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FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Regulated Industries Mar 12th, 2025
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- I noticed all the trees and all the big thicket that I found out and read about.
Bills:
SJR34, SB10, SB18, SB19, SB21, SB72, SB140, SB262, SB370, SB480, SB495, SB627, SB703, SB767, SB790
Keywords:
parental rights, parents, children, custody, care and control, upbringing, family law, constitutional amendment, Texas Constitution, child welfare, education policy, medical decisions, parental authority, primary decision makers, family autonomy, education, Ten Commandments, public schools, religious display, First Amendment
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Joint Legislative Budget Hearings (2) Feb 5th, 2025
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Commerce and Tourism Feb 4th, 2025
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- great again in the state of Florida, which includes $125 million for the acquisition and planting of trees
- The bill also allows an elected officer... ...except while serving as a legislator, the option to elect
- law to limit out-of-state student enrollment in state universities to 10% system-wide, with the exception
Summary:
The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several gallery introductions before taking up Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 168, the Tristan Murphy Act, on mental health. Senator Bradley explained that the bill is intended to divert clinically appropriate defendants with mental illness from jail to treatment, create pretrial mental health diversion programs, expand grant uses for mental health and substance abuse reinvestment, require evaluations and treatment follow-up in certain probation and prison settings, add Hillsborough County to a forensic hospital diversion pilot, and establish a Florida Behavioral Health Data Repository. Senators from both parties spoke in support, emphasizing treatment over incarceration, public safety, and the Murphy family’s role in the bill. The Senate passed the bill 37-0 and then recorded 37 co-sponsors.
The chamber then moved into presentations on SB 2500, the 2025-26 General Appropriations Act. Chair Hooper said the Senate budget totals $117.4 billion, reduces overall spending from the prior year, maintains reserves, keeps employee health contributions level, and includes major investments in water quality, transportation, education infrastructure, and nearly $1 billion in education capital outlay. Committee chairs outlined their portions of the budget, including increased funding for K-12 schools and scholarships, higher education workforce programs, Medicaid and health services, corrections and courts, transportation and housing, and environmental restoration such as Everglades and water quality projects.
Members then asked extensive questions, especially about education funding, school choice, AP/IB and accelerated programs, the Family Empowerment Scholarship, and the FEFP calculations. Senator Burgess repeatedly explained that scholarship funding is being moved “below the line” to improve tracking and that the Senate position is to preserve funding while giving districts more flexibility. Senators also questioned the APD wait list for disability services, opioid settlement spending, arts funding, the My Safe Florida Home condo pilot, and proposed IT and agency restructuring. Several chairs said some issues would be resolved in conference, and no final vote on the budget was taken in the portion provided.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Feb 4th, 2025
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- It says 'except for.' Okay, sorry, my bad. No, no, you're fine.
- Is this part of this for the tree thinning? Is that part of this or no? Thank you, Representative.
- Historically, we have spent all of the money in the Health Professional Loan Repayment Program, with the exception
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, June 26, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Speaker, I rise today to recognize an exceptional member of my team.
- exceptional diligence and precision. exceptional diligence and precision.
- <00:08:32.640>
My an exceptional member of my team. My an exceptional member of my team. - And one of exceptional at what they do.
- <02:18:29.280>
coverage recognizing their exceptional coverage recognizing their exceptional
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- to this, we invite more exceptions to it.
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to <00:09:51.160>this, time that we allow an exception to this, time - >
exceptions <00:09:52.480>to <00:09:52.640>it. - <00:09:53.280>
Um we invite more exceptions to it. Um we invite more exceptions to it. - Dust on the boots and the Glencoe breeze, passing through the shade of the old oak trees.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Veterans and Military Affairs Division 2/12/25
Veterans and Military Affairs Division
Transcript Highlights:
- amazing guy and said she drove over to Bryant to meet him, where he was picking apples from his apple tree
- would really help. only a small percentage can without an only a small percentage can without an exception
from <01:08:15.880>the <01:08:16.000>gambling <01:08:16.400>control exception- They are great partners and do exceptional work. I will leave it at that.
- work um and uh I will leave exceptional work um and uh I will leave it<01:28:52.440>
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NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Resources, Recreation and Development (02/12/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- in, and I'm told we're going to have session probably three or four times before we get to March, except
- in, and I'm told we're going to have session probably three or four times before we get to March, except
- in, and I'm told we're going to have session probably three or four times before we get to March, except
- in, and I'm told we're going to have session probably three or four times before we get to March, except
- In 2024, the American Tree Farm Federation noted my husband and I as one of four top tree farmers in
Summary:
The committee took up several bills in executive session, beginning with HB 568 on subdivision regulations concerning water supply. Representative Donnelly moved ITL, arguing the bill would create costly studies, that towns already have jurisdiction over needed studies, and that the issue was not widespread. The committee voted ITL 9-7. HB 582, dealing with safety requirements for personal watercraft, was also moved ITL on the grounds that existing law already covers the issue and the bill was unnecessary after recent action on personal flotation devices. Representative Derby opposed the ITL, saying the bill was a common-sense safety measure and would restore a misdemeanor penalty, but the committee voted ITL 9-7.
The committee then retained HB 595, relative to coastal resilience zones, after members said the bill was important but needed more work and time because of its complexity. Members noted it should be revisited later, and the motion to retain passed 16-0. HB 607, funding the Hampton Beach Area Commission and making appropriations, received an ought-to-pass recommendation 15-1, with support from members who described Hampton Beach as an important economic driver and one dissenting member saying the state should not bear the full cost. The committee also adopted Amendment 2025-3 on HB 624, establishing a local river management advisory committee grant program, by a 16-0 vote; the amendment shifted funding decisions to the Department of Environmental Services based on demonstrated need and a first-come, first-served process. The bill as amended then received an ought-to-pass recommendation 16-0 and was placed on consent.
Later, the committee retained HB 629, funding the operation, maintenance, and repair of state dams, after members said the dams need attention but the bill required more work because suggested amendments had just been received. That motion passed 16-0. HB 644, concerning drones in state parks, was ITL’d because the Department of Parks and Recreation is already working through rulemaking on UAS use in remote areas, and the committee voted 16-0 for ITL. HB 657, the short notice booking act access for New Hampshire residents to state parks, was also ITL’d at the request of the prime sponsor, passing 16-0. The committee then adjourned and announced a later hearing on HB 663, which would allow the Division of Historical Resources to use a portion of Moose plate funds for administering its grant program; testimony from the sponsor and the division supported the bill as clarifying existing authority, and no final vote on HB 663 was included in the transcript excerpt.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session-Day 18, March 3, 2026-PM
Wyoming House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- There will be a limit not to exceed $200,000 except upon specific legislative authorization.
- <03:50:26.239>
um <03:50:27.199>upon <03:50:27.680>specific $200,000 except - um upon specific $200,000 except um upon specific legislative<03:50:28.960>
authorization. - No law shall be passed except of bills.
- to trim trees or to do maintenance, etc. to trim trees or to do maintenance, etc.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Children and Family Law (04/03/2025)
Children and Family Law
Transcript Highlights:
- that get screened out, those are I suppose a technical violation of this, but I'm not sure if the tree
- that get screened out, those are I suppose a technical violation of this, but I'm not sure if the tree
- that get screened out, those are I suppose a technical violation of this, but I'm not sure if the tree
- I'm not<03:46:43.920>
sure <03:46:44.800>if <03:46:44.960>the <03:46:45.199>tree - falls and no one not sure if the tree falls and no one hears<03:46:46.720>
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MN
Transcript Highlights:
- That's a personal property exception for low-income housing, and while the bill you heard was more expansive
- That's a personal property exception for low-income housing, and while the bill you heard was more expansive
- the best nature-based carbon sequestration tool we have in the state is maintaining and expanding tree
- the best nature-based carbon sequestration tool we have in the state is maintaining and expanding tree
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Will there be exceptions? Are you going to be taking exceptions or have a perfecting?
- Are there going to be any exceptions for those classes of students?
- But if they're unable to, no exceptions, they cannot participate? Yes, sir. Okay.
- None, zero, no law shall be passed except by bill, doesn't it?
- We cannot make exceptions when children's lives are at stake.
Bills:
SB2, HB2, HB2000, HB2196, HB213, HB222, HB645, HB1458, HB 1022, HB141, HB502, HB643, HB3093, HB1700, HB 117, SB503, SB2, HB 120, HB20, HB150, HB6, HB 100, HB210, HB215, HB1393, HB 1151, HB 1268, HB142, HB451, HB 124, HB2, HB2000, HB2196, HB213, HB222, HB645, HB1458, HB 1022, HB141, HB502, HB643, HB3093, HB1700, HB 117
Keywords:
public education, teacher compensation, certification, funding, school finance, educator rights, education funding, charter schools, staff compensation, state aid, retention allotment, child grooming, sex offender registration, criminal justice, reportable conviction, law enforcement, virtual education, hybrid learning, school funding, average daily attendance
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
ACT 310, SLH 2025 Nonprofit Grants Program Informational Briefing 10-30-2025
Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- My name is Hannah Trees. I'm representing my economic development board STEMworks program.
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name <01:46:37.600>is <01:46:37.760>Hannah <01:46:38.159>Trees - My name is Hannah Trees. I'm >> Aloha. My name is Hannah Trees.
Summary:
This joint informational briefing focused on Act 310 grants and aid, with committee members hearing one-minute testimony from organizations first in person and then by Zoom. At the outset, the chairs explained there would be no Q&A during the briefing and asked testifiers to focus on how federal cuts were affecting their work. The meeting was organized by registration number and included both neighbor island and Oʻahu applicants.
Testimony centered on organizations seeking state support to offset federal funding losses or anticipated reductions. Health and social service providers described impacts from Medicaid, SNAP, ACA subsidy, Title X, and other federal changes, including Aloha Care, Community Clinic of Maui, Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies, West Hawaiʻi Community Health Center, Hawaiʻi Disability Rights Center, Hawaiʻi Youth Services Network, Alcoholic Rehabilitation Services of Hawaiʻi, and Kokua Kalihi Valley. Other groups highlighted losses affecting food security, housing, disaster preparedness, and climate resilience, including the Kohala Center, Feeding Hawaiʻi Together, Hawaiian Lending and Investments, Dynamic Community Solutions, and the Pacific Tsunami Museum. Several arts, youth, and education organizations also testified, including Hawaiʻi Literacy, Hawaiʻi Youth Symphony, Honolulu Theatre for the Youth, Sounding Joy Music Therapy, Big Brothers Big Sisters Hawaiʻi, Girl Scouts of Hawaiʻi, Kids Hurt Too Hawaiʻi, and US Vets, each requesting funding to preserve programs and staffing.
No votes or formal committee actions were taken during the briefing. The only action was procedural: the chairs moved through the applicant list, limited testimony time, and then transitioned from neighbor island in-person testimony to Oʻahu and later Zoom participants.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Education (9-16-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- So here on the screen you can see the CS tree and some of the key concepts of computer science there
- 00:29:36.159>
CS here on the screen you can see the CS here on the screen you can see the CS tree - :37.600>
the <00:29:37.760>key <00:29:37.919>concepts <00:29:38.320>of tree - and some of the key concepts of tree and some of the key concepts of computer<00:29:38.880>
science
Keywords:
Call to Order and Roll Call - 0:25
Approval of Minutes – 3-50
2025 RS SB 253 – 4:25
Computer Science and AI Literacy – 27:36
Fayette County School District Budget Update – 51:46
Adjournment – 2:09:46, 958, all
Summary:
The committee first handled routine business, including roll call, introductions, and approval of the previous meeting minutes by voice vote. It then heard a presentation on SB 253, focused on expanding support for teacher apprenticeship and teaching-and-learning pathways. Senator Hickman and staff from the Kentucky Department of Education and Nelson County Schools described how the program uses dual credit, work-based learning, and registered apprenticeship to help students earn an associate degree in high school and continue toward a teaching degree. They said the goal is to address the teacher shortage by creating a sustainable pipeline into the profession.
Witnesses emphasized that the main barrier is cost. Mary Taylor said Kentucky’s youth apprenticeship model has been successful in other fields and that education should be added as an in-demand sector, but an associate degree alone will not solve the teacher shortage because teachers still need a bachelor’s degree and certification. Laura Arnold of Nelson County Schools described the district’s Lead Nelson program, saying the district has invested more than $800,000 since 2021, currently has 37 students in the pathway and seven committed apprentices, and spends about $85,000 per apprentice from freshman year through certification. She said district staffing, planning, and university partnerships are also significant hurdles. Members asked about job guarantees, tenure, and retirement; Arnold said employment is performance-based and retirement issues are being considered.
Senator Hickman said the bill would use lottery funds to help cover tuition and dual credit costs so more districts can participate, noting that a prior version died because of a high fiscal note. Representative Payne and Representative Tipton praised the program but stressed the need for funding and noted inconsistencies between statute and budget language on Work Ready Kentucky and dual credit support. Representative Tipton also cautioned that lottery revenue may not keep pace with demand and said the General Assembly may need to make broader funding decisions. After the apprenticeship discussion, the chair moved the committee to the next agenda item on computer science and AI literacy, where Code.org began a presentation on the importance of computer science for all students.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 04/03/25
Environment, Climate, and Legacy
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, we listen to impacted communities and fund their proven solutions: tree planting, park improvements
- communities and and fund their<00:47:11.680>
proven <00:47:12.280>solutions, <00:47:13.280>tree - <00:47:13.599>
planting, their proven solutions, tree planting, their proven solutions, tree
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on State and Local Government - 03/27/25
State and Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- We've taken a 20-acre hayfield, planted hundreds of trees and a huge amount of wildflowers this past
- taken 20 acre Hayfield planted<02:13:22.920>
hundreds <02:13:23.239>of <02:13:23.440>trees - <02:13:23.760>
and <02:13:23.920>a <02:13:24.079>huge planted hundreds of trees - and a huge planted hundreds of trees and a huge amount<02:13:24.599>
of <02:13:24.760>wild
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (01/27/2026)
Science, Technology and Energy
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- But except in Texas, some recipients are staying in that temporary status.
- You have conflicting service delivery or repeated exceptions tied to the same caregiver or provider agency
- Except in some cases for pregnant women, it's 2:02 a.m. I'm right on that?
- But first, to allow targeted exceptions to licensing or enrollment restrictions for small providers and
- It's also adoption agencies and maternity homes opening up as many options as possible, except for the
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Health and Human Services convened to discuss interim charges regarding fraud, waste, and abuse in Texas human services, particularly focusing on Medicaid and childcare programs. The meeting highlighted the importance of preventing misuse of taxpayer funds, with testimony from various stakeholders emphasizing the need for increased oversight and accountability in these programs. Key points included the alarming rise in healthcare fraud in other states, the necessity for Texas to enhance its fraud prevention measures, and the potential financial repercussions of failing to meet federal compliance standards.
Several committee members expressed concerns about the impact of fraud on vulnerable populations, particularly those relying on Medicaid services. Testimonies from experts underscored the effectiveness of Texas's Office of Inspector General (OIG) in combating fraud, yet pointed out existing vulnerabilities, such as inconsistent enforcement and the need for better data sharing among agencies. The discussion also touched on the challenges faced by hospice care providers, with a significant increase in the number of hospices in Texas raising concerns about quality and oversight.
The committee heard from various witnesses, including representatives from health plans and advocacy organizations, who provided insights into the complexities of managing Medicaid and the importance of maintaining program integrity. The meeting concluded with a commitment to further explore legislative solutions to enhance oversight and ensure that resources are directed to those in genuine need.