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FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

FL House Floor Session - 2025-04-25 (10:00AM Session)

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The bill exempts flight simulators from a government unit, leased from a government unit, from TPP tax
  • So the local government could lower the millage rates.
  • The government has, in perpetuity, forever.
  • This bill gives local government more control over these taxes and the ability to right-size government
  • Local government are also accountable to the voters.
Summary: The House opened with prayer, a moment of silence for fallen Oviedo Officer Jimmy Serrano-Torres, the Pledge of Allegiance, and recognition of Chief Joseph Tuminelli as law enforcement officer of the day. The chamber approved the journal and adopted the special order report, and the Speaker announced a schedule change canceling the floor on Monday and starting Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. The main business was CS for HB 7033, the House tax package, presented by Rep. Duggan. He described a broad set of tax changes, including the previously passed sales tax rate reduction from 6% to 5.25%, exemptions for certain bullion sales, changes to tourist development tax (TDT) use, property tax administration updates, affordable housing-related exemptions, repeal of the aviation fuel tax, delayed natural gas fuel tax implementation, corporate income tax changes, and other provisions. Debate focused heavily on the TDT section and the bill’s property tax relief structure. Amendments to preserve local flexibility or remove the TDT restrictions were offered and debated; one Duggan amendment was adopted to allow local governments to keep 25% of TDT revenues for general use while directing 75% to property tax relief, and another amendment requiring audit certification of compliance was also adopted. A combined reporting amendment offered by Rep. Eskamani to close corporate tax loopholes was debated at length but failed. On final passage, supporters argued the bill provides immediate, permanent tax relief and affordability help, while opponents said it diverts tourism dollars away from local needs and could harm tourism-dependent counties and services. CS for HB 7033 passed the House 78-29. The chamber then took up CS for CS for HB 1221 on local option taxes, which would give local governments more control over certain local taxes and, as presented, redirect TDT revenues toward property tax relief with some local flexibility. After questions and amendments, including a Miller amendment allowing 25% of TDT revenue for general purposes and another accountability amendment, the bill moved to final debate. Members split sharply: supporters framed it as immediate tax relief and local accountability, while opponents warned it would undermine tourism marketing, infrastructure, and county budgets. The transcript ends during closing debate on HB 1221, before final passage is recorded.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Chair: The Texas Ethics Commission will now hold an executive session pursuant to the government code
  • Chapter 12 in 2024.
  • Natalie McDermott: Of course, Section 571.069 of the Government Code states that the Commission shall
  • 305 of the Texas Government Code.
  • Natalie: This opinion is a revolving door opinion under section 572.069 of the Government Code.
Summary: The Texas Ethics Commission convened at 9:03 a.m. and held an executive session, reconvening at 10:18 a.m. During the meeting, the Commission approved a settlement agreement with Michael Quinn Sullivan, ending ongoing litigation. The agreement involved Sullivan dropping his legal challenges regarding a civil penalty previously imposed by the Commission. The Commission also announced personnel changes, including the departure of the director of enforcement, Marie Prim, and the appointment of Jordan Hun as interim director. The Commission discussed outside counsel contracts, approving the addition of Bickerstaff, Heath, Delgado, Acosta LLP to their pool of qualified vendors. They scheduled their next meeting for September 23rd and approved minutes from previous meetings. The agenda included several rulemaking items, with three rules adopted and five proposed for publication in the Texas Register. Notably, amendments to Chapter 20 regarding reporting contributions and expenditures were approved, as well as changes to lobbyist registration thresholds in Chapter 34, which were proposed for publication. The Commission also addressed advisory opinions, adopting several, including one regarding political advertising by charter schools and another concerning the revolving door prohibition for former state employees. Appeals for administrative waivers and reductions of fines were considered, with several fines waived or reduced based on individual circumstances. Lastly, the Commission discussed policies related to alternative dispute resolution and clarified responsibilities between the Commission and staff, concluding the meeting at 11:15 a.m.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • And we can discuss the commission's blatant violation of Public Utilities Code 1804(e), which addresses
  • Section 747 of the Public Utility Code declared that the Legislature's intent for the California Public
  • These savings could also be achieved by local, regional, or tribal governments, as well as JPAs.
  • These savings could also be achieved by local, regional, or tribal governments, as well as JPAs.
  • You know, we're very interested in local government, CCAs, JPAs, being able to leverage their type of
Summary: The committee first heard AB 13, which would restructure the CPUC to increase legislative oversight, add legislative liaisons, require more detailed and timely reporting on rate-setting decisions, and add a public advocate member. The author and supporters argued the bill would improve transparency, accountability, and geographic diversity in CPUC decision-making amid rising utility rates. Witnesses from TURN, San Joaquin County, SDG&E, and former CPUC Commissioner Loretta Lynch offered support or support-in-principle, while no opposition testimony was presented. Members generally praised the bill’s transparency goals, and AB 13 passed 10-0 to Appropriations, with the roll left open for absent members. The committee then adopted the 2025-2026 committee rules and approved three consent items: AB 61, AB 365, and AB 406. The next bill, AB 99, would cap investor-owned utility rate increases above inflation except for specified costs such as safety, modernization, and fuel/commodity costs. The author and supporters, including a representative of the California Senior Legislature, said the bill was needed to protect ratepayers, especially seniors and low-income customers, from repeated rate hikes. Opposition came from utility labor, utilities, the Chamber of Commerce, and others, who argued the bill was too simplistic, could suppress labor costs, and did not account for major cost drivers such as wildfire mitigation, mandates, and net metering. Several members supported moving the bill forward as a starting point on affordability, while others criticized it as overly blunt. AB 99 passed 11-0 to Appropriations, with the roll left open. The hearing then shifted to an informational panel on strategies to reduce California transmission costs. A Public Advocates Office staffer described a growing backlog of approved-but-unbuilt transmission projects, rising transmission access charges, and long project timelines driven largely by utility pre-application and construction periods. Panelists from Net Zero California and consulting firms presented research suggesting that public financing or public-private partnership lease models could reduce transmission costs by lowering financing, tax, and capital costs, with estimated savings of up to 57% and as much as $123 billion over 40 years. PG&E’s representative said the utility is already pursuing federal loan guarantees, grants, and a public-private partnership with Citizens Energy, but warned that state ownership could create tax, wildfire-liability, and governance risks. Members asked about the CPUC’s role, the causes of delays, and whether public financing could complement existing competitive solicitation processes.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Capital Investment - 02/04/25

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • And as you can see, this building was open in 2001.
  • This was built in 2001, and we're looking to double it to 53,000 feet.
  • These are grants to local units of government outside the seven-county metro area.
  • <01:21:51.639> have<01:21:51.800> to government have to government have to make<01:21:53.719
  • We are popularly known for the governance of the National Sports Center in Blaine.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
Summary: The committee first heard from the Minnesota Department of Administration on the governor’s capital budget requests. Commissioner Tamara Grundal described the state’s deferred maintenance backlog, saying Minnesota owns more than 4,800 buildings across 19 agencies, with an estimated replacement value of $11.2 billion and about $2.2 billion in deferred maintenance. She urged continued bonding support for asset preservation, CAPRA emergency repair funding, Capitol Complex security upgrades recommended by the ACAS advisory committee, and a budget-neutral account to help leverage federal funds for renewable energy storage and electric vehicle projects at state facilities. Members asked follow-up questions about prior security spending and CAPRA use. The commissioner said some 2018 security funds were used for items such as bollards, projectile-resistant glass, key card readers, and security kiosks, but specific details would be provided offline. On CAPRA, staff said recent projects included public safety upgrades, correctional facility repairs, water main and sewer work, roof repairs, lift station repairs, and boiler and steam trap replacements. The commissioner said the account has recently been used heavily, with about $1.9 million remaining, and estimated a typical target range of roughly $3 million to $5 million based on past spending and expected emergencies. A staffer said they did not know whether bonds had been issued ahead of time to fund the reserve and would follow up. The committee then heard from the Department of Public Safety on BCA capital projects. Commissioner Bob Jacobson and Superintendent Drew Evans said the governor’s proposal includes a new Southern BCA regional office and laboratory in Mankato, expansion of BCA regional office and lab space, and a new Minnesota State Patrol headquarters using trunk highway cash. Evans said the Mankato project is needed because of growth in DNA analysis, digital evidence, controlled substances, cyber tips, and sexual assault kit testing, and because the current St. Paul facility is over capacity. He said the new regional facility would improve turnaround times, reduce travel for scientists and law enforcement, support training, and improve evidence intake and crime scene response in southern Minnesota. Senator Pappas questioned the increase in the Mankato project cost from about $48 million to $68.6 million. Evans said the increase was driven by rising construction costs and additional specialized laboratory and support-space needs identified during design work with the Department of Administration. No votes or formal actions were taken during the portion of the meeting provided.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • That freedom and self-governance are responsibilities as much as rights.
  • Senator Swadzinski was my teacher on the morning of September 11th, 2001.
  • Senator Swadzinski was my teacher on the morning of September 11th, 2001.
  • <00:31:13.080> or Florida or the federal government or Florida or the federal government or
  • not only how our systems of government not only how our systems of government function,<00:57:54.040
Keywords: 918, senate, all
Summary: The committee held a joint hearing recognizing the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and focusing on civic education, free speech, voting, and Minnesota’s America 250 commemorations. Opening remarks emphasized the importance of education, Indigenous land acknowledgement, and the idea that democracy depends on informed and engaged citizens. The chair then invited student debaters from the Minnesota High School League to testify about how debate, free speech, and evidence-based reasoning have shaped their education and civic participation. The students argued that debate teaches critical thinking, helps young people engage with difficult issues, and should be protected as part of a healthy democracy; one also urged lawmakers to move beyond empty promises and take action on issues such as eviction moratoriums, ICE collaboration, and protest protections. Commissioner Willie Jett of the Minnesota Department of Education testified that public education is where citizenship first becomes real, and that schools, libraries, and educators help students learn to listen, question, debate respectfully, and understand both the ideals and failures of American history. He said democracy is something each generation must learn and strengthen, and thanked the committee for convening the hearing. Former students Sarah Griffin and Charlie Crocker then offered tributes to Senator Swedzinski, describing how his teaching encouraged civic engagement, disagreement, and action, and how his classroom shaped their lives and public service. Their remarks emphasized that democracy is not a spectator sport and that ordinary people build it through small, courageous acts. Secretary of State Steve Simon followed with testimony on Minnesota’s civic culture and voter participation. He said Minnesota has long ranked near the top nationally in voter turnout, including youth turnout, and attributed that to a combination of good election laws and a strong pro-voting culture. He highlighted school-based civic education efforts such as pre-registration for 16- and 17-year-olds and the Students Vote mock election program, and noted that Minnesota’s congressional delegation was unanimous in supporting the Voting Rights Act in 1965 as an example of the state coming together on major moral questions. The Minnesota Historical Society then began its presentation on America 250, with Kent Whitworth describing the organization’s role, the new edition of the Northern Lights curriculum, and broader commemorative activities; Dr. Bill Convery introduced historical context about how Americans have celebrated independence and how the semiquincentennial can leave a legacy for future generations.
ND
Transcript Highlights:
  • This is Administrative Code Chapter 33-01.
  • by North Dakota Century Code Chapter 23-44 and North Dakota Administrative Code Article 33-43-43.
  • community, as North Dakota Century Code Chapter 23-44 and North Dakota Administrative Code Article 33
  • The department followed the rulemaking procedures outlined in Century Code Chapter 28-32.
  • So the chapters made in Administrative Code 89-02-04 were made as a result of the past...
Keywords: 908, all
Summary: The committee first approved the December 3 minutes, then heard a request from the Board of Clinical Laboratory Practice to amend its proposed rule on exempt test methods to add certain closed-system DNA/RNA tests, including rhinovirus. After testimony explaining that the board had considered late comments from BioMérieux and wanted the rule record to reflect that review, the committee agreed to a limited amendment and passed the motion unanimously. The Department of Agriculture then outlined broad rule updates affecting dairy, eggs, poultry, pesticides, animal health, environmental mitigation, and the Egg Product Utilization Commission. The commissioner said the changes mostly clarified existing requirements, updated references, and reduced some burdens, such as easing dairy hauler training/licensing timing and clarifying out-of-state grade A milk language. Members asked about dairy industry decline, the APUC scoring system, and the rationale for the milk-hauler and out-of-state milk provisions. The State Board of Dental Examiners presented extensive rule changes tied to recent legislation and workforce issues, including a new professional health program for dentists, expanded duties for assistants and hygienists, broader local anesthetic authority for hygienists, and fee increases to fund the program and cover administrative costs. Testimony from Dr. Edward May strongly supported the professional health program based on his own recovery experience. The committee also heard from Game and Fish on rules easing some guide/outfitter experience requirements, allowing electronic exams, and modifying boating safety equipment rules, with no public comment and no fiscal impact. Later, Health and Human Services received approval for an extension to update tattoo/body art rules and a separate motion to repeal an obsolete nurse aide training chapter. HHS also described nursing facility rule updates, lodging sanitation revisions, and related clarifications on licensing, safety, pest control, and fire requirements. The Department of Environmental Quality received an extension for septic-system installer rules, and also presented rules for above-ground storage tanks and water/wastewater operator certification, including new fees and third-party testing options. The Industrial Commission’s oil and gas division described multiple rule changes, some withdrawn after comments, including drilling unit flexibility, site stability, wildfire authority, and streamlined transport/reporting procedures. Finally, DPI began presenting several rule packages, including school construction loan limits, school bus standards, cooperative agreements, special education rules for public charter schools, and new math curriculum and intervention requirements.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Higher Education Feb 12th, 2025

Appropriations Committee on Higher Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Florida Center for Nursing is new to you, we have been established in Florida statute 464.0195 since the 2001
  • do it, because we're all in this together, frankly, at all levels, and we seem to have cracked the code
  • And we seem to have cracked the code at the state university level, so we are open to sharing our playbook
Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Higher Education met to focus on nursing education funding, workforce supply, and Florida’s low NCLEX pass rates. The chair emphasized that Florida ranks last nationally in nursing exam pass rates and said the committee wants to use budget decisions and a forthcoming nursing bill to improve outcomes. The Florida Center for Nursing at USF presented preliminary workforce and education data showing RN supply is moving toward equilibrium with demand through 2037, while LPN shortages are projected to worsen, especially in some regions. The center also reported on enrollment, retention, faculty vacancies, and NCLEX trends, noting Florida still underperforms the national average but has shown some recent improvement, including higher RN pass rates in 2024 despite fewer test takers. The center highlighted that students who test sooner after graduation tend to pass at higher rates. A panel of nursing education leaders from public universities, state colleges, technical colleges, and private institutions described how prior state pipeline and line-item funding helped expand enrollment, simulation labs, faculty hiring, student support services, and partnerships with hospitals. UNF, Galen College, College of Central Florida, Keiser University, and Lorenzo Walker Technical College each reported strategies such as expanded simulation, mental health and social work support, test-prep and remediation, and efforts to grow faculty pipelines. Several speakers said faculty recruitment and retention remain major barriers because of salary competition with hospitals, faculty debt, and aging faculty. Technical college representatives also stressed the need to strengthen LPN pathways, English-language support, and LPN-to-RN bridge programs. Members asked for ideas to improve NCLEX outcomes and discussed possible policy options, including student loan forgiveness, critical shortage supplements for faculty, incentives for students to test soon after graduation, and possible changes to timing or regulation around NCLEX eligibility. Several witnesses supported more flexible or recurring funding, while noting that one-time line funding has been useful for simulation, scholarships, and faculty support but is harder to sustain. The committee adjourned after the discussion, with the chair saying the ideas would be considered in future funding and policy decisions.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Feb 20th, 2025

Alabama House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, so there are several different chapters to this code section.
  • do in several of the chapters throughout... several of the chapters throughout the code, which is a
  • Chapter four updates and simplifies the process. Does chapter four start...?
  • I don't have the chapters tabbed in. What do you say chapter four does...?
  • We are codifying that particularly in the business code here so that it's in this code.
Keywords: 1136, house, all
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Transcript Highlights:
  • And the federal government says we'll go to 80%.
  • Would you agree that I think the reference is the federal government, but the federal government doesn't
  • The last time I checked, government is supposed to protect. Government is supposed to help.
  • I heard it said that government should be here to protect.
  • So I think the citizens of Oklahoma want smaller government.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • It is to help write the rules that will govern the the standards.
  • Is adding a level of government oversight with any corresponding government investment in addressing
  • So, are we just growing government here? Thank you for the question.
  • Something the government, the governor doesn't seem to be interested in doing.
  • This one is just a governing body.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • It says in James chapter 1, verses 2 through 5: 'Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials
  • House Bill 3974 by Caldwellrey of the House and Paxton of the Senate, an act relating to the Government
  • bill House Bill3974 by Caldwellrey of the house and Paxton of the senate an act relating to the government
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 04-07-2026 11:30am

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Founded in 2001, the Native Hawaiian Council, Hawaiian Council today, was established with a clear and
  • She's also a member of the Judicial Administration Committee, Government Lawyers Section, Hawaiʻi Access
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/11/2026 - House Transportation & Infrastructure

Transportation & Infrastructure

Transcript Highlights:
  • For any government service or purpose.
  • Physical IDs must remain valid for all government purposes.
  • Privacy: do you really believe the government can protect our data?
  • government, having control of everything I do.
  • Phoenix came up with some rules in 2001; they adjusted them slightly.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • code.
  • Uh, so the requester asked for an, uh, analysis of section 572021A3 of the government code as applied
  • Of course, uh, most state officers are required to file a PFS under Chapter 572 of the Government Code
  • Government Code, which requires a Harris County Houston Sports Authority director to file as if the director
  • Uh, section 572069 of the government code is very clear as the requester participated in the solicitation
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session Mar 3rd, 2025

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • In 2001, still reeling from the shock of 9-11, I was invited to participate in a truly diverse interfaith
  • I request unanimous consent to suspend Assembly Rule 56 to allow the local government committee to notice
  • Today, the next generation joins us in Sacramento to immerse themselves in our state's government, learning
Keywords: 988, house, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention - 02/25/25

Housing and Homelessness Prevention

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:43:23.079> governing<00:43:23.520> documents live there uh govern governing documents
  • live there uh govern governing documents commonly<00:43:24.440> used<00:43:24.800> by<
  • reforms generally to chapter reforms generally to chapter 515b<00:48:38.440> um<00:48:39.400
  • 515, then that was replaced by chapter 515A in the later 80s, and those only applied to condos.
  • <01:03:43.119> 515b interest Community statute chapter 515b interest Community statute chapter
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Apr 9th, 2026

Alabama House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • <01:11:15.199> and getting from the federal government and getting from the federal government
  • <01:18:03.040> Sometimes address, a zip code, a CVB.
  • Sometimes address, a zip code, a CVB.
  • meet all rules of of the governing meet all rules of of the governing athletic<01:53:21.360>
  • So this is not about government So this is not about government overreach.<05:16:27.680> It's
Keywords: 1136, house, all
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

Criminal Justice Mar 11th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • OF PROTECTING THOSE THAT WORK IN SUCH FIELDS AS CRIMESTOPPERS BUT MAINTAINING TRANSPARENCY AND GOVERNMENT
  • I WANTED TO JUST GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF AN OVERVIEW TO BEGIN WITH SINCE 2001 THE MAXIMUM FINE FOR PUBLIC
  • WE JUST WANT THE GOVERNMENT TO STAY OUT OF IT. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER IS JED CAROL.
  • DURING A STATE OF EMERGENCY AND OF COURSE MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT UNDER THE THUMB OF OVERBEARING LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Keywords: 999, senate, all
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Senate Judiciary (01/20/2026)

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • the constitutional right of due process, especially when laws such as violations of United States Code
  • Code section 922(k). This bill, I think, needs some amendments, uh, which...
  • <01:34:39.920> section<01:34:40.480> 922 as 18 US code section 922 as 18 US code section
  • Um, in the '90s, I believe it's 1993, the federal government passed the Gun-Free School Zones Act.
  • You experience them when entering courthouses or government buildings, and many of us also choose to
Keywords: 1191, senate, all