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MN
Transcript Highlights:
- homes are built to a federal HUD code homes are built to a federal HUD code which<00:42:55.760><
- non-code area a private or the state so non-code area a private or the state so one<01:11:26.520>
- Building Code uh to comply with as far Building Code uh to comply with as far as<01:15:05.239>
the - <01:15:17.600>
um so it's it's not the same code um so it's it's not the same code um modifying - These homes are a part of the State Building Code.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Tourism is a key to this region's prosperity as Waco has one of the highest hotel occupancy rates in
- education, HB 2797. by pursuit relating to the authority of Home Rule municipalities to regulate the occupancy
- HB 2844 by Landgraf relating to the regulation of mobile food vendors requiring an occupational license
- Paso relating to the establishment of Building Better Futures program to support educational, occupational
- Under the code of criminal procedure for the committee on criminal jurisprudence HB 2937 by Oncia relating
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- We adopt the federal food code, and the majority of the definitions and codes that are here are in rule
- HP2300 we adopt the federal food code HP2300 we adopt the federal food code and<00:23:17.919>
the< - Erica mentioned um the FDA food code. Erica mentioned um the FDA food code.
- That didn't clear the codes.
- of the occupant or others on the road. of the occupant or others on the road.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection - 04/01/25
Commerce and Consumer Protection
Transcript Highlights:
- code and fire codes caught up to this?
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zoning <00:43:07.200>codes <00:43:07.599>all <00:43:07.760>< - c> the<00:43:07.839>
rest <00:43:08.040>that codes zoning codes all the rest that codes - and because we don't update our codes and because we don't update our codes except<00:43:27.400>
- people that doesn't adopt the code and you don't have any code enforcement out there?
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Parental rights in education in Texas are currently enumerated across the Education Code quite broadly
- clarity, predictability, and efficiency to businesses operating under the Texas Business Organizations Code
- county regulation of conversion of certain office buildings to mixed-use multifamily residential occupancy
- Senate Bill 2531 by Middleton, relating to occupational licensing reciprocity agreements, to Business
- Senate Bill 2779 by Birdwell, relating to allocation and use of certain hotel occupancy tax revenues,
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum, heard an invocation, and adopted the previous day’s journal. Members then adopted Senate Resolution 358 honoring the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley on its 10th anniversary, with remarks highlighting UTRGV’s growth, degree production, research expansion, medical school, and role in serving the Rio Grande Valley and South Texas. The chamber also recognized the doctor of the day and adopted additional resolutions, including one for Denton County Days at the Capitol and another recognizing Texas HBCU Day.
The Senate gave extensive recognition to outgoing Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp through Senate Resolution 368. Senators from both parties praised his long public career, leadership of the A&M System, support for regional universities, and bipartisan approach. The resolution was adopted after multiple members added their names. The chamber also heard from advocates with the Texas Streets Coalition, and received gubernatorial nominations for the State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors and the Texas Commission on Fire Protection.
On legislation, the Senate passed several major bills. Committee Substitute Senate Bill 27, relating to rights and support for public school educators, was debated and amended to address teacher vacancies, bilingual certification testing, paid leave options, classroom removals, and appeal rights, then passed unanimously. Senate Joint Resolution 12, proposing a constitutional amendment on parents’ right to direct a child’s education, advanced on a 22-9 vote. Committee Substitute Senate Bill 1741, aimed at preventing foreign influence and intellectual property theft at public institutions of higher education, passed unanimously. Committee Substitute Senate Bill 29, the business entities bill, also passed after debate over corporate governance and shareholder protections. Senate Bill 857, authorizing law enforcement to tow certain vehicles driven by unlicensed or uninsured drivers, passed despite some concern about towing abuses during disasters. The Senate also took up Committee Substitute Senate Bill 1536 on dementia and Alzheimer’s training for certain guardians, but the transcript ends as that bill is being laid out.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- to be employers or representatives of an association, or employees determined to be in targeted occupation
- The bill amends the Texas Education Code by establishing the Texas Higher Education Accrediting Commission
- Senate Bill 2788 is a very simple bill that adds four letters to the code: PSAT, to the list of assessments
- It simply replaces the outdated term ACT plan with pre-ACT across the education code.
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Education K-16 heard several bills and took no final votes, leaving each measure pending. The first major item, SB 1322 by Senator Hagenbuch, would create a Texas Higher Education Accrediting Commission to evaluate and approve accrediting agencies for public colleges and universities using outcome-based metrics such as retention, graduation, employment, debt, and repayment. Supporters, including Kate Byerley of the Texas Public Policy Foundation, argued the bill would add competition and align accreditation with Texas workforce needs; Senator Menendez questioned the need for a new bureaucracy and noted the $3.6 million fiscal note, suggesting existing reporting and oversight structures could serve the same purpose.
The committee then heard SB 1998, which would establish a pediatric subspecialty preceptorship program to encourage medical students to enter pediatric subspecialties. Dr. Lauren Gamble testified in strong support, saying the program would help address shortages and improve access for children, especially in rural and underserved areas. SB 2788, authored by Senator Menendez, would add the PSAT as an accepted assessment for dual credit and Texas Success Initiative purposes; Priscilla Camacho of Alamo Colleges supported the bill, citing strong student outcomes and widespread use of the PSAT as a readiness indicator.
Senator Creighton laid out SB 2076, which would remove or modify certain Capitol view corridor restrictions affecting the UT Austin Academic Medical Center project, including the planned specialty hospital and MD Anderson Cancer Center expansion. He said the existing corridors are outdated and limit development. The committee also heard SB 1418, a cleanup bill replacing outdated references to ACT Plan with Pre-ACT and removing obsolete SAT subject test language. After brief testimony and no opposition on the later bills, the committee closed public testimony and left SB 1322, SB 1998, SB 2788, SB 2076, and SB 1418 pending before recessing for the floor session.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
FIN/WAM Joint Info Briefing - Tue Jan 21, 2025 @ 1:00 PM HST
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We've strengthened our county fire code, and we're also now utilizing the integration of advanced technology
- to our tax code we tiered our<00:24:39.880>
non-owner <00:24:40.679>occupied <00:24:41.360 - We gave a certificate of occupancy for Kānāhāiki High School in Kihei that was being held up by, I mean
- We gave a certificate of occupancy for Kānāhāiki High School in Kihei that was being held up by, I mean
- We gave a certificate of occupancy for Kānāhāiki High School in Kihei that was being held up by, I mean
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Local and County Government Feb 3rd, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Local and County Government
Transcript Highlights:
- this would continue to require federal and state level compliance with things like fire and building codes
- Building Code Commission.
- Is this the most recent building code as far as the 2006 edition that the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code
- I'm not sure what year the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission is on currently.
- Different municipalities have to adhere to different building codes.
Keywords:
municipal zoning, home-based businesses, no-impact businesses, local government, regulation, short-term rentals, municipal ordinance, municipal court, court of record, court not of record, city penalties, fine limits, penalty cap, ordinance enforcement, state statute, traffic offenses, speeding, parking, DUI, DWI
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Capital Planning Advisory Board (7-9-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, some are new in that space and so uh from nursing to occupational therapy uh to our criminal justice
- <00:04:34.800>
therapy uh from nursing to occupational therapy uh from nursing to occupational - Meg and her team have heat maps on all of our buildings with color codings on how we're doing.
- Meg and her team have heat maps on all of our buildings with color codings on how we're doing.
- Meg and her team have heat maps on all of our buildings with color codings on how we're doing.
Keywords:
Meeting Start 00:00:00
Attendance Roll Call 00:00:55
Approval of Minutes 00:02:01
Information Items 00:02:10
Review of Executive Branch Agency Plans 00:02:20
A. A. Eastern Kentucky University 00:02:48
B. B. Kentucky Community and Technical College System 00:15:21
C. C. Kentucky State University 00:31:43
D. D. Morehead State University 00:41:44
E. E. Murray State University 01:01:56
F. F. Northern Kentucky University 01:16:09
G. G. University of Kentucky and Hospital 01:25:00
H. H. University of Louisville 01:42:52
I. I. Western Kentucky University 01:56:17, 958, all
Summary:
The meeting opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, followed by a roll call establishing a quorum. The committee then approved the prior meeting’s minutes. Members were reminded to silence cell phones, and the chair noted an informational item on capital plan amendments made by state agencies during the latest revision period before moving to university capital plan presentations.
Eastern Kentucky University President David McFaden outlined EKU’s enrollment growth, strong Kentucky student retention, and signature programs in nursing, occupational therapy, criminal justice, education, manufacturing engineering, and aviation. EKU’s main capital priorities were a new health innovation project to support a proposed osteopathic medical program, including a $50 million escrow requirement until accreditation; a collaborative center for health innovation to address outdated health sciences facilities; a $5 million startup request for an air traffic control program; aircraft upgrades for the aviation fleet; and continued asset preservation funding. In response to questions, EKU said roughly 40% of the new health facility would be dedicated to the medical school, with shared simulation space for multiple health programs, and that aviation maintenance needs are currently being met through KCTCS partners but could be expanded if demand grows.
KCTCS representatives then described the system’s scale and capital needs, noting service to 107,000 students, extensive dual credit and workforce training, and a network of 342 buildings across 70 campuses. They said prior legislative support, including $277 million in asset preservation and $90 million released for approved projects, had helped with safety, roofs, energy efficiency, and campus security. Their current priorities include about $30 million for systemwide safety and security upgrades, renovations tied to consolidation and footprint reduction under Senate Joint Resolution 179, and broader asset preservation needs estimated at roughly $300 million to $325 million. Members discussed the need to preserve and expand skilled trades training, and KCTCS said its plan includes construction trades and flexible, multiuse facilities that can adapt to changing workforce needs. No votes were taken beyond approval of the minutes, and the presentations concluded with questions and discussion only.
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- Through the years, the sales tax and the use tax were coded...
- The sales tax and the use tax were coded in different places in the code.
- This bill we brought last year to amend the code with regards to human.
- The code with regards to human trafficking to bring about changes regarding human trafficking in the
- this definition would also add the definition with regards to online predators in that particular code
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs (04/22/2026)
Commerce and Consumer Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- of a code that covers multiple services. of a code that covers multiple services.
- the codes. the codes.
- Oh, there's no code. There's no code.
- the you know, a code I guess the codes. the you know, a code I guess the codes.
- Billing codes. Are you creating these billing codes?
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee Jul 1st, 2026
Privacy and Consumer Protection
Transcript Highlights:
- I've seen people who have submitted materials that, not long ago, I saw a citation to a code section
- Is a real gap in the law by harmonizing the law of mandatory reporting under CANRA and Penal Code Section
- If entire occupations are disappearing because of AI, students choosing careers, workers considering
- These are entire occupations that may not exist. This is what this bill attempts to capture.
- The Penal Code defines person to include businesses.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- certain conditions are met, and the sheriff must verify the claim and serve a notice on the lawful occupants
- And the sheriff must verify the claim and serve a notice on the lawful occupants.
- On February 6th, we were contacted regarding unlawful occupancy of residential property.
- example, whether the Florida Bar could not advocate for or against a bill rewriting Florida's probate code
Summary:
The Judiciary Committee met with a quorum present and Senator Thompson excused. The committee first considered Senate Bill 48 by Senator Garcia on judicial sales and procedures. Garcia explained a delete-all amendment that would create clearer statewide procedures for alternative judicial sales, increase transparency, remove bidding credits, extend sale timelines, and add oversight for auctioneers and escrow agents to prevent fraud and collusion. After no questions or opposition, the amendment was adopted, Senator Pasadoma said the rewrite addressed many of his concerns, and the committee then voted CS for SB 48 favorably with unanimous yes votes from members present.
The committee then received a presentation from the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office on the effectiveness of Florida’s recent anti-squatting law, House Bill 621/SB 888. Presenters described several cases in which deputies used the new process to remove unlawful occupants, including a false landlord report, a long-term fake lease situation, and a more recent unlawful occupancy case. They said the law has helped protect property owners and potential victims, but suggested technical changes: clearer authorization for deputies to enter and use force if needed, and a fix to the affidavit penalty provision because false statements are currently being charged as false reports rather than perjury under the existing wording.
The Florida Bar also presented on its role in regulating lawyers, lawyer advertising, and the unlicensed practice of law. Bar leaders explained that the Bar operates under the Florida Supreme Court’s authority, is funded by member fees, and handles complaints through a multi-step process involving intake, branch offices, grievance committees, referees, and final Supreme Court review. They described advertising review procedures, discipline statistics, consumer assistance, the Clients’ Security Fund, and enforcement against unlicensed practice. Senators asked about the Legislature’s authority over lawyer advertising, the prevalence of legal ads, the role of public members on grievance committees, and how those members are selected and used.
MN
NJ
Transcript Highlights:
- What was important to me was that this increase was not based on the zip code where that child lived.
- It does only if they live in the right zip code.
- Assembly Bill 4015 by Assembly Member Katz, New Jersey School Code Act, adopts the New Jersey age-appropriate
- design code and requires certain online service providers to implement certain measures ... ...and requires
- Stewart extends the deadline for submission of temporary certification of occupancy for certain qualified
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Labor and Employment Committee Jun 24th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- He explained that OSHA, or the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board, adopted updated process
- She said OSHA, or the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board, adopted updated process safety
- industry reporting, security guards face workplace violence rates significantly higher than many occupations
- So it doesn’t have to do anything with addressing the payroll reporting or that they are coded correctly
- bill authorizing the State Fire Marshal to adopt regulations and standards to ensure fire-safe occupancies
Summary:
The Assembly Labor and Employment Committee heard several bills focused on labor standards, worker safety, and public transparency. SB 954 by Senator Blakespear would revise last year’s CEQA exemption for advanced manufacturing by adding worker protections such as prevailing wage, a skilled and trained workforce, high-road employment standards, and environmental guardrails. Supporters from labor, environmental justice, and conservation groups said the bill restores promised safeguards after SB 131, while business groups argued the added requirements would undermine the exemption and discourage investment. The committee voted 5-0 to do pass and re-refer SB 954 to Appropriations, leaving the roll open for absent members.
The committee then considered SB 966 by Senator Gonzalez, which would codify refinery worker participation and safety protections adopted in 2017 after the 2012 Chevron Richmond fire. Supporters, including United Steelworkers and a former refinery worker, said the bill would preserve workers’ ability to report hazards, select representatives, and stop unsafe work, preventing future disasters. The Western States Petroleum Association opposed the bill, arguing it could be preempted by federal labor law and would add regulatory uncertainty. The committee passed SB 966 3-0 and re-referred it to Appropriations, with the roll left open.
Next, SB 1203 by Senator Smallwood-Cuevas sought to modernize private security guard training, expand de-escalation instruction, strengthen accountability, and create a clearer professional pathway for the industry. The author and many security workers testified that guards are often first responders in volatile situations and need more practical training and better standards; opponents from industry and business groups warned the bill would raise costs, worsen staffing shortages, and create implementation problems, especially around third-party training and a new wage order. The committee voted 4-1 to do pass and re-refer SB 1203 to Public Safety, with one no vote and the roll left open.
The committee also heard SB 1284 by Senator Smallwood-Cuevas, a transparency bill requiring DHCS to publish the names of large employers with workers enrolled in Medi-Cal and the estimated taxpayer cost. Supporters said the measure would show how low wages and unaffordable coverage shift health costs to the public, while opponents argued Medi-Cal enrollment depends on many factors and that naming employers would be misleading and amount to public shaming. After discussion, the committee voted 4-2 to do pass and re-refer SB 1284 to Appropriations, leaving the roll open. The transcript then began discussion of SB 1054 by Senator Cabaldon, which would improve workforce data collection and sharing to better evaluate job-training pathways, but the excerpt cuts off before testimony or action on that bill.
FL
Florida 2026 4th Special Session
January 20, 2026 - 09:30 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- like when it's talking about someone's property and the inspection being done to ensure it is up to code
- and Fire Code Prevention or Florida Fire Prevention Code, how practically does that look to be done
- There are certain codes that need to be followed, certain building codes that need to be followed.
- the plan was executed but the inspection is where that is verified and where we make sure building code
- is being followed, that the safety concerns put in place there are reasons we have these building codes
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Crime of residential protesting established 2/18/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Representative Hudson, before you begin your testimony, I understand you have an author's amendment coded
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And occupant occupant of the building. - And occupant occupant of the building.
Summary:
House File 2809 was taken up, and Representative Hudson moved the bill with a recommendation to the General Register. The committee adopted the author’s amendment A1, which changed the effective date from 2025 to 2026. Hudson described the bill as a narrow prohibition on protests at or around a person’s dwelling, arguing that homes deserve special protection from coercive or intimidating conduct and citing Supreme Court precedent on focused residential picketing. He said the bill would not apply to residences that also function as businesses or public meeting places and emphasized that it would apply equally to private citizens and public officials.
Several members raised constitutional and drafting concerns. Representative Curran said the bill appeared too broad and could sweep in lawful expressive activity, including people standing on their own property with signs, and questioned whether it would survive constitutional scrutiny. Representative Pinto argued the bill either duplicates existing criminal laws or goes beyond the conduct Hudson described, stressing that the law should focus on conduct rather than the label of protest. Representative Bentele and Representative Hollins asked for clearer definitions of “protest,” “residence,” and whether the bill would reach sidewalks, streets, Airbnbs, and other public or mixed-use spaces. Representative Watson noted existing laws on targeted residential picketing, harassment, and stalking and asked what gap the bill was meant to fill.
Hudson responded that the bill was intended to address coercive, disruptive activity and said he was open to amendments to clarify that constitutionally protected activity in places where a person has a right to be would not be affected. He argued that current laws are not always enforced consistently and that the bill would clarify legislative intent for law enforcement and prosecutors. The discussion ended without a final vote on the bill itself, after members and the author indicated a willingness to continue working on the language.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 3/5/25
Housing Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- The current code uses square footage rather than height as the determining factor for whether a building
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and <00:19:44.120>First protection both occupants and First protection - both occupants and First Responders<00:19:45.559>
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FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Our general contractors, everything that we build is to code—building code, Florida building code, local
- building code.
- Our general contractors, everything that we build is to code—building code, Florida building code, local
- building code.
- Our general contractors, everything that we build is to code—building code, Florida building code, local
Summary:
The Committee on Community Affairs met with a quorum and heard two bills, a confirmation, and two agency presentations. SB 48 by Senator Gates would require local governments to allow voluntary accessory dwelling units, preserve homestead exemption for the owner-occupied portion, limit parking restrictions, require 30-day minimum leases, extend density bonuses for military-family housing, and allow reusable tenant screening reports. The bill drew strong support from the Florida Association of Mortgage Professionals and several others, and it was reported favorably on a unanimous roll call. SB 34 by Senator Sharief would expand the Historic Cemetery Program, particularly to help historic African-American cemeteries preserve and maintain themselves by allowing sale of excess vacant land only if proceeds are used for long-term upkeep; it also passed unanimously and was reported favorably.
The committee also recommended confirmation of Fox Henderson to the Florida Housing Finance Corporation Board of Directors by unanimous vote. In addition, the Department of Commerce presented on the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery program and Rebuild Florida, describing more than $4.3 billion in HUD disaster recovery funds since 2017, housing repair and replacement efforts that have completed more than 5,200 homes, and infrastructure and mitigation projects across the state. Members asked about average project costs, contractor oversight, corrective actions for deficient work, and clawbacks from a prior vendor; Commerce said it had ended the earlier vendor relationship, imposed about $3.6 million in financial consequences, and now uses stronger oversight and competitive procurement for contractors.
The Division of Emergency Management then presented on Elevate Florida, a federal mitigation program that allows homeowners to apply directly for elevation, reconstruction, acquisition, or wind-mitigation projects, with a 75/25 federal-homeowner cost share and no state funds used. Director Kevin Guthrie said the program is intended to reduce repetitive flood losses, keep homeowners in their communities, and serve as a national model; he reported more than 12,000 applications, about 1,500 prioritized for review, 500 on a wait list, and 305 submitted to FEMA for final approval. Members asked about assistance for seniors who cannot meet the 25% match, the wait-list process, contractor selection, and the mix of project types, and Guthrie said contractors were selected through competitive procurement and that most projects are elevations, though some may become reconstructions or acquisitions depending on inspection results. The committee adjourned after the presentations.