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AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Military and Veterans Affairs Committee Feb 12th, 2025
Military and Veterans Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- We’re honored to be a part of this ecosystem and continue to amplify the good work that not only this
Committee:
House Military and Veterans Affairs
Keywords:
veterans affairs, Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs, State Board of Veterans Affairs, commissioner, governor appointment, board advisory, veteran service organizations, veterans homes, veterans cemeteries, veteran service officers, district managers, state veterans home trust fund, veterans benefits, military veterans, disabled veterans, elderly veterans, active-duty service members, state agency reorganization, executive authority, governance reform
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security Feb 11th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- I was talking through, which is the ecosystem. We wash our get on the train. No real time.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Resources, Recreation and Development (02/04/2026)
Resources, Recreation and Development
Transcript Highlights:
- several different partners and associations such as New Hampshire Lakes, Connecticut River Watershed, Marine
- New Hampshire Lakes, Connecticut River Watershed, Marine Trades Association, and the Northeast Aquatic
- Again in favor, Jody Grimlas, New Hampshire Marine Trades Association.
- 00.160><c> Hampshire</c> in favor, Jody Grimlas, New Hampshire in favor, Jody Grimlas, New Hampshire Marine
- </c> Marine Trades Association. Marine Trades Association.
Committee:
House Resources, Recreation and Development
Summary:
The committee first took up HB 163FN, dealing with requiring current, verifiable evidence of a species’ presence before land-use restrictions are imposed for habitat protection. Members discussed an amendment that had been worked on with agencies and stakeholder groups. Fish and Game testified that, while the amendment improved the bill, the agency still opposed it because of concerns about citizen science, how the proposal would apply to public versus private property, and how the transition to DES would work. Representative Darby argued the amendment was ambiguous, lacked a full hearing, and did not clearly address record verification or private-property access issues. The amendment passed 8-7, and the committee then voted OTPA 8-7, with a minority report noted.
The committee then moved to HB 1752FN, which would create a chain of custody for timber and carbon credits. Representative Davis presented an amendment saying it would help law enforcement investigate timber theft and add transparency to New Hampshire’s carbon registry by identifying buyers of carbon credits. Supporters said the change would impose little burden and align with practices in other states. Opponents, including Representative Darby, Representative Vale, and the state forester from DNCR, said the carbon market is complex, the amendment was not fully vetted, and a hearing with all stakeholders was needed; they also raised fiscal-note concerns. The amendment passed 8-7, and the committee then voted OTPA 8-7, again with a minority report.
Finally, the committee opened a hearing on HB 1019, which would add an active water treatment professional to the state water well board. Representative Peter Petrino and Representative Wendy Thomas said the board should include expertise on contamination risks and treatment technologies, citing concerns about arsenic, radon, and PFAS in private wells. The chairman of the Water Well Board testified in opposition to the bill as drafted, saying the board supports the general idea of licensing water filtration work but does not currently have authority or rules to oversee that field and believes the proposal would put “the cart before the horse.” Members questioned whether the board’s current mandate even covers filtration systems, and the discussion ended with those concerns unresolved.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, September 15, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Speaker, our Marines and airmen are extraordinary.
- Congress must ensure the future of our F-15s at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, touring Marine barracks
- , visiting the Child Development Center at Seymour Johnson, and hearing directly from our Marines and
- :12:01.680><c> Force</c><07:12:01.920><c> Base,</c><07:12:02.638><c> touring</c><07:12:03.120><c> Marine
- </c><07:12:03.440><c> barracks,</c> Air Force Base, touring Marine barracks, Air Force Base, touring
KY
Transcript Highlights:
- that<01:56:28.560><c> this</c><01:56:28.719><c> is</c><01:56:28.880><c> an</c><01:56:29.119><c> ecosystem
- </c><01:56:30.320><c> Like</c> that this is an ecosystem, right?
- Like that this is an ecosystem, right?
- is</c><01:57:33.679><c> is</c><01:57:34.080><c> no</c><01:57:34.320><c> small</c> dismantling an ecosystem
- is is no small dismantling an ecosystem is is no small feat.<01:57:35.360><c> Um,</c><01:57:36.000><
Committee:
Joint Education
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, our natural resource, for example, marine protection being cut, NOAA programs eliminated, NOAA personnel
- Partner, good partners in taking care of our marine... ...NOAA programs eliminated, NOAA personnel laid
- Partner organizations in taking care of our marine resources, and an attempt to significantly curtail
Summary:
The Judiciary Committee held an informational briefing on the rule of law with U.S. Representative Ed Case. Chair Carl Rhodes opened by explaining the purpose of the briefing, noting it was being livestreamed and that public testimony would not be taken in the usual way. He described the rule of law as central to democracy and introduced Case, who was invited to discuss the concept and its relevance to recent federal actions affecting Hawaii.
Case framed the rule of law as a durable system grounded in the Constitution, federal laws, separation of powers, and checks and balances, with each branch of government and the public itself playing a role. He emphasized that Congress makes the laws, the president executes them, and the courts decide whether the Constitution and laws are being followed. He also stressed that elected officials swear to uphold this structure and that the rule of law is distinct from ordinary policy disagreements.
Case then argued that the Trump administration has undermined the rule of law through actions such as dismantling or weakening agencies created and funded by law, withholding appropriated funds, removing inspectors general and other independent officials, ignoring or challenging court orders, weakening the independence of agencies like the Department of Justice and the Federal Reserve, and intimidating dissenting voices, the press, and other opponents. He said these actions have harmed Hawaii and reflect a coordinated effort to concentrate power in the executive branch. He noted that Congress has not been serving as an effective check, while federal courts have been the main remaining check through more than 46 lawsuits, and he identified voters as the ultimate check and balance, briefly correcting the timing of the next midterm election to 2026.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Natural Resources & Energy (7-2-26) - Reupload
Natural Resources & Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- We're building an ecosystem, and for eight years we have been working alongside the Kentucky Division
- the full process, filtration, treatment, and disinfection in front of every person in attendance. ecosystem
- and for eight years ecosystem and for eight years um<01:06:56.200><c> we</c><01:06:56.400><c> have</
- Kentucky will be the first state in the nation to implement an ecosystem of this kind and this scale
Bills:
SB8
Committee:
Joint Natural Resources & Energy
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- By expanding the use of this program, we're able to assist more parts of the economic ecosystem and make
- By expanding the use of this program, we're able to assist more parts of the economic ecosystem and make
- By expanding the use of this program, we're able to assist more parts of the economic ecosystem and make
- By expanding the use of this program, we're able to assist more parts of the economic ecosystem and make
Committee:
Senate Taxes
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Finance and Policy Committee 4/13/26
Health Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- It is a critical part of the local health care ecosystem.
- Thank you. critical part of the local health care critical part of the local health care ecosystem.<00
- 31.560><c> House</c><00:44:31.800><c> File</c><00:44:32.120><c> 4860</c><00:44:33.080><c> gives</c> ecosystem
- House File 4860 gives ecosystem.
Committee:
House Health Finance and Policy
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
HHS, HHS, Public Hearings 03-18-2026
Transcript Highlights:
- It can damage our ecosystems, human health, and cause problems to our environment, you know, disrupt
- health centers, which we represent across Hawaii, are the safety net and critical to our health ecosystem
- health centers, which we represent across Hawaii, are the safety net and critical to our health ecosystem
- health centers, which we represent across Hawaii, are the safety net and critical to our health ecosystem
Summary:
The committee first took up gubernatorial message nominations. Margaret Jackson was heard for reappointment to the State Council on Mental Health, where she said her lived experience with family members facing schizophrenia, houselessness, and substance use issues motivates her service. Andrew Savaiano was heard for the Juvenile Justice State Advisory Council and said he wanted to continue elevating youth voice and lived experience. Tao Yan was heard for the Board of Certification of Operating Personnel in Wastewater Treatment Plants and emphasized the importance of wastewater treatment to public health and the environment. The Department of Health testified in support of the nominations, and the committee later adopted chair recommendations to advise and consent to all three nominations, noting Senator Favela’s excuse and no recorded objections.
The committee then heard HB 1853 relating to dementia. Testimony was overwhelmingly in support from state agencies, advocacy groups, caregivers, and individuals with lived experience, including a person living with Alzheimer’s and his caregiver spouse, who described the value of early diagnosis and coordinated support. Supporters said the bill would expand memory care navigation and access, especially on neighbor islands and in rural areas, and help families connect to resources earlier. One member raised concerns about the cost and scale of the proposed program, asking about the number and cost of dementia specialists and noting broader budget pressures, but the bill remained under discussion with no final action shown in the transcript.
The committee also heard HB 1591 relating to health care, which would expand the preceptor tax credit to additional health professions, including physician assistant students and PAs, with testimony in support from nursing, public health, medical, and provider organizations. Supporters argued the measure would help address workforce shortages and improve training opportunities for local and economically disadvantaged students. A committee member asked about the aggregate cost of the credit and whether the existing credit had been fully utilized; the chair noted the bill was being kept narrower than broader proposals because of fiscal concerns. The transcript then moved to HB 1961 relating to health care access near facilities, with supporters arguing it protects access to legal reproductive health care and opponents saying it is unnecessary, vague, and burdensome on free speech and protest activity. No final vote on the bills appears in the excerpt provided.
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado Senate 2026 Legislative Day 063 Mar 18th, 2026
Colorado Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- still ensuring that these most harmful products are not getting into our pets, not getting into our ecosystem
- getting into our pets, not getting into getting into our pets, not getting into our<01:01:26.480><c> ecosystem
- </c> our ecosystem, not creating a problem. our ecosystem, not creating a problem.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 2/18/26
Housing Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- considering ways the legislature can act to preserve the stability of tenants and the overall housing ecosystem
- 14:47.840><c> the</c><01:14:48.000><c> overall</c><01:14:48.320><c> housing</c><01:14:48.719><c> ecosystem
- </c><01:14:49.199><c> in</c> and the overall housing ecosystem in and the overall housing ecosystem in
Committee:
House Housing Finance and Policy
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Perhaps most importantly, it's a signal to the entrepreneurship ecosystem that the state of Minnesota
- it's a signal to<01:21:09.320><c> the</c><01:21:09.440><c> entrepreneurship</c><01:21:10.480><c> ecosystem
- </c><01:21:11.480><c> that</c> to the entrepreneurship ecosystem that to the entrepreneurship ecosystem
Committee:
House Taxes
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- expensive or unnecessary rather than leveraging their position to see the whole of the education ecosystem
- 01:21:13.760><c> of</c><01:21:13.840><c> the</c><01:21:14.080><c> education</c><01:21:14.480><c> ecosystem
- </c><01:21:15.440><c> as</c> the whole of the education ecosystem as the whole of the education ecosystem
Committee:
House Education Policy
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Township shoreline of Lake Bemidji with a wastewater treatment system, protecting both the lake's ecosystem
- treatment system protecting both the treatment system protecting both the Lakes<00:14:26.399><c> ecosystem
- </c><00:14:27.399><c> and</c><00:14:27.519><c> the</c><00:14:27.639><c> Mississippi</c> Lakes ecosystem
- and the Mississippi Lakes ecosystem and the Mississippi River<00:14:28.399><c> Downstream</c> River
Bills:
HF343 , HF446 , HF448 , HF674 , HF811 , HF832 , HF1661 , HF1528 , HF1536 , HF1541 , HF1670 , HF1438 , HF1714 , HF1748 , HF1835 , HF1904 , HF1929 , HF1942
Committee:
House Capital Investment
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 2/18/25
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- They still harvest a lot of nice deer, but it's part of the ecosystem, so we're working through those
- /c><00:39:43.839><c> the</c> nice deer um but it's part of the nice deer um but it's part of the ecosystem
- > we're</c><00:39:45.480><c> working</c><00:39:45.839><c> through</c><00:39:46.119><c> those</c> ecosystem
- so we're working through those ecosystem so we're working through those issues<00:39:46.680><c> and<
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Sixty Four - Wednesday, May 6
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- been sentenced and convicted, but also those that are working within that Department of Corrections ecosystem
- This bill supports all of the individuals housed in our ecosystem and all of the individuals working
- within our ecosystem within the Department of Corrections.
Summary:
The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, approval of the prior day’s journal by roll call, and a long series of special guest introductions recognizing family members, interns, public servants, nonprofit leaders, students, and a park ranger honored for life-saving actions. Committee reports and Senate messages followed, including Senate nonconcurrence on numerous amendments to Senate Bill 1421 and the appointment of a conference committee on another bill.
The main floor action centered on budget conference committee reports, especially House Bill 2002 on public education. Members debated whether the conference version fully funded the foundation formula, with supporters arguing it maintained record-level funding and opponents saying it left schools about $190 million short and relied on uncertain funding sources such as blind pension, lottery, and possible ARPA dollars. After a substitute motion to send the bill back to conference was defeated, the House adopted the conference report 83-68 and then third-read and passed House Bill 2002 by the same margin. The House then took up House Bill 2003 on higher education, where members discussed a move toward a future performance-based funding model while keeping current funding flat; the conference report passed 119-28 and the bill was third-read and passed 109-32.
The chamber next considered House Bill 2004, covering the Departments of Revenue and Transportation. Debate focused on transportation funding, rural roads, and a small local safety project in Lebanon that had already been addressed by MoDOT. The conference report was adopted 128-21 and the bill was third-read and passed 127-27. Finally, the House began debate on House Bill 2005 for the Office of Administration and IT-related functions, with the sponsor and supporters emphasizing IT accountability, the Movers project, and the transfer of some staff to DSS; the transcript ends during discussion of that bill.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Appropriations - S/C on Articles VI, VII, & VIII Feb 27th, 2025
Appropriations - S/C on Articles VI, VII, & VIII
Transcript Highlights:
- million in general revenue to provide the state match needed to allow the implementation of eight ecosystem
- Protection District. and address a wide array of immediate and long-term coastal risk reduction and ecosystem
- that's why with our exceptional item that we are asking for for GLO Those projects, those eight ecosystem
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Jun 29th, 2026
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I hold the honor of defending this nation for over two decades in the United States Marine Corps.
- Only in America can the son of an immigrant serve his country as a Marine and then serve in elected office
Summary:
The Assembly convened after a quorum call, prayer, and pledge, then moved through a largely procedural session with several unanimous-consent motions, guest introductions, and budget-related trailer bills. Members also adopted resolutions recognizing June as Dairy Month and June 2026 as Electronic Dance Music Month, and later approved H.R. 88 commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Guest introductions highlighted the Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Kappa League, Assembly staff member Mukhtar Ali, and Jennifer Levy, who is advocating against drunk driving after the death of her son.
On the floor, the Assembly considered a series of Senate budget trailer bills presented by Assembly Member Gabriel. SB 170 reorganizes housing and homelessness agencies; SB 171 makes labor-related cleanup changes; SB 172 addresses general government, broadband, and NextGen 9-1-1; SB 174 extends remote court hearings and related court provisions; SB 177 advances options related to Medi-Cal and employer contributions; SB 180 extends the California Competes tax credit and conforms tax treatment for certain savings accounts; SB 169 covers transportation and DMV-related provisions; SB 168 creates a zero-emission vehicle incentive program and other clean-energy changes; SB 166 implements natural resources and environmental protection budget items; SB 165 extends the skilled nursing facility financing framework; SB 163 updates developmental services; and SB 135 funds higher education initiatives, including community college enrollment and Cal Grant changes. Most of these measures passed with bipartisan support, though several drew opposition over concerns about bureaucracy, fees, oversight, or policy direction.
The Assembly also passed SB 719, which updates vehicle-related protections for domestic violence survivors, SB 97, an urgency bill making clarifying changes to digital financial asset law, SB 1350, which supports hydrogen and clean energy development, and SB 1344, which aims to reduce meritless lawsuits delaying affordable and supportive housing projects. AB 182, which sets the order for proposition numbers on the November ballot, was approved despite criticism that it manipulates the ballot numbering process. Votes on the measures were recorded, with many passing on strong margins and several transmitted immediately to the Senate or Governor as noted in the proceedings.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Jun 29th, 2026
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I hold the honor of defending this nation for over two decades in the United States Marine Corps.
- Only in America can the son of an immigrant serve his country as a Marine and then serve in elected office