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MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 2/10/25 - Part 2

Transportation Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • You know, the Social Security isn't a work in progress.
  • You know, the Social Security isn't a work in progress.
  • tax uh are into the Social Security tax uh are paying<01:08:17.120> Social<01:08:17.319> Security
  • Security Security tax<01:08:24.000> you<01:08:24.159> know<01:08:24.560> depends
  • <01:10:54.120> fully eliminate tax on social security fully eliminate tax on social security
Bills: HF5
Summary: The Transportation Committee resumed consideration of House File 5, which would reduce transportation-related revenues while also providing tax relief, including a subtraction for Social Security income, elimination of the delivery fee, and a cap on automatic gas tax indexing. The committee adopted the A1 author’s amendment, which added the phrase “using existing resources,” and then proceeded to public testimony. Representative Joy described the bill as making Minnesota more affordable, while several members and testifiers raised concerns about the impact on transportation funding and road maintenance. MnDOT Commissioner Nancy Doppenberg testified that reductions in planned transportation investments would worsen pavement, bridge, and roadway conditions, reduce construction projects and jobs, and add to an already large funding gap. Committee discussion focused on the estimated revenue losses from the bill, including about $45 million in fiscal year 2026 and $55 million annually from repealing the delivery fee, plus additional losses from capping gas tax indexing, for a combined transportation revenue reduction of about $131 million in the 2026-27 biennium. Members also asked about bridge aesthetics, paint, transit impacts, and whether other mandates and cost increases should be considered alongside revenue reductions. Supporters of the delivery fee repeal, including the Minnesota Grocers Association and Minnesota Retailers Association, argued the fee is costly to administer, confusing to consumers, and disproportionately burdens small businesses and lower-income or disabled consumers who rely on delivery. The Minnesota Association of Townships and the Minnesota Transportation Alliance emphasized that rural and local governments face major road and bridge funding needs and warned that reducing revenue would shift costs to property taxpayers or leave projects unfunded. No final vote on the bill was taken in the portion of the meeting provided; the committee continued with testimony and member questions.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 2/10/25 - Part 1

Transportation Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • And I mentioned safety and security: the cost of operating has certainly gone up, as it has to in order
  • I mentioned safety and security.
  • Creditation standards that are required for securing and storing evidence, uh, based on National Best
  • thing uh we're third thing is a security thing uh we're going<01:27:16.520> to<01:27:16.600><
  • in our committee rooms and uh security in our committee rooms and uh so<01:27:20.960> we'd<01
Bills: HF5
Summary: The committee began with member and staff introductions, then heard an overview of the governor’s transportation budget recommendations from fiscal staff Andy Lee. He explained that the spreadsheet showed only proposed changes, not base spending, and highlighted General Fund and trunk highway adjustments for MnDOT and the Department of Public Safety, including operating changes, extensions of prior appropriations, increased state road construction and Blatnik Bridge authority tied to anticipated federal funds, State Patrol hiring and a metro headquarters item, aeronautics changes, and revenue adjustments in the Driver and Vehicle Services special revenue account. The main testimony came from Metropolitan Council Chair Charlie Zelle, who outlined three budget-related items: advancing funds to MnDOT to help coordinate a highway reconstruction with a transitway project, making Metro Mobility riders eligible for free fixed-route transit, and reducing the Metro Transit general fund appropriation by $32.454 million annually. He said the advance would speed delivery and reduce disruption, the free-fare pilot had been successful and could save money if even a small share of Metro Mobility trips shifted to fixed-route service, and the general fund reduction was manageable in the near term because of new revenue streams but could constrain future expansion and capital maintenance. Members questioned the long-term effects of the proposed reduction, possible impacts on safety, service expansion, and capital maintenance, and whether federal funding uncertainty could affect operations and bus procurement. Zelle said the cuts would not affect immediate operations but could limit future BRT, microtransit, and transitway expansion, while also noting that capital maintenance needs include platform rebuilds, track work, rolling stock, and station repairs. He also said the 2023 funding package had accelerated projects and that the council was opening three transit lines this year. No votes or formal actions were taken in the portion provided.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/11/2026 - House Appropriations

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Department of Homeland Security is directed to administer the Rip and Replace Fund, which shall be
  • Activities that undermine national security.
  • Let's say you buy a security camera system to protect your home and loved ones.
  • This is both consumer fraud and a national security problem.
  • I'm interested in this nexus between consumer fraud and the national security risk.
Bills: SB1097, SB1308
Summary: The House Appropriations Committee met on March 11, 2026, and considered two bills. The first, SB 1097, was described as the annual name claimants’ bill, appropriating $370,211.08 from the General Fund and $33,021.08 from other specified funds to pay claims against state agencies in fiscal year 2026. There was no public testimony, no questions from members, and the committee voted 14-0 to give the bill a due pass recommendation. The committee then heard SB 1308, which would create a Foreign Adversary Fraud Office and Fund in the Attorney General’s Office to pursue consumer fraud involving technology produced by foreign adversaries. The bill also appropriates $500,000 from the General Fund for fiscal year 2027 and establishes a mechanism to transfer excess fund balances to a new Foreign Adversary Technology Rip and Replace Fund administered by the Department of Homeland Security. Kelly Curry testified in support on behalf of State Armor, arguing the bill addresses both consumer fraud and national security risks tied to connected technologies and foreign-made surveillance equipment. Members asked about similar cases and settlements in other states, and Curry cited recent filings in Nebraska, Tennessee, and Texas, as well as a Missouri case that reportedly settled in the tens of millions. During the vote, some members explained support while expressing general caution about creating new funds or appropriations outside the budget process. The committee approved SB 1308 on a 10-4-2 vote and sent it forward with a due pass recommendation before adjourning.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Appropriations May 8th, 2025

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Of course, the energy industry is still clearly a huge part of our state's economy, but we are better
  • I look at the industry, the oil and gas, the golden goose that's helping us with all of this, and it
Bills: SJR4, SJR 4
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Chamber Meeting Feb 10th, 2026 at 11:16 am

New Mexico House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Those come from our oil and gas industry, where many immigrants are working.
  • Visa, you are giving a Social Security number.
  • They make up 11% of the state's workforce and are critical to many industries.
  • And to some of you, that's a very important industry.
  • We have many emergency industries, and those industries demand new workers.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, we'll establish the Higher Education Research Security Council.
  • Texas and their primary purpose to promote secure academic research at our Tier 1 institutions.
  • Chair calls Kevin Gamache, Associate Vice Chancellor and Chief for research security.
  • Secure academic research at all Texas public institutions.
  • Texas A&M established back in 2017 the academic security and counter-exploitation program.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • researchers at Texas Institutions of Higher Education, ensuring they are knowledgeable about national security
  • secrets, how the downfall of one intelligence agent... ...revealed the astonishing depth of Chinese industrial
  • The Ministry of State Security or MSS, which is responsible for gathering foreign intelligence, is literally
  • In the words of one former U.S. national security official, the plan is a road map for theft.
  • maintain Texas' competitive edge in research and innovation, and safeguard our nation's national security
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

CPC Public Hearing - Wed Mar 18, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST

Consumer Protection & Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • We think that's the best thing for the industry.
  • There are security measures in the machine and in the systems that flag different behavioral things,
  • There are security measures in machine.
  • There are security measures in the<00:45:05.760> in<00:45:05.960> the<00:45:06.080>
  • And, you know, the industry did not support a refund provision for scam victims a couple of years ago
Summary: The committee heard SB 1166 SD2, a bill on insurance and climate-related damages that would authorize the Hawaii Property Insurance Association and, in amended versions discussed during testimony, other public and private entities to pursue civil actions to recover losses tied to climate disasters and extreme weather. DCCA’s Insurance Division and the Department of the Attorney General raised legal concerns, saying the bill’s scope may not fit the insurance code section being amended, that it could create subject-matter and title issues, and that some subrogation language may be duplicative of existing rate-filing practice. Lawyers for Justice opposed the measure, arguing it conflicts with existing subrogation law and recent Hawaii Supreme Court rulings that treat the judicial lien process as the exclusive remedy. The American Petroleum Institute also opposed, warning the bill would add liability and litigation risk for companies operating under existing permits and could undermine energy reliability and investment. Supporters said the bill would help shift climate-related insurance costs away from residents and onto fossil fuel companies and other responsible parties. Testimony in support came from the Polluters Pay Hawaii Coalition, Center for Climate Integrity, Hawaii Island Council, Our Hawaii, Sierra Club of Hawaii, and others, who described recent flooding, storm damage, rising premiums, non-renewals, and underinsurance as evidence of a worsening climate-driven insurance crisis. Several supporters urged amendments to give the Attorney General explicit authority to recover insurance-related losses for the Hurricane Relief Fund, HPIA, and private insurers, and to ensure recovered amounts benefit policyholders. Committee members questioned whether HPIA is a private entity, whether the Attorney General could represent it, whether the bill could create double recovery or affect pending climate litigation, and whether insurers would have standing or damages if they are only paying contractual claims. The committee then took up SB 888 SD2, a consumer protection bill that would restrict smart household security device operators from sharing user data with law enforcement without consent or a judicial order, and would bar conditioning device use on such consent. The Office of Consumer Protection testified in support and said an Illinois law could serve as a useful template for exceptions to the warrant requirement. An individual supporter said the measure would protect immigrant communities, judges, and others from surveillance and misuse of private data. No vote was taken during the portion of the meeting provided, and the chair noted additional written testimony submitted in support of SB 1166.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Business and Commerce May 8th, 2025

Business & Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • It will position the industry. Will it make a difference? Absolutely.
  • As far as national security, we need that to be addressed.
  • These industry proposals don't offer either of those.
  • The gas plant, according to the nuclear industry...
  • It's been the most heavily subsidized industry out there.
Summary: The meeting was a thorough exploration of multiple bills, most notably focused on innovative energy solutions and public safety enhancements. Key discussions centered around HB14, which aims to bolster the state's nuclear energy capabilities through the establishment of a Texas Advanced Nuclear Energy Office. Senators and expert witnesses discussed the potential of nuclear power as a clean energy source and a strategic necessity for Texas's growth. There was strong support for the bill, with various stakeholders highlighting its importance for the future energy landscape. Additionally, other bills like HB132 addressed the need for enhanced confidentiality protections regarding sensitive information, while HB1584 sought improvements in power restoration procedures during emergencies. Overall, the committee engaged with multiple viewpoints, balancing innovation with safety and ethical considerations.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • And these industry proposals don't offer either of those.
  • As you've heard from the industry, none of these industries can meet that goal.
  • Gas plant, according to nuclear industry, according to industry experts, if you place an order today
  • And it's about securing our position as the energy capital of the world.
  • It's been the most heavily subsidized industry out there.
Summary: The committee first took up pending business and quickly reported several measures favorably, including HB 12, SB 1361, SB 1705, SB 1749, SB 1897, SB 2344, SB 2566, HB 3809, and HB 4215, with most sent to the Local and Uncontested Calendar. HB 12’s substitute clarified a limited midterm review of regulatory agencies tied to Sunset Commission recommendations. SB 2696’s substitute changed med spa regulation from a license to a certificate, with training instead of an exam, plus background checks, continuing education, and two-year renewals. HB 3809 dealt with battery energy storage decommissioning and recycling, and HB 4215 was reported without a substitute. SB 1978, concerning interconnection of electric facilities in ERCOT and federal jurisdiction concerns, was reported out on a 5-3 vote after debate, but then the chair later announced the bill was withdrawn and left pending subject to the call of the chair. HB 1899 was also reported favorably, with one nay. A major portion of the meeting focused on HB 14, the advanced nuclear energy bill. Senator Schwertner described it as creating a Texas Advanced Nuclear Energy Office, a nuclear permitting coordinator, a development fund, a completion grant program, and a workforce development program. Testimony was sharply divided. Supporters, including representatives from Fermi America, Dow/X-energy, CPS Energy, Paragon Energy Solutions, Bridge to Nuclear, Aalo Atomics, and the Texas Association of Business, argued that Texas should lead in advanced nuclear, citing future baseload demand, data centers, industrial power needs, supply-chain development, and long-term energy diversification. Opponents, including Public Citizen, Texas Nuclear Watchdogs, Sierra Club, and individual citizens, argued the bill would subsidize unproven, expensive technology, create grants rather than loans, and expose taxpayers to major risk while doing little to meet near-term energy needs. Several members questioned whether the state should fund projects that may not produce grid power for years, and whether the bill’s grant structure and new office were justified. The committee also heard HB 5061, which Senator Schwertner said would prohibit unethical surveillance and misuse of confidential information by state contractors, create a confidential reporting system through the State Auditor’s Office, authorize Texas Rangers investigations, protect whistleblowers, and impose penalties including contract termination, fines, and contracting bans. No public testimony was offered, and the bill was left pending. HB 132, sponsored by Senator Hughes, would extend confidentiality protections for sensitive information to hostile acts by foreign adversaries; it was also left pending after no testimony. HB 1584 was then laid out, with Senator Schwertner explaining it would require utilities to maintain and update priority restoration lists for critical facilities after Hurricane Beryl exposed communication failures, but the transcript cuts off before any action on that bill.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Commerce May 11th, 2026

Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • Some guidelines on this industry, especially a 72-hour window to request a refund.
  • This network of resources The Energy Industries Association.
  • I have been in the personal care industry 43 years.
  • There's a lot already coming to our industry, and there's already a lot that can be improved in our industry
  • There's a lot already coming to our industry, and there's already a lot that can be improved in our industry
Summary: The House Committee on Commerce met on May 11, 2026, and first advanced several Senate measures with little or no opposition. It reported favorably Senate Bill 79 recreating Louisiana Economic Development, Senate Concurrent Resolution 5 establishing the Louisiana-Ireland Trade Commission, and Senate Bill 375 on Class B firefighting foam, after adopting a technical amendment clarifying use in declared emergency firefighting operations. The committee also advanced Senate Bill 398, which moves manufactured and modular housing regulation under the Louisiana Contractors Licensing Board and expands inspection and enforcement provisions, after adopting two sets of mostly technical amendments and hearing testimony that the change would improve consumer safety and increase inspection coverage without adding net cost to locals. It then reported favorably Senate Bill 163 on virtual currency business licensing, after adopting an amendment providing that any future federal licensing law would preempt the state act, and Senate Bill 287 on virtual currency kiosks, which adds refund timelines, disclosure requirements, customer support, and reporting duties; witnesses from the banking and law enforcement community said the bill responds to common fraud complaints and improves consumer protection. The committee also reported favorably Senate Bill 54, which allows estheticians to blow-dry hair after certain services, despite strong opposition from cosmetology board representatives and industry witnesses who argued the service is outside esthetics training, could create scope-of-practice and facility issues, and should instead be addressed by lowering or revising separate blow-dry licensing requirements. The committee then considered House Resolution 197, which urges the Louisiana Public Service Commission to study the feasibility and value of distributed energy generation and storage resources. After adopting technical amendments and a second amendment changing mandatory language to requests and urging the PSC to coordinate with the LSU Energy Institute, the resolution was reported favorably. Testimony from solar and energy industry representatives, the PSC, and LSU focused on how distributed resources, batteries, rooftop solar, and virtual power plants could improve reliability, reduce costs, and help meet rising demand; members also discussed how the study would evaluate market value, avoided costs, and capacity benefits. Questions centered on methodology, grid impacts, and comparisons to Texas’s ERCOT system and Winter Storm Uri, with PSC officials emphasizing that the study would help determine whether such resources benefit ratepayers. Representative Wright presented House Bill 744, a proposed constitutional amendment to transfer regulation of certain New Orleans utilities from the city council to the Public Service Commission. He argued the change could reduce rates through consolidation and eliminate duplicative regulatory costs, while PSC officials explained the city’s authority is a constitutional exception dating back to 1921 and that Entergy New Orleans and Entergy Louisiana operate as separate companies with different regulatory environments. After discussion of rate impacts, utility structure, and whether the proposal should instead become a study, the bill was deferred. The committee then began Senate Bill 386, the Louisiana Data Privacy Act, which would give consumers rights to access, correct, delete, and opt out of certain uses of personal data; the sponsor introduced the bill and the committee started considering technical and substantive amendments, but the transcript ends before final action on that measure.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Revenue and Taxation Apr 6th, 2026 at 02:00 pm

Revenue and Taxation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Members, House Bill 4426 extends the sunset on the strategic industrial development enhancement, otherwise
  • The office is not permitted to own property, so those funds pay rent to house UP employees and securely
  • So, can you help me understand if this is shooting for a specific industry or specific project or why
  • Obviously, in the childcare industry, it's trying to affect that and help them along.
  • I think we need to see it two more years to let every part of the industry see the benefit of this.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

TRS-LBT, TRS-EDT, TRS Public Hearings 02-10-2026

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • But there is no viable industry >> Okay.
  • But there is no viable industry right<00:14:19.760> now. right now. right now.
  • um 1,500 square ft of office uh secure um 1,500 square ft of office uh secure in<00:15:02.079>
  • We have security checkpoint in Honolulu.
  • , the hotel industry that gets a lot of pre-imposed, the cruise ship industry, and especially the employees
Summary: The joint committees on Transportation, Labor and Technology, and later Transportation and Economic Development and Tourism, heard several bills. SB 2573 would allow administrative driver’s license revocation hearings to be held by interactive conference technology such as Zoom and permit electronic exchange of evidence. The chief adjudicator for the ADLRO supported it as a non-mandatory option that has worked well since 2021, improving attendance and saving time and money; DOT also supported it. The committees voted to pass SB 2573 with technical, non-substantive amendments. SB 3215 would make permanent the requirement that securing mooring lines at commercial docks be performed by labor subject to collective bargaining by repealing the sunset date in existing harbor safety law. DOT did not submit testimony, and the chair noted support from longshore labor. The committees voted to pass SB 3215 unamended. The committees also heard SB 2693, which authorizes $15 million in general obligation bonds for planning, design, and construction of a 50,000-square-foot aerospace hangar and related facilities at Hilo International Airport. A Phoenix Space executive testified in support, saying Hawaii and Hilo have geographic advantages and that the project could support aerospace investment and jobs; several other organizations and individuals submitted supportive testimony. Committee members questioned whether federal matching funds or airport capacity existed, and DOT said it had no assurance of federal participation and would need to check on capacity and potential users. The hearing then moved to SB 2698, which would create a cruise ship special fund and impose a per-passenger head fee on cruise ships docking in state commercial harbors while repealing the existing cruise ship TAT framework effective January 1, 2026. DOT supported the bill but requested amendments to clarify that the new fee is in addition to existing passenger, port entry, and dockage fees and to raise the fee from $6.50 to $10; DOT said the higher amount would better fund harbor improvements such as shore power. Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings testified in support but said the added fee would significantly increase costs, while a local ship supply business supported the cruise industry and opposed the TAT approach, saying cruise activity benefits local farmers and jobs. No final vote on SB 2698 was taken in the excerpt provided.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Committee Meeting - 2025-04-03

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • I guess if it's individual, we've always wanted to secure that, but I'm a little concerned, Madam Chair
  • can tell me if I'm misunderstanding it, but I thought it was giving kind of a pot of money to the industry
  • we don't have that court file number, this often requires us to drive to a courthouse, go through security
  • The private attorney should not have to go through security, which has been a lot of conversation about
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 4/3/25 - Part 2

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • and<00:09:46.000> private individual security officers and private individual security
  • And we do have into the industry.
  • And I say this as someone who worked for much of my young adulthood in this industry, the private security
  • And I say this as someone who worked for much of my young adulthood in this industry, the private security
  • > industry, industry, the private security industry, industry, the private security industry, in<
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 4/3/25 - Part 1

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • bill here quickly, but when I read it before, it sounded like we're giving a pot of money to the industry
  • testifier who can give a little more information if it's the will of the chair. pot of money to the Industry
  • Group to pot of money to the Industry Group to then<00:11:33.160> distribute<00:11:33.839>
  • program and then the last item security program and then the last item is<01:20:46.840> for<01
  • go through security and look up<01:25:18.400> a<01:25:18.600> client's<01:25:19.159>
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 2/25/26

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • calculate a different definition of Minnesota adjusted gross income just to phase out your social security
  • :15.360> social income just to phase out your social income just to phase out your social security
  • subtraction<00:05:16.400> or<00:05:16.560> your<00:05:16.720> child security
  • <00:35:47.200> by<00:35:47.680> uh lender on loans that are secured by uh lender on
  • loans that are secured by uh agricultural<00:35:48.800> real<00:35:49.440> property.
Bills: HR1, HF387
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/27/25

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm also working with MCCD to secure funding.
  • c> hearing about cuts to to Social Security hearing about cuts to to Social Security Administration<00
  • after I helped her win a social security after I helped her win a social security case<01:12:57.920
  • So what happens is they then apply for Social Security.
  • is they then apply for Social Security is they then apply for Social Security they<01:25:57.360>
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 2/23/26

Agriculture Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • However, remember that there is public or private industry still investing in broadband and other federal
  • You know, in the MDA and the ag industry, there's a lot of support for traditional agriculture, and yet
  • know in the MDA and the A industry know in the MDA and the A industry there's<01:15:04.560> a
  • There's a lot of steps involved in securing financing and whatever.
  • There's a lot of steps involved in securing financing and whatever.
Bills: HF3508, HF3548, HF3549