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FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
FL House Floor Session - 2025-05-13 (1:00PM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Despite our frustrations, the House has responded to the Senate's breach by proposing multiple pathways
Summary:
The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a quorum present. The chamber received a Senate message regarding SB 2510, the pre-K through grade 12 education conforming bill. Representative Persons-Mulicka explained that the bill was a Senate conforming measure tied to budget policy, including changes affecting acceleration course weighting and the CAPE program. The House adopted a strike-all amendment to place the bill in the proper posture for conference, then advanced and passed SB 2510 on final passage by a vote of 88 yeas to 10 nays.
After SB 2510 passed, the House agreed to accede to the Senate’s request for a budget conference. Speaker Perez then delivered extended remarks criticizing the Senate for breaking the budget framework agreement and arguing that the state budget has grown too large. He said the House remained committed to reducing state spending and revenue, discussed possible budget and tax-cut alternatives, and emphasized that property tax reform and state revenue reduction were separate issues. He also noted the House’s work on property tax relief and said the chamber would continue negotiating.
The House then took up HCR 1633, a concurrent resolution extending the 2025 regular session until 11:59 p.m. on June 30, 2025. Representative Garrison explained that it was identical to an earlier extension resolution except for the new end date. The resolution was adopted, and the House then approved a motion to adjourn for committee and subcommittee meetings and other House business, to reconvene upon call of the chair.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2025-05-13 (1:00PM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Despite our frustrations, the House has responded to the Senate's breach by proposing multiple pathways
Summary:
The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a quorum present, then approved the journal and received a Senate message transmitting SB 2510, the pre-K through grade 12 education conforming bill. The House waived rules, read the bill by title, and heard brief explanation that the Senate version contained budget-related funding and policy changes, including adjustments to acceleration course weighting and CAPE funding. Members adopted a blank strike-all amendment to place the bill in the proper posture for conference, then advanced it to third reading and passed SB 2510 on final passage by a vote of 88 yeas to 10 nays. After passage, the House agreed to accede to the Senate’s request for a budget conference.
The Speaker then delivered extended remarks criticizing the Senate for breaking a prior budget deal and arguing that state government spending has grown too much. He said the House remained committed to reducing state revenue and spending, discussed possible budget and tax-cut approaches, and emphasized that property tax reform and state revenue reduction were separate issues. He also noted that the House select committee on property taxes would continue its work and rejected the idea of mailing $1,000 checks as a substitute for tax relief.
Finally, the House took up HCR 1633, a concurrent resolution extending the 2025 regular session until 11:59 p.m. on June 30, 2025. The resolution was read by title, explained as identical to a prior extension resolution except for the new end date, and adopted. The House then approved a motion to adjourn subject to the call of the chair for committee and subcommittee meetings and other House business.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- We appreciate that our members will still be able to select the permitting pathway. ...that makes the
Keywords:
rock crushing, permits, air quality, environmental monitoring, aggregate production, seismicity, public meeting, land use, SB 1758, cement kiln, portland cement, aggregate production operation, aggregate quarry, semiconductor wafer manufacturing, chip fabrication, semiconductor plant, vibration, seismic disturbance, liability limitation, TCEQ
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services Mar 5th, 2025
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appr-Sub-General Government and Transportation 2ND REVISED Afternoon Session Jan 12th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Transcript Highlights:
- It is an extremely critical alternative transportation mode.
- have the same budgetary issue that they did last year this year with the Heartland Flyer as an alternative
- to reinvigorate passenger rail at a time when Oklahoma's in growth mode and every transportation alternative
- Secretaries, members, and alternate members of county election boards, that is a lot of people to have
- Members and alternate members, and that has saved us some travel costs.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
April 10, 2025 - 08:30 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- lease agreement that you might have when you rent your self-storage space, the ability to add an alternate
- It does not give that alternate point of contact the ability to access your stuff, but it's all to allow
- So I love that there's both alternatives. I think that's just the way things are going now.
- So I love that there's both alternatives. I think that's just the way the things are going now.
- That prevents gouging in situations where workers often have no alternative.
Summary:
The Civil Justice and Claims Subcommittee heard and voted on four bills. HB 587 on self-storage spaces would let rental agreements include an alternate contact person and allow default notices to be published online instead of only in newspapers, while keeping existing notice timelines and servicemember protections. Newspaper and press witnesses opposed the online-notice change, arguing it could reduce public reach and transparency, especially in rural areas; the sponsor said newspapers could still be used and the bill was only adding another option. The committee adopted an amendment changing the effective date to October 1, 2025, and then reported the bill favorably 12-2.
HB 6033 would repeal the Florida Labor Pool Act. The sponsor argued the act duplicates other state and federal protections, while opponents said it contains unique safeguards for day laborers, including limits on fees, transportation charges, and deductions, and a private right of action. Testimony from labor advocates and workers warned repeal would reduce protections for vulnerable workers; the sponsor and supporters said other laws already cover the issues. The committee reported the bill favorably 11-3.
HB 897, dealing with timeshare plan management, was presented as a clarification of conflicts created by recent condominium legislation and would require faster records responses, more disclosure of contracts, and clearer remedies for mismanagement. Support came from industry groups, and the bill passed unanimously, 14-0. The final measure, PCS for HB 1385, created a civil remedy for parental abduction or unlawful withholding of a child in violation of a timesharing order. Family law attorneys opposed it over concerns about added litigation, child involvement, and overlap with existing remedies, while the sponsors and supporters said it would provide needed deterrence and compensation in serious cases. The committee adopted the PCS and reported it favorably 13-0.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- David's, Baylor, Scott & White and also hospice nurses that are seeking alternatives.
- We need an alternative, please. Thank you. Thanks for your testimony. You're excused.
- That all changed when I discovered a legal... alternative. Hemp-derived consumables.
- Just for choosing an alternative health option.
- It would force our customers, people, toward unregulated, unsafe alternatives.
Keywords:
Texas Education Code, public schools, school district, open-enrollment charter school, teacher speech, employee speech, biological sex, pronouns, gender identity, retaliation, discipline, workplace protections, school personnel, education policy, LGBTQ, transgender, charter schools, SB 965, religious speech, prayer
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- They can still do it the old-fashioned way, but this is an alternative.
- They can still do it the old-fashioned way, but this is an alternative.
- There's also but this is an alternative.
- You can do it on your phone, but this gives you another alternative to do that.
- but this gives you another alternative but this gives you another alternative to<00:09:40.800>
Keywords:
entertainment district, alcohol consumption, local governance, city council, public spaces, home school, career and technical education, public schools, K-12 education, enrollment policy, Cherokee County, off-road vehicle park, ORV park, ATV, all-terrain vehicle, dirt bike, off-highway vehicle, recreational vehicle, county permit, inspection
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Joint Administrative Procedures Committee Feb 3rd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- WE RECEIVED FOR LOWER-COST REGULATORY ALTERNATIVES IN THE RULE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, RESPONDED TO THOSE
- OUR ESTIMATE AGAIN CAME DOWN TO 2600 AFTER THE LOWER-COST REGULATORY ALTERNATIVES WERE IMPLEMENTED.
- Conerly: WITH REGARD TO THE ALTERNATIVES, UNDERSTANDING THAT LAND WASN'T NECESSARILY A CONSIDERATION
- Overdorf: YES SIR. >> WE DO NOT AT THE TIME THE REGULATORY ALTERNATIVES THAT WERE PROVIDED THAT WAS NOT
- I THINK IT WAS AFTER I SERVED AS ALTERNATING CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE BEFORE THAT I REALIZED WE COULD
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Communications and Conveyance Committee Apr 30th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- In closing, I know we all want, and I include AT&T here, to get to a time when we have alternatives to
- So to areas that have less than three alternative providers, including a wireline provider, there has
- And also that there must be a comparatively priced alternative.
- Is the comment about the fiber, yeah, the alternative technologies available?
- That we define what alternative basic service was. So if you don't define it, you can't measure it.
Summary:
The committee first heard AB 470, which would change California’s carrier-of-last-resort rules and allow a phased transition away from copper landlines in areas deemed well served by alternative phone options. The author and AT&T argued the bill would protect consumers, preserve 911 access, require public notice and CPUC review, and direct investment toward modern fiber and emergency communications. Supporters included a wide range of business, civic, tribal, and community groups, while opponents from TURN, rural counties, labor, digital equity organizations, and local governments warned the bill could let AT&T shed service obligations too quickly, weaken protections for rural and underserved households, and harm workers. After extensive member discussion about CPUC authority, rural carveouts, labor impacts, and reinvestment, AB 470 was passed do pass as amended to Appropriations, with one no vote and one not voting, and the roll left open.
The committee then took up AB 1532, a committee omnibus bill extending funding and surcharge authority for the Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program and the TNC Access for All program, while also adding CPUC accountability provisions. Chair Boerner Horvath explained the bill would not raise consumer costs and would require the CPUC to appear at hearings when requested and adopt rules for commissioner attendance. There was no opposition testimony, and the bill was moved do pass and re-refer to Utilities and Energy, though the roll was left open because it had not yet reached the threshold for immediate transmission.
Finally, the committee heard AB 353, the Affordable Home Internet Act of 2025, which would establish an affordability floor for home broadband for low-income Californians after the expiration of the federal Affordable Connectivity Program. Supporters said broadband costs remain too high and that families, students, and vulnerable communities need a state solution now; opponents from the wireless industry and rural county representatives argued the bill would amount to an artificial price mandate and could complicate existing rural broadband buildouts. Members generally supported the goal but raised concerns about impacts on small ISPs and rural areas, and the bill was moved forward with a motion and second while discussion continued about possible exemptions and amendments.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Education Policy and Administration (02/19/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
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- He writes on Substack, which is an alternate news source.
Summary:
The committee opened with House Bill 184, which would create a committee to study changing school start times. Members discussed Amendment 0394, which made the study committee’s duties more investigative and adjusted reporting recipients, including the Governor. Several members raised questions about whether the committee should review evidence-based studies, local district decisions, and existing district reports; supporters said the amendment would better allow the committee to gather information and recognize local control. The amendment passed 17-0, and the bill as amended also passed 17-0. Representative Litchfield noted that no one had testified in opposition and encouraged the future study committee to review an Oyster River School District report on school start times.
The committee then took up House Bill 394, concerning cooperative school district budget committees and board member representatives. Amendment 0476 was adopted 17-0 after discussion that it clarified the bill’s language and reflected work with the School Boards Association. The committee then voted OTPA on the bill, which also passed 17-0. House Bill 738, requiring background checks for employees and volunteers at certain non-public schools or education service providers receiving public funds, was moved inexpedient to legislate. Supporters said the bill would create practical and legal problems for private citizens and homeschooling families, and the motion passed 15-2 with no minority report, placing the bill on consent.
The committee next considered House Bill 235, which would amend the educator code of ethics and conduct to add responsibilities to parents. Supporters argued parents should be explicitly included in the code, while opponents said parents were already covered in existing ethics language and statute. The bill passed narrowly, 9-8. The committee then returned to House Bill 532 on alternate dispute resolution and individualized education plan team meeting facilitation. Amendment 0480H clarified that different rules would apply separately to neutral conference, mediation, and IEP facilitation; it passed 17-0, and the bill as amended also passed 17-0. Finally, the committee moved to House Bill 564, concerning adoption of school administrative unit budgets, and voted to retain the bill for further review because members said there was still confusion about how it would apply to single-district and multi-district SAUs.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
HF748 approved in House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 3/12/25
Transcript Highlights:
- and defines how to measure greenhouse gas and vehicle miles traveled, and the impacts and the alternatives
- Engineers are looking at me. ...vehicle miles traveled and the impacts and the alternatives and cost
- Many of the assets cannot and should not be paid for with trunk highway funds, so alternative revenue
- So alternative revenue sources will be needed, providing additional mitigation options can also give
- The alternative can't be to give them no flexibility.
Summary:
The committee took up House File 748, a bill revising Minnesota’s transportation greenhouse gas and vehicle miles traveled (VMT) impact assessment requirements for trunk highway projects. The chair first moved and adopted the A2 author’s amendment and then the A3 amendment, which was described as adding implementation time and project exemptions when federal dollars are available. The bill author explained that the measure responds to concerns from stakeholders that the current law can force costly mitigation, delay or stop safety and capacity projects, and create uncertainty because key implementation details are still being developed by a technical advisory committee.
Testimony was split. County and city engineers, county commissioners, the Minnesota Transportation Alliance, and the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities generally supported the bill, arguing that the current requirements can add 20% to 40% or more to project costs, are difficult to administer, and could jeopardize critical safety improvements, congestion relief, and federal funding. They cited examples such as Scott County and Trunk Highway 65, and said VMT mitigation is especially hard to quantify and fund. Opponents, including Move Minnesota and Sierra Club, argued that safety and climate goals are not in conflict, that reducing driving can save lives and reduce pollution, and that the bill would weaken an important tool for cutting transportation emissions. Members also asked about how GHG and VMT are measured, whether the required assessment was ready, and who would be responsible for mitigation assets and costs.
After discussion, the committee held a roll call vote. The bill, as amended, passed 8-7 and was moved to the General Register.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Local government zoning authority 3/23/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And lastly, it provides more pathways for diverse housing options like townhouses and duplexes, which
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MN
Transcript Highlights:
- apply what they have learned across a variety of health topics, fostering success in career, college pathways
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Keywords:
grooming, child protection, student safety, sexual exploitation, educator licensing, teacher discipline, mandatory reporting, mandated reporter training, school misconduct, predatory offender, child abuse, sexual abuse, sex trafficking, child sexual abuse material, child pornography, position of authority, school employee, school administrator, license revocation, license suspension
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- And when we can find a pathway forward to support our higher education system, we are asking for more
- we<01:21:31.200>
can <01:21:31.320>find <01:21:31.600>a <01:21:31.640>pathway - <01:21:32.040>
forward And when we can find a pathway forward And when we can find a pathway
Summary:
The House Committee on Higher Education met at the University of Hawaii at Manoa to hear testimony on House Bill 2384, which relates to student athlete compensation and NIL. Chair Garrett opened by explaining the hearing was intentionally held on campus so lawmakers could hear directly from those affected. UH President Wendy Hensel and Athletics Director Matt Elliott both testified in support, saying the bill would help the university respond to the changing college athletics landscape, protect student athletes, improve transparency and education around NIL, and support UH’s ability to remain competitive. Elliott also said UH was seeking $5 million in NIL-related funding to support the program.
Several UH coaches and student athletes testified in favor, emphasizing the importance of UH athletics to the state, the community, and the student experience. Women’s basketball coach Laura Beeman described UH athletics as a source of pride and hope for the state, while players Jovi, Latoria Tamilo, and others said the program felt like home and that NIL support could help them grow, represent Hawaii, and give back. Women’s volleyball coach Robyn Ah Mow said UH athletics changed her life and that the school must adapt to remain competitive; her players Victoria Leyva, Shealy Reed, and Talia Akase similarly said NIL opportunities could help UH attract talent, expand exposure, and strengthen community ties.
Football coach Timmy Chang said the bill was important for recruiting, retaining, and building culture around Hawaiian values, and player Dean Briskie said UH’s developmental approach and team culture mattered more than money, though NIL has made retention harder. Quarterback Micah Alihada said the program’s culture and support from coaches and leadership made it easier to stay, but that the changing landscape made HB 2384 important. Baseball players Elijah Eikez and Ben Zukerman Ball also supported the bill, saying UH athletics carries responsibility to the community and helps student athletes become leaders and role models. No vote or final committee action was described in the transcript.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Tourism, Small Business, and Information Technology (11-20-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- The mission of Louisville Active is to create a culture of active lifestyles and a pathway to better
- active lifestyles create a culture of active lifestyles and<00:51:44.319>
a <00:51:44.559>pathway - <00:51:46.160>
And <00:51:46.400>so and a pathway to better health. - And so and a pathway to better health.
Keywords:
Meeting Start 00:00:00
Call to Order and Roll Call 00:00:19
Signage Value & Tourism Growth Along the Hatfield-McCoy Feud Trail 00:03:12
Building a Stronger Community Through Sports 00:32:03, 958, all
Summary:
The committee first approved the minutes from the prior meeting and then heard a presentation from Pike County/Pikeville tourism officials about improving signage for the Hatfield-McCoy historic sites. Bob Scott, Tony Tacket, and Jay Shepard said visitors increasingly come to the area but often cannot find the sites because cell service and GPS are unreliable in the mountains. They argued that clearer signage along routes 119, 319, and 1056 would help visitors navigate the historic loop, strengthen branding, and increase dwell time and local spending.
The Pike County presenters emphasized the economic importance of tourism, citing growth in tourist spending from $72.93 million in 2017 to $103.2 million in 2023 and $114.6 million in 2024. They said tourism helps offset the decline of coal, supports local mom-and-pop businesses, and benefits from partnerships with nearby West Virginia sites such as Matewan and other Hatfield-McCoy-related locations. Members asked about cross-state promotion, lodging capacity, and the possibility of a dinner show in Kentucky; the presenters said lodging is up 33% but more is needed, a new Crown Plaza hotel is planned in Pikeville, and a dinner show would require local investment and community buy-in.
Committee members from the region spoke in support of the tourism effort and the need to preserve and teach local history. The chair and others said signage would help visitors and noted that a business without signs is no business. The committee then moved on to a separate presentation from the Louisville Sports Commission, introduced by Senator Jason Howell, which began with an overview of the commission’s role in sports tourism and economic development in Louisville.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 02/11/25
Environment, Climate, and Legacy
Transcript Highlights:
- We work to equip the next generation of Minnesotans with core literacy skills in STEM as a pathway to
- in<00:24:56.200>
stem <00:24:57.080>as <00:24:57.159>a <00:24:57.440>pathway - <00:24:58.039>
to literacy skills in stem as a pathway to literacy skills in stem as a pathway
MN
Transcript Highlights:
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that Project or is there an alternative that Project or is there an alternative - The Met Council already studied bus rapid transit route alternatives for this corridor in the alternatives
- The Met Council already studied bus rapid transit route alternatives for this corridor in the alternatives
- The Met Council already studied bus rapid transit route alternatives for this corridor in the alternatives
- The Met Council already studied bus rapid transit route alternatives for this corridor in the alternatives
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session Mar 13th, 2025
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Alternative grants in 2005. Do you know what the vote was in this House chamber? 112 to 17.
- But we knew then that no one would ever get rid of positive alternatives.
- But if we're going to give money to Planned Parenthood, we should provide the positive alternatives.
- True choice means offering women real alternatives, not funneling them. into one path when Democrats
- It is about the alternative options for women. That's the truth.