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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 2/26/26
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- He explained that if somebody is using two lines on the water and there's one person in the boat, that
- somebody's using two lines on the water somebody's using two lines on the water and<00:09:18.000
- If he's out trolling on Woman Lake in Cass County and has two lines out, it's very likely that he'll
- If I'm out trolling on Woman Lake in Cass County and I've got two lines out, it's very likely that I'll
- two line there but we wouldn't do the two line there but you<00:14:32.880>
could <00:14:33.440
Bills:
HF624
Keywords:
HF624, Minnesota fishing law, game and fish, walleye stamp, walleye stamp validation, angling, angler, fishing lines, two lines, four lines, open water fishing, ice fishing, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, fishing regulations, fish harvest, conservation, Minnesota Statutes 97C.315, 1183, house
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine opportunities to strengthen water infrastructure programs, focusing on the IIJA's successes. Apr 30th, 2025 at 09:00 am
Environment and Public Works Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Senator, I'll give two examples.
- And Senator, I will just add two things.
- There is a private side for lead service lines.
- Those are one and two man operations.
- Now I'd like to switch to lead service lines.
Keywords:
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, water infrastructure, lead service lines, federal reauthorization, sustainability, cybersecurity
Summary:
The meeting primarily focused on discussions surrounding the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and its implications for local water systems. Various witnesses highlighted the transformative impact of the bipartisan infrastructure law, which has provided an unprecedented amount of funding to help address long-standing issues in drinking water infrastructure, particularly concerning lead service line replacements and sustainability in water management. The discussions emphasized the urgent need for federal reauthorization to continue supporting these initiatives, as many rural and disadvantaged communities still face substantial barriers in upgrading their water systems. Additionally, cybersecurity risks were noted, raising concerns over the vulnerability of water systems across the nation.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Legislative Ethics Commission (6-17-25) - Part 2
Transcript Highlights:
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changes the other change the other two changes the other change the other two - Um, in the state of is two years. Okay.
- Um, our two-year lobbying ban has never been challenged, you know, but when they instituted the two-year
- lobbying ban, at that time the legislature met every two years.
- Reducing that cooling-off period from two years to one year.
Summary:
The commission first returned from executive session and noted that discussions there were preliminary only and no final agency action was taken. It then approved the budget report, which staff said was within year-to-date budget parameters.
Members discussed recommended changes to the code of ethics. Staff proposed four items: defining and prohibiting sexual harassment as ethical misconduct; two housekeeping changes related to lobbyist registration notice and campaign contribution language; and a possible reduction of the post-service waiting period for former legislators to become lobbyists from two years to one year. Members agreed the lobbying cooling-off period was a broader General Assembly issue and voted to recommend only the first three changes, leaving the fourth for later review. The chair noted the July 1 deadline for submitting ethics-code recommendations to the LRC.
The commission also approved renewal of a $100,000 contract with Casey Bailey and Mains for Robert Jenkins to continue serving as enforcement counsel, with hourly rates of $125 for the attorney and $40 for the paralegal. Finally, it approved a 3% cost-of-living pay increase for General Counsel Steven Pium, discussed possible conference attendance and informal opinions, and adjourned after no further business.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Legislative Ethics Commission (3-17-25) - Part 2
Summary:
The meeting briefly returned to open session to clarify the record, with a statement that all discussions in closed session were limited to confidential complaints and that no final agency action was taken during that closed session. The body then considered a motion to enter closed/executive session under KRS 61.810(1)(f) to discuss personnel matters.
A motion was made and seconded to go into executive session for personnel issues, and the chair called for an aye vote. The transcript ends shortly after the motion was presented, with no further substantive discussion or final action captured in the excerpt.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Over the years, that has been used as a method for legislatures to get around the two-thirds requirement
- About two minutes. Absolutely. Good afternoon, my name is Chris Gonzalez.
- And finally, two other things.
- There was a ballot measure, I think two years ago now...
- So I want to make those two points very clear. Thank you.
Keywords:
scholarships, tax credit, education funding, nonprofit organizations, Arizona Revised Statutes, constitutional amendment, state revenue, tax policy, legislative approval, two-thirds vote, 1182, all
Summary:
The House Ways and Means Committee heard Senate Concurrent Resolution 1028, which would send to voters a constitutional change narrowing an existing exception to Arizona’s two-thirds vote requirement for tax increases. The resolution would require legislative approval for increases in state revenue through fees and assessments that are authorized by statute before January 1, 2027, and set by a state officer or agency without a prescribed formula, amount, or limit. The sponsor argued the measure would close a loophole that has allowed agencies to raise fees without direct legislative accountability, while opponents said it would make it harder for agencies to adjust fees for inflation, operations, and regulatory costs and could shift costs to taxpayers or slow services. After testimony and debate, the committee voted 5-3 with one absent to return SCR 1028 with a due pass recommendation.
The committee then took up Senate Bill 1142, which would have Arizona opt into a federal tax credit program for donations to scholarship-granting organizations. Supporters said the measure would bring new private scholarship funding into Arizona at no cost to the state, expand school choice, and help students with tutoring, special needs services, transportation, and other educational expenses. Opponents argued the federal program was not yet fully written, lacked clear guardrails, and could further strain public schools by diverting resources away from the majority of students who remain in the public system. Committee members debated whether the program would benefit Arizona students without affecting state funds, and whether more transparency and rules were needed before adoption.
After discussion, the committee voted 5-3 with one absent to return SB 1142 with a do pass recommendation. Several members explained their votes on both measures, with supporters emphasizing voter choice, accountability, and limiting fee increases, and opponents emphasizing the need for revenue, public school funding, and caution about the unresolved federal scholarship rules.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Day 60 (4-15-26) - Part 3
Kentucky Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Committee Substitute two to Senate Bill<01:17:07.040>
197. - House Committee Substitute number two.
- Committee Sub two to Senate Bill 197. Committee Sub two to Senate Bill 197.
- Substitute number two. Substitute number two.
- We have two deliveries to the governor. We have two deliveries to the governor.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Day 60 (4-15-26) - Part 2
Kentucky Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And you won't see a signature line where you or I or somebody else signs a document.
- And you won't see a signature line where you or I or somebody else signs a document.
- And you won't see a signature line where you or I or somebody else signs a document.
- You won't see a signature line where you or I or somebody else signs a document.
- , Justice Thompson's two Whereas, Justice Thompson's two statements<01:14:29.040>
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KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Day 60 (4-15-26) - Part 1
Kentucky Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- There should be two. Oh, we're going to do two.
- The objection had two people of their same parties, no recess.
- Two, the respective caucuses. Two, the respective caucuses.
- Um, but to have friends like the two of you and so many others, but the two of you that day to stand
- >
of you and so many others, but the two of you and so many others, but the two of you<02:32:01.400
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Day 59 (4-14-26) - Part 2
Kentucky Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Page two, line 10, after the words 'fiscal year,' delete the quote marks.
- Page two, line nine, after the wording 'civil filing fees' and the in quotes, delete 'additional'; delete
- Page two, line 10, after the words 'fiscal year,' delete the quote marks.
- Page<01:24:09.680>
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the <01:24:12.080>words Page two, line 10, after the words Page two,
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Apr 3rd, 2025 at 02:30 pm
Energy and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- two weeks, I think, is testament to that.
- We're, it's, we're too far down the line from that. Continue.
- I did green-line and red-line this for you, and no, it's not exactly how Legislative Council wants it
- It's two positions for two years, right?
- With that, we are down to two bills in committee.
Bills:
SB2339
Keywords:
wildfire mitigation, utility liability, strict liability, electric utility, public service commission, PSC, rural electric cooperative, municipal utility, transmission provider, vegetation management, power lines, reclosers, electrical safety, wildfire prevention, grid reliability, public safety, first responders, ANSI A300, National Electrical Safety Code, community outreach
Summary:
The Energy and Natural Resources Committee continued work on House Bill 1459, which concerns rare earth and critical mineral recovery from North Dakota lignite coal. Testimony from UND researcher Dan Ludo and industry representative David Straely focused on the urgency of developing the process quickly, the technical differences between extracting minerals from coal versus ash, and the potential value of elements such as terbium, dysprosium, gallium, germanium, and synthetic graphite. Straely argued the bill is constitutional, limited to minerals within the coal seam, and needed to avoid years of quiet title litigation and provide certainty for development and compensation to royalty owners. Committee members raised questions about landowner rights, compensation levels, possible amendments from the Department of Trust Lands, and whether the bill should be modified to address constitutional concerns or sunset provisions. No final action was taken on HB 1459; the chair said parties could work on language until Monday before the committee revisits it.
The committee then returned to House Bill 1579, a high-load study bill with a possible energy infrastructure investment amendment. Jody Smith of the Retirement and Investment Office presented updated language adding guardrails for in-state infrastructure investing, including requiring approved projects to be underwritten and managed by a qualified investment manager or financial institution and to follow the Legacy Fund investment policy. Members discussed whether the amendment had been shared with the House sponsor and noted that the related bill 1330 was still pending, so HB 1579 was being held for the time being.
Finally, the committee took up House Bill 1566, which had an amendment from the Agriculture Commissioner’s office. The committee adopted the amendment 7-0, then passed a due-pass motion on the amended bill and referred it to Appropriations, also by a 7-0 vote. Members discussed the bill’s fiscal impact, including an estimated $580,000 for two FTEs over two years, and clarified that the study component remains in the bill. Senator Gerhardt was assigned to carry the measure.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary (7-24-25) - reupload
Transcript Highlights:
- March 11th and March 12th of 2021, two March 11th and March 12th of 2021, two months<00:04:25.680
- <00:46:13.760>
up, getting all your witnesses lined up, getting all your witnesses lined up - I'm from a long line of my family.
- Almost $300,000 in roofs the last two Almost $300,000 in roofs the last two years.<00:58:30.400>
- had work to do for the last two years. had work to do for the last two years.
Keywords:
This meeting was split into two parts due to a technical issue. This is the complete meeting pulled from backups.
Meeting Start: 00:00:00
Roll Call: 00:00:01
24RS HB198: “Angela’s Law”: 00:01:22
KRS Chapter 202C: 00:11:50
Eminent Domain: 00:54:35, 958, all
Summary:
The committee first approved the June 10, 2025 minutes, then took up House Bill 198, Angela’s Law, sponsored by Representative Samara Heavrin. The bill would add a new aggravating circumstance in death-penalty cases when an offender abuses the corpse of a kidnapping or murder victim by engaging in deviate sexual intercourse, sexual intercourse, or sexual contact. Representative Heavrin and the victim’s parents described the underlying case and argued the current law does not adequately account for postmortem sexual abuse, leaving the offender parole-eligible despite the family’s view that the conduct warranted harsher punishment. Several members expressed sympathy and support, and one member suggested the proposal should be drafted carefully so it would apply broadly enough to cover co-conspirators or multiple offenders. No vote on the bill was taken in the portion provided.
The committee then heard an informational presentation on KRS Chapter 202C from Judge Lisa Payne Jones and Shauna Mitchell of the Kentucky Judicial Commission on Mental Health. They explained that Chapter 202C, enacted in 2021 to close a gap in the civil-commitment statutes, applies to respondents found incompetent to stand trial who are charged with qualifying serious offenses such as capital offenses, certain Class A and Class B felonies causing death or serious injury, rape in the first degree, or sodomy in the first degree. The process begins with a Commonwealth’s petition, followed by a prompt evidentiary hearing, appointment of a guardian ad litem, and then a commitment hearing if the offense is proven.
The presenters outlined the procedural standards and recent statutory changes. At the evidentiary hearing, the Commonwealth must prove the charged offense by a preponderance of the evidence before a judge, with the respondent able to present defenses; if the Commonwealth fails, the respondent must be released. If the case proceeds, the commitment hearing requires proof beyond a reasonable doubt of at least one involuntary-commitment criterion, and the hearing may be before a jury if requested. They noted that a 2024 amendment changed the commitment criteria from requiring all four factors to only one, and added language about recent criminal behavior and prior involuntary hospitalizations under Chapters 202A or 202B. If commitment is ordered, the respondent is placed in a designated forensic psychiatric facility, currently KCPC.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- , which is both physically unsustainable and out of line with both municipal and federal firefighting
- We just have two resource witness cards from the AG's office and two of them from the AG's.
- We have two of those bills today.
- We're a wholesaler, um, two restaurants, and we have a restaurant, and I'm in support of this bill.
- Senator Hinojosa, would you recognize me on my two bills, please?
Bills:
HB104
Keywords:
property tax, ad valorem tax, tax rate election, voter-approval tax rate, no-new-revenue tax rate, de minimis rate, local government, special district, tax increase, tax notice, public hearing, tax code, Health and Safety Code, Texas property taxes, taxing unit, election threshold, two-thirds vote, majority vote, budget approval
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- budget better than you do, but I've spent my career thinking about how money grows, and I want to offer two
- And, um, remember, I might add, there, there's two kinds of risks.
- Chairman, I will stop my questioning or this line of questioning at this time. Thank you, Ma'am.
- they happen to reside in a county that has a Has, has any sort of a tax base, typically there's a line
- My dad came home from Korea, uh, the front line and bought a 39 acre tract of land in an old farmhouse
Bills:
HB104
Keywords:
property tax, ad valorem tax, tax rate election, voter-approval tax rate, no-new-revenue tax rate, de minimis rate, local government, special district, tax increase, tax notice, public hearing, tax code, Health and Safety Code, Texas property taxes, taxing unit, election threshold, two-thirds vote, majority vote, budget approval
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection (6-22-22)
Keywords:
KY LRC YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOK9slNDHZ8, 2026-06-21T07:17:01+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, Due to a network issue the previous live stream was split into two parts. This video is the full meeting pulled from a local backup., 958, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure Committee Apr 9th, 2025
Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure
Transcript Highlights:
- It just does two things.
Keywords:
underground damage prevention, one-call notification system, utility locating, excavation safety, dig safe, call before you dig, 811, utility lines, underground utilities, pipeline safety, gas pipeline, electric utility, telecommunications, water utility, wastewater, cable television, locate request, premark, tolerance zone, positive response
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- That plan is currently going to be updated in two years. 2027.
- We're a two-year cycle, right? People think in two-year segments.
- Two real quick things.
- At the state level, Texas faces two water infrastructure challenges.
- So we want to make sure there's some protections along those lines.
Keywords:
alcohol, taxation, reporting requirements, sales, distribution, death tax, inheritance tax, estate tax, property transfer, constitutional amendment, water fund, Texas water supply, state revenue, infrastructure, HJR 7, Texas Legislature, quorum, majority quorum, two-thirds quorum, legislative procedure
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 4/15/26
Commerce Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- And, you know, there would be a line of people in.
- Number two thing that we’ve done, Mr.
- Number two thing that we’ve done, Mr.
- You should have two pictures.
- So I strongly support for, for two, two, but it's a one-year period like that expanded because we are
Keywords:
healthcare, insurance, regulation, financial institutions, prescription drug affordability, consumer protection, restitution account, financial compensation, attorney general, distributions, property insurance, homeowners insurance, fire and allied lines, hail insurance, appraisal clause, loss adjustment, alternative dispute resolution, insurance claims, claim valuation, actual cash value
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- capacity and guideline two capacity. capacity and guideline two capacity.
- <00:42:55.680>
Um line in Minnesota. Um line in Minnesota. - federal lead service line requirements. federal lead service line requirements.
- for lead service lines above the 87,000. for lead service lines above the 87,000.
- finish line this year. finish line this year. >> Thank<01:09:53.759>
you.
Keywords:
emergency shelter, grant program, homelessness, capital investment, Minnesota Statutes, appropriation bonds, public funding, housing, infrastructure bonds, funding, appropriation, Minnesota constitutional amendment, public debt, state bonds, general obligation bonds, information technology, IT infrastructure, software licenses, technology modernization, capital improvements
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- With approximately 400 surplus lines brokers, over 100 surplus lines companies, and 200 associates, I
- and regardless of the line.
- carrier, the surplus lines association.
- For the two gentlemen in the middle, do y'all...
- Typically, two or three may come back with responses.
Keywords:
dispatchable generation, electricity, natural gas, ERCOT, energy credits, utilities regulation, renewable energy, arbitration, insurance contracts, surplus lines, Texas law, insurance policy, boiler inspection, boiler safety, inspection report deadline, certificate inspection, authorized inspector, inspection agency, Health and Safety Code, board of boiler rules
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House BR Subcommittee on Personnel, Public Retirement, and Finance (3-8-23)
Keywords:
KY LRC YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRfrJJC6X9w, 2026-06-21T07:17:03+00:00, 2.2.24, Data collected via generic collector engine, MEETING START 00:00
ROLL CALL 00:43
APPROVAL OF MINUTES 01:08
DISCUSSION WITH FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION OFFICE OF PROCUREMENT SERVICES, 01:56
HOLLY JOHNSON, SECRETARY OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION CABINET, AND
BRIAN THOMAS, GENERAL COUNSEL ON PROCUREMENT FOUNDATION, MODEL PROCUREMENT
CODE, KY PURCHASING ORDERS, SERVICE CONTRACTS, ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION, AND
PROCESS TIME LINES., 958, all, 2.2.42, 2.1.47