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Transcript Highlights:
  • We go on, and because our terminology within workers' compensation code is different than, especially
  • Code right now, or do we have to make any changes to Century Code to give you the authority to do some
  • Current Century Code, everything you've discussed with us this morning is that. current century code
  • They may end up in Oklahoma or Texas after that.
  • So, you know, this language is already the language that is being used, and that's in the code.
Keywords: 908, all
Summary: The committee was called to order, a quorum was established, and the minutes from the prior meeting were approved. The first major presentation came from Montana Public Employees Retirement System executive director William Hollahan, who gave an overview of Montana’s Volunteer Firefighters’ Compensation Act plan. He explained that the plan covers volunteer firefighters in unincorporated areas, is funded by 5% of state fire insurance premium taxes, and currently serves 228 departments with about 2,936 active members and 1,242 retirees. He described eligibility rules, annual training and reporting requirements, benefit levels for partial and full pensions, disability, death, medical, and funeral benefits, and said the plan is actuarially sound with roughly $60 million in assets and a funded ratio slightly above 100%. Committee members asked about prior-service credit, whether EMS personnel are included, the effect on recruitment and retention, and whether expanding coverage would require a funding analysis; Hollahan said prior service is not credited, EMS is not currently included, and any expansion would need financial review. Tim Walleen of Workforce Safety and Insurance then presented a draft North Dakota workers’ compensation solution for volunteer firefighters and volunteer EMS personnel. He explained that volunteer responders are already covered by workers’ comp for medical and wage-loss benefits, but the proposal would set a minimum annual wage of $30,000 for calculating wage-loss benefits for qualifying volunteers, with the benefit paid at two-thirds of that amount. Representative Porter suggested tying the volunteer definition to existing code rather than a fixed dollar amount, and Walleen agreed. Questions focused on whether search and rescue or other volunteer emergency services could be included, whether departments would face new paperwork, and whether volunteer organizations can already elect coverage; Walleen said there would be no additional paperwork and that volunteer coverage is already available. The committee also heard from volunteer fire service representatives and the state fire marshal. An Oakes-area firefighter, Mr. Olson, testified that small departments are struggling with retention, communication, and administrative burdens, especially around separate bookkeeping and funding rules for donated or fundraising money, and he said departments need clearer guidance from the state. State Fire Marshal Dr. Matthew Clark introduced himself and outlined a broader effort to improve education, support, and coordination for fire departments, including a planned 10% audit of certificates of existence beginning in 2027, more outreach through his office, and better assistance with training, reporting, and grant access. He said his office is authorized under current law to provide these services, but the role has been vague and underused. Finally, Arnagard Rural Fire District Chief Rick Schreiber testified in favor of new recruitment and retention ideas, including retirement-style benefits, health insurance, tax incentives, scholarships, grants, and more remote or regional training. He said volunteer departments are losing members, that local tax and donation funds are already stretched, and that any new retirement or incentive program should be sustainable and likely involve a mix of state and local support.
AR

Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session

JBC-CLAIMS Apr 14th, 2026

JBC-CLAIMS

Transcript Highlights:
  • Then the last thing I wanted to point out is that under Arkansas Code 26-37-204(f), and I'm going to
  • However, I do have another copy of one that was sent to the Texas address that we were successfully able
  • They had moved to Texas with my parents. They had moved to Texas.
  • They had moved to Texas with my parents. They had moved to Texas. So, no, no one told them that.
  • So it was an empty house when your grandparents moved to Texas or wherever?
Summary: The Joint Budget Committee’s Claims Review and Litigation Oversight Subcommittee met to consider two proposed litigation settlements from the Department of Corrections and one appealed claim from the Claims Commission. In the first settlement, Caroline Arnett v. Larry Norris, et al., members asked about the underlying sexual assault allegations, whether policies had changed, and whether PREA audits and other safeguards were in place. The department said audits were underway and that steps had been taken to prevent similar conduct. The committee approved the settlement by voice vote. In the second settlement, Latasha Ridgel v. Arkansas Department of Corrections, members raised concerns about the length of the case and the fact that it involved similar allegations. The department cited attorney turnover, COVID-related delays, and scheduling difficulties; the settlement was approved by voice vote. The committee then reviewed Sharon Greer and Deanna Hayes v. Commissioner of State Lands, an appeal of a Claims Commission dismissal involving a 2009 tax sale of family property in Crittenden County. The claimants said they did not learn of the sale or the $4,200 in excess proceeds until 2025, and argued that notice was inadequate and that the overage should not have gone to the county. The Commissioner of State Lands’ office responded that notice was sent to addresses on file, certified mail receipts were returned, and a post-sale notice explained the process for contesting the sale and claiming excess proceeds. The office also argued the claim was untimely, that the commission lacked jurisdiction, and that state law bars monetary damages against the commissioner for actions related to tax-delinquent land sales. Members discussed broader concerns about the tax-sale and excess-proceeds process, including whether excess proceeds should be held longer or routed differently, but noted those issues would require legislative changes rather than action in this case. The committee then voted to affirm the Claims Commission’s dismissal of the claim. The meeting adjourned after the motion passed.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Apr 2nd, 2025

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill is out of Texas.
  • Texas passed this and said if you are in a DUI and you kill someone who has small children, that as part
  • Uh, I would see it, Senator, as the... and I can look and see what they do in Texas since... ...look
  • and see what they do in Texas since they have it in their code.
  • I saw it in the state of Texas.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Session (Full Formal with Calendar) Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am

Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Most recently, it was reported last week that as we peel back the layers of the 137 federal tax code
  • changes that was proposed in what we called OB3, the fact that we in Massachusetts couple our tax code
  • in many instances with the federal tax code, which is the right thing to do for our tax filers so that
  • thing to do for our tax filers, so that there are not two sets of rules, that the impact of those tax code
  • that required the administration to report to us a number of different elements of the cost and the occupancy
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Senate considered a fiscal year 2025 close-out supplemental appropriations bill and a series of amendments, many of which were withdrawn, adopted, or rejected. Early debate focused heavily on funding for the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Massachusetts, with Senators O’Connor and Feeney arguing for restoring money for transportation, safety, and event readiness, citing projected ridership surges, economic benefits, and the need for Boston and the Commonwealth to invest. Senator Driscoll also won adoption of an amendment directing the MBTA to study and report on its local assessment formula, using Milton and Quincy as examples of perceived inequities in how communities are charged relative to service received. The Senate then took up several other amendments, including measures on fire survivor support, vaccine liability, mental health and sidewalk projects, council on aging and public safety items, disaster relief, service dogs, and MBTA assessments. Senator Tarr offered amendments on driver record transparency and energy cost reporting, but those were not adopted. A major roll-call vote rejected Tarr’s amendment to restore a larger share of excess capital gains to the stabilization fund; supporters argued for stronger rainy day reserves, while the Ways and Means chair defended the bill’s use of a deficiency reserve fund and warned of revenue losses from federal tax changes. The Senate also adopted an amendment on shelter and Home Base spending transparency, requiring renewed reporting on emergency shelter and housing assistance programs. Later, the chamber adopted Senator Edwards’ amendment creating a Massachusetts Federal Employee and Service Member Civil Relief Act to protect federal workers and service members in the event of a shutdown, including relief from eviction and foreclosure-related harms. The Senate also adopted Senator Rodrigues’s Ways and Means amendment, then approved the underlying supplemental budget as amended and ordered it to third reading. After the final roll call, the bill was passed to be engrossed by a 39-0 vote. The Senate concluded by agreeing to adjourn and by honoring Mrs. Anne Lee in memory, with a brief communication from Senator Cyr noting a prior remote-vote error for the journal.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Natural Resources and Environment Apr 28th, 2026

Natural Resources & Environment

Transcript Highlights:
  • Investment groups are wanting to buy water out of Toledo Bend and ship it to Texas, pump it to Texas.
  • , pump it to Texas.
  • To me, Texas has not taken the reins. They have exploded in industrial growth.
  • that comes down the same river to industry on the Texas side for $4.50 a thousand.
  • For plenty of codes, once you work on that amendment, you can do it right now?
Keywords: 965, house, all
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • Code 1324. Additionally, according to Pam Bondi, U.S.
  • against title 8 us code against title 8 us code 1324<00:51:59.520> additionally<00:52:00.240
  • but murder that is committed under code but murder that is committed under special<01:36:28.440>
  • review um which was the penal code review um which was enacted<01:48:34.800> by<01:48:35.080>
  • HCCC continues to be the highest over-capacity facility, with 13.1 percent over occupancy.
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The joint Commerce and Consumer Protection and Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs committees heard HB 756 HD1, a measure on flavored tobacco products. Supporters included the Attorney General, Department of Health, Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities, youth advocates, public health groups, and Kaiser Permanente. They argued flavored tobacco and menthol are used to attract and addict young people, cited rising youth and young adult vaping rates, and pointed to public health harms and evidence from other states that flavor restrictions reduced e-cigarette sales. The Attorney General requested oral amendments to correct a statutory reference, repeal a county preemption provision so counties could enact stricter flavor bans, and restore appropriations, positions, and the original effective date. Opponents, including retail and wholesale businesses, argued the bill would hurt small businesses and state tax revenue, push sales to the black market, and remove a harm-reduction option for adult smokers; they urged stronger enforcement instead of a ban. After testimony, the committees took up amendments and recommendations. The chair proposed correcting the statutory citation to HRS 26-38, adopting a Department of Health amendment on disposal of electronic smoking devices and e-liquids as hazardous waste, and noting the appropriations, FTE, and effective date in the committee report. Members then voted to pass HB 756 HD1 with amendments in both committees, with the Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs committee recording one member as supporting with reservations. The transcript then moved to HB 806, relating to fireworks, which would appropriate funds for the Department of Law Enforcement to conduct sting operations on Oʻahu to enforce fireworks laws. The Department of Law Enforcement and Honolulu Police Department supported the bill, saying undercover enforcement is costly and additional funding is needed. A community testifier also supported stronger enforcement, citing illegal aerial fireworks, noise, and impacts on pets and kupuna. No final vote on HB 806 was shown in the excerpt. The Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs committee also heard HB 438, which would create a Due Process in Immigration Proceedings Program to provide legal representation in immigration court for income-qualified individuals. Support came from civil rights, legal aid, ACLU, and law school clinic representatives, who said counsel is needed to ensure due process and fair access to justice, especially because immigration proceedings can lead to deportation and family separation. Opposition testifiers argued taxpayer-funded counsel for people in immigration proceedings is inappropriate, unlawful, or unfair to citizens and legal residents. One law school representative suggested a technical amendment to broaden language about training and education. The excerpt ends before a final vote on HB 438 is shown.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
  • and tests to prevent Black people from voting, Texas didn't do that.
  • the subcommittee uh for building codes the subcommittee uh for building codes we're<01:53:56.360
  • It might be that the building code talks about inspectors, and each town can appoint its code inspectors
  • It might be that the building code talks about inspectors, and each town can appoint its code inspectors
  • 23-31 which says that the building code 23-31 which says that the building code shall<05:16:58.958
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The hearing opened on House Bill 192, which concerns the Joint Committee on Employee Classification process for state employee positions. Representative Peter Schmidt explained that the bill is a procedural step to send already-reviewed classifications to Korn Ferry and then into statute and the budget. Department of Corrections staff and Commissioner Helen Hanks testified that one Deputy Director of Medical Services position had been omitted from the bill by mistake even though it had already gone through the JCEC process, and they asked for an amendment to add it. Hanks clarified that the position is an existing classified job being converted to unclassified status, not a new position. The committee discussed how the amendment would work and the quorum requirements for the JCEC, then closed the hearing on HB 192 after no further testimony. The committee then heard House Bill 435, sponsored by Representative Don McFarland, which would clarify professional engineering licensure law. McFarland said the bill is intended to make clear that work in IT security, electronics, digital systems, computing, and software is not the practice of engineering requiring a professional engineer license, while preserving licensure requirements for fields such as civil, structural, and building-related engineering. He said he had consulted with the American Council of Engineering Companies and that the bill is meant to remove ambiguity and legal risk, not deregulate engineering. Several members with engineering backgrounds spoke in support, describing the distinction between licensed PE work and other technical fields, and one member noted that software development and regulated software work typically do not require a PE license. The committee voted ought to pass on HB 435 by a roll call of 16-0 and placed it on consent. Finally, the committee opened House Bill 210, which would create a commission to study the New Hampshire state flag. Representative Tom Corman argued that the current flag is a generic “state seal on a blue bedsheet” and does not meet common vexillological design principles such as simplicity, meaningful symbolism, limited colors, and distinctiveness. He said the proposed commission would include legislative members plus representatives of the New Hampshire Historical Society and the New England Vexillological Association, and would review the flag’s history and recommend whether to redesign it and how to do so. He also indicated he intended to add language to avoid costs, but the bill discussion was not completed in the portion provided.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Science, Technology and Energy (03/04/2025)

Science, Technology and Energy

Transcript Highlights:
  • , electrical codes, all that I guess would fall under that.
  • Maybe it’s in the codes to mention codes. Okay, thanks.
  • , electrical codes, all that I guess would fall under that.
  • Maybe it’s in the codes to mention codes. Okay, thanks.
  • Maybe it’s in the codes to mention codes. Okay, thanks.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • To date, over 100 Texas Animal Health Commission livestock inspectors, along with other Texas Animal
  • The Texas Animal Health Commission continues to work with Texas Parks and Wildlife, both individually
  • As mentioned earlier this year, Governor Abbott directed the Texas Animal Health Commission and Texas
  • Rollins, USDA APHIS, Texas Animal Health Commission, Texas Parks and Wildlife Service, Texas A&M AgriLife
  • Administrative Code.
Summary: The joint hearing focused on preparedness for the New World screwworm threat and brought together the House Committees on Culture, Recreation, and Tourism and Agriculture and Livestock. USDA officials, Texas Department of Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller, and Texas Animal Health Commission leadership described the pest as a serious risk to livestock, wildlife, rural economies, and beef prices, and emphasized coordination among federal, state, industry, and Mexican partners. Witnesses repeatedly stressed that Texas is currently seeing no confirmed U.S. detections, but that recent confirmed cases in northern Mexico, including Nuevo León, remain a concern because of their proximity to the border. USDA testimony outlined current surveillance and response efforts, including more than 120 screw worm-specific traps along the Texas border and neighboring states, thousands of additional dual-purpose traps, wildlife inspections, weekly coordination with Mexico’s Senasica, and a new USDA New World Screwworm Directorate. Officials said the existing Panama sterile fly facility is maxed out at about 100 million flies per week, while a dispersal facility in Tampico is helping move flies farther north in Mexico. They also described plans for a retrofitted sterile fly facility in Metapa, Mexico, expected to come online in 2026, and a new domestic production facility at Moore Air Base, with phase one targeted for late 2026 or early 2027 and phase two adding substantially more capacity later. Members pressed USDA on timelines, production capacity, the reliability of Mexican reporting, the risk from wildlife, and whether modular or mobile facilities could be deployed faster. USDA said it is also exploring innovative technologies, including a genetically engineered sterile male fly, but that such tools still require EPA review and field validation. Commissioner Miller highlighted Texas biosecurity efforts, five permanent inspection stations, cooperation with FDA and EPA on treatments such as Exzolt, and other pest issues affecting Texas agriculture. He also noted research into fly bait and private-sector efforts to speed sterile fly production. Texas Animal Health Commission officials described extensive state preparedness work, including weekly coordination calls, field response trainings, outreach to producers and veterinarians, and a Texas Screwworm Response Team. They said Texas has trained more than 100 inspectors and other personnel, with additional trainings planned, and that the state is expanding its cattle fever tick rider program. No votes or formal committee actions were taken during the hearing; the main action was the exchange of testimony and questions about readiness, surveillance, and facility timelines.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Friday, February 7, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The gentleman from Texas is recognized for four minutes.
  • <00:53:21.160> 11th I thank the gentlemen from Texas 11th I thank the gentlemen from Texas
  • <01:04:59.359> August bill my colleague from Texas August bill my colleague from Texas August
  • <01:11:11.960> Mr minutes to the gentleman from Texas Mr minutes to the gentleman from Texas
  • > for<01:11:15.120> two Weber Texas is recognized for two Weber Texas is recognized for
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, September 18, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • What purpose does the gentleman from Texas seek recognition?
  • That's why<04:36:47.119> Texas<04:36:47.680> Texas<04:36:47.680> Texas<04:36:48.719
  • > added<04:36:49.119> more<04:36:49.359> solar why Texas Texas Texas added more
  • solar why Texas Texas Texas added more solar and<04:36:49.920> wind<04:36:50.160> energy
  • Speaker, I yield one minute to the gentleman from Texas, Mr.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, September 2, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • uh and all of the people in the Texas uh and all of the people in the Texas National<02:12:24.480
  • The gentleman from Texas is recognized. The gentleman from Texas is recognized.
  • Texas is recognized. Texas is recognized.
  • And the refrain I heard one Texas.
  • systems, and ends the zip code lottery. systems, and ends the zip code lottery.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Health Care Affordability, Select Apr 30th, 2026

Health Care Affordability, Select

Transcript Highlights:
  • in Texas are highly concentrated.
  • in Texas are highly concentrated.
  • And that is Here in Texas, Medicaid pays less, and that is, quite honestly, because the state of Texas
  • But this is relevant to Texas. The same thing happens.
  • But the reality in Texas right now is the big nonprofit hospitals in Houston, In Texas right now, the
Keywords: 1184, house, all
MD

Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session, 4/10/2026 #2

Maryland Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • requirements relating to occupational requirements relating to occupational licensure,<00:41:24.440
  • So certain zip code. I represent Havre de Grace and Aberdeen and Bel Air.
  • So certain zip code.<01:32:01.160> I<01:32:01.280> represent<01:32:01.840> Havre
  • <01:32:02.120> de<01:32:02.200> Grace<01:32:02.600> and code.
  • I represent Havre de Grace and code.
Summary: The Senate reconvened with a quorum and began by reading House messages and first-reading bills, including SB 8 on identity fraud and deepfakes and HB 145 on election misinformation and deepfakes, which was referred to Rules. The chamber then handled several concurrence and conference matters. On HB 154, the Open Meetings Act bill for county boards of education, the Senate initially moved to recede from its amendments and accept the House version, but debate centered on a Senate transparency amendment limiting school boards’ ability to censor recordings. A motion to reconsider the amendments was laid over for 15 minutes. On SB 514, a third-degree assault bill, the House refused to recede and a conference committee was appointed. A guest introduction also welcomed a 10-month-old visitor to the gallery. In second-reader business, the Senate adopted committee amendments and advanced SB 504, which strengthens data privacy protections and limits use of personal data for immigration enforcement, and SB 790, the Public Health Reform Act, which revises the Commission on Public Health, updates the Maryland Medical Reserve Corps, adds health equity review processes, and makes related administrative changes. Both bills were reported favorably with technical and conforming amendments and ordered printed for third reading. The chamber then took up HB 191, which would require merchants to accept cash for essential consumer goods and set related rules and exceptions; members questioned its scope, exemptions, and enforcement, and the bill was laid over pending clarification about whether stadiums are covered. Finally, HB 564 on pet cremation and burial services added consumer protection and disclosure requirements for pet cremation providers; its technical amendment was adopted and the bill was ordered passed for third reading.
MS

Mississippi 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary, Division B - Room 409, 3 February, 2026; 9:00 A.M.

Judiciary, Division B

Transcript Highlights:
  • Code. Right?
  • The DACA, um, and I don’t know all the U.S. codes. Asylum under 8 U.S.C. 1158.
  • Um the codes. asylum under 8 USC 1158.
  • But we are creating a new statute under the Mississippi Code.
  • And so, do under the Mississippi code.
Summary: The committee took up several criminal justice and public safety bills. Senator Sparks explained SB 2416, which would let a law enforcement officer who tests positive on an initial drug screen obtain a more invasive follow-up test at the officer’s expense; if the second test is negative, the first result would be treated as a false positive and the officer’s certification would not be put at risk. The committee also heard SB 2228, which would reduce the waiting period for certain felony expungements from five years to three years, following a recommendation from the criminal justice task force. Members discussed how expungement remains discretionary with the court and does not change which offenses are eligible; the bill passed committee after a motion and voice vote. The committee then considered a committee substitute for SB 21108, a combined bail bill. Counsel said it would require suspension of a bail agent’s license when there is a civil judgment, exclude credit card transaction fees from authorized bail fees, clarify requirements for cash deposits in lieu of surety or property bonds, bar unsecured judicial release for bail-restricted offenses, and allow courts to assess service-of-process costs against bail agents in certain failure-to-appear cases. A reverse repealer was added, and the committee voted to pass the committee substitute. Finally, the committee heard SB 2114, which would expand state immigration enforcement efforts by allowing DPS to collect information on illegal aliens, codifying participation in the federal 287(g) program, and creating state penalties for certain unlawful entry and criminal conduct by undocumented persons, including enhanced penalties for violent or sex offenses. The sponsor and counsel said the bill is intended to work with federal law and includes exemptions for certain federal immigration statuses and a provision allowing some nonviolent defendants to agree to deportation in lieu of prosecution. Members raised concerns about enforcement, probable cause, and unintended consequences, but the sponsor said the bill would require proof of entry through the Gulf of Mexico for the new entry offense and that the measure would enhance cooperation with federal authorities.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Appropriations - S/C on Articles I, IV, & V Feb 24th, 2025

Appropriations - S/C on Articles I, IV, & V

Transcript Highlights:
  • Make Texas more self-reliant.
  • So it's a grant program, it's a Texas... while it's about film, I'd characterize it as a Texas jobs program
  • Like the movie industry grants where we do the 55% in Texas, are there any other stipulations for Texas
  • We do this by investing in the research prowess of Texas institutions, creating and expanding the Texas
  • to North Texas to East Texas to West Texas—very important focus.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy

Transcript Highlights:
  • resilience is so critical to our national security that Congress has mandated in 10 United States Code
  • Florida and Texas, which use third party permitting generally, have required that jurisdictions accept
  • to the electrical code.
  • You know, my understanding is that Texas—we don't always think about Texas as a blue place.
  • It's a purple place—but Texas has a lot of solar.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The hearing focused broadly on solar policy and several related bills, especially S. 2269, S. 2270, H. 3520, H. 3521, and related measures on distributed energy resources, municipal solar caps, permitting reform, and tax credits. Testimony from the Air Force supported S. 2232, which would exempt federal military installations from renewable energy production caps and net metering limits to support energy resilience at bases like Hanscom. Most other witnesses argued that Massachusetts needs to speed up rooftop, municipal, and community solar deployment to address high electricity prices, federal tax credit rollbacks, grid reliability, and climate goals. A major theme was streamlining permitting through automated or “smart” solar permitting, including a statewide platform managed by DOER. Permit Power, SEIA, Vote Solar, 350 Mass, and others said current local permitting is fragmented and costly, and that instant permitting could reduce soft costs and speed installations. Several witnesses also urged changes to interconnection rules, including flexible interconnection, remote inspections, and faster utility approval timelines. Some speakers raised concerns about small towns lacking staff to meet short deadlines and suggested a state-hosted platform to reduce the burden on municipalities. Another major topic was lifting caps on solar deployment. Municipal officials from Lexington and Cambridge said the 10-megawatt municipal cap and regional caps are blocking shovel-ready projects and should be removed, including for behind-the-meter municipal solar and MBTA-community housing. Other witnesses described additional limits on project size, net metering, and residential tax credits, and called for making the state residential solar credit refundable and larger. Several speakers also supported virtual power plants, distributed energy resource targets, solar canopies, microgrids, and expanded access for affordable housing, tenants, and low- and moderate-income customers. No votes were taken. Committee members asked questions about permitting timelines, grid modernization, the rationale for caps, balcony solar, and interconnection delays, and witnesses said they would follow up with additional information where needed. The hearing ended with broad support from industry, municipal, environmental, and advocacy groups for advancing the solar and distributed energy bills, while some witnesses opposed provisions they viewed as overly restrictive, such as mandatory SMART participation for all solar projects.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education May 1st, 2025

S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Under the Texas Education Code, CTE programs are designed to equip students with academic and technical
  • military training. leadership programs and affirms the value of service-oriented education within Texas
  • D of Defense Veterans Affairs, C to the defense industry, which is now number one in the state of Texas
  • In doing so, in participation with the Texas Military Preparedness Commission, which is governor appointed
Bills: HB 1079, HB3651, HB4980
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Commerce (04/10/2025)

Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • , any minimum square footage requirement in excess of 200 square feet, which is the state building code
  • Yes, the local amendments to the state building code or fire code regarding materials or methods of construction
  • ordinances have a definition of quote home business end quote or home office end quote or quote home occupation
  • ><01:23:30.080> or<01:23:30.560> quote<01:23:31.199> home<01:23:31.440> occupation
  • <01:23:31.920> end end quote or quote home occupation end end quote or quote home occupation
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Judiciary (04/03/2025)

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • She mentioned her family in Texas.
  • She mentioned her family in Texas.
  • She mentioned her family in Texas.
  • She mentioned her family in Texas.
  • She mentioned her family in Texas.
Keywords: 1191, senate, all