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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Taxes - 04/23/25

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> Senator River. Thank you, Madam Chair.
  • Uh, we have asked the schools to remove any mascots or depictions of American Indians that are offensive
  • </c> American Indians that are offensive.
  • American Indians that are offensive. um<00:41:40.480><c> and</c><00:41:40.720><c> there</c><00:41:40.960
  • communities here in our American Indian communities here in our state.<00:46:14.560><c> And</c><00:46
Committee: Senate Taxes
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Jun 4th, 2026

California Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Creator God, give us a heart like yours that inspires us to love without reservation, to step out and
  • care for us, to love without reservation, to step out in courageous service to one another, and never
  • is a province with only 1% of the population that has 80 million people, and they are manufacturing wind
  • it escorted Governor Newsom and his delegation in a 2023 visit to the wetlands Rare Birds National Reserve
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Jun 15th, 2026

California Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It maintains $36.5 billion in combined total reserves. It's balanced and...
  • I'm also grateful for the California Indian Nations College receiving a funding allocation, which will
  • And let me repeat, this budget creates $36.5 billion in reserves.
  • If you look at when I was budget chair from 2004 to 2008 in the Assembly, and we had no reserves, and
  • we are at a point that we have $36.5 billion of reserves now.
Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, approved the June 8–11, 2026 journals, and adopted floor amendments. It also referred several bills to Rules and approved motions affecting Budget and Fiscal Review Committee procedure, including second-reading treatment for budget measures and suspension of Joint Rule 62A to allow budget hearings on short notice. Both motions passed on roll call after some protest votes. The chamber then considered several appointments to the Delta Stewardship Council and the Board of State and Community Corrections. Senators discussed the Delta, water policy, and the proposed Delta Tunnel, but the confirmations of Julie Lee, Ann Patterson, and Sheriff Christopher Clark all passed. The Senate also adopted Senate Joint Resolution 17, authored by Senator Choi, honoring Republic of Korea veterans who served alongside U.S. troops in Vietnam and urging Congress and the President to clarify that states may extend burial and memorial benefits in state veterans’ cemeteries. The main floor debate centered on Assembly Bill 109, the 2026 Budget Act. Supporters highlighted a $355.9 billion budget with $253 billion General Fund spending, $36.5 billion in reserves, a reduced structural deficit, and investments in child care, Medi-Cal, hospitals, housing, IHSS, education, transit, and other services. Opponents criticized the budget as relying on future tax increases, leaving a structural deficit, and failing to do enough on affordability, public safety, Prop. 36, unemployment insurance debt, and gas prices. After extensive debate, AB 109 passed 28–9, and the Senate later approved a consent calendar of six Assembly bills. The session ended with adjournments in memory of Hajan Lee, Doris Fisher, and James Leslie Barbie, and the Senate adjourned until June 18, 2026.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Legislative Committee on Water Supply During Drought Jun 11th, 2025 at 01:00 pm

Joint Legislative Committee on Water Supply During Drought

Transcript Highlights:
  • in spring drought is really hard on them, and we've had to do some pulses to flush them out of the river
  • And, of course, the Yakima River right across.
  • So we're not planning on a direct high-lift pump out of the river at that location.
  • part of coordinating with all our integrated plan partners, which will help us farther down in the river
  • tough environment for the freshwater portion of the fish, the different species life cycle in the river
Summary: The Joint Committee on Water Supply During Drought opened its 2025 meeting with member introductions and then held elections for committee leadership. After brief discussion about the committee’s customary rotation and eligibility rules, members unanimously elected Senator Ron Muzzall as chair and Representative Kristine Reeves as vice chair. The outgoing chair, Representative Ybarra, continued presiding for the remainder of the meeting at Senator Muzzall’s request. The committee then heard a presentation from Sage Park of the Roza Irrigation District on current drought conditions in the Yakima Basin. Park described very low reservoir levels, declining water supply forecasts, an early shutdown of deliveries, and the district’s response measures, including a 10-day shutdown, pump-backs, leased water, canal piping, and on-farm conservation. She also noted impacts on growers, including fallowing and removal of thousands of acres of crops, and emphasized the need for continued emergency drought funding, faster and more efficient state lease assistance, and support for fish-related water needs and longer-term drought resiliency funding. Urban Eberhard then presented on the Kittitas Reclamation District and the Yakima Basin Integrated Plan. He highlighted extensive on-farm conservation, canal piping and lining, SCADA/telemetry improvements, and the Springwood reservoir project, which is intended to improve water storage, delivery reliability, and fish flows. Members asked about the reservoir’s potential for hydro generation and about effects on groundwater recharge from canal lining; Eberhard said hydro is being considered in feasibility work and that managed aquifer recharge is being monitored and incorporated into planning. The committee did not take any further legislative action beyond the leadership elections.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Jun 29th, 2026

California Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • turned a tragic accident into a weapon against hardworking immigrant drivers that include many Sikh Indian
  • and Latino drivers in my district, men and women Many Sikh Indian and Latino drivers in my district,
  • It includes record reserves of $35.2 billion. It cuts the long-term structural deficit in half.
  • requiring minimum annual expenditures by counties and providing more flexible access to prudent reserves
Summary: The Senate session opened with a roll call, prayer, and Pledge of Allegiance, then moved through a long series of floor recognitions and votes. Members spent substantial time honoring the Los Angeles Dodgers, celebrating their back-to-back World Series championship and highlighting the team’s history, community role, and connections to Jackie Robinson, Fernando Valenzuela, Vin Scully, and Jaime Jarrín. Senators also recognized summer interns and welcomed members of Kappa Alpha Psi’s Kappa League and Guide Right program to the floor. The chamber then took up several measures, beginning with AB 182 on ballot order and proposition numbering for the 2026 statewide ballot, which passed 38-8 after debate over whether placing legislatively referred measures first was fair. SR 113, commemorating the International Day of Peace and honoring Dr. Yongshik Cho’s role in proposing it, passed unanimously after supportive remarks about peace, education, and California’s diversity. The Senate also adopted SJR 16 urging Congress to restore commercial driver’s licenses for affected California truck drivers, and SCR 185 designating Probation Services Week. A major portion of the meeting was devoted to budget trailer bills. The Senate concurred in Assembly amendments to AB 112, AB 150, AB 152, AB 181, and AB 179, covering Medi-Cal, child care, human services, education governance, and housing. It also passed or concurred in SB 168, SB 169, SB 170, SB 171, SB 172, SB 174, SB 177, and SB 180, addressing public resources and energy, transportation, executive branch reorganization, labor, state government, courts, Medi-Cal financing, and taxation. Several of these drew opposition centered on energy costs, transparency, business impacts, or the proposed “fair share” approach to Medi-Cal costs for large corporations, but most measures passed on party-line or near-party-line votes. The Senate also confirmed three California Horse Racing Board appointments and ended with adjournment motions, including a request to adjourn in memory of Francis Lydia Limos of American Canyon.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/09/2026 - House Public Safety & Law Enforcement

House Public Safety & Law Enforcement Committee of Reference

Transcript Highlights:
  • I’d like to change my vote to yes, but reserve my right to change it on the floor.
  • So I’ll change my vote to yes today, but I reserve the right to vote no if we don’t make some changes
  • Wind. Wind. Yeah. Apologies. I... Wind.
Summary: The House Committee on Public Safety and Law Enforcement heard three bills. HB 2665, “Cade’s Law,” would update Arizona’s suicide-related manslaughter statute to make clear that intentionally providing advice or encouragement to a minor to die by suicide includes doing so through directed communication such as text, social media, or other electronic means. The sponsor and several bereaved parents and Teen Lifeline testified in support, emphasizing teen suicide prevention and the need to hold adults accountable for harmful online conduct. Members raised concerns about unintended effects on peer-to-peer support and the age threshold, and the committee adopted a verbal amendment clarifying the language before advancing the bill with a due pass recommendation by a vote of 10 ayes, 4 present, 1 absent. HB 2904 declared fentanyl trafficking across the Arizona-Mexico border a public health crisis and directed the Department of Health Services to use its authority to address it. The sponsor framed the bill as a response to cartel activity and overdose deaths, while the ACLU of Arizona opposed it, arguing the bill used vague and legally unprecedented terms such as “unlawful invasion,” could sweep in low-level drug offenses or migrants, and might encourage broader criminalization. Committee members debated the meaning of “invasion,” border security, and whether the bill duplicated existing drug laws. The bill was given a due pass recommendation on an 8 ayes, 6 nays, 1 absent vote. HB 2917 would create a firefighter cancer registry within the Department of Health Services to collect and analyze data on cancer incidence among Arizona firefighters. Fire service representatives supported the goal of improving occupational health data, but members questioned whether the bill made participation and reporting mandatory and whether it would allow sensitive medical information to be shared without consent. Witnesses said the intent was to make the registry voluntary and were open to clarifying amendments. Despite concerns about drafting and privacy, the committee advanced the bill with a due pass recommendation by a vote of 12 ayes, 1 nay, 1 present, 1 absent.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Education May 21st, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • hire you to come to run the University of Minnesota's garfish study program on the same Mississippi River
  • cover everything, but what's the range of maybe a couple examples about the type of complaints that wind
  • up... ...of complaints that wind up in this, because this is not a lawsuit, this is not an illegal proceeding
  • There is a main road and the Mississippi River next to that school.
  • There is a main road and the Mississippi River next to that school.
Committee: Senate Education
Summary: The Senate Education Committee met to hear several education-related measures. It reported favorably, without objection, on House Bill 1215, which would transfer certain removed historical statues and monuments to the Office of State Parks, prohibit re-erection in the parish where they were removed, and require interpretive signage. The committee also advanced House Bill 682, which creates a school guardian program for honorably discharged veterans employed or contracted by local school systems or charter schools; testimony emphasized that guardians would be unarmed, trained, and used for mentoring and school safety. House Bill 1079, giving enrollment preferences in charter schools to children in early childhood programs, military families, foster children, and children in custody disputes, was also reported favorably, as was House Concurrent Resolution 81, directing the Department of Education to study options for districts facing declining enrollment. The committee then took up House Bill 1084, which would allow public postsecondary institutions to raise tuition and mandatory fees by up to 15 percent annually, with higher increases requiring Board of Supervisors approval. The bill drew extended debate over affordability, TOPS, student retention, and whether universities should have more autonomy to set prices. Members raised concerns about fee burdens on families and whether the state should first study the issue; supporters argued the bill would increase transparency and let institutions respond to funding needs and market conditions. Senator Mazzell offered an amendment lowering the cap from 15 percent to 10 percent, and the committee adopted the amendment before reporting the bill favorably as amended. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 342, which would shift the burden of proof in special education due process hearings from parents to local education agencies. The author and parents testified that the current system places an unfair burden on families of children with disabilities, who often lack access to records and legal resources, and that schools already control the documentation and should have to show compliance with IEP obligations. Jefferson Parish school officials opposed the bill, arguing it would increase legal costs, require more staff and attorney time, and potentially lead to more hearings; they also questioned the fiscal note. The Legislative Fiscal Office said the fiscal impact was indeterminable, and the committee continued hearing testimony from parents and school representatives as the transcript ended.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Apr 9th, 2026

Alabama House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • "You know, I think I generally do, but then I got wind yesterday on the bill that I'm glad you said that
  • I think I generally do, but then<01:35:17.920><c> I</c><01:35:18.159><c> got</c><01:35:18.400><c> wind
  • yesterday</c><01:35:19.199><c> on</c><01:35:19.440><c> the</c><01:35:19.600><c> bill</c> then I got wind
  • yesterday on the bill then I got wind yesterday on the bill that<01:35:20.080><c> I'm</c><01:35:20.239
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

CPN-HHS Public Hearing 03-20-2026

Commerce and Consumer Protection

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um currently uh we are seeing the wind down of a chickenpox outbreak on Kauai.
  • </c> Um currently uh we are seeing the wind Um currently uh we are seeing the wind down<00:54:05.960>
  • Um I want them to be reservations.
  • </c><01:04:40.560><c> Um</c> reservations. Thank you very much. Um reservations.
  • </c> Senator Favela with reservations. Senator Favela with reservations.
Bills: HB1573 , HB1645 , HB1875 , HB1898 , HB2121
Summary: The committee heard testimony on HB 1573, which would create state enforcement authority over unauthorized e-cigarette products and related tobacco enforcement. Supporters including SHPDA, the Department of Health, the Attorney General’s office, Hawaii Public Health Institute, and others said the bill would help protect youth from unauthorized vaping products, give the state tools to enforce an FDA-authorized product list, and add penalties and inspection authority. A committee member asked whether enforcement staff were available and what penalties would apply; the response was that existing tobacco investigators would take on the work, and the bill includes civil penalties, seizure authority, and possible license revocation referrals. The measure drew both support and opposition testimony, but no vote was taken in the portion provided. The committee then took up HB 1645, relating to liability for child welfare service providers. The Insurance Division said it was aware of the insurance-cost problem, had raised the issue with the NAIC, and was exploring a captive insurance option, while suggesting the legislature consider additional appropriations to DHS to cover higher contract costs. Supporters, including Parents and Children Together and Hawaii Insurance Council, argued the bill would help child welfare providers obtain insurance and continue critical services. Opponents, including the Hawaii Association for Justice, warned that removing joint and several liability could leave victims undercompensated and might not actually lower premiums. The insurance commissioner said other states have done tort reform in this area, but the committee was told it is not clear the bill would reduce insurance costs. Finally, the committee heard extensive testimony on HB 1875, which would protect access to gender-affirming care in Hawaii and shield patients and providers from out-of-state legal actions. Support came from the Hawaii State Youth Commission, LGBTQ+ and public health groups, medical professionals, ACLU Hawaii, Planned Parenthood, and others, who said gender-affirming care is evidence-based, medically necessary, and important for patient privacy, provider stability, and continuity of care. Several witnesses asked for amendments to the bill’s definition language. Opposition testimony came from individuals and groups including Hawaii Christian Coalition, Leeward Republican Women’s Club, and others, who argued the bill could expose children to irreversible decisions and that more research is needed. The chair noted roughly 176 supporters and about 40 opponents testified. No final action or vote was reported in the excerpt.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Taxes - 05/06/25

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> build a reserve for this type of thing. build a reserve for this type of thing. uh<00:57:36.079>
  • And we're also adjacent to the Mississippi River. The Mississippi River is a migratory flyway.
  • </c><01:04:02.640><c> The</c> adjacent to the Mississippi River.
  • The adjacent to the Mississippi River.
  • </c> Mississippi River is a migratory flyway. Mississippi River is a migratory flyway.
Committee: Senate Taxes
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session: 2025 First Special Session - part 3 Jun 9th, 2025

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • To allow the market to dictate how to get there, whether that's industrial solar, whether that's wind
  • That's something we talked a lot about in the energy committee, whether it be solar and wind, which we're
  • adjourn, going into interim and having conversations, continuing to work with the Prairie Island Indian
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session May 16th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill creates the reserve. Members, you've heard the explanation of HB 5696.
  • HB 5696 by Cook, relating to the creation of the Reserve Municipal Management District.
  • willing to credit against required recapture payments for certain school districts at the cost of wind
  • Does it put buoys in the river? No. Does it build any fencing whatsoever along the border? No.
Bills: HB2293 , HB2694 , HB2999 , HB3694 , HB3254 , HB4662 , HB5629 , HB5632 , HB5675 , HB5664 , HB5671 , HB5680 , HB5682 , HB5693 , HB4158 , HB5695 , HB4669 , HB5696 , HB5698 , HB5677 , HB5699 , HB5694 , HCR81 , HCR83 , HCR84 , HCR89 , HCR111 , HCR142 , HR868 , SB682 , SB1351 , SB1895 , SB1931 , SB2141 , SB3044 , SCR1 , SCR6 , SCR37 , SB458 , SB482 , SB927 , SB984 , SB651 , SB1620 , SB2124 , SB2448 , SB841 , SB843 , SB402 , SB2662 , SB2053 , SB2332 , SB2112 , SB745 , SB1247 , SB1789 , HB75 , HB5354 , HB4683 , HB4847 , HB1449 , HB3833 , HB265 , HB1845 , HB 108 , HB1960 , HB1955 , HB2512 , HB2581 , HB2803 , HB1738 , HB636 , HB2638 , HB2655 , HB871 , HB 1107 , HB1765 , HB1822 , HB3679 , HB4099 , HB3732 , HB3171 , HB3749 , HB2814 , HB3977 , HB4204 , HB4207 , HB4449 , HB1820 , HB1876 , HB1939 , HB1347 , HB2593 , HB2136 , HB2658 , HB2757 , HB2080 , HB3063 , HB3006 , HB2844 , HB3241 , HB3680 , HB3169 , HB2078 , HB2507 , HB4559 , HB3405 , HB475 , HB3463 , HB3441 , HB3520 , HB3178 , HB158 , HB2060 , HB4991 , HB1991 , HB5596 , HB2014 , HB2731 , HB2417 , HB2399 , HB2301 , HB3335 , HB3234 , HB3320 , HB4848 , HB4748 , HB4769 , HB4795 , HB2086 , HB2234 , HB4916 , HB5624 , HB4505 , HB5093 , HB5302 , HB5402 , HB5606 , HB4630 , HB4924 , HB3339 , HB3793 , HB3631 , HB4882 , HB5509 , HB5499 , HB5520 , SB1177 , SB1559 , SB746 , SB434 , SB1383 , SB1214 , SB1079 , SB3031 , SB2141 , SB2185 , SB1895 , SB1241 , SB901 , SB1883 , SB552 , HB 1249 , HJR218 , HB5623 , SB687 , SB1332 , SB458 , SB482 , SB927 , SB984 , SB651 , SB1620 , SB2124 , SB2448 , SB841 , SB843 , SB402 , SB2662 , SB2053 , SB2332 , SB2112 , SB745 , SB1247 , SB1789 , HCR76 , HCR127 , HCR9 , HCR40 , HCR118 , HR559 , HCR59 , HCR135 , HCR141 , HCR46 , HCR109 , HCR10 , SB3037
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • I haven't had time to consider it, and so I reserve the right to change my vote on the floor if I learn
  • I haven't had time to consider it, and so I reserve the right to change my vote on the floor if I learn
  • the right to change my vote on reserve the right to change my vote on the<00:04:07.200><c> floor</c>
  • You know, up home, we had a situation actually just over in the Ohio River, although people accuse me
  • You know, up home, we had a situation actually just over in the Ohio River, although people accuse me
Summary: The Senate Standing Committee on State and Local Government considered three bills. House Bill 321, sponsored by Rep. DJ Johnson and supported by the Kentucky League of Cities and the Kentucky Realtor Association, was amended by committee substitute and adopted unanimously. As amended, it extends training deadlines for planning commission and board of adjustment members and adds required training on how planning and zoning policies affect housing supply and accessibility. The committee substitute also limits appeals of final board of adjustment actions to persons or entities claiming injury who own real estate in the same zone as the affected property. The bill passed 8-0, and a title amendment was adopted. House Bill 340, sponsored by Rep. Tony Hampton with support from law enforcement and federal security representatives, would create a new section of KRS Chapter 13 to require criminal justice agencies to provide criminal history records for federal suitability or fitness background checks and allow a $25 fee for records requests reimbursed by the federal government. It also conforms juvenile records law to the new process. The committee approved the bill 9-0 with no opposition. House Bill 520, sponsored by Rep. Chris Fugate and backed by the Kentucky Sheriff's Association, Kentucky Police Chiefs Association, and Kentucky League of Cities, generated the most debate. The bill and committee substitute would exempt certain open police investigation records from disclosure under the Open Records Act when an agency says release could harm an investigation or reveal informants or witnesses. Several senators raised concerns that the “could” standard was too broad and could weaken transparency, while supporters argued it was needed to protect ongoing investigations, witnesses, and officers. The committee initially failed the bill 6-4, then after additional vote changes and discussion, reconsidered it and advanced the amended bill with favorable expression 6-4 to the floor.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • Any reservations? Any notes?
  • Any reservations? Any notes?
  • Any reservations? Any notes?
  • Any reservations? Any noes? Recommendations to pass unamended. Any reservations? Any noes?
  • Any reservations? Any noes?
Committee: House Finance
MA
Transcript Highlights:
  • We may wind up recommending 93A regulations for CCRCs. Certainly that would be my preference.
  • We may wind up recommending 93A regulations for CCRCs. Certainly that would be my preference.
  • It seemed to me that a CCRC, an existing CCRC, should have enough reserve to pay a departing resident
  • not sure that it would be unreasonable for us to recommend that any existing CCRC should maintain a reserve
  • sufficient to... should maintain a reserve sufficient to provide timely reimbursement, whatever that
Summary: The Special Commission on Continuing Care Retirement Communities met for its third meeting, focused on regulations, oversight, and enforcement. Staff and agency presenters reviewed the current framework: the Executive Office of Aging and Independence explained that assisted living regulations generally do not apply to CCRCs unless an assisted living component markets itself separately, and that CCRCs must submit marketing materials, contracts, and disclosure statements for public posting. The Attorney General’s office described Chapter 93A consumer protection standards and noted it is working on draft assisted living-specific regulations. DPH outlined its oversight of licensed nursing facilities associated with some CCRCs, including routine surveys, complaint investigations, and enforcement tools such as admissions freezes, fines, receivership, and license actions, along with federal CMS sanctions for certified facilities. Commission members and presenters then discussed gaps and ambiguities in how CCRCs are defined and regulated, especially whether communities without on-site skilled nursing should still be treated as CCRCs, how assisted living-like services within CCRCs are classified, and whether residents have enough clarity about the services they are buying. A major theme was disclosure: members raised concerns about entrance fees, refund timing and conditions, whether skilled nursing is on-site or provided by contract, and how residents can compare communities. Several participants suggested more standardized disclosure and possibly broader consumer protection rules, while others cautioned that overly rigid requirements could affect community finances and development. The commission also explored enforcement and resident protections. Some members argued that independent living residents are already covered by landlord-tenant law and that existing complaint systems and community education may be sufficient, while others said residents in supported or assisted settings within CCRCs should have clearer access to ombudsman services and oversight. The discussion turned to closure and ownership transfer, with members citing recent national examples of sales and bankruptcies that changed resident terms. DPH explained its closure process for licensed nursing facilities, and members noted that Chapter 197 of 2024 adds oversight for facility transfers and financial disclosures. The meeting ended with logistics for the next session at Brookhaven at Lexington on June 2, a public hearing on June 16, and a request to circulate the hearing notice broadly to residents and stakeholder organizations.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

PBS Info Briefing - Thu Aug 28, 2025 @ 2:00 PM HST

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • That's why one of the projects that we have for our public works is a bridge further up on Wuca River
  • That's why one of the projects that we have for our public works is a bridge further up on Wuca River
  • So they are no longer responsible for taking care of the reservations or hotels for any of the passengers
  • or or hotels for any of the reservations or or hotels for any of the passengers<01:09:15.359><c> that
  • Uh Uh Kauai and Elton will use Winds, and then Oahu just stood up their H&L alert.
Summary: The House Committee on Public Safety held an informational briefing on hazard mitigation planning and recent tsunami and wildfire threats. Chair Dela Buladi opened by framing the meeting around the need for iterative disaster planning and lessons learned from events such as the Lahaina wildfires, the Puna Coast earthquake/tsunami, and recent wildfire activity. The committee heard first from Hawaii County Civil Defense Administrator Tomage Magno, who explained the federal and local hazard mitigation planning process, including the requirement for an active five-year mitigation plan to qualify for federal disaster funds. He described the plan as a living document built from prior plans, public and agency outreach, risk and capability assessments, and ongoing updates, with county departments, state agencies, and subject matter experts participating in the process. Magno outlined several FEMA-related mitigation funding programs, including flood mitigation assistance, post-fire assistance, pre-disaster mitigation, revolving loan funds, and dam safety grants. He emphasized that the Hawaii County plan was recently approved by FEMA, that the county council approves the plan, and that the county reviews it annually with a formal revision process beginning in the fourth year. Members asked about how the plan tracks project status, how priorities and funding changes are handled, and whether federal funding programs might be affected by HR1; Magno said the county is proceeding on the assumption that funding will remain available and noted some sources have been reestablished. He also said the county encourages council participation in meetings and planning. Department of Transportation Director Ed Sniffen then addressed the committee on DOT’s response to a recent tsunami threat, saying the agency had about four hours to prepare before the first wave arrival and was focused on its own operational response rather than the broader statewide planning process. In response to questions, he stated that FHWA funds cannot be used for evacuation routes, which is why prior legislative funding was important. Members also discussed specific mitigation projects such as fire breaks, bridge retrofits, and the Singing Bridge, with DOT noting that work is underway and that a replacement bridge upstream is being planned to carry traffic during repairs. No votes or formal committee actions were taken during the informational briefing.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Select Federal Natural Resource Management Committee, May 15, 2026

Select Federal Natural Resource Management Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • piece of legislation coming up as House HR 184, and we're actually sending someone from the Grey's River
  • , where we're looking at doing some small select timber cuts in the camera district and the Grey's River
  • </c> I guess it's a a a long and winding I guess it's a a a long and winding story,<00:54:18.040><c>
  • </c><02:20:23.320><c> in</c><02:20:23.440><c> a</c> in in the community of Green River in a in in the
  • District chosen for shared River District chosen for shared stewardship<02:52:18.280><c> agreement.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate Chamber Feb 12th, 2026 at 12:12 pm

New Mexico Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And I think that's my only reservation about it is I don't... ...definition that's in this bill.
  • Is that sufficient enough for people on the reservation to get care if they're going off the reservation
  • in terms of if they work off the reservation but reside on the reservation?
  • If they're off the reservation, they can't deny them by race or anything else.
  • President and Senator, and vice versa, if they live off the reservation and work on the reservation,
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/11/2026 - House Transportation & Infrastructure

Transportation & Infrastructure

Transcript Highlights:
  • We have officers that are stationed along the river in Mohave County.
  • for the 128 lakes and the five main rivers in the state.
  • Chair, I do have some reservations about the bill as is.
  • But with that, I'll vote yesterday, but I'll also reserve my right to vote no on the floor.
  • But with that, I'll vote yesterday, but I'll also reserve my right to vote no on the floor.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Commerce and Consumer Affairs (04/16/2026)

Commerce and Consumer Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> high high-strength winds. high high-strength winds.
  • </c> for certain perils associated with wind for certain perils associated with wind and<00:30:37.400
  • And and of water bodies or on rivers.
  • </c><01:44:15.640><c> down</c> cuz my practice is probably winding down cuz my practice is probably winding
  • </c><05:16:45.000><c> around</c> despite my deep deep reservations around despite my deep deep reservations