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TX
Texas 89th Regular
S/C on Telecommunications & Broadband Mar 24th, 2025
S/C on Telecommunications & Broadband
Transcript Highlights:
- we'll have this session in the legislature, and that is understanding the landscape of broadband in Texas
- What barriers exist in the state of Texas that prevent us from connecting every Texan?
- She is in her first session serving in my office as a fellow for the Distinguished Texas Legislative
- Sorry, she is a professor at the University of Texas at the Moody College of Communication. Dr.
- I'm a professor at the University of Texas. Excellent. Welcome, and you may begin. Thank you.
Committee:
House S/C on Telecommunications & Broadband
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Science, Technology and Telecommunications Sep 23rd, 2025
Science, Technology & Telecommunications Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- The Water Reuse Project and Bull Testing Program at the Agricultural Experiment Station.
- I have just a little bit of information about the Agricultural Experiment Station.
- On slide 5, there's an illustration of agricultural productivity.
- You can see total agricultural output since 1948; this is the U.S. agricultural productivity, total farm
- Currently, we test cattle from not only New Mexico but also Texas, Oklahoma, and Colorado.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Environment and Agriculture (01/14/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
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- </c> assistant so environment agriculture assistant so environment agriculture what<00:42:19.839><c>
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- About 500 are agricultural type.
- Somebody spoke about agricultural land and protecting agricultural land.
Summary:
The Environment and Agriculture Committee held an introductory orientation for members, many of whom were new or newly assigned to the committee. Leadership emphasized that the committee is intended to operate in a nonpartisan, collaborative way, and members introduced themselves and described their backgrounds in farming, gardening, food service, environmental work, water and waste issues, veterinary work, and related fields. Several members noted personal ties to homesteading, livestock, orcharding, food security, landfill concerns, and animal welfare, while others said they were eager to learn the committee’s work.
The chair then reviewed committee procedures and expectations. Members were told the committee would generally meet on Tuesdays, with hearings starting around 10 a.m. and often running until about 4:30 p.m., and that absences, substitutes for executive sessions, and email communications would be handled through House rules and the committee’s email system. The chair also covered decorum rules for live-streamed meetings, including professional dress, limiting food and drink at the table, and giving full attention to witnesses. Members were reminded that legislative emails are subject to public records laws and that the committee may soon transition to a new email domain.
The chair also explained logistics such as bill folders, committee room storage, and emergency procedures for evacuation or shelter-in-place. No bills were debated or voted on in this meeting, but the chair noted that the committee already had roughly two dozen bills pending, including animal welfare, landfill, policy, and cat-and-dog related measures. Members were told to expect a broad mix of topics beyond agriculture, including solid waste and animal-related legislation.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session-Day 12, February 23, 2026-PM
Wyoming House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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- </c> or maybe just to visit family in Texas. or maybe just to visit family in Texas.
- </c> agricultural land. agricultural land.
- United States bankruptcy code. Um and United States bankruptcy code.
- Subleasing of state lands, Agriculture.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Jan 13th, 2026 at 09:32 am
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- One of the things that we forget is that we're an agricultural fair.
- This is Agency Code 404. Thank you. Just a moment to get to that in your binders.
- Texas formed the Texas Space Commission a few years ago, and if you look at what Governor Abbott and
- And then New Shepard, which is the small vehicle on the lower left, operates in Van Horn, Texas. ...on
- the lower left, that's the one that operates in Van Horn, Texas.
Committee:
House House Appropriations & Finance
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, July 17, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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- </c> testified before the Senate Agriculture testified before the Senate Agriculture Committee.<01:11
- </c> House Agriculture Committee, Mr. House Agriculture Committee, Mr.
- </c> capital and agricultural communities. capital and agricultural communities.
- </c> regional supply chains and agricultural regional supply chains and agricultural feed<04:19:08.159
Keywords:
defense appropriations, military funding, national security, Department of Defense, fiscal year 2026, House of Representatives, election, Speaker, Clerk, Congress, budget authority, rescission, fiscal policy, government funding, impoundment, Federal Reserve, digital currency, monetary policy, financial services, privacy
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
FL House Floor Session - 2025-04-03 (12:30PM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- have outperformed candidates on the actual ballot, bringing together people from all different zip codes
- have outperformed candidates on the actual ballot, bringing together people from all different zip codes
- This process has united us across race, income, and zip codes, enabling us to address the issues that
- Read the bill a third time by title: By the Agriculture and Natural Resources Budget Subcommittee and
- For those of us that live in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida, we understand just
Summary:
The House convened with prayer, a moment of silence for Walton County Deputy Will May, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a quorum present. The Rules and Ethics Committee’s special order report for April 3, 2025 was adopted, and CS/HB 947 was recommitted to the Judiciary Committee. The chamber then moved through a series of bills, mostly reviser and technical measures, with several companion Senate bills substituted and passed: SB 36 (Florida statutes adoption act), SB 42 (general reviser’s bill), SB 40 (deleting inoperative statutory provisions), and SB 38 (renaming references from the Division of Investigative and Forensic Services to the Division of Criminal Investigations). All of those passed unanimously or near-unanimously.
The House also passed HB 513 on electronic transmittal of court orders, requiring clerks to electronically send certain petitions, notices, summonses, and orders within six hours, including Baker Act, Marchman Act, and risk protection order documents. Members discussed whether judges needed to direct transmission and whether there were fail-safes if clerks did not comply. HB 615, on electronic delivery of notices between landlords and tenants, was amended to strengthen tenant protections and passed 108-0. HB 655 establishing a regulatory framework for pet insurance, HB 299 on elevator accessibility requirements, and HB 1145 on workforce education also passed, with HB 1145 receiving 100 yeas and 4 nays. HB 649, removing the paper supervised protocol for certified registered nurse anesthetists, passed 77-30 after structured debate.
A major portion of the meeting focused on CS/HB 1205, which would significantly revise Florida’s citizen initiative process. The bill adds a $1 million bond requirement after 25% of required signatures are collected, requires petition handlers to be Florida residents and U.S. citizens, imposes background checks and training for paid circulators, shortens petition turn-in deadlines to 10 days, increases penalties, adds signature revocation notices, and creates additional criminal penalties and enforcement provisions. Supporters argued the changes were needed to address fraud and protect petition integrity; opponents said the bill would burden First Amendment activity and make citizen-led amendments much harder to qualify. Numerous amendments were offered, including proposals to remove sensitive personal information from petition forms, soften deadlines and penalties, change validation thresholds, and alter the estimating conference process; most failed, though one amendment clarifying who pays for background checks was adopted. The transcript ends during continued debate on an amendment to strike most of the bill and prohibit public funds from being used to advocate for or against constitutional amendments.
VT
Transcript Highlights:
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US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, May 19, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- For what one minute speeches from Texas.
- I yield two minutes to the gentleman from Texas, Mr. Moran. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
- I would like to thank my colleague from Texas, Mr.
- I would like to thank my colleague from Texas, Mr.
- I reserve. from Texas, Mr. Moran, for his steadfast from Texas, Mr.
Bills:
HR1299 , HB5317 , HB4544 , HB3234 , HB1993 , HB3726 , HB2954 , SB2393 , HB3482 , HR1352 , HB4684 , HB2252 , HB6506 , HB7432 , SB4530
Keywords:
housing, affordable housing, homeownership, rental assistance, HUD, Department of Housing and Urban Development, zoning reform, land use, building codes, single-stair buildings, point-access block, infill development, housing supply, housing affordability, HOME Investment Partnerships, CDBG, Community Development Block Grant, FHA, Federal Housing Administration, small-dollar mortgage
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Higher Education & Workforce Development Feb 19th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Higher Education & Workforce Development
Transcript Highlights:
- I grew up working in agriculture in the Yakima Valley.
- Well, obviously, this is quite the cheat code here.
- And it's going to be color-coded piping.
- industrial food and beverage, a lot of projects across the country, including California, Kansas, New York, Texas
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- But do you know the population of Texas, sir? The population, Mr.
- We have seen outbreaks in Texas and on the Utah-Arizona border.
- We have seen outbreaks in Texas and on the Utah-Arizona border.
- SB 158, firearms transactions, merchant codes prohibition.
- SB 1058, firearms transactions, merchant codes prohibition.
Summary:
The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, journal approval, guest introductions, and a proclamation recognizing March as International Women’s Celebration Month. Members also welcomed guests from several school districts and the Arizona FFA. The chamber then moved through first readings of numerous Senate bills and took up several motions, including reconsideration of HB 2169 and referral of HB 210 and HB 2103 to an additional Committee of the Whole for further amendment.
In Committee of the Whole, the House advanced HB 2100 and HB 2103 with technical amendments and due-pass recommendations. It then considered a series of bills on Calendar 2, including HB 2048, HB 2364, HB 2415, HB 2775, HB 2833, HB 2862, HB 2870, HB 2995, and HB 4067. Debate centered on election administration, sovereignty and international organizations, private school regulation, law enforcement face coverings, domestic violence and coercive control, and voter roll categories. HB 2862 drew the most procedural attention, with a division vote on a substitute amendment; the House rejected a motion to replace the adopted amendment, and the report was later adopted.
On Calendar 3, the House considered education bills. HB 2093, which repeals the requirement for K-12 health education to include mental health instruction, prompted extensive debate over student suicide prevention, school counseling, parental responsibility, and whether schools should provide mental health support; it received a due-pass recommendation by a 27-22 division vote. The House also advanced HB 2313, which was described as responding to a Tucson Unified School District work stoppage tied to a political protest, and HB 2423, HB 2478, and other education measures after amendments and, in one case, withdrawal of an appropriations amendment. The session continued into HB 2830 as the transcript ended.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Radioactive and Hazardous Materials May 29th, 2025
Radioactive & Hazardous Materials Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- To the community in which they are the economic engine, and along with the agriculture agriculture industry
- Chair and Representative, the, uh, a lot of folks from that part of the state go to Texas for cancer
- We're currently making sure that there's not hidden data in the Texas Health.
- Hopefully are the people in Texas, cause right, doesn't Amarillo or Texans and they get there.
- I just wonder if Texas is another kind of. And so on this issue in a way. Throw it out there.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Rules REVISION 5: Room Changed TO 450 Mar 5th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- This would align our election dates to be similar to how Texas is structured.
- Be similar to how Texas is structured.
- All other ad valorem besides homestead and agriculture are capped at 5%.
- of Oklahoma is putting out are actual and factual and in complete alignment with our administrative code
- of Oklahoma is putting out are actual and factual and in complete alignment with our administrative code
Summary:
The committee heard and advanced a series of bills and resolutions, many involving taxes, education funding, health policy, and election rules. Representative Newton’s HB 1823, on the Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency’s home-building activities, passed 10-0. Speaker Hilbert’s HB 2425, which would align Oklahoma election dates more closely with Texas and move some elections to March, passed 9-2 after debate about turnout and accountability. HB 4440, requiring Medicaid work requirements to track federal law, passed 10-2 amid discussion of chronic unemployment and the limits of changing Medicaid expansion because it is in the Constitution. HJR 1087, a major proposal to restructure the T-SET tobacco settlement trust and redirect funds toward higher education and related uses, passed 12-0 after extensive debate over venture capital investing, public health spending, and whether the trust should be modernized.
The committee also took up several property-tax measures. HJR 1053 would create a revenue-neutral ad valorem framework, requiring local approval for increases beyond prior-year levels; it passed 9-2. HJR 1054 would exempt business inventory from ad valorem taxation, and after questions about scope and possible abuse it passed 9-2. HJR 1044 would lower the annual cap on growth in assessed value for homestead and agricultural property from 3% to 2%; it passed 9-2. HB 4145 would raise the homestead exemption from $1,000 to $7,000 and passed 9-1. HJR 1081 would freeze ad valorem taxes for qualifying seniors and passed 8-1. The committee also advanced HB 3891, a county commissioner pay bill, after title was struck and members discussed its impact on small counties; it passed 9-2.
Other measures included HB 1770, directing an elk population study by Oklahoma State University, which passed 11-0; HB 1675, requiring youth camps to complete site-specific hazardous assessments, which passed 11-0; HB 3627, allowing the State Committee of Blind Vendors to meet by video conference due to quorum issues, which passed 11-0; HB 3472, expanding tire-recycling fund eligibility, which passed 10-1; and HB 1225, barring changes to the biological sex designation on birth certificates, which passed 8-2 after debate over medical, legal, and equal-protection concerns. The committee also advanced HJR 1019, a heavily amended proposal concerning party nominations for general elections, after striking title and narrowing the scope to federal, state, and county races; it passed 8-1 with two not voting. HB 3462, updating plumbing licensing law and aligning exam standards with other trades, passed 9-0 after title was struck to accommodate further negotiations.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Education Finance Feb 17th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- UC Health locations serve patients from 99% of California zip codes.
- “One of the most offensive things you can say is, ‘When I was at blank, I did this,’ but in Texas, because
- And whether the model that we use in Texas, that’s one way to approach this, whether that’s the right
- you said that I just want to make sure I heard correctly because this is about access: 99% of zip codes
- you said that I just want to make sure I heard correctly because this is about access. 99% of zip codes
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Sep 10th, 2025
Legislative Health & Human Services Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Calling around, we live in a very rural town, and there are some bigger cities like Lubbock, Texas, and
- Midland, Texas, that are an hour and a half away.
- PED and the State Department of Agriculture are supposed to report to the legislature in November on
- That you have and the coding. Is the number of schools reached by training that 41?
- And so, I don't know how many hours your agency spends in billing, but there is no code to get that time
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- Texas is on the verge of investing $1 billion in education savings accounts, or ESAs.
- In Texas, the application deadline closed just a few weeks ago in March, and they received over 250,000
- Texas has passed funding for strong school choice options for families.
- Texas has passed funding for strong school choice options for families.
- Second, it supports Louisiana agriculture.
Committee:
Senate Finance
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Education Finance Apr 29th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Rightfully so, current ed code requires that classroom educators must be a majority of the participants
- be great for the independent contractor to have great familiarity with current California education code
- and regulations and the reasoning behind those regulations and the education code as they're currently
- and regulations and the reasoning behind those regulations and the education code as they're currently
- The way education code is written is that instructional materials may be submitted for review to the
Summary:
The committee heard a series of budget proposals focused on education finance, with repeated questions about whether the state’s investments are coordinated, targeted to the highest-need students, and likely to produce measurable results. On the first item, the administration proposed $1 million for a study of California’s curriculum framework, standards, and instructional materials process, plus $250,000 for supplemental ELA/ELD guidance. CDE and Finance said the study would examine how other states organize standards, frameworks, and adoptions, while the chair and members questioned why California has gone so long without updating some standards, what the study would actually accomplish, and whether the proposal was too vague to justify the cost. The issue was held open.
The committee then took up a proposed $25 million statewide literacy network within the system of support. CCEE and CDE said the network would coordinate multiple existing literacy leads, create a clearinghouse of evidence-based resources, and improve coherence across the state’s many literacy initiatives. Members pressed on how a one-time, five-year allocation could support a long-term system, how the work would reach distressed and rural districts, and whether the proposal would translate into classroom change rather than just another layer of coordination. The issue was also held open.
Next, the committee reviewed a $500 million proposal to expand literacy coaches and reading specialists and to create a math coaches program. CDE described the existing literacy coach cohorts as producing positive reports from participating LEAs, while the LAO recommended modifications, especially for the math coach portion, including limiting eligibility to elementary schools, setting minimum grant amounts, directing funds to eligible school sites, and making eligibility automatic rather than application-based. Members focused on whether coaches were actually being placed at the schools with the greatest need and whether the state has a coherent long-term strategy for literacy and math investments. The committee also heard a $40 million proposal for training and implementation of K-2 reading difficulty screeners, which the LAO said was reasonable but could be reduced because $25 million had already been provided for training; CDE said the new funds were needed for full implementation, procurement, and sustainability. Finally, the committee heard a $10 million proposal for a developmentally appropriate TK multilingual learner screener, with CDE explaining why the preschool language-identification process is different from K-12 EL assessment and the chair asking staff to explore whether a single, more consistent approach could be developed. The meeting concluded with a presentation on universal school meals and kitchen infrastructure, including a $31.5 million backfill, an $84.1 million increase for projected meal growth, a COLA adjustment, and $150 million for kitchen upgrades and training to support freshly prepared meals.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/03/2026 - House Natural Resources, Energy & Water
House Natural Resources, Energy & Water Committee of Reference
Transcript Highlights:
- It also supports existing agricultural and rural uses. We already do this.
- For example, if we protect agriculture, grazing, mining, agritourism, composting operations, maintains
- If it's not agriculture, it's now going to be SMRs. These are laws that already exist in the state.
- one day. ...or even Texas, or California using us as a throughput to Texas to get their gas all the
- So I don't want Texas to do all the work of getting gas to us and then it just goes straight on over
Summary:
The committee took up several energy, transportation, and land-use bills. HB 2428, dealing with county and ADEQ authority to issue voluntary permits certifying emission reduction credits for mobile and non-road sources, received neutral testimony from ADEQ and support from Maricopa County; the committee adopted the Griffin amendment and passed the bill 10-0 with a due pass recommendation. HB 2145, which expands who may request certain gasoline fuel reformulation actions and is contingent on EPA approval, also passed on a 5-4 vote after brief staff explanation and no amendment.
The committee then considered HB 2331, a strike-everything amendment requiring electric utilities to ensure 85% of generating capacity serving retail load comes from “reliable resources” by 2030. Supporters, including the sponsor and Arizona Free Enterprise Club, argued it would protect affordability and grid reliability by favoring dispatchable power; opponents, including the Sierra Club and Rural Arizona Action, said it would effectively favor fossil fuels, raise costs, and limit cleaner resources. The committee adopted the amendment and passed the bill 6-4. HB 2795, which would bar counties from using zoning to block small modular reactors once federal permitting conditions are met, drew strong support from the sponsor and industry advocates who framed it as pro-property-rights and pro-nuclear, and opposition from county, city, and environmental groups who raised preemption, local control, safety, waste, and siting concerns; it passed 6-4.
The committee also passed HB 2340, which allows the Power Plant and Transmission Line Siting Committee to evaluate proposed generating facilities along with transmission lines, on a 5-4 vote. HB 2400, an emergency measure to suspend the motor vehicle fuel tax in Areas A and C during part of the year and replace the lost revenue through state highway funding, drew opposition from cities and counties over transportation funding impacts but support from the sponsor and some members focused on gas affordability; the Griffin amendment was adopted and the bill passed 6-4. Finally, HB 2401 was introduced as a requirement for ADEQ to conduct a biennial review of available fuel formulations and their air-quality impacts in Areas A and C, but the transcript ends before testimony or action on that bill is completed.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - New Mexico Finance Authority Oversight Aug 12th, 2025
New Mexico Finance Authority Oversight Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- the portfolio, we'll be able to tell you that because we do have a cross-reference to their sector code
- Allocations to Tiverton represent the second allocation to agricultural production within the portfolio
- Agriculture, for example, is a good example of that.
- Trivelton is an agricultural company, and it looks like they're a big lender, so you'd go...
- And so we think we've done that with the two agricultural Funds that we have.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Housing Jan 28th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- I actually grew up in El Paso, Texas.
- be submitted to the council in time for the council to adopt amendments to the 2027 update to the code
- to the code that would allow scissors stairs in certain residences and directs the advisory group to
- Without these agreements, our law and code enforcement will respond to more calls, and local agencies
- We can use code enforcement for some of those topics, but that's reactive once there are problems.
Summary:
The Senate Housing Committee heard several housing-related bills and gubernatorial appointments. SB 6201 would create property tax and REET exemptions for property used as affordable housing by social housing agencies, with testimony from the sponsor and supporters from Seattle Social Housing and House Our Neighbors emphasizing lower development costs and deeper affordability. Senator Gildon questioned how the 50% occupancy requirement would work at purchase, and staff explained the covenant and compliance requirements. The committee also heard SB 6205, which would add conflict-of-interest restrictions and reporting requirements for the Community Reinvestment Account, Affordable Housing Program, and Covenant Homeownership Program; Senator Braun said the bill responds to reports of misuse and is intended to improve transparency and trust. The committee heard gubernatorial appointments Pedro Espinoza and Diana H. Perez to the Housing Finance Commission, both of whom described their construction, local government, and housing experience and were supported by committee members.
In executive session, the committee adopted a substitute and passed SB 6001 on scissors stairs, SB 6026 on allowing residential uses in commercial and mixed-use zones, and SB 6054 on fire-hardened building materials. SB 6026 drew the most debate, with amendments added and others rejected; supporters said it would expand housing supply, while opponents and local governments raised concerns about historic districts, main street areas, and limits on local planning authority. SB 6054 was amended to remove the 10% cap on fire-hardened materials, with members saying it would help homeowners protect against wildfire risk. The committee then moved to public hearings on SB 6069, which would require cities and counties to allow emergency shelters, transitional housing, indoor emergency housing, and permanent supportive housing in more zones and limit local restrictions to objective standards and administrative review. Supporters, including housing providers, the Attorney General’s Office, King County, and Disability Rights Washington, said local barriers are delaying needed housing, while cities and the Association of Washington Cities argued the bill is too broad and would limit operational agreements and local flexibility.
The committee also heard SB 6167, which would bar homebuyers from receiving multiple state-funded down payment assistance loans or grants. The sponsor said the bill is meant to maximize limited assistance dollars for more households, but opponents from housing nonprofits, advocates, and a homeless veteran said it would reduce access to homeownership, especially for Black households and families needing layered assistance in high-cost markets. Finally, the committee returned to SB 6205 testimony, where supporters said the bill would prevent self-dealing and misuse of grant funds, while one testifier urged more investigation and oversight resources. No final action was taken on the public hearing bills during the transcript.