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FL
Florida 2026 4th Special Session
February 11, 2026 - 09:00 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- So these are the foundational blocks that will guide how the fund is operated.
- A group of us are very involved in the insurance industry.
- We're talking as a group at G, what can be done with Florida, with all its advantages?
- So the group of us got together.
- So the group of us got together.
Summary:
The Insurance and Banking Subcommittee met to hear and vote on several bills, with all measures reported favorably. The first major item was PCS for HB 175 on payment stablecoins, which would create a Florida regulatory framework aligned with the federal GENIUS Act so issuers can choose state regulation instead of federal licensing. Members asked extensive questions about how stablecoins differ from other digital assets, whether Florida would need federal approval, and what impact the bill would have on the Office of Financial Regulation; the sponsor and OFR said the state framework would mirror federal standards and that any workload increase was currently indeterminate. The PCS passed unanimously after testimony from OFR and the Florida Blockchain Business Association in support.
The committee then approved CS for HB 961, which streamlines electronic signature requirements for salvage titles and certificates of destruction, and HB 1415, a DFS stablecoin pilot program allowing certain stablecoins to be used for licensing and regulatory fees. HB 1415 was amended to remove authority for a Florida coin, limit the pilot to established stablecoins with at least $1 billion market cap, and require secure custody through a public depository or custodial bank. Members discussed how any interest or revenue would be used, with sponsors saying the pilot was still exploratory and intended mainly to cover program costs. Both bills passed favorably.
HB 1039, establishing a state cryptocurrency reserve, also passed after a strike-all amendment moved administration of the reserve from the CFO’s office to the State Board of Administration and tightened eligibility to cryptocurrencies with a $100 billion market cap over the prior 12 months. Supporters argued the bill would create a framework for future diversification and investment in established digital assets, while several members raised concerns about volatility, reporting frequency, and the meaning of new terms such as qualified liquidity provider and secure custody solution. The committee also passed CS for HB 951 on penny rounding for cash transactions, with an amendment clarifying cash transaction definitions and treating money orders and gift cards like credit-card transactions for rounding purposes.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Capital Budget Dec 4th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- applicant an evaluation committee attached to it so that applications and projects are assessed by groups
- So as we built this program, we knew we were reaching a group of people.
- Those are some of the groups we're targeting with our technical assistance.
- Those are some of the groups we're targeting with our technical assistance.
- There's always, like, stumbling blocks to getting there.
Summary:
The Capital Budget Committee heard presentations from the Department of Commerce, the Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO), and a consultant on the School Construction Assistance Program (SCAP) study. Commerce officials described their agency’s role in housing, energy, local government, broadband, and other capital programs, and reported on a $5 million pilot under Senate Bill 5200 that used trusted community messengers and technical assistance to help historically excluded organizations prepare for capital funding. They said 18 organizations received direct support and 79 smaller projects were also funded, but emphasized that statutory match rules, reimbursement-based payments, site-control requirements, insurance and audit costs, and extensive contracting rules remain major barriers. Commerce outlined efforts to expand outreach, digital modernization, internal contracting improvements, tribal MOUs, and innovation centers, and members asked about small business support, housing program placement, and outreach to Eastern Washington and communities of color.
RCO described its grant programs for recreation, conservation, education, and salmon/orca recovery, and reviewed equity work done before and after a 2021-23 proviso. The agency had already created a small-communities carve-out in youth athletic facilities, piloted stipends for advisory committee members, and reduced match requirements where allowed. Under the proviso, RCO completed an equity review and a planning program that funded 54 projects across 34 counties, with many applicants being new or long-absent grantees. Staff said the review led to changes in scoring criteria, clearer application guidance, more objective data measures, expanded technical assistance, and targeted community engagement. Members asked about application burden, project sizes, outreach, and how the agency is broadening participation and representation on advisory committees.
The final presentation summarized a planning study on SCAP, which examined rising construction costs, fragmented grant programs, local funding barriers, and uneven district capacity. The report recommended nine major changes, including stronger planning support, a new minor-modernization category, a mechanism to use unused funds more quickly, an education-specification prototype, a SCAP enhancement program for low-capacity districts, acceptance of non-SCAP funds, phased modernization, streamlined D-form and reimbursement processes, and revisions to the SCAP formula to better account for grade-band differences, enrollment projections, and regional cost factors. Additional recommendations included ongoing monitoring and evaluation, facilities-impact reviews, matching SCAP increases to construction-cost inflation, earlier locking of funding estimates, flexible program spaces, and updated statewide building-condition assessments. No votes were taken during the meeting.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- investments for national security issues, negotiates mitigation... measures where needed and may sometimes block
- you do appreciate the importance of the issue I'm happy to work with you on language to direct the group
- Well, I would see them as making this group of people, and right now it's set up as 11 unless other folks
- In front of a large group in Laredo the other day and you know I said that we need to do more to help
- But, so, if we caught a group of people coming across the road... river, not at a legal checkpoint, could
Bills:
HB256, HB1308, HB1554, HB1743, HB2308, HB2351, HB2858, HB3676, HB3784, HB4312, HB4552, HB4823, HB4852, HB5007, HB5010, HB5520, HB5524, HCR19, HB256, HCR19
Keywords:
E-verify, employment verification, illegal employment, state contracts, government entities, license suspension, immigration compliance, state grant funding, E-Verify, compliance, penalties, immigration, government contracts, employee status, state contractors, E-verify program, legally present, employment practices, legal services, public money
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs Mar 3rd, 2025
S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- It's to what extent and how can we best serve the, the group of folks who are here, uh, really focusing
- So Chairman, I mean, that would mean we would be in a position to either uh take an individual or group
- So there is a group of folks that will be able to charge some things, you know, there's no schedule of
- Out on the block or in, in the civilian sector, but they also want to serve.
- And, uh, hey, when I was state commander, I had an opportunity to address that group of young ladies
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- initial screening results will receive targeted intervention one to two times per week in a small group
- groups involved in what we're doing.
- That impacts our ability to do small group tutoring that Stephanie spoke about earlier.
- Flags can be powerful. and should not elevate or show partiality to any person or group of persons.
- The pride flag shows partiality to a special group, and showing partiality to one group discriminates
Keywords:
instructional materials, public schools, Education Code, adoption, rejected materials, local funds, open educational resources, Texas Education Code, school districts, open enrollment charter schools, funding restrictions, environmental regulation, business compliance, local authority, economic development, state preemption, local control, open education resources, SB 762, Texas public schools
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Legislative Task Force on Child Protection 8/13/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- So here's a group of the focus group categories, which I think I won't go through.
- <00:41:38.400>
in partnership with the improved group in partnership with the improved group - We support statewide work group.
- Statewide work group was doing.
- Looking ahead, the statewide work groups Looking ahead, the statewide work groups interim<01:41:
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division I (03/24/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
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that uh that if if that's the group that uh that if if that's the group that - believe is on the chopping block believe is on the chopping block federally.<02:39:37.359>
Uh - And so groups were getting has declined.
- .<06:00:54.080>
So <06:00:54.798>anyways, groups. - Maybe some nonprofit group luck.
Summary:
The committee first took up House Bill 733, a third-party litigation financing reporting bill. Representative Cole explained that the bill shifts reporting from the Secretary of State to the courts, which he said removes the fiscal note and helps insurers obtain information for underwriting and premium-setting. The committee accepted the explanation and voted ought to pass; the roll call was 8-0 in favor, with one member taking a pause.
The committee then heard House Bill 219, dealing with the renewable portfolio standard and the renewable energy fund. Representative Bose argued the bill would reduce electricity costs by lowering the REC purchase obligation from 220,000 to 170,000, which he said would reduce payments into the renewable energy fund by roughly $1 million to $2 million and save consumers only pennies a month. After questions about timing and whether to wait for a DOE report, the committee voted to retain the bill for further discussion rather than advance it; the motion to retain passed 5-4.
House Bill 365 was then discussed as an election-related bill intended to help verify citizenship for voter registration and create a voucher process for people who cannot afford a birth certificate. The sponsor said the Secretary of State may be able to use federal and state databases to verify citizenship, and if not, indigent applicants could receive a voucher reimbursed by the state, with a $25,000 appropriation included. Members raised concerns about the Secretary of State’s access to databases and the bill’s timing and cost, and the committee decided to hold the bill until Secretary Scanlan could come testify.
Finally, the committee heard House Bill 552, which updates retiree health coverage rules so dependent children can remain on the plan until age 26, consistent with the Affordable Care Act. DAS officials said retirees pay the full cost for dependents, about $1,000 per month, while the state covers only the retiree and spouse. The committee voted ought to pass unanimously, 9-0. The committee then began discussion of House Bill 572, a housing bill aimed at missing-middle housing, describing a voluntary program to identify developable public land, support construction, and streamline review, but the transcript cuts off before any action on that bill.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- huge open blocks of farmland between it. huge open blocks of farmland between it.
- They're like a money-laundering group for the DNR.
- They're like a money-laundering group for the DNR.
- So they may be groups that are repeating on a different project.
- appropriate fairly to group that apply. appropriate fairly to group that apply.
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
EDN Info Briefing - Fri Jan 9, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And so it's just again a benchmark because, you know, we're a smaller group.
- And so it's just again a benchmark because, you know, we're a smaller group.
- We also always want to smaller group.
- our fed watch groups. our fed watch groups.
- <02:47:34.240>
of they should mesh those groups of they should mesh those groups of teachers
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, February 25, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- But it blocks new people's ability to bring those forward.
- He arbitrarily blocked the development of affordable energy sources while forcing more expensive coal
- <03:39:51.680>
our permitting problem that's blocking our permitting problem that's blocking - In 1966, Pride Industries was founded in the basement of a church in Auburn, California, by a group of
- Yes, there are two of the major components of this group of folk who don't respect us enough to move
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- We have other nonprofit groups take care of that for us. And we also don't fund that upfront.
- <00:49:26.559>
take <00:49:26.800>care we have other nonprofit groups take care we - It blocks our ability to help them, punishes the organizations that care for them, and adds cost and
- It blocks our ability protect animals.
- So, Don, I know you've been around the block once, twice. So, just talk to Woods.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 4/2/25
Public Safety Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- the only people I allow to threat group the only people I allow to use<00:53:09.359>
that <00: - One of the things that we just implemented was a new strategy around creating some blocks in between
- My name is Leah Condis, and I lead the Minneapolis local group of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in
- One group here, they received $1.8 million in grants in 2024 and 2025, and they spent 46.2% on their
- One group here, they received $1.8 million in grants in 2024 and 2025, and they spent 46.2% on their
VT
Transcript Highlights:
- Members, in this block we are going to take up the Committee of Conference report on House Bill 944,
- Members, in this block we are going to take up the Committee of Conference report on House Bill 944,
Summary:
The House took up the Committee of Conference report on House Bill 944, the fiscal year 2027 transportation program and related transportation law changes. The Speaker first suspended the rules to consider the report immediately. A member from Swanton then outlined the conference committee’s main agreements, saying the House Transportation Committee was pleased with the result.
The report’s major provisions included a mileage-based user fee for battery electric vehicles beginning January 1, 2027, at 1.4 cents per mile, with multiple payment options and a directive for the Agency of Transportation to return with recommendations on eventually adding plug-in hybrid vehicles. The member also highlighted shifting $1.7 million from town highway aid to state paving, an additional $300,000 from the general fund for volunteer driver and mobility programs, a recommendation to study bonding as a way to advance transportation projects, consumer-protection style rules for EV charging price transparency, and changes to dates related to the Caledonia airport sale. The member noted the conference committee accepted the Senate’s position on making obsolete Connecticut River log-drive rules obsolete.
After brief remarks, the House voted on the conference report. The chair called for a voice vote, the ayes appeared to have it, and the report of the committee of conference was adopted. The House then noted that additional Senate bills might come over later and recessed until 4:00 p.m.
AR
Arkansas 2026 Regular Session
JBC-CLAIMS Apr 14th, 2026
JBC-CLAIMS REVIEW/LITIGATION REPORTS OVERSIGHT SUBCOMMITTEE
Transcript Highlights:
- This particular individual had a window in his office, and he had blocked part of that window, and we're
- additional layer on top of other things that we've done, just making sure people don't have their windows blocked
Summary:
The Joint Budget Committee’s Claims Review and Litigation Reports Oversight Subcommittee met to consider two proposed Department of Corrections litigation settlements and one appealed claim from the Claims Commission. The first settlement, Caroline Arnett v. Larry Norris et al., involved allegations of long-term sexual abuse by a corrections employee. Committee members asked about PREA audits, facility practices, and whether the inmate had been placed at the proper facility. The department said audits and other safeguards were underway, and the committee approved the settlement. The second settlement, Latasha Ridgel v. Arkansas Department of Corrections, also involved sexual harassment/assault allegations. Members questioned the seven-year delay in the case and whether the issue was systemic; the department cited attorney turnover, COVID delays, and legislative changes making inmate exposure a felony. The committee approved that settlement as well.
The committee then heard an appeal in Sharon Greer and Deanna Hayes v. Commissioner of State Lands, a denied and dismissed claim involving a tax-delinquent sale of family property in Crittenden County. Staff and the Commissioner of State Lands’ office said the property was certified in 2000, sold in 2009 after notice was sent, and that excess proceeds were available for a limited period before escheating to the county. The claimants argued they were not properly notified of the sale or the excess proceeds and only learned of the matter in 2025 after receiving the deed at a family funeral. Committee members discussed the notice process, statute of limitations, and the handling of excess proceeds, with several noting the issue may call for legislative review rather than relief in this case.
After debate, the committee voted to affirm the Claims Commission’s dismissal of the Greer/Hayes claim. Members also discussed broader concerns about how excess proceeds from tax sales are handled and whether the current statutory process should be revisited in future legislation.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- “And so what a drug does is it comes in and it blocks the lock, so that way the key can’t come in and
- , and I was able to then create or identify certain drugs that can cross the brain and potentially block
Summary:
The Committee on Science and Technology met to hear a presentation from Ananya Lakaraju, a Hamilton High School junior, on her research project using metabolomics and machine learning to identify potential salivary biomarkers for major depressive disorder. She described using a UCSD saliva metabolomics dataset, statistical methods such as Spearman correlation, Mann-Whitney U, and PLS-DA, and an ensemble AI model with SHAP and permutation importance to identify metabolites and pathways associated with depression. She said the work suggested several novel biomarkers, with some metabolites and pathways showing stronger associations with depression than others, and noted that her model achieved about 90% accuracy and a 97% AUC in distinguishing depressed from non-depressed samples.
Lakaraju also discussed a drug-discovery component of the project, using pathway analysis and molecular docking in UCSF Chimera to identify a target protein and potential compounds that might block a depression-related pathway. She said flupinazine showed the lowest binding energy in her simulations. Members asked questions about what the metabolites were, whether the findings were novel, how the saliva samples were obtained, and how the app she developed would be used. She explained that the data came from an online dataset rather than direct sample collection, that some top-ranked compounds were exogenous and not likely biomarkers, and that the app was intended to supplement AI results with mood and behavioral information because the model is not a doctor and could still be wrong.
The committee praised the presentation and discussed the broader implications for AI policy and mental health diagnostics. Lakaraju said she became interested in coding through robotics and later combined that interest with biology, and she emphasized her goal of making mental health assessment more objective and holistic. The meeting ended with members thanking her for the presentation and adjourning without any formal votes or legislative action.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Minnesota House passes the omnibus state government finance and elections bill, SF3045 5/1/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Energy policy advocates is a front<01:41:45.440>
group <01:41:45.679>for <01:41:45.920>< - group for the fossil fuel industry.<01:41:48.159>
and <01:41:48.320>what <01:41:48.639> - You go to Amy Block because she's the one who put it in there. I know that's inconvenient.
- You go to Amy Block because she's the one who put it in there. I know that's inconvenient.
- because she's the one who put Amy Block because she's the one who put it<01:47:49.600>
in it
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Transportation (10-14-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- the interstate, that those trucks aren't there near the side of the road or, you know, potentially blocking
- the interstate, that those trucks aren't there near the side of the road or, you know, potentially blocking
- the interstate, that those trucks aren't there near the side of the road or, you know, potentially blocking
- you uh near the side of the road or, you know,<00:15:44.720>
potentially <00:15:45.120>blocking - <00:15:45.440>
sight know, potentially blocking sight know, potentially blocking sight distance
Summary:
The Interim Joint Committee on Transportation approved the minutes from its September 16 meeting and then heard a presentation from Jason Sawala, deputy state highway engineer with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, on rest areas and truck parking. He described Kentucky’s system of eight welcome centers, 14 rest areas, and four truck havens, and said the Cabinet spent just over $12 million in fiscal year 2025 to operate and maintain those facilities. He also explained that the Cabinet’s truck parking study found truck parking demand has increased 24% since 2012, driven by just-in-time delivery, stricter hours-of-service and electronic logging requirements, and fewer drivers.
Sawala said the study looked not only at Cabinet-owned facilities but also private truck stops and lots, and identified unmet parking demand across the state, especially at 1:00 a.m. He noted that 11 sites, mostly existing rest areas, weigh stations, or welcome centers, were identified as promising expansion locations, with estimated project costs in the $30 million to $36 million range in 2022 dollars. He said the Cabinet is working on design and project development for those sites and is seeking federal funding opportunities where available.
Members raised concerns about safety, congestion, and trucks parking on ramps or in residential areas, and several asked about funding, charging for parking, and whether autonomous vehicles might reduce future demand. Sawala said the 820 public rest-area spaces are marked spaces only, that he was not aware of any state charging for public truck parking, and that federal programs can help fund some expansions. He also said he was not aware of local-government parking programs offhand but would look into it. Members generally emphasized the importance of truck parking for safety, commerce, and avoiding burdens on local communities.
MN
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Not the least of which is social media, where you cannot block people as an elected official on your
- of which is social media where you least of which is social media where you cannot<00:19:28.960>
block people <00:19:29.919>as <00:19:30.160>an <00:19:30.320>elected cannot block- people as an elected cannot block people as an elected official<00:19:31.200>
on <00:19:31.440
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- voting by its nature uh does<00:33:57.760>
contain <00:33:58.000>a <00:33:58.120>block - <00:33:58.360>
of <00:33:58.559>individuals <00:33:59.399>that does contain a block - Did they cover the same group of people?
- <01:22:37.440>
often the voter I uh Integrity groups often the voter I uh Integrity groups - <01:26:34.800>
or for uh voter Integrity groups or for uh voter Integrity groups or whatever