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MN
Transcript Highlights:
- from the authors of the bill? from the authors of the bill?
- However, that authority does not take effect until January 1, 2028.
- However, that authority does not take effect until January 1, 2028.
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has for subdivision 2 all that authority has for subdivision 2 all that authority - I understand we do have part authority.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- And we do not have enough budget authority left in FY26.
- We are not asking for blanket bar authority.
- So we need this bar authority for us. We need this bar authority for FY26 and FY27.
- We are not asking for blanket bar authority.
- I don't have an issue with the bar authority.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Emergency Management Committee Apr 7th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- I just want to compliment the author.
- I applaud the author. This is common sense.
- Would the author have any closing statements?
- And then a question for the author.
- Okay, I just want to thank the author for this.
Summary:
The Emergency Management Committee met to adopt its rules and hear a series of disaster- and public safety-related bills. Several measures were placed on consent and approved, including bills sending items to Appropriations, Natural Resources, Judiciary, Labor and Employment, and Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. AB 262, by Assembly Member Caloza, proposed a California Individual Assistance Act to create a state grant program for disaster-related costs when federal aid is unavailable; supporters cited Rio Dell’s earthquake recovery as an example, while some members raised concerns about eligibility, cost, and whether the bill could aid undocumented residents. The bill passed to Appropriations on a 4-2 vote.
AB 549, by Assembly Member Gabriel, would create an interagency coordination framework for major sporting events such as the 2026 World Cup, 2027 Super Bowl, and 2028 Olympics, with supporters emphasizing public safety and anti-trafficking planning. An opposition witness argued the bill could be used to justify prostitution arrests and misuse trafficking funds, but the committee members largely supported the coordination concept, and the bill passed 6-0 to Arts, Entertainment, Sports, and Tourism. AB 270, by Assembly Member Petrie-Norris, would establish a three-year pilot for autonomous aerial firefighting helicopters overseen by the Orange County Fire Authority; supporters described it as a way to extend wildfire response into conditions where crewed aircraft are limited, and the bill passed 6-0 to Privacy and Consumer Protection.
Later, AB 367, by Assembly Member Bennett, sought to require Ventura County water districts in high fire-risk areas to top off tanks during red flag warnings, maintain backup generators, and harden critical water infrastructure. Water agencies opposed the bill unless amended, citing cost, flexibility, and liability concerns, while the author argued the requirements were necessary after failures during the Thomas Fire; it passed 6-1 to Utilities and Energy. AB 615, by Assembly Member Davies, required emergency response plans to be submitted with initial applications for battery energy storage and other energy facilities and to be reviewed with local responders; it passed 7-0 to Utilities and Energy. AB 1075, concerning privately contracted firefighters, also passed on consent to Natural Resources. Finally, AB 1143, by Assembly Member Bennett, would create a voluntary statewide home hardening certification program through the State Fire Marshal; supporters called it a best-practices approach to reduce wildfire losses and insurance risk, and it passed to Natural Resources. The committee then completed roll calls for absent members and adjourned after all bills were moved out.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session - Part 2 - 05/17/26
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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introduce authors of the provisions introduce authors of the provisions - bill author? Uh, Senator May Quaid. bill author? Uh, Senator May Quaid.
- author of the bill? author of the bill?
Summary:
The Senate first received a House message reappointing a conference committee on Senate File 2077, the environment and natural resources appropriations bill, and took no further action on that message. The chamber then moved through motions and resolutions, including a failed attempt to suspend the rules to make House File 4102 a special order for immediate consideration. Senator Howe argued the bill was urgent because it would extend a study on state law enforcement pay and help address State Patrol recruitment and retention, while Senator Friends opposed suspending the rules; the motion failed on a roll call vote, 35 ayes to 32 nays.
The Senate then took House File 3629 from the table, made it a special order, and adopted the A5 amendment. The bill, relating to grants management and the Department of Administration, was described as refining agency authority over exemptions, adding reporting requirements, expanding whistleblower protections, and broadening fraud-prevention tools. The A5 amendment added stronger payment-withholding authority for agencies based on credible allegations of fraud, removed the 60-day withholding limit, allowed cross-agency withholding in some cases, replaced court appeal with agency reconsideration, made the authority permanent, and added a reporting requirement for DHS and DCYF inspector general activity. Supporters said it would improve transparency and protect taxpayers; the bill then passed final roll call 67-0.
Finally, the Senate took up House File 4492, which was amended with the A4 delete-everything amendment. The new version combined three articles: READ Act provisions, a veterans diploma provision, and early literacy field-experience changes. Senators described the veterans section as requiring school districts to award diplomas to veterans who left high school to serve in the Korean or Vietnam Wars, and the READ Act and literacy provisions as aligning teacher preparation and early literacy instruction with state standards. Members also discussed school discipline and classroom safety issues in the course of debate. The bill was then read for final passage, with senators speaking in support of the combined package and its education and veterans provisions.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- by the author of the ACA.
- Madam Chair You The author is Rivas and McGuire in section two we authored this actually.
- Both testimony from the author...
- And you're a co-author? I saw it yesterday. You were a co-author on it immediately? Yeah.
- That the author and the presenters and all of the other co-authors on this say that I'm not running for
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee Apr 1st, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- I don’t think they have the authority to do so.
- I want to thank the author for this.
- I want to thank the author for this.
- I want to thank the author.
- We're looking forward to working with the author.
Summary:
The committee heard several privacy and consumer protection bills, with most of the discussion focused on AI and social media. AB 1405 would create a state registry for AI auditors and set basic transparency, ethics, and qualification standards for those auditors; supporters said it would build trust and provide a foundation for future AI oversight, while some members questioned whether government should define auditor qualifications instead of industry groups. The bill was moved out on a 5-1 vote to Appropriations, with the roll left open.
AB 2, by Assemblymember Lowenthal, would impose enhanced financial penalties on large social media companies when their negligence causes harm to children and teens. Supporters, including a grieving parent and Common Sense Media, argued the bill would create accountability for harmful algorithms and design choices, while opponents from TechNet, EFF, CCIA, and CalChamber warned it was vague, could chill speech, invite censorship, and raise Section 230 and First Amendment concerns. Committee members debated private right of action versus public enforcement, possible shakedown lawsuits, and whether the bill should be narrowed; the bill passed 6-0 to Judiciary with the roll left open.
AB 410 would expand California’s bot disclosure law so bots must identify themselves up front and truthfully if asked, rather than only prohibiting deceptive bots in limited commercial or election contexts. Supporters said the measure would help users, especially youth and vulnerable people, know when they are interacting with AI and reduce deception online; one privacy group withdrew opposition after amendments, and other industry groups said they were no longer opposed or had no formal position. The bill passed 9-1 to Appropriations with the roll left open. The committee also approved AB 1327, which lets consumers cancel home improvement contracts by email instead of only by mail and requires phone assistance for cancellations; the Contractor State License Board withdrew opposition after amendments, and the bill passed 11-0 to Judiciary with the roll left open.
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs May 28th, 2026
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- I don't have that authority.
- I don't have that authority.
- But leave all other laws pertaining to peace officer authority as they are to avoid diminishing the authority
- Outside of DPS's authority.
- And it explicitly authorizes a police officer, who is, and I'm reading verbatim, explicitly authorizes
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The Supreme Court affirmed that the legislature is permitted to grant governing authorities the authority
- They are persuasive authority. They are not controlling authority.
- So the amendment is acceptable to the author.
- Senator Creighton said the Faculty Senate’s current authority, and its authority after the bill passes
- A few questions of the author. Do you yield? I... A few questions of the author? Do you yield?
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum, heard an invocation, received a House message announcing passage of H.B. 500, and a gubernatorial nomination for the Upper Neches River Municipal Water Authority Board. The chamber adopted several resolutions, including SR 409 recognizing Blue Ribbon Lobby Day, SR 402 honoring the discovery of the woolly devil plant at Big Bend National Park, and recognitions for Operation Christmas RGV and Wilson County Day. The Senate also heard an announcement that the Committee on Senate Nominations action report had been placed on members’ desks.
The body then took up and passed several bills. SB 2365 was passed to prohibit personal wireless communication devices by public school students during instructional time, with exceptions for health, special education, and safety needs. SB 1869 was passed to reaffirm the DSHS commissioner’s authority over controlled-substance schedule changes without rulemaking or judicial review. SB 1124 was passed to revise criminal discovery procedures in response to the Heath decision, with supporters saying it preserves exculpatory evidence protections while limiting suppression of inculpatory evidence when the defense already knew of it. SB 1758 was passed to create a Grayson County pilot study and temporary permitting hold concerning a cement kiln/quarry near a semiconductor wafer facility, and SB 2078 was passed to regulate composting in certain counties, after a clarifying amendment.
The Senate also passed SB 33, barring governmental entities from transactions that support abortion assistance or out-of-state abortion procurement; SB 34, expanding wildfire preparedness measures, studies, equipment databases, and rural fire department funding; SB 1208, increasing the penalty for interference with public duties from a Class B misdemeanor to a state jail felony; SB 1030, removing the maintenance, repair, and overhaul tax for general aviation; SB 505, creating processes to address election irregularities; SB 2411, updating the Business Organizations Code and changing filing-method requirements; and SB 1333, addressing unauthorized entry, occupancy, sale, rental, lease, or conveyance of real property. Most measures advanced on voice vote or recorded roll call after motions to suspend the regular order and the constitutional three-day rule, with several members raising questions or objections, especially on the criminal justice, abortion, and public duties bills.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Judiciary Committee Jun 9th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- When it's allowed, I'd like to co-author with you.
- I would love to be added as a co-author.
- I would love to be added as a co-author.
- I want to thank the author for bringing it.
- I'd like to thank the author and the opposition.
Summary:
The committee heard several bills focused on domestic violence protections, pay equity enforcement, Jewish demographic data collection, court transparency, auto glass insurance practices, pet policy disclosure for renters, and civil rights accountability for federal officers. SB 99 would require courts and law enforcement to better recognize military protective orders in domestic violence cases; supporters from the Department of Defense and military organizations said it would close jurisdictional gaps for military families, and the bill passed to Public Safety. SB 1237 would increase penalties for repeat noncompliance with California pay data reporting laws; supporters said stronger enforcement is needed to address persistent wage gaps, and the bill passed to Appropriations. SB 1387 would allow Jewish identity to be reported as an ethnic category in state demographic data; supporters said better data would improve policy and anti-discrimination efforts, while opponents argued the bill was unnecessary or divisive, and it passed to Privacy. SB 932 would require assignees filing civil actions to identify the original party in the case caption; supporters framed it as a transparency measure, and it passed to Judiciary/Appropriations on call.
The committee also took up SB 98, which would regulate auto glass insurance claims by restricting assignment of benefits, requiring clearer estimates and invoices, and limiting inducements to consumers. The sponsor and NICB said the bill would curb fraud and unsafe repairs, while independent glass shops and industry groups argued it could reduce consumer choice and favor insurer-aligned networks; the bill passed to Appropriations. SB 1296 would require landlords to disclose pet policies before collecting application fees and provide refunds if nondisclosure materially affected an applicant’s decision; supporters said it would save renters time and money, while rental housing representatives objected to a provision limiting eviction based solely on failure to sign a pet addendum. The bill passed to Appropriations.
Finally, SB 747, the No Kings Act, would create a California cause of action allowing people to sue federal officers for constitutional violations using standards similar to Section 1983. Senator Wiener and a witness who said he was unlawfully detained by Border Patrol argued the bill is needed because federal officers currently lack comparable accountability after the Supreme Court narrowed Bivens remedies. Law enforcement groups opposed the bill, warning that the qualified immunity language is unclear, could create a separate California standard, and might expose officers and governments to retroactive litigation; members discussed possible amendments on qualified immunity and retroactivity, and the bill was moved forward with an urgency amendment while negotiations continued.
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House County and Municipal Government Committee Feb 18th, 2026
County and Municipal Government
Transcript Highlights:
- where it says each appointing authority where it says each appointing authority shall<00:10:05.279
- Small towns, small cities again, this is the authority of the appointing authority, and they're delegating
- make sure that the appointing authority make sure that the appointing authority collectively<00:
- , you change uh appointing authorities, you change uh appointing authorities, you<00:18:03.520>
- authorities, airport authorities, housing authorities, planning commissions, industrial development
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- All those in favor, uh bill's author.
- seek a sales tax authority lightly. seek a sales tax authority lightly.
- <00:24:56.160>
road for the state authorized road for the state authorized road improvement - opportunity to request the authorization opportunity to request the authorization to<00:26:45.679
- kinds of authority kinds of authority to<01:14:17.520>
penalize <01:14:18.240>or <01
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session May 20th, 2026
California Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I rise in support and thank the author.
- This measure authorizes Los Angeles and Contra Costa counties to This measure authorizes Los Angeles
- Does the bill ask for more authority for counties to tax itself?
- Does the bill ask for more authority for counties to tax itself?
- Does the bill ask more authority for counties to tax itself?
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Public School Capital Outlay Oversight Task Oct 10th, 2025
Public School Capital Outlay Oversight Task Force
Transcript Highlights:
- Sorry, I'm battling allergies, but we are authorized to operate 25 programs.
- The Finance Authority Act, and we have about seven of our programs that are authorized through that act
- Our war has skin in the game as much as the finance authority does.
- The finance authority is here to help solve the problems of the community.
- I'm the interim executive director for the Public School Facilities Authority.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session - part 2 Mar 17th, 2025
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I am a co-author. It's a bill that exemplifies good governance, updating our laws.
- I recognize the author of the bill, the member from Meeker, Representative Gilman.
- I recognize the member from Meeker, the author of the bill, Representative Gilman.
- Seeing none, I recognize the author of the bill, the representative from St.
- I recognize the author of the bill. Representative Skraba. Thank you, Mr.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/18/26
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- co-authoring. Uh members, as uh Rep. co-authoring. Uh members, as uh Rep.
- This authority is specific to a single condition and medical treatment and is not a blanket authority
- <00:55:32.000>
specific court order authorizing specific court order authorizing specific - This currently authorized in statute.
- authorized under law. authorized under law. >> Represent<00:58:04.079>
Frankson.
Keywords:
assisted living, healthcare, training, unlicensed personnel, resident rights, safety regulations, nursing home, long-term care, guardian, conservator, arbitration, mandatory arbitration, consumer protection, fee increase, rate increase, price hike, private pay, public funds, Medicaid, waiver services
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee Jun 24th, 2026
Housing and Community Development
Transcript Highlights:
- Again, no joint powers authority was created. In 2022, frustrated voters passed...
- Better coordination, and again, no joint powers authority was created.
- Accountability without any authority is both unfair and it's ineffective.
- Folsom currently participates in eight joint powers authorities.
- This doesn't take any local authority. It centralizes it.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 6 on Public Safety Apr 20th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- That hiring authority is the warden, correct? Correct.
- The hiring authority has independent discretion...
- Authority? I'm asking. We have enough authority? Authority?
- We also are co-authors of 337, authored by Assembly Member Cork Silva, which is to do some more preventative
- General and the director of the Oregon Youth Authority.
WV
West Virginia 2026 Regular Session
WV Senate Judiciary Committee in Session Mar 10th, 2026 at 03:04 pm
Judiciary
Transcript Highlights:
- It says if the new employee's work authorization is not verified by the federal work authorization program
- employee's work authorization is not verified by the federal work authorization program, a private employer
- Work authorization and then the verification process. Okay.
- So he has that authority. Correct.
- Because it has to do with work authorization.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations and Budget 2nd Revision: Oklahoma Department of Transportation will present at 10:30 a.m.
Appropriations and Budget
Transcript Highlights:
- So the turnpike authority is very, very adept at moving projects forward quickly, and part of that is
- The turnpike authority is also really, really good at filling gaps.
- But the Turnpike Authority is really about throughput, right? That does that make sense?
- Also, but when you look at the Turnpike Authority, they're very efficient, right?
- And again, the Turnpike Authority is looking at how do we support that throughput?
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Higher Education Committee Apr 14th, 2026
Higher Education
Transcript Highlights:
- Authors, you can sign in at the sergeant's desk in Room 127.
- The author would like to close, please. Yeah, I appreciate the points.
- I do not fault the author. I think the author is legitimately interested in good data.
- I don't want to thank the author... Good afternoon.
- I want to thank the author for working on this bill and the staff as well.
Summary:
The Assembly Higher Education Committee heard a series of bills focused on student access, equity, and campus safety. AB 2236 would require a streamlined system-level articulation process for California Community Colleges’ common course numbering so transfer students receive credit consistently across CSU and UC; it drew broad support from student groups and higher education advocates, with opposition from the CSU Academic Senate, and was moved on a do pass and re-refer motion. AB 2771, the Bureau of Private Postsecondary Education sunset bill, would extend the bureau to 2031 and make technical and policy changes; it received support from the bureau and some advocates, but Vice Chair DeMaio opposed it over concerns about bureaucracy and potential fee increases, and the bill was advanced on a 4-1 vote. AB 2422 would require colleges and universities to protect students from penalties when financial aid is delayed for reasons beyond their control, including soft holds and enrollment protections; it was supported by student groups and moved forward on an amended do pass motion.
The committee also approved AB 1669, which would create clearer medical and mental health leave-of-absence policies and a protected path for students to return without reapplying; testimony emphasized the strain on students facing mental health crises and the bill passed with support from students and campus advocates. AB 1713 would require colleges to accept an IEP or 504 plan as proof of disability for accommodation purposes, reducing the need for students to undergo costly re-diagnosis; it received strong support from disability advocates and students and was advanced. AB 1734, the Count Hunger Act, would fund and expand California’s food insecurity research through UCLA’s California Health Interview Survey to replace lost federal data; it drew support from food banks and anti-hunger organizations, but Vice Chair DeMaio opposed it over cost and procurement concerns, and it moved forward on a 3-1 vote.
The committee also heard AB 2766, which would expand priority housing and related supports for current and former foster youth and students experiencing homelessness at California colleges and universities, including deferring housing deposits until aid is disbursed; it was backed by foster youth advocates and student groups and advanced. Finally, AB 2212 would update California’s sexual harassment laws for higher education to address AI-generated explicit material, deepfakes, cyberstalking, and other tech-facilitated abuse, and to require campus policies and resources; it was supported by student survivors, advocacy organizations, and campus groups, with no opposition noted, and was moved forward by the committee.