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HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

WAM DEFER, WAM-CPN, WAM Public Hearings 03-03-2026

Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • Calling the joint committee on Ways and Means and Consumer Protection to order.
  • each team and defect the date to 20150. each team and defect the date to 20150.
  • And any discussion? Not sure. Okay. And any discussion? Not sure.
  • and not raising conveyance tax rates and and not raising conveyance tax rates and remove<00:20:02.960
  • removes the framework to give more agency to local partners and leaders and other technical and non-substantive
Summary: The joint committee on Ways and Means and Consumer Protection met for decision-making only on two agendas and took action on a large number of Senate bills, with no oral testimony heard. On the 1016 agenda, the committee recommended passage of measures including SB 2088, SB 2925, SB 2781, and several others, and passed a number of bills with amendments. Notable amendments included SB 3263, which adopted AG amendments related to the name, image, and likeness endowment trust fund; SB 2047 on pharmacy benefit managers, which incorporated Hawaii Pharmacist Association changes; SB 2087 on health insurance, which added Insurance Division clarifications; SB 2100 on pesticides, which added a blank appropriation; SB 2353 on outdoor signage, which removed provisions related to the Wiki special district; and SB 2902 on renewable energy, which clarified certification standards for portable solar devices and exempted them from certain disclosure requirements. Most recommendations were adopted without objection, though a few members noted reservations on selected bills. The committee also deferred one bill on the agenda, SB 3327. The committee then moved to the 1015 agenda and acted on additional measures. SB 2003 was passed with amendments tied to Act 255, including a repeal trigger if deadlines are missed; SB 2497 on utility-related transparency drew the most discussion, with one member warning about litigation and costs while another argued it was simply about electricity-rate transparency, and it ultimately passed with PUC-related amendments and an exemption for utility cooperatives. Other measures were passed unamended or with technical or fiscal amendments, including bills affecting land planning, tax credits, conveyance tax language, shoreline maintenance, and community improvement projects. Several bills had appropriations blanked or effective dates deferred to 2050, and many were adopted with members noting reservations rather than opposition. On the 1017 agenda, the committee continued approving measures, including SB 709 on crisis intervention officers and assisted community treatment, SB 2153 on defining bona fide farmer/agriculture activity, SB 2694 on water rate adjustments, SB 3025 on income eligibility limits, and SB 3085 on the Hawaii film studio, which included a five-year repeal provision if the studio has not relocated. The committee also passed numerous other bills unamended or with technical amendments, often deferring effective dates or blanking appropriations. Across both agendas, the committee’s actions were largely consistent: bills were advanced with amendments tailored to agency requests, technical corrections, or fiscal adjustments, and votes were generally unanimous or near-unanimous with occasional reservations recorded.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 2/26/26

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • And that penalty matches the Judicial Data Protection Act and the penalties included in there.
  • And that penalty matches the Judicial Data Protection Act and the penalties included in there.
  • Data Protection Act and the the Judicial Data Protection Act and the penalties<00:09:40.080> included
  • get these protections and so really this get these protections and so really this is<00:47:38.240
  • 11.440> in unfair and should remain protected in unfair and should remain protected in court.<
Bills: HF3676, HF2959, HF3233
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/26/2026 - Senate Finance

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Madam Chairman, Mesnard and committee, and thank you.
  • supplies, and computer equipment, and more.
  • It demonstrates our legislature's continued commitment to honoring our fallen first responders and protecting
  • It demonstrates our legislature's continued commitment to honoring our fallen first responders and protecting
  • that protect and honor the surviving spouses of our fallen first responders. ...and honor the surviving
Summary: The committee began with staff and page introductions, then took up a series of previously heard bills, mostly related to cryptocurrency and tax administration. SB 1042, SB 1043, SB 1044, and SCR 1003 dealt with allowing public entities to invest in virtual currency, accept cryptocurrency payments, and exempt virtual currency from property tax. Supporters framed the measures as modernization, while opponents argued crypto is risky, fraudulent, and a poor use of public funds. All four measures were recommended do pass on narrow 4-3 votes, with Democrats generally opposed. The committee also heard SB 1221, which would require the Department of Revenue to notify legislative tax chairs before adopting a new interpretation or application of tax law that could adversely affect taxpayers. The sponsor said the bill was meant to front-load disputes and avoid surprise tax changes; it passed 4-3. SB 1142, which would have Arizona opt into a new federal scholarship tax credit program and require ADOR to administer it, drew extensive testimony. Supporters said it would expand scholarship opportunities for students in public, charter, private, and home education settings and keep donations in Arizona. Opponents argued it would divert money from public schools, lack accountability, and primarily benefit wealthier families. The bill passed 4-3 after lengthy debate. The committee then questioned Department of Revenue officials about a press release on Arizona tax forms and federal conformity after H.R. 1. Members focused on why the department told taxpayers not to wait to file, how the state conforms to federal changes, and whether amended returns would be needed if the Legislature changes the forms later. DOR said the forms were issued assuming conformity, that most taxpayers would not be affected by pending changes, and that amended returns could be required for some retroactive provisions; members criticized the guidance as confusing and potentially costly. Finally, the committee heard SB 1254, which would require both grantor and grantee signatures on conveyance documents before recording, to reduce deed fraud and clarify acceptance of property transfers. County assessors supported the bill, saying it would close a loophole and improve records; it passed 6-0 with one member not voting. The committee then began SB 1252, the Uniform Assignment for Benefit of Creditors Act, with testimony from the Arizona Uniform Laws Commission explaining that it would create a more uniform framework for asset assignments and creditor claims, but the transcript cuts off before any vote on that measure.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Jan 14th, 2026

Ways and Means General Fund

Transcript Highlights:
  • And I think that having this bill would also allow people who do suffer and deal with disabilities to
  • have protection and have a say if, at any point in time, anyone has to deal with or use their driver's
  • Or epilepsy. >> And I had a motion and a second. All in favor say I. >> I. >> Oppose. >> Okay.
  • Go ahead and describe it. The second would replace 61. 61 >> And Mr.
  • And he's texting me now.
Bills: HB66, HB79, HB95, HB145, HB66, HB79, HB95, HB145
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Jan 14th, 2026

Ways and Means General Fund

Transcript Highlights:
  • have protection and have a say if, at any point, anyone has to deal with or use their driver's license
  • have a protection and have a say if at any point anyone has to deal with or use their driver's license
  • have a protection and have a say if at any point anyone has to deal with or use their driver's license
  • And Mr.
  • It could expand and and also it's going >> It could expand and and also it's going to<00:08:47.279
Bills: HB66, HB79, HB95, HB145, HB66, HB79, HB95, HB145
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama Senate County and Municipal Government Committee Mar 10th, 2026

County and Municipal Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • Well, if this bill were to pass, it’d put us in the 21st century and better protect the citizens of Alabama
  • Well, if this bill were to pass, it’d put us in the 21st century and better protect the citizens of Alabama
  • The bill is trying to do, and, of course, the substitute is to protect titles in Alabama.
  • Well, if this bill were to pass, it’d put us in the 21st century and better protect the citizens of Alabama
  • And HB 273 seeks to write that wrong. >> And if I'd read your bill a little further, it has some protections
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Criminal Jurisprudence May 13th, 2025

Criminal Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • It adds parole officers and community supervision officers to the list of protected roles under this
  • Members, this bill reflects our collective responsibility to stand with those who protect and serve our
  • Forms for the application and issuance of protective orders after interested parties reported that variations
  • This bill aims to protect vulnerable populations and hold traffickers accountable.
  • Senate Bill 2798 seeks to close this gap and afford our citizens the same protection that we currently
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships Apr 22nd, 2025

S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships

Transcript Highlights:
  • imminent danger and a need to protect the person.
  • And that's not what the purpose of the protective order statute was for, and I'll yield myself.
  • life and the life of survivors that I'm trying to protect.
  • I've had three protective orders and an ex parte TRO.
  • This is a huge change for children and their protections, and we would just ask that more people are
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • If we can centralize on a more single approach, that will help us better defend and monitor and protect
  • It serves as a central repository for Child Protective Services and Adult Protective Services.
  • <00:58:48.000> and<00:58:48.080> permanency our frontline protection and permanency
  • Services and Adult Protective Services. Services and Adult Protective Services.
  • So, Absolutely, and that's protect it.
Summary: The meeting began with approval of the prior minutes and then focused first on the Commonwealth Office of Technology’s legacy systems and two specific projects. COT officials said many agencies have made progress moving off legacy applications, with remaining mainframe systems slated to be retired through RFPs or other work orders. They also described a legacy funding pool of $10 million per biennium used to help agencies transition. The two projects discussed were the Kentucky aerial photography and elevation data program, which provides statewide aerial imagery and lidar data for GIS, E911, environmental, transportation, and other uses, and a citizen identity and access management system intended to give residents a single login for state services. Officials said the GIS program costs about $1.2 million annually to host and maintain, with data acquisition costing several million more per year, and that the citizen identity system would cost about $2.5 million per year after an initial three-year COT investment. Members asked about duplication of funding, licensing, local government use, and whether multi-factor authentication would be required; COT said the GIS data is being acquired as statewide unlicensed data and that MFA would be available but not yet mandated statewide. Committee members pressed COT on costs, overlap with cabinet-level IT spending, and the practical benefits of the GIS and identity projects. COT explained that GIS hosting is generally covered through enterprise assessments billed quarterly to agencies, while the new aerial data is intended to benefit the whole state and local partners. On the identity project, officials said it would centralize authentication for citizens who use state systems, improve compliance with zero-trust and NIST-related security expectations, and reduce help desk and maintenance burdens through self-service account tools. Members also discussed whether the system would extend to local governments; COT said it would be a Kentucky.gov-style state login for users inside the state identity infrastructure, not a local-government system. The Department of Education then testified that it does not operate mainframes or major legacy systems, having moved long ago to cloud-based, off-the-shelf products and vendor-supported services. KDE officials described a strong emphasis on staff cybersecurity awareness, standardized statewide systems, vendor risk-sharing, and reducing sensitive data exposure, including efforts to move away from student Social Security numbers. They also highlighted a transition from Microsoft Active Directory to Identity Automation, which they said will improve identity management and make multi-factor authentication universal across K-12. In response to questions about Kentucky Wired and internet service, KDE said all 171 school districts and KDE agencies have been moved to a new next-generation internet service through ENA by Zayo, with strong satisfaction, e-rate savings, and better reliability. Officials warned that any internet disruption would immediately affect attendance, grades, student records, payroll, security systems, and communications across the K-12 system.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Mar 20th, 2025

Alabama Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • That's the part that uh that I want to protect. And and let me just want to protect.
  • And and let me just want to protect.
  • sure that we help pharmacist and and and and be able to pharmacist and and and and be able to pharmacist
  • and and and and be able to deal with this industry.
  • And it's important that we we protect those folks that we do that. we protect those folks that we do
Bills: SCR 13, SCR 24, SB 1, SB 12, SB 15, SB 17, SB 24, SB 57, SB 65, SB 213, SB 371, SB 372, SB 378, SB 379, SB 388, SB 400, SB 402, SB 427, SB 495, SB 499, SB 502, SB 509, SB 535, SB 583, SB 610, SB 621, SB 650, SB 706, SB 740, SB 840, SB 854, SB 856, SB 875, SB 893, SB 918, SB 925, SB 974, SB 995, SB 1006, SB 1018, SB 1025, SB 1061, SB 1073, SB 1106, SB 1121, SB 1194, SB 1252, SB 1253, SB 1268, SB 1300, SB 1343, SB 1362, SB 1447, SJR 36, SJR 12, SJR 57, SCR 25, SCR 22, SCR 12, SCR 24, SCR 8, SB 565, SB 372, SB 765, SB 62, SB 666, SB 707, SB 888, SB 687, SB 847, SB 1248, SB 740, SB 14, SB 1006, SB 504, SB 925, SB 1121, SB 995, SB 857, SB 305, SB 296, SB 284, SB 815, SB 1379, SB 1300, SB 1497, SB 1499, SB 1498, SB 1061, SB 65, SB 241, SB 304, SB 402, SB 499, SB 621, SB 974, SB 1023, SB 1024, SB 1025, SB 1106, SB 686, SB 112, SB 371, SB 204, SB 400, SB 609, SB 1447, SB 670, SB 502, SB 427, SB 850, SB 854, SB 413, SB 1555, SB 1362, SB 1346, SB 1033, SB 1220, SB 1073, SB 810, SB 987, SB 1539, SB 893, SB 447, SB 875, SB 406, SB 509, SB 985, SB 965, SB 1119, SB 1505, SB 24, SB 57, SB 1194, SB 1253, SB 1215, SB 1532, SB 1268, SB 1302, SB 856, SB 650, SB 583, SB 673, SB 840, SB 213, SB 681, SB 1172, SB 1252, SB 378, SB 610, SB 918, SB 1343, SB 608, SB 487, SB 955, SB 957, SB 988, SB 990, SB 1019, SB 1021, SB 1120, SB 251, SB 958, SB 535, SB 761, SB 1, SB 541, SB 315, SB 379, SB 1018, SB 1737, SB 266, SB 1415, SB 57, SB 499, SB 974, SB 1025, SB 1061, SB 1268, SR 302, SR 303, SR 304, SR 305, SB 30, SB 1333, SB 1666, SB 30, SB 1333, SB 1666
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Ways and Means May 5th, 2026

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • Okay, today's date is May 5th, 2026, and this is the meeting of the Ways and Means Committee. Mr.
  • , upgrades and inspections, runway repairs and expansions, obstruction removal, planning and economic
  • And it is an incredibly complicated and complex issue.
  • And I agree with that.
  • So sometimes, and I'm not saying all times, and I'm not saying all audits, and I'm not saying all auditors
Bills: HB1039, SB423, SB436
Summary: The Ways and Means Committee met on May 5, 2026, and first considered Senate Bill 436 by Senator Cloud, which revises how annual aviation fuel estimates are calculated for the Aviation Trust Fund. Senator Cloud explained that the fund supports airport and aviation projects and has been supplemented in recent years with general fund dollars because the estimated balance has remained stagnant. The committee adopted amendments allowing DOTD’s Office of Multimodal Commerce to use federal and other public data sources, requiring Revenue to provide annual aviation fuel sales tax collections data, and making a technical change. After a brief question about existing airport disclosure requirements, the bill was reported as amended with support cards entered into the record. The committee then took up House Bill 1039 by Representative Desotel, dealing with local sales and use tax audit procedures. The bill was presented as a fairness and transparency measure for audits, but members and the author discussed substantial amendments that would remove or modify several provisions. The committee adopted the amendments except for Amendment 4, which would have required private auditing firms contracting with taxing authorities to be domiciled in Louisiana; that language was set aside for further work after concerns it could affect audits conducted outside Louisiana. Members also discussed provisions on waiving prescription periods, suspending interest and penalties by agreement, and concerns about multiple parishes auditing the same business at once. The bill was reported as amended, with several support cards and informational cards entered. Senate Bill 423 was voluntarily deferred, and there was no other business before the committee. The meeting adjourned after a motion to adjourn was adopted.
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:
  • spectrum of of people and and and conditions<00:20:45.600> and<00:20:45.919> and<00:20
  • conditions and and natures and what what conditions and and natures and what what our<00:20:48.400>
  • We have to consider those impacts and determine what we're going to do to move forward, to protect our
  • state and protect those workers and the folks that we're serving that are being impacted by this.
  • > adults<01:02:50.760> and our families and and our adults and our families and and our
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 20th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It is the custom and tradition of the Senate that we begin our session each day with a prayer.
  • example of leadership and service to the state of Oklahoma and the nation.
  • of their lives, and we, as a protected society, and the best country on the planet must never forget
  • We must be resolute in our patriotism and our resolve and our preparedness.
  • And that takes time.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Mar 12th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • to protect the people of Texas. from all threats, natural and man-made.
  • So I want to thank you, first and foremost, for helping protect our children, for keeping them from..
  • We protect free markets and free enterprise, we also protect the Texas consumer with this bill.
  • And then the consumer, market-driven, will make those decisions. decisions, I always say the customer
  • It protects our schoolchildren, and I agree with Senator Miles.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

Senate in Session Mar 12th, 2025

Florida Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • UNITE THEIR GIFTS OF MIND AND HEART AND THEIR SPIRITS WITH THE GRACE YOU GIVE: MERCY, LOVE, AND COMPASSION
  • THE HEALTHCARE SCREENING AND GRANT PROGRAM, AND THAT WILL INCLUDE AUTISM SCREENINGS AND REFERRALS SO
  • AND A WHOLE VARIETY OF THINGS THAT HELP THEM GROW AND ADAPT, AND FAMILIES KNOW HOW TO HANDLE THE SITUATION
  • And secondly, as you are doing the research and diagnosing these children, and I think Senator Osgood
  • We hear you, and we see you, and we are running to your fight.