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FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
February 18, 2025 - 03:30 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- information of an applicant for or a participant in a federal, state, or local housing assistance program
- thieves, or individuals seeking to impose on the vulnerability of the distressed property owner or tenant
Summary:
The Government Operations Subcommittee met to consider three proposed committee bills under the Open Government Sunset Review Act, each aimed at preserving a public records exemption that would otherwise repeal on October 2. PCB GOS 25-01, presented by Rep. Nix, would keep confidential property photos and personal identifying information tied to applicants or participants in housing assistance programs used for disaster recovery after a presidentially declared disaster. Members discussed the need to prevent fraud and protect distressed property owners from being targeted after disasters. The bill was reported favorably.
PCB GOS 25-03, presented by Rep. Sapp, would preserve the exemption for certain sensitive business information submitted to the Office of Financial Regulation for the Financial Technology Sandbox. Supporters said the confidentiality is necessary to encourage companies to submit proprietary information and participate in the program. The bill was also reported favorably.
PCB GOS 25-02, presented by Rep. Weinberger on behalf of Rep. Basabe, would continue the exemption for site-specific location information concerning endangered or threatened species. Members noted the importance of protecting Florida’s unique ecosystem and preventing poaching of both animals and rare plants. This bill was likewise reported favorably. Each bill received no amendments or public testimony, and the meeting adjourned after all three were approved.
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
S/C on County & Regional Government Mar 24th, 2025
S/C on County & Regional Government
Transcript Highlights:
- With that, I'll stand ready for any questions that you might have.
- And again, John Hawkins, Texas Hospital Association.
- by the state of Texas like almost like every other lake is now.
- Now, Texas, a good portion of Texas is in a drought. The drought never left Bandera County.
- In Chapter 775 of the Texas Health and Safety Code, which governs emergency service districts in Texas
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Budget Office Oversight Commission 1/22/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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Summary:
The Legislative Budget Office Oversight Commission met on January 22, 2026, with a quorum present and approved the minutes from the December 17, 2025 meeting. The main presentation was by Erikica McKeler of the National Conference of State Legislatures on dynamic fiscal notes, dynamic scoring, and how they differ from static fiscal notes. She explained that dynamic analysis tries to capture broader economic and behavioral effects of policy changes, but that most states have experimented with it only briefly, often for tax bills, and many have later scaled back or abandoned the practice because it is staff-intensive, expensive, and difficult to validate.
McKeler highlighted examples from Texas, Utah, and Arkansas. Texas requires dynamic fiscal impact statements for certain large tax or fee measures and for the biennial appropriations bill; Utah has done such analyses on request during the interim but only when staff time allows; and Arkansas recently began producing dynamic fiscal notes with thresholds and request limits. She noted that these states generally use REMI software, though Utah switched to IMPLAN for cost reasons. She also outlined common challenges, including the need for strong staff expertise, the sensitivity of results to assumptions, the expense of software licenses, and the difficulty of measuring accuracy over time.
Members then discussed whether dynamic scoring could be useful for health and human services programs where a policy may shift costs between settings rather than create a simple new expense. Senator Marty raised a Medicaid example involving home-based blue light therapy for newborns, arguing that dynamic analysis might better capture potential savings from avoiding longer hospital stays. Legislative Budget Office and Minnesota Management and Budget staff responded that such effects may be better understood as direct program substitutions rather than true dynamic effects, and emphasized the need for reliable data and caution because savings estimates could reduce appropriations if they do not materialize. The discussion also touched on whether dynamic models would capture local government impacts, but no formal action was taken beyond the approval of minutes and receipt of the presentation.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- He earned a law degree from Texas Southern and I'm, I'm sorry, from the South Texas College of Law in
- His work with the Texas General Land Office and the Texas Veterans Land Board reflected his dedication
- work of the people of Texas.
- HB 895 by Lilani relating to the development and implementation of the Live Well Texas program and the
- located in Austin, Texas.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Should schools ban immigration enforcement without a warrant? 2/18/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Lewis, when you're ready, please state your name for the record and proceed with your testimony.
- We did not have a virtual learning program prior. We built that in four days.
- I proudly work at Bruce programming.
- She was quickly sent from Minnesota to the camps in Texas.
- That is a core tenant to our values in our state.
Summary:
House File 3435 was moved before the committee and, after an author’s DE1 amendment was offered and adopted, the bill was sent to the general register. The bill, as described by Co-Chair Jordan, would limit immigration enforcement on school grounds unless agents present a judicial warrant, identification, and notify school leadership; supporters said it is intended to create clear separation between ICE/DHS activity and schools while preserving local law enforcement responses to other emergencies.
Testimony was overwhelmingly in support of the bill. School leaders, teachers, union representatives, and Education Minnesota’s general counsel argued that immigration enforcement near schools has caused fear, absenteeism, disrupted operations, and serious mental health harms for students and staff. Several witnesses described students carrying passports or birth certificates, families keeping children home, and schools shifting large numbers of students to virtual learning. Speakers from districts in the Twin Cities and greater Minnesota said the presence of ICE or federal agents near schools and bus stops has undermined attendance, trust, and the ability to teach and learn.
Witnesses also emphasized that the bill would provide needed clarity for educators and administrators about how to respond if federal agents come to school property. Some speakers framed the issue as protecting all children and families, including immigrant and refugee communities, and said schools should remain safe, stable places focused on education rather than immigration enforcement. No opposition testimony or committee vote beyond adoption of the DE1 amendment and the motion to place the bill on the general register was shown in the transcript.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Appropriations - S/C on Article III Feb 26th, 2025
Appropriations - S/C on Article III
Transcript Highlights:
- This signature program in Texas sends a clear message... to Texas families that higher education in our
- The general revenue received by the University of Texas System Administration supports specific programs
- . programs prioritized by the legislature, including the Lone Star Stroke Initiative, the Texas Heart
- We greatly appreciate the funds dedicated to formula funding and the Texas Research Incentive Program
- of its kind in the state of Texas and starting this fall a certified registered nurse anesthetist program
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The Texas Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program provides funding to rural volunteer fire
- So we changed the Texas, the New York strip to Texas strip.
- He concluded that if Texas does not act, this kind of legal activism could come to Texas and target critical
- He warned that if Texas does not act, this kind of legal activism could come to Texas, targeting critical
- Welcome to the Texas Senate. Thank you.
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum, heard an invocation, recognized a Karnes County Day delegation and the Texas Association of Museums, received a governor’s message on Texas Diabetes Council appointments, and introduced the Doctor of the Day. The chamber then took up several resolutions, including SR 388 honoring the Texas Association of Museums, and adopted SRs 380, 382, and 387 by voice vote. Senator King was excused due to a family death, and the journal reading was dispensed with.
The Senate then moved through a series of bills, most of them on expedited suspension of the regular order and three-day rule. Measures passed included SB 868 on Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program funding for high-wildfire-risk areas; SB 264 exempting certain family motor-vehicle transfers from tax; SB 2112 on oyster mariculture penalties; SB 1484 on catfish labeling and marketing; SB 660 on bollards near hospital emergency rooms; SB 1809 creating offenses for gift card fraud; SB 32 and SJR 81 providing business personal property tax relief and a related constitutional amendment; SB 1267 modernizing boat titling and adding disclosure for hidden hull damage; SB 1470 allowing DPS data sharing for voter list maintenance; SB 2406 and SB 2407 implementing Sunset recommendations for the Sabine River Authority and Lower Neches Valley River Authority; SB 609 on school district compliance with legally required policies; SB 921 on ex parte Medicaid eligibility renewals; SB 2320 increasing DWI penalties; SB 1822 requiring disclosure and oversight of AI-based utilization review algorithms; SB 693 on notaries public and deed theft prevention; and SB 664 setting statewide qualifications and oversight for magistrates and related judicial officers.
One of the most contested items was SB 779 on common law public nuisance claims, which drew extended debate over whether the bill would limit lawsuits against lawful, regulated activities and whether it would preserve private nuisance and other existing remedies. Despite objections, the Senate suspended the rules and passed the bill to engrossment by a 17-12 vote, holding it there. Another debated measure was SB 1008 on state and local authority over the food service industry; after a perfecting amendment, it was passed to engrossment and then to final passage. Several bills were adopted or passed with near-unanimous support, while others, including SB 1267, SB 1470, SB 1822, and SB 2320, saw some opposition but still cleared the chamber.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Texas Legislative Medal of Honor Committee May 13th, 2025
Texas House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Welcome to the Texas Legislative Medal of Honor.
- My family is from Jacksboro, Texas, so he knows nothing but Jacksboro and Texas.
- Ranger program, so he's actually listed as a Junior Texas Ranger.
- If you're our age and you grew up in Texas, you without a doubt took at least one course in Texas history
- But the biggest part is the state of Texas is emblazoned on it, as is the Texas flag.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/10/2026 - House Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Transcript Highlights:
- The Bureau of Indian Affairs is trying to buy and sell electricity to tenants, and they're doing a very
- They put out policy statements for the recharge program for the most part.
- And the idea of this one-mile safe harbor has been in place since the beginning of the recharge program
Keywords:
groundwater, water conservation, Arizona water resources, drought management, water quality, irrigation, active management area, domestic use, stock watering, water rights, small modular reactors, energy regulation, environmental compatibility, utility construction, agricultural use, industrial users, water storage, recovery well, Arizona Revised Statutes, water management
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- for guests, employees, and local communities, whereas the Arizona anti-trafficking network's SAFE program
- Lodging and Tourism Association, and our local partners for their employee education and training programs
- 2961, special plate returning warrior; HB 2962, rental housing discrimination; HB 2963, landlord-tenant
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Jun 30th, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Let us wish them immense success. during their participation in this vital program.
- For 11 years, the fellowship program has opened doors for nearly 7,200 young leaders from every country
- First, it establishes round seven of the Homeless Housing Assistance and Prevention Program, also known
- After throwing away those precious taxpayer dollars, it is still not clear which programs are working
- Seeing and hearing no further business, I'm ready to entertain a motion to adjourn.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Appropriations - S/C on Articles VI, VII, & VIII Feb 24th, 2025
Appropriations - S/C on Articles VI, VII, & VIII
Transcript Highlights:
- the Texas Workforce Training Program, to Child Care Funding at the Texas Workforce Training Program.
- The recommendations provide $300.8 million in all funds for the bylaw. for Texas Aviation Services Program
- Next, there's our request of 3.4 4 million to support our Texas Veterans Leadership Program.
- programs we're drawing down the maximum that's available to Texas already, so any additional general
- Program, which is administered by the Texas Workforce Commission.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- We also work within the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, and we work also with the Texas Department
- Who have come through our program.
- So there is a lack of programming.
- They're ready. They're ready to be released, and, well, what do we do with the new charge?
- programs. programming.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Senator Hughes, if you're ready. The chair lays out the committee substitute for Senate Bill 2683.
- But yet, in Texas, do we have a balanced budget? Amen. Yes, sir, we do.
- This is about Texas colleges and universities, that's right.
- programs under the foundation school program and to the instructional facility allotment, and the permissible
- uses of funding under the foundation school program.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, March 24, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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AZ
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations Revised Apr 22nd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- So this then would be a totally separate program or funding.
- Probably 10 miles from Texas.
- They're staying in Texas and buying it.
- We'll take that up when you're ready. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
- We'll take that up when you're ready. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Summary:
The committee considered and advanced a series of bills, beginning with House Bill 3834, which creates a revolving fund at the Department of Health for ibogaine research. The author said the measure is limited to clinical trials, has support from several tribal nations, and would not have an immediate fiscal impact, though retirement-related costs were discussed as roughly $1 million based on prior estimates. HB 3834 passed 20-0. House Bill 3940, updating Oklahoma Military Department provisions, National Guard retirement benefits, and some Uniform Code of Military Justice language, also passed after questions about the same estimated retirement cost and the effect of changing the date for implementation; it passed 21-1.
Members then approved House Bill 4346, with an amendment aimed at addressing fraud concerns in agricultural sales tax exemptions. The bill would extend reciprocity to holders of ag sales tax exemption cards from Texas and other surrounding states, allowing them to use those exemptions in Oklahoma border communities. Opponents argued the change would place too much burden on retailers to verify out-of-state cards and could increase liability, but supporters said it would help rural businesses. The bill passed 17-4. House Bill 2947, allowing clinical interns and accredited behavioral health graduate programs to bill Medicaid for supervised services, passed 21-0, and House Bill 3257, extending state benefits for 100% disabled veterans to those similarly disabled due to negligence at a VA hospital, also passed 21-0.
The committee next passed House Bill 3264, which adds domestic abuse by strangulation to the list of 85% crimes. Supporters emphasized the seriousness of strangulation and its connection to later homicide risk, while questions focused on prison population growth and costs; the bill passed 21-0. House Bill 4326, dealing with Oklahoma Promise homeschool language and the definition of certified classroom personnel, was amended to remove unrelated T-SET restructuring language and then passed 19-2. House Bill 4421, “Leo’s Law,” which requires fentanyl testing in child welfare drug screens when fentanyl use is suspected, drew emotional testimony about a child’s death and had its fiscal estimate discussed as dropping from $125 million to about $16 million; it passed 22-0.
Finally, the committee approved House Bill 3944, a State Finance Act cleanup and modernization measure, after questions about reporting dates and public finance oversight, and House Bill 3979, which raises financing caps under the Oklahoma Economic Development Finance Pool, after an amendment to add an effective date and emergency clause; both passed 21-0. House Bill 4118, updating the family caregiver tax credit and raising the maximum credit while keeping the annual cap unchanged, passed 20-1. The meeting ended with thanks to members and staff and adjournment.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - Part 3 - 03/19/26
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
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TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Finance (Part II) Jan 29th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- On page three, I would like to briefly point out Item L, the Texas Heritage Trails Program, and then
- Our group benefit program covers all of higher ed, including the community colleges in Texas.
- to Texas because of what that program has done.
- Page 3: the commission’s 911 program serves 76% of Texas counties and 14% of its population.
- Page 4: the commission’s poison control program serves the entirety of Texas and its citizens.
Summary:
The Senate Finance Committee heard budget presentations for the Texas Historical Commission, the Pension Review Board, the Employees Retirement System (ERS), Social Security and benefit replacement pay, the Texas Emergency Services Retirement System (TESSRS), and the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT). The Legislative Budget Board outlined recommendations and major changes for each agency, including reductions tied to one-time projects at the Historical Commission, continued funding for courthouse grants, heritage trails, and Holocaust/genocide education, as well as new or modified riders and capital items. For the pension-related items, LBB described funding changes for PRB, ERS, Social Security, and TESSRS, including ERS health plan cost growth driven largely by pharmacy costs, the status of pension funding reforms, and TESSRS’s request for additional state support to address its unfunded liability and staffing needs.
Members asked extensive questions about the Historical Commission’s one-time funding, unexpended balance authority, courthouse preservation, the Presidio La Bahia and National Museum of the Pacific War projects, and coordination of Texas history messaging across sites such as the Alamo, San Jacinto, Washington on the Brazos, and other heritage locations. The Historical Commission chair emphasized heritage tourism, economic development, and the need for continued investment in historic sites, staffing, IT modernization, and vehicles. On the pension items, senators discussed PRB oversight of local systems, including the Dallas police and fire pension situation, and ERS investment returns, benchmark comparisons, and rising health costs. ERS officials said the plan remains well funded overall, noted a 2021 cash balance reform and a planned supplemental legacy payment, and explained that GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic and Mounjaro are a major driver of pharmacy spending; they also said the agency is working with the Texas Pharmacy Initiative and that rebates are contractually returned to ERS.
For TESSRS, LBB and agency staff said the system serves volunteer and part-paid emergency personnel, is facing an infinite amortization period, and is requesting additional appropriations, staffing, and IT funding, along with a statutory change to allow an actuarially determined state contribution. The agency said it may otherwise need to cut benefits for volunteer firefighters. For CPRIT, LBB reported about $600 million in recommended funding for the biennium and a 10-FTE increase, while the agency described its $6 billion voter-approved program, $3.75 billion in grants awarded to date, and $10.4 million in revenue sharing since 2011. CPRIT’s only exceptional item was a request for a 10% salary increase for two exempt positions. No committee votes or formal actions were taken in the transcript.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, July 22, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- recognizes a gentleman from Texas, Mr. recognizes a gentleman from Texas, Mr.
- later in Southeast Texas in my district. later in Southeast Texas in my district.
- marking program and for the purposes. marking program and for the purposes.
- Cutting emergency the program.
- He helped the University of Texas at Arlington move in Mavs wheelchair basketball program start.