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MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 4/15/26

Commerce Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • homes.
  • I don't want the notion to be that the fortified homes are indestructible homes.
  • And then, yeah, it's top of mind for home buyers.
  • Cocking. roof on their home with or without a grant.
  • I've had three site visits.
Bills: HF4881, HF4867, HF4422, HF4223
Keywords: healthcare, insurance, regulation, financial institutions, prescription drug affordability, consumer protection, restitution account, financial compensation, attorney general, distributions, property insurance, homeowners insurance, fire and allied lines, hail insurance, appraisal clause, loss adjustment, alternative dispute resolution, insurance claims, claim valuation, actual cash value
AL
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Constitution, Campaigns and Elections Committee Mar 5th, 2025

Constitution, Campaigns and Elections

KY
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Interim Join Committee on Licensing, Occupations, and Administrative Regulations (9-26-24)

KY
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Kentucky Housing Task Force (6-24-24) - REUPLOAD

HI
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

HSG Public Hearing - Fri Feb 13, 2026 @ 9:00 AM HST

Housing

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> indeed trying to create affordable home indeed trying to create affordable home ownership.<00:40
  • </c><01:00:30.160><c> uh</c> uh actually buy the uh unit or home uh uh actually buy the uh unit or home
  • </c> land and homes? land and homes?
  • buyers</c><01:06:50.640><c> they</c> for home buyers that home buyers they for home buyers that home
  • </c><01:55:36.880><c> Um</c> financing to home buyers. Um financing to home buyers.
Bills: HB1604, HB1713, HB1722, HB2270, HB2401, HB2515, HB1979, HB1593, HB1743, HB2122, HB1756, HB1837, HB1729
Keywords: agriculture, housing, workforce, land use, zoning, public-private partnerships, tax credit, school impact fees, impact fee exemption, school facilities authority, residential development, housing shortage, affordable housing, infill housing, land dedication, fee in lieu, school construction, developer exactions, fair share contributions, education contribution agreement
Summary: The committee heard testimony on HB 1604, which would create an agricultural workforce housing group within the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity to address shortages of farmworker housing. The department said it supported the bill’s intent but emphasized that the group’s early work should focus on gathering data and surveying farm operators to assess actual demand, to avoid “mission creep.” Testimony from the City and County of Honolulu Office of Economic Revitalization, Hawaii Farmers Union, Hawaii Farm Bureau, Housing Hawaii’s Future, and the Maui Chamber of Commerce was in support, with one witness suggesting a housing advocacy nonprofit be added to the working group for balance. The committee then discussed HB 1713 on school impact fees, which would clarify exemptions for certain affordable housing projects and exempt new residential developments of fewer than 100 units. The Attorney General’s office said the bill should define “low to moderate income households” because that term is not defined in chapter 302A. HHFDC, the School Facilities Authority, Grassroot Institute of Hawaii, and others supported the measure, arguing it would reduce administrative burden and remove barriers to housing. Members questioned whether the bill should instead repeal the school impact fee entirely; supporters said they also favored full repeal but viewed this bill as a more feasible step. The School Facilities Authority also explained that about $28 million in school impact fees had been collected across four districts and none had yet been spent, and discussed how recent nexus requirements limit how the funds can be used. HB 1722, relating to residential condominiums, drew extensive testimony and questioning. HCDA supported the bill and explained that it amends the 99-year leasehold pilot program created by Act 97 of 2023 by reducing owner-occupancy restrictions from 100% of units to 60%, allowing some rental or subleasing flexibility for the owner-occupied units, and permitting up to 40% of units to be sold to qualified residents after being on the market for more than 60 days. HCDA said the original restrictions, combined with rising construction costs, higher interest rates, and competition from nearby projects, made the pilot project difficult to market and finance; it said the changes are needed to make the project feasible and competitive. Supporters including AP Hawaii, Kila LLC, and project representatives said the amendments would help make the demonstration project in Kakaʻako viable. Some members raised concerns that the changes could weaken long-term affordability and questioned why certain ownership language was being deleted if rentals would still be restricted. No votes or final committee actions were taken in the portion of the hearing provided.
AL
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Education Policy Committee Feb 25th, 2026

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • They need to be take that computer home practice or whatever they do individually.
  • They need to be take that computer<00:06:07.680><c> home</c><00:06:08.240><c> practice</c><00:06:08.960
  • ><c> or</c><00:06:09.199><c> whatever</c><00:06:09.520><c> they</c> computer home practice or whatever
  • they computer home practice or whatever they do<00:06:10.400><c> individually.
  • That they give these kids computers, whether they let them take them home or whether they can only use
Bills: HB329, SB5, HB329, SB5, HB43, HB75, HB396
Keywords: military installations, tall structures, local government, construction approval, wind energy facilities, archives, history, board of trustees, vacancies, government control, computer science, education reform, digital literacy, high school graduation, teacher training, education, public schools, constitution amendment, national anthem, weekly broadcast
AZ
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/19/2026 - House Rural Economic Development

Rural Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • So I'm with Visit Phoenix, President and CEO, Visit Phoenix.
  • So I'm with Visit Phoenix, President and CEO of Visit Phoenix.
  • I bought my first home when I was 22. I paid $36,000 for a 1,500-square-foot home.
  • In 2024, the average cost to build a home, just a simple home, a 1,000-square-foot home, the average
  • They're living in these homes because they have no place to live. They can't afford homes.
Bills: HB2107, HB2588, HB2946, HB2950
Keywords: SNAP, nutrition assistance, fast food, vitamins, waiver, food policy, municipal planning, homeowner association, building permits, single-family home, property rights, design standards, development fees, municipalities, infrastructure, public services, annual reporting, property development, tourism improvement area, TIA
HI
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

AGR Public Hearing - Wed Feb 4, 2026 @ 9:00 AM HST

Agriculture & Food Systems

Transcript Highlights:
  • People would not bring these plants home and plant them.
  • 00:30:00.320><c> bring</c><00:30:00.480><c> these</c><00:30:00.640><c> plants</c><00:30:00.880><c> home
  • </c> People would not bring these plants home People would not bring these plants home and<00:30:01.279
  • </c> weight list and trying to provide home weight list and trying to provide home ownership<00:45:18.640
  • And they're going, you know, they're going to be fearful when they come back home and all of a sudden
Bills: HB2425, HB2596, HB2573, HB2017, HB1931, HB1736, HB1594, HB1828
Keywords: agriculture, sugarcane, permitting process, land use, conservation district, diversified agriculture, economic impact, invasive species, plant sales, weed risk assessment, consumer protection, environmental impact, workforce development, biosecurity, training program, partnerships, tax credit, Hawaiian home lands, investment costs, nonrefundable
Summary: The committee heard opening remarks and then took testimony on several agriculture-related bills. HB 2425 would exempt agricultural enterprises on former commercial sugarcane lands in conservation use districts from certain permitting and site plan requirements. The Department of Agriculture supported the measure and stood on written comments. The Hawaii Farm Bureau supported the intent but said the bill appeared to cite the wrong statute and suggested amending the conservation district law instead. Other testimony was generally supportive, while some witnesses raised concerns about using the right statutory vehicle. Committee members questioned whether the bill should be redirected through a different chapter. The committee then heard HB 596, which would require retail sellers of plants to disclose invasiveness risk, direct the Invasive Species Council to create a labeling system and weed risk assessments, and establish fines. The Department of Land and Natural Resources strongly supported the bill, saying point-of-sale labels would help consumers make informed choices. Supporters from the Coordinating Group on Alien Pest Species said the state’s noxious weed and restricted plant lists are outdated or incomplete and that the bill would help prevent harmful species from being purchased and planted. Opponents, including the Hawaii Farm Bureau and Hawaii Food Policy Foundation, argued the measure was too broad, could stigmatize plants and producers, and might be better implemented through voluntary education or narrower definitions. Committee discussion focused on possible amendments, including using printable labels from a website and limiting the bill to larger commercial retailers. HB 2573 would create a five-year agriculture and biosecurity workforce development pilot program involving the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity, Leeward Community College, and the Department of Human Resources Development. DHRD said it supported the intent but wanted clearer responsibilities; the University of Hawaiʻi, the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity, the Hawaii Farm Bureau, the Hawaii Food Policy Foundation, and others supported the proposal. DAB said the program would help build needed biosecurity staffing and training, and that law-enforcement-related curriculum could be incorporated. Finally, the committee began hearing HB 207, which would expand the important agricultural land qualified agricultural tax credit to include certain Hawaiian homelands and additional agricultural costs such as orchards, fruit crops, and clearing former sugar and pineapple lands. The Department of Taxation and DAB stood on written comments, while the Department of Hawaiian Homelands strongly supported the bill, calling it a potential game-changer for developing agricultural lands and offsetting infrastructure costs; the department also asked that the credit be broadened beyond agriculture alone.
MA
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government Jun 23rd, 2026

Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • And that's how I'm here on a home rule, which I 100% support, and I'm pleased and impressed with the
  • So the home rule petition would allow the city of Newton to issue pension obligation bonds and notes
  • A similar home rule has been considered and adopted in recent years by the General Court.
  • A similar home rule has been considered and adopted in recent years by the general court.
  • Why the home rule petition on the lieutenant's position? I've never...
Bills: H5426, H5434, S3084, S3087, S3088, S3092
Keywords: North Attleborough, town charter, home rule charter, municipal government, local option, charter amendment, Parks and Recreation Commission, Park Commission, write-in candidate, sticker candidate, ballot access, town election, bylaw, ordinance, board membership, local approval, Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard, planning board, associate members
Summary: The Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government held a hybrid hearing on several local bills and home rule petitions. The first major item was Senate Bill 3092, authorizing the city of Newton to issue pension obligation bonds or notes. Senator Cindy Cream and Mayor Mark Laredo’s chief of staff, Dana Hansen, testified in support, saying the measure would help Newton manage its unfunded pension liability, preserve its AAA bond rating, and create about $10 million in budget flexibility over five years. Senator John Keenan supported the bill but cautioned that pension obligation bonds depend heavily on market timing and assumptions about future funding and hiring. The committee then heard testimony on a Boylston bill, Senate Bill 3088, allowing the town to contract for a newly created police lieutenant position. Boylston officials said the town’s growth and public safety needs justify a second-in-command role with supervisory, internal affairs, and emergency command duties, and that a contract is needed because of the position’s management-level responsibilities. Representative Wells asked why a lieutenant position required a home rule petition, and the chief explained that town counsel advised the arrangement functioned more like an employment contract than a standard personnel-plan position. Next, the committee took up House Bill 5426 for North Attleboro, a charter amendment package. Town Manager Mike Borg said the bill makes limited local changes: correcting charter language, expanding the Board of Health from three to five members, and requiring write-in candidates to meet a minimum vote threshold comparable to ballot candidates. The committee then heard Senate Bill 3087 for Walpole, which would create a water and sewer advisory board and change the governance structure for the town’s water and sewer system. Town officials supported the bill as a way to improve planning and accountability, but several elected water and sewer commissioners and a town meeting member opposed it, arguing it would abolish an elected board, reduce voter representation, and concentrate power in appointed officials. After testimony concluded, the committee adjourned without taking a vote in the hearing.
MA
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government Jun 23rd, 2026

Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • And that's how I'm here on a home rule, which I 100% support, and I'm pleased and impressed with the
  • So the home rule petition would allow the city of Newton to issue pension obligation bonds and notes
  • A similar home rule has been considered and adopted in recent years by the General Court.
  • A similar home rule has been considered and adopted in recent years by the general court.
  • Why the home rule petition on the lieutenant's position? I've never...
Bills: H5426, H5434, S3084, S3087, S3088, S3092
Keywords: North Attleborough, town charter, home rule charter, municipal government, local option, charter amendment, Parks and Recreation Commission, Park Commission, write-in candidate, sticker candidate, ballot access, town election, bylaw, ordinance, board membership, local approval, Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard, planning board, associate members
OK
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations and Budget REVISED: SB1403 - ADDED TO AGENDA Apr 14th, 2026 at 04:30 pm

Appropriations and Budget

Transcript Highlights:
  • our Oklahomans to have this really unique situation that happens to get the funding, to get... ...homes
  • house while we figure out who's liable, and then they can still go after the insurance company or the home
  • Representative, we visited about this briefly ahead of this meeting.
Bills: SB1319, SB1369, SB1378, SB1379, SB1309, SB1330, SB1481, SB1546, SB1122, SB1403
Keywords: SB1319, Corporation Commission, Oklahoma, remediation, environmental emergency, brine contamination, oil contamination, oilfield pollution, residential property, home buyout, property acquisition, fair market value, revolving fund, remediation fund, state plugging funds, well plugging, abandoned well, natural breakout, Department of Environmental Quality, DEQ
OK
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations and Budget REVISED: SB1403 - ADDED TO AGENDA Apr 14th, 2026

Appropriations and Budget

Transcript Highlights:
  • Homes that have this really unique situation that happens to get the funding to get out of their house
  • while we figure out who's liable, and then they can still go after the insurance company or the home
  • Representative, we visited about this briefly ahead of this meeting.
  • Representative, we visited about this briefly ahead of this meeting.
Bills: SB1319, SB1369, SB1378, SB1379, SB1309, SB1330, SB1481, SB1546, SB1122, SB1403
Keywords: SB1319, Corporation Commission, Oklahoma, remediation, environmental emergency, brine contamination, oil contamination, oilfield pollution, residential property, home buyout, property acquisition, fair market value, revolving fund, remediation fund, state plugging funds, well plugging, abandoned well, natural breakout, Department of Environmental Quality, DEQ
Summary: The committee first took up Senate Bill 1319, which would create a Corporation Commission process to help residential homeowners whose homes are contaminated by brine, oil, or other substances tied to the Commission’s jurisdiction. Members discussed a subcommittee amendment that removed an appropriation because the bill had already been funded elsewhere, and several questions focused on whether the measure was a state-funded bridge for rare cases where no liable party is immediately identifiable. The bill was advanced on a 23-3 vote. The committee then approved several other measures with little or no debate: SB 1369 to create a protected revolving fund for the 988 mental health lifeline; SB 1378 to create an Olympic Fund for Oklahoma City’s 2028 Olympic preparations; SB 1379 to establish a two-year grant pilot for victims of labor and sex trafficking; SB 1309 to increase the Rhodes Fund reserve for debt service; SB 1330 to change compensation for the pardon and parole board director and members to an attendance-based structure; SB 1546 to allow private donations for the Inspired to Teach program and rename it Next Ed; and SB 1403 to update the Quality Jobs Program, including adding certain transportation-related industries and tightening eligibility if a credit is unused for three years. These bills all received due-pass recommendations, with votes ranging from unanimous to 23-2. The committee also considered SB 1481, which adds 20 minutes of daily recess, and members noted that similar bills were moving through the process and that the bill did not clearly address whether the added recess counts as instructional time. It passed 25-0. Finally, SB 1122, a broadband tax-policy cleanup bill, drew questions about its fiscal impact on local governments and counties; the presenter said municipalities would not be affected because they do not levy ad valorem taxes, though the measure could reduce revenue for other taxing entities by about $20 million statewide. That bill passed 23-1. The meeting ended with announcements about upcoming appropriations meetings and adjournment.
AL
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee Feb 25th, 2026

Finance and Taxation General Fund

Transcript Highlights:
  • And when we've visited on things in the past, most of the fraud that occurs in this state apparently
  • c><00:12:52.960><c> And</c><00:12:53.120><c> when</c><00:12:53.280><c> we've</c><00:12:53.640><c> visited
  • And when we've visited about municipal.
  • And when we've visited on<00:12:54.200><c> things</c><00:12:54.440><c> in</c><00:12:54.520><c> the</c
Bills: HB91, HB95, HB255, HB318, HB91, HB95, HB255, HB318
Keywords: county housing authority, public housing, housing authority, affordable housing, low-income housing, mixed-use development, community facilities, subsidiary, affiliate, public corporation, municipal tax exemption, deed tax, mortgage tax, probate fee, bond financing, housing project, urban redevelopment, rural housing, public-private partnership, eminent domain
TX
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Intergovernmental Affairs May 13th, 2025

Intergovernmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • To folks watching at home, the Intergovernmental Affairs Committee.
  • Cities with home rule status have a tremendous amount of authority under statute.
  • Our home, our town, our rules, how we govern means something to us.
  • these communities all around us, we all take care of one another—emergency management, because we are home
  • We're trying to get where you can get back home. Thank you, representatives.
Bills: HB5691, SB427, SB2623, SB2858
Keywords: municipal management district, bonds, assessments, property taxes, economic development, eminent domain, special district, SB 427, local government, political subdivision, state loan, state grant, financial reporting, annual financial statement, annual report, county report, municipal finance, water district, municipality, county auditor
OK
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations and Budget 3rd Revision: SB2060 laid over 4/6, added to today's agenda Apr 7th, 2026 at 04:30 pm

Appropriations and Budget

Transcript Highlights:
  • trying to save Oklahomans $153 per day per resident, allowing them to not have to go into nursing homes
  • I think in a lot of our communities across the state, there is a need for new development and homes being
  • primarily residential homes.
Bills: SB1530, SB1579, SB1778, SB1847, SB1990, SB1992, SB2060
Keywords: research funding, development rebate, Oklahoma Department of Commerce, tax incentives, higher education partnerships, property tax, valuation increase, taxpayer rights, homestead, protest process, reading instruction, literacy, educational equity, intervention services, third grade retention, Strong Readers Act, Medicaid, ADvantage Waiver, home-based services, eligibility criteria
LA
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Education Mar 24th, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • to help build their home libraries.
  • We're really focused on home with this effort.
  • And so what we are trying to do is to bring the book to the home so that they, so in that time at home
  • And so what we are trying to do is to bring the book to the home so that they, so in that time at home
  • We're certainly in favor of expanding access for in-home learning and at-home libraries.
Bills: HB256, HB272, HB350, HB363, HB386, HB434, HB445, HB690
Keywords: mandatory reporting, school employees, child protection, training requirements, Department of Children and Family Services, education, reading program, student eligibility, literacy, school performance, R.E.A.D. program, book distribution, École Pointe-au-Chien, French immersion, public school, Terrebonne Parish, grade levels, independent school, virtual school, extracurricular activities
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/26

Housing Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> don't just live in single family homes don't just live in single family homes um,<00:21:59.520><
  • Many leaving these scattered-site homes go on to buy a home of their own.
  • Many leaving these scattered-site homes go on to buy a home of their own.
  • Many leaving these scattered-site homes go on to buy a home of their own.
  • So, um, I just alone buying a home.
Bills: HF4207, HF3639, HF3981, HF3064, HF2123
Keywords: housing aid, local housing trust, funding projects, income provisions, technical changes, landlord regulations, tenant rights, minor children, lease agreements, eviction, privacy protection, housing, lease termination, medical care, death, infirmity, landlord obligations, St. Paul, public housing, Minnesota Housing Finance Agency
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health Finance and Policy Committee 3/4/26

Health Finance and Policy

AL
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Education Policy Committee Apr 16th, 2025

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • In fact, I know that it should begin at home.
  • I mean, the deal with career tech is you really cannot replicate that in a home environment.
  • these proposals is a shared promise to make Alabama a place where young professionals flourish, a home
  • that... ...professionals flourish, a home that inspires and endures.
Bills: SB278, HB459, HB61
Keywords: SB278, released time, religious instruction, elective credit, public schools, K-12 education, Alabama Released Time Credit Act, church-state separation, First Amendment, school choice, parental consent, elective course, off-campus instruction, private religious entity, State Board of Education, local board of education, attendance credit, core curriculum, religious education, Bible class
AL
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Mar 5th, 2025

Ways and Means Education