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FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

FL House Floor Session - 2026-03-05 (10:00AM Session)

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The House bill is here.
  • The House bill is here.
  • Other questions of the House bill? Other questions of the House bill?
  • Please read the House bill. Committee substitute for House Bill 915.
  • The amendment adds the provision from the Senate bill requiring manufactured housing to be permitted
Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several guest introductions before moving into a long special-order calendar. The chamber first considered two claims bills: SB 6/HB 6507 for relief of L.E. through the Department of Children and Families, described as compensation for severe injuries after DCF returned the child to unsafe parents, and SB 26/HB 6509 for the estate of Mark Legata, involving catastrophic injuries tied to FDOT negligence. Both bills were substituted with their House companions and passed overwhelmingly. Members then approved several policy bills focused on child welfare, education, and professional regulation. CS/CS/SB 42/HB 47 required child protective investigators to consider certain medical diagnoses before proceeding in abuse cases; CS/SB 206/HB 851 expanded autism-related training and incentives for teacher preparation programs; SB 556/HB 453 allowed Special Olympics participation to satisfy PE requirements for students with disabilities and clarified marching band credit; SB 688 reestablished licensure and regulation for naturopathic doctors; SB 878/HB 1347 addressed clinical laboratory personnel shortages by aligning more closely with federal CLIA standards; and SB 914/HB 867 clarified that licensed occupational therapists may perform dry needling. Each of these measures passed, most by unanimous or near-unanimous votes. The chamber also approved bills on court administration, public records, financial disclosure, and child welfare. SB 326/HB 131 modernized rules for curators of estates; SB 758/HB 625 updated the composition of the Justice Administrative Commission, with an amendment broadening the judicial member to a judge or senior judge; SB 830 created a public records exemption for certain local government executives and their families; SB 964/HB 6011 revised how gifts and honoraria are reported and, via amendment, restored a percentage-based reporting option for financial disclosures; and SB 1002 clarified that acute or chronic parental drug abuse can constitute harm or neglect and allow courts to order assessment and services. These bills all passed, with SB 830 drawing the most opposition among them. The most contentious debate centered on CS/CS/CS/SB 354, the Blue Ribbon Projects bill, which would create a framework for very large planned communities with substantial conservation set-asides. Supporters argued it would provide a new growth-management tool and economic opportunity, while opponents warned it was too broad, lacked specificity, weakened local control, and could be exploited by large developers. After extensive debate and an amendment limiting data centers in commercial areas, the bill was temporarily postponed rather than brought to a final vote. The Senate also passed SB 530 on lottery operations, SB 1632/HB 1471 on foreign law and domestic terrorist designations after a lengthy and divisive amendment debate over references to Sharia law, and SB 21/HB 218 on land-use regulations tied to hurricane recovery, which preserves SB 180 restrictions in storm-affected counties while lifting them later for unaffected counties.
FL

Florida 2026 5th Special Session

Appropriations Apr 2nd, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • Affordable housing initiatives at $403.8 million.
  • We're choosing to have it housed in DACs. Okay, thank you. Additional questions.
  • and sufficient permitting staff to expedite rebuilding and repair.
  • I know also having a conversation with the House sponsor about the crane issues.
  • Maybe it's at my house. Maybe it's somewhere else.
Summary: The Appropriations Committee met for Budget Day and heard presentations on the Senate’s proposed 2025-2026 budget, SPB 25-200, totaling $117.4 billion. Chair Hooper said the plan reduces overall spending from the prior year, keeps strong reserves, includes a 4% pay raise for state employees, maintains employee health care contributions, and makes major investments in water quality, transportation, and education infrastructure. Committee chairs then summarized their budget silos, including K-12 education, higher education, health and human services, criminal and civil justice, transportation/tourism/economic development, and agriculture/environment/general government. Members asked questions mainly about school funding, AP and dual enrollment support, voucher and scholarship impacts, and the My Safe Florida Home program. The committee adopted a large consent package of amendments and then approved three late-file amendments: funding virtual college tours for high school students, funding the FSU Sunshine Genetics program, and providing money for the Port of Fernandina customs facility. The committee then voted to report SPB 2500, the General Appropriations Bill, as a committee bill. It also favorably reported SPB 2502 (implementing bill), SPB 2504 (state employees placeholder), SB 7022 (Florida Retirement System contribution rates and DROP changes), CS/SB 1320 (recreating the Resilient Florida Trust Fund), SPB 2506 (gaming compact revenue distributions, including water projects and rural lands), SPB 2508 (29 new judgeships), SB 7014 (ending the court mediation and arbitration trust fund), SPB 2510 (K-12 conforming bill), SPB 2512 (higher education conforming bill), and SPB 2514 (health and human services conforming bill). The committee also took up several policy bills. It approved SB 7028 on cancer research, creating grant parameters, reporting requirements, a five-year pediatric cancer research incubator, and the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute VisionGen Initiative. It approved CS/CS/SB 170 on nursing home quality, adding resident satisfaction surveys, medical director standards, safety culture reviews, electronic health record requirements, financial reporting penalties, and a study of best practices. It approved CS/CS/SB 168, the Tristan Murphy Act, which expands mental health diversion options, adds Hillsborough County to a forensic hospital diversion pilot, expands grant uses, and creates a behavioral health data repository. It also approved SB 114 creating the Florida Center for Excellence in Insurance and Risk Management at FSU and moving the public hurricane loss model there. The committee then began considering SB 180 on emergency preparedness and response, including a late-file amendment, but the transcript cuts off before final action on that bill.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

S/C on Transportation Funding Apr 14th, 2025

S/C on Transportation Funding

Transcript Highlights:
  • to House Bill 4662, um.
  • House Bill 4662 establishes a grant program.
  • Uh, so I do support House Bill 3080.
  • Thank you for allowing me to lay out House Bill 4905.
  • Thank you for allowing me to lay out House Bill 4906.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Health & Long-Term Care Feb 20th, 2026 at 08:00 am

Health & Long-Term Care

Transcript Highlights:
  • Bill 2339, Second Substitute House Bill 2384, House Bill 2540, and House Bill 2113. ...and considering
  • Substitute House Bill 2339, Second Substitute House Bill 2384, House Bill 2540, and House Bill 2113.
  • Bill 2242, Substitute House Bill 2152, and Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2168, and those bills only
  • Substitute House Bill 2152, permitting the medical use of cannabis by qualified patients in specific
  • We have Substitute House Bill 2152, permitting the medical use of cannabis by qualifying patients in
Bills: HB2540, HB2113
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

PSM-LBT, TCA-PSM, PSM Public Hearings 03-10-2025

Public Safety and Military Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • After we hear from those offering testimony, first on our list is House Bill 1064, House Draft 2, relating
  • After we hear from those offering testimony, first on our list is House Bill 1064, House Draft 2, relating
  • </c><00:13:44.199><c> Bill</c> is Senate bill or excuse me House Bill is Senate bill or excuse me House
  • </c> around and looking at someone's house around and looking at someone's house with<00:20:52.640><c
  • Deputy Attorney General Mark Tom for the Department provides comments on House Bill 277, House Draft
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The joint committees heard testimony on House Bill 1064, which would implement recommendations from the Fire Safety Research Institute’s Maui wildfire report, clarify the role of the State Fire Marshal, and appropriate funds. Testimony was generally supportive from DLNR, the Climate Advisory Team, the State Fire Council, Hawaiʻi Electric, the Attorney General’s office, the Honu Fire Department, AARP, the Hawaiʻi Insurance Council, and others. Governor Green’s office said it supported the bill but wanted the office of the State Fire Marshal placed under the Department of Defense rather than the governor’s office, citing constitutional and administrative concerns. Members also questioned the State Fire Council about the selection process for the fire marshal and about defensible space and wildfire resilience in different communities. After discussion, the committees deferred decision-making on HB 1064 to Friday, March 14, at 3:00 p.m. in Room 225 for the Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs, with the same recommendation from the other committee. The hearing then moved to House Bill 697, which would expand who may review automated speed enforcement images. HDOT supported the bill but said it would prefer funding from the Highway Special Fund or the automated speed enforcement special fund rather than general revenues. Opposition testimony from the ACLU raised privacy concerns, argued the bill blurs the line between law enforcement and infrastructure management, and said DOT staff lack the mandate and expertise for the task. Judiciary said it would need additional capacity to process citations and hearings, and noted the program’s likely workload and costs were still uncertain. The committees then took up House Bill 277 on vehicular pursuit policy. The Attorney General and the Law Enforcement Standards Board urged the committees to defer the bill and let the board develop policy first, while Hawaii County Police opposed the measure as unnecessary, confusing, and too restrictive of officer discretion. Honolulu Police Department and the Policing Project supported the bill, arguing that clearer statewide standards and transparency are needed because pursuits can cause serious injuries or deaths and existing policies are inconsistent or not public. The Policing Project said the bill could be improved with amendments on serious crimes, but supported legislative action to set statewide standards while still involving the board. No final vote or action on HB 277 was taken in the portion provided.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 3/6/25

Energy Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • All right, with that we have House File 1852.
  • </c> dozens well over dozens of of houses dozens well over dozens of of houses that<00:16:29.639><c>
  • I near-express opposition to House File 1852, which would impose a three-quarter-mile setback for permitting
  • You know, when you think of cities and how they manage housing, you can build six houses here and then
  • </c> longrange transmission planning permits longrange transmission planning permits so<01:36:47.719>
Keywords: 1183, house
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • First up is House Concurrent Resolution 137, House Draft 1.
  • </c> they do not fundamentally change house they do not fundamentally change house uh<00:01:24.880><c
  • This is a reconvening to reconsider previous decisions on House Concurrent Resolution 202, House Draft
  • We're adjourned. 202 House Draft 2 establishing a 202 House Draft 2 establishing a legislative<00:02:
  • </c> House and come back. House and come back.
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The Senate Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection took up House Concurrent Resolution 137, House Draft 1, and Senate Resolution 20, both proposing a Senate draft urging an immediate and permanent ceasefire and end to hostilities in Iran. Only written testimony was submitted, in support, from Barbara Polk, with comments from Kelsey Burien, Sage Colon, River Burien, and late testimony from Azale Guillermo Ramirez. The chair noted that resolutions are non-binding expressions and do not change Hawaii Revised Statutes, and said Senate rules allow substantive changes to the vehicles. Because the matter arose late in the session, the committee recommended passage of the proposed Senate draft for HCR 137 and SR 20. The motion was adopted by votes from the chair, vice chair, Senator McKelvey, and Senator Awana; Senator Lamasao was excused. The committee then reconvened to reconsider House Concurrent Resolution 202, House Draft 2, which would establish a legislative task force on Hawaii’s future energy pathways. The chair explained that additional testimony raised concerns about the Public Utilities Commission’s participation and possible ex parte issues, and that the resolution could be construed as creating a closed task force because it did not require open public membership. Since further amendment was not possible without restarting the process, and a similar House resolution already existed, the committee recommended deferral. No comments were offered, and the meeting adjourned.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Apr 2nd, 2025

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Affordable housing initiatives, $403.8 million.
  • And Speaker of the House of Representatives.
  • and sufficient permitting staff to expedite rebuilding and repair.
  • I know also having a conversation with the House sponsor about the crane issues.
  • Maybe it's at my house. Maybe it's somewhere else.
Summary: The Appropriations Committee heard presentations on the Senate’s proposed 2025-2026 budget, SPB 25-200, totaling $117.4 billion. Chair Hooper and committee chairs highlighted major spending priorities including a 4% raise for state employees, continued health insurance contributions, investments in water quality, transportation, education infrastructure, and workforce development, along with reductions tied to long-vacant positions. Education funding was a major focus, with increases for K-12 public schools and scholarships, higher education workforce programs, nursing initiatives, tutoring, and university performance funding. Health and human services, criminal and civil justice, transportation/economic development, and agriculture/environment budgets were also outlined, including Medicaid, mental health, corrections staffing, affordable housing, beach restoration, citrus recovery, and water projects. Members then questioned several budget choices, especially K-12 funding. Senators Polsky and Smith raised concerns that the Senate’s AP and dual enrollment funding changes could disadvantage public schools, while Burgess argued the budget preserves the money in the FEFP and gives districts more flexibility rather than reducing support. Questions also addressed voucher availability, school stabilization funding, and the My Safe Florida Home program. The committee adopted 171 consent amendments and three late-file amendments, then approved SPB 2500 as a committee bill. It also favorably reported implementing and conforming bills for state employees, retirement, natural resources, judgeships, K-12 education, higher education, and health and human services, along with SB 7022 on Florida Retirement System contribution rates and elected-officer DROP options, CS/SB 1320 on the Resilient Florida Trust Fund, SB 7014 ending the Mediation and Arbitration Trust Fund, SB 7028 on cancer research, CS/CS/SB 170 on nursing home quality and oversight, CS/SB 168 on mental health diversion and behavioral health data, SB 114 creating an insurance and risk management research center at FSU, and SB 180 on emergency preparedness and post-storm recovery. Most bills were reported favorably with little or no opposition, though SB 180 drew discussion about local-government authority after storms and the need to balance recovery speed with local safety and planning concerns.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 02/18/26

Jobs and Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • One is signs and placards are not permitted in the hearing room.
  • Those things are not permitted in the hearing room.
  • In this next slide, we show rental housing affordability.
  • In this next slide, we show rental housing affordability.
  • In this next slide, we show rental housing affordability. Family members in terms of housing.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection - 02/24/26

Commerce and Consumer Protection

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's housed, I think, in the Department of Agriculture.
  • It's housed, I think, a for-profit lab.
  • It's housed, I think, in<00:15:09.680><c> the</c><00:15:09.839><c> Department</c><00:15:10.079><c> of
  • And over in the House we have Senators Smith and, um, Senator Hicks as well.
  • And over in<00:22:00.480><c> the</c><00:22:00.559><c> House</c><00:22:01.120><c> we</c><00:22:01.360>
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

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

Housing and Homelessness Prevention

Transcript Highlights:
  • And since 2021, new housing permits in the state have fallen 43%.
  • <c> Housing</c><00:29:04.960><c> First</c> housing policy for Housing First housing policy for Housing
  • And since 2021,<00:29:33.840><c> new</c><00:29:34.080><c> housing</c><00:29:34.320><c> permits</c><00
  • :29:34.640><c> in</c><00:29:34.799><c> the</c><00:29:34.880><c> state</c> 2021, new housing permits in
  • the state 2021, new housing permits in the state have<00:29:35.360><c> fallen</c><00:29:35.880><c> 41
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

No NDAs for municipalities 3/11/26

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, so we're going to move right into House File 4077.
  • </c> of House File 4077. of House File 4077.
  • </c> or platting requirements, or permitted or platting requirements, or permitted or<00:26:03.960><c
  • 04.960><c> plat</c><00:26:05.360><c> and</c> or permitted by the approved plat and or permitted by the
  • </c><00:46:44.440><c> File</c><00:46:44.800><c> 4077</c> motion that House File 4077 motion that House
Keywords: 1183, house
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

EEP-WAL Joint Public Hearing - Wed Feb 18, 2026 @ 8:45 AM HST

Energy & Environmental Protection

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> EIS acceptance does not equal permit EIS acceptance does not equal permit issuance.<00:27:30.080
  • These permits bring in $100 each, and there's only currently seven permits on the table, and whether
  • permits on the only currently seven permits on the table<00:33:06.880><c> and</c><00:33:07.200><c> whether
  • </c><01:05:38.240><c> are</c> regulators to decide if permits are regulators to decide if permits are
  • </c> this issue should the permits be issued? this issue should the permits be issued?
Bills: HB2101
Summary: The joint committees on Energy and Environmental Protection and Water and Land heard testimony on House Bill 21101, which would ban or otherwise end commercial aquarium collection. Chairs opened the hearing with a short time limit for testimony and noted they would move to decision-making before the next committee meeting. The Department of Land and Natural Resources said it appreciated the bill’s intent and stood on written testimony, while the Office of Hawaiian Affairs strongly supported the measure as part of its legislative package, citing community calls to ban the practice. Many other organizations and individuals also testified in support, including environmental, Native Hawaiian, and community groups, with arguments focused on reef protection, public trust, cultural concerns, and the view that the trade is extractive and not sustainable. Supporters repeatedly cited declines in yellow tang and other reef fish, especially on West Hawaii and Oahu, and argued that reef recovery has not occurred where collection pressure existed. Several testified that legal aquarium collection has not occurred in West Hawaii since 2017 or on Oahu since 2021, and that the state should not reopen an industry that has been effectively shut down for years. Others said the program is fiscally inefficient because permits generate little revenue compared with the cost of administering and enforcing the program, and that aquaculture or other alternatives could provide jobs without removing wild fish. Native Hawaiian speakers and civic club representatives emphasized traditional and customary practices, community stewardship, and the need to protect resources for future generations. Opposition testimony came from aquarium fishers and related advocates who argued the fishery has been shown sustainable, that the EIS process was completed, and that the bill would unfairly target one user group over another. They said the trade provides livelihoods for local families, that management is solid, and that the legislature should not ban a fishery after requiring compliance with environmental review. Some opponents also argued that fish populations have increased in recent years and that the issue reflects broader user conflict rather than science. No vote or final committee action was taken during the portion of the hearing provided; the chair continued taking testimony, including on Zoom, as time allowed.
FL

Florida 2026 5th Special Session

Senate in Session Apr 3rd, 2025

Florida Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Richard Corkren, our former Speaker of the House.
  • And very exciting, Senators, this is our first House companion arrival.
  • Please read the House bill.
  • It creates a free long-term anchoring permit program.
  • It creates a free long-term anchoring permit program.
Summary: The Senate convened with an opening prayer, pledge, and several recognitions, including visiting student groups, chambers of commerce, and apprenticeship participants. Senators also observed a moment of silence for a fallen Walton County deputy and later for the late John Pasadoma. The chamber then moved through a long third-reading calendar and special order calendar, with most bills passing overwhelmingly and several amendments adopted along the way. Among the major measures, SB 234 on criminal offenses against law enforcement officers passed 37-0 after debate and an amendment clarifying “good faith” in an officer’s duties; SB 7020 on open government and cybersecurity information passed 37-0; SM 1488 urging Congress to create a U.S. sovereign wealth fund was adopted by voice vote; SB 944 reducing insurance overpayment claim deadlines for psychologists passed 37-0; SB 878 expanding misdemeanor probation treatment provisions to controlled substances passed 36-1; SB 538, the state court system package, passed 37-0; SB 480 on nonprofit agricultural organization medical benefit plans passed 32-4; SB 472 on correctional-facility education credit for licensure passed 37-0; and SB 56 on geoengineering and weather modification passed 28-9 after extensive debate about enforcement, federal preemption, and the bill’s purpose. Later, the Senate passed CS/HB 421 on peer support for first responders 37-0 after substituting the House companion, and SB 164 on vessel accountability advanced with a technical amendment. SB 166 on administrative efficiency in public schools drew the most extended debate and multiple amendments; it changes testing, promotion, teacher evaluation, certification, and facilities rules, and passed 37-0. The chamber also passed SB 282 on warranty association financial requirements 36-0, SB 316 creating series LLCs 35-1, and SB 384 on annexing state-owned lands 36-0. At the end of the day, the Senate waived rules to immediately certify all passed bills to the House, received budget schedule guidance from Appropriations Chair Hooper for SB 2500 and SB 2502, and adjourned until April 9.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, March 3, 2026)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • . >> House will be in order.
  • House is requested.
  • </c> House for 1 minute to revise and extend. House for 1 minute to revise and extend.
  • I tell my friends in the House through I tell my friends in the House, through you, Mr.
  • </c> House, March 2nd, 2026. House, March 2nd, 2026.
VT

Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Session - 2026-05-27 - 2:30PM

Vermont Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> um to the House floor. um to the House floor.
  • President. to the House that the bill be amended as to the House that the bill be amended as it<00:06
  • </c><00:15:44.560><c> So,</c> issuing permits to kindle fire. So, issuing permits to kindle fire.
  • . permits. permits.
  • our housing policy.
Keywords: 927, senate, all
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Mar 11th, 2026 at 05:40 pm

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The House will be at the call of the Speaker. The House will be in order.
  • Substitute House Bill 2416, and House Bill 2624.
  • With the consent of the House, Rule 14 is suspended, permitting the House to work past 10 p.m.
  • the House.
  • House.
Summary: The House first took up Substitute Senate Bill 6225, a transportation bond measure. Supporters said it was needed to fund preservation and maintenance of Washington’s transportation system, including road upkeep and emergency repairs, while opponents argued the state had already addressed current needs through a recent unanimous budget and existing bond authority. The bill passed final passage 59-38, meeting the required three-fifths vote. The House then considered Gross Substitute Senate Bill 6260, an education budget-related bill with many floor amendments focused on transition to kindergarten, alternative learning experience (ALE) funding, local effort assistance (LEA), educational service district reserves, superintendent pay, MSOC funding, and collective bargaining limits. Most proposed amendments were rejected, though Amendment 2654 on TK priorities was adopted. After the committee amendment as amended was adopted, the bill advanced to third reading and then passed 50-47. Supporters described it as a necessary budget reduction and risk-management measure; opponents argued it cut K-12 funding too deeply, especially in rural and property-poor districts, and would worsen inequities and invite litigation. The House also concurred in Senate amendments and passed several other bills. House Bill 1796, about school construction financing and capital levy use, passed 95-2. Second Substitute House Bill 2105, dealing with immigrant worker protections, passed 58-38. Engrossed House Bill 2211, on food sourcing for a health-related program, passed unanimously. Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2225, regulating companion chatbots and child safety, passed 74-21. Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2247, related to animal care, passed unanimously. Engrossed Second Substitute House Bill 2418, streamlining permitting timelines to support housing affordability, also passed unanimously. The House then moved on to additional Senate-concurred bills, beginning with Second Substitute House Bill 1906.
ND
Transcript Highlights:
  • The House Bill 1577, that's the $9.7 million.
  • That particular facility that you are referencing does not have a permit, never applied for a permit,
  • It's about can you operate within the limits of the permit?
  • We also still have the honor house, so... We also still have the honor house.
  • We'll let you know when crossover is for open house.
Keywords: 908, all
Summary: The committee first approved the December 10 minutes and then received a DEQ base budget summary and agency overview. DEQ staff explained that the agency is largely federally and special funded, with major ongoing costs in salaries, operating expenses, grants, and continuing appropriations. Director Dave Glatt and accounting director Beth Jacobson highlighted core programs, the move to a new chemistry laboratory, the new state fuel inspection program, wastewater-related funding from HB 1577, and implementation of SB 2267 for on-site wastewater rules. They also noted the agency’s spending patterns, possible federal EPA cuts, and the likelihood of some fee adjustments or program changes if federal support declines. Members asked about DEQ’s travel, field offices, future staffing, and how the agency would respond to reduced federal regulation. DEQ said most staff are based in Bismarck, with field offices in Fargo, Sawyer, and Gwinner, and that travel is driven by inspections and spill response. Glatt said the agency would continue to rely on science and law, and that any future federal retrenchment could mean more state responsibility but likely not a wholesale increase in FTEs. The committee also discussed a feedlot enforcement case in the Minot area, with DEQ explaining its role in ensuring compliance, permitting, and animal-waste management standards. The Department of Health and Human Services then presented on FTE block grant reporting, TANF balances, child care transfers, and the Rural Health Transformation Program. Donna Ockland explained that no line-item transfers had occurred yet for the new rural health work, but about 33 positions were planned and some current staff time could be reimbursed through approved cost allocation. HHS also reviewed TANF’s frozen eligibility and block grant structure, the transfer of up to 30% of TANF funds to child care, and recent program changes that increased benefits and raised the income limit. Staff said the department is using TANF more strategically to support child care and other allowable uses, while still carrying over unused funds as many states do. Finally, Pat and HHS staff gave an update on the Rural Health Transformation Program, saying the first funding opportunity was being posted and that the state is on track to obligate the federal funds within the required timeline. They described priorities such as workforce retention, preceptor development, technical assistance for critical access hospitals, community wellness projects, and ambulance upgrades. Members asked about rural versus urban eligibility, immigrant recruitment, evaluation of year-two funding, and how the program would address varied local workforce needs. The meeting then shifted to an Office of Management and Budget update on the new State Hospital project, where Lindsay Ashley reported continued construction progress, updated cost information, and selected alternates, with photos and details showing work underway in multiple building sections.
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Commerce Jan 14th, 2026 at 08:00 am

Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • housing projects where you want to fix up some building.
  • I’m here on House Bill 2085. I won’t belabor the bill.
  • If they have tobacco retail licensing, if they have permitting, they can revoke those permits or licenses
  • Is that in House Bill 5? Is where that? It'll be in House Bill 5 and House Bill 13.
  • It's in a different House bill section.
Keywords: 959, house, all
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Environment, Energy & Technology Jan 21st, 2026 at 08:00 am

Environment, Energy & Technology

Transcript Highlights:
  • Well, I live in a failed airport package house.
  • We built our house here 18 years ago, and when we built the house, we used all our money to build this
  • house.
  • We built our house here 18 years ago, and when we built the house, we used all our money to build this
  • house.
Bills: SB6124, SB5652