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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 2/24/26
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- on</c><00:05:08.080><c> their</c> lawfully um depending on their lawfully um depending on their immigration
- 10.080><c> Um</c><00:05:10.400><c> some</c><00:05:10.720><c> changes</c><00:05:10.960><c> to</c> immigration
- Um some changes to immigration status.
- Another provision in HR1 specified what legal non-citizen immigration statuses were eligible for Medicaid
- </c> ineligible due to their immigration ineligible due to their immigration status.<00:33:06.640><c>
Bills:
HR1
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 003 Jan 17th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:43:58.000><c> status,</c><00:43:59.119><c> or</c> income, immigration status, or income, immigration
- c><00:47:44.079><c> and</c> witnessing immigration enforcement and witnessing immigration enforcement
- People of color and immigrants should not have to prove their worth.
- That promise is not being fulfilled right now, especially for immigrants and refugees.
- enter the country, not really immigrants because they've entered here not in a legal manner.
NY
New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York State Senate Session - 05/13/2026
New York Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- THEM, LARGELY OFFICE CLEANERS IN THE COMMERCIAL SECTOR, AS WELL AS AIRPORT WORKERS, AND SO MANY IMMIGRANT
- FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, TENANT PROTECTION, BETTER BENEFITS, BETTER CONTRACTS, AND FOR MORE JUST IMMIGRATION
- PLAINS CITY COUNCIL, WITH A NEW COUNCILMEMBERS, URGING THEM TO TAKE ACTION, CONDEMNING SOME OF THE IMMIGRATION
- Because help should be visible, and because immigrant communities and non-English speakers should not
Summary:
The Senate opened with routine business, approved the prior journal, and received several motions to discharge identical Assembly bills from committee and substitute corresponding Senate bills. Members also offered brief recognitions for visitors, including Yemeni American community advocates and Cheri Davis, who was honored for her Alzheimer’s advocacy and support work. The chamber then took up several previously adopted resolutions, including Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, Period Poverty Awareness Week, and Nurses Week, with senators speaking in support of each measure’s purpose and importance.
The body then moved through a long calendar of bills, passing a wide range of measures on education, public health, correction law, environmental conservation, municipal law, agriculture, and consumer protection. Notable floor discussion included Senator Ramos explaining her support for a bill requiring salons and similar businesses to display multilingual domestic violence resource information, and Senator Gianaris and Senator Borrello debating a bill to prohibit electronic shelf labeling in stores over concerns about surveillance, dynamic pricing, and impacts on brick-and-mortar retailers. Senator May and Senator Skoufis also spoke on an environmental conservation bill concerning American eel management, with May supporting the species protections and Skoufis objecting to the bill’s structure.
Most bills were adopted by wide margins, though several drew recorded negative votes. The Senate passed the domestic violence information bill, the electronic shelf-labeling bill, and multiple other measures, including bills on eviction notice procedures, surrogate court procedure, and environmental conservation. After completing the calendar, the Senate reported no further business and adjourned until the next day at 11:00 a.m.
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Agenda Mar 31st, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- requires the department to compile a report from the public health districts on the documented immigration
- HIV prevention and surveillance program. ...from the public health districts on the documented immigration
- I'm trying to figure out what we're going to do with data on immigration status and HIV.
- And disease knows no immigration status. Ms. Figuero, please call the roll. Senator Groh. Aye.
Summary:
The joint Senate Finance and House Appropriations committee first revisited the Office of the Attorney General budget after House Bill 951 had failed on the House floor. Members considered two competing restorations from the Consumer Protection Fund: one to restore broader personnel costs and another limited to the Internet Crimes Against Children program. The narrower ICAC-only motion failed, while the broader restoration passed and received a do pass recommendation.
The committee then took up several Department of Health and Welfare items from Senate Bill 1428, including the Division of Early Learning and Development, Division of Youth Safety and Permanency, and Division of Family and Community Partnerships. Members approved funding for moving the Idaho Home Visiting Program to Early Learning and Development, a mower replacement at the Southwest Idaho Treatment Center, population forecast adjustments, transfer-limit exemptions, a report on home visiting outcomes, restoration of foster care/post-adoption and safety assessment funding, and $180,000 for kinship navigation services. They also approved a supplemental and FY 2027 budget for Public Health Services, including one-time funding for home visiting, immunization assessment, HIV and hepatitis prevention, suicide prevention, and ARPA grants, along with language requiring reports on outcomes and immunization fund use.
A separate Public Health Services language item requiring public health districts to report documented immigration status of HIV prevention service users drew debate. The motion to adopt the language passed after discussion about its purpose and concerns about discrimination. The committee also approved a SNAP-related federal fund appropriation for House Bill 730 and then turned to the Rural Health Transformation Program, creating the fund and oversight structure, approving a FY 2026 supplemental, and approving the FY 2027 appropriation for the program. Members discussed legislative oversight versus executive administration of the new federal dollars, and the committee adopted intent language on physician assistant and dental hygienist reforms. The meeting ended early because of time constraints, with plans to reconvene the next morning.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- 1134, political signs; SB 116, and appropriations; HB 1212, health insurance; HB 1213, probation; immigration
- ; HB 1336, State Department; HB 1365, citrus root vegetable funds; HB 1474, immigration laws; HB 1494
- During the Mexican-American War, a group of Irish immigrants known as the St.
- As Irish immigrants arrived in places like Tucson, many became part of long- Arrived in places like Tucson
Summary:
The House opened with prayer, the pledge, attendance, and a series of guest introductions and recognitions, including the Dr. of the Day, Korean community guests, students, local officials, and a proclamation honoring the future USS Arizona SSN-803 and the USS Arizona Legacy Foundation. The chamber also announced committee assignments and took up several procedural motions, including reconsideration motions on HB 4027 and HB 2444, both of which were granted and returned to third reading. The House then moved into Committee of the Whole to consider measures on Calendar Numbers One and Two.
In Committee of the Whole, HB 4034, dealing with CTE-related issues, was amended and reported do pass after debate over concerns from Tempe Union High School District and EVIT, with supporters saying the bill clarified statute and reduced future disputes. HB 2444 was amended and reported do pass. HB 2992, a pilot program related to sexual abuse prevention, drew opposition over concerns about opt-out instruction, pilot status, and classroom burdens, but it passed Committee of the Whole on a 31-21 division vote after amendments. HB 4027, involving highway naming, was amended and reported do pass despite objections that the amendment still appeared to elevate Charlie Kirk over the existing Ed Pastor designation.
On third reading, HB 293 passed 31-22 and HB 2502 passed 37-16. HB 2229, relating to maternal services and funding for pregnancy resource centers, generated extensive debate over abortion-related implications and was defeated 26-27, though a motion to reconsider later succeeded 27-21. HB 2533 failed on reconsideration, while HB 2750 passed 44-9 and HB 2999, a special taxing districts bill tied to housing affordability, passed 32-21 after supporters argued it would lower financing costs and help build more affordable homes. H.C.M. 2009, urging federal action to streamline access to minerals on federal land withdrawals, passed 31-22. The House adjourned until the next day after additional announcements and personal privilege remarks, including a proclamation for Sleep Apnea Awareness Month and a call for more efficient floor action.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- probation; immigration; SB 1336, State Department; SB 1365, citrus root vegetable funds; SB 1474, immigration
- During the Mexican-American War, a group of Irish immigrants known as the St.
- As Irish immigrants arrived in places like Tucson, many became part of long-established Mexican families
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- observances in the United States, reflecting both Irish heritage and the broader American story of immigration
- Patrick's Day, may be embraced by the people of Phoenix as a symbol of unity, resilience, and the shared immigrant
- Patrick's Day, may be embraced by the people of Phoenix as a symbol of unity, resilience, and the shared immigrant
- Now, therefore, be it resolved by the And the shared immigrant journey that has shaped our state.
Summary:
The Senate convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, recognized the doctor of the day and several guests, and then moved through a long floor agenda. Members received House messages, handled committee appointments, and considered a large number of bills in Committee of the Whole, including SB 1046 on information technology, SB 1066 on civil liability and fraudulent scientific research, SB 1332 on light rail expansion participation, and SB 1286 on veterinary prescriptions. Amendments were adopted on each of those measures, with SB 1332 drawing a notable objection from Senator Kuby over state interference in local transit decisions and preference for autonomous vehicles over light rail. SB 1286 was described as a compromise between stakeholders on electronic veterinary prescribing, including limits for antimicrobial drugs and longer windows for flea and tick medications.
The Senate then took up third-reading votes on several bills. SB 1009 on school curriculum passed 16-10 after debate over AED training and whether it created an unfunded mandate. SB 1086 on the Arizona health care cost and payment system passed 18-8. SB 1317, appropriating money to the Attorney General for a coordinated jail reentry program, passed 22-4 amid discussion about the program’s success and concerns over the funding source. SB 1580, SB 1582, SB 1709, SB 1550, and SB 1761 also passed, with comments focusing on school safety funding, probation revocation for dangerous crimes against children, a Queen Creek-related appropriation, and university cooperative extension and experiment station needs. SB 1046 and SB 1286 later passed third reading as well.
The chamber also paused for a St. Patrick’s Day recognition, welcoming Speaker Murphy of the Irish Parliament and reading a proclamation honoring Irish heritage and the Phoenix-Ireland relationship. Afterward, the Senate returned to business, received House requests to return HB 4027 and HB 2444 for reconsideration, heard a personal privilege statement on an ICE detention death, and announced upcoming committee meetings and caucus schedules. The Senate adjourned until Tuesday, March 17, 2026.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Grant for lender serving underserved entrepreneurs 3/3/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Minnesota, thousands of small businesses, particularly in rural communities, communities of color, immigrant
- 00:03:06.879><c> color,</c> communities, communities of color, communities, communities of color, immigrant
- > communities,</c><00:03:08.000><c> and</c><00:03:08.159><c> low</c><00:03:08.480><c> wealth</c> immigrant
- communities, and low wealth immigrant communities, and low wealth areas,<00:03:09.519><c> are</c><00
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- This is just another way to limit and further attack immigrants.
- This is just another way to limit and further attack immigrants.
- I just feel like this bill does nothing more than turn routine traffic stops into immigration screenings
- I just feel like this bill does nothing more than turn routine traffic stops into immigration screenings
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Jan 16th, 2026
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- foundation for movements that continue to fight for justice today: movements for women's rights, immigrants
- This day marks 123 years since the first large wave of Korean immigrants across the Pacific, not just
- This day marks 123 years since the first large wave of Korean immigrants across the Pacific, not just
- My wife actually immigrated from Korea when she was 12, and we have built a life here with our three
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Legislative Session Day 6 (1-13-26)
Kentucky House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- House Bill 47, an act relating to federal immigration law enforcement. Representative Roberts.
- 11:27.519><c> relating</c><00:11:27.839><c> to</c><00:11:28.000><c> federal</c><00:11:28.240><c> immigration
- </c> an act relating to federal immigration an act relating to federal immigration law<00:11:29.120><
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine managing risk for the long-term in the 7(a) loan program, focusing on hearing from lenders. Feb 26th, 2025 at 01:30 pm
Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- provides mental health services to all, but especially to people of color. the LGBTQ community, and immigrants
- of color, lesbian, gay, bi, trans, queer, and others with various sexual and gender identities, immigrants
- provider's I published profile, I discussed my therapeutic approach and comfort in working with immigrants
- Well, huge, really, because the communities that we serve, the BIPOC, LGBT, first-generation immigrant
Keywords:
SBA, 7A loan program, underwriting standards, loan defaults, Community Advantage Program, small business funding, testimony
Summary:
The committee meeting focused on discussions regarding the SBA's 7A loan program and its implementation challenges. Members raised significant concerns about recent changes to the underwriting standards, which have been criticized for leading to an increase in loan defaults. Ranking members expressed a desire for a return to stronger guidelines to protect taxpayers and ensure the program remains a viable source for small businesses struggling to secure funding. Testimonies from community lenders highlighted their efforts to support underserved communities and stressed the importance of the Community Advantage Program.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
House Chamber - Tue Feb 11, 2025, 12:00PM HST - Day 17
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I believe that this bill would expand health care access to illegal immigrants, so I don't think it's
- access<00:37:06.680><c> to</c><00:37:06.920><c> ille</c><00:37:07.560><c> Legal</c><00:37:07.920><c> immigrants
- </c><00:37:08.520><c> so</c><00:37:08.680><c> I</c> access to ille Legal immigrants so I access to ille
- Legal immigrants so I don't<00:37:08.839><c> think</c><00:37:08.920><c> it's</c><00:37:09.040><c> a<
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - Part 1 - 04/02/25
Jobs and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- advocating for all motans to be able to experience the American dream, especially our underserved immigrant
- </c><01:15:12.400><c> and</c> etiquette, educate immigrants and etiquette, educate immigrants and refugees
- Uh, we have a large immigrant and refugee community in central Minnesota, and particularly in St.
- </c><01:24:30.800><c> mothers,</c> experience between immigrant mothers, experience between immigrant
- </c> especially those from immigrant especially those from immigrant communities<01:58:19.679><c> and
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
MS Senate Floor - 31 March, 2026; 10:00 AM
Mississippi Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><02:55:49.680><c> and</c><02:55:49.800><c> Customs</c> States Immigration and Customs States Immigration
- And Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
- Immigration. >> Thank you. Senator Brumfield, a question, Mr.
- 37.320><c> uh</c> States Immigration and uh States Immigration and uh Yes.<02:57:38.800><c> Immigration
- Immigration Yes. Yes. Yes. Immigration Yes. Yes. >> Thank<02:57:40.920><c> you.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- The committee heard testimony that the bill would impede immigration enforcement operations and reduce
- Now, the elephant in the room: this involves issues of immigration enforcement.
- </c> uh issues of immigration enforcement. uh issues of immigration enforcement.
- When residents fear anonymous immigration enforcement, they stop reporting crimes.
- "Joselyn Nungare, these individuals were killed by illegal immigrants, murdered, raped.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> the expert judges who are in immigration the expert judges who are in immigration courts<01:39:34.800
- Um, I'm not an immigration lawyer, but I looked into federal immigration law a little bit for a bill
- Um, I'm not an immigration lawyer, but I looked into federal immigration law a little bit for a bill
- </c><02:04:09.040><c> aspect</c> quickly are about the immigration aspect quickly are about the immigration
- Um, I'm not an immigration of this.
Summary:
The Housing Committee opened with a public hearing on HB 196, which would repeal the Housing Champion program. Representative Matt Drew, the prime sponsor, argued the program is an unnecessary and poorly targeted subsidy, saying it rewards municipalities after projects are completed and may not be limited to new housing production. He questioned the transparency of the program, cited difficulty finding required annual reports, and noted a fiscal note suggesting the state could recover up to $3 million if obligations are terminated. Committee members and witnesses debated whether the program’s criteria amount to political favoritism or a standard grant process; supporters said the rubric is specific and that municipalities are evaluated against objective requirements. Representative Priest, Nick Taylor of Housing Action New Hampshire, and Karen Benfield of Stay Work Play New Hampshire all opposed repeal, saying the program encourages local zoning and regulatory changes, helps smaller communities participate, and supports housing supply and young people’s ability to stay in the state. The hearing on HB 196 was then closed.
The committee then opened a hearing on HB 1405, a bill establishing an affordable housing guarantee program within the Housing Finance Authority. Prime sponsor Representative Chris Muns said the bill would reduce lender risk by guaranteeing up to 80% of principal on qualifying loans for affordable housing, with a cap of $30 million per lender per year and $300 million outstanding at any time. He described the measure as a low-cost public-private partnership backed by the full faith and credit of the state, and said it was identical to a prior Senate bill that had received unanimous bipartisan committee support before dying later in the process. He framed the bill as one part of a broader housing package aimed at financing, infrastructure, workforce, zoning reform, and other housing-related issues.
No votes were taken during the portion of the meeting provided. The only formal actions were opening and closing the public hearing on HB 196 and opening the public hearing on HB 1405, with testimony continuing on HB 1405 at the end of the transcript.
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Higher Education Institutions Committee Jun 18th, 2026 at 10:00 am
Higher Education Institutions Committee
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Higher Education Institutions Committee Jun 18th, 2026
Higher Education Institutions Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- My advisor, my Italian advisor, Dr. Bonora, and I invited Dr.
Summary:
The Higher Education Institutions Committee met at NDSU and heard an extensive presentation from President David Cook/President Stewart and NDSU leadership on the university’s priorities, including enrollment, student success, research growth, and use of New Horizons funding. Leaders emphasized NDSU’s land-grant mission, its role in workforce development, and its goal of becoming more distinctive through strategic planning, recruitment and retention, commercialization, and partnerships. They highlighted that NDSU awarded 2,370 degrees in 2025, produces a large share of the state’s engineering, nursing, and agriculture graduates, and reported strong outcomes for graduates staying and working in North Dakota. They also noted enrollment headwinds, competition from other institutions, and the need to manage tuition waivers more carefully through a scholarship optimization effort.
Provost Sherry Vale outlined academic stewardship efforts, including review or consolidation of low-producing programs, strategic hiring tied to institutional priorities, faculty workload policy changes, and expanded online and regional offerings. She said the university is using New Horizons dollars to strengthen advising, student support, and programs in engineering, agriculture, and health. NDSU leaders also described new or expanded academic offerings such as robotics and automation, artificial intelligence, material science and engineering, nuclear engineering certificates, accelerated nursing, nurse practitioner certificates, a Master of Health Administration, and a clinical research master’s program with Sanford Health. They stressed that these investments are intended to improve student completion, meet workforce needs, and increase return on public investment.
The committee also heard testimony from students and recent graduates who described the value of NDSU’s education, mentorship, internships, research opportunities, and support services. Alyssa Hodges spoke about pharmacy education, public health work, and campus support as a parent and student; Ethan Blessy described engineering coursework, internships with Marvin, and career preparation; and Aiden Freolic discussed neuroscience research, federally funded projects, and plans for graduate study. Their testimony was followed by presentations on partnerships with Gateway to Science for K-12 STEM outreach and with Sanford Research on biomedical research, clinical trials, obesity research, and a joint biostatistics hire. NDSU also highlighted systemwide shared services, Governor’s School programming, and research growth, including a reported 8% increase in research expenditures from $199 million to $215 million. No bill votes were taken; the meeting was informational and featured presentations, testimony, and discussion of future planning and partnerships.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee Mar 11th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- rural housing and farmworker housing is very personal to me, as I am the daughter of farmworker immigrants
- We have Bay Area Legal come to provide immigration services, and we have newly housing navigators.
- There's no immigration status requirement. There's nothing like that.
- There's no immigration status requirement. There's nothing like that.
- And on a personal note, I'm a proud daughter of immigrant parents.
Summary:
The committee held an outcomes review hearing on AB 457 and related farmworker and rural housing policy, with members and witnesses discussing whether recent streamlining laws are actually increasing production. Chair Haney, Assembly Members Soria and Pellerin, and others described the purpose of AB 457 and its predecessor bills AB 1783 and AB 3035: to make farmworker housing easier to build through ministerial approval and other reforms. Witnesses emphasized that farmworkers face severe overcrowding, high rents, long commutes, and limited access to housing in both rural and coastal agricultural regions.
The first panel focused on practical barriers and local models. Napa County described its county-owned farmworker centers, which provide nightly lodging, meals, and services, funded by lodger fees, a grower assessment, and state support. Testimony stressed that these centers function as navigation hubs rather than permanent housing, and that stable, inflation-adjusted operating funding, language access, transportation, and local set-asides are critical. United Farm Workers urged that local farmworkers be prioritized over H-2A workers and warned against displacing long-term resident workers. Several witnesses said the biggest barriers remain infrastructure, land costs, local opposition, and insufficient subsidy rather than approval streamlining alone.
The second and third panels addressed AB 457’s implementation and broader state funding issues. Santa Clara County said the bill could help on a county-owned Gilroy site, but financing remains the main obstacle. Self-Help Enterprises said AB 457’s expanded geography and project-size rules may help future sites, but rural projects still struggle with water, sewer, and environmental review costs, and with the state’s Super NOFA process, which tends to favor deeper-income projects that do not match farmworker household incomes. HCD reported that CERNA and other programs have increased farmworker housing production in recent years, but witnesses argued that rural regions still receive too little funding, that infrastructure dollars are too fragmented, and that more rural-specific set-asides, local funding incentives, and predictable allocations are needed. No votes or formal actions were taken during the hearing.