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FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Appropriations Mar 20th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- And it's very important that we have those agency work groups that are with every agency will look at
- We'll create that strong partnership through this through the work groups.
- We're going to have a workforce of group that and and and director that he charge of workforce.
- And that's when the the work group gets together when the standards are.
- Believe it or not, it's not always in the best interest of full obvious groups and government affairs
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- So I pray, God, that by your grace you would that as this wonderful group assembles, as this group gathers
- Well, bless this group, we pray. Bless the work that they do, and cover this place with your.
- We also have a large group of staff and students in the gallery today.
- Speaker and members, I'd like to welcome the Early Childhood Education Advocacy Group Babies in Baytown
- This group is also active in creating local programs for families with children. from birth to age three
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Tiffany Tremont, who is president and CEO of Silo Tech Group, and then Rob Myso.
- To recognize a very special group in the gallery today, today is.
- Please join me as we give a warm welcome to this group.
- I've got the Jacksonville Leadership Group here.
- And for all of us, it is the groups that bring the people together.
Keywords:
SJR 2, Senate Joint Resolution 2, constitutional amendment, homestead exemption, property tax relief, school property tax, ad valorem tax, residence homestead, school district taxes, Texas Constitution Article VIII, public school finance, homeowner exemption, elderly exemption, senior tax relief, disabled exemption, tax year 2025, voter approval, November 2025 ballot, local government, Ways & Means
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Budget Review Subcommittee on Education. (7-1-26)
Transcript Highlights:
- So when that bill goes into effect, those statutory groups will go away, but I think they're replacing
- those with some of their own advisory groups.
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kicked performance funding work group kicked performance funding work group
Summary:
The Budget Review Subcommittee on Education met for an overview of the Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE). After approving the prior meeting minutes, staff from CPE explained that the council was reconstituted in 1997 and serves as Kentucky’s statewide coordinating body for higher education, with responsibilities including advising the General Assembly and governor, coordinating the postsecondary system, supporting budget and performance funding work, and using data to track outcomes. They described Kentucky’s governance structure, including the KCTCS governing board, independent boards at public universities, and CPE’s role in licensing private institutions and overseeing transfer, closed-school records, and tuition approval.
CPE staff emphasized statewide strategic planning and the “60 by 30” goal of having 60% of working-age Kentuckians hold a meaningful credential by 2030. They said the agency uses dashboards, KPIs, and peer comparisons to set targets for institutions and monitor enrollment, retention, and graduation. They also highlighted the Kentucky Graduate Profile, a voluntary effort to embed 10 essential workforce skills into general education and major programs, and noted ongoing work on academic program approval, performance funding, and a biennial budget request.
The presentation also focused on student support and workforce alignment initiatives. Staff described the Kentucky Advising Academy, the Commonwealth Education Continuum, and the Kentucky Student Success Collaborative, which work with K-12 partners and campuses to improve advising, transfer, wraparound supports, and career planning. They also discussed GEAR UP, the Futurity career-planning platform, and efforts to connect education pathways to workforce needs, including healthcare, veterans, and other adult learners. CPE reported that student debt at graduation has fallen to $10,168 at public institutions and that six in ten Kentucky undergraduates graduate debt free.
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Higher Education Institutions Committee Apr 9th, 2026 at 08:30 am
Higher Education Institutions Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- and mentioned having a niece in that age group who cannot wait to get into teaching.
- These include our tours, admissions appointments, and group visits.
- We did over 100 hours of either one-on-one group-type conversations with the consultant.
- It's a group that's been meeting.
- We're like, wow, there's a group of students. There's a 346 in that.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee Jul 16th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- That's why Governor Newsom's policy working group called for immediate action.
- His veto message was very thoughtful and it created the working group.
- We've been intimately involved all year, along with a few other groups, in the negotiations.
- It treats both groups the same, which we believe is unreasonable.
- Feldman and all the law enforcement groups that we've worked with on this.
Summary:
The committee heard several AI- and consumer-protection-related bills, with extensive testimony from authors, supporters, and industry opponents. SB 53 by Senator Wiener would create transparency requirements for large AI developers, including disclosure of safety and security protocols, reporting of critical safety incidents, whistleblower protections, and the CalCompute public cloud. Supporters said it is a narrower, transparency-based follow-up to last year’s vetoed AI safety bill, while opponents argued it still relies too much on company size, could expose trade secrets, and should be narrowed further. The committee approved SB 53 on a do-pass-as-amended vote to Appropriations, with the roll held open for absent members.
SB 766 by Senator Allen would codify the FTC’s Cars Rule and create a three-day cooling-off period for certain used-car purchases, along with stronger disclosure rules on pricing, add-ons, and government affiliation claims. Supporters said it would save consumers money and time and help buyers avoid bad deals, while dealer and industry groups said amendments addressed many of their concerns. Several former opponents moved to neutral, and the committee passed SB 766 unanimously as amended to Appropriations.
SB 7 by Senator McNerney would regulate automated decision-making systems in employment by requiring notice, human review for discipline and termination, and limits on predictive behavior analysis. Labor and consumer advocates supported the bill as a safeguard against biased or overly automated workplace decisions, while employer and industry groups raised concerns about scope, notice burdens, and the predictive-analysis ban. The committee passed SB 7 to Appropriations on a 4-2 vote, with the roll held open. SB 833, also by Senator McNerney, would require human oversight of AI used in critical infrastructure, along with training and system assessments; it drew limited opposition focused on scope, and the committee passed it as amended to Appropriations on a 5-0 vote, also holding the roll open.
Later, the committee took up SB 11, which would address AI-generated voice, image, and video cloning and deepfakes by clarifying likeness protections, requiring consumer warnings, and addressing misuse and evidence tampering. Supporters framed it as a targeted response to nonconsensual deepfakes, while industry groups said recent amendments improved the bill but still had concerns about penalties and warning language. The committee also heard SB 720, the Safer Streets Act, which would let cities opt into a revised red-light camera system that shifts from driver to owner liability, removes facial identification, makes violations civil rather than criminal, and directs revenue toward transportation safety projects; the author presented the bill, but the transcript ends before any final action on SB 720.
MN
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Bills:
HF333, HF2712, HF1064, HF1069, HF1113, HF2207, HF204, HF2867, HF2924, HF746, HF1530, HF2587, HF1078
Keywords:
HF333, Duluth, Lot D, redevelopment, capital investment, bonding bill, state bonds, bond proceeds, public infrastructure, seawall repair, utility connections, demolition, debris removal, transportation improvements, site preparation, soil correction, economic development, DEED, capital appropriation, general obligation bonds
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 4/2/25
Elections Finance and Government Operations
Transcript Highlights:
- We work them through our Audit and Reporting Group, which is a group of public and private auditors,
- We work them through our Audit and Reporting Group, which is a group of public and private auditors,
- We work them through our Audit and Reporting Group, which is a group of public and private auditors,
- We work them through our Audit and Reporting Group, which is a group of public and private auditors,
- PACs and lobbyist groups.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development - Subcommittee on Veterans - 03/19/25
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development - Subcommittee on Veterans
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, we have a group here that's a nonprofit that they've been working on getting a building built.
- Uh we have a group Fargo, North Dakota.
- Our group of Memorial Honor Guard.
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And our own pace, but still as a group. - And our own pace, but still as a group.
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development Committee Apr 7th, 2026
Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development
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Bills:
HB248
WI
Wisconsin 2026 1st Special Session
Senate Special Committee on Oversight of the Department of Justice Mar 31st, 2026
Senate Special Committee on Oversight of the Department of Justice
Transcript Highlights:
- What the legislature has provided through the powers of the purse can just have any activist group do
- circumvent the ethics rules and the rules of the state in order to get an activist working for that group
- How many, if you were to think about things the other way around, how many conservative groups do you
- We don't want our justice system for sale, for hire by third-party activist groups because it will come
- directly from the state and by the legislature, but then possibly double that amount of activist groups
FL
Florida 2026 4th Special Session
February 16, 2026 - 01:30 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- I learned recently that there is a group home that would not get an employee background screened, and
- So we're going to make it crystal clear that every employee of a group home has to be background screened
- In a home with several bedrooms in a group home, it's a home; it's got bedrooms and common living space
- You know, there's no—like, you have to be literally outside if you're working in a group home.
- I find that I was chagrined when this family told me about this and the fact that the owner of the group
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- So what the committee substitute does is it removes group homes in support of housing.
- Senator West, does the committee substitute remove group homes?
- Yes, it removes group homes in support of housing. Yes.
- Senator West, Senator did you does the committee substitute remove group homes?
- Yes, it removes group in support of housing. Yes.
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Local Government considered a series of pending bills and committee substitutes, with most measures advancing on largely party-line or unanimous votes. Senator Hinojosa explained Senate Bill 427, which would require local governments to be current on annual financial reporting before receiving state loans or grants, with exceptions for disaster declarations and added procedures for water districts. The committee adopted the substitute and reported it to the Senate, then placed it on the local and uncontested calendar. The committee also advanced SB 65, SB 241, SB 304, SB 402, SB 413, SB 499, SB 621, SB 850, SB 854, SB 974, SB 15, SB 1023, SB 1024, and SB 1025, with several of those also sent to the local and uncontested calendar.
Several bills were briefly explained before votes. SB 304 concerned municipal court jurisdiction over health and safety and nuisance matters. SB 850’s substitute created a uniform 60-day timeline for property tax refund issuance. SB 854’s substitute made multiple changes to local land-use authority, including removing group homes in support of housing, allowing regulation of short-term rentals, preserving HOA and deed restrictions, protecting historic districts, lowering the required residential share in mixed-use projects from 65% to 50%, and limiting new setback, height, and parking restrictions on existing building conversions. SB 413 and SB 850 were reported with committee substitutes in lieu of the filed bills.
Most votes were favorable, often unanimous, though SB 241 and SB 621 each had one dissenting vote, SB 1106 was reported with one member present and not voting, and SB 1024 initially had one present-not-voting before Senator West later changed to aye. SB 1106 was reported to the full Senate with a recommendation that it do not pass, while the other measures generally received do-pass recommendations. The committee concluded by recessing subject to the call of the chair.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 03/26/26
Environment, Climate, and Legacy
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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention - 02/19/26
Housing and Homelessness Prevention
Transcript Highlights:
- And if legal status can be taken from one group of people, it can be taken from all groups of people.
- legal status can be taken from one group legal status can be taken from one group of<00:45:53.839
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and charge social programs and groups and charge social programs and groups - We are a group of eight weeks.
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and groups, neighborhood organizations, and groups, neighborhood organizations, and
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
November 2025 State Budget and Economic Forecast Presentation - 12/04/25
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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Sort that group has 90% federal funding. - Sort that group has 90% federal funding.
- of people by their race and their ethnicity, a very group of people who contribute to the vitality,
- They demonized an entire group, potentially 60,000 people, based on racial profiling.
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of it, not a generalization to a group of it, not a generalization to a group
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- Plymouth, which is an all-volunteer 501(c)(3) environmental group.
- So we hope you'll support this, as do both our environmental group and our recycling committee in town
- I'm the Director of MassPIRG, the Public Interest Research Group.
- I'm Mary Lou Nicholson, and I run the Shoreline Cleanup Group, Be the Solution to Pollution.
- We are a New England-wide advocacy group protecting our region's environment for over 50 years.
Summary:
The hearing focused mainly on two subjects: expansion of the Massachusetts bottle bill and bills to remove woody biomass from state clean-energy and greenhouse-gas programs. On the bottle bill, supporters from municipal, environmental, public health, and local government groups argued that the 5-cent deposit is outdated, redemption rates have fallen, and expanding coverage to more beverage containers—especially water, sports drinks, and small alcohol bottles—would reduce litter, cut plastic waste and microplastics, and save cities and towns money. Several speakers also backed raising handling fees for retailers and redemption centers, and some supported restoring a Clean Environment Fund so unclaimed deposits would support recycling-related purposes. Opponents, including the Massachusetts Beverage Association and the National Waste and Recycling Association, argued that curbside recycling and transfer-station systems are more convenient, that the targeted containers are valuable to local recycling programs, and that the proposal would shift costs onto consumers and municipalities. Committee members questioned witnesses about redemption rates, handling fees, the 2014 ballot question, and whether the bill had changed from prior sessions.
The biomass portion drew strong support from Springfield officials, state legislators, environmental advocates, and public health groups. They said woody biomass should not count as clean energy because burning wood produces particulate pollution and carbon emissions, and they warned that current law contains a loophole that could help finance the proposed Palmer Renewable Energy biomass plant in Springfield. Witnesses emphasized Springfield’s air-quality and asthma burdens, the public health impacts of PM2.5, and the need to close the loophole before a January 1, 2026 deadline. One forest-industry witness supported a separate bill promoting modern wood heat with pollution controls, arguing it is cleaner than older wood systems and has minimal ratepayer cost, while noting that those credits would be affected if the governor’s broader energy affordability bill repeals the alternative energy portfolio standard.
No votes were taken during the hearing. The chairs managed testimony by alternating between the bottle bill and biomass topics, asking speakers to keep remarks brief and to note when they agreed with prior testimony. Several legislators also testified in support of the bills, and committee members asked follow-up questions on deposit levels, retailer handling fees, recycling economics, and the public-health rationale for the biomass restrictions.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session May 4th, 2026
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- If you can all please move to the center for a group photo. We're going to be able to be.
- The financial services groups that remain opposed to Required by law.
- The financial services groups that remain opposed to the bill in print, I can convey that my office,
- The financial services groups that remain opposed to required by law.
- Well, there were two groups. I'm down to one right now, but I'm entered as both.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- it is you're willing to serve for State Rehabilitation Council representing the disability advocacy group
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Summary:
The Health and Human Services Committee heard a series of gubernatorial nominations, primarily to the State Rehabilitation Council, the Policy Advisory Board for Elder Affairs (PABEA), the Hawaii State LGBTQ+ Commission, and the Center for Nursing Advisory Board. Nominees included Patrick Gartside, Judith Daniels, James Montgomery (not present), Christine Park, Tammy Napoleon, Scott Spelina, Roy Katsuda, and Dr. Sylvia Rom. Each nominee described their background and why they wanted to serve, with recurring themes of disability advocacy, vocational rehabilitation, nursing workforce development, elder issues, and LGBTQ+ health and community support. Department of Human Services and Executive Office on Aging representatives generally testified in strong support of the nominees and emphasized their qualifications and relevance to the boards’ missions.
Members and agency witnesses also discussed substantive policy issues during the nominations. For PABEA nominee Scott Spelina, the committee asked about a bill involving strict liability and elder abuse-related criminal penalties; Spelina supported the approach, saying it would be easier to enforce and better protect seniors. For other nominees, testimony highlighted the need for stronger rehabilitation services, qualified vocational rehabilitation counselors, adult education partnerships, and nursing recruitment and retention, especially on Kauaʻi. Dr. Sylvia Rom’s nomination drew broad support from commission members and community supporters, with testimony focusing on LGBTQ+ health, gender-expansive youth, and intersectional advocacy.
No final votes were taken during the hearing. The chair repeatedly stated that decision-making would be deferred until later in the calendar, and in some cases until the nominee was present or quorum was available. One nomination, James Montgomery, was skipped because he was not present on Zoom, and Kevin Nakamura’s nomination was also deferred to a later date. The committee accepted written and oral testimony and generally moved through the nominations without questions from members.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Jul 21st, 2025
Legislative Health & Human Services Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- So as Joriah mentioned, we are not specialists in health care data, which meant we needed a large group
- I'll do specialty group. And we can see even drill down into further of that.
- This can skew who is getting the care based on age groups as well.
- Madam Chair, Representative Herndon, I don't know if we can separate by age group.
- So we are part of a group called WIPSHA, which is the Western Psychiatric.