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NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Health and Human Services Feb 16th, 2026 at 09:04 am
House Health & Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Madam Chair, Representative Chavez, the way that the dollars are distributed to hospitals is based on
- So that is the way that the dollars are distributed through this program.
- Usually, they've had maybe $5 million to distribute.
- Enough eligible applicants, and again, eligible qualified applicants, to meet 50% of the distribution
- While we are waiting for its use, it is going to the general fund.
Keywords:
SB 101, Health Care Delivery and Access Act, repeal of repeal, sunset repeal, delayed repeal, health care, healthcare, access to care, medical services, provider regulation, state health law, New Mexico, SB 21, Medicare supplement, Medigap, open enrollment, guaranteed issue, birthday month enrollment, health insurance, insurance regulation
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- SCR 1023, Independent Redistricting; SCR 1027, General Election, Pay All Offices.
- Without objection, all amendments which have been distributed will not be read in full.
- Without objection, all amendments which have been distributed will not be read in full.
- Without objection, all amendments which have been distributed will not be read in full.
- Arizona, I'm a fourth-generation native Arizonan, and I was excited to sponsor this H.C.M.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Commissioner Simpson is a fifth-generation Floridian who has owned and managed a large-scale egg-laying
- So when you think about Rural and Family Lands, last year the legislature generously gave us $100 million
- of recurring... ...Rural and Family Lands last year the legislature generously gave us $100 million
- Generally, you know... ...in that format. So it's very expensive, generally used for fresh fruit.
- We would distribute that several ways.
Summary:
The Florida Senate Committee on Agriculture convened with a quorum present and heard two presentations. Commissioner Wilton Simpson, head of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, outlined department accomplishments and funding needs, including IT modernization, expansion of the Rural and Family Lands program, updated best management practice manuals, growth of the Fresh From Florida marketing campaign, hurricane recovery loans for farmers, clearing concealed-weapons permit backlogs, construction of the Conner Complex headquarters, forestry equipment upgrades, and youth agriculture programs such as FFA and 4-H. Senators asked about water policy, citrus greening, FAMU partnerships, staffing efficiencies, and interdiction stations used to stop invasive species, stolen goods, and diseased or banned agricultural products from entering the state.
Dr. Krista Court of the University of Florida/IFAS presented a preliminary economic assessment of the 2024 hurricane season’s agricultural impacts from Hurricanes Debby, Helene, and Milton. She explained that the estimates are based on wind, rainfall, flooding, crop location, and survey data from extension agents, industry groups, FDACS, and producers, and that the figures do not include many asset losses, supply-chain effects, forestry losses, or some insurance-covered damages. Her preliminary estimates placed total 2024 agricultural production losses between about $402.3 million and $975.8 million, with the hardest-hit commodity groups including field and row crops, vegetables, melons, potatoes, greenhouse/nursery products, and animals and animal products.
Members discussed the importance of accurate survey participation and baseline data, including use of USDA Farm Service Agency information, to improve future disaster estimates and federal relief decisions. Several senators emphasized agriculture’s importance in their districts and statewide. No bills were considered and no formal votes were taken; the only action was adjournment by motion of Senator Burton.
NJ
Transcript Highlights:
- Notice of the calendar for this session of the General Assembly, having been sent... ...having been sent
- The amendments have been distributed in accordance with the rules.
- The amendments have been distributed in accordance with the rules.
- The amendments have been distributed in accordance with the rules.
- The amendments have been distributed in accordance with the rules.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Seventy - Thursday, May 14 - Afternoon Session
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It has been distributed, and I move for its adoption. The gentleman from St.
- But the way I read that is effect on general revenue, like you and I were talking, that it would not
- go into general revenue.
- If we come back in January and somebody tells me, hey, we need money from general fund to pump this up
- House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 1066 and 1088 is distributed, or until 12:00 a.m., whichever
Summary:
The House first established a quorum after a brief call of the board and then moved through messages from the Senate and committee reports. The chamber received a Senate refusal to concur on House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 994 and later voted to send the bill to conference. Members also reconsidered earlier actions on Senate Bill 1019, then adopted a substitute amendment that narrowed the bill to a smaller set of provisions, including a health-related addition on Lyme disease and alpha-gal, before third reading and passage by a vote of 105-32.
The House then took up House Bill 1740, known as Melanie’s Law, a drunk-driving prevention measure. Supporters described the bill as a long-negotiated effort to strengthen penalties and ignition interlock requirements while preserving affordability protections for low-income drivers. Family members of Melanie Wonkham were recognized, and several members spoke in favor of the bill as a response to impaired-driving fatalities. The Senate substitute was adopted 143-2, and the bill was finally passed 144-2.
Members also passed Senate Bill 1033, which combined Department of Natural Resources funding language with agriculture-related changes, including exemptions for certain farm trucks and cotton gin permitting and air-dispersion modeling requirements. Supporters said it would help keep state environmental programs solvent and better align Missouri rules with neighboring states, while some members raised concerns about future budget pressure and environmental impacts. The Senate substitute passed 134-9. The House then passed Senate Bill 916, which limits when contractors can be required to indemnify the state before or after work on public projects, with supporters saying it protects contractors from premature lawsuits while preserving liability for negligence; it passed 133-1.
Finally, the House adopted and finally passed Senate Concurrent Resolution 21, which promotes Missouri participation in America 250 celebrations in 2026, and then adopted a conference committee report and finally passed Senate Bill 975 after brief debate. The chamber also announced upcoming committee meetings and then recessed, with plans to return later for additional Senate bills and conference reports.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Executive Departments and Administration (12/03/2025)
Executive Departments and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- So we could centrally centralize the town fees associated with this and then distribute them back out
- So, I could come in front of a committee and say we have, we will generate X amount of dollars here.
- them back out to the towns distribute them back out to the towns through<00:11:34.720>
the <00 - of a committee and say we have we front of a committee and say we have we will<00:12:01.360>
generate - will generate x amount of dollars here. will generate x amount of dollars here.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- As written, the funding is non-discretionary and would allow the Water Development Board to distribute
- Required infrastructure projects to transport water across regions. and updating aging water distribution
- L3 generates revenue by selling electricity, transmission, and water services. neither levy taxes nor
- Water Development Board to distribute these funds.
- The resolution is not only historic, it is Texas-sized and truly generational.
Keywords:
coastal protection, environmental management, Gulf Coast, storm risk management, funding, Texas General Land Office, healthcare, insurance reform, patient access, insurance regulation, affordable care, health insurance, consumer rights, coverage transparency, claims process, insurance regulations, aggregate production, environmental impact, financial responsibility, reclamation
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- specified images or statements prevent the service from generating such statements or images for all
- Number seven prohibits the Attorney General from expanding any conversational AI service requirement
- House Bill 4049 amends section 41-192, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to the Attorney General.
- Senate Bill 1847, general appropriating, side 2026-2027, appropriation, transportation technology.
- ... ...platforms in order to narrow what these platforms can publish and distribute online.
Summary:
The Senate met in floor session, began with prayer and the Pledge, approved the journal, received communications, and handled a return of Senate Bill 1456 from the House for reconsideration. Members then moved through several Committee of the Whole calendars, considering and amending bills on court fees, information technology, environmental quality, agricultural property inspections, property tax notices, veterans services, zoning and electric generation siting, fuel and gas resilience, and disturbing religious services. Several amendments were adopted, including changes to HB 2265 on criminal court fees, HB 2311 on conversational AI disclosures and privacy limits, HB 2986 on environmental quality/fuel resilience, HB 2104 and HB 2105 on agricultural property inspection rules, HB 2406 on veterans services, HB 2494 on electric generation siting and environmental compatibility, HB 2696 on fuel and gas prices, and HB 4117 on interference with religious services. Most of these bills were reported out of committee with do pass recommendations, though members raised concerns on HB 2311 and HB 4117 about privacy, free speech, and prosecutorial discretion.
The chamber then took up a long series of third readings and final votes. Bills passed included HB 2015 on single-audit compliance, HB 2041 on child neglect and poverty factors, HB 2048 on AHCCCS prescription drug coverage, HB 2417 on excessive speed, HB 2611 on child welfare, HB 2793 on annexation, HB 2950 on special districts, HB 2995 on family law, HB 4018 on county officers, HB 2404 on mental health services, HB 2279 on limitations of actions, HB 2502 on the state retirement system, HB 2733 and HB 2953 on pharmacy regulation, HB 2979 on credit unions, HB 4042 on parent-child relationship determinations, HB 4010 on health professional regulatory boards, HB 4043 on public schools, HB 4049 on the Attorney General, HB 2265 on court fees, HB 2311 on information technology, and HB 2986 on environmental quality. HB 2601 on state highways and routes failed. Several members explained votes on bills involving fiscal impacts, child welfare, road safety, annexation, and criminal justice concerns.
The Senate also adopted a group concurrence motion on several conference committee reports, including HB 2003, HB 2010, HB 2133, and HB 2874, and then voted on those measures. HB 2003 on driver’s license instruction permits, HB 2010 on advertising, HB 2133 on disclosure of sexual material and synthetic depictions, and HB 2874 on campaign committees and termination statements were all advanced after conference committee action, with debate on HB 2133 focusing on First Amendment and content-moderation concerns. The session ended with introduction of a large package of transportation-related appropriations bills and a motion to suspend certain committee notice rules for Appropriations to hear legislation and strike-everything amendments on short notice.
VA
Transcript Highlights:
- For generations, the Richmond Free Press stood as an important voice in our city.
- For generations, the Richmond Free Press stood as an important voice in our city.
- For generations, women's voices were largely absent from these halls.
- That bill restricts the use of any funds generated from the cameras to local safety projects.
- Senate Bill 223 seeks to establish a distributed energy resources task force.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/2/26
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- for Minnesota agriculture in general. for Minnesota agriculture in general.
- <00:25:06.559>
Committee, Office of Inspector General Committee, Office of Inspector General - So we're working on our fourth generation, trying to convince the fifth generation this is a good thing
- trying to convince the fifth generation trying to convince the fifth generation<00:37:42.480>
this - for six generations.
Keywords:
agriculture, livestock, depredation, crop damage, wolf compensation, elk damage, state funding, agricultural protection, trespass, criminal penalties, farm equipment, agricultural land, 1183, house
Summary:
The committee first approved the minutes from the previous meeting and then heard from Minnesota FFA officers, who described FFA as a student-led agricultural education organization focused on leadership, personal growth, and career success. The students explained the three-part model of agricultural education, the size and reach of FFA in Minnesota, and upcoming events at the Capitol, including an agricultural policy experience conference and FFA Day at the Capitol. Members asked about FFA’s role in encouraging the next generation of farmers, the organization’s broader focus beyond farming to include wildlife and other natural resources careers, and the mix of rural, metro, and urban chapters. The students emphasized that FFA and agricultural educators help students discover career paths and that urban chapters are active and thriving alongside rural ones.
The committee then received a presentation from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture on the Agri program. The department described Agri as a legislature-created program that uses producer-payment funds to support roughly 15 grant and cost-share programs, including newer efforts such as Protect and Prepare. Testimony stressed transparency and fraud prevention: Agri is reimbursement-based, requires detailed documentation, conducts site visits on grants over $25,000, and has identified and stopped more than a dozen fraudulent applications in the past year. The department also noted a prior legislative auditor review of two larger Agri programs and said only about one-tenth of 1% of reviewed expenditures were recommended for recovery.
The department highlighted the Make It Minnesota cost-share program, which helps Minnesota food and agriculture companies attend national trade shows such as Natural Products Expo West. Testifiers then described how Agri has supported their businesses: Mark Schiller of Lon Liquor in Northfield said the program helped his microdistillery expand into milling organic flour and adding food service, while Pete Gangler of Snowpack Foods in Caledonia said Agri grants supported food safety improvements, processing capacity, and a new freezer warehouse project. The department said additional grantees would testify as well, and members asked whether the department’s fraud-prevention practices could be shared with other state agencies; staff said they already are being shared through interagency best-practice efforts.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Finance Budget Briefing (06/10/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- HHS of general funds. HHS of general funds.
- a year um of general funds of support. a year um of general funds of support.
- No general fund cost.
- proposal. no general fund cost. proposal. no general fund cost.
- generate any extra revenue whatsoever? generate any extra revenue whatsoever?
Summary:
The presentation was an LBA overview of Senate changes to the House-passed state budget, with Michael Kane explaining how Senate Finance updated revenue and spending estimates after April revenue figures and agency discussions. He said the Senate’s revenue outlook was higher than the House’s in some areas, but lower in others, especially video lottery terminal revenue, and that the biggest differences also came from changes to revenue splits between the general fund and education trust fund, lapse estimates, and several policy changes in House Bill 1 and House Bill 2.
Kane highlighted several major revenue and policy differences: the Senate changed the business tax, tobacco tax, and real estate transfer tax splits; adjusted liquor revenue dedication; removed the House’s meals-and-rooms distribution cap; delayed the Lakes Region facility proceeds plan; altered the PECARD fund treatment; added a granite patron of the arts tax credit; and changed the treatment of unique funds and video lottery terminal revenue. On spending, he noted Senate changes to judicial, corrections, HHS, human rights commission, and other budgets, including additional settlement costs, higher lapse assumptions, and a different approach to Medicaid premium revenue and retirement savings. He also described Senate additions such as a nursing home bed fee, Hampstead Hospital transition funding, and changes to the YDC claims settlement fund.
The presentation focused on comparing House and Senate surplus statements across fiscal years 2025 through 2027, including projected ending balances and rainy day fund transfers. Kane repeatedly emphasized that the numbers were still dependent on final revenues and lapse amounts, and that some balances would be carried forward and trued up later in the biennium. No committee vote or final action was described in the excerpt; it was an informational budget briefing and comparison of the two chambers’ proposals.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
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- Um I truly one is general funds.
- You'll also notice that our budget is primarily general funds, 85% general funds.
- We<01:43:18.480>
have <01:43:18.880>generated We have generated We have generated $31.1
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Thomas, General Manager; Siddique Young, General Manager.
- I rise for a point of personal privilege introduction of Charlotte Thomas, General Manager, Siddique
- Young, General Manager.
- HB 2301, pricing general ... HB 2302, student licensure.
- HB 2270, country seal; HB 2273, distribution transportation; HB 2274, license plate Grand Canyon; HB
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 1/22/25
Transportation Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Then, beneath the general fund items, you can see the effect on the highway user tax distribution fund
- that the delivery free would generate that the delivery free would generate 64.8<00:13:46.320>
- <00:16:12.160>
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remained tax revenue generated remained tax revenue generated remained flat- <00:43:06.160>
have notes that while cars generally have notes that while cars generally have - <00:16:12.160>
Summary:
The Minnesota House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee met on January 22, 2025, for its first meeting and took up House File 5, introduced by Representative Jim Joy and moved to the Tax Committee. Joy said the bill would make Minnesota more affordable by eliminating the Social Security tax, repealing the motor fuels tax inflator, removing the retail delivery fee, and changing vehicle-related taxes and metro-area sales tax allocations. Committee fiscal staff reviewed the bill’s fiscal effects, including impacts on the general fund, the Highway User Tax Distribution Fund, the Transportation Advancement Account, and the split between Metropolitan Council and metropolitan counties.
Testimony was largely divided along stakeholder lines. The Minnesota Grocers Association and Minnesota Propane Association supported repealing the retail delivery fee, arguing it creates administrative burdens, requires costly software changes, and raises costs that are passed on to consumers; propane representatives said the fee is especially burdensome because most of their deliveries are exempt but still require tracking and reporting. In contrast, the League of Minnesota Cities, Minnesota Association of Small Cities, Metro Cities, and Minnesota Association of Townships emphasized the need for stable, predictable transportation funding for local roads and said they support the Transportation Advancement Account and related revenue streams, though some were neutral on the exact source of funding. The League and small cities groups said local governments need reliable annual revenue and that past funding has been inconsistent.
Committee members asked about who pays the delivery fee, its exemptions, and how much revenue it has generated versus earlier forecasts. Fiscal staff said current estimates for delivery fee revenue are below original projections, and explained the fee’s exemptions and $100 transaction threshold. Representative Joy said his intent was to keep small cities and townships whole as the bill moves forward. No vote was taken in the portion of the meeting provided; the bill was heard and referred as noted at the outset.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- I think it's great that we kind of give a general requirement in statute.
- You all heard them referred to you generally as a Glock switch.
- I'm general counsel for the New Mexico Department of Justice.
- So we used a more generic term, but we've made that illegal to possess.
- what's called the CGL policy, a commercial general liability policy, and those policies generally have
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Public Safety Committee Meeting - 2025-03-28
Public Safety Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Our current budget is 1.1 million, completely from the general fund, and that supports eight full-time
- So clemency, generally when people think of that, it's pardons and commutations. Pardons are...
- The Board of Pardons is made up of the Governor, the Attorney General, and the Chief Justice.
- This funding is 100% from the general fund.
- That's not something that the jails generally have access to.
Bills:
HF2432
Keywords:
HF2432, judiciary finance bill, public safety finance bill, corrections policy, crime victims, victim services, Minnesota victims of crime account, court fees, marriage license fee, financial crimes, fraud investigations, insurance fraud, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, BCA, Commerce Fraud Bureau, wage theft, automobile theft prevention, nonprofit security grants, 911 funding, POST Board
VT
Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session - 2026-02-27 - 11:30AM
Vermont Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- the language that we use in generally the language that we use in when<00:11:10.320>
when <00: - Listen to the second reading of the bill: S.243, an act relating to distributing funds to the Vermont
- relating to distributing funds to the<00:30:55.679>
Vermont <00:30:56.159>language <00: - Initially, it was just section two, the appropriation of $150,000 from the general fund to VLG JP.
- Initially, it was just section two, the appropriation of $150,000 from the general fund to VLG JP.
VA
Transcript Highlights:
- Pastor Ryu has been generous with his time, providing invocations for events from community civic events
- They led with conviction that has left its mark on generations of sons and daughters in our region.
- I move the Committee on General Laws substitute. Shall the committee substitute be agreed to?
- I move the Committee on General Law Substitute.
- Facilities that generate electricity from waste or biomass. Mr. Speaker, I move that the bill pass.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- State Patrol general fund deficiency. State Patrol general fund deficiency.
- You got to time, paperwork generation.
- So, the Minnesota Curling Association would distribute the funds.
- <01:04:00.160>
the Curling Association would distribute the Curling Association would distribute - If they could distribute that, that would be great.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Minerals, Business & Economic Development Interim Topics Meeting, March 4, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
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making <00:31:30.000>sure <00:31:30.200>that general topic - and and making sure that general topic and and making sure that you<00:31:30.920>
know, <00:31 - Bill Pilger, General Counsel of the State Treasurer's Office.
- Getting us across the finish line for direct distribution and having reliable, stable funding.
Summary:
The joint Minerals Committee met to select interim topics and announced its meeting dates for April 27-28 in Casper, June 4-5 in Casper, and August 27-28 in Cheyenne. Members heard public testimony on several economic development and minerals-related topics and were asked to identify their top priorities for later ranking and consensus. No formal votes were taken during this portion of the meeting.
A major topic was removing obstacles to energy development in Wyoming, including possible regulatory, bonding, and permitting barriers. Testimony from the Mining Association and Energy Capital Economic Development supported revisiting barriers to development, similar to the earlier Regulatory Reduction Task Force. Another related topic was industrial siting exemptions on coal mine property, with testimony arguing that mineral-related projects such as rare earths, uranium conversion, and ferroalloys should not have to go through the full industrial siting process when communities have already dealt with similar development. Members also discussed industrial siting bonding requirements, including whether bonding or advance payments should be used to cover impacts on local services and emergency response, especially for projects like solar farms or battery storage.
The committee also discussed coal bed methane industrial sovereign zones, tied to House Bill 120, with testimony seeking to include coal bed methane in value-added manufacturing zones. The sponsor said the goal was to create industrial zones that support economic development while protecting scenic values and limiting industrial sprawl. Another topic was sourcing curling stones in Wyoming, which was presented as a lighthearted but potentially useful way to promote Wyoming stone and broader dimension-stone quarrying; a state geologist testified that Wyoming has granite with similar mineralogy to stone used for curling stones elsewhere. Child care as an economic driver was withdrawn. The committee also heard support for a Business Council restructure review, though several members said the Minerals Committee should do the substantive review because the Business Council falls within its jurisdiction, while still coordinating with Appropriations. Finally, the committee heard a proposal for a domestic preference in residential general service contracts, extending Wyoming preference concepts beyond construction into goods and services, with testimony emphasizing local economic multipliers and possible exceptions for federal funding or other procurement limits.