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LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Finance May 13th, 2026

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill deals with the per diem that the state pays for the housing of state inmates in local facilities
  • This is not State General Fund money.
  • No impact to the State General Fund. No, sir. Okay.
  • Please state your name.
  • that so the state isn't having to clean these sites up?
MS

Mississippi 2026 Regular Session

MS House Floor - 15 April, 2026; 1:00 PM

Mississippi House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands
  • The short title for House Bill 1653 states that Section 4 is ...
  • House Bill 1653 states that Section 4 is adopted to amend Section 28 of Chapter 549, Laws of 2023, as
  • To pay costs associated with construction and development of a downtown green space.
  • We have seen many grandmothers, grandfathers, veterans, income has dwindled down in this state.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/09/2026 - House Public Safety & Law Enforcement

Public Safety & Law Enforcement

Transcript Highlights:
  • That makes us look like a joke in the state. We need to get this thing right.
  • or agency arrests a person who is unlawfully present in the United States.
  • SB 1055 walks into that carefully constructed framework and destabilizes it.
  • Those are the challenges families across the state expect you to address.
  • But yet the law in the state of Arizona was passed, SB 1070.
Bills: SB1032, SB1055, SB1107
Summary: The Committee on Public Safety and Law Enforcement first heard SB 1032, which appropriates $1.5 million from the State General Fund to the Corrections Oversight Fund in fiscal year 2027 to help administer the Independent Correctional Oversight Office. Supporters, including Justice Action Network and a family member who described the death of her son after severe mental health and jail-care failures, argued the office is needed to provide accountability, transparency, and a check on systemic problems in the Department of Corrections. Representative Blackman strongly backed the measure, saying the oversight office would help address lawsuits, staffing shortages, mental health issues, and the state’s federal receivership. The committee approved SB 1032 on a 14-0 vote with one absent, giving it a due pass recommendation. The committee then considered SB 1107, which creates an alternative certification pathway for honorably discharged U.S. veterans who served as military police to become Arizona peace officers through an abbreviated training process that credits military training and experience. There was no sponsor present and no opposition testimony. Members discussed whether the bill would include equivalent military law enforcement roles from all branches, and staff indicated the bill is intended to track Department of Defense training standards. The bill received broad support as a way to help fill public safety staffing shortages, though one member voted no over concerns about applicants with prior misconduct elsewhere. SB 1107 passed 11-1, with two present and one absent, and received a due pass recommendation. Finally, the committee heard SB 1055, which requires law enforcement to immediately notify ICE or CBP when an arrested person is unlawfully present in the United States. Supporters said the bill would strengthen cooperation with federal immigration enforcement and help ensure people are not released before federal authorities can act. Opponents, including the ACLU of Arizona and several community speakers, argued it would undermine trust in law enforcement, chill crime reporting, create due process and constitutional concerns, and impose unfunded compliance burdens on local agencies; one speaker also raised concerns about impacts on Indigenous people and families dealing with mental illness crises. A strike-everything amendment offered by Representative Cruz would have replaced the bill with a restriction on DOC inmate telephone contracts so the department could not profit beyond operating costs, but the committee rejected that amendment 6-8. The committee then approved the underlying SB 1055 on an 8-6 vote with one absent, giving it a do pass recommendation.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/03/2026 - Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Transcript Highlights:
  • It just seems like we're trying to hollow out state government, and I say no. Senator Leach?
  • I believe we're only one of six states that the money flows to the governor.
  • The rest of the states it flows to the legislature. And without our vote...
  • I believe we're only one of six states that the money flows to the governor.
  • Jeff Hawkins, Arizona State Troopers Association. We're standing in support of this bill.
Bills: HB2148, HB2993
Summary: The Committee on Appropriations, Transportation and Technology heard a presentation on advanced air mobility, featuring video and remarks about new aircraft technologies, including drones and electric vertical takeoff and landing craft. The presentation emphasized potential uses such as medical delivery, rescue operations, passenger and cargo transport, quieter flight profiles, and the need for coordination among industry, government, NASA, the FAA, and other partners. Members also noted an upcoming display of a Pivotal aircraft on the Senate lawn. The committee then considered House Bill 2148, which would grant the legislature authority to appropriate non-constitutional federal monies and require the legislature to specify the purposes for which those funds are spent, with a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027. Supporters described it as a transparency and separation-of-powers measure, while opponents argued it would interfere with existing federal funding structures and state programs. The bill received a do-pass recommendation on a 6-4 vote. House Bill 2993 was also heard. It would appropriate $6.4 million from the Consumer Protection/Consumer Fraud Revolving Fund to the Department of Public Safety for FY 2026 and exempt DPS from the statutory restriction on employing legal counsel without approval. Testimony from the Arizona State Troopers Association supported the funding as an emergency need to avoid cuts to recruit classes, overtime, and patrol car purchases, but several members objected to combining the appropriation with the outside-counsel policy change. The committee approved the bill on a 6-4 do-pass vote. The meeting concluded with announcements about upcoming committee events and adjournment.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/26

Transportation Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • state and pass House File 3169.
  • The state of Minnesota would be at the forefront of a growing proactive approach by state agencies to
  • Deputies have always been state.
  • I believe, again, as was stated, the language came from admin, from the State Patrol.
  • I believe, again, as was stated, the language came from admin, from the State Patrol.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Feb 25th, 2026 at 02:30 pm

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Members, Senate Bill 169 increases the annual amount of longevity payment awards to state employees by
  • Senate Bill 1360 directs the State Department of Education to establish a three-year pilot program putting
  • need to talk a little bit about the decision for the allocation of monies to different parts of the state
  • I think with loans like such as this, I think it would be cheaper for the state to put up money like
  • moving forward, so as far as any infrastructure water programs through the Districts or through the state
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations and Budget Natural Resources Subcommittee Feb 9th, 2026 at 10:30 am

A&B Natural Resources Subcommittee

Transcript Highlights:
  • Is this bill using any state funds or requesting any state funds? No, it does not.
  • We've got to get studying it right here in our own state.
  • It's just impossible to do and would cost the state enormously.
  • They think they can break the code and they want a shot at doing it.
  • The EQ handles all of it in our own state. You recognize [name] for follow-up.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Apr 16th, 2025

Ways and Means General Fund

Transcript Highlights:
  • Isn't that pretty risky for the state to ... Isn't that pretty risky for the state to be invested?
  • So the state would be made...
  • I see the state auditor back there, Andrew Serell.
  • A lot of states don't have property tax.
  • And this would require the state to... And this would require the state to do the same thing.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Hied Committee Meeting - 2026-03-26

Higher Education Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Please uh state your question. Please uh state your question.
  • suggested that we include um the state suggested that we include um the state aid<00:04:11.680><
  • state college back then. state college back then.
  • and for the State Grant Program. and for the State Grant Program.
  • And she's stating the fact.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Retirement Apr 29th, 2026

Retirement

Transcript Highlights:
  • Only one district court in the state is in LASERS. That's in Orleans Parish.
  • When our state police come up, we're going to do all of them together. Yes, sir.
  • When we looked at the numbers for State Police, it's a little bit different.
  • Margaret Michelle, Executive Director, Louisiana State Police Retirement System.
  • under the State Police Commission.
Summary: The Retirement Committee met on April 29, 2026, established a quorum, and heard a series of retirement-related bills, mostly cleanup or technical measures affecting various public retirement systems. SB 22 would extend Municipal Employees Retirement System eligibility to certain positions in the Second City Court constable’s office in New Orleans. SB 17 would create a funding deposit account for cost-of-living adjustments for registrars of voters’ employees’ retirement system. SB 455 would allow certain district and parish courts to participate in the Parochial Employees Retirement System. SB 456 would update compensation rules for assigned retired judges, and SB 8 would add the Louisiana Asset Management Pool as a participating employer in MERS. All of these bills were described as aligning statutes with current practice or expanding participation options, and each was reported favorably without objection. The committee also heard several Louisiana State Police retirement bills. SB 10 would repeal outdated priority allocation and retiree raise rules and adjust handling of surplus employee contributions; SB 11 would increase the funding cap for benefit increases from 2.5% to 3.5%; and SB 12 would update membership and definition language to reflect the State Police Commission rather than the Civil Service Commission. SB 18 would repeal a special exception allowing certain MERS retirees to return to part-time work while collecting full benefits, while protecting roughly 30 current participants. SB 20 and SB 21 would update actuarial gain/loss and unfunded liability funding rules for school employees’ retirement and LASERS, respectively, in light of the new permanent benefit increase funding structure. Each of these bills was supported by system officials as cleanup or modernization measures and was reported favorably. The committee spent the most time on education and return-to-work issues for teachers and public employees. SB 16 would reduce annual trustee training requirements for retirement system boards from 16 hours back to 12 hours, which witnesses said would better fit smaller systems and match the original intent of the law. SB 13 would similarly update TRSL’s actuarial funding rules after the sunset of the experience account. SB 14, based on a 2025 study work group, would consolidate and simplify TRSL return-to-work rules and expand options for retired teachers, with witnesses emphasizing teacher shortages and the need to retain experienced educators. All three were reported favorably. Finally, SB 416 would allow certain Department of Public Safety and Corrections retirees to return to critical shortage positions after one year, and SB 477 would classify the chairman of the Louisiana Gaming Control Board as a full-time state employee for retirement purposes. Both bills drew questions and discussion, especially SB 416, and both were reported favorably. The chair announced the committee’s next meeting would be moved from Monday to Tuesday, and the meeting adjourned.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

CPC Public Hearing - Wed Feb 18, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST

Consumer Protection & Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • But the legislature, you changed the law in 1939 to make Hawaii a lien state, um, lien state.
  • That's why the state, um, lean state.
  • pounds applied in the state. pounds applied in the state.
  • support at a state level. support at a state level.
  • dangerous for us as a state. Thank you. dangerous for us as a state. Thank you.
Summary: The committee heard testimony on HB 20, which would create a lava zone insurance subsidy/fund. The Insurance Division opposed the bill, arguing that lava zones 1 and 2 are the highest-risk areas, that a subsidy would not reduce the underlying risk or loss costs, that it could invite similar subsidy requests for other hazards, and that the bill may conflict with HICV by diverting funds from the CRF. Members discussed the lack of authorized homeowners insurance in those lava zones, the role of HPIA and the surplus market, and the difference between the proposed lava-zone subsidy and the Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund. The chair noted 37 submitted testimonies in support and one in opposition, and the committee then moved on without taking a vote on HB 20 in the portion provided. The committee then took up HB 2612, relating to mortgages, which would clarify that a mortgage does not exist independently of the debt it secures and is not independently enforceable from that debt. The Hawaii Credit Union League and Hawaii Financial Services Association opposed the bill, while several individuals testified in support, arguing it would restore Hawaii’s long-standing lien-state rule and prevent so-called “zombie mortgages” after the Hawaii Supreme Court’s White decision. Supporters said the bill would protect borrowers from delayed foreclosures and predatory lending practices, while opponents and the Insurance Division emphasized that foreclosure actions still require proof of standing and possession of the note, and that lenders generally pursue foreclosure without seeking deficiency judgments. Committee members questioned the Insurance Division about how the current market works, whether lenders could wait out the statute of limitations and then foreclose only on the mortgage, and whether equitable tolling or later defaults could allow refiling. The division said it is still trying to attract authorized insurers back into the lava-zone market, but has seen little progress. No vote or final action on HB 2612 was taken in the excerpt provided.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Capital Investment Committee 3/27/25

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • but for the local, regional and state but for the local, regional and state economy.<00:35:28.640
  • . state. state.
  • So, not to be rude or the state.
  • fact that we received no LGA, no state fact that we received no LGA, no state aid,<00:52:30.319>
  • <01:01:46.480> The without the state fund support. The without the state fund support.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • I rise to state your inquiry.
  • State your inquiry.
  • State your inquiry.
  • , adding Chapter 446 to the Health and Safety Code, the Texas State Board of Pharmacy in accordance with
  • State your inquiry.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

WLA DEFER, WLA Public Hearings 02-13-2026

Water, Land, Culture and the Arts

Transcript Highlights:
  • And testifying forfeit to the state.
  • >> If you could just state your name. >> If you could just state your name.
  • got rid of I guess the standards stated got rid of I guess the standards stated in<00:16:24.720>
  • 34.720> rescue<00:32:35.120> coordinator a state search and rescue coordinator a state
  • Up next is SB 2367, relating to state boating facilities, which is the state boating facility management
Summary: The committee heard testimony on several measures related to hunting, trespass enforcement, conservation banking, coral reef resilience, and search and rescue. SB 2130 would require DLNR to increase the percentage of public land acreage designated for public hunting areas; DLNR offered comments, the Hawaii Cattlemen’s Council expressed concern, and a Game Management Advisory Commission member urged adequate funding for both study and maintenance of any expanded hunting areas. SB 2128 would require forfeiture to the state of firearms or motor vehicles used in hunting trespass on private land; the Hawaii Cattlemen’s Council supported the bill, and another signer testified without additional detail. The committee also heard SB 3053, which appropriates funds to DLNR’s Division of Aquatic Resources for mangrove removal and shoreline/stream maintenance in the Westlock and Middleock shorelines and watersheds. DLNR supported the measure and noted staff involved in mangrove removal work; no other testimony was offered. On SB 20005, which authorizes conservation banks for compensatory mitigation in habitat conservation plans and incidental take licenses, DLNR supported the bill but said a House measure, HB 1802, would place key safeguards in statute rather than administrative rules. Earthjustice opposed SB 20005 for lacking statutory safeguards and said it would support incorporating the House language, while CARES supported the bill as a modernization that could reduce permit processing time and provide more predictable costs. A lengthy discussion followed on SB 3201, which would direct DLNR to prioritize coral reef resilience and set performance targets for coral cover and herbivore biomass. DLNR said it supported the intent but wanted more flexibility because outside factors such as climate and emissions policy affect reef conditions; the Nature Conservancy shared that concern and asked for more flexible language. For the bill, For the Fishes strongly supported stronger protections and suggested adding abundance as a metric, while NOAA and DLNR discussed the difficulty of setting universal benchmarks because reef conditions vary by location. Randy Kosaki and CARES supported the bill, emphasizing coral decline and the need for measurable goals, while committee members asked about restoration projects, benchmarks, and whether the bill’s deadlines were meant to require a plan rather than immediate achievement. Finally, the committee took up SB 2937, which would create a search and rescue card program and special fund to reimburse state, county, and volunteer search-and-rescue operations. DLNR’s wildlife division said it stood on its written testimony, and the Hawaii SAR Alliance supported the concept but said Hawaii first needs a stronger search-and-rescue framework, including a state coordinator, before implementing such a program. No votes or final actions were taken on any of the measures in the portion of the meeting provided.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Appropriations and Finance Feb 9th, 2026 at 06:36 pm

House Appropriations & Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Today, the new build construction of starter homes has dropped to 4%.
  • This bill is an incentive program for the construction of new starter homes, and I have today with me
  • “House Bill 200 leverages private investments, supports local construction jobs, and helps workers put
  • ...” “...addition to the Housing New Mexico Housing Trust Fund and not in place of it so the state can
  • And our hope is that during the rulemaking, we can encourage attention to the construction quality and
Bills: HB63, HB64, HB184, HB200, HB47, HB48, HB2, HB9
NV
Transcript Highlights:
  • The Lieutenant Governor, State Controller, and State Treasurer currently get 3, 5, and 5.
  • And I don't want to miss state.
  • I represent the state of Nevada correctional officers, forensics officers in the state.
  • employees in state service.
  • state.
NV
Transcript Highlights:
  • Other states that have state affordable housing tax credits, I believe we are the highest.
  • It is so easy to vote in the state of Nevada. It is so easy to register in the state of Nevada.
  • in our state.
  • , not from another state?
  • This state means a lot to me.