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KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Interim Joint Committee on Local Government.(6-23-26)

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • Public safety is one of the most fundamental responsibilities of local governments.
  • The federal government, the larger agencies that can pay more.
  • today. >> And I'm Chris Haddix, Montgomery County Judge Executive. >> Shelly Hampton, Director of Government
  • >> So,<00:56:22.400> any, >> So, any government, local, or state could ask for your service
Bills: HB339
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 4/14/26

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • government services. government services.
  • Uh, states like California and Texas, where this is currently the approach: local governments set tax
  • Here in Minnesota, local governments set levies.
  • However, the language governing the program is a bit unclear.
  • 56.160> the However, the language governing the However, the language governing the program<01
Summary: The committee first approved the April 9 minutes, then took up House File 2988, which would extend for eight more years a sales tax exemption tied to Minnesota State High School League tournament ticket revenue that is funneled into the league’s foundation and returned to schools as grants. Chair Youakim and Executive Director Eric Martins said the program sends more than $1.1 million annually back to schools for activity fee reductions, scholarships, coaching and training, AEDs, late buses, and other school needs, with over 98% of funds going directly to schools. Representative Huot and others spoke in support, while Representative Robinson questioned the structure and suggested the state could instead simply reduce ticket prices and not tax the tickets. The committee laid HF 2988 over for possible inclusion in the omnibus tax bill. The committee then heard House File 4906, as amended, which would create a one-time property tax refund in calendar year 2026 for owners of residential homesteads and the homestead portion of agricultural property, funded by a $4 billion appropriation in fiscal year 2027. The bill includes a clawback for delinquent taxpayers and offsets to ensure no one receives more in property tax refunds than they paid. A House Research staffer said the Department of Revenue viewed the refund as potentially taxable, while House Research said it likely should be treated as a recovery of prior taxes, and the two would follow up. The bill was introduced with testimony from Eric Bernstein of We Make Minnesota and Nan Madden of the Minnesota Budget Project, both of whom opposed it, arguing it would create a large budget hole, force future cuts, and disproportionately benefit homeowners while excluding renters and lower-income Minnesotans. Several members also raised concerns. Representative Hewitt said the state should prioritize public safety, rural EMS, and safety-net hospitals rather than a large rebate, and Representative Youakim argued the money would be better spent on longer-term property tax relief and education funding. Representative Hollins said the proposal would worsen racial and wealth inequities because homeownership is lower among communities of color and renters would get nothing. In response, the author and supporters said the bill is meant to put money back into people’s budgets and that individuals should be able to decide how to use their own money. The discussion continued with questions about the bill’s size and fiscal impact, but no final action on HF 4906 was taken in the portion provided.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Local and County Government Feb 24th, 2026 at 02:00 pm

Local and County Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Senate Local and County Government Committee will now come to order.
  • It requires that if a municipal government chooses to use a reversion ordinance to change zoning to a
  • So, in reading the bill, I know that government entities never take advantage of a situation to fund
  • Chairman and members, Senate Bill 1619 is a bill that pertains to municipal and county governments.
  • We are complete with our business for the day in the Senate Local and County Government Committee.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

GVO DEFER, GVO, GVO-EIG, GVO Public Hearings 02-10-2026

Government Operations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Welcome to the Committee on Government Operations.
  • will go into our 301 agenda, with everybody's indulgence, which is Senate Bill 2662 relating to government
  • will go into our 301 agenda, with everybody's indulgence, which is Senate Bill 2662 relating to government
  • Welcome back to the committee joint committee's government operations, energy, and intergovernmental
  • Committee on Government Operations, same recommendations. Senate Draft 1, I vote yes on SB 2352.
Bills: SB2543, SB2435, SB2352
Summary: The Committee on Government Operations reconvened on February 10, 2026, to take up measures previously heard on February 5. It advanced SB 2983 on criminal destruction of trees with technical, non-substantive amendments and a committee report note asking Judiciary to clarify that removal of invasive species remains allowed; the measure passed with one no vote. SB 2930 on the state risk management revolving fund also passed with amendments, including blanking out the amount, setting a defective date, and directing Ways and Means to review a spreadsheet before further action. The committee likewise passed SB 2928 on making the small business procurement program permanent and SB 2970 on standards of conduct for state agency contracts, adopting the Ethics Commission’s recommended language assigning compliance responsibility to department directors and deputy directors. SB 2927 and SB 3068 on procurement were deferred to a time certain on February 12, and SB 3015 on personal information, SB 2929 on public notice, and SB 2938 on search and rescue were also deferred for further discussion or to avoid re-referral issues. SB 2662 on external consultants was amended to remove a cap and preemptive approval language, narrow the expertise standard, and note possible auditor staffing or appropriation needs; it then passed with amendments. The joint GVO-EIG hearing then took up SB 2543 on state construction projects and an Office of the State Construction Manager within DAGS. Testimony from the Hawaii Iron Workers Stabilization Fund strongly supported the bill, saying it could reduce wasteful spending on large design-build projects and free money for tax credits and other public needs. DAGS, the University of Hawaii, and DLNR offered written comments, while one witness from KIC opposed the measure and asked for an exemption for member-owned electric cooperatives. A Hawaii Solar Energy Association witness also supported the bill but asked that landscape architects be excluded from the bill’s definition of design professionals, and Rocky Mold said Kauai permitting was efficient enough that he had no objection to carving it out. The committee adopted amendments from DNR, DAGS, and UH and passed SB 2543. The hearing also considered SB 2435 on EV charging infrastructure at state facilities. DAGS and the Hawaii State Energy Office supported the concept and explained that the goal was to retrofit managed parking facilities with infrastructure that can meet current and future EV needs, while acknowledging that some stalls can sit unused and that the state must balance space and enforcement. Members raised concerns about whether dedicating 25% of stalls to EV charging would reduce usable parking, and about rural and Big Island conditions where EV range and battery capacity remain limiting. The discussion noted that DOT, DNR, DOE, and DOH may have their own parking facilities outside DAGS control. The committee then indicated it would broaden the bill to apply to all state agencies and lower the threshold in response to member concerns, with final action not fully shown in the transcript.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Taxes Committee 4/10/25

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:10:26.720> In Texas, New York, just to name a few.
  • In Texas, New York, just to name a few.
  • He is the director of government relations, Minnesota Society of CPAs.
  • Uh he is the director of government Uh he is the director of government relations,<00:14:49.440>
  • 42.400> at<01:04:42.559> the government relations director at the government relations
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Judiciary Committee Apr 2nd, 2025

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • local, the ability to not only apprehend the individual but enter into an MOU with the federal government
  • to... ...into an MOU with the federal government to... we don't want people in our country illegally
  • what it does is it allows state and local law enforcement to enter into an MOU with the federal government
  • to... an MOU with the federal government to assist them in enforcing already existing laws that are
  • I would hope that that desire would not be the governance of our relationship. Thank y'all.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives May 13th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Recommitted to House and Government.
  • It would expand government programs.
  • , and it would allow those in Texas to get them.
  • from the code assigned by the local system.
  • from the code assigned by the local system.
Bills: HR275, HR276, HR277, HR278, HR279, HR280, HR281, HR282, HR283, HR284, HCR112, HCR113, HR265, HR266, HR267, HR268, HR269, HR270, HR271, HR272, HR273, HCR107, HCR108, HCR109, HCR110, HCR111, SCR63, SCR66, SCR67, SB414, SB484, SB513, HR168, HR174, HR194, HR216, HR264, HCR54, HCR74, HCR79, HCR85, HCR87, HCR94, HCR95, HCR97, HCR98, HCR104, SCR23, SCR29, SCR33, SCR38, HB75, HB705, SB54, SB56, SB72, SB79, SB97, SB105, SB123, SB125, SB129, SB163, SB171, SB252, SB287, SB375, SB386, SB461, SB466, HR84, HR188, HR205, HR3, HR197, HR243, SCR19, SCR3, SCR6, SCR18, SCR11, SCR22, SCR2, SCR20, SCR24, SCR35, HCR6, HB301, HB359, HB657, HB675, HB680, HB727, HB39, HB58, HB112, HB134, HB155, HB187, HB287, HB462, HB782, HB825, HB846, HB903, HB904, HB929, HB941, HB962, HB1200, HB4, HB623, HB944, HB986, HB1098, HB1222, SB45, SB58, SB71, SB81, SB92, SB100, SB109, SB141, SB156, SB181, SB203, SB204, SB205, SB207, SB213, SB214, SB216, SB229, SB257, SB274, SB290, SB304, SB374, SB379, SB396, SB410, SB425, SB427, SB429, SB479, SB522, SB34, SB164, SB172, SB198, SB208, SB232, SB281, SB286, SB317, SB322, SB334, SB380, SB385, SB409, SB417, SB421, SB430, SB439, SB447, SB458, SB510, HB842, HB633, HB1191, HB625, HB1255, HB251, HB582, HB646, HB819, HB998, HB1257, SB197, SB436, SB78, HB901, HR20, HR74, HCR65, HCR71, HB284, HB302, HB306, HB341, HB366, HB393, HB458, HB577, HB603, HB605, HB614, HB733, HB752, HB773, HB798, HB911, HB955, HB996, HB1035, HB1069, HB1113, HB1140, HB1180, HB1240, SB82, SB89, HB258, SB149, SB382, SB441
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives May 13th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It would expand government programs.
  • , and it would allow those in Texas to get them.
  • , and it would allow those in Texas to get them.
  • , and it would allow those in Texas to get them.
  • , and it would allow those in Texas to get them.
Bills: HR275, HR276, HR277, HR278, HR279, HR280, HR281, HR282, HR283, HR284, HCR112, HCR113, HR265, HR266, HR267, HR268, HR269, HR270, HR271, HR272, HR273, HCR107, HCR108, HCR109, HCR110, HCR111, SCR63, SCR66, SCR67, SB414, SB484, SB513, HR168, HR174, HR194, HR216, HR264, HCR54, HCR74, HCR79, HCR85, HCR87, HCR94, HCR95, HCR97, HCR98, HCR104, SCR23, SCR29, SCR33, SCR38, HB75, HB705, SB54, SB56, SB72, SB79, SB97, SB105, SB123, SB125, SB129, SB163, SB171, SB252, SB287, SB375, SB386, SB461, SB466, HR84, HR188, HR205, HR3, HR197, HR243, SCR19, SCR3, SCR6, SCR18, SCR11, SCR22, SCR2, SCR20, SCR24, SCR35, HCR6, HB301, HB359, HB657, HB675, HB680, HB727, HB39, HB58, HB112, HB134, HB155, HB187, HB287, HB462, HB782, HB825, HB846, HB903, HB904, HB929, HB941, HB962, HB1200, HB4, HB623, HB944, HB986, HB1098, HB1222, SB45, SB58, SB71, SB81, SB92, SB100, SB109, SB141, SB156, SB181, SB203, SB204, SB205, SB207, SB213, SB214, SB216, SB229, SB257, SB274, SB290, SB304, SB374, SB379, SB396, SB410, SB425, SB427, SB429, SB479, SB522, SB34, SB164, SB172, SB198, SB208, SB232, SB281, SB286, SB317, SB322, SB334, SB380, SB385, SB409, SB417, SB421, SB430, SB439, SB447, SB458, SB510, HB842, HB633, HB1191, HB625, HB1255, HB251, HB582, HB646, HB819, HB998, HB1257, SB197, SB436, SB78, HB901, HR20, HR74, HCR65, HCR71, HB284, HB302, HB306, HB341, HB366, HB393, HB458, HB577, HB603, HB605, HB614, HB733, HB752, HB773, HB798, HB911, HB955, HB996, HB1035, HB1069, HB1113, HB1140, HB1180, HB1240, SB82, SB89, HB258, SB149, SB382, SB441
Summary: The House met with a quorum and began with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several personal privileges recognizing National Police Week, fallen law enforcement officers, a young Olympic weightlifter, a community sports agent, a deceased coach, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Day, the Louisiana Cattlemen’s Association, aviation professionals, and a birthday tribute. The chamber also received Senate messages, committee reports, and a long series of resolutions and bills, many of which were adopted or concurred in without objection. Several measures were returned to the calendar, while others were advanced with technical or clarifying amendments. A major portion of the meeting focused on resolutions honoring or commemorating people and groups, including National Police Week, Barron Baker, Paul T. Derezel II, Coach Emilio Tese, Alpha Phi Alpha, Louisiana Realtors Day, Special Olympics Louisiana, and various memorial highway designations. The House also adopted or concurred in resolutions on topics such as DOTD signage, shrimp procurement, geothermal energy, opioid settlement reporting, hospital design standards, Medicaid redetermination flexibility, chronic wasting disease management, remote online notarization, and a task force on intestate succession. Testimony on these items was generally supportive and brief, with sponsors explaining that most were technical, commemorative, or requests for study. The chamber also took up several substantive bills and Senate amendments. Among the measures concurred in were bills on peace officer citizenship requirements, post-conviction bail limits, portable benefits for independent contractors, workforce development, construction debris burning, license plate coverings, insurance and captive insurers, oil field indemnification, and rural infrastructure financing. One notable bill, HB 39 on peace officer citizenship, drew questions about National Guard members and legal permanent residents before the House concurred in the Senate amendments by a 74-22 vote. HB 134 on harmful material and interactive computer services had its Senate amendments rejected, while HB 359 on nonaffiliated candidates was temporarily returned to the calendar. The most extended debate came on the conference committee report for HB 842, which addressed Louisiana election law in response to the federal Callais decision. Members questioned how the report would affect the current congressional election cycle, absentee ballots, qualifying dates, signature requirements, and whether the closed party primary for U.S. House races had been canceled in favor of an open primary in the fall. The sponsor explained that the report cancels the current closed party primary for congressional races, voids ballots cast in that canceled election, returns qualifying fees, lowers petition-signature requirements, and sets new dates for the open primary and runoff. The House suspended the rules to consider the report the same day it was received, and the discussion highlighted concerns about election administration, district maps, and the scope of the changes before the chamber moved forward.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs May 6th, 2026

Commerce, Consumer Protection, and International Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • person the opportunity to test 365 days a year, gives them an appeal process, it reduces the size of government
  • As we know, inspectors at government agencies, both at the Contractors Board and the plumbing board,
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 21st, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • lives point others to you, not just in what we say, Father, but how we treat one another and how we govern
  • She's the president of the student government association. And then we have Sherman Lewis.
  • . government, and then, after winning district champion for congressional debate, I hope to do good and
  • You are now replacing it with the Oklahoma Administrative Code. Is that correct?
  • Members, the Senate Local and County Government Committee will meet as soon as we have a quorum after
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House State Government Committee Feb 18th, 2026

State Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • State Government Committee will come to order, and we'll start this meeting.
  • you're using the drone just to engage in a harassing manner to kind of upset the operations of state government
  • Representative Myrix, welcome to State Government. >> Thank you.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Judiciary Committee, February 12, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • violation or in in those criminal codes violation or in in those criminal codes as<00:18:02.240>
  • legislation to allow local governments legislation to allow local governments the<00:24:30.799><
  • Constitution to ensure that governments Constitution to ensure that governments act<00:48:34.319
  • So how government for guard assistance?
  • <01:32:33.520> involved have the federal government involved have the federal government involved
Bills: SF0045, SF0058, SF0067
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/11/2026 - House Judiciary

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • Law enforcement officers the abilities to stop this would be the recent attacks in Texas that happened
  • The government cannot punish people more harshly because they express views critical of their government
  • “But like I said, it’s kind of inapposite because ICE is an arm of the federal government.” “Mr.
  • This conduct is already criminalized under the criminal code that’s recognized in the statute.
  • However, unbeknownst to us, a hash-match code of those images remained in cloud storage.
Summary: The committee heard several bills dealing with criminal penalties, probation, record sealing, fraud jurisdiction, reproductive coercion, and family court evidence. HB 2047 would elevate trespass after service of a writ of restitution from third-degree to first-degree criminal trespass; supporters, including the Arizona Constables Association, said the current misdemeanor classification leads law enforcement to deprioritize unsafe eviction-related situations. The bill passed with a do pass recommendation on a 6-2 vote. HB 2136 would create offenses for civil terrorism and subversion, expand racketeering predicates, and increase penalties for certain coordinated disorderly conduct and highway obstruction; supporters said it targets organized intimidation and violent disruption, while opponents from the ACLU and immigrant-rights groups argued it is vague, viewpoint-discriminatory, and would chill protest. After extensive debate over January 6th, ICE protests, and Arizona protest examples, it also received a do pass recommendation, 6-3. HB 2970 would clarify that Arizona can prosecute fraudulent schemes and artifice even if every act occurred outside a single county or subdivision, so long as there is an Arizona nexus. The sponsor said local law enforcement and the FBI often decline smaller mortgage-fraud cases because the bank is out of state; opponents said existing law already provides jurisdiction and warned of forum shopping. The bill passed 6-3. HB 2411 would make secretly administering abortion-inducing drugs to a pregnant woman without her knowledge or consent a class 2 felony; supporters framed it as a protection against coercion and abuse, while opponents said existing assault laws already cover the conduct and warned about unintended effects on access to miscarriage care. It also passed 6-3. HB 2198 would allow people convicted of petty offenses to petition to seal their records immediately after completing their sentence. Supporters described it as a cleanup measure to extend sealing relief to minor offenses like truancy or low-level misdemeanors, and the bill passed unanimously. HB 2966 would prohibit early termination of probation for people convicted of dangerous crimes against children; the sponsor argued that child victims should not have to repeatedly return to court, while opponents raised ex post facto concerns, juvenile-offender issues, and resource burdens. After testimony from victims, defense advocates, and the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, it passed 5-4. Finally, HB 2662 would tighten expert-evidence standards in parenting-time cases involving alleged domestic violence or abuse by requiring qualified experts, empirically supported methods, and excluding polygraph-type evidence; the sponsor and a domestic violence advocate said it would reduce reliance on junk science in family court.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Constitution, Campaigns and Elections Jan 21st, 2026

Constitution, Campaigns and Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • on you all, and maybe instead of giving the person's exact address, you can give out just the zip code
  • :17:26.160> zip address you can give out just the zip address you can give out just the zip code
  • if if someone wants to pull the code if if someone wants to pull the voter<00:17:29.679> list
  • It's by code. We codified that sometime back. >> I could—I just remember that. Okay.
  • >> Well, it's current code.
Bills: HB67, HB89, HB67, HB89
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on County & Regional Government Mar 24th, 2025

S/C on County & Regional Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • , well, with the Texas drought.
  • Now, Texas, a good portion of Texas is in a drought. The drought never left Bandera County.
  • House Bill 1646 addresses emergency service districts in Texas or local government emergency services
  • The current $2,000 limit was established in Chapter 775 of the Texas Health and Safety Code, which governs
  • As you guys know, ESDs are governed by local government code 775.