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CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • So as you can see on page three of your agenda for the extreme heat chapter, the bond authorizes $450
  • The Board of Environmental Safety can adjust this set rate every year, and that's their authority to
  • In this case, you have the authority to make a decision.
  • For the decision maker, in this case, you have the authority to make a decision on how to move forward
  • As a result, we ask that DPR's full budget authority be reinstated, so the full implementation of AB
Summary: The subcommittee heard presentations on the administration’s Proposition 4 spending plans for extreme heat mitigation and outdoor access, then took up SB 54 implementation, SB 707 textile producer responsibility, and recovery needs related to the Los Angeles fires at state parks. For the extreme heat chapter, agencies described funding for the Extreme Heat and Community Resilience Program, urban greening, urban forestry, fairground upgrades, and technical assistance for community-based climate programs. Witnesses emphasized that these are existing programs with strong demand, that technical assistance is important for reaching disadvantaged and tribal communities, and that the proposed funding would expand outreach and implementation capacity. Members asked for more detail on where funds have gone geographically, examples of successful projects, tree-planting totals, and how fairgrounds could better support fire staging and emergency preparedness. The LAO said the timing of the administration’s proposed funding generally made sense because the programs are already established, and no votes were taken. For outdoor access, State Parks, Fish and Wildlife, and Natural Resources described funding for new parks in underserved communities, deferred maintenance, state lands access, and several new or pending programs. State Parks said the park development program would fund roughly 48 projects and that deferred maintenance funding would address high-priority health, safety, and access needs. Fish and Wildlife said its lands program would improve visitor amenities and access on properties that often lack basic facilities. The Natural Resources Agency also outlined three newer outdoor-access proposals: expanding recreation in disadvantaged communities, enhancing natural resource values and trail access, and a nature/climate/education facilities grant program. The LAO distinguished between existing programs, which are ready to move forward, and the newer proposals, where the Legislature may want more input before funds are allocated. Members also raised concerns about park police vacancies, the need to track outcomes for accessibility investments, and whether Prop. 4 could help with wildfire-related recovery at state parks. CalRecycle then presented on SB 54, the plastics and packaging producer responsibility law, and members pressed hard on the delay in regulations. CalRecycle said it has held workshops, formed an advisory committee, selected the producer responsibility organization, and completed required baseline and covered-material reports, but needs more time to address complex comments and novel features such as source reduction and eco-modulated fees. Members expressed frustration that a statutory deadline was missed and asked for a concrete timeline; CalRecycle said it expects regulations in place by 2026, ahead of the PRO’s January 1, 2027 plan deadline. Finance said the Beverage Container Recycling Fund is currently healthy enough to support short-term loans for implementation. The committee also reviewed SB 707, the textile EPR law, which would create the nation’s first textile producer responsibility program; staff said the proposal would add positions and loan authority, and members noted the statutory deadlines for PRO approval, needs assessment, and later regulations. The hearing ended with discussion of the January Los Angeles fires’ damage to Topanga State Park and Will Rogers State Historic Park, where State Parks described extensive losses, emergency response work, and ongoing damage assessment. Members asked about FEMA eligibility, state funding sources, and community engagement in rebuilding, and the department said it is still assessing costs and will work with the public on reimagining the parks.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session Apr 16th, 2026

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Excuse me, there are 62 co-authors added.
  • Let's please show our respect to the authors. Thank you, members.
  • There are 60 co-authors on the resolution.
  • Members, this is for co-authors. All members vote who desire to vote.
  • There are 57 co-authors added.
Summary: The Assembly convened after a quorum call, heard a prayer and pledge, and then handled a series of procedural motions, including re-referrals of several bills to different committees and permission for committees to notice bills pending re-referral. A motion by Assemblymember Castillo to suspend the rules and take up AB 2670 immediately failed on a 18-39 vote. Assemblymember DeMaio then moved to re-refer AB 2624 back to the Privacy Committee, arguing the bill had been misrepresented in committee; the Majority Leader’s substitute motion to move to the Daily File was accepted 44-19, and the chamber proceeded to regular business. On the Daily File, the Assembly adopted ACR 120 on Positive Parenting Awareness Month after Senate amendments were concurred in 56-0. It also adopted ACR 150 declaring California Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, with broad support and 62 coauthors added. Several policy bills then passed, including AB 2233 on autism treatment access and missed appointments (57-0), AB 1601 creating a pathway for a Sonoma County retiree COLA review (50-3), and AB 1801 expanding notice and transparency requirements for private detention facility approvals (45-16). The chamber also adopted H.R. 103 recognizing Cambodian Genocide Memorial Week, with 60 coauthors added. Members also gave guest introductions recognizing the Greek Evzones, the Whitney High School girls cross country team, and dispatch and public safety telecommunicator guests. Additional resolutions on the consent calendar, including ACR 130, ACR 172, and H.R. 104, were added to by coauthors and then adopted along with the remaining consent calendar items, which passed 62-0. The Assembly then announced upcoming committee and floor schedules and adjourned until Monday, April 20 at 1 p.m.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 3/26/34

Public Safety Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • And a guard came in and said, 'Don't do any of that. We're training a new guard.
  • And this guard came in, and the guard looked traumatized, and she could not remember anything to tell
  • And a guard came in and said, “Don't do any of that. We're training a new guard.
  • And this guard came in, and the guard looked traumatized, and she could not remember anything to tell
  • </c> and that work as you know was authorized and that work as you know was authorized and<00:36:25.280
Keywords: 1183, house
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice Oct 15th, 2025

Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • You authorized that court in the 2022 session.
  • You authorized that court in the 2022 session.
  • trust fund authority.
  • We would like to ask for some salary and also some trust fund authority.
  • That's inmate welfare trust fund authority, actually.
Summary: The committee met to hear fiscal year 2026-2027 legislative budget requests from several justice-related agencies. The Florida Commission on Offender Review requested funding for investigator and revocation staff salary increases to address turnover, plus nonrecurring funds for Wi-Fi, seven vehicles, technology support, and commissioner salary adjustments. The State Courts Administrator presented a broad judicial branch request focused on trial court case-management technology, additional case managers, trust fund authority for child support hearing officers, courthouse furnishings, district court flexibility in staffing, a future courthouse for the Sixth District Court of Appeal, Supreme Court elevator replacement, POM accounting implementation support, judicial security liaison positions tied to the Florida Fusion Center, expanded senior management service authority, and judicial salary adjustments. The Office of the Attorney General outlined pay and operating requests for consumer protection, citizen services, ethics, crime compensation, victim services, vehicle replacement, IT and cybersecurity, lease and operating costs, and PALM-related expenses, while several senators questioned the office about outside counsel contracts, contingency-fee arrangements, transparency, and the use of private law firms. The Department of Corrections made the largest presentation, describing severe staffing shortages, high turnover, rising inmate populations, increased assaults, and heavy overtime use. Secretary Ricky Dixon said the agency’s request was driven by constitutional and public safety needs and included funding for operations, security equipment, inflationary costs, vehicle replacement, offender information system modernization, technology restoration, inmate health services, drug and food cost increases, staffing pilots, maintenance, security infrastructure, Florida PALM, recruitment and retention, and $56 million for new correctional housing units. Members asked about inmate labor, prison safety, overtime, vehicle breakdowns, and whether more National Guard support was needed; Dixon said the agency needed more staffing and pay competitiveness rather than a long-term military presence. A correctional officers’ union representative also urged support for pay raises, citing low pay and staffing concerns. No votes were taken on the budget requests. The chair allowed extended questioning, especially for the Department of Corrections, but noted time constraints and asked agencies to return in a later committee meeting, including FDLE, which was deferred because of a House site visit.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Agriculture Committee Jun 30th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • I just want to thank the author for this. I have a lot of Ag in my district.
  • Why don't we take up the consent agenda items as we wait for the next author?
  • The Senate Committee on Agriculture is back in order, and we have an author.
  • The Senate Committee on Agriculture is back in order, and we have an author.
  • Well, I want to thank the author.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Agriculture heard five bills and took up four consent items. AB 312 would shorten from six months to three months the time agricultural commissioners must hold proceeds from the sale of seized agricultural commodities before unclaimed funds go to the county general fund. The author said it is a narrow administrative change that preserves existing ownership and recovery protections; there was no opposition, and the bill advanced on a 5-0 vote. AB 1731 would create the California Healthy Food Procurement Fund Program to connect schools with California farmers and food businesses through an approved vendor system and procurement support, with a priority for climate-smart agricultural practices. Supporters included school nutrition, farm, environmental, and consumer groups, as well as a rural school district and a farm that described the bill as helping local markets and student access to fresh food. Senators raised questions about climate-smart eligibility and school budgets, but the bill was supported and passed 5-0 to Appropriations. AB 2380 would raise the maximum county fee used to support county agricultural commissioner operations, with a three-year phase-in. The author and the county commissioners’ association said the increase is needed because fees have not been updated in decades and the work is essential for pest control, pesticide enforcement, and public safety. The bill passed 4-0. The committee also heard AB 1603, as amended, which would require DPR to list PFOS pesticides in the pesticide use reporting database and share the information with county agricultural commissioners; the author and supporters described it as a transparency measure, while agricultural and industry groups said they would remove opposition once amendments were in print. It passed 4-1. The four consent items—AB 1711, AB 2326, AB 2685, and AB 2778—were also approved.
WA
Transcript Highlights:
  • The federal definition of public health authority includes tribes.
  • The federal definition of public health authority includes tribes.
  • to manage their data; ownership and authority over tribal data; tribes should have informed consent
  • In other words, were there any mandates to be vaccinated, maybe by tribal authority or other authority
  • That's one thing about it being a sovereign nation: they have the authority to choose who is vaccinated
Summary: The House State Government and Tribal Relations Committee held a field hearing on the Puyallup Reservation, where members first received an overview of sports betting in Washington. Tribal casino representatives and the Washington State Gambling Commission explained that sports betting became legal in 2020 under HB 2638 and is currently limited to tribal casinos through sportsbook, kiosk, and on-premise mobile wagering. Testimony covered how odds are set, compliance with federal anti-money-laundering rules, and the role of third-party vendors. Tribal representatives said sports betting supports tribal economic development and asked to expand betting to include Washington college teams, while warning that prediction markets and other unregulated products pose a threat. Committee members asked about geo-fencing, betting limits, in-state college betting restrictions, and regulatory oversight. No votes were taken. The committee then heard from Vicki Lowe of the American Indian Health Commission on tribal data sovereignty and health data. She described tribal sovereignty and the federal trust responsibility, and said tribes should have equitable access to their own health data and control over how it is used. She explained that during COVID, tribes often lacked direct access to state health data, which complicated case tracing and other public health work. Lowe said the Department of Health stopped collecting tribal affiliation in some contexts because of Public Records Act concerns, and she argued that this is inconsistent with tribal data-sharing principles adopted through the Governor’s Indian Health Advisory Council. Members asked for clarification about what counts as tribal data and how public records concerns affected data collection. No formal action was taken. Finally, Lucy Smartlut gave an update on the Washington State Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People Task Force. She reported on the task force’s structure, its extension through 2027, and progress on recommendations including a fully funded cold case investigation unit in the Attorney General’s office, an updated missing persons resource, and forensic genetic genealogy work on unidentified remains. She said the cold case unit has active investigations, has helped locate missing Indigenous people, and made its first homicide arrest. She also presented data showing Native people are disproportionately represented among homicide and missing persons cases, and noted survey findings that many law enforcement agencies rely on officer observation for race data and have limited consultation with tribes. Committee members asked about funding, interagency coordination, and whether the task force is shifting toward prevention. The presenter said sustainability, continued awareness, and stronger collaboration remain priorities, and no vote was taken.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • investor-owned utilities and the co-ops are already comprehensively regulated through the industry by the authority
  • into that open pasture, sign indicating open pastures at the guardrails, at the, excuse me, cattle guards
  • “Open pastures” at the guardrails, at the—excuse me—cattle guards at the beginning and the end of that
  • Members, Senate Bill 1496 updates and clarifies statutory authority for the OSBI.
  • Last year, we passed Senate Bill 925 by the same authors, protecting property owners from title theft
Summary: The Civil Judiciary Committee met with a quorum and took up a long series of Senate bills, adopting a committee substitute for SB 1716 as a working draft before hearing the bill. SB 1716 clarified data privacy language as it applies to utility companies, and it passed on a recorded vote with one nay. The committee then heard and advanced SB 1303, transferring property and records from the Advisory Council on Workers’ Compensation to the Workers’ Compensation Commission, and SB 2180, the Foreign Principal Lobbying Oversight Act, which requires agents of foreign principals to register with the Secretary of State subject to stated exceptions. Both measures passed without opposition. Members also approved SB 504 setting the minimum marriage age at 18, SB 1209 changing eviction timing to exempt only Sundays and holidays, SB 1448 as a Consumer Protection Act cleanup bill, and SB 1597, a mirror CASA bill clarifying that it does not affect receipt of national funds. SB 1679, described as preserving Oklahoma values and protecting against foreign law overriding Oklahoma contracts, also passed after questions about constitutional and interstate issues. SB 2182, creating a Uniform Civil Remedies Act for unauthorized disclosure of intimate images, was adopted after a committee substitute was filed. Later, the committee adopted an amendment to SB 2112 and advanced it as an open-pastures bill for certain county roads in western Oklahoma, then passed SB 2170 requiring supervised visitation for individuals with substantiated DHS findings of sexual abuse. Additional measures approved included SB 2084 limiting settlements in wrongful termination suits involving higher education faculty to two years’ salary, SB 1496 updating OSBI authority and information-sharing rules, SB 1595 restricting state agencies and contractors from steering commercial driver training school choices, SB 1655 expanding post-adoption services through the Children’s Specialty Plan Program, SB 1876 modernizing service of process for foreign insurance companies, SB 1621 allowing county district attorneys to defend county law libraries, SB 1944 clarifying agricultural payroll and independent contractor thresholds, SB 1266 on notary accountability, SB 2072 expanding title-theft investigations and fee waivers, SB 2104 cleaning up the Uniform Trust Code, SB 1769 allowing short-term rental owners to require photo ID from renters and guests age 18 or older, and SB 1827 removing certain University Hospital Trust physician faculty and staff from the Government Tort Claims Act. Most bills passed unanimously or near-unanimously, and the committee adjourned after completing its agenda.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session Apr 16th, 2026

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Excuse me, there are 62 co-authors added.
  • This is for co-authors on the resolution. The clerk will...
  • There are 60 co-authors on the resolution.
  • Members, this is for co-authors. All members vote who desire to vote.
  • There are 57 co-authors added.
Keywords: 988, house, all
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • rails in place to make sure some guard rails in place to make sure that<00:20:50.640><c> you're</c><
  • </c><00:21:23.600><c> rails</c><00:21:23.919><c> in</c> loan again with some guard rails in loan again
  • with some guard rails in place. place. place.
  • But that authority was essential to ensuring that judgments were meaningful and enforceable.
  • ><c> and</c> respects judicial authority, and respects judicial authority, and promotes<00:54:50.000>
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The committee heard testimony on SB 2294, which would require condominium associations, boards, and managing agents to comply with declarations, bylaws, county ordinances, and state and federal laws, including mortgage lending requirements. The Community Associations Institute opposed the bill as redundant, arguing existing law already requires compliance and provides penalties. Supporters, including condominium owners and board members, said the measure would clarify that associations are not “self-governing” in a way that exempts them from outside laws, and cited examples where local officials or police told residents to take issues back to their boards. Several supporters said the bill would reinforce board responsibility for permits, safety, and legal compliance. The committee noted 27 pieces of testimony, with 10 in support and 17 in opposition, and then moved on without taking a vote on the measure in the transcript provided. The committee also took up SB 2298, which would require common interest community proxy forms to include additional language explaining proxy selection options. The Community Associations Institute opposed the bill, saying the proposed language was inaccurate and would not improve consumer clarity unless significantly revised. Supporters argued that proxy forms are confusing and that clearer instructions would help homeowners understand how their votes are being used. Opponents said the added language would make the forms longer and more confusing, and suggested a separate instruction sheet or other educational material instead. Testimony also raised broader concerns about proxy voting being misused in some associations, with one witness urging that proxy voting be eliminated altogether. The committee reported 29 written testimonies, including seven in support, 19 in opposition, and three with comments, and again did not record a final vote in the excerpt. For SB 2300, which would shorten condominium reserve cash-flow projections from 30 years to 25 years, the Community Associations Institute opposed the bill, saying it would not make housing more affordable, would reduce transparency, and would increase the annual burden by giving associations less time to save for long-life components. The group suggested that if affordability is the goal, lawmakers should consider allowing future loans or special assessments with guardrails. Supporters of the bill said the shorter projection period would better reflect practical budgeting and help associations plan more realistically, though some supporters also warned against relying too heavily on loans and emphasized accountability and fiduciary responsibility. Other testimony stressed that the impact of changing the projection period would vary by association and that many owners are already struggling with rising fees. The discussion remained focused on testimony and policy concerns, with no final action on SB 2300 shown in the transcript.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Standing Committee on Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection (2-17-26)

Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection

Transcript Highlights:
  • for the Kentucky National Guard Association.
  • I'm Kenny Staley, legislative liaison for the Kentucky National Guard Association.
  • This House Bill 364 is a National Guard hazardous duty payment bill that basically pays National Guard
  • already or is it National Guard already or is it That's<00:10:31.640><c> it.
  • So, that covers everything to the guard.
Keywords: 958, all
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Civil Rights & Judiciary Feb 25th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • got too messy over the years and really, you know, putting in, originally, you know, constitutional guard
  • You know, constitutional guard rolls, there's very little in family law, I think, would solve these problems
  • There are future guards, and we need to give them a constitutional floor.
  • Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 686 would authorize security personnel of the Administrative Office
  • Senate Bill 5868 would statutorily authorize an additional superior court judge in both Skagit and Yakima
Summary: The Civil Rights and Judiciary Committee held a public hearing on House Bill 2735, the “Troxel 2” bill relating to establishing a constitutional floor in family law cases. Staff explained that the bill would add legislative findings and intent to Chapter 26.09 RCW, emphasizing parental fitness, equal standing for similarly situated parents, and a duty to cooperate. The prime sponsor and public testifiers largely supported the bill, arguing that family courts too often restrict fit parents’ access to children without sufficient due process and that the bill would restore constitutional protections and reduce conflict. Some testimony also framed the proposal as a way to improve child safety, stability, and outcomes. No action was taken on the bill during the hearing. The committee then moved into executive session on multiple bills. It advanced bills on garnishment forms (ESSB 5865), child hearsay/testimony rules (SSB 5169, amended), immigration-enforcement policies for health care and related facilities (ESSB 5906, amended), compensation claims for wrongly convicted persons (SSB 5520), reinstating the Indigent Defense Task Force (ESSB 5912), preserving streamlined administrative and land-use review procedures (SSB 6009), authorizing court security threat assessments (ESSB 6086), adding superior court judges in Skagit and Yakima counties (SB 5868), requesting reinstatement of the limited license legal technician program (SJM 8006), expanding personality rights to digital likenesses (SSB 5886), and liability protections for certain children’s item donations, including car seats (ESSB 6087). Several bills were amended before passage out of committee. Votes were recorded on each measure, with most passing on strong bipartisan margins. Notable split votes occurred on SSB 5169 and ESSB 5906, reflecting concerns about balancing child protection, due process, and immigration-related enforcement issues. The committee concluded by thanking staff and adjourned after reporting all listed executive-session bills out of committee with do pass recommendations, some as amended.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Education Policy and Administration (01/22/2026)

Education Policy and Administration

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><01:51:58.000><c> that</c><01:51:58.319><c> our</c><01:51:58.560><c> kids</c> rulemaking authority
  • The other: does this apply to National Guard as well?
  • </c> other does this apply to National Guard other does this apply to National Guard or >> Let me take
  • Uh, active duty, if they're called up into active service, it would apply to National Guard.
  • However, I do not believe it would apply to National Guard if they're not actively in service.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Apr 17th, 2025

Alabama Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • development authority to use industrial development authority to use industrial development authority
  • Television Foundation Authority to use funds to secure Authority to use funds to secure Authority to
  • Does the fact that he is the author of the is the author of the is the author of the bill preclude me
  • This bill will also authorize the This bill will also authorize the This bill will also authorize the
  • , his or her appointing authority, his or her appointing authority, his or her appointing authority.
Keywords: 920, all
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate County and Municipal Government Committee Jan 28th, 2026

County and Municipal Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • board members serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority.
  • ><c> appoints</c><00:28:48.399><c> library</c> appointing authority um appoints library appointing authority
  • And so I'm the appointing authority.
  • </c><00:29:34.080><c> makes</c><00:29:34.320><c> an</c> appointing authority makes an appointing authority
  • They really are already under the governing body of the appointing authority already.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Commerce and Economic Development Jan 30th, 2026 at 07:51 pm

House Commerce & Economic Development Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • And the Mortgage Finance Authority regulates that.
  • Is there any guard, Madam Chair and Representative, any guard? Any guard?
  • So the point is not to take away local authority around that kind of review.
  • Local authority exists and local authority will continue.
  • Local authority exists, and local authority will continue to exist.
Keywords: 996, all
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs May 19th, 2025

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • For Senate Bill 823, the bill author explains the bill. Mr.
  • Members, any questions for the bill author?
  • Members, any questions for the bill author?
  • And it caught me off guard. She says, what do you farm?
  • And she caught me so off guard.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs met with only four members initially present, so quorum was not established until later in the hearing. The committee heard several agriculture-, wildlife-, and food-labeling-related bills, including HB 3479 on expanding the Rio Grande vegetative management program beyond carrizo cane to other noxious vegetation, SB 823 on shrimp origin labeling and restrictions on misrepresenting imported shrimp as Texas or Gulf shrimp, HB 3088 on giving Texas Parks and Wildlife more flexibility to procure resale goods for park gift shops, HB 1275 on permits for non-bovine dairy farms in certain TB-affected areas, HB 519 on honey production and packaging rules, HB 609 on cleaning oyster cages in-bay with bay water only, HB 1592 on a voluntary AgriLife pest and disease alert system, HB 2842 on targeted urban deer depredation permits, and HB 4163 on limiting city requirements that agricultural operators maintain roadside rights-of-way. Testimony generally came from industry groups, agency resource witnesses, and affected producers, with most witnesses supporting the bills and several bills drawing questions about enforcement, labeling responsibility, and the scope of local authority. The most extensive discussion centered on SB 823, where Vice Chair Hancock and others questioned why wholesalers would be covered if they cannot relabel products. The bill author and restaurant association witness said the measure was intended to improve transparency and allow enforcement against intentional mislabeling, while preserving a good-faith defense and clarifying that the bill does not create a private cause of action. HB 519 also drew supportive testimony from beekeepers and a family farm, who argued that current rules treat honey extraction and bottling too much like food manufacturing and burden small operations. HB 609 was presented as a way to save time and resources for cultivated oyster mariculture by allowing cage cleaning in the bay without soaps or chemicals, and HB 1592 was described as a voluntary opt-in alert system for pests and diseases coordinated through AgriLife and other state agencies. HB 43 generated the most detailed policy debate. The bill would restructure and expand the Texas Agricultural Finance Authority, update grant and loan programs, and create a pest and disease control depredation program. The committee substitute reduced some funding caps, changed references from predators to depredating animals, and made the financial provisions contingent on appropriations. Supporters from Texas Farm Bureau, cotton growers, grain and feed interests, and young farmers described severe drought, inflation, land loss, rising input costs, and shrinking infrastructure as major threats to agriculture, while one witness urged preserving priority for young farmers. After testimony, the committee adopted the committee substitute and reported HB 43 favorably. The committee also voted HB 519, HB 609, HB 1275, HB 1592, HB 3088, HB 3479, HB 2842, and HB 4163 favorably, with several recommended for the local and uncontested calendar. SB 823 was reported from committee on a 6-2 vote after adoption of the committee substitute. The meeting ended with notice that the committee would tentatively reconvene Friday morning and then recessed subject to the chair's call.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Education Committee Jun 17th, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • last thing this bill does, so sorry, I apologize, pertinent to this committee is we're providing authority
  • First, parental authority.
  • On behalf of these five California Baptist churches — South Coast in Santa Barbara, Freedom's Way in
  • start by thanking the Latino Caucus Chair for her work on this and for inviting me and fellow co-authors
  • So I want to thank the author for her work on this bill and for accepting our amendments, our proposed
Keywords: 988, house, all
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Education May 6th, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Our priorities are energy, the coast, agriculture, defense, cybersecurity, and my personal favorite,
  • So your bill gives the authority to incur debt and levy taxes. It outlines that...
  • So your bill gives the authority to incur debt and levy taxes.
  • I believe it just says the local governing authority. Okay, the local, whatever that might be.
  • SB 304 authorized the Board of Regents to establish a list of eligible accreditors recognized by the
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Session (01/07/2026)

New Hampshire House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Prior authorization may be required.
  • Please stand with enforcement authority.
  • :51.760><c> to</c> School districts retain authority to School districts retain authority to accept<04
  • </c><07:07:24.640><c> your</c> You cannot have a fox guard your You cannot have a fox guard your henhouse
  • I humbly let the fox guard the henhouse.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

House Standing Committee on Economic Development & Workforce Investment (2-26-26)

Economic Development & Workforce Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • We don't really have the authority to regulate that project.
  • It's fed by TVA, which we don't have the authority to regulate.
  • We don't really have the authority to regulate that project.
  • It's fed by TVA, which we don't have the authority to regulate.
  • have the authority to regulate federal<00:19:32.160><c> utilities.