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ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee - 2026-04-01
Transcript Highlights:
- Heiner, would you please call the roll for us? Chairman Groh? Here. Woodward? Here. Carlson? Here.
- The motion is before you. The language is before you. Thank you. Any questions for analysts?
- The motion is before you. The language is before you. Thank you. Any questions for analysts?
- Chairman, that concludes my remarks and the language is before you. Thank you.
- I called on you first. Oh, pardon me. I was going to go ahead and do a motion.
Summary:
The Joint Finance and Corporation Committee met with a quorum from both chambers and first approved a $6.5 million federal supplemental appropriation for the Military Division to replace failing climate control systems in Idaho Air National Guard buildings at Gowen Field. The committee then considered Idaho State Police funding tied to three revenue measures: a beer excise tax distribution change, a new specialty license plate, and a liquor account distribution change. Members discussed the impact on cities and counties, with several noting the shift away from local governments, but the motion to appropriate $6.695 million in dedicated and federal funds for ISP personnel costs passed and received a do-pass recommendation.
The committee next took up two pieces of language related to Idaho Digital Learning Academy. One trailer language item tied to House Bill 940, which would change course fee limits for non-graduation and graduation-required courses, was adopted by unanimous consent. A second proposal to restore IDLA’s access to PSIF after a large appropriation reduction failed after members raised concerns about allowing access before the academy spent down its cash balance and about weakening the budget cap.
Members then approved language redirecting about $12 million from the Strategic Initiatives Fund to the local highway distribution formula instead of LTAC grants, after debate over whether formula-based distribution or competitive grants better served local needs. Finally, the committee adopted language preventing an automatic transfer from the Budget Stabilization Fund to the General Fund when the fund exceeds its 15% cap, preserving the fund balance unless the legislature acts otherwise. The meeting adjourned after the final do-pass recommendation was approved.
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Madam Chair, recognized. Thank you. Thank you.
- call.
- If I remember correctly, Representative Brooks, I think you were treated very poorly by a phone call.
- You know, my goal to always, and I believe it was validated this morning on our phone call, was to always
- Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Committee:
All HOUSE MANAGEMENT
Summary:
House Management took up a series of House resolutions, mostly honoring Arkansas schools, teams, and individuals. Resolutions passed recognizing April as Child Abuse Prevention Month and commending CASA programs, the Mountain Home Bombers’ 2025 boys and girls 5A cross-country championships, a corrected resolution for a girls’ championship team roster, Mount St. Mary Academy’s 6A girls golf title, Central Arkansas Christian High School Choir, a local candy shop for state and national awards, Joe T. Robinson’s 5A football championship and 1–4A swim and dive title, Arkansas Tech University Golden Suns coach Dave Wilbers and the Golden Suns cross-country team, and North Rock’s girls basketball championship. One resolution honoring the Passion Play was pulled from the agenda and moved to regular session.
The main substantive discussion centered on House Resolution 1052, which urged support for Arkansas Girls’ State applicants who missed a school deadline because of counselor or administrative error. Sponsors and supporters said roughly 150 girls statewide were affected, that the deadline fell during spring break, and that the American Legion Auxiliary had previously extended deadlines but declined to do so this year. They argued the girls had met the requirements, that the issue was caused by adults, and that the program is a once-in-a-lifetime civic opportunity. They also said they had contacted the board, offered help with space, funding, and volunteers, and received no willingness to change course.
Committee members asked about the impact on students, including families with both a son and daughter where only the boy was being allowed to participate, and about whether the message to girls was fair. Supporters said the situation teaches civic engagement, grace, and advocacy, but that it also sends a harmful message if girls are denied because of adult mistakes while boys are still being accepted. After discussion, the committee voted to pass the resolution, and the meeting adjourned.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Legislative Session Day 34 (2-25-26)
Kentucky House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- You can't call yourself a state-certified appraiser because that would be fraud.
- But you can call yourself an appraiser.
- You can't call yourself a state-certified appraiser because that would be fraud.
- But you can call yourself an appraiser.
- You may proceed. >> Mr. Speaker, would you have the clerk call citation number 40? >> Mr.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you. Thank you. The Committee of the Whole is called to order.
- You are recognized, please. Thank you, Madam Chair. I'm calling a point of order under Rule 18E.
- Thank you. The Committee of the Whole is called to order.
- Thank you. Members, the question before you is: House Bill 4150 be adopted.
- You know, a lot of people call me a lot of names.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Administrative Regulation Review Subcommittee (10-14-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, would you please call the staff suggested amendments?
- We amendments that are before you today.
- Seeing none, please call the next regulation. Thank you. Thank you.
- We're calling the boards of >> Thank you.
- Thank please call the next regulation. Thank you. you. you.
Summary:
The subcommittee met on October 14, approved the minutes, and then took up a large group of staff-suggested amendments to multiple regulations. Those staff amendments were approved without objection and were described as technical changes needed to comply with KRS Chapter 13A and other governing law. The committee then moved out of order to consider Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure regulation 2011 KAR 9:270, which governs buprenorphine prescribing and related standards.
Board representatives said the regulation has been updated over time since 2015 and that the current amendments are intended to streamline the rule, remove outdated federal references such as the X-waiver, narrow education requirements to addiction-related topics, and create exceptions for settings like emergency rooms and certain pain treatment situations. The agency amendment would also allow buprenorphine monoproduct for up to 30 days when a patient is transitioning from a full opioid agonist, and would add physicians certified in addiction medicine as eligible specialty consultants. Board officials said the regulation was developed through a two-year process with a work group, informal outreach to medical organizations, and multiple comment periods, and they argued the rule is working because overdose deaths have declined and provider numbers have increased.
Several witnesses and committee members raised concerns that the regulation remains too restrictive. Senator Rocky Adams noted that major medical organizations had said the proposed language could restrict access and worsen overdose risk, and he questioned whether the committee was being asked to choose between conflicting expert views. Opponents, including a medical student, a recovery advocate, and Dr. Colleen Ryan of the Kentucky Society of Addiction Medicine, argued the rule is outdated, creates unnecessary barriers to buprenorphine treatment, and should be repealed or substantially revised to align with federal guidance and evidence-based care. They said rigid requirements can discourage treatment and that addiction should be treated like other chronic illnesses. No final vote on the medical licensure regulation is reflected in the transcript excerpt, and the discussion ended with the chair preparing to hear from additional opponents.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
General Government REVISED: Links added Feb 3rd, 2026 at 01:30 pm
General Government
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you, thank you, thank you, Mr. Thank you so much for the leniency.
- And would you consider laying it over to work on that throughout the next week before the next committee
- you would even want to take the time to spend the $10,000 to put it on a ballot before the people.
- What you have before you hear House Bill 3075 is creating a penny rounding rule for cash Transactions
- Thank you, members. With that, we will call this meeting adjourned.
Committee:
House General Government
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- But some of you all deal with it. Thank you. Thank you for the inquiry. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
- For that rework, rebuild, whatever you want to call it.
- I got a phone call in the last... Thank you. ...with.
- Like when you do it, you're going to dig a ditch. No. And they're not going to sign it.
- Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chair. And no further questions. Thank you for your testimony. Thank you.
Committee:
House Agriculture
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - 03/23/26
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development
Transcript Highlights:
- Folks, if you could, please, before you speak, just, you know, state your full name for the record, and
- Every day you lose something you once could do before, and Parkinson's is like a process of grieving
- to, you know, call attention to subdivision 1.
- Can before we move to you, can I just one follow-up question?
- Some of you have visited us before.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Mar 26th, 2026 at 12:10 pm
Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Well, thank you for the question. You are free to call it what you want to.
- Question, you are free to call it what you want to.
- Members, Senate Bill 245 is before you. You on third reading and final passage.
- Members, Senate Bill 249 is before you. You on third reading and final passage.
- Senate Bill 2127 is before you on third reading and final passage.
Bills:
SB65 , SB248 , SB330 , SB378 , SB844 , SB1330 , SB1410 , SB1475 , SB1476 , SB1565 , SB1618 , SB1623 , SJR39 , SJR47 , SB2084 , SB1655 , SB1679 , SB2174 , SB1775 , SB1873 , SB1204 , SB1884 , SB1916 , SB1937 , SB1447 , SB1500 , SB2007 , SB2074 , SB1944 , SB2018 , SB1984 , SB2026 , SB2045 , SB2049 , SB2062 , SB2112 , SB2118 , SB2127 , SB2134 , SB2135 , SB2139 , SB2154 , SB1195
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Appropriations - Government Operations Division Apr 2nd, 2025 at 10:00 am
Appropriations - Government Operations Division
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
- Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
- Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
- Anything else before we want to move this? Professor Meyer. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
- Oh, yeah, but I just thought you should go to where, you know, better return on investment before it
Summary:
The committee first took up Senate Bill 2023 for the Racing Commission. Members confirmed the bill’s existing items, including the internships program and copier replacement, and then adopted an amendment based on the worksheet that moved those items to one-time funding. The committee then passed SB 2023 as amended, with the only noted differences from the Senate version being the one-time treatment of the $20,000 internship item and the copier replacement.
Next, the committee considered House Bill 2011 for the Highway Patrol. Representative Pyle explained a series of verbal amendments that shifted several one-time and ongoing expenses from the general fund to the electronic permit fee fund, including body armor, preliminary breath test devices, handgun replacement, emergency vehicle operations course resurfacing, and related items, while also removing the shooting range ventilation project because it could be completed with existing funds. The committee also added a section allowing carryover authority for federal grant dollars tied to the in-car router system. After adopting the amendments, the committee passed HB 2011 as amended.
The committee then discussed Senate Bill 2014 for the Industrial Commission, focusing on a proposed amendment by Representative Fisher that would direct additional percentages of North Dakota Mill net income to wheat breeding programs at NDSU’s main experiment station and branch research centers. Members asked about current funding, the size of the proposed transfers, and how the money would be used, with Fisher arguing the funds would support breeding, disease resistance, and related research. Several members said they wanted more information on existing funding and program costs before advancing the idea, so the committee held the amendment for further review and took no final action on the bill during this discussion.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Agriculture Mar 3rd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Gaetz: THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. >> Chair Truenow: THANK YOU.
- Boyd: I APOLOGIZE, I DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK TO YOU BEFORE AND I SUPPORT WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
- YOU WANT TO USE DYE AND PAINTS OR, TO MANUFACTURE CLOTHING THIS DOESN'T BAN THAT, YOU JUST CAN'T CALL
- Collins: THANK YOU SENATOR GRALL, GOOD TO SEE YOU.
- GOOD BILL. >> Chair Truenow: THANK YOU, EVAN PLEASE CALL THE RULE ON SB 572. >> Sen.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- I saw you smile, but I wasn't going to call you out. You did it to yourself.
- What we then called the Rainy Day Fund. I saw you smile, but I wasn't going to call you out.
- Before, I just have a short list of questions, but Julie, can you say again how much, I know we called
- Are you telling me that you made a judgment call? Your agency made a judgment call to do that?
- I will call up Benjamin. Go ahead. Thank you. Good to see you, sir.
Committee:
Senate Finance
Summary:
The Senate Finance Committee convened for its first hearing of the 89th regular session, confirmed a quorum, adopted committee rules by a 15-0 vote, and began review of Senate Bill 1, the state budget for fiscal years 2026-27. Chair Huffman outlined the committee’s organization, introduced staff, and described the budget as conservative and focused on one-time investments. She highlighted major SB 1 priorities including property tax relief, full funding for public education formulas, teacher pay, school safety, border security, Medicaid growth, dementia research, energy and water infrastructure, transportation, wildfire suppression, and other capital and public safety needs.
Comptroller Glenn Hager presented the biennial revenue estimate, saying the state has $194.6 billion available for general-purpose spending in 2026-27, with a projected $23.8 billion ending balance from the current biennium. He cautioned that revenue growth is returning to more normal levels and that lawmakers should avoid committing short-term surpluses to ongoing expenses. He also explained that the Economic Stabilization Fund is projected to hit its constitutional cap, meaning an estimated $5.6 billion in severance tax and related revenue would remain in general revenue in the upcoming biennium rather than flow into the fund. Senators discussed whether to raise or rename the fund and the implications of keeping more severance-tax revenue in general revenue.
The Legislative Budget Board then gave an overview of SB 1 and the budget’s major funding changes. LBB staff explained that the bill is essentially flat at $332.9 billion in all funds, but includes large method-of-finance shifts and major property tax relief. They detailed how prior property tax relief enacted in the 88th Legislature grew from an estimated $18 billion to $22.7 billion because of higher property values and hold-harmless provisions, and said SB 1 continues that relief with a total of $51 billion in ongoing and new property tax support. Members asked extensive questions about the automatic growth in school tax compression, the constitutional homestead exemption, COVID-era federal funding, Medicaid assumptions, and the sunset of the non-homestead circuit breaker. No additional votes or final budget actions were taken beyond adoption of the committee rules.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee Jun 25th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
- Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
- Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
- Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
- We appreciate the amendments on 8-1-1 call before you dig, but we are concerned about other unintended
Summary:
The Assembly Committee on Utilities and Energy met without a quorum at first and began as a subcommittee, then later established quorum and heard several measures. The main policy bills discussed were SB 24, which would restrict investor-owned utilities from using ratepayer funds for political advertising, lobbying, and efforts against municipal utilities, and SB 283, the Clean Energy Safety Act of 2025, which would strengthen safety standards for battery energy storage facilities after the Moss Landing fire. The consent calendar also included SB 80, SB 491, SB 593, SB 804, and SCR 25, which were taken up without debate.
SB 24 drew strong support from consumer and environmental advocates, who argued that ratepayer money should not be used for political or promotional activity and that current rules lack meaningful consequences. Opponents from the utilities and business community said the bill was too broad, could interfere with shareholder-funded advocacy and legal work, and might unintentionally affect public service communications and expert consulting. Several committee members shared support for the bill’s goal but raised concerns about its breadth, especially around legal fees and communications; the author said he was willing to work on amendments, including on consultant fees, and accepted committee amendments.
SB 283 received broad support from firefighters, local governments, utilities, labor, and business groups. Supporters said the bill would improve fire safety, require fire authority consultation and inspections, and prevent battery storage from being sited in unsafe indoor combustible facilities. The author described the Moss Landing fire and said the bill would add standards based on NFPA guidance while preserving local governments’ ability to adopt stricter rules. No opposition testimony was presented. The committee voted SB 283 out 16-0, and SB 24 was also approved after a roll was held open and later closed, ultimately passing 11-1. The consent calendar passed 16-0, and the meeting adjourned after the final roll calls were completed.
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Appropriations - Education and Environment Division Apr 15th, 2025 at 10:15 am
Appropriations - Education and Environment Division
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
- Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
- Before you get Representative Richter, do you, Alex, have like some overall language that would cover
- Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. We'll call E&E back to order.
- Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. We'll call the E&E back to order.
Bills:
SB2003
Summary:
The committee first reconsidered Senate Bill 2003 in the higher education budget and adopted several changes. It removed $3 million for enterprise resource planning, struck $2 million for a grant program for students who are pregnant or recently gave birth, and then added $3 million back into workforce education and innovative grants, restoring that line to $12 million. Members also discussed a possible purchase of the 19th Avenue building in Fargo for the State School of Science, but the motion was withdrawn for later consideration. Other higher ed items were briefly noted, including tribally controlled community colleges and a state magazine funding line, but no final action was taken on the building proposal during this segment.
The committee then moved to Senate Bill 2018, the Commerce budget, and reviewed a long list of funding items. It restored a vacant workforce FTE, increased tourism marketing to $10 million and Find the Good Life to $5 million, raised Operation Intern by $1 million, removed a $100,000 infrastructure study, increased autonomous agriculture grants to $15 million, and set the Regional Workforce Impact Program at $10 million. It also kept or adjusted several other items, including the uncrewed aerial vehicle replacement program, the global talent office, tribally controlled community colleges, Native American small business grants, and technical skills training grants.
A major new provision would transfer $50 million total, split between SIF and Bank of North Dakota profits, to the Theodore Roosevelt Library Museum Endowment Fund, matching a private fundraising challenge; members expressed both support and concern, and said they would revisit it later. The committee also discussed language to allow commercialization of Vantis and to permit the Turtle Mountain gaming compact proposal to move forward with required federal approvals, while clarifying that a previously discussed $100,000 study had been removed. Commerce officials said the workforce language was intended to centralize data and strategy, and they noted Operation Intern would need an emergency clause because applications begin in May. No final vote on the Commerce budget was taken in this segment, and the chair said the committee would return later to finish both budgets.
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Feb 26th, 2025
Ways and Means Education
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you. Clerk, please call the Amen. Thank you. Clerk, please call the role. Here.
- Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Next, Clerk Paul, call the next bill.
- Thank you. Clerk, please call the next bill. House Bill 309 by Representative Garrett. Thank you.
- Thank you. Clerk, please call the next bill. House Bill 315 by... The next bill.
- Clerk, please call the next bill. House Bill 272 by Representative Collins. Thank you, Mr.
Committee:
House Ways and Means Education
Keywords:
HB226, homestead exemption, ad valorem tax, property tax, property tax relief, widow, widower, unremarried spouse, surviving spouse, senior exemption, elderly, disabled, permanently and totally disabled, blind taxpayer, deed ownership, principal residence, school tax, county tax, municipal tax, Alabama Department of Revenue
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Regardless of whether you call this digitization a service or an annoyance, one thing is clear.
- ><c> call</c><00:03:26.640><c> this</c> Regardless of whether you call this Regardless of whether you
- We have a lot of testifiers, so I'm going to call you up kind of in groups.
- Thank<00:12:28.639><c> you.</c> Thank you. Thank you.
- Thank you. you. you.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 2/25/26
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- , is potentially, you could call maybe a waste of humans' time, right?
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- want to call it, when history has shown us that it's—we'll just pat you on the head.
- have</c><01:26:34.000><c> answers</c> asking you you still don't have answers asking you you still don't
Bills:
HF3378
Committee:
House Human Services Finance and Policy
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Appropriations - Government Operations Division Apr 16th, 2025 at 09:30 am
Appropriations - Government Operations Division
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
- And Representative Pyle saying that, you know, having this before our caucus, it's a terrific idea that
- Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
- Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
- Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Summary:
The House Appropriations Government Operations section met with a full committee present and took up discussion of the Department of Transportation budget and a House funding package. Members described a proposal to simplify DOT funding by eliminating the Prairie Dog bucket, consolidating money into three main buckets/funds, and using DOT expertise to select projects while giving counties, cities, and townships more certainty. They said the plan would also restore 100% of the motor vehicle excise tax to the general fund and use other existing funds, including SIF and the legacy earnings fund, to support DOT and local road distributions.
A major part of the discussion focused on how to cover Highway 85 and other road needs. Members and DOT Director Ron Hankey said federal highway formula funding for the next biennium should continue as long as the federal highway bill remains unchanged, but that the six-mile Highway 85 segment is unlikely to receive a federal grant because of benefit-cost issues. The committee discussed bonding for the $155 million set aside for Highway 85, with members noting Garvey bonds as one option but wanting flexibility to use the best available rate. They also discussed a possible five-cent gas tax to support the highway distribution fund; several members raised concerns about the policy and political difficulty, while others argued it was needed because oil revenues are down and the state needs a sustainable funding source.
Members repeatedly asked for a clearer visual or flow chart showing how the money would move through the new structure, and the chair and sponsors said staff would prepare a pictorial and amendment language. There was general support for the concept, but some members wanted caucus education before floor action. No formal vote was taken during this discussion, and the chair indicated the committee would move quickly, with amendments to follow and the bill expected to continue in conference committee.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Vets Committee Meeting - 2025-03-26
Veterans and Military Affairs Division
Transcript Highlights:
- Since you are not a member of this division, I will move House File 1042 before the division with a recommendation
- Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much, Representative Olsen. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
- Vice Chair Olsen, would you like to move House File 238 before the division? I would so do that.
- Or you had, in one of my friends' cases, he was called up three times during that period.
- Chair, would you like to move House File 2410 before the division? I would.
Committee:
House Veterans and Military Affairs Division
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Housing Committee Meeting - 2025-03-26
Housing Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you, Mr. Chair. I would move House File 1902 to come before the committee.
- You. There you go with that.
- Thank you, Chair Ago. We did hear this last year as an amendment, and now it's before us as a bill.
- Do you think that politicians should have to clear a background check before entering a multifamily building
- Thank you for watching! You
Committee:
House Housing Finance and Policy