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OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Agriculture and Wildlife Apr 13th, 2026 at 10:00 am

Agriculture and Wildlife

Transcript Highlights:
  • extension services that have been raised locally.
  • So we have had problems in the past with those local dollars being expended outside of that local county
  • is there a way to ensure that these local dollars remain at the local county extension office?
  • That's why they wanted to contact me to ensure that if it's local dollars, they stay with the local county
  • This will eliminate that and let the local funds be used locally. I would recommend a yes vote.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Rules REVISED Apr 20th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • What's your thought process of government just buying more property, mainly ranches in rural Oklahoma
  • I think it'd be, you know, owning land is something that the landowner should have, not the government
  • It is a modernization bill with outgrowing government.
  • These are against taxes owed, not allocations by the government. So these are not taxes.
  • So this is not actually an expenditure of government funds. Thank you.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 3/20/25

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:38:14.440> local uh board that consists of local local uh board that consists of local
  • <00:38:29.480> so tracks overdose deaths by ZIP code so tracks overdose deaths by ZIP code
  • elections finance and government elections finance and government operations<00:49:58.480> it
  • shouldn't this concept apply to local shouldn't this concept apply to local people<00:56:51.920>
  • that the state agency heads and local that the state agency heads and local government<01:00:19.200
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Mar 13th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

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  • And so we need each other. each other, to lean, to learn from one another as we govern this great land
  • President and CEO, Michael Gallups, for leading the Chamber since 2023 and continuing to improve the local
  • They're from business, local... trustees and other government officials. I would like to ask...
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations 2ND REVISED Mar 4th, 2026 at 02:30 pm

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • but it is also, it's very, there's a server that it's stored in, and all the information is stored locally
  • Like, if Tulsa County did it, it would be stored locally with them. Does that make sense?
  • within the Department of Commerce to provide competitive grants in cities and counties who designed local
  • It will limit eligibility to rule in midsize areas by restricting local applicants to cities and towns
  • political subdivisions develop a long-term plan for the health of their economic industries at the local
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Retirement and Government Resources 2ND REVISED Apr 7th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Retirement and Government Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Senate Committee on Retirement and Government Resources will come to order.
  • It's an important function of government. So I wanted to be sure that I noted that to you.
  • The government should not be there to promote sexual desire one way or another.
  • Where does the Constitution say that this is a proper role of government? It's nowhere in it.
  • It is putting government back in the lane that it is constitutionally required to do.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

JDC Public Hearing 02-10-2026

Judiciary

Summary: The Judiciary Committee heard testimony on several bills. SB 2248 would expand financial disclosure requirements to certain gubernatorial nominees subject to Senate confirmation. The State Ethics Commission supported the measure, saying disclosures should be filed before confirmation so the public and interested parties can review them in advance. Testimony was overwhelmingly in support, with 22 supporters, no opposition, and one comment. SB 2530 would broaden Hawaii’s campaign contribution ban for state and county contractors to include officers and immediate family members, and would extend the ban to certain grantees and their officers and family members, with specified contract thresholds. The Campaign Spending Commission said the bill is its own proposal and would align the thresholds with procurement guidelines. Testimony was entirely favorable, with 30 in support, no opposition, and two comments. Members asked about conforming amendments and how the existing prohibition on soliciting contributions applies; CSC said the calendar-day language clarifies current practice and that the solicitation ban already applies to contractors, with the bill extending the same standard to officers and immediate family members. SB 2732 would require courts to consider a defendant’s ability to pay when setting bail, including excluding public benefits from income calculations and clarifying the 40-hour affordability benchmark for those above 150% of the federal poverty level. The Office of the Public Defender, the Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission, and the ACLU of Hawaii supported the bill, arguing that unaffordable bail creates wealth-based disparities, contributes to jail overcrowding, and can cause severe collateral consequences for people not yet convicted. There was one opposition testimony and 18 supporters. Committee discussion focused on when the 40-hour period should begin, how income would be verified, and whether misrepresentation could affect bail; the Public Defender said the measure should be read to start from initial appearance and that judges could address false statements through existing remedies. SB 2871 would prohibit discrimination based on perceived characteristics, association with someone who has or is perceived to have protected characteristics, and intersectional combinations of characteristics. The Department of Education supported the intent but asked for clear definitions, while the Hawaii Civil Rights Commission said the bill does not add new protected classes and simply codifies the Lamb v. University of Hawaii decision on intersectional discrimination. LGBTQ+, civil rights, ACLU, and other advocacy groups testified in support, with one opposition testimony and a total of 27 in support, two opposed, and one comment. The committee then heard SB 2919, which appropriates funds for one full-time public deputy public defender position. The Public Defender’s Office said the position would provide statewide legal support and a centralized resource on constitutional, appellate, and immigration-related issues; several advocacy groups supported the measure, and committee questions focused on how the new position would complement existing training and keep staff updated on changing law.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Ways and Means Committee 4/20/26

Ways and Means

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  • I'm the director of government relations for the Minnesota Department of Education.
  • <00:13:57.720> the of government relations for the of government relations for the Minnesota
  • John Kelly, director of government affairs for the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs.
  • This bill was heard in State Government Finance and was moved out unanimously.
  • governments for reimbursement after a special election.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 3/24/26

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is about the taxes that fund Minnesota state and local governments.
  • taxes that are raised by state and local taxes that are raised by state and local government.<00
  • that fund Minnesota state and local that fund Minnesota state and local governments.
  • <00:26:15.840> Thank<00:26:15.919> you, local government decisions.
  • Thank you, local government decisions. Thank you, Mr.<00:26:16.400> Chair. Mr. Chair. Mr.
Bills: HF331, HF916
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 2/25/26

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • :03:42.799> code.
  • Um, this uh Minnesota's tax code.
  • And so you're sort of tax code.
  • revenue code date uh in in state law. revenue code date uh in in state law.
  • doing<01:05:18.079> to local governments, what we're doing to local governments, what
Bills: HR1, HF387
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Mar 4th, 2026

Ways and Means General Fund

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  • However, a firefighter's eligibility for workers' compensation benefits shall be governed solely by chapter
  • However, a firefighter's eligibility for workers' compensation benefits shall be governed solely by chapter
  • c><00:03:43.519> so<00:03:44.159> solely<00:03:44.959> by benefits shall be governed
  • so solely by benefits shall be governed so solely by chapter<00:03:45.680> 5<00:03:45.920>
  • solely by chapter 5 of title governed solely by chapter 5 of title 25. 25. 25.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Cap Committee Meeting - 2025-04-24

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • Most of the funding for this facility will come from a local levy, but we're here today to ask the state
  • Compounding our challenges, we've also experienced the loss of our local school due to consolidation—an
  • While we're prepared to commit local funds to cover the engineering and soft costs associated with the
  • Barnesville's local economy has witnessed significant growth and is poised to make significant gains.
  • As shared during your 2023 bonding tour to Folda, we are leveraging every federal and local dollar we
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Capital Investment Committee 4/24/25

Capital Investment

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  • Compounding our challenges, we've also experienced the loss of our local school due to consolidation,
  • leveraging every federal and local leveraging every federal and local dollar<00:53:29.599> we
  • We have already committed a local ready.
  • That will be funded through the county's local option sales tax.
  • That will be funded through the county's local option sales tax."