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TX
Transcript Highlights:
- something that's sold over the counter, unvetted, not prescription, that we don't know what the quality control
- constituents shouldn't have to face budget cuts for things like breast cancer screenings. and pollution control
- There's a bond that's shared with fellow military members, particularly as we work on border issues.
Bills:
SB 3, SB 16, SB 2, SB 5, SB 10, HB17, SB 54, SB 9, SB 7, SB 17, SB 4, HB8, HB25, HB26, HB192, HB8, HB25, HB26, HB48, HB149, HB192, HB254, HB17, SB54, SB9, SB7, SB17, SB4, SB3, SB16, SB2, SB5, SB10
Keywords:
flash flood, flood warning, outdoor warning siren, emergency alert, disaster preparedness, flood mitigation, Hill Country floods, Texas Water Development Board, municipalities, counties, local government mandate, public safety, grant program, backup power, weather siren, emergency management, flood-prone area, warning system, real property theft, real property fraud
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The bill limits its application to only counties with a population of less than 500,000 that border the
- and Wildlife, as these birds, as well as bats serve vital roles as pollinators as well as in pest control
- Members, this is the bill we heard previously by Representative Zwiener relating to the control by lethal
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Finance Aug 21st, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- I know it's easy to forget us once you pass the border.
- , and the agency is asking these companies to reapply as vendors this year in efforts to tighten controls
- infrastructure needs in southern New Mexico, in small communities within 150 miles of the international border
- So, you can't control it, but in this very first discussion of this, you can't control that in this.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs (02/18/2026)
Commerce and Consumer Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- The motion is inexpedient to legislate. control since uh the vape devices are control since uh the vape
- I think you know we cannot control the manufacturers because that's not a state manufacturer.
- But what we can control is the distribution of those products in the industry.
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go < - They want to be able to have the control over what their children are doing.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 5 on State Administration Apr 1st, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- hearing will focus on a number of budget issues for the Department of Veterans Affairs, Cannabis Control
- We will be now talking about issue number four, which is the Department of Cannabis Control, and...
- I am the Deputy Director of Government Affairs for the Department of Cannabis Control.
- I serve as the budget officer for the Department of Cannabis Control.
- The department's primary source of funding is a special fund called the Cannabis Control Fund.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session-Day 12, February 23, 2026-AM
Wyoming House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Transportation Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Joint Committee on Transportation
Transcript Highlights:
- At the same time, this legislation prevents dragnet surveillance and puts Massachusetts back in control
- At the same time, this legislation prevents dragnet surveillance and puts Massachusetts back in control
- At the same time, this legislation prevents dragnet surveillance and puts Massachusetts back in control
- At the same time, this legislation prevents dragnet surveillance and puts Massachusetts back in control
- This accident was a mere 12 years ago, 23 miles north of the main border.
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Transportation held a hybrid hearing on 31 bills covering driver privacy and data, distinctive license plates, public awareness signage, railroad safety, superload permitting, TNC/delivery data reporting, and MBTA safety measures. Chairs Jim Arciero and Brendan Crighton outlined the hearing process, and the committee heard testimony from state officials, advocates, family members of fallen officers and firefighters, transportation industry representatives, civil liberties groups, and others. No votes were taken during the hearing itself, and the meeting ended with a motion to adjourn.
Several speakers supported bills creating a Blue Star Family license plate to honor families of fallen law enforcement officers, and a separate motorcycle plate for fallen firefighters. Colonel Jeffrey Noble and others from the Healey-Driscoll Administration and law enforcement groups said the plates would complement existing memorial practices and provide a lasting public tribute. Family members of officers killed in the line of duty gave emotional testimony in support, and Representative Steve Ultrino and Paul Jakes backed the firefighter memorial motorcycle plate as revenue-neutral, with proceeds supporting the fallen firefighter memorial.
The committee also heard testimony on transportation policy and safety bills. Industry witnesses urged modernization of Massachusetts superload permitting rules, saying current requirements are slower and more expensive than neighboring states and delay public projects. Advocates supported a human trafficking awareness bill requiring hotline signage in transit facilities, a driver privacy bill limiting automatic license plate reader data retention and sharing, and a bill requiring two-person crews on freight trains and other railroad safety measures such as hotbox detectors and transportation for railroad employees. Senator John Keenan also testified for expanded naloxone availability in MBTA stations and said the MBTA had not fully complied with prior legislative directives.
NV
Nevada 2025 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session May 30th, 2025 at 02:00 pm
Nevada Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Assembly Bill 545 increases certain fees relating to form certifying emission control compliance that
- must be paid by the Department of Motor Vehicles and accounted for in the pollution control account.
- Assembly Bill 545 increases certain fees relating to form certifying emission control compliance that
- must be paid by the Department of Motor Vehicles and accounted for in the pollution control account.
- inflates costs and creates compliance nightmares for contractors operating across state or even national borders
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2025-04-03 (9:00AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- SB 878 extends this for controlled substances so that those committing crimes under the influence of
- controlled substances could also get the help they need.
- , more focused framework prohibiting unauthorized climate altering interventions within Florida's borders
- The bill provides districts with greater control over their short and long-term facility plans, and the
- bill enhances financial control for districts to provide flexibility and use federal funding for support
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 4 on Climate Crisis, Resources, Energy, and Transportation Mar 26th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- The budget proposes a one-time $166 million total transfer from the Air Pollution Control Fund and Greenhouse
- Food and Agriculture, they do have... presented in the borders, as you go in or out of the state, the
- I want to ask: Air Pollution Control Funds, have you ever used those before for the MVA account?
- And now we have: Have we ever used the Air Pollution Control Funds to balance this?
- precedents we haven't done before: using GGRF funds, using Proposition bond funding, using Air Pollution Control
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/12/26
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- are a number of factors that can help answer this question, and not everything is in Minnesota's control
- are a number of factors that can help answer this question, and not everything is in Minnesota's control
- are a number of factors that can help answer this question, and not everything is in Minnesota's control
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MN
Transcript Highlights:
- natural gas system, installing a variable refrigerant flow HVAC system to provide a modern climate control
- Several of them border Rice Lake. And so this is an opportunity for a training center.
- The owners of that gas station have passed, and it is being monitored by the Minnesota Pollution Control
- The owners of Pollution Control Agency.
- response, coordinated law enforcement efforts, and access for victims or agencies from across the border
Bills:
HF2178, HF942, HF2470, HF1043, HF1287, HF1229, HF1230, HF424, HF571, HF404, HF910, HF1055, HF318, HF319, HF401, HF609, HF306, HF1599, HF1881
Keywords:
HF2178, Cohasset, capital investment, bonding bill, state bonds, public infrastructure, water tower, water infrastructure, sanitary sewer, storm sewer, street reconstruction, municipal infrastructure, Public Facilities Authority, bond proceeds fund, Minnesota bonding, local government aid, utility infrastructure, public works, infrastructure, stormwater
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 2/23/26
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- And finally, tools that the legislature has given us through our infrastructure grants, which is border-to-border
- Um, we have programs such as I mentioned, the border-to-border, the low population line extension, as
- As I mentioned, the border-to-border grant program and the low population density program are the two
- So the traditional border-to-border provided up to 50% public-private partnership match, and then the
- And within the history of the border-to-border grant program, we have done 10 rounds.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Business and Professions Committee Apr 8th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Before January 1, 2025, dental assistants were required to complete the eight-hour infection control
- While infection control training is essential, this rigid requirement causes hiring delays, particularly
- This maintains patient safety, as new hires already receive Cal/OSHA-mandated infection control training
- ... ...utensils or interacting with blood and saliva until they've had infection control education.
- As for cross-border practice or mobility, this has been an integral part of the accounting profession
Summary:
The Assembly Business and Professions Committee heard a long agenda of licensing, health care, and workforce bills. Measures discussed included AB 957, which would prohibit tobacco sales in licensed pharmacies; AB 447, which would allow patients to take home certain unopened medications started in emergency rooms; AB 427, joining the Social Work Licensure Compact; AB 667, allowing interpreters for certain licensing exams; AB 742, prioritizing descendants of slaves in licensing review; AB 873, changing infection-control training timing for dental assistants; AB 360, requiring a report on menopause education for physicians; and AB 1175, modernizing CPA licensure requirements and mobility. Testimony generally emphasized public health, access to care, workforce shortages, language access, and economic opportunity, while opposition or concerns focused on implementation, worker protections, compact authority, and constitutional issues in AB 742.
Several bills drew broad support from sponsors, professional associations, and advocacy groups. AB 957 was backed by cancer and pharmacy advocates and pharmacists who said pharmacies should not sell tobacco; AB 447 was supported by emergency medicine and hospital representatives as a way to reduce waste and help patients leave with needed medication; AB 427 drew support from social work and mental health groups but concerns from AFSCME about standards and displacement; AB 667 was supported by immigrant-rights and community groups, with questions about whether translated exams would be preferable to interpreters; AB 360 received extensive support from women’s health advocates and medical groups, and opposition from CMA and ACOG was removed after amendments; and AB 1175 was supported by the Board of Accountancy and CPA groups as a way to expand the pipeline and improve mobility.
The committee took votes after quorum was established. AB 360, AB 427, AB 447, AB 667, AB 873, AB 1175, and AB 742 were all approved and sent to their next committees, with AB 742 going to Judiciary and AB 1175 to Appropriations. AB 957 was initially held on call, then later passed after additional votes were recorded. The consent calendar bills AB 375, AB 1107, and AB 1496 were also approved. Most measures passed on largely party-line or near-unanimous votes, with some members not voting on certain items during the roll calls.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 03/06/25
Environment, Climate, and Legacy
Transcript Highlights:
- We often at the association talk about cross-border competitiveness. I'm sorry about that.
- In fact, small retailers and those on the border are disproportionately impacted by those impacts.
- We often at the association talk about cross-border competitiveness. I'm sorry about that.
- In fact, small retailers and those on the border are disproportionately impacted by those impacts.
- They're the ones that have control over it, so they will be part of the conversation.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 02/04/25
Environment, Climate, and Legacy
Transcript Highlights:
- Then, last on our agenda, we are going to have the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
- Then, last on our agenda, we are going to have the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
- Then, last on our agenda, we are going to have the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
- Then, last on our agenda, we are going to have the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
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FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
December 10, 2025 - 01:00 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- Some of these are data points that we collect from the federal government, border agencies, state, sic
- These are tourists, travelers coming to Florida and we compare in a test control scenario.
- impacted the decision that they made to travel to Florida. 5 of those 20 items or visit Florida controlled
- And that's why we have this control group of where versus not aware.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
March 24, 2025 - 04:00 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- there with both the physician and the CRNA, but I do have concerns about turning over the complete control
- If he had been born across the border in Wisconsin, he would not have been diagnosed.
- Next up, we will have CS for HB 519, Administration of Controlled Substances, by Representative Bartleman
- Forty years in the making, plus we've been given controlled substances to treat our patients as paramedics
Summary:
The Health and Human Services Committee heard a lengthy agenda of health care and public health bills. The first major item was HB 649, which would remove the paper supervision protocol for certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) and allow autonomous practice. The sponsor and supporters argued it would improve access, especially in rural areas, address workforce shortages, and reduce costs, while opponents from the medical community raised patient safety concerns and argued it would weaken physician oversight. After extensive testimony and debate, the committee reported the bill favorably by a vote of 18-7.
The committee then unanimously advanced several other measures. HB 259, creating a special observance for fentanyl awareness and education, passed 23-0. HB 791, which codifies infant safety devices as an option for surrendering newborns and amends safe-haven law, passed as amended 25-0. HB 355, allowing schools to use FDA-approved emergency opioid antagonists rather than only naloxone, passed 26-0. HB 1119, requiring hospitals with emergency departments to adopt pediatric readiness policies, training, coordination, and assessment requirements, also passed 26-0 after two amendments. HB 431, changing the date for level-two background screening of athletic coaches to July 1, 2026, passed 26-0.
Later, the committee approved CS for HB 907, the Florida Institute for Pediatric Rare Diseases or “Sunshine Genetics Act,” which would establish an opt-in newborn genome sequencing program at FSU and a statewide consortium for rare disease research; supporters emphasized earlier diagnosis and cost savings, and the bill passed 25-0. CS for HB 519, aligning state law with federal law on controlled substances for paramedics, passed 25-0. Finally, CS for HB 723, requiring the Department of Health to provide early-detection materials for type 1 diabetes to families of young schoolchildren, passed as amended 26-0. The meeting adjourned after all bills were reported favorably.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- And finally, it protects new control. This makes permitting faster and accessible.
- All right, we have some air traffic control with senators coming and going.
- They don't have a chance to give their public comment because the state now controls that.
- meaningful engagement about the size, the scope, the cumulative impact of major utility facilities just bordering
Summary:
The committee began by postponing SB 1742 on condos until the following week, then took up SB 1298 on building construction. Senator Simon said the bill would require continued education for long-licensed building professionals, clarify interagency sharing of building officials, limit residential inspectors to one- and two-family homes, revive a paid internship for residential planning examiners, modernize permit signatures, and clarify contractor responsibility when work changes hands. The bill drew supportive waivers and was reported favorably.
Members then considered SB 940 on third-party restaurant reservation platforms. A delete-everything amendment was adopted to target bots and unauthorized resale of restaurant reservations, while preserving direct restaurant-platform relationships and requiring consumer contact information when reservations are made through noncontractual platforms. The Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association and Booking Holdings supported the measure, and CS/SB 940 was reported favorably. SB 638 on home inspectors also passed after the sponsor explained it would raise education requirements from 120 to 200 hours, add instruction on building code, wind mitigation, four-point and insurance inspections, and require $300,000 in errors-and-omissions coverage; it was reported favorably.
The committee next approved SB 960 on elevator accessibility, allowing additional shorter support rails while keeping the existing 42-inch rail requirement. SB 196 on foods containing vaccines or vaccine materials was amended to address mRNA language and cosmetics safety standards, with the committee adopting amendments and then reporting the bill favorably. SB 1418 on heated tobacco products was amended to clarify the definition of heated tobacco products and exclude other forms such as hookah; it also passed favorably. The committee also recommended confirmation of a block of board and commission appointees.
Finally, SB 1262 on construction contracting was amended to add contractor continuing-education topics, strengthen penalties for unlicensed activity, create a standardized disciplinary reporting system, and require timely refunds and project completion standards; it was reported favorably with support from the Florida Home Builders Association. SB 1304 on solar facilities was then approved after extensive testimony from rural county commissioners and local officials who argued that utility-scale solar on agricultural land has grown without sufficient local oversight and that decommissioning rules are needed to protect farmland and communities. The bill would repeal the current by-right treatment of solar facilities on ag land and authorize counties to adopt decommissioning ordinances; it was reported favorably after a technical amendment.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Feb 24th, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- for dignity and self-determination is as much as remembering our past as it is about shaping and controlling
- timeless message that is central to both black and Afro-Latino experience, a message that transcends borders
- According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, one in three adolescents report verbal, emotional
- It's just that the motor neurons progressively died, and then they cannot control your physical organs