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FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Number three reconciles differences between the probate code and the trust code regarding ademption by
- This bill takes power away from local governments and hands it over to...
- That's not small government.
- If the government has already checked and made sure it meets today's code, then theoretically it should
- local governments.
Summary:
The Committee on Community Affairs met and considered a series of bills on trust law, homestead property assessments, emergency preparedness, utility service restrictions, Black history museum planning, historic preservation, firefighter benefits, and community redevelopment agencies. Several measures were presented as technical or policy updates, including CS/SB 262 on trust code clarifications, SJR 174 and SB 176 on limiting homestead assessment increases for flood-mitigation elevations, SB 608 renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America in Florida statutes, SB 1002 on utility service restrictions, SB 582 increasing penalties for unlawful demolition of historic buildings, SB 1202 extending health insurance premium benefits to firefighters permanently disabled during training, and SB 1242 phasing out CRAs and restricting new projects. SB 180 on emergency preparedness and response also advanced after a strike-all amendment that added FEMA reimbursement streamlining, mutual aid coordination, and other disaster-response provisions. SB 1128 on building permits for single-family dwellings was amended to clarify local review authority and professional liability protections before passage.
The committee heard substantial testimony on SB 466, which implements the Black History Task Force’s recommendation to locate the Florida Museum of Black History in St. Johns County/St. Augustine. Supporters emphasized the area’s civil rights and Black history significance, the task force process, and the backing of Florida Memorial University and local leaders; one witness opposed the bill and urged a feasibility study and consideration of other sites. SB 1242 drew the most sustained debate, with supporters arguing many CRAs have outlived their purpose and opponents warning the bill would eliminate a valuable local economic development tool, harm affordable housing projects, and create uncertainty for phased developments and existing projects. SB 1002 also drew opposition testimony from advocates who warned of broad unintended consequences for municipal utilities and local energy choices, while the sponsor said the bill was intended to resolve a specific legal misunderstanding.
Votes were taken on each measure, and all of the bills considered were reported favorably by the committee. The committee adopted the amendment to CS/SB 262, the strike-all amendment to SB 180, and the amendment to SB 1128 before final passage. Several senators requested to be recorded on specific tabs after the meeting, and the committee then adjourned.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Executive Departments and Administration (04/09/2025)
Executive Departments and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- I've been involved with code making a panel that's a committee that's involved in going over the code
- I've been involved with code making a panel that's a committee that's involved in going over the code
- Uh, Texas, of course, we all know Texas and the lone star.
- or a government governmental affiliate or a government governmental unit.<05:19:18.240>
Yes. - So, they govern 40% of this board.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine insurance markets and the role of mitigation policies. May 1st, 2025 at 09:00 am
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- This funding comes solely from state government.
- Texas, for example, the cost has now gone up to about $400 a month.
- Improve building codes. Wildfire prepared standards, fortified building standards.
- So in the case where it's the government controlled thing.
- We know that building codes work.
Keywords:
homeowners insurance, natural disasters, insurance costs, climate change, disaster preparedness, federal policies, bipartisan solutions
Summary:
The meeting reviewed critical issues surrounding the rising costs and accessibility of homeowners insurance across the United States, particularly in light of increasing natural disasters linked to climate change. Members engaged in extensive discussions regarding the implications for families and the economy, citing significant increases in premiums and decreasing availability of policies in high-risk areas. Supervisor Peysko highlighted the direct impact of federal policies on local communities, emphasizing the growing burden on homeowners as they face skyrocketing insurance costs amidst a backdrop of environmental challenges and regulatory constraints. The committee expressed a unified call to action for bipartisan solutions, focusing on improving building codes and enhancing disaster preparedness measures.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Consensus Forecasting Group (12-16-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- And two, how is Kentucky's tax code reflect, if at all, the change of the federal code?
- And two, how is Kentucky's tax code reflect, if at all, the change of the federal code?
- federal code? federal code?
- General Assembly has been doing code General Assembly has been doing code updates updates updates
- the code updates sometimes the code updates uh<01:21:23.120>
exclude uh exclude uh exclude uh
Summary:
The meeting focused on reaching consensus on official Kentucky revenue estimates for fiscal years 2026 through 2028, using updated S&P Global economic forecasts compared with the September presentation. Staff explained that the updated forecast relied partly on alternative data because of the federal government shutdown, and they walked through changes in national and Kentucky economic assumptions across control, optimistic, and pessimistic scenarios. The control forecast was described as slightly more optimistic in the near term but more cautious in fiscal 2027 and 2028, with GDP growth revised up for the current year and down somewhat in the outer years. The pessimistic scenario now assumed a two-quarter recession beginning in the current quarter, while the optimistic scenario was given a higher probability weight than before.
The presenters highlighted several Kentucky-relevant variables that changed since September, including weaker manufacturing employment, weaker housing starts, weaker consumer sentiment, and lower expected non-farm employment in fiscal 2026. At the same time, wage and salary disbursements were revised upward in fiscal 2027, reflecting higher disposable income from tax changes, and real consumer spending was expected to be stronger in the near term. They also discussed assumptions about tariffs, business profits, the Federal Reserve, unemployment, oil prices, retail sales, vehicle sales, exports, and consumer sentiment, noting that some indicators were little changed while others shifted materially. Consumer sentiment was attributed to affordability concerns, tariff impacts, and a general sense of malaise, but was expected to improve in later years from a low base.
Members asked follow-up questions about why the forecast worsened in later years and about the consumer sentiment assumptions. Staff responded that the forecast assumed larger take-home pay and refunds from tax withholding changes, along with some easing of tariff effects, which they believed would help offset a negative wealth effect from stock market declines. They also noted that S&P Global’s December forecast, which had already been published, was essentially consistent with the presentation and that the firm believed its earlier assumptions had tracked recent data well. No vote or final action was recorded in the portion provided, but the discussion was aimed at settling the revenue estimates that will underpin the upcoming branch budget bills.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Health and Human Services Feb 5th, 2025
House Health & Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Finally, a lot of local governments have looked at recruitment incentives.
- The people who went there and ended up moving to Texas to practice would be the prime candidates for
- My kids have both government federal loans and also Sallie Mae loans.
- The 340B program is a comprehensive federal program that is governed Exclusively by federal law.
- As I said, I'm 100% in favor of the federal government taking a look at that.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Appropriations Mar 20th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- That is a key thing that we need in the state in state government and it will.
- That will take up Amendment bar code 2, 0, 8, 7, 3, 4, by Senator Harrell.
- This is my 47th year working inside state government and outside state government inside state government
- We're a government affairs lobbyist.
- There's also a comma general government and that's DMs. And that's DFS.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention - 01/28/25
Housing and Homelessness Prevention
Transcript Highlights:
- We took every ZIP code in Zillow and coded it by income, and we looked at the rent changes in those ZIP
- codes in the lowest-income quarter of ZIP codes in the U.S.
- codes in the lowest-income quarter of ZIP codes in the U.S.
- codes in the lowest-income quarter of ZIP codes in the U.S.
- at the mercy of local governments at the mercy of local governments whereby<01:54:07.040>
they
Summary:
The committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention heard informational presentations from Housing First Minnesota and the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities on the state of housing in Minnesota. Mark Foster of Housing First Minnesota said the state has a severe housing shortage, with demand outpacing supply since the 2007-09 housing crash, and argued that Minnesota is nearly 100,000 units short of a healthy market. He said new homes are increasingly unaffordable, citing a median new single-family price above $530,000 and declining affordability in the Twin Cities metro, and he urged lawmakers to remove exclusionary zoning and other regulatory barriers that he said make starter homes and smaller-lot housing difficult or illegal to build in many growing cities. He also highlighted the group’s Housing for Heroes projects, including transitional housing for veterans and other crisis housing projects around the state.
Members asked Foster about starter-home examples and his view that the committee’s top priority should be reforming residential development approvals. He said most new housing is negotiated through planned unit developments rather than built under base zoning, which he argued adds cost and reduces supply. The committee then heard from Elizabeth Wael of the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities, who said housing challenges outside the metro are different but equally serious. She said many Greater Minnesota cities face a lack of developers, inadequate infrastructure such as roads and utilities, and gaps in the housing continuum, especially starter workforce housing and senior housing. She thanked the committee for 2023 housing funding and said cities are contributing their own resources, updating zoning, reducing parking requirements, allowing ADUs, and partnering with developers and nonprofits.
Wael also urged faster rollout of the Greater Minnesota infrastructure grant program and said the state should consider changes to the housing tax credit and housing TIF rules to make them easier to use. In response, senators said they shared frustration with the slow implementation of the infrastructure program and emphasized the need for state investment and locally tailored zoning reforms. No bills were heard and no votes were taken; the meeting was informational and focused on stakeholder testimony and committee discussion.
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- We lift up all those in positions of government authority, in particular the members of the Alabama House
- Surround them with sound counsel and help them to govern with justice, righteousness, and compassion
- >> Yeah, they were out of Texas. >> Yeah, they were out of Texas.
- government administration. government administration.
- getting a new area code in McGomery. getting a new area code in McGomery.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- defined uh in the Internal Revenue Code. defined uh in the Internal Revenue Code. um<00:16:41.680
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Medicare <00:37:15.440>or government cuts back on Medicare or government - You may and Texas and Washington DC.
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But <01:21:39.600>the the people in government. - But the the people in government.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 5 on State Administration Mar 4th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- And right now we are fighting with our own structural deficit, the federal government, and we have...
- Industry and SCAG is a government organization.
- North Carolina dropped out, Texas dropped out, they're all coming back now.
- A lot of them have moved already to Georgia and to Texas.
- It'll go to Texas. It'll go to Atlanta. It'll go anywhere else. Thank you.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- I had one of those home diagnostic devices and it threw the code P whatever 12.
- devices and it threw the code devices and it threw the code P<00:34:13.839>
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- I was looking up all the error codes, the P codes, that list for emission so-called emission failures
- codes, the P codes up at all the error codes, the P codes that<01:33:41.600>
list <01:33:41.920
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Tax Reform and Relief Advisory Committee Jun 23rd, 2026 at 10:00 am
Tax Reform and Relief Advisory Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- North Dakota Century Code 57-20.04-2 requires a report to be provided by the county auditor reporting
- Texas and New Mexico certainly stand out.
- Texas and New Mexico certainly stand out.
- and 30 days in prison in Century Code already.
- allows, they have a $1,000 fine and 30 days in prison in Century Code already.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs (02/06/2026)
State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- if people fear the government if people fear the government it<00:30:26.559>
produces <00: - government, not empower it further. government, not empower it further.
- law govern people? law govern people?
- which govern this nation.
- charge, government plans don't go away. charge, government plans don't go away.
UT
Utah 2025 Regular Session
Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Interim Committee - November 19, 2025
Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Interim Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- They are very much... ...to write malicious code. These actors are businesses.
- That's the governance group that we work out of from the Cyber Center.
- So I think it'll all be governed by the same body. We do the same practices.
- Service that an agency is doing that is funded by the federal government.
- You have to trust government not to turn on the switch.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee Jun 17th, 2026
Budget and Fiscal Review
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Energy and Natural Resources (01/08/2026)
Energy and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- Then on the last page, uh, here is where we cover, um, the codes, so current codes and then codes to
- Then on the last page, uh, here is where we cover, um, the codes, so current codes and then codes to
- Then on the last page, uh, here is where we cover, um, the codes, so current codes and then codes to
- National Electric Code. National Electric Code.
- code is part of the state building code. code is part of the state building code.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- here in Texas.
- Valerie Smith testifying on behalf of Texas Pediatric Society, Texas Medical Association, Texas Public
- I'm a pediatrician from Tyler, Texas, representing the Texas Pediatric Society, Texas Medical Association
- Texas does not license.
- Texas. So Texas currently does not allow psychologists to prescribe.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Commerce and Economic Development Oversight Apr 14th, 2026 at 03:00 pm
Commerce & Economic Development Oversight
Transcript Highlights:
- Misuse or abuse of funds and to promote responsible self-governance for charitable leaders.
- This is what happens when you're really trying to keep things moving in government. Hill, aye.
- We are expecting the federal government to come down with Part 108 rules.
- Members, Senate Bill 1824 is a targeted modernization of our corporate code, strengthens freedom of contract
- , legal certainty, and keeps Oklahoma competitive with states like Delaware and Texas.
Keywords:
bail bondsman, bondsman license, multicounty agent bondsman, surety bondsman, Insurance Commissioner, bail bond regulation, bond deposit, forfeiture, deposit ratio, writing capacity, license transfer, power of attorney, surety bond, bail industry, Oklahoma insurance law, financial solvency, administrative action, SB1061, Oklahoma Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act, SAFE Act
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
HSH Public Hearing - Tue Feb 17, 2026 @ 9:30 AM HST
Human Services & Homelessness
Transcript Highlights:
- My question is, when the federal government did reopen, were the those monthly funds that they should
- So yes, once the federal government reopened, their funding that they would have normally received for
- So yes, once<00:38:43.839>
the <00:38:44.160>federal <00:38:44.480>government <00 - :38:44.960>
reopened, once the federal government reopened, once the federal government reopened - MOAs with government agencies deleting any<01:13:50.960>
reference <01:13:51.360>to <01
Keywords:
grants, community engagement, nonprofit organizations, federal assistance, volunteering, youth transit, public transportation, subsidized transit, environment, energy independence, affordable transportation, Hawaii, diaper tax credit, families, low-income, childcare, health, Hawaii Department of Human Services, DHS, emergency appropriation
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on several measures related to human services, homelessness, transit, and family supports. HB 2116 HD1, concerning grants from the Office of Community Services to nonprofits providing training and volunteerism opportunities, drew strong support from Catholic Charities Hawaii, Hawaii Children’s Action Network Speaks, and multiple organizations in written testimony. Supporters said the bill would help vulnerable people affected by federal program changes and cuts by connecting them to reintegration and support services.
HB 1879 HD1, establishing a subsidized youth transit program coordinated with counties, received extensive testimony in support from the Department of Health, Department of Taxation, Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission, Aloha United Way, Hawaii Bicycling League, Hawaii Appleseed, Hawaii State Youth Commission, Hawaii Public Health Institute, Greenpeace Hawaii, Hawaii Youth Transportation Council, and others. Testifiers emphasized equity, school attendance, reduced transportation costs, climate benefits, and broader access for youth. Several witnesses urged amendments to make the program universal rather than means-tested, and committee discussion noted implementation questions for neighbor islands and rural areas.
HB 2214, creating a refundable diaper tax credit for low-income families with children age four and under, was supported by the Hawaii Diaper Bank, Hawaii Children’s Action Network Speaks, and several other organizations. The Department of Taxation recommended making the credit non-refundable and clarifying definitions to aid administration, while supporters argued refundability was important for low-income families who may owe little or no income tax. HB 2310, an emergency appropriation to replenish DHS funds used to provide SNAP benefits during a federal shutdown, also drew broad support from DHS, Catholic Charities, Hawaii Public Health Institute, Hawaii Children’s Action Network Speaks, Hawaii Food Industry Association, Aloha United Way, and others; witnesses praised the state’s rapid response and said the appropriation would prepare DHS for future emergencies. The committee also heard HB 2168 HD1 and HB 2427 HD1 on education for students experiencing homelessness and unaccompanied homeless youth; the Attorney General recommended technical amendments to avoid conflicts with existing law and to clarify McKinney-Vento-related definitions, while advocates stressed the need for school access, transportation, meals, and other supports for homeless and runaway youth.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Use of new technologies such as 3D for living shorelines and incentives for local governments to use
- The bill also directs the Department of Environmental Protection and local governments to promote public
- But the request from the local governments is $184 million for our beach projects this year.
- But the request from the local governments is $184 million for our beach projects this year.
- But let's not wait on Congress to act when we can help local governments get ahead of the issue today
Keywords:
injunctions, protection orders, domestic violence, serious violence, court procedures, enforcement, risk protection, statewide communication system, pediatric care, emergency departments, hospital regulations, patient safety, health care standards, public records, violence protection, confidentiality, defamation, specialty license plate, specialty plates, motor vehicle registration
Summary:
The Committee on Fiscal Policy met and reported a series of bills favorably, covering health care, public safety, insurance, coastal resilience, juvenile justice, drowning prevention, transportation designations, and beach management. Senator Harrell presented CS/SB 68, requiring hospitals with emergency departments to adopt pediatric emergency care policies, training, designated pediatric readiness personnel, and participation in a national readiness assessment; it passed. Harrell also presented CS/SB 340, requiring nursing students to complete two hours of human trafficking identification training before licensure; it also passed. Senator Sharif’s CS/SB 32 and SB 210, creating a new injunction for protection against serious violence by a known person and the related public records bill, were both reported favorably. Senator Garcia’s CS/CS/SB 302 on nature-based coastal resiliency, Senator Jones’s SB 418 on law enforcement interaction with individuals with autism and the Blue Envelope Program, and Senator Martin’s CS/SB 1734 updating juvenile probation and detention officer definitions and related cost-share language were also approved.
The committee then took up several drowning-prevention measures. CS/SB 606 by Senator Smith would add drowning prevention and safe bathing education to postpartum materials and direct the Department of Health to create standardized materials; an amendment removed a records-retention requirement, and the bill passed. SB 428 by Senator Yarborough would expand the state swim lesson voucher program from children ages 0-4 to ages 1-7; it received strong support from advocates, including a young swim instructor and autism advocates, and passed. The committee also approved CS/SB 246, a specialty license plate bill that was amended to include the UFC plate and a First Responders’ Resiliency Foundation plate, and CS/SB 1028, which revises Citizens Property Insurance and clearinghouse procedures to prioritize admitted carriers and prohibit public funds for the clearinghouse; that bill drew discussion about market competition, Citizens’ exposure, and potential impacts on policyholders.
Additional measures reported favorably included SB 628, designating a portion of South Navy Boulevard in Pensacola as Warrior Sacrifice Way to honor the sailors killed in the 2019 Naval Air Station Pensacola attack, and CS/SB 636 on beach management, which would create a proactive pathway for coastal communities to obtain erosion-related designations and align with federal programs. Beach industry testimony supported the bill’s intent but raised concerns about perpetual easements and funding shortfalls. At the end of the meeting, members recorded additional votes on selected bills, and the committee adjourned.