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TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on International Relations Apr 14th, 2025

S/C on International Relations

Transcript Highlights:
  • We've just invested over $12 million in an industrial park called Las Americas.
Bills: HCR108, HCR127
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Legacy Finance Committee 1/22/25

Legacy Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Fifteen years ago, the first appropriation was $44.5 million for that first year; last biennium, the
  • :07:27.440> banum million for that first year last banum million for that first year last banum
  • Under the first box here, you'll see the Outdoor Heritage Fund, and the first columns are FY 26 and 27
  • Under the first box here, you'll see the Outdoor Heritage Fund, and the first columns are FY 26 and 27
  • Under the first box here, you'll see the Outdoor Heritage Fund, and the first columns are FY 26 and 27
Keywords: 1183, house
Summary: The Legacy Finance Committee held its first meeting of the session, with members and staff introducing themselves and the chair emphasizing the committee’s role in overseeing Minnesota’s Legacy Amendment funds. The committee then received an overview of the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund from Mary Davis. She explained that the fund receives 19.75% of the 1% sales tax, is constitutionally limited to arts education, arts access, and preserving Minnesota history and cultural heritage, and is not a guaranteed base for prior recipients. She reviewed major recipients and statutory requirements, including the Minnesota State Arts Board’s 47% share, funding for the Historical Society, libraries, humanities and cultural organizations, public media, and the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council. She also noted the 5% reserve requirement, reporting obligations, and a 2023 legislative directive to improve access through free or reduced admission and outreach to households regardless of income. The committee next heard from Janelle Taylor on the natural resources funds, focusing on the Clean Water Fund and Parks and Trails Fund. She said the Clean Water Fund receives 33% of Legacy revenues and must be used to protect, enhance, and restore water quality and protect groundwater, with at least 5% dedicated to drinking water sources. She described the Clean Water Council’s recommendation process and said most of the money goes to Board of Water and Soil Resources projects, with additional funding for PCA and DNR monitoring. In response to a question about Hastings and PFAS contamination, she said the legislature could appropriate clean water money if the project fits the constitutional criteria and protects drinking water sources. For the Parks and Trails Fund, she explained it receives 14.25% of Legacy revenues and is allocated under the long-standing 40-40-20 split: 40% to state parks and trails, 40% to metropolitan regional parks and trails, and 20% to Greater Minnesota regional parks and trails. House Fiscal Analysis staff then reviewed the reserve requirement and available balances, noting that each Legacy fund must keep a 5% reserve to protect against forecast changes. For the upcoming biennium, they cited approximately $327.229 million available for the Outdoor Heritage Fund, $184.73 million for the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, and $133.13 million for the Parks and Trails Fund, with the Clean Water Fund total discussed earlier at about $311 million. Members briefly discussed the importance of the reserve and the zero-base nature of the funds. The committee then moved on to an overview of the Outdoor Heritage Fund and Outdoor Heritage Council from Mark Johnson and Joe Pelco, who explained that the fund was approved by voters in 2008, lasts 25 years, receives about one-third of the 3/8 of 1% sales tax, and is used to protect, restore, and enhance wetlands, prairies, forests, and habitat for fish, game, and wildlife. They described the council’s statutory role, the small grants program for projects from $5,000 to $500,000, and the annual recommendation process, but no votes or formal actions were taken in the portion provided.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

JHA Public Hearing - Fri Feb 21, 2025 @ 2:00 PM HST

Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
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  • The First Amendment of the U.S.
  • First, it's unconstitutional.
  • Representative Garcia, first. Thank you, Chair. My first question is for Dr.
  • <04:02:30.120> question first thank you chair um first question first thank you chair um first
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The House Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs heard several measures, beginning with HB 194, which would designate May 22 as Maritime Day. Testimony from labor, health, and community groups was in support, and the committee later recommended passage of the bill as is, with several members voting yes and some reserving or being excused. HB 458 would designate April 27 as Brother Joseph Dutton Day; the Department of Accounting and General Services, the Joseph Dutton Guild, and a descendant all supported it, and the committee recommended passage with technical amendments. HB 957 would designate the first Friday in May as Lā‘au Day; support came from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the Hawaii Farm Bureau, and many individuals, and the committee recommended passage as is. HB 345 would establish the ʻōpae ula as the state shrimp to promote awareness and protection of anchialine ecosystems; DLNR, Kuaʻāina Ulu ʻAu, and other supporters testified, and the committee recommended passage with technical amendments. The committee also heard HB 901, which would allow public charter schools to appeal directly to the Board of Education on certain operational, governance, or funding matters. The Attorney General and the Public Charter School Commission offered technical comments and suggested amendments, while the commission described its current monitoring and renewal process and said it works closely with schools over the life of a charter contract. Members raised concerns about whether the bill would shift too much work to the Board of Education, and one member voted no when the committee later moved the bill with the Attorney General’s amendments. HB 1066 would add Head Start-related ex officio members to the Early Learning Board; the Early Learning Board and the Executive Office on Early Learning supported it, explaining the changes were needed to align with the federal Head Start Act, and the committee moved it forward without opposition. HB 1069 would add voting members from the Department of Education and Board of Education to the School Facilities Authority Board. DOE and the School Facilities Authority supported the change as a way to strengthen collaboration, though questions from members focused on the current communication process between the agencies. HB 1343 would require the Board of Education to adopt a policy banning student phone and related device use during school hours; the committee noted written testimony in support and then moved to decision-making. At the end of the meeting, the committee adopted recommendations to pass HB 194, HB 458 with technical amendments, HB 957, HB 345 with technical amendments, HB 901 with amendments, HB 1066, HB 1069, and HB 1343.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

EEP Public Hearing - Thu Mar 13, 2025 @ 9:45 AM HST

Energy & Environmental Protection

Transcript Highlights:
  • Ernie La, Board of Water Supply.
  • <00:26:09.760> to we will also be I think the first to we will also be I think the first to
  • This is my first time ever testifying today.
  • First, some housekeeping.
  • So I guess I'll say this first: what we're looking at with this first liability limitation is limiting
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The committee on Energy and Environmental Protection heard several measures focused on water quality, waste management, aquifer protection, wastewater, and climate-related funding. SB 984 on water pollution drew opposition from DLNR and the Hawaii Cattlemen’s Council, with the latter arguing the bill could unfairly blame landowners for runoff caused by terrain and storm events; the chair noted there were also supporters and commenters submitted in writing. SB 639 on underground storage tanks received support from the Department of Health, the Board of Water Supply, and the Sierra Club, with testimony emphasizing environmental restoration standards after jet fuel releases; no opposition was noted in the live testimony. SB 946 on wastewater management was presented as clarifying that the ban on discharging wastewater or raw sewage into state waters applies to treatment plants, and it drew support from the County of Maui, DOH, and Hawaii Reef and Ocean Coalition, with no questions or opposition raised in the hearing. The committee also heard SB 438 on waste disposal facilities near significant aquifers. DOH and the Water Commission offered comments, while the City and County of Honolulu’s Department of Environmental Services opposed the bill because of a provision affecting ash recycling; the Board of Water Supply and Sierra Club supported the measure, and the Makakilo-Kapolei-Honokai Hale Neighborhood Board and Energy Justice Network raised concerns about fly ash and bottom ash recycling, landfill capacity, and potential contamination of aquifers. Testimony reflected a split between environmental protection concerns and arguments that the bill could block beneficial reuse of ash. The committee then took up HB 1395 on state funds, which would direct interest from the Emergency and Budget Reserve Fund to the general fund when the reserve exceeds the state’s target. The Governor’s office, emergency management, the State Energy Office, the Hawaiʻi Green Infrastructure Authority, the Nature Conservancy, and several other groups supported the bill’s climate-resilience intent, while the Tax Foundation and committee discussion raised concerns that the measure functioned mainly as a revenue transfer without a dedicated spending mechanism. Members discussed whether a special fund or legislative appropriation process would better ensure the money was used for climate mitigation and related projects.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Health Apr 21st, 2025

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • How about we save each other first? And this can do it.
  • And when we look at what is best for patients, we first go to the first. in the food chain that we know
  • So I want to first ask you. Good question, though.
  • The first one is the CRNA, that's page number two.
  • They got their first set of data back.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy

Transcript Highlights:
  • We've been fighting it since it first came to our attention.
  • All right, do you want me to go first?
  • La Croix, La Croix. I think Andrea is going to testify remotely, if I'm not mistaken.
  • first.
  • We are an American company building the first U.S.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The hearing focused mainly on two subjects: expansion of the Massachusetts bottle bill and bills to remove woody biomass from state clean-energy and greenhouse-gas programs. On the bottle bill, supporters from municipal, environmental, public health, and local government groups argued that the 5-cent deposit is outdated, redemption rates have fallen, and expanding coverage to more beverage containers—especially water, sports drinks, and small alcohol bottles—would reduce litter, cut plastic waste and microplastics, and save cities and towns money. Several speakers also backed raising handling fees for retailers and redemption centers, and some supported restoring a Clean Environment Fund so unclaimed deposits would support recycling-related purposes. Opponents, including the Massachusetts Beverage Association and the National Waste and Recycling Association, argued that curbside recycling and transfer-station systems are more convenient, that the targeted containers are valuable to local recycling programs, and that the proposal would shift costs onto consumers and municipalities. Committee members questioned witnesses about redemption rates, handling fees, the 2014 ballot question, and whether the bill had changed from prior sessions. The biomass portion drew strong support from Springfield officials, state legislators, environmental advocates, and public health groups. They said woody biomass should not count as clean energy because burning wood produces particulate pollution and carbon emissions, and they warned that current law contains a loophole that could help finance the proposed Palmer Renewable Energy biomass plant in Springfield. Witnesses emphasized Springfield’s air-quality and asthma burdens, the public health impacts of PM2.5, and the need to close the loophole before a January 1, 2026 deadline. One forest-industry witness supported a separate bill promoting modern wood heat with pollution controls, arguing it is cleaner than older wood systems and has minimal ratepayer cost, while noting that those credits would be affected if the governor’s broader energy affordability bill repeals the alternative energy portfolio standard. No votes were taken during the hearing. The chairs managed testimony by alternating between the bottle bill and biomass topics, asking speakers to keep remarks brief and to note when they agreed with prior testimony. Several legislators also testified in support of the bills, and committee members asked follow-up questions on deposit levels, retailer handling fees, recycling economics, and the public-health rationale for the biomass restrictions.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/13/2026 - House Education

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • So our first person is Holly Seminara. So our first person is Holly Seminara. Sorry. Thank you.
  • This is our very first program that the reason WICHE was established.
  • But I want to make this point first.
  • This was the first of three audits related to school safety.
  • This was the first of three audits related to school safety.
Keywords: 1182, all
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • So, to your first question, it’s a starting point.
  • First, we recommend limiting the grant eligibility to elementary schools.
  • The first reports for the first two rounds of funding are due June 30, 2025.
  • There presumably was a reason they didn't participate in the first place.
  • The first being the ELA, ELD instructional materials adoption.
Summary: The committee heard a series of budget proposals focused on education finance, with repeated questions about whether the state’s investments are coordinated, targeted to the highest-need students, and likely to produce measurable results. On the first item, the administration proposed $1 million for a study of California’s curriculum framework, standards, and instructional materials process, plus $250,000 for supplemental ELA/ELD guidance. CDE and Finance said the study would examine how other states organize standards, frameworks, and adoptions, while the chair and members questioned why California has gone so long without updating some standards, what the study would actually accomplish, and whether the proposal was too vague to justify the cost. The issue was held open. The committee then took up a proposed $25 million statewide literacy network within the system of support. CCEE and CDE said the network would coordinate multiple existing literacy leads, create a clearinghouse of evidence-based resources, and improve coherence across the state’s many literacy initiatives. Members pressed on how a one-time, five-year allocation could support a long-term system, how the work would reach distressed and rural districts, and whether the proposal would translate into classroom change rather than just another layer of coordination. The issue was also held open. Next, the committee reviewed a $500 million proposal to expand literacy coaches and reading specialists and to create a math coaches program. CDE described the existing literacy coach cohorts as producing positive reports from participating LEAs, while the LAO recommended modifications, especially for the math coach portion, including limiting eligibility to elementary schools, setting minimum grant amounts, directing funds to eligible school sites, and making eligibility automatic rather than application-based. Members focused on whether coaches were actually being placed at the schools with the greatest need and whether the state has a coherent long-term strategy for literacy and math investments. The committee also heard a $40 million proposal for training and implementation of K-2 reading difficulty screeners, which the LAO said was reasonable but could be reduced because $25 million had already been provided for training; CDE said the new funds were needed for full implementation, procurement, and sustainability. Finally, the committee heard a $10 million proposal for a developmentally appropriate TK multilingual learner screener, with CDE explaining why the preschool language-identification process is different from K-12 EL assessment and the chair asking staff to explore whether a single, more consistent approach could be developed. The meeting concluded with a presentation on universal school meals and kitchen infrastructure, including a $31.5 million backfill, an $84.1 million increase for projected meal growth, a COLA adjustment, and $150 million for kitchen upgrades and training to support freshly prepared meals.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee Jun 24th, 2026

Energy, Utilities and Communications

Transcript Highlights:
  • We see Assembly Member Irwin is here to present the first item on the agenda. That's AB 710.
  • First, I would like to start by accepting the committee's amendments.
  • And your first question about agriculture, they can be part of a program as well.
  • Usually he's first to say that. Okay, sorry, go ahead.
  • This would just be the first step on a multi-year journey.
Keywords: 987, senate, all
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Federal Funding Stabilization Subcommittee May 28th, 2025

Federal Funding Stabilization Subcommittee

Transcript Highlights:
  • So I'd like to go ahead and ask the first panel to come on up.
  • Look for first?
  • Um, first, let me thank you all for your presentations this morning.
  • I'd like to start first with, with Wayne.
  • Again, our first responsibility is the state budget.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Criminal Justice and Public Safety (04/23/2025)

Criminal Justice and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • And I firefighters and first responders.
  • Um the act being New Hampshire first.
  • Um, and this drug in the first instance.
  • I clerked the first time. That's right. I clerked the first time. That's right.
  • Las, yes. Representative Devoid, yes. Las, yes. Representative Devoid, yes.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Judiciary Feb 17th, 2026 at 09:37 am

Senate Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • You had introduced the first series of amendments.
  • We have yours first up. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Do we re-pass those out again?
  • First of all, there is no doubt in my mind the court will strike this down.
  • The first amendment I'm going to refer to is the 4 of 071 2.
  • They just didn't have them in the first place.
Keywords: 996, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Legacy Finance Committee 2/12/25

Legacy Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Clean Water Council have when they first Clean Water Council have when they first see<00:21:35.240
  • Well, first, a city like St.
  • So my first question for Mr.
  • So my first question for Mr.
  • , when we had our first meeting.
Keywords: 1183, house
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session Apr 7th, 2025

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • That evening, I found myself wishing, not for the first time, that I could live my life all over again
  • I am so super honored to be the first Sikh American elected in California state history.
  • Sikhs were the first people targeted after 9/11.
  • In 1973, Gustavo moved to Boyle Heights, and a couple of years later, his wife and their first three
  • Outside of his family life, Gustavo was an advocate for his community, working with the Comité de la
Summary: The Assembly met on March 6, 2025, after a quorum call, prayer, and Pledge of Allegiance. Members then made a series of guest introductions recognizing Vaisakhi celebrations, nonprofit leaders from San Joaquin County, immigrant and refugee advocate Liu Yang, students from Somerdale Elementary School, Trustee Sylvia Leong, and a Leadership Torrance delegation. The chamber also took up several procedural motions, including a successful motion to withdraw SB 100 from Budget Committee and send it to the second reading file, and unanimous consent to re-refer several Assembly bills to different committees. On the floor, members considered a number of bills and resolutions. AB 238 on wildfire relief, providing up to a year of mortgage forbearance for fire-impacted homeowners, passed with urgency. AB 373 on client-directed representation for non-minor dependents in foster care passed unanimously, as did AB 287 requiring accessible parking for curbside voting at vote centers. AB 628, requiring new residential leases to include a working refrigerator and stove, passed 49-8. ACR 15 designating April 15 as California Propane Day was adopted by voice vote after adding 55 co-authors. AB 483, requiring disclosure and limiting fees for early termination in fixed-term installment contracts, passed 43-11. AB 234, an urgency bill allowing the Assembly Speaker and Senate Pro Tem or their designees to sit on the Fair Plan governing committee, passed 60-0. The Assembly also heard several adjournment-in-memory tributes, including for Gustavo Camacho Lopez, retired firefighter William Brett Potter, and Rob Ashley. The day concluded with announcements of committee meetings and the next floor session schedule, followed by adjournment until April 10, 2025, at 9 a.m. A later vote change noted Assembly Member McKinnor changed her vote on AB 483 from aye to not voting.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • First Timothy 2:1 through 4, I urge then first of all that requests, prayers, intercession, and thanksgiving
  • One question will follow, but one question first.
  • One question will follow, but one question first.
  • One question will follow, but one question first. Present. And thank you, Speaker.
  • Well, let me take the back end of that question first.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Finance Feb 15th, 2026 at 11:08 am

Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is the first of our four years where the Legislature will make strategic investments to diversify
  • You need to adopt it first, Mr. Jones. Okay, questions.
  • And the first quarter we missed the revenue estimate by a lot.
  • There was another 100 million allocated were the fires around Las Vegas as basically a loan program for
  • First of all, Mr. Chair, I do want to comment and thank the staff and Thank you.
Keywords: 996, all
NM
Transcript Highlights:
  • You've got projects identified for the first year, pretty big, big projects.
  • Will maintenance— The first year, three big projects.
  • Chairman, just what are we voting on first? We're voting on the substitute motion.
  • First of all, is that they don't have a recurring budget. Their budget is not recurring.
  • I just want to, first off, you know, I've been to a lot of electric vehicle convenings in our state.
Keywords: 996, all
Summary: The committee met with quorum and took up only HB 3, the Department of Transportation Appropriation Act of 2026 for FY27. The bill was presented as an amended budget that would increase NMDOT’s operating budget by about $132.6 million, or 10.2%, using available cash balances, additional projected revenue, and contingent revenue tied to Senate Bill 2, the highway bond bill. Staff walked through the amendment section by section, explaining changes to project design and construction, highway operations, program support, modal programs, federal and interagency transfer lines, corrected performance-measure language, and added budget adjustment authority for the current and next fiscal years. Several members raised concerns about the late circulation of a revised amendment and the appearance of multiple bill versions, arguing the committee had not had enough time to review the changes and that the process may have violated the 24-hour rule. Others asked for clarification on how the budget distinguished between rehabilitation and maintenance, and DOT staff explained that major rehabilitation is generally tied to STIP projects while maintenance is handled through district-level plans and contracts. Members also discussed the use of cash balances for non-recurring spending, the impact of electric vehicles on road revenue, and the need for more maintenance, litter cleanup, fencing, and beautification funding. DOT and executive representatives noted the amendment includes a significant maintenance increase and said additional non-recurring funding could also come through House Bill 2 and the capital bill. The committee first rejected a substitute motion to delay action, then adopted the amendment and later voted due pass on HB 3 as amended. Public comment was opened, but no one spoke in support or opposition. After passage, members explained their votes, with some supporting the bill as a needed transportation investment and others objecting to the process and the compressed review timeline.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Senate Standing Committee on Licensing and Occupations. (3-3-26)

Licensing & Occupations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, the first item on our agenda today is Senate Bill 65 sponsored by Senator Steve West.
  • Uh, the first subject matter area is vaping.
  • Uh the first subject matter area areas. Uh the first subject matter area is<00:02:10.959> vaping.
  • <00:19:27.840> So first of all um with the compact. So first of all um with the compact.
  • My LA, Madam Chair, said, you know, how did you get into this subject matter?
Summary: The Senate Standing Committee on Licensing and Occupations met on March 3, 2026, with a quorum present and first took up Senate Bill 65, sponsored by Senator Steve West. The bill would nullify administrative regulations found deficient by the Administrative Regulations Review Subcommittee. West said the committee had found three deficient regulations this year, including one related to vaping rollout problems and one involving GLP-1 coverage expansion for Medicaid. Senator Berg raised concerns that striking the GLP-1 regulation could limit Kentucky’s ability to use these drugs for weight loss and other health benefits, but the sponsor and others said the action would only block the specific regulation and that doctors could still prescribe GLP-1s under existing Medicaid authority. The committee passed SB 65 with favorable expression, 8-2. The committee then considered Senate Bill 177, sponsored by Senator Rick Girdler, and first adopted a substitute. The bill concerns speech-language pathologist licensure. Testimony from Kate Wood Hall and Ann Blandford of the Kentucky Speech-Language-Hearing Association explained that the substitute would remove the mandatory post-professional graduate experience as a requirement for full licensure, while keeping an interim pathway and preserving an optional compact-related pathway. They said the change responds to updated graduate training standards and federal billing issues, including CMS guidance that had temporarily disrupted reimbursement and access, especially in rural areas. Members asked whether the change would weaken standards or affect compact participation; witnesses said it would not, and that the compact option remained available. The committee also noted that pages two and three of the substitute were missing and staff would restore them. Several senators spoke in favor while explaining reservations. Senator Berg supported the bill and shared a personal story about speech therapy in her family. Senator Douglas also voted aye but expressed concern about reducing requirements for trained professionals and about incentives in professional education. Senator Chambers Armstrong asked whether the opt-in structure would create barriers or affect compact participation, and witnesses said it would not increase costs and that other states, including Virginia and Oregon, were pursuing similar approaches. SB 177, as amended by the substitute, passed with favorable expression.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session May 10th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Tradition, deeply rooted in our Mexican culture, Dia de las Madres.
  • You do know this isn’t my first bill, Mr. Raymond? Or do you not?
  • First, I want to thank all of the joint authors on this bill. Ms.
  • Johnson is first in opposition. Thank you. Mr.
  • Why, in the first part of your bill, is there so much ambiguity?
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Mar 2nd, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • He's also an active member and deacon at the First Baptist Church in Mccalister, Oklahoma.
  • So I'm really thrilled to bring on the floor some of our fabulous first responders.
  • It's tra al la har, you're recognized to explain the provisions of Senate Bill 1589.
  • First of all, I want to acknowledge that it's a shame that organizations like A.S.A. have been put in
  • Members, today is our first opportunity for you to sign up with the Irish caucus at Mcnilly's from 4