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FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Environment and Natural Resources Oct 7th, 2025
Environment and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- It makes violations of safety and marine sanitation equipment requirements secondary offenses and requires
- The law strengthens boating safety laws, aligns penalties for boating offenses with those for similar
Summary:
The Senate Environment and Natural Resources Committee first considered the appointment of Joshua Kellam to the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). Kellam described his background with Garcia Companies, emphasized his conservation interests and land stewardship work, and addressed concerns about his development ties, the commission’s composition, the recent black bear hunt vote, and a prior Yes on 2 campaign supported by the Fish and Wildlife Foundation. Supporters said he is a conservation-minded landowner and good steward of large acreage, while opponents argued the commission is already overrepresented by developers and lacks scientific or conservation expertise. After debate, the committee voted to recommend his confirmation, with Senators Smith and Arrington voting no and the rest of the members present voting yes.
The committee then received an FWC implementation update on recently enacted boating and waterways legislation. FWC staff reviewed five laws: the Boater Freedom Act (SB 1388), Vessel Accountability (SB 164), Lucy’s Law/Boating Safety (HB 289), Disposition of Migrant Vessels (SB 830), and Water Access Facilities (HB 735). The presentation covered new rules on vessel stops, safety decals, Springs Protection Zones, derelict and at-risk vessel enforcement, long-term anchoring permits, tougher boating penalties, removal of migrant vessels, and grants for boating access infrastructure. Staff said rulemaking and officer training were underway, with some provisions already effective and others scheduled to take effect later in 2025 or January 2026.
Members asked follow-up questions about derelict vessel cost recovery and the new Springs Protection Zone standard. FWC explained that responsible owners must reimburse removal costs and can lose vessel registration privileges if they do not pay. On Springs Protection Zones, staff said the new law raises the threshold from any harm to significant harm and requires vessel activity to be the predominant cause, with subject matter experts and partner agencies helping make that determination. Senator Smith questioned whether the higher standard makes protections harder to establish and asked about Silver Glen Springs; FWC said that proposal was paused and would be revisited under the new criteria. The committee took no further action and adjourned after the presentation.
NV
Nevada 2025 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session May 31st, 2025 at 11:30 am
Nevada Senate Floor Meeting
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Chamber Meeting Jan 28th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- permissible inferences and a presumption supporting denial of bail for cases involving dangerous felony offenses
- a new crime of felon in possession of a firearm or destructive device for a second or subsequent offense
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- . >> So, by making this restriction on a firearm that's now a criminal offense, I suppose if someone
- So, existing law today, let's just say, I mean, trespassing, it doesn't have to be offense or it doesn't
- or it doesn't to be posted, offense or it doesn't to be posted, right?
- So, existing law today, let's just say, I mean, trespassing, it doesn't have to be offense or it doesn't
- So, existing law today, let's just say, I mean, trespassing, it doesn't have to be offense or it doesn't
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The committee substitute expands the criminal offense provision to state that a non-data broker commits
- an offense if the person does not remove covered information identified in a written request, as mandated
- The committee substitute includes clarification providing that the criminal offense provisions created
- by the bill apply only to offenses committed on or after the bill's effective date.
- An offense is considered to be committed before the effective date if any element of the offense occurs
Keywords:
grand jury, jury qualifications, jury wheel, small counties, Texas legislation, age verification, obscene devices, online sales, juvenile protection, penalties, antitrust, attorney general, Texas Free Enterprise, business regulations, legal confidentiality, personal identifying information, data brokers, judicial safety, civil rights, data privacy
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- taking money from indigent Texans to- find something that is smoke and mirrors, and it's really offensive
- for those children to a criminal court and an order of expunction issued with. respect to those offenses
- And all records to a managed assigned counsel program, HB 4923 Moody relating to status offenses committed
- by a child. including the repeal of the status offense of a child voluntarily running away from home
- 5525 representative Jolanda Jones related. guidelines and procedures for inmates convicted of an offense
Keywords:
appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, state budget, mental health funding, education funding, infrastructure improvements, public safety, groundwater, water conservation, financial assistance, Texas Water Development Board, innovation fund, local conservation districts, transportation protection agreement, funeral services, insurance exemption
AL
Bills:
HB426, SB24, SB106, SB254, HB505, HB458, HB535, HB509, HB320, HB518, HB261, HB426, SB24, SB106, SB254, HB505, HB458, HB535, HB509, HB320, HB518, HB261, SB316, HB228, SB318, SB260, HB132, HB347, HB405, HB86, HB263, HB302, SB336
Keywords:
Alabama Ad Valorem Advisory Committee, ad valorem taxes, property tax, real property, personal property, tax assessment, tax collection, county tax officials, Department of Revenue, Commissioner of Revenue, taxpayer representation, resident taxpayers, local government, property tax administration, Association of Alabama Tax Administrators, tax policy, advisory committee, public input, governance reform, body-worn camera
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><05:36:18.080><c> and</c> subject matters are highly offensive and subject matters are highly offensive
- My apologies. >> No offense taken. >> Thank you.
- >> No<09:40:07.520><c> offense</c><09:40:07.840><c> taken.</c> >> No offense taken.
- >> No offense taken. >> Thank<09:40:09.120><c> you.
- Most civil offenses carry a unusual.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety (01/22/2025)
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- law with House Bill 194 will strengthen the law by emphasizing penalties for the first and second offense
- offenses by specifying these penalties.
- making both first and and second offense making both first and second<00:05:01.039><c> offense</c><00
- of misdemeanor and a second offense of misdemeanor and a class<00:05:03.039><c> B</c><00:05:03.280><
- </c><04:59:16.440><c> as</c> would be just as guilty of an offense as would be just as guilty of an offense
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
House Chamber - Tue Apr 14, 2026, 9:00AM HST - Day 44
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill elevates the offense of harassment to a misdemeanor when committed against a public servant
- This bill establishes the offense of dangerous intoxication and habitually dangerous intoxication.
- :37:48.200><c> dangerous</c> establishes the offense of dangerous establishes the offense of dangerous
- . offense. offense.
- He said the measure specifically exempts the offense of operating a vehicle under the ...
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Education Policy and Administration (01/22/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- This is just offensive, and all of us have taken an oath to defend the New Hampshire Constitution.
- This is just offensive, and all of us have taken an oath to defend the New Hampshire Constitution.
- in a way to a expect people offensive in a way to a expect people that<05:01:41.440><c> we</c><05:01
- I just want to be..." state paying for it this is just state paying for it this is just offensive<05:
- and all of us have taken an offensive and all of us have taken an oath<05:03:06.480><c> to</c><05:03
Summary:
The House Education Policy and Administration Committee heard testimony on House Bill 71, which would bar public elementary and secondary schools and higher education facilities from being used as shelters for certain non-citizens, with a stated exception for short-term emergency sheltering of up to 72 hours and for community-wide emergency use. Prime sponsor Rep. Juliet Harvey-Bolia said the bill was modeled on federal and out-of-state proposals and was prompted by examples in New York and Massachusetts where schools or other facilities were used as shelters, causing disruption. She argued the bill does not truly “ban” anything, but instead places a condition on receipt of state funds, and said the fiscal note’s projected loss of federal funding was unsupported and should have been described as undeterminable.
Committee members questioned the bill’s scope and practical effects, including whether it would apply to vacant school-owned buildings, schools used during summer, charter schools, and situations where other states send people without advance notice. Harvey-Bolia said vacant buildings not functioning as schools would not be covered, and that the bill would still allow short-term emergency sheltering and community-wide use during weather events. She also said the bill would not prevent remote learning, and that its purpose was to avoid displacing students. Several members pressed her on the fiscal note and whether any federal or state program would actually be at risk; she said she found no evidence that funding would be lost and that DHHS had not identified a real threat.
A witness from the New Hampshire Association of School Administrators, Jerry FW, raised practical concerns about who would determine eligibility at a shelter site, how the 72-hour limit would be enforced, and whether the bill would apply to charter schools. He also noted that remote learning is no longer an option in New Hampshire, making one of the bill’s stated concerns less relevant. The discussion also included clarification of the terms “refugee” and “asylum seeker,” with members and the sponsor debating the distinction and whether refugees are vetted. No vote or final committee action was taken in the portion of the meeting provided.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Members, this provision within the Rasmusson amendment was so offensive to the legislature in North Dakota
- It is actually a criminal offense to do section 3 of the A2 in the state of North Dakota.
- </c><00:23:55.320><c> to</c> Rasmusson amendment was so offensive to Rasmusson amendment was so offensive
- It is actually<00:23:59.480><c> a</c><00:23:59.560><c> criminal</c><00:24:00.000><c> offense</c><00:24
- :00.560><c> to</c><00:24:00.679><c> do</c> actually a criminal offense to do actually a criminal offense
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection - 03/26/26
Commerce and Consumer Protection
Transcript Highlights:
- And it's a valid response to the appraisal industry-specific offenses.
- </c><00:51:34.040><c> Moreover,</c> industry specific offenses.
- Moreover, industry specific offenses.
- </c><00:52:14.040><c> to</c><00:52:14.240><c> the</c><00:52:14.360><c> disciplinary</c> from the offense
- to the disciplinary from the offense to the disciplinary action. action. action.
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- is, if I am here on the street corner and I utter something that a foreign government would find offensive
- is, if I am here on the street corner and I utter something that a foreign government would find offensive
- is, if I am here on the street corner and I utter something that a foreign government would find offensive
- is, if I am here on the street corner and I utter something that a foreign government would find offensive
- to do’ “I am here on the street corner and I utter something that a foreign government would find offensive
Keywords:
First Amendment, free speech, lawsuits, immunity, public participation, strategic lawsuits, foreign censorship, digital innovation, constitutional rights, Wyoming GRANITE Act, extraterritorial laws, civil actions, speech protection, legal jurisdiction, joint liability, artificial intelligence, social scoring, biometric data, privacy rights, government regulation
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions, February 13, 2026
Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions
Transcript Highlights:
- It simply recognizes that some offenses, especially sexual crimes against minors, are so serious that
- 04:29.919><c> recognizes</c><00:04:30.639><c> that</c><00:04:30.960><c> some</c><00:04:31.199><c> offenses
- ,</c> It simply recognizes that some offenses, It simply recognizes that some offenses, especially<00
- created to read qualifications for office ineligibility of candidates convicted of certain sexual offenses
- These offenses almost always involve a position of authority.
Bills:
SF0082
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House passes elections bill after lengthy amendments discussions 5/6/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, I also thought it was really important to talk about how offensive it is to weaponize the Voting
- Um, I also thought it was really important to talk about how offensive it is to weaponize the Voting
- In fact, it's a deportable offense, and it prevents anybody who, if that happens, from becoming a citizen
- </c><00:49:32.960><c> and</c> In fact, it's a deportable offense and In fact, it's a deportable offense
- And I also said and deportable offense.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- And one of the reasons for that is that lying on the form is a separate offense carrying up to 10 years
- And one of the reasons for that is that lying on the form is a separate offense carrying up to 10 years
- <c> federal</c> because we would be committing a federal because we would be committing a federal offense
- :58.960><c> So</c><00:44:59.599><c> with</c><00:44:59.839><c> the</c><00:45:00.079><c> interm</c> offense
- So with the interm offense.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Executive Departments and Administration (04/17/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- c><00:23:59.280><c> some</c><00:23:59.520><c> of</c><00:23:59.600><c> those</c><00:23:59.840><c> offenses
- </c> of disqualifiers, some of those offenses of disqualifiers, some of those offenses are<00:24:01.039
- /c><00:40:17.760><c> out</c> record and they would callull out record and they would callull out offenses
- just as you mentioned that were offenses just as you mentioned that were not<00:40:20.960><c> directly
- </c><04:04:36.560><c> and</c> often for lower level offenses and often for lower level offenses and superv
Summary:
The committee heard Senate Bill 254, which Senator David Roford described as a technical correction to controlled substance inventory law for pharmacies. He said the bill would remove outdated language requiring inventories to be done in an odd-numbered year, while keeping the existing requirement that pharmacies conduct a full controlled substance inventory every two years in line with federal law. Members asked several clarifying questions about whether the requirement is pharmacy-by-pharmacy, whether new pharmacies would be affected, and whether the change would alter scope or compliance; the sponsor and a representative of the New Hampshire Pharmacist Association said it would not, and that it mainly provides clarity for pharmacies and inspectors. The public hearing on SB 254 was then closed, and the committee also heard support from a representative of the pharmacist community, who said the association supports the bill.
The committee then discussed a non-germane amendment to SB 254 dealing with FBI background checks for educational surrogate parents under the Department of Education. Representative Leyon explained that the amendment was requested by the Department of Education after the FBI rejected prior statutory language, and that the goal was to allow people serving as educational surrogate parents to complete FBI fingerprint-based background checks so they can perform their duties. Department of Education and Department of Safety staff testified that the amendment mirrors language that has worked in other education-related background check statutes, including provisions with specific disqualifying offenses tied to child safety, and that the FBI requires precise statutory language and direct transmission of records through the Department of Safety. Members questioned why the FBI’s approval was needed, whether individuals could simply provide their own records, and whether changing federal leadership could require future changes; witnesses said the state needs both state and national records, that records must come directly from the FBI through the Department of Safety, and that the language is intended to satisfy current federal requirements.
During the discussion, some members expressed skepticism about the need for the amendment and about placing it on a bill about controlled substance inventories, but no vote was taken during the portion of the transcript provided. The committee also briefly discussed a separate bill on physician assistants/physician associates, with members noting that the proposed name change would not alter scope of practice and that some outside groups had raised concerns about transparency, but that discussion was interrupted and not concluded in the excerpt.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Judiciary (03/03/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- He said, 'I think I'll open up by saying, and I don't mean this offensively, it's almost legislative
- /c><00:23:48.960><c> it</c><00:23:49.120><c> it's</c><00:23:49.320><c> it's</c> don't mean this offensively
- it it's it's don't mean this offensively it it's it's almost<00:23:49.840><c> legislative</c><00:23:
- offenses offenses um<00:49:16.440><c> my</c> um my um my Amendment Amendment Amendment basically<00:
- </c><01:32:05.320><c> which</c> penalties of of the drug offenses which penalties of of the drug offenses
Summary:
The House Judiciary Committee met in executive session and first took up HB 148, which would allow classification by biological sex in limited circumstances such as multi-use bathrooms, certain athletic events, and involuntary commitment facilities. Supporters argued the bill was needed to protect privacy and safety, especially for women and girls, and said it was consistent with recent federal actions and prior legislation. Opponents said the bill lacked a clear definition of biological sex, could create confusion and discrimination, and was unnecessary because existing law and sports rules already address the issues raised.
After debate, the committee voted 10-8 to recommend ought to pass on HB 148. The chair asked for a majority report and noted that a minority report would likely be filed. The committee then considered HB 254, a bill related to end-of-life medical decision-making. Supporters framed it as a matter of liberty and relief from suffering for terminally ill patients, while opponents raised moral objections, concerns about suicide being normalized, and worries about deceptive wording and death-certificate reporting.
HB 254 was approved on an 11-7 vote for ought to pass, with the chair indicating he would write the majority report and Representative Perez the minority report. The committee then moved to HB 611 with Amendment 2025-0638, a replace-all amendment restoring prior law on recoupment of appointed-counsel costs from indigent criminal defendants and juveniles. The chair explained the amendment as reversing 2020 changes that had limited cost recovery, and the discussion focused on financial affidavits and the Office of Cost Containment’s ability to review indigency claims. The transcript cuts off before the committee vote on HB 611.
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Agenda Jun 10th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Chairman, Treasurer Ellsworth, first of all, I find it offensive that you would suggest that.
- And I think the inference that there's a blank check is offensive. Obviously, this is very...
Summary:
The committee received updates on Idaho’s America 250 preparations, including financial status, ambassador outreach, the Capitol celebration, the Liberty Bell tour, and related statewide events. LSO staff reported about $54,967.53 remaining for America 250 purposes and $17,500 pending disbursement in celebration fund grants. Treasurer Ellsworth described broad ambassador participation across cities, counties, businesses, schools, and veterans groups, along with numerous recent local events branded for America 250. Director Gallimore also reported that the Freedom Truck was on display, the Great American State Fair was underway, and the Liberty Bell had shipped from South Carolina and would be secured nightly as it tours the state.
A substantial portion of the meeting focused on planning the July 4 Capitol celebration in Boise. Secretary McGrane outlined the parade, pancake feed, concert, vendors, live broadcast by Idaho Public Television, and the role of partners such as the Veterans Entrepreneurs Association, Just Serve, Duck Club, and Boise Family RV. Committee members asked about event timing, sponsorships, tribal participation, and the vehicle transporting the Liberty Bell. McGrane requested additional spending authority for unanticipated costs, including green rooms/trailers for performers, Ada County paramedics, water for attendees, and performer compensation.
After discussion about costs and fiscal oversight, the committee approved a motion to grant an additional $10,000 in spending authority for the America 250 Capitol celebration, specifically for paramedics, trailers for performers, water, and performer compensation. Members also discussed contingency planning for inclement weather, with general agreement that the committee should revisit the issue at a later meeting and aim to preserve some form of celebration even if the outdoor event must be adjusted. The committee then set its next meeting for June 24 and adjourned.