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AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Local Legislation Committee Mar 5th, 2025

Local Legislation

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  • from all fire departments. ...representatives from all fire departments, including the fire chief.
  • Just kind of trying to address a way that our... ...trying to address a way that our volunteer fire departments
  • That's really the heart of... ...to support. That's really the heart of the bill.
  • fire protection in my county or the city.
  • So, we want the right kind of immunity because there is an expanded scope of responsibilities, obviously
Bills: HB325
TX
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  • and the protection of these essential creatures.
  • I'm co-founder of Austin Bat Refuge. I'm speaking in favor of additional protection for Texas bats.
  • They are providing free energy auditing services, adding to the burden of their long list of environmental
  • I am here on behalf of them to support the passage of the bill for the protection of bats, with amendments
  • the future of Wise County but to protect the... long-established wells of Wise County residents and
TX
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  • of the districts.
  • I am here before you today in support of Senate Bill 2661 on behalf of a number of groundwater... ...
  • So, of course, we want to protect and use our DCP to safeguard that resource.
  • side of the water rule in agriculture will probably be kind of flat.
  • It's kind of the lay of the land the next couple of weeks in April.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs (Part II) Apr 14th, 2025

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

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  • Who grows 80% of the potatoes grown in the state of Texas.pump his permit.
  • I appear before you today in support of Senate Bill 2661 on behalf of a number of groundwater conservation
  • That's the, the concept of the bill is like city of Austin, right?
  • So of course we want to protect our DCP or use our DCP and protect that resource.
  • of weeks in April.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Aeronautics and Transportation Feb 23rd, 2026 at 10:00 am

Aeronautics and Transportation

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  • I would just defer to you and defer to the family and maybe to the Department of Public Safety if that's
  • Chairman, members Of the committee, Senate Bill 1595 is basically a consumer protection and accountability
  • Does this have anything to do with some of the federal closures of some of these schools as related to
  • of this state?
  • Do you feel like in this bill any type of specific type of insurance instead of disabled?
KY
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  • Next up on the agenda, we have the Public Protection Cabinet, Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control
  • health and protection of our youth. health and protection of our youth.
  • department of law regulation. department of law regulation.
  • <01:56:18.080> We department of law. Is there a motion? We department of law.
  • Department of Corrections 501 K6420 Department of Corrections 501 K6420 Emergency<02:01:42.800><
Summary: The committee first approved the minutes and then took up Department for Medicaid Services regulations 907 KAR 23:010 and related rules. DMS explained that one regulation would establish a beneficiary advisory council and another would remove language barring coverage of GLP-1 drugs for obesity-related use. The department said coverage would still be limited by prior authorization and clinical criteria, with use tied to underlying chronic conditions such as diabetes or cardiovascular disease, and that the pharmacy and therapeutics committee would help set the detailed standards. Members discussed the potential health benefits, but several raised concerns about cost, timing, and whether the legislature and the Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board should review the policy first. DMS said the drugs are already on the formulary, that current Medicaid users with diabetes are already covered, and that the fiscal impact was estimated using current utilization, rebates, and expected savings; the department also said it would only cover the drugs if subject to rebates. The committee then voted 5-1 to find 907 KAR 23:010 deficient. The committee next considered several emergency regulations from the Public Protection Cabinet’s Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control implementing SB 100. The rules covered tobacco, nicotine, and vapor product licensing, including the application form, denial standards, and transitional licensing. ABC counsel said the department had received about 5,500 applications and issued nearly 5,000 licenses, with additional provisional licenses issued to avoid interruption in sales after the law’s effective date. He said some applications remained pending because inspections and photographs revealed possible unauthorized nicotine vapor products, and the department was seeking documentation before approval. A staff amendment was adopted without objection before the ABC presentation continued.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Energy Resources May 12th, 2025

Energy Resources

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  • Freeman Martin, Texas Department of Public Safety.
  • What environmental community harms are you seeing that are coming out of these pop-up depots?
  • So there are environmental crimes associated with it, and of course, the Rio Grande Valley specifically
  • I want to address the export and transportation of motor fuels and emphasize the importance of protecting
  • and address all of the environmental issues as well.
Bills: SB290, SB2949
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate County and Municipal Government Committee Mar 18th, 2025

County and Municipal Government

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  • So, this is only 49% of the 25, 5% So this is only 49% of the 25, 5%.
  • I've talked to the universities, the Alabama Department of Public Health... ...Alabama Department of
  • And so now this organization's kind of on the blacklist of networks that you Of the blacklist of networks
  • This piece of legislation is not going to take down the cost of eggs.
  • You have an officer that's been with a county department, sheriff's department... ...County department
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/27/2026 - Senate Natural Resources

Natural Resources

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  • Yeah, the department, in the due governance of the subject on AMA, is—I believe that they're already
  • Right now they're managing the compliance... ...and the Department of Water Resources would then need
  • But I believe Department of Water Resources, yeah, that's in their governance.
  • Members, for the record, my name is David Fernandez with the Arizona Department of Water Resources.
  • It is a measure for protecting groundwater, so all of the triggers would be connected to that.
Summary: The Senate Natural Resources Committee approved the January 13, 2026 minutes and held Senate Bills 1041 and 11676 by request for further review. The committee then heard Senate Bill 1197, which would allow irrigation grandfather rights and associated water duty in subsequent active management areas (AMAs) to be sold, leased, or transferred within the same AMA. The sponsor said the bill is intended to help wineries and other farmers in the Wilcox and Douglas areas adjust fields and expand while staying within existing water limits. Opposition testimony from Sierra Club and Rural Arizona Action argued the bill could increase groundwater pumping unless it includes stronger safeguards, such as a net reduction in water use and clearer ties to AMA management goals. The City of Wilcox and the Department of Water Resources were neutral but said the bill needs more work on consistency, oversight, and transparency. The committee passed SB 1197 on a 4-3 vote, with one member not voting. The committee then unanimously passed Senate Bill 1198, which continues the Arizona Beef Council for eight years until July 1, 2034. Testimony from the council’s executive director was supportive, and members discussed the importance of the beef industry and the value of longer continuation periods for agency review. Senate Bill 1199, which continues the Arizona State Veterinary Examining Board for eight years until July 1, 2034, also passed unanimously. Members used the discussion to raise broader concerns about the shortage of rural and large-animal veterinarians and the need for future funding and workforce support. Finally, the committee considered Senate Concurrent Memorial 1004, urging Congress to clarify the EPA’s powers and end what the sponsor described as regulatory overreach. Supporters framed it as a request for Congress to fix unclear federal law, while opponents said it would weaken science-based environmental protections and deny climate and public health realities. The memorial passed 4-3 with one not voting. The committee then adjourned.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Community Affairs Feb 10th, 2026

Community Affairs

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  • According to the Department of Health, drowning is the number one cause of death for children ages 1
  • The bill also says that the Department of Business and Professional Regulation may suspend or revoke
  • When the Department of Health has all their data in, we should have it in probably by June.
  • By passing this bill, it would reduce the possibility of extended events, taking away fire department
  • By passing this bill, it would reduce the possibility of extended events, taking away fire department
Summary: The committee heard and advanced a wide range of bills focused on water safety, utilities, housing, transparency, and claims relief. CS/SB 848 on stormwater treatment was presented as a follow-up to prior water-quality legislation and reported favorably with one support waiver. SB 28, a claims bill for Reginald Jackson against the City of Lakeland, was also reported favorably. CS/SB 658, a bipartisan child-drowning prevention bill for rental properties, drew extensive testimony from child advocacy and drowning-prevention groups in strong support; amendments required rental license applicants to certify compliance and removed local-government add-on authority, and the bill was reported favorably. CS/SB 18, a claims bill involving the estate of a deceased minor and the Broward County Sheriff’s Office, prompted questions about settlement and responsibility but was ultimately reported favorably despite opposition from a waiver form. Several utility and infrastructure measures were considered. CS/SB 1724 would regulate municipal utility service outside city limits, limit revenue transfers, require public meetings, and cap rate differences; an amendment added gas utilities, and the bill was reported favorably after testimony from municipal utility representatives and small-county advocates. CS/SB 1014 would require municipal utilities to extend water and wastewater service to certain nearby residential properties without conditioning service on annexation; an amendment narrowed the bill to residential uses and clarified capacity and grandfathering provisions, and it passed favorably. CS/SB 1102 would allow local infrastructure surtax revenue to fund body camera programs, with an amendment making the surtax authorization prospective and requiring a new referendum; it was reported favorably. CS/SB 260 on electric-vehicle storage in towing yards was amended to focus on storage only and to tie the higher fee to the period before fire-risk inspection, then reported favorably after testimony from insurers, fire officials, and EV industry representatives. The committee also advanced education, housing, and ethics-related bills. SB 1264 would ease zoning and code barriers for small private schools and micro-schools, with supporters arguing it would expand school choice and opponents raising implementation concerns; it was reported favorably. SB 934 on Florida Keys areas of critical state concern was amended to remove a tax-exemption section that conflicted with the Live Local Act, then reported favorably. SB 1622 would provide a one-time waiver of late financial-disclosure fines under specified conditions and was reported favorably. Finally, CS/SB 1566 on local government spending and transparency required online posting of budgets and related materials, and an amendment added utility revenue reinvestment and other changes while removing DEI spending restrictions; the bill drew support for transparency but concern from small cities and counties about cost and workload, and it was reported favorably. The meeting ended with adjournment after senators recorded votes on selected bills.
KY
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  • Department of Fish and Wildlife Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources<00:36:14.680> 301
  • <00:58:20.799> of administered by the Department of administered by the Department of Criminal
  • <01:04:14.319> of regulation thank you you Department of regulation thank you you Department
  • <01:04:47.279> of specialist with the Department of specialist with the Department of workplace
  • Public Protection Cabinet, Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction, 815 KAR 2:350.
Summary: The subcommittee met with a quorum, approved the minutes, and welcomed new members before taking up Council on Postsecondary Education regulations 13 KAR 2:120 and 13 KAR 2:130. The regulations, as amended by staff and agency amendments, update public university and KCTCS performance funding models to conform to 2024 Senate Bill 191 and the performance funding work group’s recommendations. Changes discussed included replacing the underrepresented minority metric with an underrepresented students metric defined as first-generation students, adding an adult learner metric, increasing the low-income degree premium, adjusting small-school and nonresident credit-hour weights, revising data aging and progression metrics, and adding STEM+H criteria in 13 KAR 2:120. Travis Pal of the Council on Postsecondary Education explained that the changes reflect the work group’s three-year review process and that the work group ultimately voted to define underrepresented students as first-generation students and to apply half-weighting between research and comprehensive universities for the new metric. Michael Frasier of the Kentucky Student Rights Coalition and Eastern Kentucky University student government opposed 13 KAR 2:120, arguing that the regulation improperly applies weights where the statute does not clearly authorize them and that the funding changes disadvantage comprehensive universities and vulnerable students. He asked the committee to find the regulation deficient or, alternatively, recommend legislative clarification and a revised fiscal analysis. Pal responded that weighting has been part of the model since 2017, that CPE was following the statute and work group recommendations, and that the model could be changed by future legislation. Members asked about the timing of the broader performance funding review, and Pal said the full model is reviewed every three years, with the next work group cycle beginning in 2026. No motion to find the regulation deficient was made, and the committee allowed the regulations to proceed to the committee of jurisdiction. The committee then approved a staff amendment to Teachers’ Retirement System regulations 102 KAR 1:195 and 102 KAR 1:340, which require annual reporting of accumulated sick leave, leave policies, and salary schedules to TRS and make technical changes to the final average salary calculation and related definitions.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/17/25

Agriculture Finance and Policy

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  • It would allow the Department of Agriculture to work with the Department of Health on this program as
  • > work the Department of Agriculture to work the Department of Agriculture to work with<00:26:49.399
  • protection we must address the cycle of protection we must address the cycle of polluting<00:29:
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  • <01:27:09.280> of department of department of egg<01:27:11.560> so<01:27:12.080> the
KY
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  • 25.440> Wildlife >> Department of Fish and Wildlife >> Department of Fish and Wildlife
  • Thank you. >> Department of Education 702 KAR 6:065, 704 KAR 4:010, 803 KAR 3:030, 805 KAR 5:050, and
  • >> Corey Nichols, Department of Legal Services at the Department of Education. >> I'm Julian Tacket,
  • Department of Workplace Standards 803 KAR 2:181, emergency; 2:241, emergency; 2:250, emergency; 2:260
Summary: The Administrative Regulation Review Subcommittee met with a quorum, approved the minutes, and then reviewed a series of agency regulations, most of which had staff-suggested amendments. The Board of Pharmacy regulation on remote prescription processing was amended to make grammatical and KRS Chapter 13A compliance corrections, and the Board of Social Work regulation on continuing education, telehealth training, waivers, and related fees was deferred at the agency’s request. The Occupational Therapy Compact rule update and the Professional Geologists fee increase regulation both received staff amendments and were approved, with the geologists’ board explaining the increases were driven by rising oversight costs and declining revenue. The committee also reviewed emergency regulations from the Board of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy, the Board of Emergency Medical Services, the Transportation Cabinet, and the Department of Workplace Standards. The EMS package covered licensing classifications, compliance audits, ambulance service rules, and electronic forms; the Transportation Cabinet’s emergency rule established procedures for street-legal special purpose vehicles; and Workplace Standards’ emergency rules updated Kentucky requirements to align with federal standards and House Bill 398, including shortening the discrimination complaint filing deadline from 120 days to 30 days and adjusting appeal procedures. Staff amendments were approved where offered, and members asked several clarifying questions about the rationale and effect of the workplace and EMS changes. The Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources explained rules on aircraft and drone use in taking wildlife and on reciprocal hunting and fishing agreements with neighboring states. The agency said the drone restriction was intended to align with federal law and address hunter complaints, while the reciprocal agreement rule was a cleanup of older agreements that had lapsed or been overlooked; the committee deferred the wildlife regulation 301 KAR 2:031 at the agency’s request. The Department of Education also presented multiple KHSAA-related and standards updates, including academic eligibility, sports timing, health and physical education standards, and career studies/financial literacy standards; staff amendments were approved, and members questioned the athletic forms and the designation of KHSAA as the state’s athletic agent. Finally, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services presented emergency regulations to support a pediatric teaching hospital expansion and related certificate-of-need changes, which the agency said were aimed at improving pediatric and neonatal access to care; staff amendments were approved, and the committee concluded by setting its next meeting for October 13 at 1:00 p.m.
OK
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  • act relating to the Department of Commerce.
  • Members, this JCR appropriates money to the Department of Commerce for them to update a lot of their
  • of the House and Hall of the Senate, an act relating to the Department of Commerce.
  • act relating to the Department of Emergency Management.
  • House Bill 4043 by Caldwell, Trey, of the House and Hall of the Senate, an act relating to the Department
OK
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  • And whereas veterans are among the most honorable of all those in public service, protecting every American
  • But because the Department of Commerce just met with their new board, they are getting ready to release
  • Maintenance and Protection Fund (OCAmp) instead of the Maintenance of State Buildings Revolving Fund
  • Isn't it true that the point of this body is to protect us, not only for the things that we're doing
  • We're giving taxpayers of Oklahoma the protections that they deserve, the transparency that they deserve
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Apr 22nd, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

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  • House Bill 3649 just updates the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services' real property
  • Can the author tell me if the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services is an appropriated
  • So, is the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services subject to annual fiscal limitations
  • So, is the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services subject to annual fiscal limitations
  • of the structure of the building.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Education Mar 6th, 2025

Public Education

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  • On behalf of the Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education, testifying on the bill.
  • of teachers of foundation. and subjects.
  • About three quarters of that big jump of money, that $1,600 plus of money, about three quarters of that
  • Lots of writing, lots of processing, lots of collaborating, talking.
  • But because of what you heard in terms of the uncertainty of getting all of the all the way through to
Bills: HB2, HB2
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Education Mar 6th, 2025

Public Education

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  • Its basic allotment of $220 falls way short of what we are capable of doing.
  • I am president of the Board of Trustees. of the Texas Business Leadership Council.
  • Is there a are we getting copies of all of the written?
  • All of us. But I am a prodigy of public education.
  • of Texas.
Bills: HB2, HB2