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AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/03/2026 - House Natural Resources, Energy & Water

Natural Resources, Energy & Water

Transcript Highlights:
  • It supports ag and energy development and ensures local governments stay within their legal lane.
  • As you've heard, it preempts county government from preventing restrictions.
  • The government failed to enforce a way to put it away, and it has cost lives in my area.
  • The primary objective section contains a delayed repeal date of January 1, 2030.
  • With respect to Section 3-3493 and paragraphs C and D, the Clean Air Act, Section 211(c)(4)(C)(ii), provides
Summary: The committee heard several energy and transportation bills, with testimony largely split between sponsors, industry groups, local governments, and environmental advocates. HB 2428, dealing with county and ADEQ authority to issue voluntary permits certifying emission reduction credits for mobile and non-road sources, drew neutral support from ADEQ and support from Maricopa County; it was amended and passed 10-0 with a due pass recommendation. HB 2145, which expands who may petition on gasoline supplier alternative standards, also passed, 5-4, with no amendment. A lengthy debate followed on HB 2331, as amended, which would require electric utilities to ensure 85% of generating capacity serving retail load comes from “reliable resources” by 2030. The sponsor and supporters argued the bill was needed to preserve affordable, dependable power and prevent overreliance on intermittent renewables, while opponents from the Sierra Club and Rural Arizona Action said it would effectively favor fossil fuels, raise costs, and limit cleaner energy options. The committee adopted the strike-everything amendment and the sponsor’s amendment, then passed the bill 6-4. HB 2795, which limits county zoning authority over small modular reactors once federal permitting and certification steps are met, drew strong support from nuclear and business advocates and opposition from county, city, and environmental representatives concerned about local control, safety, waste, and preemption; it passed 6-4 after amendment-related discussion. The committee also passed HB 2340, which allows the power plant and transmission line siting committee to evaluate the plant itself when reviewing transmission line applications, by a 5-4 vote. Finally, HB 2400, an emergency measure to suspend the motor vehicle fuel tax in Areas A and C during summer months and replace the lost revenue with state highway funds, prompted testimony about gas prices, boutique fuel requirements, and transportation funding needs; cities and counties opposed the diversion of highway funds, while the sponsor argued it would help consumers facing higher fuel costs. The Griffin amendment was adopted, and the bill passed with a due pass recommendation after debate on affordability versus road funding.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Transportation Jan 12th, 2026

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • The bill, again, creates no new government program, requires no general revenue funding, and relies entirely
  • The articles of agreement amend several sections to adhere to IFTA for motor fuels, authorize private
Summary: The Transportation Committee heard and advanced several bills, mostly related to honorary roadway designations, specialty license plates, and Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles administration. SB 628 designated a portion of South Navy Boulevard in Pensacola as “Warrior Sacrifice Way” to honor Ensign Joshua Watson and Petty Officers Muhammad Hatham and Cameron Walters, who were killed in the 2019 Naval Air Station Pensacola attack. The bill passed favorably with no debate or opposition. The committee also considered SB 174, naming a portion of State Road 985 in Miami-Dade County as Charlie Kirk Memorial Avenue. Senator Arrington opposed the bill during debate, citing Kirk’s public statements as inconsistent with the honor, while Senator Rodriguez argued the designation was an honorary roadway naming that did not require agreement with Kirk’s views. The bill was reported favorably. SB 388, which raises the annual use fee for the Florida Wildflowers specialty license plate from $15 to $25 while keeping the lower fee for owners with more than 10 vehicles, also passed favorably after a support-only public comment. Members then approved SB 470, which opens the Fraternal Order of Police specialty plate to the general public and allows redesigns to help sustain sales and increase funding for law enforcement memorial efforts. Public testimony from the FOP supported the change. SB 584 authorized DHSMV to enter agreements allowing county tax collectors to enforce certain commercial driving school provisions, aimed at addressing fraud and licensing abuses, and it passed favorably with support. Finally, the committee approved SB 488, the DHSMV agency package updating IFTA compliance, online filing, crash reporting thresholds, registration procedures, email communications, and tank vehicle definitions, along with SB 490, the companion public records exemption for email addresses used under SB 488; both were reported favorably, with SB 490 noted as requiring a two-thirds vote.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Article 3, Section 40, and Article 4, Section 8A of the Texas Constitution do hereby present the following
  • The county failed them, the river authority failed them, and in a larger sense, their government failed
  • That section for the Justice of the Peace is about justices of the peace.
  • This amendment would require counties to update their minimum building codes to the 2018.
  • Passed subject to Article 3, Section 49A of the Texas Constitution.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Cap Committee Meeting - 2025-04-23

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • Louis County Government Center, enhancing accessibility and effectiveness.
  • Section one deals with getting it into one package that can prepare for the eventual transfer, and section
  • Was this heard in State and Local Government?
  • I don't think it was, but was this heard in State and Local Government?
  • This has not gone to State and Local Government.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Capital Investment Committee 4/23/25

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • I spend a lot of time on that section of 52.
  • Section one deals with getting it into one package that can prepare for the eventual transfer, and section
  • Section one deals with getting it into one package that can prepare for the eventual transfer, and section
  • Uh, Represent local government?
  • <01:02:58.000> We're to state and local government. We're to state and local government.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Capital Investment Committee 4/3/25

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • meets building codes for mechanic space. meets building codes for mechanic space.
  • Collaboration leads to effective and efficient governance, and ultimately combining resources leads to
  • and effective and efficient governance and ultimately<00:45:01.920> combining<00:45:02.480>
  • In some areas, they are so brittle they collapse or sections fail, causing sewer backups into the mains
  • and their zip code and their uh<01:08:56.880> place<01:08:57.199> of<01:08:57.440>
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

WAM-LBT, WAM Informational Briefings 01-20-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • report and also from our benefit section report and also from our benefit section is<00:01:40.640
  • Well, I I government jurisdictions.
  • And so when we are coding and going through it... >> Yeah.
  • And so when we are coding and buckets.
  • <01:57:21.360> 237- pursuant to section 237- pursuant to section 237- 237D-2. 237D-2. 237D
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Are you talking about codes other than no CAST? Yeah, course codes. We don't have.
  • What this will be a six-digit code. Right now, we have a four digit code.
  • Are you talking about page 3, section B, page two, line 9?
  • districts and the governing bodies of charter schools shall adopt a policy described by section C.
  • Then we go down to section C.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Chamber Meeting Feb 13th, 2026 at 11:03 am

New Mexico House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Memo forthcoming regarding the dress code. Madam, Mr.
  • But our local governments and even our executives' governments serving the state of New Mexico have a
  • It delivers in the complexity of modern governance.
  • So all it's asking is that they don't get, government.
  • So the local government still has to issue the permit. Mr.
NE

Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session

Legislative Morning Session Apr 8th, 2026

Nebraska Unicameral Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Typically, you have government perform a program such as this.
  • The answer is always not government for some of you.
  • To the question about why we need a government program, why does government need to administer this,
  • And in working with municipal government, working with state government, private donors have really created
  • It does not have to go through the government.
NE

Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session

Legislative Afternoon Session Apr 8th, 2026

Nebraska Unicameral Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Also, in Section 22 of, it'll be...
  • In Section 22 of LB 1209, I'm adding an extra section at the very end.
  • in Section 8, and extensive reporting requirements in Sections 3 and 16.
  • Okay, hey, I've been in city local government for 12 years.
  • And I've been in city local government for 12 years.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Senate May 29th, 2026

Louisiana Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Many of you probably worked with her in state government at the end of her life.
  • This has been a pastime that's been taken away from our hunters in our area by the federal government
  • , and I hope that this resolution encourages the federal government to reconsider that action and allow
  • The federal government to reconsider that action and allow that pastime to continue in the Kisatchie
  • Louisiana Geological Survey to establish an advisory committee to review existing laws and regulations governing
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Senate May 29th, 2026

Louisiana Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Many of you probably worked with her in state government at the end of her life.
  • This has been a pastime that's been taken away from our hunters in our area by the federal government
  • , and I hope that this resolution encourages the federal government to reconsider that action and allow
  • The federal government to reconsider that action and allow that pastime to continue in the Kisatchie
  • Louisiana Geological Survey to establish an advisory committee to review existing laws and regulations governing
Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, received a prayer and pledge, adopted the journal, and heard messages from the House reporting final passage of several Senate bills and concurrence in SCR 86 and 87. The chamber also observed personal privileges honoring the lives of Edith K. Kirkpatrick and Susan Ann Traylor Bidick, with family members present and a moment of silence held for Bidick. The House later refused concurrence on Senate amendments to HB 42 and HB 159. The Senate then took up a series of resolutions, most of which were adopted without objection. These included studies on energy infrastructure and modernization (SR 174, amended to add an alternative energy industry representative and a consumer advocate), breast pump Medicaid reimbursement (SR 175), digital student IDs (SR 176), lethality assessment protocols in domestic violence cases (SR 177), problem gambling prevention (SR 178), community water system grading (SR 179), condolences for Sharon Courtney (SR 180), and expansion of the Louisiana Tumor Registry (SR 181). The chamber also adopted SCR 85 honoring the Sam Houston High School Broncos baseball team after a recorded vote of 36 yeas and 8 nays. On bills returned from the House, HB 1222 on grocery initiative grants failed on final passage by a vote of 18 yeas and 19 nays. SB 312 had House amendments rejected, SB 348 and SB 485 had House amendments concurred in, and SB 121 on congressional redistricting was the subject of extensive debate over racial gerrymandering, district configuration, and expected litigation before the Senate concurred in the House amendments by 28 yeas and 10 nays. The Senate also concurred in several House concurrent resolutions, including studies or reports on flooded corn and migratory waterfowl, deer hunting with dogs in Kisatchie National Forest, support for a Senator Kennedy letter to the Fish and Wildlife Service, boating safety reporting, and subsurface data review. Finally, HB 944 creating a Women’s Health Consortium within the Department of Health was amended to address funding concerns and convert it into a more task-force-like structure, then passed 37-0 with nine coauthors. The Senate then recessed until 1:30 p.m. to continue work, including conference committee reports.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Health and Welfare May 26th, 2026

Health and Welfare

Transcript Highlights:
  • contains express exclusions for Medicaid providers, recipients of line-item appropriations, procurement code
  • ongoing or recurring interaction involving the provision of those four services, whether or not it's governed
Bills: HR290, HR298, SB405, SCR61, HR318
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 4/16/26

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • are funding them out of a larger pot so that a kid's chances in life don't depend on his or her zip code
  • , on on where they were her zip code, on on where they were born,<00:03:31.000> on<00:03:31.160
  • <00:20:34.400> body governing body governing body uh<00:20:35.560> to<00:20:35.720>
  • <00:40:12.480> center toward a centralized government center toward a centralized government
  • Chair Gomez: >> Are you essentially replacing the larger sections in particular?