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HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

TRS-EIG, TRS Public Hearings 02-05-2026

Transportation

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  • and this is relating to public transit. and this is relating to public transit.
  • to the fair free youth transit program to the fair free youth transit program special<00:07:16.000
  • I'm the healthy eating active living program manager with the Hawaii Public Health Institute, and we
  • Thank you very much. be in the lane, not just public be in the lane, not just public transportation.<
  • <01:25:37.600> defenders William Bento of the public defenders William Bento of the public
Summary: The committees heard testimony on several transportation-related measures. SB 2356, relating to parking, drew support from the Office of Planning, the Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission, Appleseed Center, Realtors, and the Hawaii Bicycling League. Members discussed the bill in the context of the planned stadium-area mixed-use development, with questions about whether parking would be built in structures rather than as large surface lots. Senators expressed support and noted the measure’s broader housing and parking-reduction goals, but no vote was taken during the hearing. The bulk of the hearing focused on SB 2699, which would create a fare-free youth transit program, a special fund, annual evaluations, and appropriations tied to the environmental, energy, and food security tax. The Attorney General’s office raised technical concerns about whether the special fund met statutory requirements. The Department of Education and Department of Health supported the bill, as did the City and County of Honolulu DOT, Appleseed Center, Hawaii Youth Transportation Council, Public Health Institute, Hawaii Children’s Action Network, Hawaii Bicycling League, Our Children’s Trust, and numerous youth testifiers. Supporters emphasized reduced family transportation costs, better school attendance, improved health and mobility, and environmental benefits. One senator raised emergency-planning concerns about how children using free transit would be handled during events like tsunamis; DOT and DOE responded that emergency procedures are being developed. The chair said the committee would work on language changes, including a delayed effective date to July 2027, and defer decision-making until the 12th. The final measure discussed was SB 2470, which would require leading pedestrian intervals, accessible pedestrian signals, and other safety improvements at state-controlled intersections, and create a process for community requests for accessible pedestrian signals. Appleseed Center, the Hawaii Association of the Blind, and the Disability Rights Center supported the bill, citing pedestrian safety, reduced collisions, and the need for audible cues for blind and low-vision pedestrians. Testifiers urged a phased-in approach that prioritizes high-traffic intersections. The hearing ended with the bill still under consideration and no final vote announced.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Community Affairs Jan 27th, 2026

Community Affairs

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  • to place a public notice.
  • current site, Florida Public Notices.
  • is able to see those public notices.
  • We also replaced 'connected to public water system or a public sewer system' with 'connected to public
  • All of this will happen in the back room, outside of the public eye and without public input, because
Summary: The committee took up a series of land use, housing, local government, and public notice bills, along with a firefighter cancer bill and a bill on temporary door locking devices. SB 984 on firefighter cancer benefits and prevention was explained as clarifying access to death benefits and a one-time cancer payment for firefighters; it was reported favorably. SB 1612 required local governments to accept electronic payments online; it also passed favorably. SB 1180 created a recall framework for elected community development district board members and, through a strike-all amendment, also addressed synthetic turf enforcement and expanded compact urban mixed-use district definitions; the amendment was adopted and the bill was reported favorably. SB 936 allowed temporary door locking devices above the finished floor and directed the Building Commission to add standards to the Florida Building Code; it passed favorably. The committee also considered SB 380 on legal notices, which would let certain local government entities publish notices on their own websites or other designated sites instead of relying on newspapers in more cases. The Florida Press Association, Common Cause, and newspaper representatives opposed the bill, arguing it would fragment public notice access and make notices harder to find and verify, while supporters said it would modernize and reduce costs. The bill’s amendment clarified which agencies were covered, and the committee reported the bill favorably. SB 962 on affordable housing narrowed prior zoning preemption language so working farms and farm operations would not be unintentionally captured by Live Local-style rules; it passed favorably. SB 1444 on state preemption and religious expression, private clubs, and minor home construction drew support from religious freedom advocates and opposition from cities and counties, which warned of vague terms and overbroad preemption; it was reported favorably. The committee then approved SB 218, which would limit the reach of last session’s hurricane recovery land-use preemption to counties actually damaged by hurricanes and restore normal local land-use authority in unaffected counties. SB 1434 on infill redevelopment would streamline zoning and subdivision approvals for environmentally impacted parcels in certain urban counties to encourage housing on contaminated or underused land; counties and local-government groups opposed it as an overbroad preemption and raised concerns about the environmental threshold and density provisions, but the bill was reported favorably. SB 1020 on chickees prohibited local ordinances from blocking chickee construction if setback requirements are met and made unauthorized attempts to circumvent the building code a misdemeanor; it passed favorably. Finally, SB 948 on local government land development regulations and orders, as amended, proposed a statewide starter-home framework with lot-split and zoning changes to increase housing supply; local-government and planning groups warned it would function as a rigid statewide zoning code and could drive overdevelopment, while housing advocates supported it as necessary state action. The committee reported the bill favorably after extensive debate.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee Apr 16th, 2025

Finance and Taxation General Fund

Transcript Highlights:
  • We have two people to discuss at the public hearing.
  • We're on the bill and we'll open up to the public hearing now, if that's all right.
  • comment of public health experts, was deemed as appropriate for the promotion of public health.
  • Public glass also has rat poison in it, but only half as much.
  • I mean, we got public hearings in all of these meetings.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

County and Municipal Government Feb 11th, 2026 at 03:00 pm

County and Municipal Government

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  • Committee, House Bill 3883 requires governing bodies of the public utilities, mainly the municipalities
  • , to advise users of their responsibilities in using the public utilities.
  • The measure also establishes liability protections for public utilities and third-party contract operators
  • Title 61, which is public buildings and public works, and Title 70 is included because it's schools as
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Transportation, Highways and Public Works May 26th, 2026

Transportation, Highways & Public Works

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  • After visiting with LSP, Department of Corrections, our Department of Public Safety, we decided that
  • Chairman, members, Senate Bill 513 by Senator Fessi provides for public works project delivery methods
  • Members, Senate Bill 513 by Senator Fessi provides for public works project delivery methods, and we
  • Establish a pilot program for two funded projects through DOTD and two through the Office of Highway
  • We typically do that on federally grant-funded programs.
Summary: The House Transportation Committee met on May 26 with a quorum present and took up several resolutions and one Senate bill. SCR 64 created a task force to study construction management at risk (CMAR) in Louisiana public works; an amendment added representatives from the Louisiana Associated General Contractors and Associated Builders and Contractors, and the resolution was reported with amendments. HR 282 created a task force to study utility terrain vehicles with state agencies; an amendment added the State Fire Marshal, and it was also reported with amendments. The committee then considered SB 513 on public works project delivery methods. The bill originally included an average-bid award method for certain pilot projects, along with airport design-build provisions. Testimony from a Reason Foundation analyst and from the Louisiana Associated General Contractors raised concerns that average-bid contracting could encourage collusion, raise costs, and lacked supporting data or use by U.S. transportation departments, while airport design-build was supported. The committee adopted an amendment in concept to strike the average-bid provisions, leaving the airport-related design-build language in place, and SB 513 was reported with amendments by a vote of 11 yeas and 4 nays. The committee also reported SCR 62 favorably, which urges DOTD to evaluate school zones on state highways in response to safety concerns and near misses, including a fatal incident referenced by the author. HCR 112 was reported favorably to study flooding on Louisiana Highway 1 in Shreveport, and HR 275 was reported favorably to study an interstate highway signage maintenance and reporting program. The meeting concluded after all items were disposed of and the committee adjourned.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

State Committee Meeting - 2025-04-10

State Government Finance and Policy

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  • expert information about Latino Minnesotans, while serving as a valuable source of information to the public
  • Madam Chair, I would just like to briefly go through what the bill does now so that any member of the public
  • are also additional provisions that include an insulin repayment account, changes to the Certified Public
  • Representative Craft is integrating the transit assistant program into the Minnesota business web portal
Bills: HF2783
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

State Committee Meeting - 2025-04-08

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chair, and I would just like to say for the public who may be watching this and may not understand exactly
  • We will take public testimony, hear concerns, praise, whatever people might have for the bill, and then
  • Of course, I would encourage members and people in the public to download a copy of the bill if they'd
  • We will now open it up for public testimony. Where's my list? Okay, thank you.
  • Minnesotans expect robust oversight of their state government and the expenditures of public funds.
Bills: HF2783
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Not seeing any questions, we'll begin public testimony on House Bill 23.
  • All right, seeing none, public testimony is now closed. Well, not on the glass. Right.
  • Before we go to testimony, it's quite ironic that we're doing a public input bill.
  • We basically know a public input at all, and this is like a super loose.
  • Have a ball program? Well, some, I think, do.
Bills: HB17, HB23
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Ways & Means Aug 22nd, 2025

Ways & Means

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  • without adequate public scrutiny.
  • Just one question for now: does the bill provide any provision for public safety, given that public safety
  • Either exclude public safety from the calculation here or create a specific purpose M&O for public safety
  • Needs of public safety alone.
  • Texas Public Policy Foundation.
Bills: HB17, HB23, SB 10
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Corrections Mar 26th, 2025

Corrections

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  • Consequences that would adversely affect the public.
  • Your rehabilitation programs for the department.
  • Okay, how long do these programs last?
  • They have substance use programs, they have a DWI program, and they have sex offender programs. ...under
  • go through that program in order to get out.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Corrections Mar 26th, 2025

Corrections

Transcript Highlights:
  • During this public testimony period, there may be a time.
  • You know, this is a... ...It's not easy for me because I'm not really a talker; I'm not a public speaker
  • Since TDCJ already has this training program for supervisors, TDCJ has policies in place that, if they
  • programs, often after their third offense.
  • Where the programs are insufficient is not helping us.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 02-17-2026 11:30am

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • President, Friday was a very sad day for leadership in Hawaii public schools.
  • Additionally, no constructive recommendation came from public schools.
  • The Senate Education public schools.
  • We heard in the contemplation about the Helumua program, which he has championed, and I am aware of others
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh unemployment insurance program.
  • <00:11:51.040> employment appropriations for public employment appropriations for public employment
  • :41.280> exclusive allows public employers and exclusive allows public employers and exclusive
  • collective bargaining in the public collective bargaining in the public sector<00:23:35.200>
  • This is relating to public employees.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee Feb 4th, 2026

Public Safety and Homeland Security

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  • this program or subsequent online training developed by the Alabama Department of Public Health every
  • each employee who successfully completes the anaphylaxis training program.
  • <00:20:15.120> Each<00:20:15.360> daycare analexia training program.
  • Each daycare analexia training program.
  • <00:29:35.840> safety you're interested in public safety you're interested in public safety
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Natural Resources May 21st, 2025

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • The public testimony period is short, and we have a limited time before we must go to the floor.
  • this is the bill we previously heard from Representative Slauson related to the dissolution of a public
  • In this instance, it's dam and public health and safety flood control.
  • counties in the Groundwater Conservation District to make the necessary improvements to develop programs