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FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Senate in Special Session B Jan 28th, 2025

Florida Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Leader Pizzo: Wouldn’t an OPPAGA study take about 90 days and cost about 20 grand to arrive at the same
  • Not one of you has disputed the studies that show the nexus and connection between a higher education
  • What I'm saying is the young people who are already sitting in a classroom right now, probably studying
  • The honest answer, I think, may be in debate as a characterization that, you know, we really can't tell
  • I think there's studies out there that show that children of undocumented immigrants have contributed
Summary: The Senate opened with a prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and the reading of an amended joint proclamation expanding the Legislature’s immigration agenda. The proclamation added items calling for financial penalties for government officials, enhanced criminal penalties for offenses committed by illegal aliens, and programs and appropriations to support law enforcement in enforcing federal immigration law. The chamber then took up the special order calendar, beginning with Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 2B, the immigration bill. Most of the meeting was devoted to debate and questions on the strike-all amendment to SB 2B. Sponsor Senator Gruters described the bill as a broad immigration enforcement package aligned with President Trump’s agenda. He said it would require greater cooperation with federal immigration authorities, strengthen participation in the 287(g) program, create a chief immigration officer and council, authorize financial penalties for noncompliance, provide bonuses for officers assisting ICE, and direct information-sharing with federal agencies. He also said the bill would bar DHSMV from issuing licenses or ID cards to unauthorized aliens and would end in-state tuition waivers for undocumented students. Senators Polsky, Pizzo, Smith, Jones, Berman, Osgood, and others questioned the scope of the bill, whether it would affect schools, churches, cities, nonprofits, and green-card holders, and how the 287(g) provisions would work in practice. Gruters repeatedly said the operational focus was on jails and detention facilities, not street-level enforcement. A major point of controversy was the bill’s proposed mandatory death penalty for unauthorized aliens convicted of certain capital offenses. Senator Fine said the covered crimes were the most serious capital felonies, including murder, child sexual battery, destructive-device offenses causing death, and certain trafficking offenses, and argued the provision was intended to withstand constitutional challenge. Senator Pizzo raised Eighth Amendment concerns and questioned whether the bill could mandate death sentences. The tuition waiver provisions also drew extended debate: Fine said the state would save about $41 million by ending discounted tuition for undocumented students, while Democrats argued the savings would not return to general revenue and that the policy would harm students who are already enrolled. Fine and Gruters said green-card holders would not be affected and that the bill targeted only students in the country illegally. The discussion also covered appropriations and implementation. Senator Smith asked about the bill’s large funding levels, and Fine broke down the spending as including $375 million for the chief immigration officer, $100 million in grants to local law enforcement, $29 million for the new Office of State Immigration Enforcement, and $10 million for an unauthorized-alien transport program. Gruters said the funds would reimburse local governments and help address staffing shortages, while critics questioned the lack of benchmarks and the fiscal impact. No final vote or disposition on the bill appears in the transcript excerpt.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Education May 7th, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's a study, yes, sir. It's not an abolishment.
  • to do that study... ...if we're going to go to a study and we're going to ask the LDOE to do that study
  • , it needs to be an open-minded study.
  • And I know it's just a study, but it was repeatedly said, if we pass this, will you follow it?
  • However, many of these studies do not utilize Louisiana-specific data.
Keywords: 974, senate, all
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Committee on Climate Change and Global Warming Jun 21st, 2026 at 12:00 pm

Senate Committee on Climate Change and Global Warming

Transcript Highlights:
  • Notably, this year we released a forest carbon study where we looked in more depth at what carbon storage
  • up an entire new division, and they have their regional coordinators in place that will work on studying
  • and putting to help cities and towns. ...that will work on studying and putting to help cities and towns
  • is often burned, tops are often burned, because waste is often burned, tops are often burned, sawdust
  • And according to a study from researchers at UMass Amherst, this led to higher cooling costs with an
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The committee held a hearing on natural and working lands, carbon sequestration, and related provisions in Governor Healey’s $3 billion Mass Ready Act. EEA officials described the bill’s investments in flooding, land protection, tree planting, wetlands restoration, biodiversity, dams, seawalls, and coastal resilience, along with permitting reforms intended to speed ecological restoration projects. They also outlined current programs on resilient lands, healthy soils, forest climate solutions, forest reserves, and urban tree planting, and said the administration expects natural and working lands to offset up to 7 million metric tons of residual emissions by 2050, while acknowledging that additional strategies will be needed to close the gap to the state’s 10-million-ton offset target. Committee members pressed EEA on the cost of reaching the 30% conservation-by-2030 goal, the loss of a federal USDA grant of about $22 million, the adequacy of current sequestration estimates, and whether the state should consider regional approaches or statutory changes. EEA said current state conservation spending has been about $35 million to $40 million annually, that the Mass Ready Act is intended to help double the pace of conservation, and that federal funding remains uncertain. Senators also raised concerns about PILOT payments for state-owned land, the management of state forests, and the proposed Chapter 91 general license for restoration projects. EEA said the bill’s forest reserve language is meant to create a more durable designation process while still allowing limited active management. Advocates from The Nature Conservancy and Mass Audubon supported stronger investment in land conservation and restoration, saying natural and working lands are a cost-effective climate strategy that also provides biodiversity, water quality, and public health benefits. They urged passage of legislation to increase funding, improve PILOT equity, and strengthen land-use planning and mitigation requirements. They also backed removing Chapter 91 licensing requirements for ecological restoration, arguing that the current process adds cost and delay. In a later panel, a forest scientist and an urban forestry advocate emphasized the carbon and cooling benefits of mature trees, called for greater protection of older forests, and supported bills to expand municipal reforestation and modernize public shade tree law. No votes were taken during the hearing.
NV

Nevada 2025 Regular Session

Assembly Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections May 29th, 2025 at 01:00 pm

Legislative Operations and Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • the interim period between legislative sessions, interim committees of the Legislature still meet to study
  • In a similar manner, current statutes require the Commission to study governmental purchasing, commonly
  • Current statutes require the Commission to study governmental purchasing, commonly known as the Nevada
  • Public Purchasing Study Commission, to submit a report, including recommendations for legislation related
  • The DMV voter registration has been an abject failure, wasting significant taxpayer dollars on a flawed
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Human Services Apr 22nd, 2025

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • regular audits both at state in the federal level, and the estimated overpayments, let alone fraud, waste
  • is a timely bill, so external audit of Medicaid managed plans may reveal much... higher levels of waste
  • Looking at the research, one study published in... in the Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
  • The study found that infants in Texas with Medicaid are one-third is likely to receive helmet therapy
  • And my cousin recently graduated from Tarleton University is studying pre-law.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Higher Education Mar 11th, 2025

Appropriations Committee on Higher Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Recent national studies have shown that for every dollar invested in higher education, there is a $17
  • of Governors is working on updating this for the state of Florida, but nationally, that's a recent study
  • allow for fusion energy, and we're working to extract the rare earths from the gypsum stacks, the waste
  • That's where I think more study needs to be done.
  • How that runs across all 12, I think that's something that needs to be studied more robustly, and not
Summary: The committee held an informational hearing on higher education funding, focusing on how Florida’s university system should be financed and whether a new funding model is needed. University system financial officers and Chancellor Ray Rodriguez discussed major cost drivers, including wages and benefits, utilities, maintenance, financial aid, research, and the effects of geography, institutional mission, and student mix. UF highlighted the cost of research and graduate programs; UCF and FAU pointed to growth, location, and cost of living; FAMU emphasized recruiting top-tier talent while relying on other revenue sources; and UNF noted the challenges of growth and long-term planning. Members also discussed the role of internal controls and audits in addressing excessive spending and questioned whether out-of-state tuition should be adjusted to help offset costs. On revenue sources beyond state appropriations and tuition, the panel described auxiliaries, restricted funds, capital projects, and component units such as foundations and health systems. Several universities noted that some revenues are restricted to specific purposes and cannot be used for general operations. FAMU explained that a large share of its capital project funding reflected active campus construction, while UF said its component-unit revenue is largely tied to UF Health. The Chancellor emphasized that the system’s low tuition and strong state support are central to Florida’s national standing, but also noted that some auxiliary revenues are pledged to debt and must be managed carefully. When discussing the current funding process, witnesses praised Florida’s performance-based funding model for aligning incentives with student success, transparency, and accountability. They also raised concerns about non-recurring appropriations, rising employee benefit costs, unfunded mandates, deferred maintenance, and the difficulty of multi-year planning. Suggestions for improvement included more recurring funding, better coverage of mandated costs, greater flexibility in fee-setting, and possible weighting for mission, geography, and institutional type. The Chancellor said the Board of Governors is considering a “version 3.0” of performance-based funding that would benchmark institutions against peers and Carnegie classifications, but any changes would require legislative action. On out-of-state tuition, most universities said they would prefer local board flexibility, while the Chancellor cautioned that increasing out-of-state enrollment or fees could affect future state support and should be balanced carefully.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Finance (04/21/2025)

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, on page 38, we talk about our pharmacy process with regard to medical waste, monitoring that waste
  • ,<00:34:20.800> monitoring<00:34:21.200> that<00:34:21.440> waste, medical waste
  • , monitoring that waste, medical waste, monitoring that waste, participating<00:34:22.399> in<
  • This is the third year of the study, so we'll actually have some final numbers because recidivism studies
  • because recidivism studies final numbers because recidivism studies usually<00:59:11.280> do<
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • hundred pages from the TABC and their recommendations and report regarding the winding... ...and the study
  • And the legislature asked the agency to do a study on the wine industry during the interim.
  • Together with our members, we've studied various permits throughout the nation, and we developed the
  • I just don't know why we're wasting so much time on bills that make it harder to vote.
  • What I was hearing, and I haven't read it, I haven't studied it that hard, but would this allow them
Bills: HB223
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session Mar 13th, 2025

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And she's studying Diplomacy and World Affairs with a minor in Cognitive Science.
  • This results in a lot of wasted time, effort, and money as we navigate the court system.
  • Committee and I think we have very smart folks from both sides of the aisle on that committee that studied
Keywords: 988, house, all
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • on the water and wastewater systems, and they assess an impact fee. impact fee is is determined by study
  • other residents in the community don't bear all the strain for that new addition to the water. and waste
  • And in that screening study, there was also a provision dealing with affiliated projects, and we changed
Keywords: 1185, senate, all
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • And it's been said time and time again, every study has shown it: having a healthy forest is a carbon
  • And specifically, some of the studies that have been done show that less money will be coming in and
  • And specifically, some of the studies that have been done show that less money will be coming in and
  • Chairman, Mark Murray with the Environmental Group, California is against waste, in the rare position
  • in with a budget request this year for $100 million for clean fleet for public agencies and organic waste
Keywords: 988, house, all
Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee heard the Department of Finance’s May Revision overview and the LAO’s budget assessment, then questioned administration officials on several natural resources and transportation proposals. Finance described the state’s improved near-term fiscal picture, but also highlighted continued budget balancing measures, including use of the temporary surplus holding account, climate bond spending, transportation and DMV/CHP augmentations, and changes affecting CEQA filing systems, water programs, CalRecycle, and food and agriculture. The LAO argued the budget still relies heavily on reserves and borrowing, recommended rejecting or delaying many new discretionary proposals, and urged caution about ongoing costs and future-year impacts, especially for the General Fund, Motor Vehicle Account, and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. A major portion of the hearing focused on the Healthy Rivers and Landscapes proposal for Bay-Delta water quality implementation. Secretary Wade Crowfoot and Finance officials said the $25 million request would support early implementation of an enforceable program combining environmental flows, habitat restoration, and scientific monitoring, with the State Water Board retaining regulatory authority. The LAO said the proposal was premature because the updated Bay-Delta plan had not yet been adopted and asked for more clarity on the state’s existing commitments and future funding expectations. Several members expressed support for the program as a way to reduce long-running conflict over water policy, while others echoed concerns about timing and fiscal exposure. The committee also examined the proposed $125 million Proposition 4 contribution toward acquisition of the Golden Gate Fields property for a shoreline park and habitat restoration. State agencies said the project had a completed appraisal, was moving through a rolling grant process, and would leverage philanthropic and local funding, while members questioned why it was being elevated ahead of other park and conservation requests and whether it was the best use of limited bond dollars. The hearing then turned to transportation items, including $40 million for Clean California litter abatement, $6.2 million for Caltrans homeless coordinators, $73.4 million in DMV/Motor Vehicle Account requests, and funding for the 2028 Games route network. The LAO generally recommended rejecting or delaying the Clean California and homeless coordinator proposals pending more information, while members debated the need to preserve essential CHP and DMV operations despite the Motor Vehicle Account’s structural imbalance.
CO

Colorado 2026 Regular Session

Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 069 Mar 24th, 2026

Colorado House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is $350,000 that is going to be wasted on a study that accomplishes nothing.
  • This is $350,000 that is going to be wasted on a study that accomplishes nothing.
  • This is $350,000 that is going to be wasted on a study that accomplishes nothing.
  • <01:47:03.119> on<01:47:03.440> a<01:47:03.679> study that is going to be wasted
  • on a study that is going to be wasted on a study that<01:47:04.239> accomplishes<01:47:04.960
Keywords: 981, all
Summary: The House convened with a quorum, approved the journal, and heard several announcements about committee schedules and Capitol events, including Faith and Justice Lobby Day, Agriculture Week activities, and a tribute presentation for Sergeant Benjamin Pennington. The tribute honored Pennington’s Army service, his time at Fort Carson, and his death from injuries sustained in an attack on Prince Sultan Air Base; he was posthumously promoted to Staff Sergeant. A member also offered remarks recognizing the sacrifice of service members, and taps was played. The chamber then took up third reading and final passage on multiple bills. Senate Bill 39, concerning Fire and Police Pension Association disability and survivor benefits, passed 63-1. House Bill 1311, regarding use of a bond in lieu of retainage in construction contracts, passed 55-1 after a brief explanation of support from a member. House Bill 1184, continuing the Colorado Forest Health Council, passed 50-1; House Bill 1305, on inpatient behavioral health access, passed 64-0; and House Bill 1234, on access to child abuse or neglect records, passed 64-0. Senate Bill 50, requiring certain child care center policy disclosures to caregivers, passed 56-8. Senate Bill 84, preserving privileges for certain state entities in connection with information provided to the state auditor and fraud hotline duties, passed 42-12. House Bill 1186, continuing regulation of bail bonding agents by the Division of Insurance, passed 61-13. House Bill 1181, continuing the Barber and Cosmetologist Act, passed 51-13 after a member requested removal of their name as a co-sponsor. The House also moved Senate Bill 21 back to the general orders calendar and set several bills as special orders. In the House Special Committee on Legislative Interim Activities, House Bill 1331 was heard; the appropriations committee report was adopted after members noted a roughly $400,000 general fund reduction and a 3.3 FTE staffing reduction. The bill itself would suspend 10 interim committees, repeal two committees, and limit travel and per diem reimbursements to help address the budget gap. Supporters said the measure was similar to last year’s bill and encouraged continued policy work outside formal interim committees, while opponents argued that some committees, especially those related to water, behavioral health, and youth, should be preserved and questioned the prioritization of the Colorado Youth Advisory Council and related costs.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Education Policy Committee Feb 25th, 2026

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • They don't get the opportunity to study the Bible or fellowship with other Christians or whatever the
  • They don't get the opportunity to study the Bible or fellowship with other Christians or whatever the
  • Uh, but we just cannot continue to waste dollars in areas that are not moving like they should.
  • >> and Parker already does a study on that.
  • >> and Parker already does a study on that.
Keywords: 1136, house, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 04/13/26

Judiciary and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • And similarly, a waste of resources when DHS has that expanded authority, when the AG's office has to
  • of resources for the just a waste of resources for the Attorney<00:34:47.280> General's<00:34
  • And similarly, a waste of is conducting.
  • And similarly, a waste of resources<00:34:59.920> when<00:35:00.160> DHS<00:35:00.800><
  • In nursing specifically, traps have been studied more closely, with studies finding that up to 45% of
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Ways & Means Apr 21st, 2025

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • And so I mean I'm pretty well I think that most of them know who I am if not I've wasted a lot of money
  • 2,000 tons of oyster shells from nearly 40 partners. in the Houston and Galveston area. not go to waste
  • Increased production and royalty. payments, generate new severance and local tax revenue, reduce waste
  • This was a study put together by the Colorado School of Mines but since this exemption came into play
  • Water, solid waste, police and fire services. have to have those.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
  • and I'm a member of the ohrv study and I'm a member of the ohrv study commission<03:28:55.880>
  • <04:21:20.640> showed highquality EPA funded studies showed highquality EPA funded studies
  • you one randomized control trial study you one randomized control trial study in<04:34:01.119>
  • <04:38:26.080> to<04:38:26.279> prove the studies to prove the studies to prove that
  • 10,000 children studies 10,000 children studies tested<04:51:12.360> with<04:51:12.558>
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The committee took up several bills in executive session, beginning with HB 568 on subdivision regulations concerning water supply. Representative Donnelly moved ITL, arguing the bill would create costly studies, that towns already have jurisdiction over needed studies, and that the issue was not widespread. The committee voted ITL 9-7. HB 582, dealing with safety requirements for personal watercraft, was also moved ITL on the grounds that existing law already covers the issue and the bill was unnecessary after recent action on personal flotation devices. Representative Derby opposed the ITL, saying the bill was a common-sense safety measure and would restore a misdemeanor penalty, but the committee voted ITL 9-7. The committee then retained HB 595, relative to coastal resilience zones, after members said the bill was important but needed more work and time because of its complexity. Members noted it should be revisited later, and the motion to retain passed 16-0. HB 607, funding the Hampton Beach Area Commission and making appropriations, received an ought-to-pass recommendation 15-1, with support from members who described Hampton Beach as an important economic driver and one dissenting member saying the state should not bear the full cost. The committee also adopted Amendment 2025-3 on HB 624, establishing a local river management advisory committee grant program, by a 16-0 vote; the amendment shifted funding decisions to the Department of Environmental Services based on demonstrated need and a first-come, first-served process. The bill as amended then received an ought-to-pass recommendation 16-0 and was placed on consent. Later, the committee retained HB 629, funding the operation, maintenance, and repair of state dams, after members said the dams need attention but the bill required more work because suggested amendments had just been received. That motion passed 16-0. HB 644, concerning drones in state parks, was ITL’d because the Department of Parks and Recreation is already working through rulemaking on UAS use in remote areas, and the committee voted 16-0 for ITL. HB 657, the short notice booking act access for New Hampshire residents to state parks, was also ITL’d at the request of the prime sponsor, passing 16-0. The committee then adjourned and announced a later hearing on HB 663, which would allow the Division of Historical Resources to use a portion of Moose plate funds for administering its grant program; testimony from the sponsor and the division supported the bill as clarifying existing authority, and no final vote on HB 663 was included in the transcript excerpt.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session Feb 3rd, 2025

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Jack and his team placed second at the National Growers Association Foundation Student Case Study Competition
  • I don't think kids' school lunches, what may be the only meal that they eat in a day, is wasteful.
  • I don't think that Meals on Wheels The only meal that seniors may be getting is wasteful.
  • And if we study our Mexican-American history, we know what this symbolizes.
  • Studies have shown that mass deportations result in labor shortages, abandoned fields, and skyrocketing
Keywords: 988, house, all
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Health Committee Apr 29th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • This includes expanding access to injectable PrEP, which studies show improves medication adherence and
  • A 2024 study on California wildfires from 2008 to 2018 pointed out that over 55,000 premature deaths
  • with This pollution is especially harmful for elderly people, pregnant women, and children, with studies
  • showing a significant increase in emergency room visits for anxiety, depression, ...studies showing
  • We have some colleagues in Oregon who have been doing this really well, and we've been studying their
Summary: The Assembly Health Committee heard a long agenda of health bills focused on access to preventive care, behavioral health, hospital services, and patient safety. Early items included AB 554, which would expand and protect access to HIV prevention drugs like PrEP, including injectable forms and coverage protections; supporters said it would shore up access amid federal threats, while insurers opposed it as a costly benefit mandate. AB 577 would limit insurer and PBM practices that steer medications away from physician offices and require more transparency and patient consent; doctors and patient advocates supported it, while health plans and insurers warned it could raise drug costs and disrupt specialty pharmacy networks. AB 546 would require coverage for portable HEPA purifiers for vulnerable enrollees during declared emergencies, especially wildfire smoke events, with support from air quality and public health groups and opposition from insurers concerned about benefit expansion and cost. The committee also heard AB 224, which would codify California’s updated essential health benefits benchmark plan after a public review process, adding infertility treatment, hearing aids, and durable medical equipment if approved by CMS for the 2027 plan year. DMHC said the state had completed the review and needed legislation to meet federal timing, and the measure drew broad support. AB 1032 would require plans and insurers to reimburse up to 12 additional behavioral health visits for enrollees in wildfire-affected counties for a limited period after an emergency; supporters argued it would fill gaps in trauma care after disasters, while insurers said existing parity and continuity-of-care rules already address the issue and that the bill could create inequities. AB 849 would require trained chaperones for sensitive ultrasound exams and training on how to observe and intervene; it was backed by a survivor and patient advocates, with hospitals and health districts raising staffing concerns. Later, AB 1196 would direct the Department of Public Health to update outdated rules requiring three surgeons for certain heart surgeries using cardiopulmonary bypass; supporters said the rule no longer reflects modern practice and strains staffing, while cardiology representatives had no formal opposition but wanted to review amendments. AB 1113 would codify a right to wear a mask for health reasons in public spaces, with support from disability and public health groups. AB 1386 sought to add perinatal care to the list of basic hospital services, prompting testimony about maternity ward closures, workforce shortages, and rural access; the author said the bill would be amended further and that the committee would need to revisit timelines and implementation details. The committee also heard AB 1429, which would address Kaiser’s repeated mental health parity violations and improve access to behavioral health care, though the transcript cuts off before any action on that bill is shown. Several bills were moved with motions and seconds, but many were held for quorum; AB 1196, AB 1113, and AB 1386 were among the measures advanced to a roll call or held on call, and the committee repeatedly noted that final votes would occur when quorum was available.