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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/3/25

Agriculture Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • The state of Minnesota has, it's kind of like our state bank, and it can provide a lot of needed help
  • </c><00:22:09.320><c> of</c> it's a tremendous program state of it's a tremendous program state of Minnesota
  • </c><00:52:49.079><c> dollars</c><00:52:49.400><c> in</c> with State dollars in with State dollars in
  • </c> repay that money owed back to the state repay that money owed back to the state so<01:02:30.760>
  • </c> consumers money uh creation of the state consumers money uh creation of the state program<01:20:
Bills: HF770 , HF857 , HF38 , HF1500 , HF43
Committee: House Agriculture Finance and Policy
Keywords: HF770, Rural Finance Authority, RFA, capital investment, state bonds, general obligation bonds, bonding bill, agricultural loans, farm loans, beginning farmer, new farmer, seller-sponsored loans, loan restructuring, agricultural improvement loans, livestock expansion, modernization loans, rural development, Minnesota agriculture, farm credit, chapter 41B
AL
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Feb 12th, 2025

Ways and Means General Fund

Transcript Highlights:
  • Gracious Father, we thank you for the opportunity to serve and be a part of the legislature of this great state
  • ...and all of us who have the responsibility of paying attention to the needs of the people of our state
  • As you well know, they serve roughly 80% of our population across the state. Yes, sir.
  • Population across the state. Yes, sir. Got a favorable report from Representative... A second?
Bills: HB30 , HB35 , HB72 , HB89 , HB30 , HB35
Committee: House Ways and Means General Fund
Keywords: elections, post-election audit, election audit, risk-limiting audit, ballot audit, election integrity, voter confidence, Secretary of State, judge of probate, canvassing board, poll watchers, ballot containers, manual tally, recount, county election, statewide election, general election, absentee ballots, provisional ballots, election transparency
OK
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Commerce and Economic Development Oversight REVISED: SB1101 and SB1966 - Added Apr 16th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Commerce & Economic Development Oversight

Transcript Highlights:
  • As such, we oversee the implementation of a number of federal and state-funded programs.
  • The services block grant comes from the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
  • It comes to the state of Oklahoma by formula. My...
  • In addition to those 17 CSBG contracts, we touch a wide variety of state and federally funded community
  • I am proud to publicly state my appreciation. Our leadership also appreciates it.
Bills: SB80 , SB1101 , SB1813 , SB1966
Committee: House Commerce & Economic Development Oversight
Keywords: SB80, legislation, state law, public safety, community impact, local governance, dental coverage, insurance reporting, healthcare access, dental loss ratio, community benefits, Oklahoma law, Athletic Trainer, Compact, interstate practice, licensure, public health, workforce development, military spouses, telehealth
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 3/12/26

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • staff, our state auditors.
  • staff, our state auditors.
  • Um means that there is an impact on, um, our state revenues and our state auditors.
  • staff, our state auditors.
  • </c> state.
Bills: HF4119 , HF3959 , HF3792 , HF3913 , HF3752
Committee: House Taxes
Keywords: property tax, renter credits, co-pay, housing affordability, tax relief, homestead, tax refund, Minnesota, tax increase, financial relief, homeowners, AmeriCorps, taxation, individual income tax, living allowances, stipends, national service, tax compliance, revenue, analytics
WA
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Labor & Commerce Feb 23rd, 2026 at 10:30 am

Labor & Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • We rank the ninth worst nationwide in Washington state when it comes to wage theft.
  • We rank the ninth worst nationwide in Washington state when it comes to waste theft.
  • As stated, my name is Matt Dunn.
  • There are about 450 snack bar licenses around the state.
  • I do want to ground this conversation in the broader responsibility of the state.
Bills: HB1526 , HB1069 , HB1347 , HB2091 , HB2264
Committee: Senate Labor & Commerce
Keywords: liquor license, snack bar, state regulations, alcohol sales, business licensing, collective bargaining, retirement benefits, employee rights, public sector, supplemental benefits, education, funding, student loans, affordability, higher education, public employers, employee information, bargaining representatives, labor relations, union representation
OK
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Veterans and Military Affairs REVISED Feb 12th, 2026

Veterans and Military Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Will this affect all the Fed tax in the state?
  • And you don't even have to live in this state to serve in this state.
  • There was only one group of people that worked at the state warehouse that were truly state employees
  • It's not ready for their state mission.
  • The measure requires the veteran to have been a resident of this state instead of dying in this state
Bills: SB2026 , SB1376 , SB1355 , SB2115 , SB1533
Committee: Senate Veterans and Military Affairs
Keywords: military discharge, veterans, DD Form 214, confidentiality, grandchildren access, Oklahoma National Guard, education assistance, military benefits, dependents, CareerTech Assistance Act, burial grant, memorial headstone, eligibility requirements, funding, Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs, fiscal management, state law, veteran burial, burial assistance, indigent veterans
Summary: The Veterans and Military Affairs Committee met and advanced several bills related to veterans records, National Guard benefits, burial honors, and veterans home operations. Senate Bill 2026 would allow grandchildren, with proof of lineage, to access a veteran’s DD-214 filed with a county clerk; it passed 9-0. Senate Bill 1376, amended to be named the CW5 Chris Rowe Act, would revise National Guard retirement and pay provisions, including a five-year Oklahoma Guard service minimum for retirement eligibility and language intended to ensure full-time Guard members are paid at their rank; despite concerns raised about the five-year threshold and out-of-state members, it passed 9-0. Senate Bill 1355 would create a program and funds to provide memorial headstones, markers, or medallions for eligible veterans and National Guard veterans; it also passed 9-0. The committee then considered Senate Bill 2115, a broad measure affecting Oklahoma veterans homes and the Department of Veterans Affairs. The bill would allow more flexible hiring of part-time health care staff, create revolving funds for quicker purchasing of supplies, and exclude certain purchases from the state Purchasing Act. Members questioned the canceled warrant fund, the scope of the purchasing exemption, and how donations and federal funds would be handled. The author and ODVA representatives said the bill was still a work in progress and emphasized the need for flexibility and safeguards. The bill passed 9-0. Finally, Senate Bill 1533, described as cleanup language for the Dignity and Burial Act, would change eligibility to require a veteran to have been a resident of Oklahoma rather than dying in the state. It also passed 9-0. Near the end of the meeting, Chair Stanley noted plans for another committee meeting the following week and Senator Peterson mentioned an upcoming floor substitute related to the Strategic Military Planning Commission sunset issue.
WA
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Transportation Feb 9th, 2026 at 04:00 pm

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • that the coordination of increased traffic law enforcement within a crash prevention zone between State
  • Fifty percent, or a portion of that, is to the state general fund.
  • Seeing none, we'll move to Senate Bill 6131, updating the role of the Washington State Traffic Safety
  • Be remitted to the state on the pre-rounded amount. Those are the only amendments I'm aware of.
  • It would revise the responsibilities of the State Transportation Commission.
Bills: SB6131 , SB6311 , SJM8016 , SB6230 , SB6032 , SB6335
Committee: Senate Transportation
Keywords: traffic safety, roadway fatalities, Washington traffic safety commission, policy update, road safety, accident prevention, pedestrian safety, construction, accessibility, public safety, urban planning, bridge repair, infrastructure, emergency funding, transportation, cash transactions, pennies, currency, economic efficiency, financial regulation
OK
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

General Government REVISED: Links added Feb 3rd, 2026

General Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • improves oversight, encourages efficiency, promotes fiscal responsibility, and supports effective state
  • complaint right after last session, and the way I look at it, private business is a contract with state
  • So this kind of, instead of us waiting for them to be so great in our state that we'd have to do the
  • agencies or dealing with the public in the state?
  • Obviously not between state agencies, but between the public and state agencies.”
Bills: HB3310 , HB4311 , HB3841 , HB3024 , HB3075
Committee: House General Government
Keywords: purchasing, compliance, state employees, longevity pay, contract management, unclaimed property, service charges, property fund, accountability, government transparency, local development, economic impact, voter approval, tax increment financing, review committee, public finance, blight, salary increase, bonus limits, job performance
Summary: The committee met for its first General Government meeting of the second part of session and laid over several agenda items, including bills listed as numbers 3, 4, and 10. HB 3310, the Government Accountability and Budget Transparency Act, was presented as a procurement accountability measure to strengthen oversight, efficiency, and timely payment to private vendors doing business with the state. After brief questioning about whether late payment is a widespread problem, the committee voted 8-0 to pass the bill. HB 431, which would increase the treasurer’s share of the unclaimed property administration fee from 4% to 6%, was presented as necessary to cover higher operating costs such as salaries and IT. The author emphasized that the change would not cost taxpayers anything or reduce the amount returned to owners of unclaimed property. The committee approved the bill after questions about long-term impacts on the unclaimed property fund. The most extensive discussion centered on HB 3841, a major reform of tax increment financing (TIF). The author said the bill would not ban TIFs but would require voter approval, separate consent from affected taxing jurisdictions, more transparency, annual training for review committees, independent legal and financial opinions, and economic impact studies. Members raised concerns that the bill’s wording—especially the “majority of the eligible voters” language and removal of executive-session confidentiality—could make TIFs impractical or eliminate trade-secret protections, and they also questioned costs and effects on economic development. At the author’s request and with committee support, the bill was laid over for further work. The committee then passed HB 3024, which creates statutory limits and oversight for state employee pay increases and bonuses, including a 10% cap unless higher amounts are approved through cabinet secretary/OMES procedures. Supporters said it would add transparency and curb large, unreported raises, while questions focused on whether it would help address broader pay disparities. Finally, HB 3075, as amended by a PCS, was presented to authorize rounding cash transactions to the nearest nickel for state agencies and local governments in response to the practical disappearance of pennies. The committee approved that bill as well, and the meeting adjourned with plans to reconvene the following week.
WA
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Local Government Jan 28th, 2026 at 08:00 am

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • more than any other state in the United States.
  • In the United States.
  • So there's no cost to the state.
  • According to the USDA, take-home pay for Washington State farmers is the lowest of 50 states.
  • That's 50 states.
Bills: HB2459 , HB2480 , HB2530 , HB2129 , HB2223
Committee: House Local Government
Keywords: school siting, urban growth, education policy, zoning regulations, community planning, residential development, commercial zones, mixed-use zoning, urban planning, state regulations, public facilities district, regional aquatics, sports facilities, local government, infrastructure, agritourism, agriculture, tourism, economic development, local businesses
AL
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate State Governmental Affairs Committee Jan 28th, 2026

State Governmental Affairs

AZ
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/26/2026 - House Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs

Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • I am State Representative Teresa Martinez.
  • State Representative Stephanie Hamilton.
  • state or tribe that has a wolf population.
  • I don’t work in other states.
  • I have a list of 21 states here that are moving on labeling, and I have another 18 states here that are
Bills: HB2155 , HB2156 , HB2162 , HB2762 , HB2791
Committee: House Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs
Keywords: Arizona Beef Council, agriculture, market development, beef products, terminating council, livestock, compensation, funding, ranching, game and fish commission, wildlife, appointment, commission membership, Arizona Revised Statutes, food labeling, cultivated cells, cell-cultured products, consumer information, food safety, cell-cultured protein
TX
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Aug 7th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • affirmative defense to prosecution for certain victims of trafficking of persons or prostitution to state
  • and administration of, and practices and procedures related to proceedings in the judicial branch of state
  • And Mental Health Services, the powers of the Texas Supreme Court, and jurors to state affairs.
Bills: SB8 , SB10 , SB16 , SB8
Keywords: education, accountability, public school assessment, state law, transparency, intervention, performance ratings, Ten Commandments, public schools, religious display, First Amendment, voter registration, proof of citizenship, Election Code, criminal offenses, limited federal ballot, immigration enforcement, ICE agreements, sheriff grants, law enforcement
TX
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Natural Resources Apr 16th, 2025

Natural Resources

TX
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on State-Federal Relations Mar 27th, 2025

S/C on State-Federal Relations

NH
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Commission to Study: Proposing Legislation for State-Controlled Sale of Cannabis (11/27/23)

NH
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Commission to Study: Proposing Legislation for State-Controlled Sale of Cannabis (11/16/23)

NH
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Commission to Study: Proposing Legislation for State-Controlled Sale of Cannabis (11/03/23)

NH
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Commission to Study: Proposing Legislation for State-Controlled Sale of Cannabis (11/03/23)

NH
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Commission to Study: Proposing Legislation for State-Controlled Sale of Cannabis (09/18/23)

KY
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Standing Committee BR Sub. on General Government (2-10-22)