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NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate - Conservation Jan 27th, 2026 at 09:00 am
Senate Conservation
Transcript Highlights:
- We need to go over a couple procedural things first.
- We have the veterinarians to do the surgical procedures, but we need the funds to assist us and to do
- Well, those pack of dogs, you would know as well as I do, that they have not gone through this procedure
Keywords:
SB38, pet food, registered pet food, registration fee, fees, sunset repeal, repeal of repeal, revenue, state fee, business regulation, animal feed, pet food registration, New Mexico, SB46, organic waste, solid waste, waste diversion, composting, compost feedstock, waste characterization study
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations and Budget Judiciary Subcommittee - Afternoon Session Jan 13th, 2026 at 01:00 pm
A&B Judiciary Subcommittee
Transcript Highlights:
- And we're constantly looking at our own procedures within the office to make sure that we can keep our
- We've also completed a comprehensive update of the policies and procedures with a mandatory annual review
- Mandatory thing that you all do as a part of your process or procedure.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Higher Education Committee Dec 3rd, 2025
Joint Higher Education Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- This RCW also requires OFM to adopt and update an accounting procedure manual.
- However, they can develop more specific policies and procedures.
- However, they can develop more specific policies and procedures.
Summary:
The Joint Higher Education Committee met for a work session on higher education accounting practices and financial transparency. OFM Deputy Director Sarah Rupp explained how state accounting rules and higher education reporting differ, including what data is captured in AFRS today and what will move into Workday, with universities generally reporting summary-level fund data, mandatory codes, and most balance sheet and income statement activity, but not transaction-level detail or vendor payment information. Representatives from the University of Washington and Washington State University described the complexity of their own accounting systems, the many entities and business lines they must track for audits and compliance, and the need to reconcile university-level accrual accounting with state reporting requirements. The committee also heard from the Education Research and Data Center on the public four-year finance dashboard created under Senate Bill 5512; ERDC said the dashboard is based on publicly available data, is best used to examine institutions individually rather than compare them directly, and will be updated with additional metrics in 2025 and 2026.
The committee then received a presentation from the Washington Student Achievement Council on the Workforce Education Investment Account (WIA). Joel Anderson reviewed WIA’s creation under House Bill 2158, its revenue sources, and its intended uses for higher education, financial aid, and workforce development. He said recent legislation significantly increased WIA revenues and that, in the 2025–27 budget, the account is being used in new ways, including to replace general fund support for University of Washington operations and to fund a larger share of the Washington College Grant and some faculty compensation costs. Anderson said roughly 98% of current WIA appropriations go to higher education, but the share used to supplant other higher education funding has grown, and he estimated about 60% to 70% of current spending still aligns with the account’s original intent. He also described a new effort to track WIA appropriations across biennia in more detail and noted the WIA Oversight Board’s role in recommending uses of the account and monitoring outcomes. No votes were taken; the committee ended by moving into executive session for staffing issues and then adjourned.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Water, Parks, and Wildlife Committee Jul 15th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- would require DWR to continue implementing its plan to update water supply forecasting models and procedures
- It would also request the implementation of formal policy and procedures for documenting DWR's operational
- Yeah, that was part of the, in fact, we probably should have just—I don't know—the procedure for announcing
Summary:
The committee heard and advanced several natural resources and water-related bills. SB 224 by Senator Hurtado would require the Department of Water Resources to implement audit recommendations, improve climate-informed water supply forecasting, and provide annual updates to the Legislature; supporters emphasized the need for better transparency and more accurate water planning, and the bill passed as amended to Appropriations. SB 556, also by Senator Hurtado, would fund floodplain restoration in the Tulare Basin to reduce flooding, recharge groundwater, and provide habitat and other community benefits; local officials and conservation groups supported it, some initial concerns about Proposition 4 were resolved, and the bill passed as amended. SB 630 by Senator Allen would streamline State Parks and other state real property acquisitions by raising review thresholds and reducing duplicative approvals; conservation groups and park advocates supported the measure, while some members raised oversight and fiscal concerns, and it passed as amended. SB 718 by Senator Allen would reduce hunting and fishing license costs for low-income Californians, framed as helping subsistence users and disabled veterans and seniors, and it passed as amended.
The committee also approved SB 427 by Senator Blakespear, which extends the sunset of the Habitat Conservation Fund from 2030 to 2035. Supporters said the fund has protected more than 1.2 million acres, leverages other funding, and supports habitat, recreation, and climate resilience; members highlighted its importance for areas like the Salton Sea and the need to protect the funding stream from future sweeps. SB 586 by Senator Jones, an e-moto off-highway vehicle bill, was taken up with little discussion and passed as amended. SB 639 by Senator Ashby would extend the deadline for Sacramento-area flood protection projects in the Natomas Basin and Beach Lake subareas from 2025 to 2030 to allow completion of remaining work and avoid delays to infill housing; city, county, and flood agency representatives supported it, and it passed as amended.
Throughout the hearing, witnesses and members repeatedly emphasized water reliability, flood protection, conservation funding, and reducing bureaucratic delays. Several bills drew broad support from local governments, water agencies, tribes, and conservation organizations, and multiple members requested to be added as coauthors. All of the measures discussed were reported out of committee, generally with amendments and with some items left open for add-on votes.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- You've got to pass a hands-on procedure on each one of the 4 assemblies that's put in front of you.
- California's 10th edition manual of Cross-cut Connection Control as a standard for BPAT testing procedures
- Michelle Risco with the TCEQ and they are standards that try to accomplish the same thing, but the procedures
Keywords:
water filtration, public drinking water, health and safety, well maintenance, water quality, Edwards Aquifer, water conservation, reclaimed water, aquifer storage, environmental protection, public utility agency, dissolution, local government, regulatory framework, municipal authority, Texas Water Bank, Texas Water Trust, water rights, water banking, instream flow
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- critical public agencies and river authorities remain operational. are not abolished due to the procedural
- This is a procedural and protective bill as we do every session.
- E-Verify in place, my hope is that it will ensure that contractors are using legal and fair hiring procedures
Keywords:
E-verify, employment verification, state contracts, immigration, labor compliance, ERCOT, Texas electric grid, interconnection, Public Utility Commission, PUC, Public convenience and necessity, electric cooperative, municipally owned utility, electric utility, transmission, generation facilities, grid reliability, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, FERC, SERC
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- damages, but for example, an amputated leg. because that's the result of an injury for the actual procedure
- procedure. I don't know; it depends upon... Yeah, you have multiple charges.
- Evidence and procedures within Chapter 41, the deliberative process.
Keywords:
election officials, confidentiality, personal information, government transparency, public safety, spirit beverages, alcoholic beverages, Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code, distribution, taxation, firearms, local regulation, archery equipment, weapons, voter registration, statewide list, county requirements, election integrity, computer services contracts, mental health
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Banking and Insurance Mar 31st, 2025
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- and uh is very ill. an ECMO procedure and uh is very ill. an ECMO procedure and uh is very ill.
- So any any procedure that interested in. So any any procedure that interested in.
- for the to provide for procedures for the to provide for procedures for the issuance of loans to electronic
- for using a credit card or procedures for using a credit card or procedures for using a credit card
- for the director of establish procedures for the director of establish procedures for the director of
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- AB 1919 would simply add election procedures to address the gap in current law, which fails to outline
- how a qualified voter initiative for a local jurisdiction without election procedures like Metro may
- This bill simply establishes those procedures in our authorizing statutes. Thank you.
- The bill simply establishes those procedures in our authorizing statutes, eliminating that ambiguity.
- This bill simply establishes those procedures in our authorizing statutes, eliminating that ambiguity
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
Transcript Highlights:
- Within 30 days of that, you have to bring your motion for judgment on the pleadings, which is the procedural
- rocket docket is closed-record review, yeah, because it’s such a well-defined, truncated process and procedure
- rocket docket is closed record review yeah because it's such a well-defined truncated process and procedure
- explaining, because we have a long history of all appeals from state agencies under the Administrative Procedures
- No doubt there would be some trial and error and a learning curve in developing procedures consistent
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government held a hybrid hearing on bills related to land use, zoning, permitting, municipal governance, and homelessness. Early testimony focused on a home rule petition for Ipswich to remove a residency requirement for a town manager, with supporters saying it would broaden the applicant pool and help fill a vacant permanent manager position. Another panel backed legislation to change the Springfield Water and Sewer Commission’s governance so ratepayers in surrounding communities would have representation, arguing the current board structure leaves many users without a voice in rate-setting and capital decisions.
Several housing and zoning bills drew testimony. Senator Keenan and the Home Builders and Remodelers Association supported a bill to toll the one-year period for acting on a variance while an appeal is pending, saying appeals should not consume the time needed to implement approved projects. Representative Murray and the Real Estate Bar Association also testified on broader zoning reforms, including changes to undersized lots, merger rules, hearing deadlines, appeals, and variance standards; they argued the proposals would reduce delay and uncertainty and help housing production. Committee members questioned whether shifting zoning appeals from de novo to closed-record review would limit new evidence, and the witnesses said the change would speed cases while preserving limited opportunities to supplement the record.
The committee also heard testimony on bills to end the criminalization of homelessness. Representatives, advocates, and shelter organizations said local camping bans and fines are counterproductive, especially after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Grants Pass decision, and urged a statewide response centered on housing and public health rather than punishment. Other municipal bills included remote participation in open town meetings for Wayland and a statewide local option, Fairhaven and Mattapoisett charter changes, and Cambridge’s request to use automated parking enforcement and mail parking tickets. The hearing also included testimony supporting fairground zoning flexibility, a Shrewsbury solar siting bill, and an Inspector General bill clarifying county land disposition procedures by requiring written notice to DCAM and a defined response period. No votes were taken during the hearing.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- It's something that I've talked to the new deputy director about because we do have a policy, a procedure
- with adverse licensing action if they did not, among other things, one, facilitate sex-rejecting procedures
- But your department has no authority at all under the law to require those procedures of anyone, let
- a very uptight and hurried young lawyer about patience and perspective and a lot of legislative procedure
- Whether it was a constitutional, procedural, or ethics opinion, we made our best legal recommendations
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session May 21st, 2026
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And now on to our procedural motions.
- Madam Majority Leader, you are recognized for your procedural motions. Good morning.
- AB 1721 is a bill that will strengthen and streamline school planning procedures.
- Madam Majority Leader, you are recognized for your procedural motion. Excuse me, just a moment, Mr.
- Madam Majority Leader, you are recognized for your procedural motion.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee Apr 21st, 2026
Natural Resources and Water
Transcript Highlights:
- do believe that these plans throughout the state can be strengthened by adding incident-specific procedures
- Number two, require these incident-specific response procedures to be provided to county offices of emergency
- Three, require these incident-specific response procedures to be provided to the county office of emergency
- It's not intended to immunize or provide a safe harbor for water systems in not implementing the procedures
- It's absolutely our intent that these procedures should be implemented.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee Apr 21st, 2026
Natural Resources and Water
Transcript Highlights:
- do believe that these plans throughout the state can be strengthened by adding incident-specific procedures
- Three, require these incident-specific response procedures to be provided to the county office of emergency
- Three, require these incident-specific response procedures to be adopted, sorry, to be provided to the
- It's not intended to immunize or provide a safe harbor for water systems in not implementing the procedures
- It's absolutely our intent that these procedures should be implemented.
Summary:
The committee heard SB 1393, an omnibus update to the Fish and Game Code covering steelhead trout and Dungeness crab management. The author and supporters said the bill would strengthen the steelhead trout report card program, extend and refine Dungeness crab management, and clarify vessel transit rules in closed crab fishing areas. The Nature Conservancy, Trout Unlimited, and other supporters said the measure implements long-standing task force recommendations and supports both conservation and coastal fishing communities. There was no opposition, and the bill was moved forward on a 4-0 vote to Appropriations.
The committee also heard SB 1250, which would require Caltrans to incorporate wildlife connectivity into transportation planning and asset management, set performance targets, and coordinate with wildlife agencies. Supporters from conservation, animal welfare, land trust, and local government groups said the bill would reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions, improve public safety, and better integrate crossings, culverts, and fencing into routine highway projects. The California Building Industry Association moved to a neutral position after amendments clarified the bill would apply to transportation right-of-way planning and not create exactions on private property. Members discussed the bill’s relationship to Caltrans planning authority and existing funding, and it was passed to Appropriations on a 4-0 vote.
Senator Gonzalez’s SB 1268, which would codify the state’s Outdoors for All initiative, also received broad support from environmental justice, conservation, parks, and recreation groups. Testimony emphasized inequitable access to parks and nature, especially for low-income communities and communities of color, and said the bill would make the initiative more durable by placing it in statute. The chair and members spoke in favor of expanding outdoor access, and the bill was approved on a 3-0 vote with some members not yet voting.
The committee then heard three Western Joshua tree bills from Senator Ochoa Bogh. SB 1061 would streamline relocation of limited numbers of trees without fees in certain cases; SB 1062 would require proportionate or tiered mitigation fees for public utilities and agencies; and SB 1063 would create an expedited, fee-free permitting path for basic residential utility and wildfire-hardening projects. Supporters, including local water agencies, counties, and farm and business groups, said the current law imposes heavy costs on desert residents and ratepayers. Opponents, including wildlife and conservation organizations, argued the bills would weaken protections for a species they said is threatened by climate change and habitat loss, and noted that existing administrative processes are already addressing fees and permitting. After amendments, opposition was withdrawn on SB 1061 and SB 1062, and both bills advanced on 3-0 votes to Appropriations; SB 1063 remained under discussion in the portion provided.
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- from the district attorney's office: that the incumbent lost the city $600,000 in a year due to procedural
- from the district attorney's office that the incumbent lost the city $600,000 in a year due to procedural
- errors, jeopardized convictions by failing to In a year due to procedural errors, jeopardized convictions
- clerks no time to merge two distinct offices that serve two different courthouses, each with its own procedures
- clerks no time to merge two distinct offices that serve two different courthouses, each with its own procedures
Bills:
SB256
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee Mar 11th, 2026
Finance and Taxation Education
Transcript Highlights:
- People are going to the hospital more, staying longer, getting more procedures, things like that.
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- Those costs are going up because people are going to the hospital more, getting more procedures, whatever
Keywords:
Alabama Memorial Preservation Act, monuments, historic preservation, memorial buildings, memorial schools, memorial streets, architecturally significant buildings, public property, waiver process, Committee on Alabama Monument Protection, Attorney General, civil penalty, historic marker, renaming, relocation, removal, public memorials, heritage preservation, state historic preservation fund, governmental entity
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Courts, Corrections and Justice Nov 6th, 2025
Courts, Corrections & Justice Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- So, in the original bill, there was language that created an exception from the general procedure that
- So, we're going to be talking about language that created an exception from the general procedure that
- The normal procedure, um, consecutive sentences keep getting discussed whenever.
- Sometimes we have these rules and procedures that, in theory, provide better access to fairness and access
- And so there may be some reason for us to have some of these rules and procedures to say, 'Yeah, this
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Oct 6th, 2025
Legislative Health & Human Services Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- They perform a procedure called coil embolization.
- This means that when someone is injured through a medical procedure, there isn't a lot of emphasis on
- I was ready to go under for a surgical procedure, and had my husband not asked, "What are you giving
- The evidence, the procedures, and the rules of evidence—I'm getting it out—so rules of evidence and procedure
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Select Committee on Disaster Preparedness and Flooding Aug 8th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- The bill requires the Water Development Board to adopt rules and procedures to implement the bill, including
- procedures for the operation of an outdoor warning siren in a flood-prone area of the state.
- Consult with other entities when adopting rules and procedures.
- has, importantly, included that the board may consult with other entities when adopting rules and procedures
- confusion and misunderstandings regarding the inquest process as outlined in the Code of Criminal Procedure