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TX
Transcript Highlights:
- and it's because Texas holds a national... security sentiment for those of us who retire and aren't native
- It increases the penalties to a third-degree felony if the total value is less than $10,000 and a second-degree
- felony if the total value is more than $10,000 and less than $100,000.
Keywords:
carbon sequestration, environmental policy, Texas, energy, climate change, regulatory council, geothermal energy, workforce development, education and training, energy industry, apprenticeship, energy production, energy policy, renewable energy, state council, administrative law, public information, transparency, government accountability, judicial process
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Mar 28th, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Today I rise on behalf of the California Native American Legislative Caucus to join in celebrating the
- But it was there that Cesar Chavez was educating and empowering farm workers to know their true value
- He was speaking... ...empowering farm workers to know their true value.
Summary:
The Assembly convened after a quorum call, prayer, pledge, and a moment of silence for Marysville Police Officer Osmar Rodarte. Members then handled several procedural motions, including re-referring bills and moving items on the file, with AB 567 re-referred by a recorded vote of 42-17 and the remaining referral requests approved without objection. The chamber also heard a brief personal statement from Assembly Member Macedo thanking colleagues and staff for support during a health episode.
On the floor, members presented and passed several measures. AB 310 by Assembly Member Alanis, requiring youth sports organizations to have AED access, emergency response plans, and coach training, passed 56-0. AB 437 by Assembly Member Lackey, expanding CIF reporting to include sports-related injuries and medical problems, passed 59-0. ACR 55 by Assembly Member Jeff Gonzalez, commemorating the 40th anniversary of ARC v. DDS and the Lanterman Act, received 62 co-authors and was adopted by voice vote.
The Assembly also adopted HR 28 recognizing Major League Baseball Opening Day 2025, with extended lighthearted remarks about the Dodgers, Giants, and Athletics, and HR 23 honoring Cesar Chavez Day, which drew broad support from caucus leaders and members speaking to Chavez’s labor and civil rights legacy. Both resolutions were adopted by voice vote after adding co-authors. The chamber then approved the second-day consent calendar, including ACR 39 on Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Awareness Month and ACR 53 on Women’s Equal Pay Day, and later adjourned in memory of Ralph Miller after tributes from Assembly Members Hart and Gibson. The House adjourned until Tuesday, April 1 at 1 p.m.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Land Grant Oct 7th, 2025
House Rural Development, Land Grants And Cultural Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- And all the time that my great-great-grandpa was alcalde, he had democratic values and recollections.
- how to do exactly that: how to collaborate and how to bring some of the land-grant interests and values
- grants and to the counties, and different partners that could speak to these traditional cultural values
- Those traditional cultural products and the traditional values that are so important to these land grants
- follows a tradition of other funding that we followed, you know, like with the colonias and also with Native
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Elections Committee Jul 2nd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Elizabeth Schmidt, a native-born Californian, strong support.
- and the public to know in my reporting, that they supported my campaign and my foundation and what I value
- They supported my values. I also come from an area of California that is very...
- and the public to know in my reporting that they supported my campaign and my foundation and what I value
- They supported my values.
Summary:
The Assembly Elections Committee met on July 2, 2025, with a quorum present and took up eight agenda items, including four consent bills. The committee first approved the consent calendar, which included SB 280, SB 621, SB 851, and SB 852, all moving forward without objection. The committee then heard several bills from Senator Umberg focused on election administration and campaign finance, along with SB 408 on voter-roll maintenance.
SB 249 would require county board of education elections to be consolidated with the statewide general election. Supporters, including the League of Women Voters, argued this would increase turnout and make those elections more representative; opponents, including Orange County education officials, argued it would override local control, increase costs, and add ballot fatigue. The bill passed 5-2 and was re-referred to the Committee on Education. SB 398 would make it a crime to pay or offer contingent payments or other valuable consideration to induce voting or voter registration, closing what supporters described as a loophole involving lotteries and incentives. It passed 5-0 as amended and was re-referred to the Committee on Public Safety.
SB 42 would remove the state ban on public financing for campaigns in general law cities and counties, allowing local voters to decide whether to adopt such systems. Supporters from Common Cause, the League of Women Voters, and many local advocates said it would broaden participation and reduce the influence of big money; opponents raised concerns about taxpayer funding, guardrails, and local oversight. The bill passed 5-2 and was re-referred to Appropriations. Finally, SB 408 would require election officials to use U.S. Postal Service change-of-address data to help maintain voter rolls; supporters said it would improve accuracy and trust in elections, while one commenter questioned reliance on postal data. The bill passed unanimously 6-0 and was re-referred to Appropriations. The committee then completed the remaining roll calls and adjourned.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Environment Committee Meeting - 2025-03-25
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- This proposal also more Appropriately reflects the value of Minnesota's groundwater.
- assistance, maintaining lake, river, and aquifer data, supporting forest stewardship, and restoring native
- I mean, that's just not what I want to do, but this bill runs right up against another very core value
- of mine, which is about the value of arts and artists.
- I appreciate you speaking and representing the value of the arts. That's one of my main...
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- perfectly, so I'm not sure, besides that, what more I have to add, except that my wife and I are native
- types of entities, in my opinion, have a threat to the neighborhood stability and the neighborhood values
- It would bring down value in the neighborhood.
- It would bring down value in the neighborhood.
- It's a job I find a lot of value in. I hope I provide value to the state in doing it.
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Nominations held its final nomination hearing of the session and considered three nominees: J.B. Goodwin for the Texas Real Estate Commission, Courtney Yaltman for the Public Utility Commission of Texas, and Thomas Gleason as PUC chairman. Goodwin described his long career in real estate and charitable work, and senators questioned him extensively about the Real Estate Commission’s self-directed, semi-independent status, housing affordability, institutional homebuyers, property insurance costs, disclosure issues, and the Burnett v. National Association of Realtors case. Yaltman and Gleason were questioned about PUC oversight of ERCOT, post-Winter Storm Uri reforms, utility resilience and vegetation management after Hurricane Beryl, water and telecommunications oversight, staffing and transparency, and rising infrastructure and utility costs.
Much of the discussion focused on housing and utility affordability, with several senators urging the nominees to keep consumer protection and public trust at the forefront. Goodwin said housing affordability and large-scale investment purchases were not within the Real Estate Commission’s direct purview, though he supported further study. Yaltman and Gleason said the PUC had increased oversight of ERCOT, improved communication and accountability with utilities, and was working on resiliency plans, rate-setting issues, and infrastructure planning while trying to avoid overburdening ratepayers.
The committee first voted to favorably report nominees left pending from the May 5 agenda by a 6-0 roll call vote. After public testimony was opened and closed, the committee then voted on the nominees heard that day and favorably recommended all three to the full Senate for confirmation by a 7-0 vote. The committee then recessed subject to the call of the chair.
PA
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill provides for native habitats at Commonwealth facilities.
- address the dwindling habitats for crucial pollinators by prioritizing the use of insecticide-free native
- address the dwindling habitats for crucial pollinators by prioritizing the use of insecticide-free native
- This bill also directs the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to share their native plant
- expertise with other agencies and set the example by installing native pollinator habitat on Commonwealth
Summary:
The House convened, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, welcomed numerous guests and interns to the chamber, and established a quorum with 202 members voting on the master roll call. The House then received committee reports on several bills and a resolution, including measures from Consumer Protection, Finance, Communications and Technology, Rules, and Appropriations, and agreed to the reports. House Bill 1877 was reported as passed by the Senate without amendment and was signed by the Speaker for presentation to the Governor.
The chamber adopted House Resolution 363, as amended, directing the Joint State Government Commission to study Pennsylvania’s early childhood education system, including the role of public and private equity in child care and recommendations to improve access and affordability. The House also advanced several bills on final passage, including House Bills 2551, 75, 76, 426, 1127, 2234, and 1585. These measures addressed issues such as banning government text-message collection of fees and tolls, medical licensing for physician assistants and physicians, native habitats at Commonwealth facilities, joining the dental and dental hygienist compact, a spent grain donation tax credit, and restrictions on mugshot removal fees. Most passed with broad support, though House Bill 1127 drew opposition over concerns about licensing standards and the compact structure.
Members also considered House Bill 2650, creating the Governor’s Responsible Infrastructure Development Certification for data centers, and House Bill 2496, establishing a temporary pause on data center proposals while local ordinances are reviewed. Both bills were amended several times. Debate on HB 2650 focused on data center impacts on electricity costs, water use, noise, community benefit agreements, and farmland protection; one farmland-protection amendment was tabled, while other amendments on closed-loop cooling and enforceable local criteria were adopted. Debate on HB 2496 centered on preserving local control and home rule authority for municipalities, with amendments clarifying that local governments could continue curative amendment procedures and retain zoning powers. The House agreed to both bills as amended.
The House also re-reported several bills from Appropriations and Rules, reconsidered and re-accepted a prior committee report on House Bill 2359, and announced caucus and committee meetings. At the end of the session, the House moved several bills to Appropriations, removed Senate Bill 1058 from the table calendar to the active calendar, and adjourned until Wednesday, June 24, 2026, at 11 a.m., unless recalled sooner.
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Transportation Apr 1st, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- academic and field settings focused on expanding habitat networks and building capacity within the native
- the increase will be to support research in partnership with IFAS to help establish a more robust native
- With more resources for this research, they can work to reduce the cost of native wildflower seeds and
- bring down the cost of planting native wildflowers for everyone.
- But most importantly, this will allow the Department of Transportation to incorporate more native wildflowers
Summary:
The Transportation Committee took up several bills and amendments related to traffic safety, utilities, schools, and motor vehicle administration. Senator Pizzo’s SB 1782, as amended, expanded reckless driving per se to include certain high-speed behaviors; the late amendment removed impound language but kept mandatory court appearance, and the bill was reported favorably. Senator McLean’s SB 818 on utility relocation was amended to include an important state interest finding; after testimony from county groups opposing the cost shift to local governments and Charter Communications supporting the bill, it was also reported favorably.
The committee also approved SB 1644 on emergency vehicles, after a delete-all amendment broadened warning-signal use for volunteer firefighters, medical staff, and related vehicles. Senator Trumbull’s SB 1348 on DHSMV services was amended to streamline local delivery of motor vehicle services and remove certain fines, waiting periods, and CDL retesting provisions; it passed favorably with support from Florida Tax Collectors. Senator McLean’s SB 1188 on local governing authorities and charter schools drew the most debate, with supporters arguing local governments were using traffic and site-plan rules to block charter schools and opponents warning the bill would tie the hands of local governments and create a blanket preemption; it was reported favorably.
The committee then passed SB 636, which limits use of the far-left lane on high-speed roads except for passing, exiting, move-over compliance, or traffic conditions, and requires FDOT signage. Senator Arrington’s SB 1152 increased the Florida Wildflower specialty plate fee from $15 to $25 to raise more money for wildflower research and habitat programs; it was reported favorably. Finally, the committee unanimously recommended confirmation of multiple appointments to the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority, Central Florida Expressway Authority, Jacksonville Port Authority, Jacksonville Transportation Authority, and Florida Transportation Commission, and then adjourned.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- HR number 461 by Harless, honoring native Texan and musician and actor Lyle Lovett.
- 3935 by HOpper relating to an exemption from an advalarium taxation of a portion of the appraised value
- ruling the local option exemption from a taxation by taxing unit for all or part of the appraised value
- and civil jurisprudence HB 4082 by the suit relating to the limitations, increase in the appraised value
- Transportation HB 4090 by Patterson relating to the exemption from a loan taxation and the total price value
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Apr 15th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- May our decisions reflect the values of justice, peace and respect for all.
- And whereas Oklahoma State University is guided by the values of the cowboy code emphasizing integrity
- She is a lifelong Oklahoman and Native American daughter, wife, mother, aunt, and registered nurse.
- It will create what's called credentials of value that will help guide students and families in selecting
Bills:
SR31, SB2060, SB2184, HB1371, HB1411, HB1933, HB2361, HB2398, HB2893, HB3006, HB3044, HB3127, HB3322, HB3147, HB1276, HB3472, HB3522, HB3704, HB4303, HB4319
Keywords:
military, children, resilience, Purple Up!, military families, master development district, improvement district, public improvements, infrastructure financing, special assessments, statutory revision, consolidation, law amendment, emergency legislation, legal clarity, oil and gas, mineral rights, proceeds, royalties, escrow account
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- in the Somali population and native in the Somali population and native population.<00:58:34.240
- We aim to constantly achieve our primary value of the needs of the patient come first.
- Thank you, Chair Fateh, for recognizing the value in this program.
- <01:27:25.679>
in Chair Fate, for recognizing the value in Chair Fate, for recognizing the - value in this<01:27:26.080>
program.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Commission to Study Stable Tokens (12/10/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- And uh you can explain your value proposition better than me, but basically you're helping companies
- And uh you can explain your value proposition better than me, but basically you're helping companies
- What is of most value to the group?
- rails that have proven volume and value rails that have proven volume and value from<00:49:17.359
- So those fees will be blockchain native.
Summary:
The commission met with a quorum, approved the agenda, and approved the November 12 minutes after a motion, second, and unanimous voice/online consent. The chair said the meeting would include two presentations—one from Noah Herman of Fortress Global and one from John Kicko and team from Hedera—followed by discussion of the commission’s next steps and public comment. The chair also noted he was still seeking a clerk for note-taking.
Herman’s presentation focused on stablecoins, blockchain use cases, and operational considerations for states and other institutions. He described Fortress as an enterprise crypto-wallet and treasury platform serving corporates, governments, and nonprofits, and used examples such as Save the Children and a large global commodities firm to illustrate custody and treasury management on blockchain rails. He said stablecoins are designed to maintain a U.S. dollar peg, are increasingly backed by treasuries and subject to greater transparency, and are being adopted by major firms and payment companies because they can improve speed, reduce cost, and simplify payments. He also highlighted market growth, including claims that stablecoins now represent a significant share of on-chain activity and are a major holder of U.S. Treasuries.
He identified custody as a key issue for state and institutional use, outlining qualified custody, managed custody, and self-custody models. He said the main practical challenge for the commodities client was moving funds safely and quickly across global time zones and that blockchain rails could solve problems that traditional banking rails could not. He framed the broader trend as one of accelerating institutional adoption, citing recent acquisitions and product launches by Visa, Stripe, Citi, and PayPal as evidence that stablecoin infrastructure is becoming mainstream.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, March 4, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- day for your lifelong commitment to ensuring that immigrant communities are seen, immigrants are valued
- day for your lifelong commitment to ensuring that immigrant communities are seen, immigrants are valued
- uplifted and loved immigrants are valued uplifted and loved just<00:09:15.959>
as <00:09:16.120 - He lives by the values instilled in him at a young age by his parents, the Reverend and Mrs.
- Brandon is a Green County native and has served on the school board since 2020.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- And anytime you have something of value and worth and of long-term value, you do have to know that there's
- And anytime you have something of value and worth and of long-term value, you do have to know that there's
- When we adopted e-pull tabs, we made a promise and a commitment to the Native American tribes of Minnesota
- When we adopted e-pull tabs, we made a promise and a commitment to the Native American tribes of Minnesota
- When we adopted e-pull tabs, we made a promise and a commitment to the Native American tribes of Minnesota
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Time to show that we support them and that we value them no matter what.
- I believe those. have some great values. I mean, I grew up on those.
- That some faiths are valued more than others.
- I, like Texans across all backgrounds, am guided by the shared values. values we have of empathy, kindness
- Values that call for creating inclusive environment.
Bills:
HB4, HB54, SB 10, SB 24, HB4, HB54, HB775, HB850, HB 1122, HB 1249, HB1405, HB2336, HB2757, HB3372, HB3622, HB4442, HB4687, HB4893, HB5089, HB5515, HB5606, SB10, SB24, HB1573, HB3369
Keywords:
district composition, congressional election, Texas, legislature, voting districts, citizenship, U.S. citizen, non-citizen, public office, advisory board, task force, state government, local government, political subdivision, commission board, appointment eligibility, officeholder qualifications, public service, naturalization, Texas Government Code
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Finance Dec 10th, 2025 at 01:45 pm
Transcript Highlights:
- About 50% of our clientele are Hispanic and another 10% are Native American.
- We currently have six species of native grasses growing or scheduled to grow on six different science
- But really interested, sort of on that, creating more value... B U M N M H M N M...
- And so, PIVOT stands for Program Inventories for Value Outcomes and Transparency.
- The value that Corrections places on this work is reflected in the distribution of their programmatic
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Natural Resources and Energy (11-6-25)
Transcript Highlights:
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Um at curtailment before native load. - Um at curtailment before native load.
- Uh, I'm a former coal miner myself, so I understand the value of those jobs, and unfortunately we've
- Uh, I'm a former coal miner myself, so I understand the value of those jobs, and unfortunately we've
- Uh, I'm a former coal miner myself, so I understand the value of those jobs, and unfortunately we've
Keywords:
Meeting Start 00:00:00
Attendance Roll Call 00:00:10
Approval of Minutes 00:01:19
Helping Power Kentucky's Growth (LG&E/KU) 00:01:39
Update from Kentucky's Electric Cooperatives 00:47:35, 958, all
Summary:
The committee met with a quorum, approved the minutes from the previous meeting, and then heard a presentation from LG&E and KU representatives Caroline Clark and John Bevington on economic development, energy demand, and the utility’s role in supporting Kentucky’s growth. Bevington described the company’s service territory, generation fleet, and recent economic development activity, including 76 projects supported in 2024, more than $2.8 billion in private investment, and over 3,000 new jobs. He emphasized that data centers are now the dominant driver in the pipeline, with 22 data center projects representing about 8.7 of the 9.7 gigawatts of potential demand, alongside other manufacturing and commercial projects.
A major focus was how data centers choose sites and how utilities respond. Bevington explained that hyperscale data centers typically approach utilities first because they need transmission-level access, and that utilities then conduct internal analyses, estimate infrastructure needs, and require financial security before proceeding. He said the company is working through formal transmission studies and long-lead infrastructure planning, and noted that Kentucky’s sales tax exemption for data centers helped attract interest. He also outlined the economic benefits of data centers, citing an announced Louisville project of 525 megawatts and about $11 billion in investment, with an estimated $500 million in new tax revenue over 10 years, plus broader job and GDP impacts.
Members asked about whether data centers could generate their own power, the reliability of the pipeline numbers given confidentiality and nondisclosure agreements, and cybersecurity concerns. Bevington said the company does not assume all pipeline projects will materialize in Kentucky and instead assigns probabilities to avoid overbuilding. He also said he was not the right person to address cybersecurity in detail but offered to return to a committee focused on IT or security. In response to questions about future supply, he said LG&E and KU are adding generation through a 120-megawatt solar facility in Mercer County, a 120-megawatt solar purchase in Marion County, and a 645-megawatt natural gas combined-cycle plant in Louisville, with PSC approval recently granted for additional generation and related system upgrades.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- trap-and-sort system that would remove invasive carp from the river and may have potential to help native
- the river and may have potential to from the river and may have potential to help<00:04:03.840>
native - help native fish pass the lock and dam. help native fish pass the lock and dam.
- And for someone with a public health approach to develop that value after we found it is contrary to
- And for someone with a public health approach to develop that value after we found it is contrary to
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate - 01/22/25
Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate
Transcript Highlights:
- So with that, I accept your invitation to speak for the next 30 minutes about the value of what we're
- So with that, I accept your invitation to speak for the next 30 minutes about the value of what we're
- by global economic value by 2030<00:26:22.919>
beyond <00:26:23.200>the <00:26:23.360>< - We are the closest community, native or nonnative, in the nation to a nuclear plant and store nuclear
- <01:24:54.040>
or we are the closest Community native or we are the closest Community native
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Community Affairs Mar 31st, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- LOVE FOR FLORIDA'S BEAUTY, IT'S RIVERS LIKE WEEKI WACHEE, CLEAN CHORES AND CARE FOR ENVIRONMENT IS A VALUE
- I AM A FLORIDA NATIVE TOUR GUIDE AND I OPPOSE THIS BILL.
- THEY HAVE NO VALUE AND ARE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO RECOVER ESPECIALLY IN RIVERS.
- AND BRENDA WELLS WILL BE ON DECK. >> THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY, I AM A FLORIDA NATIVE