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TX
Texas 89th Regular
89th Legislative Session - First Called Session Jul 30th, 2025
Texas House Floor Meeting
TX
Texas 89th 1st C.S.
89th Legislative Session - First Called Session Jul 30th, 2025
Texas House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- much as we can, Father, to help rescue, to help find, to help give, Father, not that that would ever replace
Summary:
The House convened with a quorum present, offered an invocation, and led the pledges to the U.S. and Texas flags. Several members were excused for district business or a funeral, and the chamber received a message from the Senate reporting passage of SCR 1.
The main item of business was SCR 1, which grants the legislature permission to adjourn for more than three days during the period beginning Wednesday, July 30, 2025, and ending Monday, August 4, 2025. After explanation by Rep. Harris, the resolution was adopted by record vote, 117 ayes and 14 nays.
Following adoption of the resolution, the House also approved a motion allowing committees and subcommittees to meet while the House is in session through Monday, August 4, according to posted notices. The Speaker then announced the desk was clear, and the House adjourned pending the reading and referral of bills and receipt of messages until 10:00 a.m. on Monday.
DE
Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
House of Representatives Legislative Session - Session 2 - 42nd Legislative Day- REASSEMBLE Part 1 Jun 30th, 2026 at 02:00 pm
Delaware House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And while some Delaware school districts experience a 15% annual teacher turnover and the replacement
- This does not replace teachers.
- It does not replace books or writing or discussion or critical thinking.
- It does not replace relationships or human judgment.
- is a simple but meaningful technical change, which removes these references to prostitution and replaces
DE
Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session - Session 2 - 42nd Legislative Day Jun 30th, 2026 at 02:00 pm
Delaware Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And the wealth of knowledge, that's definitely something that's going to be hard to replace.
- There's no replacing you. And I'm just so grateful to have known you.
- the parliamentarian role that you play and that Senator Walsh had talked about and who's going to replace
- you in some of these ways, it's also like who's going to replace you in just blurting out Philly scores
- Supporters promoted it as a way to overcome opioid addiction and as a replacement for alcohol.
DE
Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session
House of Representatives Legislative Session - Session 2 - 41st Legislative Day Jun 25th, 2026 at 02:00 pm
Delaware House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill is not about replacing physicians or nurses or physician associates.
- This bill is not about replacing physicians or nurses or physician associates.
- Senate Bill 322 replaces that approach with a formula tied to actual growth in taxable property within
- Madam Speaker, House Amendment 2 replaces House Amendment 1 and adds a 30-day accrued limit to loss of
- church, and while the congregation will rebuild, some of the pieces of history can never, ever be replaced
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Sixty Four - Wednesday, May 6
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The House position was to use $65 million of that to replace general revenue.
- The House position was to use $65 million of that to replace general revenue, and in conference we took
- thought it was going to be something different than that, as it relates to the blind pension, not replacing
- general revenue, but replacing lottery and other dollars.
- Well, there was a connection, if I understand, in the earlier conversations about replacing the lottery
Summary:
The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, approval of the previous day’s journal, and a series of special guest introductions recognizing family members, interns, students, public servants, and community advocates. Committee reports and Senate messages followed, including Senate refusals to concur on a large number of amendments to Senate Bill 1421 and the appointment of a conference committee on House Bill 2818.
The main floor action centered on the state budget, especially House Bill 2 (public education). The budget chair explained the conference report’s funding mix for K-12 schools, including $8.4 billion for public education, changes to the foundation formula, use of blind pension funds, and possible ARPA dollars later in the process. Members debated whether the report underfunded schools by $45 million or more, with opponents arguing the state was not fully funding the formula and supporters saying total school funding remained at record levels and that the issue was the source of funds rather than the total amount. A substitute motion to send HB 2 back to conference failed 62-89, and the conference report was then adopted 83-68; the bill was third read and passed 83-68.
The House then took up House Bill 2003 on higher education, where the conference report largely restored the governor’s recommendation and directed the department to develop a new funding formula by the end of the year. Members discussed performance-based funding, scholarships, apprenticeships, and the need for a slower transition to any new model. The conference report passed 119-28, and the bill was third read and passed 109-32. House Bill 2004, covering Revenue and Transportation, included about $20 million for rural roads and other transportation funding; members discussed constitutional concerns, MoDOT projects, and a small local safety fix. The conference report passed 128-21, and the bill was third read and passed 127-27.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Public Works and Highways (03/31/2026)
Public Works and Highways
Transcript Highlights:
- operating expenses, maintenance, and debt service to be paid first before we do any renewal and replacement
- all-electronic tolling lanes, or high-speed tolling, at the Hampton toll booth, and improved or replaced
- the Hampton toll booth and<00:59:32.160>
improved <00:59:32.920>or <00:59:33.120>replaced - <00:59:33.720>
several <00:59:34.080>bridges and improved or replaced several bridges - and improved or replaced several bridges as<00:59:35.160>
as <00:59:35.440>well <00:59:
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate - 03/23/26
Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate
Transcript Highlights:
- current on their bills, crisis grants to prevent shutoffs or restore service, emergency repair or replacement
- primary crisis grants for households not served by federal funds, uh, heating system repair or replacement
- federal funds, uh heating system<00:44:48.840>
repair <00:44:49.280>or <00:44:49.400>replacement - <00:44:50.080>
and system repair or replacement and system repair or replacement and outreach
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- expectation that perhaps you would consider it and, instead of an ITL and OTP, the bill, the amendment is a replace-all
- OTP um the bill the amendment is a OTP um the bill the amendment is a replace<00:54:30.640>
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would <00:54:31.200>look <00:54:31.280>at <00:54:31.440>a replace- all which would look at a replace all which would look at a committee.<00:54:32.160>
This <00:- So you can't let a building deteriorate to where it needs to be replaced when you could have been maintaining
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NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Military and Veterans Affairs Jul 15th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- They might replace class X with class Y, which is fine and will count towards graduation, but it may
- Is that going to be replaced by this mobile unit? Mr. Chair, Representative Martinez, no.
- It will not be replaced; it's going to enhance.
- It's not intended to replace it; it's to enhance it and get further out.
- contingency plan is essentially an insurance plan for the Water Authority that ensures we can obtain a replacement
NV
Nevada 2025 Regular Session
Assembly Committee on Ways and Means May 30th, 2025 at 08:00 am
Ways and Means
Transcript Highlights:
- Without a replacement cost analysis, we cannot determine the cost of replacing the current data infrastructure
- Without a replacement cost analysis, we cannot determine the cost of replacing the current data infrastructure
- North Las Vegas, in agreement with the federal government, agreed to make a park to replace the park
Bills:
AB568, SB90, SB133, SB147, SB229, SB233, SB240, SB245, SB280, SB378, SB393, SB417, SB434, SB494, SB495
Keywords:
higher education, Nevada System of Higher Education, operational expenses, instructional expenses, public funding, education funding, teacher grants, classroom supplies, instructional support, specialized personnel, civics education, Nevada Center for Civic Engagement, funding, youth programs, civic involvement, Southern Nevada, Clark County, Las Vegas Valley, regional planning, economic resiliency
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs (05/07/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- But I mean, was it a difficulty or how many hoops did you have to run through in order to replace it?
- So it'll be seven because Herbert's replacing Gibbs was for Gibbs, right?
- ><00:12:56.240>
Herbert's because Yeah, because Herbert's because Yeah, because Herbert's replacing - 58.000>
was <00:12:58.639>for <00:12:58.959>for <00:12:59.120>Gibbs, replacing - Gibbs was for for Gibbs, replacing Gibbs was for for Gibbs, right?
Summary:
The committee took up several insurance-related bills. Senate Bill 47, concerning health insurance policies related to the birth of the mother, was moved ought to pass with no amendments and was approved on a 6-0 vote. Senate Bill 121, dealing with Medicare Advantage plan notice requirements, was amended to reduce the required notice from 120 days to 90 days and to remove a federal citation; the department said the change was to avoid conflict with federal notice rules. After discussion about the stress caused when carriers leave the Medicare Advantage market, the committee voted ought to pass as amended, 7-0.
The committee then heard a detailed explanation of the continuing care retirement communities bill, described by the Insurance Department as a rewrite of a 1989 law to modernize oversight, require quarterly financial reporting as an early warning system, create a bill of rights for residents, and clarify issues such as entrance fees and removal of dangerous residents. A member recalled the bill’s original purpose as protecting solvency because residents pay substantial upfront fees. The bill was moved ought to pass and approved unanimously, 7-0.
The final major discussion concerned a pooled risk organizations bill. Members debated whether oversight should remain with the Secretary of State or be moved to the Insurance Department. Supporters of moving it argued the issue is solvency, citing concerns about reserve levels, prior insolvencies, and the Insurance Department’s expertise. Opponents said the Secretary of State’s office had historically overseen the entities and that the bill would fundamentally change how they operate. A straw vote favored an amendment, but the committee ultimately voted to retain the bill for further work, with plans to revisit it later in the session.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The committee substitute replaces the phrase "similar nationally recognized organization" with "similar
- Furthermore, on page 2, line 16 of the introduced version, the committee substitute replaces the word
- We went through that whole process to replace all the lights on our football, baseball, and softball
- Good classical literature was being replaced with more silly, dumbed-down content, as well as narratives
- someone who's discovering whether or not they're gay. ...or the anger they have towards their mom replacing
Bills:
SB 13, SB 27, SB 57, HB1325, HB1655, HB3312, HB5526, SB13, SB57, SB207, HB441, HB591, HB5019, SB27, SB843
Keywords:
lobbying, public funds, political subdivision, local government, county association, municipal lobbying, registered lobbyist, Texas Legislature, taxpayer lawsuit, injunctive relief, attorney's fees, government finance, county dues, state association of counties, sheriffs association, law enforcement officers, legislative advocacy, bill tracking, legislative alerts, Government Code Chapter 556
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Within the Department of Financial Services, there's $62 million to continue replacing the state's accounting
- Or, if not, are we replacing an existing department?
- If not, are we replacing an existing department? Senator Harrell, you're recognized. Thank you.
- We are replacing Florida Digital Service. Senator Davis, thank you for that. Perfect answer.
- And when I hear stories of, for administrative reasons, people can't get permits to replace drywall or
Summary:
The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several gallery introductions before taking up Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 168, the Tristan Murphy Act, on mental health. Senator Bradley explained that the bill is intended to divert clinically appropriate defendants with mental illness from jail to treatment, create pretrial mental health diversion programs, expand grant uses for mental health and substance abuse reinvestment, require evaluations and treatment follow-up in certain probation and prison settings, add Hillsborough County to a forensic hospital diversion pilot, and establish a Florida Behavioral Health Data Repository. Senators from both parties spoke in support, emphasizing treatment over incarceration, public safety, and the Murphy family’s role in the bill. The Senate passed the bill 37-0 and then recorded 37 co-sponsors.
The chamber then moved into presentations on SB 2500, the 2025-26 General Appropriations Act. Chair Hooper said the Senate budget totals $117.4 billion, reduces overall spending from the prior year, maintains reserves, keeps employee health contributions level, and includes major investments in water quality, transportation, education infrastructure, and nearly $1 billion in education capital outlay. Committee chairs outlined their portions of the budget, including increased funding for K-12 schools and scholarships, higher education workforce programs, Medicaid and health services, corrections and courts, transportation and housing, and environmental restoration such as Everglades and water quality projects.
Members then asked extensive questions, especially about education funding, school choice, AP/IB and accelerated programs, the Family Empowerment Scholarship, and the FEFP calculations. Senator Burgess repeatedly explained that scholarship funding is being moved “below the line” to improve tracking and that the Senate position is to preserve funding while giving districts more flexibility. Senators also questioned the APD wait list for disability services, opioid settlement spending, arts funding, the My Safe Florida Home condo pilot, and proposed IT and agency restructuring. Several chairs said some issues would be resolved in conference, and no final vote on the budget was taken in the portion provided.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- To improve meal flow and efficiency, we wanted to replace it with mobile serving stations and have students
- efficiency, we To improve meal flow and efficiency, we wanted<00:45:26.560>
to <00:45:26.720>replace - <00:45:27.200>
with <00:45:27.440>mobile <00:45:28.079>serving wanted to replace - it with mobile serving wanted to replace it with mobile serving stations<00:45:29.200>
and <00 - the middle of the year and there may be funds allocated for that staff that is unexpended while replacement
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Workforce committee debates HF1325 to change MN's earned sick, safe time law 3/12/25
Transcript Highlights:
- they are just a cog and a wheel, and if that cog is missing, that is a problem and it needs to be replaced
- they are just a cog and a wheel, and if that cog is missing, that is a problem and it needs to be replaced
- and it needs missing that is a problem and it needs to<00:58:30.240>
be <00:58:30.559>replaced - to be replaced to be replaced um<00:58:33.280>
I <00:58:33.400>think <00:58:33.520>
Summary:
The committee took up House File 1325 and adopted the author’s A2 amendment before hearing testimony. Representative Schultz presented the bill as a set of bipartisan changes to make Minnesota’s earned sick and safe time law more workable for small businesses, public employers, and taxpayers, arguing the current law is an unfunded mandate that increases costs and property taxes. The bill’s supporters said it would add flexibility, including changes affecting coverage for certain workers, employer size thresholds, front-loading, weather-related exceptions, and a delay on penalties.
Commissioner Nicole Blissenbach of the Department of Labor and Industry opposed the bill, saying it would exclude about 800,000 workers, or roughly 30% of the workforce, from earned sick and safe time protections and create confusion and enforcement problems. She also objected to the proposed penalty delay, saying the department already uses compliance assistance and needs penalty authority for serious violations. The Minnesota Chamber supported modifications to the mandate, saying businesses—especially small ones—have struggled with compliance and that the law has had unintended effects on PTO policies and leave use. The League of Minnesota Cities supported parts of the bill, especially changes affecting more generous city leave policies and weather-event exemptions, saying current language creates confusion and can interfere with emergency staffing.
Opponents from Education Minnesota, SEIU Minnesota, TakeAction Minnesota, and a nurse from Unity Hospital argued the bill would strip protections from part-time workers, minors, and workers with family caregiving needs, and would weaken a law they said has helped workers avoid discipline or lost wages when sick. Supporters from counties and an HR consultant emphasized administrative burdens, emergency staffing needs during weather events, and the difficulty of applying ESS rules to existing leave policies. No final vote on the bill was taken in the portion of the meeting provided; the bill was laid over for further consideration.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division I (03/11/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
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- <01:02:23.680>
could them AR it doesn't matter we could them AR it doesn't matter we could replace - 24.920>
instead <01:02:25.160>of <01:02:25.319>repealing <01:02:26.039>it replace - it by instead of repealing it replace it by instead of repealing it just<01:02:26.440>
by <01:
Summary:
The committee first heard from the Department of Labor on several House Bill 2 sections. Members discussed raising the annual elevator certificate fee, which had been $50 since at least fiscal year 2014; the commissioner said the Inspection Division generates more revenue than its costs, and members agreed to amend the fee to $75 and later voted unanimously to accept Section 137. The department also explained a proposed change to civil penalty/warning language in Section 139 to align enforcement across labor laws; that section was accepted unanimously. The commissioner then gave a detailed overview of the second injury fund, describing how it is financed by assessments on insurance carriers, how claims are reviewed for reimbursement, and how the fund is intended to reimburse certain workers’ compensation costs. Members questioned whether the program still serves its original purpose, whether it is revenue-neutral, and whether it should be sunset; the department said the fund is a mixed bag for the state and industry, but no sunset language was adopted. Sections 140 and 141 were then accepted unanimously.
The committee next heard from the Judicial Council on Sections 125 through 127. The witness said the changes would streamline payment for indigent defense services other than counsel, reduce the number of bills requiring judge review, and expand the council’s ability to contract with providers for services such as translation and evaluations. He also explained a proposed fail-safe allowing the executive director to decline to process questionable invoices and send them to a judge instead. Members generally supported the streamlining, and Sections 125 through 127 were accepted unanimously.
Toward the end of the discussion, members asked about the cost impact of changing the misdemeanor/felony threshold from $1,000 to a higher amount. The Judicial Council said felony cases are significantly more expensive than misdemeanors because they involve more hearings, more discovery, and more attorney time, with assigned felony cases costing several times more on average. No action was taken on that question in the excerpt.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on State and Local Government - 03/06/25
State and Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- What's the cost to replace this facility somewhere else in Minnesota, and can it be replaced somewhere
- What's the cost to replace this facility somewhere else in Minnesota, and can it be replaced somewhere
- I can't give you a cost associated with what it would cost to replace this.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
AEN-TCA-EIG, TCA-AEN, AEN, AEN DEFER Public Hearings 02-05-2025
Agriculture and Environment
Transcript Highlights:
- Electrify farm equipment, yeah, um, long transportation, uh, where the replacement of a diesel engine
- know that we do have a contract to do an assessment with the Maui, Kauai, Hawaii Island counties to replace
- 00:37:46.359>
Island <00:37:46.720>counties <00:37:47.200>to <00:37:47.520>replace - <00:37:48.520>
their Hawaii Island counties to replace their Hawaii Island counties to replace
Summary:
The joint hearing covered SB 1023, which would create a spay-neuter special fund to reduce pet overpopulation and free-roaming cats, with funding sources including an income tax checkoff. The Department of Taxation had no substantive comment, while the Hawaii Invasive Species Council supported the measure but opposed any trap-neuter-release or re-release approach, saying spay-neuter is important but release does not reduce cats on the landscape. The Tax Foundation of Hawaii raised concerns about creating another special fund and tax checkoff, saying the fund may not meet statutory criteria and could create administrative burdens. The Hawaiian Humane Society strongly supported the bill, arguing the state currently provides little funding for animal overpopulation control and that the measure would help nonprofits and align conservation and animal welfare goals. Several other supporters testified, including a cat sanctuary representative who described the need for a dedicated funding mechanism and a possible Oahu sanctuary to remove cats from sensitive areas. After questions about the effectiveness of trap-neuter-release and the need for alternative management tools, the committees voted to recommend passage with amendments, including blanking appropriation amounts, moving them into the committee report, setting the effective date to July 1, 2050, and noting Budget and Finance concerns; the recommendations were adopted in both committees, with some members voting with reservations.
The hearing then moved to SB 1120, relating to transportation and a clean fuel standard. The Department of Transportation said it supported the intent but wanted more information on economic impacts. Electrify America and Neste supported the bill, saying a clean fuel standard would help finance EV charging, encourage investment, and expand lower-carbon fuel options such as renewable diesel. In response to questions from senators about rural and agricultural transportation needs, witnesses said the standard could support both electrification where feasible and cleaner liquid fuels in the interim for equipment that cannot yet be electrified. DOT also described county transit efforts and said it was working with Maui, Kauai, and Hawaii Island on assessments for zero-emission bus replacement and charging infrastructure. The committees also heard testimony on SB 586, relating to climate change and zero-emission buses by 2045, with the State Procurement Office supporting the intent but suggesting the language be moved to a different statute; DOT said it was providing pass-through funding to counties and had some zero-emission bus purchases and charging stations on order. The discussion emphasized infrastructure costs and implementation challenges, but no final vote on SB 1120 or SB 586 was described in the transcript excerpt.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Feb 1st, 2025
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- Eventually, there would need to be a replacement of that revenue source that was not from the general
- Area to both replace the lost fee revenue as well as fund the incremental cost increases for the courts
- There's a... $1.5 million to replace discontinued court fee revenue and another $300,000 to develop and
- Chair, is what was the plan to replace those dollars, those lost fees? Thank you.
- their matching funds we were able to use those last year, or currently still using them this year, to replace