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FL
Transcript Highlights:
- What that does specifically is if you are a disabled veteran, you currently have the red, white, and blue
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Finance and Tax met and first considered CS for SB 1290, the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles agency package. The bill would align Florida law with IFTA and federal motor carrier rules, raise the crash-reporting damage threshold from $500 to $2,000, define “economically disadvantaged area,” update registration and email-notice procedures, and revise the definition of tank vehicles. An amendment was adopted to allow nonprofits to perform VIN inspections under an MOU and to create a DV-embossed specialty plate option for eligible disabled veterans. The bill, as amended, was reported favorably. The committee then passed SB 1292, which exempts certain email addresses collected by DHSMV for notification purposes from public records disclosure.
The committee also considered two flood-resiliency measures by Senator DeSantis/DeSigley. SJR 174 would amend the Florida Constitution to allow the Legislature to exclude from assessed value improvements made to mitigate flood damage, with the proposed amendment to appear on the 2026 ballot. SB 176 provided the implementing details, including eligibility tied to flood-risk areas or prior flood damage, square-footage limits for rebuilt or elevated homesteads, and documentation requirements for property appraisers. Members asked about how rebuilding and square-footage caps would work, and the sponsor explained the intent was to encourage elevation and resiliency without allowing major expansion. A technical amendment was adopted to SB 176, and both measures were reported favorably.
After the bills, staff director Azar Khan gave a brief presentation on the latest General Revenue conference results, noting collections were running ahead of forecast and explaining the main forecast adjustments, including increases in sales tax and investment earnings and a reduction in corporate income tax projections. No questions were raised on the presentation. The committee then noted that additional bills were still moving through earlier committees, invited members to follow up with staff, and adjourned without any recorded votes beyond the committee actions on the bills and amendments.
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Joint Oversight Commission on Opioid Settlement Funds Mar 19th, 2025
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House County and Municipal Government Committee Feb 12th, 2025
County and Municipal Government
Transcript Highlights:
- or Costco, he’ll park in the handicap, and there will be somebody pulled up right beside him in the blue
Keywords:
juvenile detention, county management, legal procedures, juvenile justice, county commission, supervision, administration, vehicle registration, disability access, fines, law enforcement, public accommodation, interim police chief, public safety, municipalities, state authority, 1136, house, all
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Select Federal Natural Resource Management Committee, May 15, 2026
Select Federal Natural Resource Management Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- And that wasn't a red versus blue issue. That was an urban versus rural issue.
- It was those commonalities that people focused on as opposed to red or blue.
- And that wasn't a red versus blue issue. And that wasn't a red versus blue issue.
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HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
WTL-HWN-HOU Public Hearing 01-29-2025
Transcript Highlights:
- The green area is the City and County of Honolulu and their lands, and finally the light blue area is
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Summary:
The joint hearing of the Water and Land, Hawaiian Affairs, and Housing committees on January 29, 2025 focused on SB 534, with the chairs outlining hearing procedures, public testimony limits, and plans to allow extended presentations from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) and the Hawaii Community Development Authority (HCDA) before moving to other testifiers. The hearing was presented as a public, transparent discussion of OHA’s plans for Kakaʻako Makai, with committee members noting that decision-making would follow if time permitted.
OHA testified in strong support of SB 534. The chair of OHA’s Board of Trustees said the bill was a novel proposal for the legislature and emphasized that OHA was bringing together a broad coalition of partners and stakeholders, including representatives from construction, hospitality, education, law enforcement, civil service, and schools, as well as longtime community advocates who have opposed development in Kakaʻako Makai. OHA’s presentation reviewed the history of the area, the creation and role of HCDA, prior master plans, the 2012 land conveyance to OHA, and the argument that OHA has not been able to realize the full economic value of the lands because desired entitlements were not secured. OHA linked the bill to its constitutional mission to improve conditions for Native Hawaiians and argued that the state’s housing crisis makes additional development, including residential use, especially important.
A major theme of the testimony was housing. OHA argued that Hawaiʻi faces severe affordability pressures, out-migration, and workforce shortages, and said that residential development in Kakaʻako Makai would help address those needs while also supporting the value of the trust lands. The presentation described HCDA’s authority over zoning and development in Kakaʻako, the existing reserved housing requirements, and the need for a master plan that could move forward if SB 534 becomes law. No votes or final committee action were taken in the portion of the hearing provided; the discussion remained in the presentation and testimony phase.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance (01/23/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- The blue sheet has three names in favor, two of which spoke today, so they double-counted here.
- Yes, I assume on the blue sheet there were no in opposition. That's right.
- Trumble, so we had also a blue sheet with 12 names on it, nine of which you've heard from, so there are
- Trumble, so we had also a blue sheet with 12 names on it, nine of which you've heard from, so there are
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sheet Mr trumo so we had also a uh blue sheet Mr trumo so we had also a uh
Summary:
The Finance Committee held a hearing on several bills and announced at the outset that no votes would be taken because the measures would go to divisions later. The first major bill, HB 197, would require the state to pay 7.5% of political subdivision employer pension contributions for teachers, police officers, and firefighters. Representative Mike Edgar, the prime sponsor, argued the state had repeatedly reduced and then eliminated its promised share of retirement costs, shifting the burden to municipalities and property taxpayers. He said the bill would partially restore that commitment and provide relief to local governments, businesses, and taxpayers.
Several witnesses testified in support of HB 197, including Representative John Cluder, Bradford selectman Marlene Fryer, the New Hampshire Municipal Association’s Margaret Burns, and Epping representative Mark Fone. Supporters said the bill would help with property tax pressure, school budgets, and municipal hiring, and they emphasized that much of the retirement cost reflects unfunded liability decisions made at the state level rather than by local governments. Committee members questioned whether the bill would change local incentives to control costs and how it would affect hiring and compensation. Burns said the state contribution would function as property tax relief because it offsets existing municipal expenses, and she noted the state is already on a long-term schedule to pay down the retirement system’s unfunded liability.
After closing the hearing on HB 197, the committee opened a hearing on HB 97, introduced by Representative Tom Buco. He said the bill would continue funding for delayed and deferred wastewater projects and help municipalities finance expensive wastewater infrastructure, which he tied to housing development and local debt planning. No action or votes were taken on either bill during the hearing.
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 097 Apr 21st, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And on that panel uh there was a lawyer for an organization called uh Blue Horizon.
- And on that panel uh there was a lawyer for an organization called uh Blue Horizon.
- And on that panel there was a lawyer for an organization called Blue Horizon.
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uh lawyer for an organization called uh lawyer for an organization called uh Blue - And there was um two uh Blue Horizon.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
06/02/2026 - House Democratic Caucus Calendar #21
AZ
AZ
FL
Florida 2026 4th Special Session
January 20, 2026 - 01:00 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- As context for comparison, Blue Springs State Park on the St.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Press Conference: Senator Nathan Johnson Jul 30th, 2025
Texas Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- that commitment seriously, and I hope our legislators do, too, because the people are neither red nor blue
Keywords:
hemp regulation, consumable products, cannabinoids, occupational licenses, criminal offenses, SB 11, Texas attorney general, election crimes, election law enforcement, criminal prosecution, Election Code, Government Code Chapter 402, local prosecutors, county attorney, district attorney, grand jury, probable cause reports, state election offenses, voter fraud, election integrity
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Criminal Jurisprudence S/C on New Offenses and Changed Penalties Apr 15th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- this threat and will provide a stronger deterrent to those willing to take the lives of our heroes in blue
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Organizational business meeting to consider committee rules, an original resolution authorizing expenditures by the committee during the 119th Congress, S.347, to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 Feb 5th, 2025 at 09:30 am
Environment and Public Works Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- That blue bin is basically a fake.
Keywords:
brownfields, brownfield cleanup, site remediation, environmental cleanup, contaminated property, redevelopment, revitalization, CERCLA, Superfund, EPA grants, state response programs, environmental justice, disadvantaged communities, small communities, local government grants, nonprofit eligibility, community engagement, Alaska Native tribes, Regional Corporations, Village Corporations
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Finance and Tax Feb 5th, 2025
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 04/14/26
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- to allow those, like all programs, they're much more thorough than any of our agencies, and if it's Blue
- Cross Blue Shield, whoever is managing all of those for us, they're prohibited by law.
- sum Overall, if you sum the<01:12:58.960>
yellow, <01:12:59.680>the <01:12:59.840>blue - <01:13:00.280>
and <01:13:00.440>the <01:13:00.560>green, the yellow, the blue - , and the green, the yellow, the blue, and the green, those<01:13:01.880>
total <01:13:02.400><
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection - 04/14/26
Commerce and Consumer Protection
Transcript Highlights:
- So, for example, if I have a jar of jelly beans, red and blue, and there's, let's say, if we don't know
- number is, but we're going to guess, but the market right now is saying 50% yesers red and 50 cents blue
- 1 and 23 require health insurers, nonprofit health service plan corporations — so that's basically Blue
- ><01:47:13.440>
Cross <01:47:13.880>and <01:47:14.000>health that's basically Blue - Cross and health that's basically Blue Cross and health maintenance<01:47:14.640>
organizations
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Members who serve on Education Finance heard Representative Bigberg talk yesterday about the Blue Ribbon
- insecurity get the services that they need because of the conversation that's happening right now in the Blue
- So I would much rather have this conversation after we have successfully prevented the Blue Ribbon Commission
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successfully <01:39:09.760>prevented <01:39:10.400>the <01:39:10.719>blue - have successfully prevented the blue have successfully prevented the blue ribbon<01:39:11.280>
Keywords:
libraries, electronic books, digital audiobooks, licensing agreements, public access, paraprofessional, paraprofessional qualifications, education support staff, teacher aide, teacher assistant, special education, Title I, federal personnel qualifications, Minnesota Department of Education, school district, charter school, cooperative unit, Read Act, reading instruction, math instruction
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, July 22, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We must always remind ourselves that our men and women in blue are someone's loved ones.
- men<02:13:09.360>
and <02:13:09.599>women <02:13:09.840>in <02:13:10.000>blue - ourselves that our men and women in blue ourselves that our men and women in blue are<02:13:10.400
- May God bless your family, and may God bless all of our officers in blue. Thank you, Madam Speaker.
- May God bless your family, and may God bless all of our officers in blue.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- This is saying that everyone in the state should have a blue house.
- This is saying that everyone in the state should have a blue house.
- This is saying that everyone in the state should have a blue house.
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in <00:42:48.400>the This is saying that everyone in the state should have a blue - There are some towns that want to eliminate blue-collar workers.