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NV
Transcript Highlights:
- So we want to thank you for what we believe is just a stellar session and have been so impressed by the
- Last session, the Legislature awarded a million dollars.
- That's part of the reasons coming to you today and not earlier in the session.
- And not earlier in the session.
- And I think it's fair to say there wasn't necessarily a plan to even address that during this session
Keywords:
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MN
Transcript Highlights:
- I will also start with thanking all of you for your work in the last session.
- I will also start with thanking all of you for your work in the last session.
- is mostly a listen and learning session is mostly a listen and learning session so<01:19:56.840>
- Thank you, Madam Chair. session I may be a little bit biased but session I may be a little bit biased
- last uh couple of minutes of session last uh couple of minutes of session here<01:39:09.560>
Summary:
The Senate Education Policy Committee met under a co-chair arrangement and heard opening remarks emphasizing civility, direct testimony from school leaders, and a focus on whether state policy is meeting student needs in the least intrusive and most cost-effective way. Chair Coleman asked testifiers to keep remarks brief and policy-focused, and the committee began with a series of superintendents describing local budget pressures and the cumulative impact of state mandates.
Anoka-Hennepin Superintendent Corey McIntyre said the district, the state’s largest, is serving about 37,000 students and faces a roughly $26 million deficit even after major reductions, including cutting about $44 million and roughly 250 central office jobs. He cited rising costs tied to compensation, special education and multilingual cross-subsidies, unemployment, paid leave, READ Act implementation, student/staff safety and K-3 discipline requirements, and transportation, saying the district still faces about $50 million in mandate-related shortfalls and may need to reduce class size and student supports. Senator Kunesh responded that summer unemployment claims are paid from a separate state budget line, not the district general fund, and asked about paid leave costs; McIntyre and the chair clarified the district’s concern was the possibility of future costs if state funding ends.
Prior Lake-Savage Superintendent Michael Thomas said district revenues are rising only about 2.5% to 3% while expenses are growing 5% or more, driven by inflation and vendor costs. He argued that the state’s inflationary funding tie should be maintained, and asked for an increase in local optional aid of $250 per pupil and more flexibility for districts that struggle to pass local levies. Minnetonka Superintendent David Law argued that schools are being asked to absorb broader community burdens, including food and mental health needs, while still being judged on academics and graduation; he said REACT funding fell short, forcing the district to shift reading funds to staff development, and urged the committee not to roll mandates forward without funding. Fergus Falls Superintendent Jeff Drake said expanded unemployment, earned sick and safe time, and paid family leave are creating staffing and budget challenges for rural districts, estimating unemployment costs could reach $240,000 annually and sick and safe time about $25,000, with added difficulty recruiting support staff and substitutes. No committee votes or formal actions were taken in the portion provided.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- They come ahead of every session when you build your base budget.
- But in one session, we covered that much. This is wonderful.
- S testified last session that her portables were leaking.
- Last session, you all invested $4.2 billion into the teacher retention allotment, and Last session, you
- Please keep monitoring this next year and even beyond next session.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Municipal and County Government (02/18/2025)
Municipal and County Government
Transcript Highlights:
- And with that, I will close the executive session on House Bill 76.
- you and with that the executive session you and with that the executive session on<04:24:07.680>
- Okay, so with that, the executive session on House Bill 421 is now closed.
- With that, I will close the executive session on House Bill 458-FN.
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scheduled that there is a house session scheduled that there is a house session
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development Committee Apr 7th, 2026
Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- Figures, Senator Givhan, Senator Hatcher, Senator Kelley, Senator Melson, Senator Roberts, Senator Sessions
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Woods Sessions, Senator Woods, Senator Weaver. Sessions, Senator Woods, Senator Weaver.- Givhan, Senator Hatcher, Senator Hovie, Senator Kelly, Senator Nelson, Senator Roberts, Senator Sessions
Bills:
HB248
WI
Wisconsin 2026 1st Special Session
Senate Special Committee on Oversight of the Department of Justice Mar 31st, 2026
Senate Special Committee on Oversight of the Department of Justice
Transcript Highlights:
- I call this executive session to order, and the clerk will now take the roll. Senator Felzkowski.
- We have one agenda item for today's executive session, and I will entertain a motion to adopt the committee
- And really, I was wondering why during our legislative session in the Senate, we met so few times.
- But now I see... ...legislative session in the Senate, we met so few times.
- there is an interest in calling us back for an extraordinary session, again, what is this about?
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Jan 20th, 2026
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- House Bill 1 appropriates for the expenses of the 2026 legislative session and appropriations for the
- So, Sections 1 and 2 are appropriations for the expenses as of the 2026 regular session.
- For example, next year's session preparations, interim legislative expenses.
- For example, I can recall a time where the amount allocated for pre-session expense was inadequate, and
- I think that We need a plan, and I hope that we could have a plan before next session.
Bills:
HB1
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (04/21/2025)
Science, Technology and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- SB 232 will be convened in executive session at 1:00 p.m. as a resumption of an executive session that
- So, let's start a work session.
- executive session that already started. executive session that already started.
- with that, we'll close the exact session with that, we'll close the exact session on<04:30:45.680
- I close the exact session on done.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Transportation (01/14/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
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Summary:
The Transportation Committee met for an opening/orientation session in which members introduced themselves and explained their interest in the committee. Several members noted backgrounds in trucking, piloting, boating, motorcycles, road safety, or constituent concerns about transportation issues. The chair also noted several absent members and said the committee would first hear agency presentations before covering committee procedures.
The Department of Safety gave the main presentation, outlining its seven divisions and how they relate to transportation policy and the Highway Fund. The assistant commissioner emphasized that Highway Fund revenue supports both the Department of Transportation and the Department of Safety, with collections coming largely from the road toll/gas tax, DMV fees, and the new electric vehicle surcharge. He also noted that 12% of Highway Fund revenues go to local road repair through the DOT Betterment Fund, and warned that the fund has had a structural deficit for several biennia, requiring General Fund transfers that may be uncertain this session. He said the department aims to provide data and fiscal context on legislation and fiscal notes.
State Police then provided a detailed overview of its structure and operations, including the Operations Bureau, Investigative Services Bureau, and Justice Information Bureau. Testimony highlighted Troop G’s role in vehicle inspections, commercial motor vehicle enforcement, fraud investigations, and consumer complaint handling, as well as statewide staffing shortages. The division reported rising calls for service, motor vehicle stops, DWI arrests, and other arrests despite a vacancy rate of about 17%. It also described aviation, K-9, bomb squad, special events response, SWAT, narcotics, major crime, forensic laboratory, and other specialized units, with statistics on drug seizures, investigations, and lab workload. No votes or formal committee actions were taken during this portion of the meeting.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Welcome to our first meeting of the session.
- <00:21:25.039>
what during the 2023 legislative session what during the 2023 legislative session - <00:30:43.000>
partnering more of these 101 sessions partnering more of these 101 sessions - It was now last year, and it's now again, with the traction that we lost last session.
- <01:34:25.440>
we traction that we we lost last session we traction that we we lost last session
Summary:
The Committee on Capital Investment held its first meeting of the 2025 session with members and staff introducing themselves and describing their priorities. Senators from both parties repeatedly emphasized the goal of passing a strong bipartisan bonding bill this year, with several members noting that local projects were delayed after no bonding bill passed the previous year. Chair Housley also said the committee would not meet later that week and previewed an upcoming presentation from MMB on federal funds.
The committee then heard a presentation from MMB’s Leah Corey and Anna Ming on Minnesota’s federal funding efforts. Corey explained that MMB’s federal funds team coordinates state efforts to maximize funding from IIJA, IRA, CHIPS, and related federal programs. She said Minnesota has secured about $12.3 billion in federal funding so far, including roughly $3 billion more since the last presentation, supporting about 1,800 projects statewide. Most of the funding is going to transportation, roads, and bridges, with other major areas including clean energy and weatherization. She also highlighted an interactive public dashboard showing projects by region and noted that much of the data reflects funds flowing through the state enterprise.
Corey also discussed state match programs that helped unlock federal dollars, including the IIJA discretionary match fund, the State Competitiveness Fund, and the Forward Fund. She said $180 million in state match has unlocked about $1 billion in federal investment through the IIJA discretionary match fund, nearly $17 million in state investment has unlocked nearly $90 million in federal funding through the State Competitiveness Fund, and $124 million for the Forward Fund has unlocked nearly $1 billion in federal and private investment. Members asked whether more state dollars could have brought in more federal funds; Corey said she was not sure, but noted the IIJA match fund is expected to run out in the coming months.
The presentation also focused on direct pay tax credits under the Inflation Reduction Act, which allow tax-exempt entities such as governments, nonprofits, school districts, and tribal nations to receive payments for eligible clean energy projects after they are completed. Corey said the state is building awareness and technical assistance around direct pay, including educational sessions and a tax expert resource. She also described Minnesota’s Green Bank, the Minnesota Climate Innovation Finance Authority, which is beginning to issue loans for projects such as community energy, nonprofit geothermal systems, and solar-plus-battery installations.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs (04/15/2025)
Election Law and Municipal Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- We're back in regular session. Okay.
- All those come out of executive session.
- We're back in regular<00:19:09.600>
session. regular session. regular session. - Uh, and we're out of executive session.
- to go into executive session. So moved. to go into executive session. So moved.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Section 7 corrects an uncodified session law from the 2023 session.
- property uh during the 2023 session property uh during the 2023 session qualifying<00:18:19.240>
- law from the 2023 session.
- <00:20:28.840>
law 34.1 corrects an uncodified session law 34.1 corrects an uncodified session - <00:20:54.000>
law it was effective under the session law it was effective under the session
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And just a quick civics observation: right now the Senate is in informal session.
- So today, we are in informal session to fulfill that obligation, and that means that we will An informal
- session to fulfill that obligation, and that means that we will not be debating matters and we will
- The Senate stands adjourned to meet on Wednesday next at 11 o'clock a.m. in a full formal session with
- Did you're going to meet again on Wednesday next at 11 o'clock a.m. at a full formal session with the
Summary:
The Senate met in informal session, beginning with recognition of the Masconomet Regional High School girls varsity soccer team, the 2004 MIAA Division 2 state champions, along with coaches, staff, and visiting House members. Senators offered praise for the team’s accomplishments and presented citations, noting the chamber was in informal session to satisfy the constitutional requirement to meet every 72 hours and to handle limited procedural business before a later budget debate.
The Senate then adopted a motion to adjourn in memory of Christian Jose Fildago Barros, a young child who had battled a rare neuroblastoma and died on January 13. A moment of silence was observed in his memory.
The main legislative action concerned House Bill 58, a fiscal year 2025 supplemental appropriations bill. Senator Rodrigues offered an amendment to replace the bill’s text with Senate Document 16, and the Senate suspended the rules to take up an order setting the bill for a second reading on Wednesday, February 12, 2025, with amendments due electronically by 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 11. The order was adopted, placing H.58 on the Orders of the Day for Wednesday. The Senate also adopted an order to meet again on Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. in formal session, then adjourned.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate Chamber Jan 20th, 2026 at 05:10 pm
New Mexico Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- First, I'd Like to make a couple of comments about the upcoming session.
- Today, as we open this 2026 New Mexico legislative session, there's a rare and Powerful feeling in the
- This is the final session of the current administration.
- It will be a busy session, but it can also be a very consequential one.
- I begin every session with hope I hope that we will choose to improve the quality of life for all New
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Senator Abeler said he would be happy to work on bipartisan legislation next session during a policy
- and had you brought it to me during session, we could have had that opportunity.
- It's been a landmine this session.
- Those first month of session was pretty rocky. it in fact right at this session um I it in fact right
- <01:18:57.639>
I'm chair we may have one final session I'm chair we may have one final session
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Do you know how I voted on this bill during the regular session?
- It's important to note this special session.
- We only testified once before this committee in the regular session.
- Yes, these special sessions are so condensed.
- There's been a lot of discussion in this special session and the last special session on the importance
Keywords:
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TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Again, thank you for the additional trial team that you gave us in the last session.
- Your investment with the judiciary last session, I think, has helped us.
- This body has taken great steps over the last few sessions.
- If I'm—I know the statute changes are recent, in a sense, last session.
- The statutes of the changes are recent, in a sense, last session.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (10/14/2025)
Science, Technology and Energy
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Hopefully, this session, we're going to have a good fire and drought response session at the end of the
- You're right, this is not the first session. So I just want to say thank you.
- You and I have had this issue for a number of sessions.
- You'll get some later in the session if you want it.
- I know it's been a long day and you guys are in the middle of session. That's not easy.
Bills:
HB246, HB796, HB 1056, HB1544, HB1846, HB2001, HB2618, HB2625, HB2869, HB2898, HB3069, HB3114, HB3157, HB3228, HJR98, HB246
Keywords:
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TX
Transcript Highlights:
- It was filed as Senate Bill 595 last session.
- And that's why we continue our work, session to session, on these similar issues. efforts.
- The important bill is considered this session. last session and 50 years ago.
- I think you brought it up last session as well.
- I brought this up last session. This is a survey that my son got in Spanish class.
Keywords:
parental rights, education, social transitioning, diversity, equity, inclusion, school policy, student clubs, school district, grievance procedure, public education, diversity and inclusion, funding penalties, school libraries, library advisory councils, library materials, educational content, challenging materials, constitutional amendment, school choice