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NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Education Policy and Administration (02/24/2026)
Education Policy and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- What was the sample size? What was the outcome?
- Putting the question on the November ballot was what they were after.
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was question on the November ballot was question on the November ballot was - So, some of us will have to go to the ballot box without deliberative sessions, without preconditioning
- So, some of us will have to go to the ballot box without deliberative sessions, without preconditioning
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (02/11/2025)
Science, Technology and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
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AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- HB 2005, vaccination status policies. 2026 sample by committing date.
Summary:
The House opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, approved the Journal, and welcomed Dr. Andrew Carroll as Doctor of the Day. Members also heard a proclamation recognizing January 13, 2026, as Arizona Human Trafficking Awareness Day, with remarks highlighting the work of the Arizona Human Trafficking Survivor Coalition and the importance of survivor-led prevention and awareness efforts. The chamber also offered brief personal remarks honoring former Senator Barbara Lange and noting Representative Khyl Powell’s recovery.
The House then took up procedural business, including two motions related to adjournment: granting the Senate consent to adjourn after Thursday, January 15, 2026, until Tuesday, January 20, 2026, and requesting the Senate’s consent for the House to do the same. Both motions passed by voice vote. The House also received a long list of first- and second-reading bill referrals covering a wide range of topics, including elections, water, education, health care, criminal justice, agriculture, transportation, and several memorials and resolutions.
No substantive floor debate or final votes on individual bills occurred in this transcript. The House also announced committee schedules and cancellations for the day and following days, including meetings for Commerce, Education, Natural Resources, Judiciary, and Ways and Means. The chamber adjourned by motion until 1:15 p.m. on Wednesday, January 14, 2026.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- I just want to say thank you for bringing the samples, they're very impressive.
Keywords:
Governor's Medal of Service, Texas award, state honor, public service recognition, Governor's office, Governor's award, Texas Government Code Chapter 3108, ceremonial award, honorary medal, state service award, local government retirees, private sector contributions, Texas Legislature recognition, gift acceptance, donations, grant funding, executive recognition, Texas Life Monument, human life, preservation
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, I just want to say thank you for bringing the samples. They're very impressive, and thank you.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- I would have thought you'd brought some samples with you to assure a good vote.
Keywords:
Unplug Texas Day, digital detox, family activities, outdoor recreation, community engagement, crossing guard, school crossing guard, crosswalk safety, school safety, student pedestrian safety, traffic safety, elementary school, campus safety, pedestrian awareness, bicycle safety, traffic regulations, commemorative resolution, appreciation day, Texas Legislature, honorary designation
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- I would have thought you'd brought some samples with you to assure a good.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- It costs us at least $135 to test each sample. don't have that money so I love your word force multiplier
- Vote on a ballot and let Texans decide. One minute left.
- possessing hemp cannabis run counter to the nine cities that have overwhelmingly voted through home rule ballot
Keywords:
Texas Education Code, public schools, school district, open-enrollment charter school, teacher speech, employee speech, biological sex, pronouns, gender identity, retaliation, discipline, workplace protections, school personnel, education policy, LGBTQ, transgender, charter schools, SB 965, religious speech, prayer
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Rules and Legislative Administration Committee 3/5/25
Rules and Legislative Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- House File 4 is a bill to put on the ballot a constitutional amendment that, when a surplus is found,
- Also, I just want to make sure that everybody knows that on the ballot the wordage would say, 'Shall
- House File 4 is a bill to put on the ballot a constitutional amendment that, when a surplus is found,
- House File 4 is a bill to put on the ballot a constitutional amendment that, when a surplus is found,
- Also, I just want to make sure that everybody knows that on the ballot the wordage would say, 'Shall
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Ethics Commission prior to the first day of the filing deadline in order to ensure a place on the ballot
- allows the same requirements for needing to pay your Ethics Commission fines before you appear on the ballot
- The ballot box is where Texans of every belief make their voices heard.
Bills:
HB842, HB1907, HB2844, HB2892, HB3439, HB4211, HB4536, HB5111, HB5138, HB5182, HB5247, HB5269, HB5323, HB5435, HJR201, SB871, HB3896, SJR40
Keywords:
power lines, Gulf Coast, weather-related outages, Public Utility Commission, infrastructure, government contracts, Chinese companies, information technology, cybersecurity, state regulations, food safety, mobile vendors, licensing, permitting exemptions, health inspections, nonprofit organizations, personal information, government disclosure, privacy, criminal penalties
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
S/C County & Regional Government Apr 7th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- is just that every single one of these, uh, folks is a local elected official who is chosen on the ballot
- Support at the ballot box.
- great chain of accountability for all of these local law enforcement officers, and it's called the ballot
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- It's hard to say that the residents who don't pay the assessment go to the ballot to vote on whether
- It's hard to say that the residents who don't pay the assessment go to the ballot to vote on whether
- Ballot to vote on whether the district should continue or not, which is why we've focused on that dissolution
Keywords:
ad valorem taxation, tax exemption, franchise tax credit, income production, personal property, SB 464, school buffer zone, tobacco retailer, vape shop, e-cigarette, vaping, nicotine, tobacco products, retail permit, comptroller, Class A misdemeanor, school proximity, youth access, public school, private school
Summary:
The Senate Local Government Committee heard several bills by Senator Bettencourt focused on property tax and local government accountability. SB 32 would provide about $700 million in business tax relief by raising the business personal property exemption from $2,500 to $25,000 and continuing a 20% franchise tax credit for inventory taxes paid. Witnesses from NFIB, the Texas Retailers Association, and Texas Realtors supported the bill, saying business personal property and inventory taxes are burdensome and especially hard on small businesses. After no opposition testimony, SB 32 was left pending.
The committee also heard SB 1453, which would change how interest and sinking tax rates are calculated by using only the minimum debt service required under bond schedules, while still allowing a higher rate with a 60% governing body vote and a public explanation. A witness from the Texas Taxpayers and Research Association supported the bill as a way to keep debt rates from rising as property values increase and to preserve tax relief. The bill was left pending after testimony.
SB 1883 would tighten rules on local impact fees by requiring 60 days of public availability for capital improvement plans and land use assumptions, raising the approval threshold for adopting impact fees from a simple majority to two-thirds, limiting how often fees can be increased, and expanding notice requirements. Builders and developers testified in support, arguing that impact fees are often poorly reviewed, lack accountability, and are passed on to homebuyers, worsening housing affordability. Committee members discussed adding audit provisions and questioned the lack of city testimony. The bill was left pending with subcommittee action. SB 1452 would require a voter election to decide whether a municipal management district continues to exist, with dissolution if voters reject it; supporters said it would add accountability, while others noted some districts provide essential services and infrastructure. The committee heard testimony from district representatives and builders, then left SB 1452 pending before recessing.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- HB 66 by Cortez, relating to the ballot applications requirements for the election of a precinct chair
- Homeland Security, Public Safety and Veterans Affairs, HB 829 by Harrison, relating to the text of a ballot
- Congress may reasonably regulate the limit in spending money to influence campaigns, elections and ballot
LA
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Ways and Means May 26th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- And all it does is it gives the city council the authority to put on the ballot for voter approval of
- So the bill just creates that authority for the city council if they choose to put it on the ballot,
Summary:
The Ways and Means Committee met on May 26 and first took up Senate Bill 406, which authorizes the city of Slidell to seek voter approval for a local hotel and motel occupancy tax. The bill was described as a local measure giving the city council authority to place the tax on the ballot, with members noting that similar taxing authority exists in many other municipalities. Representative Wiley moved favorable passage, there was no objection, and the bill was reported favorably.
The committee then received an update from the Division of Administration’s Office of Facility Planning and Control on capital outlay savings identified through cash-flow review and project “scrubbing.” Officials said they found about $50 million in savings from updated cash flows, over-appropriations, projects bid under budget, and reduced appropriations in bundled projects. They explained that bundling projects, including some LED-related projects, allows agencies to shift savings within a bundle and manage overruns or underruns more flexibly.
Members praised the savings work but asked whether the process could be moved earlier so the House could benefit sooner, and whether similar reviews could be expanded to other administering agencies and non-state projects. One member raised concerns about whether some projects, including schools and certain NGO-related items, should qualify for capital outlay funding at all, and urged a review of the statutory definition and project approval criteria. Staff said they would look at the definition, review recommendations from prior discussions, and consider ways to tighten the process. The committee then adjourned without further action.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Press Conference: Lt. Governor Dan Patrick Dec 9th, 2025
Texas Senate Floor Meeting
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Press Conference: Lt. Governor Dan PatrickRegarding a proposal to lower the "senior" homestead exemption age threshold from 65 to 55. Dec 9th, 2025
Texas Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Every time we put homestead exemptions on the ballot, it passes overwhelmingly.
- You must put above the ballot language, this is a tax increase.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Metcalf relating to the filing of a campaign treasurer appointment and the application of a place on a ballot
- HB 3444 by Gerde's relating to the appointment of members of the early voting ballot board for the Committee
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate SessionReading and Referral of Bills Feb 24th, 2025
Texas Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate Bill 1025 by Bettencourt, relating to the text of ballot propositions and increased taxes, to
- Senate Bill 1025 by Betancourt relating to the text of ballot propositions and increased taxes to local
Summary:
The Senate met briefly and referred a large number of first-reading bills and resolutions to standing committees. The measures covered a wide range of topics, including hemp regulation, dementia research funding, parental rights and public education, municipal library funding, tax and local government issues, criminal justice, health care, education, transportation, natural resources, and election law. Several constitutional resolutions were also referred, including proposals related to the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas and a severance tax revenue fund.
Most of the transcript consists of the reading of bill captions and committee referrals, with no substantive debate or testimony recorded. The listed measures included proposals on school uniforms, charter schools, Medicaid fraud remedies, insurance practices, occupational licensing for people with criminal convictions, water and sewer utility cybersecurity, agricultural protections, public meeting broadcasting, and various local and state governance matters.
No votes were taken on the bills in this segment. The only formal action reflected was referral of the bills and resolutions to the appropriate committees, followed by adjournment of the Senate until the next scheduled meeting.
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado Senate 2026 Legislative Day 120 May 14th, 2026
Colorado Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- there's the bill doesn't have an additional revenue, just like there's no additional revenue in the ballot
- When I was thinking about why we need, why we don't need this bill, but we need the ballot initiative
- We ballot initiative do not pull it.
- first 18th birthday so I could become a PCP and go vote at assemblies in the process to get on the ballot
- I believe it's the most grassroots thing to get people on the ballot and do the work.