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FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Apr 2nd, 2025

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • , and due process resources.
  • and distribute fresh food products.
  • Senators, we're going to take up the amendment process.
  • They were in process, but they're technically late-file.
  • Does anyone have a question before the amendment process?
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.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session May 29th, 2025

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Assembly concurrent resolution 75 by Assembly member Alanis and others relative to food and agriculture
  • Processes that for small business owners can create difficult, even insurmountable hurdles.
  • To open these restaurants, and all the while communities can't access these important venues for food
  • And strengthen and expand our process for addressing school board members and contractors as well as
  • I hope that as we continue to finalize the language of this bill as it goes through the process.
Keywords: 988, house, all
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Senate Education Finance (04/01/2026)

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • process? process?
  • One sentence is being added. >> So the process already exists. >> The process exists, right?
  • That's what started the whole process. That's what started the whole process.
  • What's the process?
  • What's the process? that work? What's the process?
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Finance Division II (03/21/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • <01:15:15.520> at children that are being denied food at children that are being denied food
  • <01:16:19.120> when brought it up early in the process when brought it up early in the process
  • I'm just wondering this budget process.
  • The third one is relative to the sale of fish food.
  • amount here for the sale of fish food. amount here for the sale of fish food.
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The committee first revisited HB 781, the cell phone bill, after previously retaining it. On reconsideration, members moved to OTP the bill, and it passed unanimously. The committee then moved into the budget tracking packet and adopted an amendment to HB 2 to add the same cell phone policy language, also unanimously, and separately reduced HB 1 by $1 million to match the policy change. Members noted the cell phone language had already been stripped of grant funding language in the House version and that the policy and funding pieces were being aligned across the budget bills. The committee then took up a Department of Education technical amendment to HB 2 on charter school grants, which made timing and administrative changes without altering grant amounts, and adopted it unanimously. Members also discussed but held other education-related items, including adequacy grants, pending broader decisions on overall education funding. Another HB 2 item concerning E-911/state police radio communications prompted a longer discussion about whether E-911 surcharge funds were being used for purposes that should instead be general-funded. After debate over whether to leave the current practice in place or split the funding 50/50 between E-911 and general funds, the committee adopted a joint HB 1/HB 2 change to shift the funding source to a 50/50 split and delete the HB 2 language authorizing the prior use; the motion passed 7-0. The committee also discussed but did not act on several lottery-related provisions, including the video lottery terminal amendment, the increase in maximum ticket price from $30 to $50, and related tax split changes, with members planning to hear from the Lottery Commission on Monday. The meeting ended with the committee beginning review of new amendments in the tracking packet, including a Department of Education request related to Public School Infrastructure Commission grant administration, but no action was taken on that item in the portion provided.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, September 3, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • So even if you get food to them, they cannot process traditional food. They need this.
  • So even if you get food to them, they cannot process traditional food. They need this.
  • told where to ship this food aid to. told where to ship this food aid to.
  • c> to<05:02:45.120> fight process process, allowing them to fight process process, allowing
  • in BLM's existing processes. in BLM's existing processes.
VT

Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Session - 2026-03-12 - 1:00PM

Vermont Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:07:27.039> So, pop up in uh the estate process. So, pop up in uh the estate process.
  • Section six outlines the process rates.
  • School districts have been providing food.
  • School districts have been providing food.
  • They've been providing providing food.
Keywords: 927, senate, all
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • We are also in the process of strengthening our program evaluation systems.
  • More formalized process for patient input. Thank you so much.
  • So it's an exemption from the existing bidding process that would normally apply.
  • We'll make any updates as part of this budget process.
  • , and enhance communication and transparency in the resolution process.
Keywords: 988, house, all
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, January 12, 2026)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • nutritious food into every getting nutritious food into every community<02:13:05.280> matters,
  • <02:13:31.920> assistance made worse by ripping food assistance made worse by ripping food
  • Nationwide, this process is time.
  • The apparel acute food insecurity.
  • safety, housing, child care, and food. safety, housing, child care, and food.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • communication that's expected during the regulation<00:03:46.720> review<00:03:46.959> process
  • and so we had regulation review process and so we had some<00:03:48.040> really<00:03:48.200>
  • to delete definitions, revise the application and renewal process, including statutory requirements
  • or a local health department, remove newly added language regarding administrative conferences for food
  • for food and cosmetic manufacturing<00:13:21.960> plants,<00:13:22.880> and<00:13:22.960
Summary: The subcommittee met with a quorum present, approved the minutes without objection, and then reviewed a series of administrative regulations from multiple agencies. Most of the regulations received staff-suggested amendments and were approved without objection, including fish and wildlife rules on fishing limits and deer hunting on local government property, veterinary board changes to responsible party and veterinary manager requirements, election procedures for safe-at-home voters, attorney general regulatory relief rules, emergency gasoline tax pricing, public pensions updates, controller fraud-prevention policies, physical therapy licensure and English proficiency standards, school nutrition and fee-waiver rules, public health conference procedures, and Medicaid waiver regulations. Several agencies briefly identified themselves and answered procedural questions, but most items drew no substantive opposition. The Board of Veterinary Examiners regulation included an agency amendment that removed a proposed limit on the number of facilities a veterinary manager could oversee. The Department of Education regulations updated fee waiver and meal program procedures, while the Department of Public Health regulation clarified notification and conference-request procedures. The Department of Revenue and Kentucky Public Pensions Authority items were largely technical or conforming changes, including a special-needs trust definition added for consistency with Senate Bill 85. The most extensive discussion involved the Department for Medicaid Services’ 1915C child waiver regulations. Kentucky Protection and Advocacy testified in opposition to the waiver’s lack of participant-directed services, arguing that consumer-driven services such as respite and community living support are required and especially important in rural areas and for higher-acuity children. Cabinet representatives responded that the waiver is intended to provide wraparound services to keep children in homes and communities, that it has CMS approval, and that the program is limited to 100 slots with about 21 participants already enrolled. Members did not move a deficiency motion, and the chair indicated the regulations would continue through the process. The meeting adjourned after setting the next meeting for Tuesday, August 11 at 1:00 p.m.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Legislative Session Day 20 (2-4-26)

Kentucky House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This legislation recognizes grooming for what it is, a calculated, manipulative, deceptive process in
  • It is a calculated process, one designed to build trust, lower defenses, and create access for future
  • , of the 1913 women's suffrage procession, of the 1913 women's suffrage procession, civil<00:26:30.480
  • <00:27:49.360> House an act relating to school foods.
  • House an act relating to school foods.
Summary: The House convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, established a quorum, excused absent members, and suspended rules to allow bill co-sponsorships and vote modifications. The chamber approved the journal and received notice that the Senate had passed Senate Bills 48 and 102 and requested concurrence. The clerk then reported second-reading bills including measures on school bus safety, special license plates, healthcare workforce credentials, housing, veteran PTSD treatment, postsecondary education, the Kentucky Fire Commission, and local purchasing, along with committee reports advancing a wide range of bills on cultured meat, eviction/removal of unlawful occupants, involuntary commitment, grand jury service, CPA licensure, physical therapy, engineering scholarships, rabies vaccinations, the Controlled Substance Prescribing Council, robotics, reading and language arts instruction, and the education assessment/accountability system. The main floor action was House Bill 4, relating to grooming a minor. The sponsor described the bill as creating criminal penalties for grooming behavior, with enhanced penalties when the offender holds a position of authority. A floor amendment was adopted making technical wording changes and adding siblings and volunteers to the bill’s lawful-purpose exceptions. Members from both parties spoke in support, emphasizing child protection and the need for stronger legal tools, though one member said she wished the age threshold were higher. The House then passed House Bill 4 as amended by a vote of 98-0. After HB 4, the House moved through announcements and legislative citations. Members recognized the Corbin Middle School football team and the Lion County High School boys basketball team, and honored M. Samantha Shaver, DMD. Committee meeting notices were announced for several panels, including Economic Development, State Government, Natural Resources and Energy, Families and Children, and Health Services. The clerk also reported newly introduced bills and resolutions covering school foods, family care leave, correctional services, protective orders, data privacy, school funding for districts with high tax-exempt property, Medicaid coverage for adult day health and in-home attendant care, alternative diplomas, Kentucky Nurses Day, a sister-city partnership with Israel’s Shamron Regional Council, and DUI. The House then recessed briefly for committee meetings, received committee referral and rules reports, introduced floor amendments to HB 257 and HB 305, and adjourned until 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 5, 2026.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • ordinary process ordinary process um<00:23:37.600> uh<00:23:38.000> and<00:23:38.559
  • I know it's been a concern for a lot of people, the pardon process, and how that is going.
  • I know it's been a concern for a lot of people, the pardon process, and how that is going.
  • We saw that that being pardon process.
  • <00:35:57.040> fight value in in getting into a food fight value in in getting into a food
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Commerce and Tourism Feb 4th, 2025

Commerce and Tourism

Transcript Highlights:
  • So I've invited some folks involved in that process for a panel discussion.
  • For nondurable goods, like manufacturing of food, for example, chemicals, 514 other jobs are indirectly
  • We just could not get enough energy from the grid to support the tempering process that we had going
  • , but we want to get those defense contracts, so we're in that process.
  • Food and beverage, appliances, textiles and apparel, equipment, parts, and many other things.
Summary: The Commerce and Tourism Committee met to hear an overview of its jurisdiction and then focused primarily on Florida manufacturing. Secretary of Commerce Alex Kelly described manufacturing as central to a more resilient, diversified economy, citing the 2023 Florida Manufacturing Report and noting strong growth in manufacturing businesses, jobs, exports, and workforce programs. He emphasized that most Florida manufacturers are small businesses, that the sector is increasingly STEM- and technology-driven, and that the state’s main challenge is workforce aging and the need to retain trained talent. Members also discussed how to better expose students and parents to manufacturing careers, improve startup access to capital, and strengthen regional manufacturing corridors and transportation links. Kevin Carr of FloridaMakes said Florida is on track to become a top-five manufacturing state, but warned that productivity, technology adoption, and workforce shortages remain key issues. He said a proposed manufacturing bill would create a chief manufacturing officer and help address workforce, technology, and market-visibility challenges. Bain Beecher of PGT Innovations described the company’s growth and community role, but highlighted obstacles such as affordable housing, insurance costs, permitting delays, supply-chain disruptions, and limited awareness of manufacturing careers among students and parents. Andrew Kosowski of Veterans Metal focused on small- and medium-sized manufacturers, citing labor shortages, the cost of adopting new technology, regulatory burdens, and cybersecurity compliance as major pressures, and urged support for the draft manufacturing bill. Brian Giuliani of the Port of Tampa Bay outlined the port’s cargo mix, infrastructure investments, and role in moving fuel, construction materials, and manufactured goods, saying the port’s expansion and transloading plans could better connect Florida manufacturers to suppliers and markets. Committee members repeatedly stressed the need to promote manufacturing careers earlier in school, improve public perception of the industry, and reduce barriers to investment. No formal vote was taken during the discussion, but the panelists broadly supported the draft manufacturing legislation and the committee’s focus on manufacturing policy.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/23/2026 - House Floor Session

Arizona House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • They are eager to view our process here up close, and we are glad that you have come to visit your house
  • has proposed her balanced, bipartisan executive budget that funds public safety, health care, and food
  • That funds health care, that funds food assistance, that does so much to advance our state.
  • balanced, bipartisan executive budget that funds public safety, that funds health care, that funds food
  • That funds health care, that funds food assistance, that does so much to advance our state.
Keywords: 1182, all
Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, approval of the prior journal, and a series of guest and doctor introductions. Members recognized visitors for a range of advocacy and community events, including Children’s Health Advocacy Day, Jewish Advocacy Day, housing affordability advocates, environmental advocates for Lobo Week, and several constituent and youth groups. The chamber also heard a personal privilege statement honoring Dr. Leah Hillier as Doctor of the Day and several remarks about community organizations and guests in the gallery. The House then received Senate messages and committee referrals, including multiple Senate bills and a concurrent resolution being assigned or withdrawn from committees. In Committee of the Whole, SB 1415 was recommended do pass, and SB 1430 was recommended do pass as amended after a Ways and Means amendment was adopted to remove a controversial provision so the measure would remain limited to tax code corrections. The Committee of the Whole report was adopted, and the bills were deferred for engrossing; SB 1193 was retained on the calendar. On third reading, the House passed HB 2680, relating to workers’ compensation, by a vote of 55-1 with four not voting, and passed SB 1029, relating to campaign contributions and expenses, by a vote of 57-0 with three not voting. Later, the chamber heard extended personal privilege remarks on federal issues, including the government shutdown, TSA and ICE at airports, immigration enforcement, and state budget negotiations. The House also recognized Lobo Week and received announcements about upcoming committee meetings and a CAP update, then adjourned until Tuesday, March 24, 2026.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/13/2026 - House Floor Session

Arizona House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • HB 2048, orders of protected process service. HB 2049, radiation therapy rural county.
  • HB 2118, mobile food vendors. HB 2119. HB 2116, appropriation Colorado. HB 2117, natural resource.
  • HB 2118, mobile food vendors. HB 2119, computer data center. HB 2120, property tax exemption.
  • He also announced that at 5 o'clock today, if you want some free food and drink at the Vig, come on over
Keywords: 1182, all
Summary: The House opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, approved the Journal, and welcomed Dr. Andrew Carroll as Doctor of the Day. Members also heard a proclamation recognizing January 13, 2026, as Arizona Human Trafficking Awareness Day, with remarks highlighting the work of the Arizona Human Trafficking Survivor Coalition and the importance of survivor-led prevention and awareness efforts. The chamber also offered brief personal remarks honoring former Senator Barbara Lange and noting Representative Khyl Powell’s recovery. The House then took up procedural business, including two motions related to adjournment: granting the Senate consent to adjourn after Thursday, January 15, 2026, until Tuesday, January 20, 2026, and requesting the Senate’s consent for the House to do the same. Both motions passed by voice vote. The House also received a long list of first- and second-reading bill referrals covering a wide range of topics, including elections, water, education, health care, criminal justice, agriculture, transportation, and several memorials and resolutions. No substantive floor debate or final votes on individual bills occurred in this transcript. The House also announced committee schedules and cancellations for the day and following days, including meetings for Commerce, Education, Natural Resources, Judiciary, and Ways and Means. The chamber adjourned by motion until 1:15 p.m. on Wednesday, January 14, 2026.
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Budget Section Jun 24th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • That was about $176 million ahead of the numbers that you used in the budgeting process.
  • But for the first time now, I have to That you used in the budgeting process.
  • But those were the assumptions that we used in the executive budget process.
  • But those were the assumptions that we used in the executive budget process.
  • In the budget process, thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Summary: The Budget Section approved the March 18 minutes and received an OMB update showing the general fund is still ahead of the budgeted starting point, but revenues through May are now about $76 million below the legislative forecast, driven mainly by individual income tax and sales tax shortfalls. OMB also reported the budget stabilization fund is above its cap, meaning a transfer to the general fund is expected, and reviewed oil price/production assumptions, noting continued volatility. Members asked about the income tax netting process, the sales tax decline, oil price discounts/premiums, natural gas taxation, and when the executive branch would present its revenue forecast. The committee then acted on several Emergency Commission requests. It approved, as a group, requests for federal mine reclamation funds for the Public Service Commission, an additional criminal investigator FTE and funding for the Attorney General’s office, and a DPI transfer for bridge software costs. It separately approved DPI request 2164 for $500,000 to support the food vendor program after debate over whether the program’s savings were known and whether the money was simply a pass-through. OMB also reported on federal grants, fiscal irregularities, tobacco settlement proceeds, budget guidelines for agencies, FTE pool usage, vacancy savings, and the DAPL settlement, noting the settlement funds had been deposited and that a deficiency appropriation may be needed later to cover remaining accrued interest. Tax Commissioner Brian Kroshus presented on the primary residence credit program, saying participation has grown sharply and that the current biennium will likely need about $431 million, roughly $22 million above the appropriation. He explained how the credit interacts with homestead and disabled veteran benefits, how the 3% property tax cap works, and why county valuations and mill rates vary. The committee also received a Legacy Fund/Budget Stabilization Fund report showing strong returns, and DOT Director Ron Henke received approval for two Flex Fund highway projects on ND 49 and ND 31. Henke also explained remaining Highway 85 funding and said the department is exploring uses for leftover state dollars. Finally, the Department of Mineral Resources reported on abandoned well plugging and site restoration, noting North Dakota remains in relatively strong shape compared with other states, and DPI began a presentation on gap funding tied to the 3% levy cap, reporting 24 districts received $1.8 million in the first year and projecting higher future needs.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 2/27/25

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • They also provide hot food.
  • <00:43:12.800> administered and complex refund process administered and complex refund process
  • It’s like it’s part of the process.
  • It’s like it’s part of the process.
  • It’s like it’s part of the process.
Bills: HF1277, HF1006
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • trying to expedite the charter approval process.
  • The expansion process lies with the commissioner.
  • I've seen the process firsthand.
  • And sold food plates on weekends to help pay tuition. Thank you.
  • Or what about all the migrants who followed the process, the legal process to come here legally?
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice Jan 14th, 2026

Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • Finally, the Floridians First Budget provides $3.1 million for increased due process costs to all state
  • They are hungry because the food budget is not funded properly.
  • I support fair wages, but wages alone will not fix buildings, empty food trays, missing medical care,
  • Yeah, I haven't been asked that question before, so I'm trying to process it, but I believe the answer
  • This is its third year moving through the process.
Bills: S0054, S0156, S0296, S0298
Summary: The committee first heard a presentation on the Governor’s fiscal year 2026-27 public safety budget, which totals about $8.2 billion within a $117.4 billion overall state budget. Caitlin Dawkins of the Governor’s Office of Policy and Budget outlined funding and reductions across the public safety silo, including the Department of Corrections, Juvenile Justice, FDLE, Legal Affairs, the courts, and related entities. Agency heads then presented their requests, with FDLE seeking funding for fentanyl enforcement, career offender registry staffing, alert system upgrades, alcohol testing equipment, officer mental health, criminal alien detection, and statutory staffing needs; DJJ requesting money for the Florida Scholars Academy, uniforms, residential contract rate increases, a new Broward detention center, and facility maintenance; and DOC requesting major funding for correctional officer pay increases, 500 additional FTE, facility construction and maintenance, communications and security technology, offender information system modernization, inmate health care, pharmaceuticals, and food service. Members discussed staffing shortages, prison conditions, immigration enforcement, public records burdens, mental health and substance use treatment, and the need for continued investment in corrections. A member of the public also testified about poor conditions in some prisons, including clothing, food, medical care, and maintenance issues. The committee then considered and passed CS/SB 156, the Jason Rayner Act, which would clarify that a person may not resist a law enforcement officer with violence when the officer is performing official duties and would increase penalties in cases involving violence against officers. The bill sponsor described the case of Officer Jason Rayner and said the measure was intended to prevent defendants from using claims about unlawful detention or arrest to justify violence. An amendment conforming the bill’s language was adopted, and the bill was reported favorably after support was noted from several law enforcement and municipal groups. Next, the committee passed CS/SB 54, which addresses use of substances affecting cognitive function. An amendment narrowed the medical-records language to records relevant to investigations of violent offenders and clarified privacy protections. The bill was then reported favorably. The committee also passed CS/SB 296, the Haven Act, which would direct a study of a secure web-based alert system for domestic violence victims so they can contact 911 without alerting an abuser, and would expand the Address Confidentiality Program to include dating violence victims. Testimony from survivors and advocates emphasized the danger victims face when trying to leave abusive situations. Finally, the committee passed CS/SB 298, the public-records companion bill, which extends confidentiality protections for participants in the Address Confidentiality Program to dating violence victims as well. All three bills were reported favorably, and the committee adjourned after no further business.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • Every item of food, clothing, medicine, building materials, life-saving equipment, and raw ingredients
  • <00:03:05.400> clothing<00:03:06.400> medicine<00:03:07.400> building item of food
  • clothing medicine building item of food clothing medicine building materials<00:03:08.760> life
  • We lose candidates in that process.
  • We lose candidates in that process.
Keywords: 1183, house
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Commerce (02/11/2025)

Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:09:15.680> of becomes law will make the process of becomes law will make the process of
  • <00:22:14.559> they collective bargaining process they collective bargaining process they
  • <01:40:44.040> that can um effectively the the process that can um effectively the the process
  • <02:20:11.640> delivery sentence will read a food delivery sentence will read a food delivery
  • the delivery of an order from a food the delivery of an order from a food service service service
Keywords: 1191, senate, all