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HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Room 224 Conference PM - 04-29-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Summary: The committee first took up SB 148 on combat sports, but members said they had agreement only in principle and were waiting on a conference draft and money committee release, so the bill was rolled to the next day. HB 1810 on charitable solicitation was then described as regulating professional solicitors who sell donated non-perishable tangible property, including prompt payment, financial reporting, disclosure, and contract requirements; the committee adopted the conference draft and passed it unanimously. SB 2607 on landscape architects was also passed with a conference draft after members agreed to align licensure qualifications with the uniform standard used by the Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards. Later, HB 1642 on consumer protection and crypto kiosks was passed with amendments to ban the purchase of cryptocurrency through crypto kiosks, and SB 2396 on property was deferred because members said they were aligned on the policy but still needed to sort out enforcement, with the issue to be left to a task force. SB 2961 on insurance was deferred to the next day pending release, and SB 2471 on the powers of artificial persons was rolled to the next day while the House and Senate sought legal clarification to make the bill more defensible; members said they agreed on the goal of addressing dark money but wanted to avoid harming Hawaii or local companies. The committee then passed SB 3001 on artificial intelligence with amendments. The conference draft renamed the regulated systems as “AI companions,” narrowed and clarified the definition, required reasonable measures to prevent outputs encouraging serious bodily injury, increased disclosure frequency for minors, added a feature restriction to discourage disengagement, removed provisions the Senate viewed as too broad or insufficiently articulated, shifted annual reporting to the Department of Health’s Behavioral Health Administration, and removed civil penalties. Members also said the romantic-relationship language had been removed for now but could be revisited later. SB 2433 on condominiums was discussed but rolled to the next day because the House and Senate were still considering changes related to DCCA authority and condo-owner disputes, and HB 1897 on condominium alternative dispute resolution was deferred for the session because the Senate was not ready and time was running out. In the final portion, HB 1753 on social media data retention was passed with amendments setting limits on how long companies may retain user data, with exceptions such as domestic violence evidence. SB 1166 on insurance was rolled to the next day after discussion of historic weather damage and the need to avoid affecting ongoing litigation against oil companies; members noted they had received an AG opinion that the bill would not jeopardize that litigation. SB 2964 on property insurance was passed with a conference draft requiring insurers to periodically ask homeowners about significant improvements so coverage can be reassessed, and SB 3255 on currency was passed with a conference draft authorizing penny rounding to the nearest five cents, though one senator voted no because he preferred the Senate version that had included a separate cash-acceptance issue. The committee also discussed SB 2852 on website accessibility for people with disabilities as the next item, but the transcript cuts off before any action on that measure.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Room 229 Conference PM - 04-29-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
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  • program workforce. program workforce.
  • College Promise Program.
  • I'm sorry, so what this bill does is amend the Hawaii Promise Program to incorporate changes in federal
  • Pell Grant program so that the program may cover 95% of a student's educational costs, including indirect
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Room 229 Conference AM - 04-29-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, next is SB 2001, relating to the Banyan Drive Community Development District.
  • Uh, next is SB 2001, relating to the Banyan Drive Community Development District.
  • Banyan<00:07:30.520> Drive uh relating to the Banyan Drive uh relating to the Banyan Drive Community
  • <00:07:31.760> For<00:07:31.840> the Community Development District.
  • For the Community Development District.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Room 016 Conference PM - 04-29-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill is relating to the Hawaii National Guard State Tuition Assistance Program.
  • This bill is relating to the Hawaii National Guard State Tuition Assistance Program.
  • And at the top of the agenda, we have HB 1870 relating to protected community relocations.
  • <00:14:56.360> And<00:14:56.520> on protected community relocations.
  • And on protected community relocations.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 04-29-2026 06:30pm

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • 33.480> to<00:01:33.680> 875 House Communication numbers 873 to 875 House Communication
  • And after careful review of communities.
  • Miscellaneous Communication No. 5 from the Honorable Ronald D.
  • Sorry, Senator De- [laughter] Senator Kanuha at the Kona Community Aquatic Center.
  • But, I just Community Aquatic Center.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Room 016 Conference AM - 04-29-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Moving on to HB 2468 relating to internship programs. For the House, we have myself, Rep.
  • This would set up the Office of the State Construction Manager, which would be a pilot program, a design
  • The Office of the State Construction Manager would be a pilot program, a design review special fund,
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Room 224 Conference AM - 04-29-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • First item on the agenda is HB 2270 HD1 SD1, relating to the down payment loan assistance program.
  • of DERF for pilot programs subject to an annual cap.
  • Okay, our next bill is Senate Bill 2552, relating to the individual housing down program.
  • So, the bill is just clarifying the 99-year leasehold program under ATDA.
  • a program.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Urban and Rural Development Committee Mar 11th, 2026

Urban and Rural Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • to say we're going to consolidate this, you know, one of the things that happens with the entity community
  • when you start trying to bring community when you start trying to bring I<00:03:15.920> know<
  • , county communities, you know, county government,<00:10:52.399> you<00:10:52.560> know,
  • for some different outcome that program for some different outcome that had<00:11:54.880> to<
  • they were interested [cough] a community they were interested [cough] in<00:12:03.040> meet<00
Bills: HB558, HB558
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Education Committee, February 25, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • and the greater state community.
  • There's not always a community center within all of our communities.
  • um my community and the greater state community. community. community.
  • within all of always a community center within all of our<00:01:38.079> communities.
  • our communities. our communities.
Bills: HB0023, HB0024, HB0025
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Education Committee, February 25, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • So this is really just sort of that freebie to the community.
  • community visits are really important. community visits are really important.
  • This is Wyoming's Tomorrow Scholarship Program Amendments.
  • That might be something that the community college has.
  • might be something that the community might be something that the community college<00:34:20.639
Bills: HB0023, HB0024, HB0025
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Feb 4th, 2026

Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • Members, Senate Bill 214 is a targeted rural access bill that puts special districts in rural communities
  • But a lot of times you have water and wastewater agreements that are being made between the rural communities
  • program within the Department of Commerce.
  • The program elements were successfully tested.
  • Outcomes include the number of students participating in the program and the skills, credentials, and
Bills: S0214, S0694, S1266
Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development met with a quorum present and considered three bills. First, SB 214 by Senator McLean, a rural access bill for special districts, was amended to allow independent special districts in rural areas to receive certain state and federal financial assistance payments directly for verified work rather than relying on reimbursement. Testimony in support came from representatives of water and sewer entities and the Florida Association of Special Districts. The committee adopted the amendment and then reported CS/SB 214 favorably. Next, the committee took up CS/SB 1266 by Senator Collada on cybersecurity internships and workforce readiness. The bill was amended to create a cybersecurity experiential learning opportunity and clearance readiness program within the Department of Commerce, working with Cyber Florida at USF. A proposed amendment to the amendment was withdrawn by Senator Bernard. With no opposition noted, the committee adopted the amendment and then reported CS/SB 1266 favorably. Finally, the committee heard CS/SB 694 by Senator Bracey Davis, which provides compensation to the descendants of the Groveland Four—Charles Greenlee, Walter Irvin, Samuel Shepard, and Ernest Thomas—for wrongful convictions and related harms. The bill was presented as a justice and redress measure, with supportive testimony from Delatry Hollinger and comments from Senator Smith and the chair praising the effort. The committee reported CS/SB 694 favorably, and then adjourned without further business.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Feb 3rd, 2026

Children, Families, and Elder Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • The initiative was created to address the disparities faced by children in disadvantaged communities.
  • The bill requires DCF and each community-based care lead agency to coordinate with organizations that
  • I'm an honor student, and I'm involved on campus and in the community.
  • I'm doing well in college and in my community.
  • benefits, even after they have completed their sentence and returned to the community.
Bills: S0996, S1022, S1462, S1690
Summary: The Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs heard and advanced four bills. CS/SB 1690, on early childhood education, was amended with a delete-all amendment that required public posting of child care inspection reports and data on child deaths, injuries, and substantiated abuse; changed certain notice and insurance provisions for family and large family child care homes; created the Florida Endowment for Early Learning; and made related definitional changes. The amendment was adopted and the committee reported the bill favorably. SB 1022, on children’s initiatives, would add two new Florida Children’s Initiatives in Bay County and Pompano in Broward County; the sponsor described the program as a community-based service network model, and the bill was reported favorably without opposition. SB 996, on dependent children, would require DCF and community-based care lead agencies to coordinate and regularly meet with organizations focused on people with lived experience in the child welfare system, and to publish how suggestions are implemented. Several young adults with foster care experience testified in support, emphasizing the importance of youth voice, normalcy, and teaching financial responsibility through allowance. The bill was reported favorably after supportive debate. The committee also considered CS/SB 1462, on temporary cash assistance eligibility, after adopting an amendment that narrowed a SNAP eligibility carve-out to people who were victims of human trafficking at the time of a drug conviction. The sponsor said the bill was intended to remove barriers to reunification and redemption. After supportive testimony and no opposition, the committee reported the bill favorably. The meeting then adjourned.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/25/2026 - Senate Public Safety

Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • manufacturer of a speed-inhibiting device to collect only necessary data to support compliance, evaluate program
  • require a prisoner to pay the reasonable costs associated with participating in a rehabilitation program
  • as a condition of community supervision and requires collected monies to be used only for offsetting
  • the cost of the program.
  • and encourage all Arizonans to support their county sheriffs and appreciate their service to our communities
Summary: The Committee on Public Safety approved the minutes from March 18, 2026, then heard and voted on several bills. HB 4018, which clarifies that a county sheriff has exclusive authority to regulate posse and reserve organizations acting under the sheriff’s authority, passed on a 5-1 vote after supporters said it simply codifies existing authority and improves accountability; one member opposed it as giving too much unchecked power. HB 2417, allowing certain drivers to use a court-ordered speed-inhibiting device instead of a license suspension for specified offenses, passed 6-1, with supporters calling it an optional safety measure and opponents raising cost, privacy, and enforcement concerns. HB 2771, allowing ADCRR to require prisoners to pay reasonable rehabilitation-program costs as a condition of community supervision, passed 5-2, and HB 2772, creating a driver’s-license medical indicator for advance directives such as a DNR, passed unanimously after discussion about implementation, renewal, and cost to applicants. The committee also approved HCR 259, a resolution reaffirming support for county sheriffs and recognizing their constitutional role, on a 4-3 vote. HB 2418, which appropriates $600,000 to be distributed evenly among the five original major incident regional law enforcement task forces in Cochise, Coconino, Navajo, Pinal, and Yuma counties, passed unanimously; testimony said the bill codifies a distribution practice that has already been followed administratively. Finally, HB 2170, the Protection Procurement Act, which bars state contracts for certain Chinese government-controlled companies unless no reasonable alternative exists and imposes penalties for false certification, passed 4-3 after proponents argued it protects Arizona from security and supply-chain risks. The meeting ended with thanks to staff and pages and adjournment.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Education Jan 30th, 2026 at 09:04 am

Senate Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Just last year, 83 schools and community organizations participated in our educational programming in
  • As you know, out-of-school time programs are vital to the infrastructure of New Mexico communities by
  • ensuring public safety, Programs are vital to the infrastructure of New Mexico communities by ensuring
  • In my community, the Zuni Youth Enrichment Program Project is a vital space, a nonprofit where my children
  • So I think that's how rural communities can really benefit from these programs. Mr.
Bills: SB83, SB106, SB107, SB123, SJR1
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Education Jan 30th, 2026 at 08:37 am

House Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • to support teacher recruitment and retention in New Mexico's public schools by making residency programs
  • are very diverse. residents now, and the residents we're attracting into the program are very diverse
  • Well-designed teacher residency programs typically attract a more radically diverse pool of candidates
  • to educate these students in an unapproved program?
  • We have different territories as well that are involved in DECA, and it is a national program.
Bills: SB83, SB106, SB107, SB123, SJR1
NV
Transcript Highlights:
  • legislation solves that and creates one cohesive cybersecurity unit to enhance collaboration and communication
  • information system means any computer equipment, computer software, procedures, or technology used to communicate
  • On... ...or technology used to communicate, collect, process, distribute, or store information.
  • Under NRS 242, information system means any communications or computer equipment, software, firmware,
Bills: SB156, SB467
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Education Policy Committee Feb 12th, 2025

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • We have someone from the community college system here.
  • I serve as the Vice Chancellor for Student Success at the Alabama Community College System.
  • But I really like this program, and anything that we can do to promote it, I think this is one of the
  • But I just find that so many of the students who fit into the criteria don't know the program exists.
  • us to do a better job of marketing the program to all of the students as well as their parents.
Bills: HB9, HB102, HB9
NV
Transcript Highlights:
  • , community events, and K-12 education partnerships.
  • , community events, and case. to upgrade that facility that supports academic programs, community events
  • Safety funding for upgrades and improvements are the top priority for our campus community.
  • Safety funding for upgrades and improvements are the top priority for our campus community.
  • It'll also better prepare students for the demands of professional health care programs.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Education Policy Committee Apr 9th, 2025

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • It requires all human reproductive curricular programs... ...human reproductive curricular programs to
  • I am the school program director. Wagner.
  • We know there's a demand by parents for more programs. We have 4,500 parents who have… programs.
  • This model works because it's community-led.
  • We simply want our community, our parents, and students to… community, our parents, and students to have