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FL
Transcript Highlights:
  • You ever, and to Senator Trumbull's point earlier, which is you want to make an accommodation that 50
  • The second question: do you ever outsource to accommodate sudden swells or lulls in permitting and inspections
  • Did you ever find in temporary fashion to accommodate some sudden surge that's trending, go ahead and
  • So we have been able to accommodate the city inspection load by some of these guys having 40, 50 inspections
  • We have been able to accommodate the city inspection load by some of these guys having 40, 50 inspections
Summary: The committee first took up a long-running audit finding involving the City of Daytona Beach’s unexpended building permit fund balance, which has exceeded the statutory cap for several years and was reported at $10.8 million in the latest audit. Mayor Derek Henry and city staff said the city had analyzed the fund, adopted a corrective action plan, waived more than $5.5 million in permit and inspection fees, used some excess funds for a training facility rehabilitation, and is pursuing a $9.4 million City Hall expansion that they say is allowed under a November 2024 Attorney General opinion permitting construction of a building to house the building code enforcement function. Committee members repeatedly questioned whether the city was simply trying to spend down the money, whether the proposed uses were truly lawful, why the balance kept growing despite fee waivers, and where the interest earnings were going. The mayor and deputy city manager said the city’s growth and staffing needs justified the plan, but several members expressed frustration and skepticism. A public commenter also urged accountability and raised concerns about the city’s spending plans and the size of the remaining balance. The committee then received an Auditor General presentation on the Town of Greenville, which found 31 operational audit findings and described pervasive control failures, possible fraud, waste, and abuse. The findings included election paperwork problems that left a council seat vacant, conflicts of interest, late financial disclosure filings, related-party transactions, inadequate meeting notices and minutes, quorum and voting documentation problems, council members’ involvement in day-to-day operations, missing ethics training, budget adoption and monitoring deficiencies, inaccurate accounting records and bank reconciliations, utility billing and rate issues, grant compliance problems tied to an unfinished grocery store project, weak personnel and contracting controls, improper severance and compensation issues, late vendor payments, weak procurement and P-card controls, vehicle-use and property-control weaknesses, poor public records access, and IT access and fraud-policy gaps. Greenville’s mayor and staff said the audit largely reflected the prior administration and that the current council and staff are taking corrective action. They said the town terminated the former manager, adopted seven new policies since the audit began, and is working with the Auditor General to improve procurement, financial controls, inventory management, grant oversight, and ethics compliance. The town attorney said he had alerted federal authorities earlier about concerns, and committee members noted that FDLE has received a criminal referral and is investigating. Several members praised the new leadership’s cooperation but also suggested the town consider consolidation or dissolution if problems persist.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

Senate - Judiciary Jan 27th, 2025

Senate Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • So yes, we will alert you to that and often suggest technical amendments to accommodate that.
  • This process is designed to accommodate all of those counter currents and cross currents, but please
  • I mean, that's what we've been trying to figure out: how to expand the levels of felonies to accommodate
  • So, I mean, anything that you want, we are more than happy to accommodate.
  • Happy to accommodate you, which is, you know, tell us what it is that you need.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Elections - 03/17/26

Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • If you do require a reasonable accommodation, please speak with our sergeant staff for assistance with
  • <00:01:22.200> reasonable If you do require a reasonable If you do require a reasonable accommodation
  • 23.360> please<00:01:23.680> speak<00:01:23.920> with<00:01:24.080> our accommodation
  • , please speak with our accommodation, please speak with our sergeant<00:01:24.640> staff<00:01
  • modifications to prune down some of its capabilities into a standard platform that would allow or accommodate
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure Committee Mar 11th, 2026

Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure

Transcript Highlights:
  • But there are also costs for utility accommodation on public right-of-way that are indirect but no less
  • on public rideway that are accommodation on public rideway that are indirect<00:38:32.079> but
  • So there is an indirect cost to the department that we bear all the time as part of our accommodation
  • So there is an indirect cost to the department that we bear all the time as part of our accommodation
  • So there is an indirect cost to the department that we bear all the time as part of our accommodation
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • state as a tourism destination and drive overnight visitation, the more visitors stay in our accommodations
  • million released in the 2024 session for state park improvements, including building systems, accommodations
  • The accommodations and hospitality project will provide interior renovations and new furniture at those
  • <00:42:44.480> and<00:42:44.720> Hospitality<00:42:45.599> project accommodations
  • and Hospitality project accommodations and Hospitality project will<00:42:46.720> provide<00:
Summary: The committee met for its second Budget Review on Economic Development, Public Protection, Tourism, and Energy and first approved the minutes from the prior meeting. Members then heard a presentation from the Tourism, Arts, and Heritage Cabinet and the Kentucky Department of Tourism on the 1% tourism marketing fund. Witnesses explained that the fund supports statewide tourism promotion, advertising, research, regional marketing, and matching grants to local tourism commissions, and that it cannot be used for capital construction. They reported that the General Assembly and governor increased appropriations in the 2024 session, adding $3 million in FY25 and $7 million in FY26, and set aside funding for the Kentucky Mountain Regional Recreation Authority, the National Quilt Museum, and the Southern Kentucky Tourism Initiative. Tourism officials emphasized that Kentucky tourism is a major economic driver, citing 2023 figures of $13.8 billion in economic impact, 79.3 million visitors, $9.7 billion in direct spending, more than 95,000 jobs supported, and nearly $1 billion in state and local tax revenue. They said the department now uses targeted digital and over-the-top advertising in selected domestic and international markets, with 62% of media placements digital and 80% of the budget spent out of state. Members asked about market selection, how the department measures return on investment, and what attracts visitors from places such as Dallas, Orlando, Toronto, and Washington, D.C.; officials said research shows a mix of family visits, outdoor recreation, and varied Kentucky offerings, and that 81% of overnight visitors are repeat visitors. They also discussed the potential impact of tariffs and trade tensions on bourbon-related tourism and international visitation, especially from Canada, and officials said they were monitoring the situation with U.S. Travel Association and Brand USA. The committee then heard from Kentucky State Parks officials on capital projects funded through HJR 76, HJR 56, and House Bill 6. They said they are providing quarterly project reports and have been meeting regularly with the Finance Cabinet’s engineering and contract staff. The presentation focused on campground utilities, broadband, and structural upgrades, including $40 million for campground improvements across the park system, with completed bathhouse renovations at Barren River and Nolin Lake and additional projects underway or in planning. Officials said the work is based on camper survey feedback, such as requests for better Wi-Fi, sewer and electric upgrades, frost-free spigots, and improved site layouts, and noted that the My Old Kentucky Home campground project is under construction and expected to be completed by spring 2026.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Electricity as Vehicle Fuel Working Group 9/15/25

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, as Margaret noted, we have been working on just coming up with a fair solution to how to accommodate
  • studying how people, how states, and frankly other countries do this and how they have moved to accommodate
  • moved to accommodate moved to accommodate the<00:30:53.360> reality<00:30:53.760> that
  • <00:32:36.799> A can on how to fairly accommodate that.
  • A can on how to fairly accommodate that.
Keywords: 919, house, all
Summary: The meeting was the first session of the Minnesota Department of Transportation’s Electricity as a Vehicle Fuel Working Group. Commissioner Nancy Doenberger opened with introductions from members representing state agencies, legislators, utilities, local governments, industry groups, advocacy organizations, and others. The group then elected its leadership: Senator Anne Johnson Stewart was nominated and unanimously elected chair, and Representative Steve Elkins was nominated and unanimously elected vice chair. Senator Johnson Stewart said she would ensure all viewpoints are heard and asked MnDOT to continue running the meeting for practical reasons. Austin Turman of the Legislative Coordinating Commission reviewed the authorizing legislation. He explained that the working group must analyze electricity used as vehicle fuel infrastructure opportunities and barriers, develop a roadmap with policy and funding recommendations for sustainable transportation funding consistent with the Minnesota Constitution, and study other states’ approaches to equitable fuel assessment methods for electric vehicles. The group’s report is due February 13 and will go to the governor and legislative transportation leaders. Turman also briefly reviewed open meeting law requirements, noting the group must operate publicly when a quorum discusses official business, though public comment is not required. Members then discussed the purpose of the group and the need to find a fair replacement or supplement for declining gas tax revenue as EVs increase. Senator Johnson Stewart emphasized balancing system funding needs with user-based fairness, including differences in vehicle weight and road use. Representative Murphy stressed the need to consider rural Minnesota, taxpayer impacts, and current science, including climate and CO2 issues. Drive Electric Minnesota said EV drivers should pay their fair share and not be overburdened, while the Department of Revenue said it wants to administer the new EV charging-station tax fairly. A trucking representative highlighted that passenger vehicles and freight vehicles have very different operating and charging needs, suggesting the group consider those differences in any fee structure.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

EDT-HRE, HRE Public Hearings 03-13-2025

Economic Development and Tourism

Transcript Highlights:
  • I think there are probably further designs that could be accommodated to see if it could be beyond 15,000
  • to see if if that could be accommodated to see if if it<00:16:03.199> could<00:16:03.360>
  • What we defined in our RFP is that it's 25,000 seats, 16 luxury boxes, four locker rooms, accommodations
  • So if this stadium is not built by 2028, is your folks going to be able to accommodate that up until
  • Yes, we can accommodate up until 2028. Okay, thank you. Oh, any other questions?
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The Senate Committee on Economic Development and Tourism and Higher Education heard HB 1494, relating to sports facilities. Testimony was largely in opposition to the bill as drafted from the Stadium Authority, the Department of Accounting and General Services, and the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, with several other written comments also opposing; each asked that if the measure advances, Senate language from related stadium bills be incorporated instead. The University of Hawaiʻi testified in support of the Nāʻid project and said it wants the project delivered at Halawa so the university can have a football facility, though members pressed the university on whether it was effectively supporting both the project and the bill’s current approach. A substantial portion of the hearing focused on the stadium project’s financing, schedule, and oversight. DAGS and Public Works discussed a consultant contract that had grown to about $28 million and an audit that recovered $441,000 after improper travel and expense reimbursements, including first-class airfare and other personal expenses; officials said the audit exposed weak internal controls and led to revised reimbursement policies. Members questioned whether the problems would have been found without media reporting and whether stronger oversight should have been in place earlier. The committee also discussed the current Ching Field setup for UH football, with witnesses describing it as less than ideal and temporary until the new stadium is built. Stadium Authority representatives said the current preferred offeror is Aloha Halawa Development Partners, negotiations have recently accelerated, and the goal remains a contract this summer and a fall 2028 opening. They said the state is committed to $350 million in general obligation bonds, with the overall project expected to cost more, and that the developer is exploring other financing sources such as TIF or CFD while the state and city work to expedite permits and demolition. No vote or final action on the bill was taken in the portion provided.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/25

Housing Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • its current and future residents, and sometimes the city compromises or changes its positions to accommodate
  • Most importantly, the homes can accommodate people of all ages, physical abilities, and life stages.
  • Most importantly, the homes can accommodate people of all ages, physical abilities, and life stages.
  • Most importantly, the homes can accommodate people of all ages, physical abilities, and life stages.
  • people of all ages physical accommodate people of all ages physical abilities<00:52:47.920> and
Keywords: 1183, house
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Science, Technology and Energy (01/13/2026)

Science, Technology and Energy

Transcript Highlights:
  • there's a way that we can accommodate there's a way that we can accommodate both<00:41:07.119>
  • There's a need for certain accommodations where people may have purchased a home and they never saw a
  • Is there any appetite to make accommodations for commuter rail?
  • <01:45:41.600> for you want to make accommodations for you want to make accommodations for
  • <01:45:46.560> for any appetite to make accommodations for any appetite to make accommodations
Keywords: 1189, house, all
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • We may be stopping and starting so we can accommodate all the coming and going. So please come.
  • Starting so we can accommodate all the coming and going. So please come. Thank you.
Keywords: 914, all
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services (01/22/2025)

Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Oh yeah, so again, with the terms and conditions which I worked under, I had short-term disability coverage
  • > next<03:26:55.160> to He said he works next to people who may have some sort of disability
Keywords: 1189, house, all
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Senate Session (01/29/2026)

New Hampshire Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • You find a way to accommodate, and I think that is what's going to happen.
  • You find a way to<01:04:31.039> accommodate<01:04:32.400> and<01:04:32.640> I<01
  • They really try to accommodate things.
  • You know, we figured out a way to sort of make sure the taxpayers were able to accommodate it.
  • You know, we figured out a way to sort of make sure the taxpayers were able to accommodate it.
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs Apr 25th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • essential care until unhealthy or unwanted pregnancies put patients on the extreme cusp of death or disability
  • The disability or the county could also be flown, but I see that many flags are being changed and altered
  • based on reproductive ability, and any time that someone had ...a deviation from that, it's just a disability
  • This bill explicitly requires that these individuals are accommodated under existing law.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

WTL Public Hearing 03-17-2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • The chair then reiterated that the agenda would be changed to accommodate neighbor-island representatives
  • He noted that many counties have set up recovery offices or climate change/disability offices focused
  • He noted that many counties have already set up recovery offices or climate change/disability offices
  • The speaker said many counties have set up recovery offices or climate change/disability offices focused
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The Committee on Water and Land heard SR 18, which asks DLNR to transfer active agricultural land leases to the Department of Agriculture to support agriculture. DLNR, through Don Chang, opposed the resolution, saying the department has already been transferring parcels by mutual agreement and should not be required to transfer lands it does not consent to. Ranchers and agricultural advocates strongly supported the measure, arguing that the lands are active production areas, that partial transfers would undermine ranching operations, and that water infrastructure built by ranchers must be protected. Testimony from the Hawaii Farm Bureau and others emphasized the importance of preserving agricultural land for food production, wildfire management, and long-term ranch viability. Committee members pressed both sides on acreage, specific parcels, and whether negotiations were still ongoing, with DLNR later clarifying that some parcels remain under negotiation and that some proposed transfers have been narrowed or adjusted. Several specific ranches and parcels were discussed, including Batello, Diamond B, Delo, Nobriga, and Kapala Ranch. Witnesses described the operational importance of water systems, grazing areas, and access routes, and said that losing productive acreage would threaten business viability. Some members expressed concern that the proposal appeared to transfer productive land while leaving less useful land with ranchers, and urged the department to continue transparent negotiations and consider the practical impact on agriculture and conservation. A DLNR representative said some transfers were tied to other needs, such as transportation mitigation, and not to a broader effort to take more land. The Department of Agriculture later stated it supports the intent of the measure, but suggested its concerns would likely be addressed if the resolution were narrowed to the specific parcels at issue. The chair also announced that the related House bill on the same subject remains alive and will be heard by Water and Land on Thursday. After concluding SR 18, the committee moved on to SCR 51 and SR 33, which seek a working group to evaluate establishing and administratively placing an Office of Resilience and Recovery. The Office of Planning and Sustainable Development indicated support for the concept, noting the office’s value in Maui wildfire recovery efforts.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention - 03/11/25

Housing and Homelessness Prevention

Transcript Highlights:
  • this accommodate or incentivize this development.<00:28:04.960> This<00:28:05.279> bill
  • Most importantly, the homes can accommodate people of all ages, abilities, and life stages.
  • Most importantly, the homes can accommodate people of all ages, abilities, and life stages.
  • Most importantly, the homes can accommodate people of all ages, abilities, and life stages.
  • And, two, cities have already designed infrastructure and traffic management to accommodate commercial
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, July 16, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • on the medical center's governing board as chairman and on the MHMR board, helping those with disabilities
  • That would mean schools would not be potentially required to provide accommodations for students with
  • disabilities.
  • your child with autism, for every parent fighting for your child with a visual or intellectual disability
  • And as Bell Hooks taught us, teaching— who have disabilities may no longer have who have disabilities
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

House Chamber - Thu Mar 5, 2026, 12:00PM HST - Day 23

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It just means when you get the airfare, I think, and you get accommodations and tours and food that,
  • :21.680> get the um airfare, I think, and you get the um airfare, I think, and you get accommodations
  • and tours and food that accommodations and tours and food that in<00:35:27.599> the<00:35:27.760
  • 42:32.880> to<01:42:33.040> the<01:42:33.199> transient<01:42:33.679> accommodations
  • relating to the transient accommodations relating to the transient accommodations tax.<01:42:35.280
Bills: HB2246, HB2119, HB1929, HB1953, HB1572, HB2549, HB2594, HB2551, HB2595, HB2548, HB2459, HB1931, HB1604, HB1616, HB1736, HB2233, HB2241, HB1891, HB1803, HB2567, HB2534, HB2399, HB2172, HB1595, HB1811, HB2168, HB1780, HB1781, HB1785, HB2122, HB2012, HB2398, HB1779, HB2296, HB1894, HB1925, HB2019, HB1896, HB2294, HB2298, HB2300, HB2344, HB2345, HB2391, HB2037, HB2201, HB1941, HB1635, HB1943, HB2325, HB1926, HB2490, HB1710, HB2545, HB1976, HB2173, HB1804, HB1563, HB2015, HB1619, HB2475, HB1889, HB2367, HB2187, HB1765, HB1452, HB2231, HB1700, HB1705, HB1626, HB1897, HB1642, HB1523, HB2593, HB815, HB1655, HB1596, HB1732, HB1842, HB2476, HB2478, HB2022, HB1588, HB2575, HB1163, HB2153, HB772, HB1519, HB2050, HB2309, HB2147, HB2329, HB2274, HB2280, HB2547, HB2275, HB2452, HB2306, HB2148, HB2088, HB1764, HB2438, HB2117, HB1860, HB2604, HB2118, HB2017, HB2155, HB1832, HB2216, HB1601, HB1934, HB2297, HB2397, HB1893, HB2533, HB1890, HB2454, HB2004, HB2427, HB2207, HB1810, HB1840, HB1644, HB1645, HB1946, HB1648, HB2324, HB2323, HB1509, HB1514, HB1515, HB2164, HB2165, HB2283, HB1691, HB2386, HB2423, HB2121, HB1984, HB1593, HB1671, HB2619, HB1481, HB2314, HB2319, HB1643, HB2558, HB1864, HB1898, HB2214, HB2167, HB2488, HB2009, HB2007, HB322, HB1964, HB2218, HB2616, HB1535, HB1574, HB1977, HB2054, HB2046, HB146, HB2094, HB2181, HB2250, HB2515, HB2444, HB2385, HB1740, HB1724, HB1733, HB1799, HB1725, HB2049, HB2161, HB1970, HB2519, HB1790, HB2416, HB1873, HB2001, HB2151, HB1603, HB1880, HB1753, HB2198, HB1511, HB1991, HB2546, HB1615, HB1939, HB2140, HB2429, HB1870, HB1850, HB1782, HB2137
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

House Chamber - Thu Apr 9, 2026, 12:00PM HST - Day 42

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

House Chamber - Fri Apr 10, 2026, 12:00PM HST - Day 43

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/10/2026 - House Commerce

Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • The way that was accommodated is they would take basically a nonresident test and license in one state
  • It accommodates a change made by other states that kind of duplicates the circumstance for licensing
Summary: The Commerce Committee met and heard three bills, after announcing that Senate Bill 1254 would not be heard. Senate Bill 1181, which revises requirements for certified public accountants and is identical to House Bill 2476, was presented as a CPA pathways measure that opens additional routes to CPA certification in Arizona. Testimony from the Arizona Society of Certified Public Accountants supported the bill as part of a nationwide effort to keep Arizona CPAs competitive. The committee had no questions and voted 10-0 to give SB 1181 a do pass recommendation. Senate Bill 1252 adopted the Uniform Law Commission’s Uniform Assignment for Benefit of Creditors Act. Staff and Uniform Law Commission testimony explained that the bill creates a debtor-initiated alternative to bankruptcy or receivership, allowing a distressed business to assign assets to an assignee who liquidates them and distributes proceeds to creditors under a priority scheme. The act was described as flexible, with creditor notice, claims resolution, and court oversight provisions. The committee again had no questions and voted 10-0 to recommend SB 1252 do pass. Senate Bill 1415 set qualifications for salaried employees of insurers or managing general agents to obtain an adjuster license without taking the Arizona adjuster exam, and limited such licenses to adjusting claims as salaried employees. State Farm testified in support, explaining that other states have changed licensing rules, creating a need for Arizona-based company adjusters to obtain Arizona licenses without duplicative testing, especially for large employers like State Farm and USAA. The bill was presented as a workaround to preserve reciprocity for existing adjusters, and the committee voted 10-0 to recommend SB 1415 do pass before adjourning.