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MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session Jul 20th, 2026
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
OR
Oregon 2026 Regular Session
Financial Estimate Committee - Drafting Meeting Jul 17th, 2026 at 02:00 pm
Transcript Highlights:
- We get confused all the time. Yes, that's perfectly fine.
- You’ll hear this all the time when doing it in real time.
- Could you take a clean one for you all? We could take a recess and you could...
- All right. That's what I understood it to be. Madam Director, thumbs up.
- All right. Madam Treasurer, you had some as well. A couple of very minor ones.
AK
Alaska 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session Jul 16th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Alaska House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Now all of a sudden we're going to tax them.
- we are all working.
- We've all heard that. Many of us have said it.
- We all had to meet the match because we got this letter, and all these people signed it.
- It's owned by all of us.
Summary:
The House met with a quorum, approved the journal, and received messages from the governor and Senate, including notice that the governor vetoed CSHB 16 and allowed HB 14 to become law without signature. The chamber then took up the conference committee report on HB 381, a major Alaska LNG-related bill that revises the project’s tax and regulatory structure. The conference report was explained as a compromise package that, among other things, changes required local contribution language, expands disclosure and notice requirements, adjusts foreign ownership reporting, extends the Phase 1 construction deadline, adds a $10 million workforce development/community impact fund, modifies project labor agreement provisions, and exempts the Alaska LNG project from the new pass-through entity tax while still requiring an informational tax return in 2027. The Speaker also announced the governor had issued a proclamation calling the legislature back into session on July 27, 2026, and said sine die would be moved after debate.
Debate on HB 381 was sharply divided. Supporters argued the bill is necessary enabling legislation to improve the project’s financial viability, protect Alaska’s interests, and move the North Slope gas line toward final investment decision, while also adding transparency, foreign ownership safeguards, and labor and workforce provisions. Several members said the conference committee process was collaborative and that the bill reflects hard-fought compromise with the developer, AGDC, labor, and the administration. Opponents focused on the addition of the pass-through entity/S-corp income tax and related reporting requirements, arguing it is a separate tax policy issue that should have been considered in its own bill, creates uncertainty and litigation risk, could harm existing oil and gas and Cook Inlet production, and may discourage investment. Multiple members also criticized the process as rushed and insufficiently transparent, especially the limited opportunity for the minority and the absence of Department of Revenue testimony during conference.
No final vote on the conference committee report is shown in the transcript excerpt. The debate continued with members alternating between support for the gas line project itself and opposition to the tax provisions and process used to advance HB 381.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Healthcare Transparency Dashboard Subcommittee (7-16-26)
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Capital Projects and Bond Oversight Committee (7-16-26)
KY
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee to Hear SAO Performance Audits Jul 15th, 2026 at 02:00 pm
Transcript Highlights:
- Any written testimony will be distributed to all the JLARC members.
- All right, thank you, Mr. Chairman and members of the committee.
- All right, well, I'm sorry. Don't feel free to just proceed, yeah. Okay. All right, well.
- And all written testimony is distributed to the membership of the committee.
- And all written testimony is distributed to the membership of the committee.
Summary:
The Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee heard a State Auditor’s Office performance audit on the Restoring Quality Home Care Initiative (I-1163), which created home care aide certification requirements, FBI background checks, and an abuse/neglect registry. Auditors said some requirements likely improve safety, especially background checks and training, but the state lacked pre-2011 data to measure outcomes directly. They also found Washington has a long-term care workforce shortage, though its workforce supply ranks better than many states, and that more stringent entry requirements do not appear to reduce workforce participation compared with other states.
The audit’s main concern was that the certification process is slow and burdensome. Auditors reported that most applicants never finish certification, that only about one-third of fiscal year 2025 applicants were certified within the 200-day legal deadline, and that the average time to certification was 463 days. They identified delays between training and testing, limited testing access in some areas, and redundant Department of Health verification of FBI background checks as key causes. The audit recommended streamlining the process by accepting applications later in the process, expanding testing within training programs, and eliminating the redundant background-check verification.
Department of Health and Department of Social and Health Services staff largely agreed with the audit’s findings and recommendations. They said they have already made improvements, including moving exams into more than 110 training programs, increasing credentialing staff, and reducing barriers through rule changes. DSHS noted testing is offered in 13 languages. Committee members asked about testing contract incentives, language access, and whether the agencies would seek statutory or budget changes to implement the recommendations. No public testimony was offered, and the meeting adjourned without any vote or formal action by the committee.
OR
Oregon 2026 Regular Session
Beds to Belonging Workgroup Jul 15th, 2026 at 01:00 pm
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
JLARC – Joint Legislative Audit & Review Committee Jul 15th, 2026 at 10:00 am
OR
Oregon 2026 Regular Session
Office of Training, Investigations and Safety Investigations Workgroup Jul 15th, 2026 at 10:00 am
Transcript Highlights:
- As I'm listening to all... Thank you.
- All right. Next up we have... Okay, great. All right.
- So all three of the major education components, all three organizations, were allowed to participate
- helpful to have all...
- to have all the links in there in the ODE presentation and those are all there thank you for all of
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Artificial Intelligence and Data Center Committee Jul 15th, 2026 at 09:00 am
Artificial Intelligence and Data Center Committee
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Select Committee on Blockchain, Financial Tech. & Digital Innovation Tech., July 15, 2026 - PM
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Select Committee on Blockchain, Financial Tech. & Digital Innovation Tech., July 15, 2026 - AM
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Select Committee on Blockchain, Financial Tech. & Digital Innovation Tech., July 14, 2026 - AM
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Select Committee on Blockchain, Financial Tech. & Digital Innovation Tech., July 14, 2026 - PM
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Select Federal Natural Resource Management Committee, July 13, 2026
Select Federal Natural Resource Management Committee
AR
Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND DEMENTIA ADVISORY COUNCIL Jul 9th, 2026
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND DEMENTIA ADVISORY COUNCIL
Transcript Highlights:
- All right, thanks, everybody.
- All in favor, say aye. Okay, got a motion and a second. All in favor, say aye. Opposed?
- So thank you guys for all the work you're doing in that space as well. All right.
- We have people speak about all kinds of things, but they're all planning for the most part.
- Okay, all in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed. Okay, motion passes. All right.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Government Contract Review Committee (7-8-26)
Transcript Highlights:
- All those in favor say I. All those opposed say no.
- All those in favor say aye. All those opposed say no.
- and all of those parameters, they're all and all of those parameters, they're all over<01:14:23.120
- All those in favor say aye. All those in favor say aye. All those opposed say no.
- <02:18:40.160>
All Meredith. All those in favor say I. All Meredith.
Summary:
The committee first approved the June 9 minutes, then reviewed a deferred personnel contract involving workers’ compensation claims administration. Staff explained that the roughly $50 million figure included about $48 million for claims payments and up to $1.45 million per year for administrative services, with billing based on a fee schedule for specific services rendered. Senator Meredith raised concerns about the vendor’s history, the scoring and bid process, and prior allegations involving the company; the administration responded that the procurement had been conducted under 45A through open competition, with outside scorers and no finding of wrongdoing tied to this contract. Meredith moved to disapprove Contract 167, Hart seconded, and the committee voted 5-2 to disapprove it.
The committee then deferred a Western Kentucky University personal services contract because the vendors were still not registered with the Secretary of State’s office. Hart moved to defer the contract until the August 2026 meeting, Meredith seconded, and the motion carried. The committee also approved the agenda covering the various contract lists and deferred items.
Next, the committee heard from the Cabinet for Health and Family Services on several personal services contracts for medical staffing and related services. Secretary Steven Stack and staff explained that staffing shortages often require outside vendors, that the contracts were competitively bid under 45A, and that the cabinet uses a streamlined vendor pool for specialized needs such as actuaries, auditors, and technical consultants. The committee approved Contracts 52 through 55 without objection. Discussion then began on Contract 61, with Meredith expressing concern that the committee lacked enough detail to judge whether the services could be performed in-house or whether the exchange of resources was appropriate; Stack said the contract was intended to provide efficient access to specialized outside expertise. The transcript cuts off before a final vote on Contract 61 is shown.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Legislative Research Commission (7-8-26) - Part 2
Transcript Highlights:
- But I have to give that recognition to all our LRC staff and all the work that Jay Hartz has done, as
- They've all done a remarkable job.
- But I have to give that recognition to all our LRC staff and all the work that Jay Hartz has done, as
- They've all done a remarkable job.
- And all I've had to do is make a job.
Summary:
The commission met following an executive session on personnel matters and announced its intent to move forward with hiring Katie Comstock as the new director of the Legislative Research Commission. Members then approved, by roll call vote, a motion to adopt the October 1, 2025 minutes with specified exceptions, approve items under new business, accept and refer communications items 1 through 151 as indicated, and approve the report of the director selection committee. The motion carried with multiple aye/yes votes and no recorded opposition from those present.
In other business, President Stivers thanked Speaker Pro Tem Meade and staff for their work preparing for the Southern Legislative Conference in Lexington, noting the event’s size and expected exposure for the area. Meade credited LRC staff, Jay Hartz, and partisan staff for the work, saying his role had mainly involved phone calls and meetings.
Several members then offered extended remarks recognizing Jay Hartz for his leadership, professionalism, responsiveness, and long service to the commission and the building. Speakers said his work had set a standard for staff and legislators alike and wished him well in his next chapter. The meeting concluded with a motion to adjourn.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Legislative Research Commission (7-8-26)
Summary:
The transcript appears to be a roll call or attendance check for a legislative meeting. Senators Chambers Armstrong, Givens, Mills, Neal, Thomas, Wilson, Wise, and Sivers were listed, along with Representatives Burke, Meade, Miles, Nemes, Reedy, Stevenson, Watkins, and Osborne.
Several members responded present during the call, including representatives Burke, Meade, and Miles. The remaining text indicates there was no objection to a procedural matter, and it was ordered, but no bill, motion, testimony, or substantive policy discussion is included in the excerpt.