains strong, that it recently completed an RFP adding MetLife as a second carrier starting in 2027, and that contracts include performance guarantees. Members from both parties expressed concern about access and competition, and the audit was approved unanimously. The committee then completed add-on votes on the consent calendar and adjourned.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 03/11/25
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- This is because our reporting is based on NADAC, which is roughly the price a pharmacy would pay for
- Furthermore, the researchers<00:16:12.959><c> estimated</c><00:16:13.440><c> the</c><00:16:13.759><c>
- true</c><00:16:14.000><c> value</c><00:16:14.320><c> of</c> researchers estimated the true value of
- Also, if there were program estimates that turned out to be less than what we allocated.
- It's also very complex and price tag.
Committee:
Senate Health and Human Services
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
JHA Public Hearing - Tue Feb 11, 2025 @ 2:00 PM HST
Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- It only goes for low- and moderate-income people, but the rest has to buy it for market price on our
- It only goes for low- and moderate-income people, but the rest has to buy it for market price on our
- point okay something in at a lower price point okay something to<00:49:27.680><c> consider</c><00:49
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Committee:
House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs
Summary:
The committee heard three House bills related to the Department of Hawaiian Homelands. HB 606 would extend the Act 279 special fund to June 30, 2028, continue deposits and appropriations to help eliminate the DHHL waitlist, and require a strategic plan and annual reporting. DHHL strongly supported the measure, saying most of the initial $600 million had been used and that the need remains large, with more than 29,000 people on the waitlist. Public testimony also supported the bill, emphasizing its importance to Native Hawaiian families and concerns about Hawaiians leaving the islands because of housing costs. A member noted the bill is a priority and that the committee will keep working on how to fund another $600 million.
HB 1086 would exempt DHHL homestead lot and housing development from general excise and use taxes. DHHL supported the bill, saying any tax savings would reduce the eventual cost of housing for low-income beneficiaries. The Department of Taxation said it could administer the measure and noted it is already being implemented under the governor’s emergency proclamation, with a proposed effective date of January 1, 2026. The Tax Foundation of Hawaii offered technical comments and urged the committee to weigh existing benefits already received by DHHL beneficiaries.
HB 1307 would appropriate funds for DHHL water well development and geothermal exploration on Hawaiian homelands. DHHL said the bill is a follow-up to prior study funding and would support slim-hole drilling, site evaluation, and consultant work to identify viable geothermal resources, especially on Hawaiʻi Island. Several testifiers opposed the bill, arguing there had been inadequate beneficiary consultation, raising environmental, cultural, and safety concerns, and objecting to using $20 million for geothermal rather than housing. In response to committee questions, DHHL staff explained that the goal is to gather information for a future public-private partnership to develop geothermal electricity, and that a Chapter 343 environmental review would be required later in the process. No votes were taken during the portion of the meeting provided.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Appropriations Committee Aug 13th, 2026
Appropriations
Transcript Highlights:
- amended to make multiple clarifying changes regarding information updates, park access, and cost estimates
- SB 1365 Allen, price gouging, due pass as amended to strike provisions related to the Cartwright Act;
- SB 493, Becker, price gouging, due pass as amended to limit applicability to declaration by the President
- SB 87, Perez, insurance loss estimates, do pass. That's out on an A roll call.
- SB 1213, Reyes, vehicle pricing transparency, do pass as amended to, among other things, strengthen the
Committee:
House Appropriations
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Estimated total state fire response expenses currently stand at $114 million.
- Um, in terms of cost, what's the price difference?
- Boot Awards alone were designed to connect more than 80,000 locations to broadband and are estimated
- Are the products between Amazon and Starlink comparable price-wise, speed-wise, reliability, time to
- and operating price, um, we felt like it was, it was probably, uh, contract had been pulled out and
Committee:
House State Affairs
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- What's the price difference? Oh, that's a question that, depending on what you'd be asking for...
- 15 or 20 year period that I couldn't estimate the savings because I'm not sure exactly what Prices have
- of what the price of an aircraft versus the... ongoing maintenance, insurance, personnel.
- comparable price-wise, speed-wise, reliability, time-to-market.
- , an operating price.
Committee:
House State Affairs
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 1/16/25
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- So that's a price increase or that's going to hit people.
- So that's a price increase or that's going to hit people.
- So that's a price increase or that's going to hit people.
- So I just don't like... significantly so that's a price uh significantly so that's a price uh increase
- Seniors are very concerned they're going to get priced out of their homes.
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Agenda Feb 9th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- The price of licenses are set in statute, and for those that are price-locked, a deer tag cost the same
- from our newest genetic-based estimation method.
- The blue dots are the population estimate, and the bands on either side are the confidence intervals.
- That estimate won't be available until July of this year.
- National estimates project up to 50,000 new jobs from expanded timber and mineral access.
Summary:
The House Resources and Conservation Committee heard an update from Idaho Fish and Game Director Jim Fredericks on agency performance measures and current issues. He reported strong access numbers, website traffic, and personnel retention, but noted a slightly elevated violation rate and ongoing work on a website overhaul. Fredericks also described the new nonresident deer and elk tag draw, which he said was successful and drew more than 40,000 applications, and he reviewed wolf management, including reduced harvest due to a federal injunction on trapping in grizzly bear areas. He also outlined a planned elk depredation response in the Big Willow drainage, involving removal of about 100 resident elk through a mix of translocation and lethal control, with meat donated to food banks. Committee members asked about translocation sites, survival, public communication, access agreements, depredation funding, and endowment land access.
The committee then heard an American Falls FFA Ag Issues presentation on the 2001 federal roadless rule and its 2025 rescission. Students presented arguments for and against the change in a mock court format, focusing on forest health, wildfire risk, tribal consultation, timber and mineral access, recreation, and ecosystem protection. Committee members praised the students’ preparation and presentation.
In legislative business, the committee held RS 33185 at the sponsor’s request, introduced RS 33168 related to Clean Water Act standards and the Sackett wetlands case, and introduced RS 33194 to recognize county expertise in federal consultation. The committee also advanced House Bill 587, which would provide spending authority for the Idaho Department of Agriculture to carry out grazing improvement work tied to prior legislation, after testimony from the sponsor and a Western Landowners Alliance representative in support. Finally, the committee heard House Concurrent Resolution 26 supporting wildlife crossings where locally supported, with testimony from the Idaho Wildlife Federation and Idaho Sportsmen, Access and Opportunity in favor. The motion to send HCR 26 to the floor with a do-pass recommendation passed despite several dissenting votes, and the meeting adjourned after the bill was assigned for floor carry.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- The price of licenses are set in statute, and for those that are price-locked, a deer tag cost the same
- from our newest genetic-based estimation method.
- The blue dots are the population estimate, and the bands on either side are the confidence intervals.
- That estimate won't be available until July of this year.
- National estimates project up to 50,000 new jobs from expanded timber and mineral access.
Committee:
House Resources and Conservation
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division II (03/21/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- And that was the estimates that Yeah.
- Like there's no conservative estimate?
- And then that way our estimate of Okay.
- So, there's a $1.3 million pickup. got 120,000 estimated from fisheries got 120,000 estimated from fisheries
- </c><02:23:59.359><c> 2.1</c> two added generates an estimated 2.1 two added generates an estimated 2.1
Summary:
The committee first revisited HB 781, the cell phone bill, after previously retaining it. On reconsideration, members moved to OTP the bill, and it passed unanimously. The committee then moved into the budget tracking packet and adopted an amendment to HB 2 to add the same cell phone policy language, also unanimously, and separately reduced HB 1 by $1 million to match the policy change. Members noted the cell phone language had already been stripped of grant funding language in the House version and that the policy and funding pieces were being aligned across the budget bills.
The committee then took up a Department of Education technical amendment to HB 2 on charter school grants, which made timing and administrative changes without altering grant amounts, and adopted it unanimously. Members also discussed but held other education-related items, including adequacy grants, pending broader decisions on overall education funding. Another HB 2 item concerning E-911/state police radio communications prompted a longer discussion about whether E-911 surcharge funds were being used for purposes that should instead be general-funded. After debate over whether to leave the current practice in place or split the funding 50/50 between E-911 and general funds, the committee adopted a joint HB 1/HB 2 change to shift the funding source to a 50/50 split and delete the HB 2 language authorizing the prior use; the motion passed 7-0.
The committee also discussed but did not act on several lottery-related provisions, including the video lottery terminal amendment, the increase in maximum ticket price from $30 to $50, and related tax split changes, with members planning to hear from the Lottery Commission on Monday. The meeting ended with the committee beginning review of new amendments in the tracking packet, including a Department of Education request related to Public School Infrastructure Commission grant administration, but no action was taken on that item in the portion provided.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Energy and Natural Resources (01/28/2025)
Energy and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> methodology that allows you to estimate methodology that allows you to estimate quite<00:11:24.680
- includes permit fees um which estimate includes permit fees um which the<00:29:07.360><c> the</c><00
- In New Hampshire, over that same time period, electricity prices are up 60%.
- The average price to sell electricity in New Hampshire is 24 cents.
- There's nothing fairer: the average price to sell electricity in New Hampshire is 24 cents.
Committee:
Senate Energy and Natural Resources
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- But They now have a new statewide pricing agreement, Mr.
- Do we have an estimate on what the need is? Mr. Chairman, Senator, thank you for the question.
- The estimates Run anywhere from around 600 million to 1.2 billion.
- The 1 billion Is sort of the estimate on what we think might eventually be abandoned and orphaned.
- And so the estimates, General Fund, in 2028 of 91 million in 29 162 million.
Committee:
Senate Senate Finance
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/9/26
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm Mary Noe Price, and I'm the director of the farmer-lender mediation program.
- That's really, really affecting the producers: the price of fertilizer, price of oil.
- That's really, really affecting the producers: the price of fertilizer, price of oil.
- That's really, really affecting the producers: the price of fertilizer, price of oil.
- , Cargill is the one that's been studying the price of their contract that they put out, and the price
Bills:
HF3692
Committee:
House Agriculture Finance and Policy
Keywords:
Farmer-Lender Mediation Act, mediation, agriculture finance, debt relief, civil law, 1183, house
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Education Finance Mar 17th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- During the current fiscal year, core operating costs are estimated to increase by about $343 million,
- It also estimates that it will surpass the budget-year enrollment target of roughly 213,000 students.
- We estimated $43 million for just one budget year.
- What is the price point where it's no longer really a competitive price to attract students to those
- That was a cost estimate of reducing non-residents. So I would say probably next December.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- Representative Price. Thank you, Madam Chair.
- No, thank you, thank you, Representative Price. Okay, good committee.
- Representative Price. Thank you, Madam Chair.
- Within that fiscal note, usually it's an estimate or a guess.
- Okay, all right, question, Representative Price?
Committee:
House Local Government
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Finance Sep 25th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- If we're looking at the Department's revenue estimates for future fiscal years, we're seeing an average
- A couple of things in the design period where we provide you with that original estimate, right?
- Chair, current estimates range from what was a rough estimate of about 3.2 million dollars in 2018.
- Wasn't close to what we were seeing on a lot of estimates.
- More accurate, or we're going to see projects coming in lower than the engineers' estimates.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/16/2026 - House Health & Human Services #2
Transcript Highlights:
- This is well below the estimated 98 needed to meet Arizona population demand.
- This is well below the estimated 98 needed to meet Arizona population demand.
- And we estimate that the increase in cost would be about $290 million a year.
- It's estimated that around 20% of school-age kids have strep colonizing in their throat.
- We just have a fiscal estimate. This is created in a new category of involuntary holds.
Summary:
The committee heard House Bill 2433, which would require insurers offering Medicare supplement policies to also offer them to people under 65 who qualify for Medicare because of ALS or end-stage renal disease, with enrollment periods and premium protections. Supporters, including patient advocates and an ALS patient, said the bill would improve access to needed coverage and transplant-related care and could have only a small premium impact. Opponents, including Blue Cross Blue Shield/AHIP, argued it would shift significant costs onto older seniors and shrink the Medigap risk pool. The bill was ultimately given a do-pass recommendation on a 12-0 vote.
House Bill 2593 would appropriate $1.5 million to the University of Arizona for the Arizona Perinatal Psychiatry Access Line. The sponsor and physicians testified that the line helps providers quickly treat pregnant and postpartum patients with depression, psychosis, OCD, and suicide risk, and also supports pediatric mental health care. Supporters said it improves outcomes and reduces emergency and referral costs. The committee approved the bill with a do-pass recommendation by a 10-1 vote, with one member present.
The committee also passed House Concurrent Resolution 2013, proclaiming June 2026 as Celebrate Life Month, after emotional testimony from a woman born with spina bifida and another supporter. Several members objected that the state should focus on concrete supports such as health care and family leave, but the resolution still received a 7-5 do-pass recommendation. House Bill 4010, creating a licensing and regulatory board for genetic counselors, also advanced 11-1 after testimony from genetic counselors and a cancer survivor who said licensure would protect patients and improve access. House Bill 2196, addressing pharmacy benefit manager reimbursement and dispensing fees, passed 11-1 despite opposition from PBMs and employers who warned of higher costs; independent pharmacies argued the bill would help them cover costs and stay open.
The committee then adopted a strike-everything amendment to House Bill 2182 requiring insurers and health plans to report claims denial and prior authorization data to DIFI, which would publish aggregated information and hold a later stakeholder review. Supporters said Arizona needs state-specific transparency data, while opponents called it redundant to federal CMS reporting; the amended bill passed 12-0. House Bill 2189, directing the Board of Nursing to update rules for licensed health aides and collect annual data, also passed unanimously after the board said it was already working on curriculum and implementation. The committee held House Bill 2813 and 2725, and began discussion of House Bill 2404, as the transcript ended.