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NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Senate Executive Departments and Administration (04/15/2026)

Executive Departments and Administration

Transcript Highlights:
  • , person within the ownership structure, person within the ownership structure, >> you<00:21
  • So I I structure of our laws and rules.
  • And so we had a fee structure. I think there was a question earlier.
  • And so we had a fee structure. I think there was a question earlier.
  • And so we had a fee structure. I think there was a question earlier.
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • If we could replace with a different political party structure, Senate, House, whatever at the federal
  • If we could replace with a different political party structure, Senate, House, whatever at the federal
  • They want us to work within the structure that we have already.
  • <00:45:34.000> So, the structure that we have already.
  • So, the structure that we have already.
Summary: The joint meeting of the House Elections, Constitutional Amendments and Intergovernmental Affairs Committee and the House State Government Committee was called to consider House Concurrent Resolution 45, sponsored by Representative Jason Petri. The resolution would support calling for a federal balanced budget amendment through the Article V process. Petri argued that Kentucky’s own constitutional balanced-budget requirement shows the value of fiscal restraint, and he said decades of federal deficit spending and rising debt make a constitutional amendment necessary. Governor Ron DeSantis and Lauren Ends of the National Campaign for a Balanced Budget Amendment also testified in support, emphasizing the growth of federal debt, the risk of a future debt crisis, and the view that Congress is unlikely to solve the problem on its own. Members asked about the mechanics and risks of an Article V convention, including whether the convention’s “sole purpose” language would be enforceable and whether a convention could become a “runaway” process. DeSantis and Ends said states can impose guardrails on delegates, including criminal penalties and delegate-limitation laws, and noted that any proposed amendment would still require ratification by 38 states. They also said that if Congress chose to draft the amendment itself in response to state pressure, that would be acceptable. One witness said 18 states have passed faithful-delegate or delegate-limitation laws. Representative Callaway asked what would happen if the debt issue is not addressed. Witnesses responded that continued borrowing could lead to economic dislocation, higher interest costs, and a debt crisis that would crowd out other federal spending. They said the current debt burden is already more than $100,000 per U.S. citizen and roughly $300,000 per taxpayer, and that a balanced budget amendment would be a first step toward stopping the growth of debt before any long-term paydown could occur. The transcript provided does not show a final vote or other committee action on the resolution.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • This project will demolish, repair, and replace concrete structures that serve as the structural foundations
  • This project will demolish, repair, and replace concrete structures that serve as the structural foundations
  • This project will demolish, repair, and replace concrete structures that serve as the structural foundations
  • This project will demolish, repair, and replace concrete structures that serve as the structural foundations
  • This project will demolish, repair, and replace concrete structures that serve as the structural foundations
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The committee first received several information items, including University of Kentucky reports on medical and research equipment purchases, five school districts’ planned bond issues, and a School Facilities Construction Commission list of prior debt issues. Members then heard and approved an appropriation increase for a federally funded University of Kentucky project at the Central Kentucky Regional Airport in Richmond. The project will construct a terminal building and is tied to EKU’s airport operations and planned flight school; members asked about the public funding, the role of EKU, and possible aviation expansion, and the item was approved by roll call. The committee next approved a University of Kentucky lease purchase for an 85,000-square-foot facility at 415 West Sun Street in Morehead for $6.4 million. UK said the property, formerly the Rowan County Board of Education site, is directly across from UK St. Clair and will be used for multiple purposes; members questioned the quarterly payment structure and why the county preferred not to receive the full amount upfront, but the item was approved. The committee then heard three appropriation increases in the Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet: a Fish and Wildlife pump project at Ballard Wildlife Management Area and two Lake Barkley State Resort Park repair projects. Finance staff explained the Lake Barkley increases were mainly to cover construction contingencies after bids came in close to available funding, and the committee approved the action items. Janice Thomas then presented four pool projects requiring no action: HVAC upgrades at the Future Farmers of America Leadership Training Center in Hardinsburg, geothermal and HVAC work at the Kentucky School for the Blind, a Brady Hall HVAC project at the Kentucky School for the Blind, and a renovation of Shanti Hall at Kentucky State University for the School of Engineering Technology. Members asked no substantive questions on those items. Finally, Natalie Broner presented a new CHFS lease in Wayne County and a Transportation Cabinet lease modification in Christian County. The Wayne County lease drew the most discussion, with members questioning the rent, the lack of other bids, and whether another county location might be preferable; CHFS said it maintains county-seat offices statewide and that the Wayne County site would replace an existing office. The Christian County item was described as a replacement site for driver licensing services with renovation costs largely absorbed by the lessor. Both lease items were presented for action after the discussion.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

JHA Info Briefing - Tue Sept 16, 2025 @ 2:00 PM HST

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • <01:03:26.160> a Um, we also help with structuring a Um, we also help with structuring a clear
  • But there are ways that you can use technology to extract pieces of that and put it into a structured
  • <01:05:34.480> machine put it into a structured machine put it into a structured machine readable
  • Theoretically, there's a couple different ways it can be structured.
  • different ways it can be structured. different ways it can be structured.
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The House Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs held an information briefing on expungement and record clearance, with Chair David Tarnis and Vice Chair Mahina Poo Poy emphasizing second chances and the legislature’s recent work on state-initiated relief. The chair reviewed prior measures, including Act 62 (2024), which created Hawaii’s first state-initiated expungement pilot for certain non-conviction cannabis-related arrests, Act 159 (2023), which required automatic sealing or removal of expunged records from the judiciary’s public database, and Act 241 (2024), which created the Clean Slate Task Force. He said the committee invited the Clean Slate Initiative and Code for America because of their national experience with state-initiated record clearance systems. Phil Hickden of the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center and Attorney General’s office reported that Act 62 was implemented using existing resources and no new funding, initially covering single-charge, pre-2020 arrests in Hawaii County for possession of less than one ounce of marijuana and later expanded by Act 005 (2025) to all arrests under HRS 712-1249 regardless of drug type. He said the project identified 2,268 potentially eligible records, with 1,072 processed so far, 989 granted and 83 denied, and that the work has taken about 872 staff hours and roughly 45 days per expungement. He also said the office has identified about 412,000 people who could potentially qualify for expungement under broader legislation, though that estimate does not include case-by-case research. Michelle Acasta of the judiciary explained that Act 159 changed the process so HCJDC now digitally transmits expungement certificates to the court, eliminating the applicant’s second step of filing paperwork with the court. She said the courts still manually review eligibility, but the process is easier because certificates now include a case ID and HCJDC provides additional information to help locate records. She reported that since implementation the courts received 125 certificates in July and 87 in August, with 17 court orders filed in July and August, including 81 in the First Circuit, 14 in Maui, 7 in the Third Circuit, and 15 in the Fifth Circuit. She also noted that the Hawaii Supreme Court’s State v. Rogan decision affects procedure by requiring a written request or motion, an opportunity to be heard, and written findings for sealing court records, and that new Supreme Court rules are expected for public comment. Members asked about qualitative outcomes and whether the process could be expanded statewide; staff said they do not track recidivism or personal stories, and the chair encouraged further discussion before the next session to identify barriers and capacity needs.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, Select Jul 31st, 2025

Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, Select

Transcript Highlights:
  • Those proactive measures minimize structural damage during the floods.
  • These structures would channel normal flows to calibrated outlets.
  • When the flood happened then, they built roughly 30 of those flood control structures. structures, the
  • They helped us before that but... to become the incident command structure.
  • We formally established a disaster response team structure.
Keywords: 997, house, all
ND

North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session

Higher Education Funding Review Committee Mar 25th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Higher Education Funding Review Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • And every time we talk about the formulas, these are structured.
  • And every time we talk about the formulas, these are structured.
  • I want to go into the structure because they did a lot of hard work.
  • This is just meant to kind of be a structure.
  • For this structure, that's correct. Is there any questions of Senator Sickler? Mr.
Keywords: 908, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 2/23/26

Elections Finance and Government Operations

Transcript Highlights:
  • He explained that chapter 116A allows counties to create a joint powers water structure, so the League
  • So we believe it is already structure.
  • <00:22:00.080> It<00:22:00.320> included structured wellness day.
  • It included structured wellness day.
  • The proposed language is narrow and structured.
Bills: HF1667, HF2526, HF68
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • We cannot ground our way out of this structural housing crisis.
  • It can buy us structural housing crisis.
  • Now, we're facing a structural deficit as we move forward.
  • Now, we're facing a structural deficit as we move forward.
  • Now, we're facing a structural deficit as we move forward.
Keywords: 919, house, all
Summary: The committee took up House File 3403, authored by Vice Chair Rep. Kazowski, and first adopted an A1 amendment. The amendment made technical and implementation changes recommended by the Department of Revenue, allowed a small portion of funds for county and tribal administrative costs, and clarified timing and reporting for spent and unspent funds. After the amendment was adopted, the bill was moved to Ways and Means. Rep. Kazowski described HF 3403 as a $50 million emergency rental assistance measure to help stabilize households facing eviction, with $44 million directed to counties and $6 million reserved for tribal nations, administered through the Department of Revenue using the existing local homeless prevention aid formula. Supporters said the bill would provide immediate, targeted help to renters and landlords, prevent evictions, and reduce downstream costs to shelters, schools, employers, and health systems. Several testifiers, including representatives from Greater Twin Cities United Way, St. Louis County, Hennepin County, Minneapolis, social workers, a resident, and tribal housing leaders, said local resources were insufficient to meet rising need and emphasized the impact of federal immigration enforcement and related economic disruption on families, workers, and communities. Testimony highlighted sharp increases in rental assistance requests, rising eviction filings, depleted county funds, and the strain on nonprofit and mutual aid efforts. County and city officials said emergency rental assistance and related legal services had already prevented thousands of evictions, but current funding was not enough. Tribal testimony stressed disproportionate homelessness among Native Americans and supported the bill’s tribal allocation. During member discussion, Rep. Amani Hiltsley said the bill was an economic stabilization tool and requested a roll call vote, noting safeguards against fraud and the broader costs of inaction.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/18/2026 - Senate Judiciary and Elections

Judiciary and Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • So I'm quite familiar with how these employment contracts are structured, and every school district I'm
  • So I'm quite familiar with how these employment contracts are structured, and every school district I'm
  • So I'm quite familiar with how these employment contracts are structured, and every school district I'm
  • So I'm quite familiar with how these employment contracts are structured, and every school district I'm
  • So we're going out to these properties, and the majority of the burned-out structures, open cesspools
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • they are able to be utilized to different advantages in these alternative types of contracting structures
  • > contracting these alternative types of contracting these alternative types of contracting structures
  • And so looking at structures.
  • This project in Marshall County will replace aging turnouts and adjacent track structures that provide
  • turnouts and adjacent track structures turnouts and adjacent track structures that<00:51:05.760>
Summary: The Budget Review Subcommittee on Transportation met without a quorum, so it could not approve the minutes. The chair announced an Eastern Kentucky University health forum later that day and then proceeded with testimony on alternative delivery methods for road projects. Jason Sawala of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet and Chad Laroo of the Kentucky Association of Highway Contractors were sworn in and introduced themselves. Sawala explained KYTC’s use of alternative delivery tools, including design-build, construction manager/general contractor (CMGC), and public-private partnerships (P3s). He said the cabinet’s goal is to deliver the best value to taxpayers in terms of quality, cost, and time, and emphasized that alternative delivery is most useful on projects with special circumstances such as innovation needs, specialized technology, complex constructibility, schedule pressure, or early contractor input. He cited the cabinet’s wrong-way driving prevention project as an example where design-build helped evaluate technologies and coordinate with stakeholders such as EMS and first responders. He also outlined the main tradeoffs: alternative delivery can improve collaboration and sometimes accelerate schedules, but it also brings risks related to right-of-way acquisition, utility relocation, changing scope, and the need for dedicated staff and compressed decision-making. He stressed that these methods are not a cure-all and are not appropriate for every project, while noting that traditional design-bid-build remains effective for most of KYTC’s work. Representative Branscum responded favorably, saying early contractor involvement is valuable and consistent with his experience in the vertical construction world. No votes or formal actions were taken because the committee lacked a quorum.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Transportation Committee Jul 14th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • So SB 791— SB 791 replaces the outdated flat cap of the DPC of $85 with a new percentage-based structure
  • A couple things on that: apart from the important fact that this is how the law has been structured for
  • But this was an effort to try to make it a little bit more progressive in terms of the structure of the
  • But this was an effort to try to make it a little bit more progressive in terms of the structure of the
  • And it's saying it's setting the structure of what any action...
Summary: The committee first took up SB 712, which would expand California’s smog-check exemption for classic vehicles by adding model years 1976 through 1986 in phases, with a sunset in 2032. The author and supporters, including lowrider advocates and the Specialty Equipment Market Association, argued the bill would preserve car culture, support a small class of rarely driven collector vehicles, and reduce burdens on owners who struggle to find equipment for older smog tests. Opponents, including air district officials, the American Lung Association, and other environmental groups, warned the bill would weaken an important emissions-control program and increase pollution. After discussion, the committee adopted the motion to do pass as amended to Appropriations on a roll call vote of 10-0, with the roll held open for additional votes. The committee then heard SB 800, which requires Caltrans, working with local governments, to assess mitigation measures for suicide prevention on locally owned overpasses crossing state highways. The bill was presented as a response to recent tragedies in Rancho Cucamonga and was supported by local officials, health organizations, and suicide-prevention advocates, who said the measure would help identify high-risk locations and lead to life-saving interventions. There was no registered opposition. The committee members expressed support, and SB 800 was passed to Appropriations on a unanimous roll call vote, with the roll held open. Next, the committee considered SB 30, which would prohibit California public entities from selling, donating, or transferring decommissioned diesel locomotives and railroad equipment with Tier 1 or older engines unless the engine is removed, while allowing Tier 2 and newer transfers under certain conditions. The author and supporters framed the bill as a climate and public-health measure to prevent older, dirtier locomotives from continuing to pollute elsewhere, while transit agencies opposed it, arguing it could limit useful transfers of equipment that still supports passenger service and could be better handled through case-by-case air-quality review. After debate, the committee voted 6-4 to pass SB 30 as amended to Appropriations, with the roll held open for later additions. The committee also heard SB 791, which replaces the flat dealer document processing charge cap with a 1% fee capped at $350, along with new disclosure requirements. Dealers and industry groups supported the bill as a way to recover costs and improve transparency, while consumer advocates opposed it as an unjustified increase that would burden buyers. The committee approved SB 791 on a 8-? roll call vote and held the roll open. The meeting then moved on to SB 34, a port-air-quality bill presented by Senator Richardson, but the transcript ends during testimony and debate on that measure.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

89th Legislative Session May 2nd, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • , a fund of funds. ...directly or through a fund structure, a fund of funds, in order to then convert
  • And as policymakers, we set the structure in place, but we don’t micromanage the actual management of
  • that is totally outside of the legislative structure or any oversight of anyone else.”
  • that is totally outside of the legislative structure or any oversight of anyone else.
  • We’ve set up a proper governance structure that avoids…” “...and provide a higher rate of return.
Summary: The House convened with a quorum, offered an invocation, led the pledges, and approved a series of routine motions, including excusing absent members and granting permission for several committees to meet while the House was in session. Members also adopted several memorial and recognition resolutions, including H.R. 1023 honoring Christian Beerbill, H.R. 1033 recognizing International Bereaved Mother’s Day, and H.R. 877 recognizing Urban League Advocates Day. The House also recommitted SB 17 and HB 4211 to committee and postponed SCR 27 and HB 2145 for later consideration. The chamber then took up a long third-reading calendar of bills covering a wide range of topics, including Sunset review measures, health care workforce and pricing, child custody and family law, Medicaid, rural ambulance grants, energy reporting, public information requests, trail development, virtual meeting disruptions, occupational licensing, protective orders, county leave pools, animal cruelty, infrastructure, and higher education. Most bills were explained briefly by their authors and passed with broad support, though several drew notable opposition, including HB 5265, HB 2402, HB 3000, HB 3237, HB 3326, HB 1056, HB 281, HB 3308, HB 1043, HB 1234, HB 1193, HB 294, HB 809, HB 334, HB 2037, HB 285, HB 1353, HB 3960, HB 4044, HB 4264, HB 2807, HB 3349, HB 4406, HB 1593, HB 1899, HB 1201, and others. Several bills prompted extended debate or amendments. HB 3237, extending public energy-use reporting for state and higher-education buildings, passed after questions about its public-sector-only scope and energy savings. HB 3326, addressing public service loan forgiveness credit for adjunct professors, initially failed on a 69-70 vote but later passed after verification and machine corrections. HB 3211, concerning optometrists in managed care plans, adopted a Buckley amendment before passing. HB 2213 on Texas Windstorm Insurance Association board composition adopted a Metcalf amendment requiring certain board members to be Texas residents. HB 412, dealing with harmful materials and sexual performance of a child, generated extensive questioning about its scope, existing legal standards, and effects on educators and medical professionals; the excerpt ends during that debate.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Juvenile Justice Apr 7th, 2025

S/C on Juvenile Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • that's you know in home or not but close to home that's important where it's close to the family structure
  • And that just gives you an idea of the aspiration for how youth justice systems could be structured.
  • So the physical structure is a better environment.
  • Barton stated our reporting structures for confinement are in place through our standards.
  • So accountability requires structure.
Bills: HB31, HB3360
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Fiscal Committee (02/21/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • Sean K. said the fiscal year-end for these structures is September 30, and that in November 2024 they
  • He said he issued unqualified, or clean, opinions on the results for each of the structures, again on
  • Sean K. said the audit results were very clean, as is customary with these structures.
  • finally I'll just highlight structures finally I'll just highlight as<01:11:21.840> it<01:11:
  • we identified no fraud the structures we identified no fraud all<01:11:59.320> of<01:11:59.440
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The Fiscal Committee met on February 21 and first approved the January 30 minutes and the consent calendar, with item 2540 removed by the Department of Education and item 25057 set aside for discussion. The committee then took up FIS 25057, a Department of Transportation request tied to a federal grant for building information modeling and related data standardization across DOT systems. Transportation officials explained that the $2.405 million consultant-heavy request would connect surveying, design, construction, and asset management systems, improve efficiency and long-term asset tracking, and help the department catch up with other states. Several senators questioned the lack of immediate, quantifiable budget savings and the reliance on consultants, but the item was ultimately adopted. The committee next approved FIS 25054 for the Department of Health and Human Services after questioning a $16 million shortfall in the Children’s Health Insurance Program. DHHS explained the variance as a budgeting and accounting issue tied to separating CHIP from Medicaid managed care, pandemic-era continuous enrollment, and the new federal requirement for 12 months of continuous coverage for children. Members also approved a Cannon Mountain fee item, where park officials described a proposed price freeze for early-bird passes, a new in-season tier, and modest increases in off-season pricing, while noting operating cost pressures, strong snow conditions, and favorable customer value ratings. That item was adopted unanimously. The committee also approved the Department of Corrections item after discussion of staffing, retirement eligibility, overtime, and recidivism. Commissioner Helen Hanks said retirement-eligible staff had declined slightly, recruitment was improving, overtime hours were down, one housing floor had been closed because of lower population, and the department had reduced reincarceration by 8% over seven years, which she said produced substantial savings. The item was adopted. During informational items, the committee heard a Legislative Budget Assistant performance audit of the New Hampshire Commission for Human Rights. The audit found the commission inefficient and ineffective in processing complaints, with average case closure taking 840 days, significant backlogs dating back decades, expired administrative rules, weak management controls, disorganized and outdated procedures, unreliable data, and unresolved prior audit findings. The audit included 25 recommendations, two of which may require legislative action. Commission staff said they appreciated the recommendations and expected the additional resources from the prior budget cycle to help address the backlog and improve transparency and efficiency.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Appropriations Feb 18th, 2025 at 08:00 am

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • So, the way the Texas University... fund was structured.
  • So when we structured. university fund we set it up so that when those things inevitably occurred the
  • than what is available in the community, those that need a structured and supervised setting. setting
  • So we've had a rate structure that's existed for the past 40 years. and we're moving to this new rate
  • structure.
Summary: The meeting primarily focused on reviewing the proposed budget for the upcoming biennium, with substantial discussions around House Bill 1 and its implications for public education, healthcare, and border security. The Comptroller presented a revenue overview indicating a total of $194.6 billion available for general purpose spending, which reflects a slight decrease compared to previous years due to fluctuating economic conditions. Members raised questions regarding spending limits and the impact of federal funding on state programs, highlighting concerns about the sustainability of funding in light of potential changes at the federal level.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Civil Law and Procedure May 11th, 2026

Civil Law and Procedure

Transcript Highlights:
  • operative line is at the end: not less than 20,000 contiguous acres and containing no residential structures
  • Again, not less than 20,000 contiguous acres, and containing no residential structures.
  • Again, not less than 20,000 contiguous acres, and containing no residential structures.
Summary: The House Civil Law Committee met on May 11, 2026, with a quorum present and heard several bills and resolutions. It reported favorably without objection Senate Bill 466, which bars foreign adversaries from using expropriation authority in Louisiana and creates a narrow expropriation category for very large aerospace/LED projects of at least 20,000 contiguous acres with no residential structures. The committee also reported favorably House Bill 986, requiring child support payments from persons convicted of vehicular homicide for the benefit of a child who lost a parent. The committee then considered two constitutional amendments by Senator Morris. Senate Bill 123 would allow judges to be removed for cause by a majority vote of the legislature and certification by the governor; it was amended to change the ballot language to refer to removal for malfeasance, gross misconduct, or incompetence, and was reported favorably after a roll-call vote of 5 yeas and 1 nay, with Representative Carter voting no. Senate Bill 97 would require prosecutorial consent for a defendant to waive a jury trial, except in capital cases; after adopting Amendment Set 5277 to clarify the capital-case exception, the committee heard opposition from Chris Alexander of the Louisiana Citizens Advocacy Group and then reported the measure favorably by a 5-1 vote, again with Representative Carter voting no. The committee also heard Senate Concurrent Resolution 35, which urges the Louisiana State Law Institute to study remote online notarization for authentic acts. Testimony in support came from the Louisiana Bankers Association, which argued the study is needed because of declining notary availability, especially in rural areas, and noted similar practices in other civil law jurisdictions. SCR 35 was reported favorably without objection. Finally, House Bill 1098, by Chairman McFarland, was reported favorably without objection; it provides a limited liability framework for FAA-licensed aerospace flight entities operating in Louisiana. House Bill 375 was voluntarily deferred, and the meeting adjourned.
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Emerging Issues Apr 16th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Emerging Issues

Transcript Highlights:
  • SB 959 addresses that challenge by creating a formal structure to align stakeholders, improve standards
  • existing geospatial infrastructure within the state of Missouri and strive toward immediate access. structure
  • , like, for us, for 911, we actually mark the center of the road so that we know when we place a structure
Keywords: 959, house, all
Summary: The committee first met in executive session on Senate Bill 905, moving the bill do pass. After roll call, the motion passed 6 ayes to 4 nays, and SB 905 was reported do pass. The committee then held a public hearing on Senate Bill 959, presented by Senator Doug Beck on behalf of Senator Roberts, who was on active duty. The bill would establish the Missouri GIS Council within the Office of Administration to improve statewide geospatial data coordination, planning, training, and education. Supporters, including Greater St. Louis, Inc., the State 911 Service Board, Bio-STL, and Next Missouri, said the council would improve emergency response, infrastructure planning, broadband and transportation mapping, economic development, and government efficiency, while also including privacy protections against collecting personally identifiable information. One witness from Armour Vine opposed the bill, arguing it was “Big Brother” and could enable government tracking or broad public access to location data. Committee members questioned that concern, with supporters responding that the bill concerns maps and address data for public safety and planning, not tracking individuals, and that the bill expressly prohibits collecting personally identifiable information. No vote was taken on SB 959, and the hearing was closed after testimony.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

Finance and Tax Mar 26th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • SOME FOLKS FOR EXAMPLE IF THEY HAVE SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE OVER 50% THEY HAVE A CHOICE TO ELEVATE THAT STRUCTURE
  • I BRING THAT UP BECAUSE THAT PART OF THE HOME OF THE STRUCTURE IS NOT COUNTED TOWARDS LIVING AREA, THAT
  • WE'RE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO ELEVATE THEIR STRUCTURE AND IF THEY HAVE TO REBUILD TO REBUILD WITHIN
Keywords: 999, senate, all
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, Select Jul 23rd, 2025

Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, Select

Transcript Highlights:
  • , the basic structure of a response using the incident command system.
  • There were 1,700 structures. I don't remember how many were homes.
  • Looking at that structure, we did send a bridge engineer there to assist in the assessment of that structure
  • They understand the incident command structure. structure, how to mobilize and use the incident command
  • structure, and our folks are using the same language with them.
Keywords: 997, house, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 2/13/25

Commerce Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • in place to ensure that robust structure in place to ensure that we<00:14:35.800> have<00:14:
  • So we were one of the 17 structures before, and now we are down to 16.
  • So we were one of the 17 structures before, and now we are down to 16.
  • So we were one of the 17 structures before, and now we are down to 16.
  • But I really do think that this in the law enforcement structure really, I would like to see more of
Keywords: 1183, house