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MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 3/10/26

Housing Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
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  • in this in this talked a lot about ADUs in this in this committee,<00:42:56.079><c> one</c><00:42:56.240
Bills: HF3600, HF3809, HF3608
Keywords: housing, community land trusts, competitive development, development programs, Minnesota, HF3809, Minnesota eviction law, landlord-tenant, residential lease, minor child, children in eviction, eviction complaint, defendant prohibition, expedited eviction, expedited hearing, summary eviction, tenant protections, housing policy, civil penalty, nonwaivable lease terms
WA
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Community Safety Jan 15th, 2026 at 08:00 am

Community Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • And it seems to me that it's fair for law enforcement when only in cases of suspension and revocation
  • Today's bill will make targeted no-cost changes to bolster accountability and fairness in police oversight
  • This bill will result in a professional and objectively fair decertification process, and it will uphold
  • there's equity and fairness in all aspects, not just with their employer, but also with their certifying
  • So no, there's not a massive problem in this system. ...but I think there's a massive concept of fairness
Bills: HB2220, HB2362
Keywords: criminal justice training commission, CJTC, law enforcement training, peace officer certification, decertification, corrections officer certification, tribal police certification, police accountability, police oversight, public safety, academy training, in-service training, continuing education, use of force, misconduct investigations, disciplinary hearings, administrative law judge, hearing panel, law enforcement standards, background investigations
KY
KY

Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary (10-16-25)

Transcript Highlights:
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  • In all fairness, the judge did not have an alternative to detention as she was also extremely violent
  • In all fairness, the judge did illness.
  • In all fairness, the judge did not<00:31:14.399><c> have</c><00:31:14.480><c> an</c><00:31:14.640><c>
Keywords: Meeting Start: 00:00:00 Roll Call: 00:00:05 25 RS HB 534 - AN ACT relating to actions for forcible entry and detainer: 00:01:45 25 RS SB 111 - AN ACT relating to juvenile justice: 00:23:46 Children's Advocacy Centers of Kentucky: 01:13:26 Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) Treatment in State and County Correctional Facilities: 01:25:28, 958, all
Summary: The committee approved the September 18 minutes and then heard testimony on House Bill 534, which would automatically seal dismissed eviction filings and protect youth from public disclosure in forcible detainer cases. Rep. Susan Tyler Whitten and George Ecklan of the Coalition for the Homeless said the bill is aimed at reducing housing barriers for Kentuckians, especially those with dismissed cases, while preserving landlords’ rights to pursue rent, collections, damages, and other legal remedies. They said the proposal was developed with input from landlords, clerks, judges, AOC, and service providers, and noted that similar laws exist in other states. Several members, including Sen. Neimes, Rep. Deetsz, Rep. Cole Carney, and Sen. Thomas, expressed support while emphasizing that the bill is narrowly tailored to dismissed cases and should not affect legitimate landlord claims; Sen. Wheeler raised concerns about cases involving settlements or delays and whether future landlords should know about them. The sponsors responded that the bill only covers dismissed actions, that dismissals require a judge’s order, and that the goal is to remove barriers created by records that remain publicly visible even when a case is resolved. The committee then took up Senate Bill 111 on juvenile justice. Commissioner Randy White, Kentucky Hospital Association President Nancy Galvanny, and Dr. Clark Lester of the University of Kentucky said the bill would require a secure state-run facility for youth with high-acuity mental health needs in detention and, until that is built, create a process with incentives for private hospitals to provide inpatient treatment with safeguards and increased compensation. They argued that detention is not an appropriate setting for severely mentally ill, violent youth and that private psychiatric hospitals often refuse these referrals or discharge them early. Dr. Lester cited recent referral data showing high denial rates for juvenile justice youth in private hospitals in August and September, often due to aggression, and described a case in which repeated placement attempts failed because of violent and self-harming behavior. The presenters said the bill is intended to fill a service gap and improve safety and outcomes for youth, staff, and hospitals, but no vote or final action on the bill was taken in the portion of the meeting provided.
KY
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Interim Joint Committee on Tourism, Small Business, and Information Technology (7-31-25)

TX
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Natural Resources Apr 2nd, 2025 at 08:00 am

Natural Resources

TX
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Natural Resources Apr 2nd, 2025 at 08:00 am

Natural Resources

MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee approves HF1346 2/26/25

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
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  • in cases in Small World Learning Center in Blaine<00:15:50.959><c> you</c><00:15:51.120><c> have</c>
  • All those in favor say aye. Opposed?
Bills: HF1346, HF1169, HF1276
Keywords: mandatory reporting, training requirements, child maltreatment, abuse detection, local welfare agency, child protection, child welfare, paperwork reduction, social services information system, SSIS, Department of Children, Youth, and Families, foster care, children in placement, county social services, Tribal governments, private child placing agencies, case management, administrative burden, information technology, human services
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 2/26/25

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
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  • </c> if they're in thank you if they're in if they're in thank you if they're in Foster<01:14:55.199>
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  • c> in</c><01:17:21.199><c> the</c> in in this bill or in general in the in in this bill or in general
Bills: HF1346, HF1169, HF1276
Keywords: mandatory reporting, training requirements, child maltreatment, abuse detection, local welfare agency, child protection, child welfare, paperwork reduction, social services information system, SSIS, Department of Children, Youth, and Families, foster care, children in placement, county social services, Tribal governments, private child placing agencies, case management, administrative burden, information technology, human services
KY
KY

Kentucky 2025 Regular Session

Senate Standing on Appropriations and Revenue (2-19-25)

Transcript Highlights:
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  • It will result in net savings for the Commonwealth if we factor all those things in.
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  • 2024 or just in the last year how see in 2024 or just in the last year how many<00:34:16.879><c> cases
Keywords: Due to a technical issue in the room, the quality of the stream will be diminished. We apologize for the inconvenience. Meeting start 00:00:00 Roll Call 00:02:00 SB 61 Discussion Only 00:03:25 SB 13 Discussion Only 00:07:19 SJR 25 Discussion 00:25:33 SJR 25 Vote 00:28:40 SB 61 Discussion Only 00:29:44, 958, all
Summary: The committee first took up Senate Bill 61, relating to swimming pools, but initially had no representative from the governor’s office or cabinet available to explain the fiscal estimate. Senators questioned why the executive branch’s estimate was $4.25 million to $8.5 million while the committee’s internal fiscal note showed little or no impact. When Department for Public Health staff later joined, they explained their estimate was based on a roughly $85,000 cost for a large outbreak investigation, using a 2014 outbreak as a benchmark, and said the bill could increase workload and outside laboratory costs if private swimming pools became more common as rental properties. They reported 822 waterborne cases in 2024, with 8 tied to private swimming pools, and later corrected an earlier figure to 14 private-pool-related investigations over five years. Senators pressed on the discrepancy between those numbers and the projected 50 to 100 incidents, and staff said the higher figure was a ballpark estimate. The discussion also clarified that private pools are generally excluded by definition, while pools held out for rent may be treated as public pools under current definitions. No vote on SB 61 was taken in the portion provided. The committee then heard Senate Bill 13, concerning the reprocurement of managed care organizations for Medicaid. Department for Medicaid Services officials said the bill would require work on a new RFP, system changes, and oversight improvements, and estimated the cost at $2.8 million based on prior procurement spending of about $2.5 million in 2018-2019, with a 10% growth adjustment. They explained that the work is administrative and therefore matched at 50/50 federal-state funding, not the 80/20 rate used for benefits, and said the expense would be incurred whether the bill passed or not if the state proceeded with an RFP. Senators discussed possible savings from reducing the number of MCOs from five to three, but agency staff said those savings were hard to quantify and that provider and member disruption could create offsetting costs. The committee later moved on to Senate Joint Resolution 25, which would ask the Revenue Department to report on the cost of issuing farmers a wallet-sized tax-exempt card instead of a paper certificate. The resolution was adopted by roll call, with all members present voting aye, and it was reported favorably to the floor.
KY
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Efficient and Effective School District Governance Task Force (8-19-24)

KY
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Interim Joint Committee on Education (7-16-24)

KY
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Senate Standing Committee on Appropriations and Revenue (1-12-22) - UPON RECESS

MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Cap Committee Meeting - 2025-04-24

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's in Dayton, Minnesota, which is in my district.
  • We were at over $500,000 in free care in 2023 and over $879,000 in free care in 2024.
  • , right in their town.
  • Parents with children, put yourself in their shoes, sleeping outside, in a car, or in an abandoned building
  • This came from right in front of one of our churches in town.
Bills: HF568, HF433, HF1689, HF3135, HF3137, HF3145, HF2887, HF2819, HF2802, HF2664, HF2267, HF799, HF800, HF3049, HF296, HF580, HF1438, HF1237
Keywords: special education, education funding, construction, Minnesota, regional educational programs, HF433, Cloquet Area Fire District, fire station, capital investment, bonding bill, state bonds, general obligation bonds, public safety, emergency services, fire protection, local infrastructure, Minnesota capital budget, DEED grant, municipal facilities, station construction
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Capital Investment Committee 4/24/25

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • We delivered over $500,000 in free care in 2023 and over $879,000 in free care in 2024.
  • We delivered over $500,000 in free care in 2023 and over $879,000 in free care in 2024.
  • 1941 and the that was uh constructed in 1941 and the other<00:26:18.480><c> in</c> other in other in
  • Put yourself in their shoes. Sleeping outside, in a car, or in an abandoned building.
  • in a car, or in an Sleeping outside, in a car, or in an abandoned abandoned abandoned building.<00:31
Bills: HF568, HF433, HF1689, HF3135, HF3137, HF3145, HF2887, HF2819, HF2802, HF2664, HF2267, HF799, HF800, HF3049, HF296, HF580, HF1438, HF1237
Keywords: special education, education funding, construction, Minnesota, regional educational programs, HF433, Cloquet Area Fire District, fire station, capital investment, bonding bill, state bonds, general obligation bonds, public safety, emergency services, fire protection, local infrastructure, Minnesota capital budget, DEED grant, municipal facilities, station construction
TX
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Committee on State Affairs (Part II) Apr 10th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • If a mitigation agreement is, in fact, needed, the Attorney General and the committee can impose specific
  • substances in minors.
  • We in Texas are certified to.
  • So early voting clerks were not included in the list in Senate Bill 1599.
  • Yes, it's in there. So, sorry. One second. Let me pull it up. Maybe it's in there.
Bills: SB1065, SB2117, SB2217, SB2363, SB2533, SB2742, SB2743, SB2881, SB2964, SB3013, SB3014
Keywords: SB 1065, handgun carry, license holder, concealed carry, open carry, government contracts, governmental entity, property lease, state agencies, local government, higher education, university, Texas Government Code, Penal Code 30.06, Penal Code 30.07, Penal Code 46.03, Second Amendment, gun rights, firearms, civil penalty
TX
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Committee on State Affairs (Part I) Apr 10th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • In reading, the city of Dallas ran the state fair at fair part current state law. prohibits them from
  • The Texas State Fair is in a high-crime rate area of Dallas.
  • Everybody going into the state fair or coming out isn't going to be carrying and it's going to be in
  • After experiencing a shooting at the state fair in 2023, the state fair stated, safety is the number
  • Logically, a state fair that experienced a shooting in 2020.
Bills: SB1065, SB2117, SB2217, SB2363, SB2533, SB2742, SB2743, SB2881, SB2964, SB3013, SB3014
Keywords: SB 1065, handgun carry, license holder, concealed carry, open carry, government contracts, governmental entity, property lease, state agencies, local government, higher education, university, Texas Government Code, Penal Code 30.06, Penal Code 30.07, Penal Code 46.03, Second Amendment, gun rights, firearms, civil penalty
TX
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs (Part I) Apr 10th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • In 2024, the State Fair of Texas denied citizens their right to self-defense, implementing a no-gun policy
  • In reading, the city of Dallas ran the State Fair at Fair Park.
  • The Texas State Fair is in a high-crime-rate area of Dallas.
  • I believe it was reported, even when the fair reopened the next time, the hole in the fence...
  • After experiencing a shooting at the State Fair in 2023, the State Fair stated, 'Safety is the number
Bills: SB1065, SB2117, SB2217, SB2363, SB2533, SB2742, SB2743, SB2881, SB2964, SB3013, SB3014
Keywords: SB 1065, handgun carry, license holder, concealed carry, open carry, government contracts, governmental entity, property lease, state agencies, local government, higher education, university, Texas Government Code, Penal Code 30.06, Penal Code 30.07, Penal Code 46.03, Second Amendment, gun rights, firearms, civil penalty
Summary: The Senate State Affairs Committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 1065, which would require government property contracts to prohibit contractors from barring licensed handgun holders from carrying firearms on leased or owned public property, with civil penalties and attorney general enforcement for violations. Senator Hall and invited witnesses from the Texas State Rifle Association, NRA, and Texas Gun Rights argued the bill would close a loophole exposed by the State Fair of Texas gun ban and protect law-abiding Texans’ self-defense rights. Opponents, including Moms Demand Action/Everytown, said the bill would undermine event organizers’ ability to set site-specific safety rules and could increase liability and insurance costs. Public testimony was then closed and the bill was left pending. The committee next took up Senate Bill 2742, which would create civil penalties for independent school districts and officials who use public resources for electioneering, waive immunity defenses, and expand attorney general enforcement. Senator Hagan-Bood said current law bans the conduct but lacks meaningful penalties, making injunctions the only remedy. No public testimony was heard, and the bill was left pending. Finally, the committee heard Senate Bill 2743, also by Senator Hagan-Bood, which would allow a court to disqualify local prosecutors who refuse to prosecute election offenses and appoint the attorney general to handle the case, with a committee substitute adjusting the removal process through an adjacent-county judge. Opponents from the Texas Civil Rights Project argued the bill would undermine prosecutorial discretion and was vague and open to abuse, while a Harris County election official described past instances where alleged voter fraud cases were not pursued. After testimony, public comment was closed and SB 2743 was left pending.
HI
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

HLT Public Hearing - Fri Jan 30, 2026 @ 10:30 AM HST

Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chair Gregg Takayama: We have a couple of constituents in town in the audience.
  • the U.S. and 600 annual deaths in Hawaii. uh, in support.
  • </c> million in Hawaii. million in Hawaii.
  • </c><00:46:32.640><c> in</c> cannabis specifically, but in in cannabis specifically, but in in substance
  • </c><01:08:39.040><c> in</c> does that require parental consent in in does that require parental consent
Bills: SB2211, SB2025, SB2038, SB2050, SB2051, SB2090
Keywords: emergency funding, food assistance, healthcare, federal shutdown, Hawaii, DHS, jury duty, advanced practice registered nurses, physician assistants, exemption, patient care, financial hardship, medication abortion, anonymous prescription, pregnancy rights, healthcare privacy, pharmacy regulations, chiropractic education, clinical training, student supervision
Summary: The House Committee on Health held its first hearing of the session and opened with housekeeping notes, introductions of members, and an explanation that the agenda would be taken out of order to accommodate a sign language interpreter. The committee first heard HB 469, relating to parking for disabled persons. Testimony from the Disability and Communications Access Board and the State Council on Developmental Disabilities supported the bill, explaining that a travel placard would help people with disabilities who must travel interisland or to the mainland for medical care. Members asked about emergency travel, misuse prevention, and how to distinguish the travel placard from existing disabled parking placards; witnesses said the bill would need to be tied to administrative rules, and agreed the placard should clearly show an expiration date and likely be a different color. No vote was taken. The committee then heard HB 218, relating to hospital surgical smoke. The Department of Health supported the measure, and the Healthcare Association of Hawaii supported it with amendments, saying hospitals already follow existing standards but that any new policy should account for different procedures and provider safety. A committee member questioned the proposed amendment language and whether it was too flexible; the witness explained the intent was to allow case-by-case application because some procedures generate only brief exposure. Members also asked what surgical smoke is, and the witness explained it is produced when electrical or cauterizing tools are used on tissue and creates vapor or fumes. The bill remained under discussion with no final action reported. The committee next took up HB 814, which would fund a public information campaign and related services on cannabis use among youth. The Department of the Attorney General said the bill should be amended to clarify whether the funding would be used for contracts or grants and to include proper grant standards if grants are intended. The Department of Health supported the bill and said the funds would expand prevention, treatment, recovery, and public education efforts, including social media outreach, PSAs, and school-based youth services. Multiple organizations and individuals testified in support, emphasizing the harms of youth cannabis use and the need for prevention and treatment resources. Members asked what the department currently does, whether it is fulfilling existing law on science-based cannabis information, and what kinds of treatment would be provided; the department said services would mainly be intensive outpatient, outpatient, counseling, and related youth-focused supports. No vote was taken during the hearing.
KY
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Legislative Session Day 1 (1-6-26)

Kentucky House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
  • In Jesus name we seek to follow you. In Jesus name we pray.<00:01:10.240><c> Amen.
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  • So yes, noticed today as we were walking in in noticed today as we were walking in in the<00:13:35.440
Keywords: Convene 00:00 Motions, Petitions, and Communications 04:28 Election and Swearing In of Constitutional Officers 04:35 Introduction of New Bills and Resolutions 06:51 HR 1 08:08 HR 2 08:40 HR 3 17:11 Impeachment Petitions reported 18:33 Introduction of New Bills and Resolutions 20:27 Stand at Ease 20:54 Introduction of New Bills and Resolutions 28:30 Adjournment 33:05, 958, all
AL
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Children and Youth Health Committee Feb 27th, 2025

Children and Youth Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • They're not in the content... via Google, they're not in the content business; they're in the device
  • In the hypothetical that the good Senator gave in opening... gave in opening remarks: if you send your
  • There's another committee trying to meet in here before we go in session, so in here before we go in
  • That's passed in Florida, and I heard it just passed in Virginia.
  • Knox argued in a subtext that Alabama should not be... In a subtext, Mr.
Bills: SB186, SB187
Keywords: internet filtering, child protection, obscene content, civil liability, manufacturers, app store, app store provider, app developer, mobile app, age verification, parental consent, minor safety, child online safety, parental controls, age gating, digital privacy, data protection, in-app purchases, online consumer protection, deceptive trade practice