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NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Courts, Corrections and Justice Aug 27th, 2025
Courts, Corrections & Justice Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Then we process it; it's subject not to Children's Court rules but now to the rules of District Court
- But again, a court can inquire as to a person that they have sentenced to a secure facility.
- And then finally, just on facilities, I really appreciate the identification of the gaps and where it
- What lockdown kind of facility can we have?" We don't have a group home here.
- Also, bringing forward proposals for treatment facilities: what is the cost? Where are they?
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/26
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Part of the improvement is the fact that we have less beds, specifically nursing facilities.
- Part of the improvement is the fact that we have less bad specifically nursing facilities.
- This next one here is delaying investment in facilities, Infrastructure.
- So nursing facilities, for stability, infrastructure Investments in many cases. And Mr.
- This is by rule. As Ken said earlier, these programs are among the most vulnerable right now.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Texas Ethics Commission Mar 11th, 2025 at 09:00 am
Transcript Highlights:
- rule.
- Rule is adopted. Next rule adoption is part of a larger project.
- Rules are published.
- So the rules have been simple... ...and we have a process of rules to do that, so the rules have been
- And I should note, too, that the rules also proposed rules would strike the existing rules that, you
Summary:
The Texas Ethics Commission met on March 11, 2025, first in executive session and then in open session. The chair announced that, in light of Texas Attorney General Opinion KP-484, the commission would conform its practices to the opinion and move to repeal tolling rules for sworn-complaint deadlines. The chair also said the commission would dismiss 36 pending sworn-complaint cases in which the 120-day settlement deadline had been exceeded, even though the delay had been tolled under prior TEC rules. The commission then set future meeting dates for June 12 and September 17 and approved prior meeting minutes.
The commission adopted a new criminal-referral rule clarifying that, once jurisdiction over a complaint is accepted, commissioners may vote to make a criminal referral. It also adopted revised advisory-opinion rules, with a clarifying amendment from a commenter, and republished proposed changes to the definition of “principal purpose” for political committees after staff recommended a 49 percent political-activity threshold and further public input. The commission published for comment proposed changes to ethics training rules, facial-compliance review procedures, late-filing waiver and reduction rules, and sworn-complaint procedures, including tighter discovery limits, a default-order set-aside process, and removal of tolling language inconsistent with KP-484. It also republished Chapter 28 rules on Speaker-candidate reporting.
The commission adopted several advisory opinions. It declined to give an affirmative defense on whether certain school-district communications were political advertising because related litigation had already addressed the issue. It reaffirmed that a House member may use donated district-office space if it is not reimbursable with public funds and was accepted before the contribution moratorium. It also concluded that a judge may use political funds for travel to a Navy-hosted event as a local dignitary, that legislators’ use of a corporate aircraft for a border-region fact-finding trip could be permissible but would likely trigger reporting obligations, that a TCEQ commissioner’s revolving-door restrictions apply only to matters actually placed before the commissioner, and that a part-time legislative staffer may not take outside employment assisting a registered lobbyist. The commission then heard and acted on numerous fine-waiver appeals, granting several full waivers or reductions and approving staff recommendations on others, and terminated a number of inactive campaign treasurer appointments. Finally, the executive director briefed the commission on the 2025 legislative session, noting that staffing requests are tied to Sunset recommendations and that the House had preliminarily recommended about half of the commission’s appropriations requests.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The rules are suspended.
- Speaker, I move to suspend the rules to take up and consider H.R. 765.
- The rules are suspended.
- For example, you mentioned the facility in Fort Bend County.
- Well, that's not accessible to most of the... ...the facility in Fort Bend County.
Summary:
The House convened with prayer, pledges, and several ceremonial recognitions, including Wilson County Day, San Antonio Mission Indian Descendants Day, and Blue Ribbon Lobby Day, along with acknowledgments of visiting groups and a birthday greeting. The chamber also announced committee meetings and then moved into floor business, including conference committee action on Senate Bill 1, the state budget.
A series of motions to instruct House conferees on SB 1 were debated and voted on. One motion sought to restore salary for Attorney General Ken Paxton after his impeachment-related suspension; it passed 88-56. Another, from Rep. Olcott, directed conferees to support amendments requiring data collection on the costs of undocumented immigrants in hospitals and prisons; after extended debate and a failed amendment from Rep. Martinez Fischer to also study immigrants’ economic contributions, the motion passed 86-61. The House also adopted instructions to eliminate Texas Lottery Commission funding, to support amendments restricting public education institutions from affirming gender identities inconsistent with biological sex, and to seek an additional $4 billion in property tax relief, with each motion passing on recorded votes.
The House then took up a supplemental calendar and passed several bills, including HB 39 on veteran death data, HB 102 on priority registration for certain students entering military service, HB 126 on student-athlete compensation and representation, HB 290 on tuition and fee assistance for members of the Texas military forces, HB 300 on Texas Armed Services Scholarship Program updates, and HB 2143 naming a highway in honor of Army Specialist Joey Lins. The chamber also postponed consideration of HJR 2 and HJR 6.
Later, the House considered HB 120 on career and technology education pathways and HB 20 on applied science pathway programs for high school students. HB 120 received a perfecting amendment and was advanced after discussion about workforce preparation. HB 20 prompted extensive questioning about transportation, costs, and how students would access partner campuses such as community colleges and TSTC sites; debate continued as the transcript ended, with members examining how the program would operate and whether approval authority would rest with TEA.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- This was especially important for one of the facilities that I take care of at Cal Farley Boys' Ranch
- , which is a foster care facility where we have hundreds of kids.
- To what facilities, of which certain procedures and so forth would be conducted because to me that's
- And if and to the extent a physician, uh, is, uh, credentialed at a certain facility and not at another
- The facility is, is a different billing system, different contracting, different payment rates, but to
Bills:
HB139
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government Jan 15th, 2025
Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
Transcript Highlights:
- of these projects are going to be large septic-to-sewer projects, advanced wastewater treatment facility
- It only allowed projects that were septic-to-sewer or wastewater treatment facility upgrades.
- It only allowed projects that were accepted to sewer or wastewater treatment facility upgrades.
- To date, the program has received more than 7,000 requests. public facilities around the state.
- A private trapper was able to catch the animal, and ultimately it was placed at a licensed facility.
Summary:
The committee meeting began with quorum, member introductions, and an overview of the Agriculture, Environment, and General Government budget process. The chair emphasized using the committee resource book and performance metrics to review the base budget and invited members to identify areas of interest for later discussion. Members were also reminded about appearance forms and speaking procedures.
Wes Gregory of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services presented on agricultural best management practices and water policy. He said the office had updated all nine commodity BMP manuals and added a manual for small farms and livestock, expanded enrollment by 742 producers covering 677,000 acres, and used GIS and data analysis to target areas such as the Indian River Lagoon. He also described cost-share projects, a new field application for enrollment and inspections, cross-training staff, and a request for $20 million for regional water quality projects. Members asked about BMP enrollment, compliance, and enforcement; Gregory said noncompliance is uncommon and cases can be referred to DEP.
Adam Blaylock of DEP reviewed environmental grant programs, saying the state has appropriated $2.9 billion since 2018 for water quality projects, with about 1,100 projects reducing nitrogen and phosphorus statewide. He described the Water Quality Improvement Grant, Indian River Lagoon, Biscayne Bay, Springs, Alternative Water Supply, and Resilient Florida programs, including a planned public dashboard and a water-quality monitoring portal. Senators asked about the application window, award timing, and the high cost of septic-to-sewer conversions, with Blaylock estimating a blended average of about $35,000 per home.
Chief Conservation Officer George Worthing of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission then presented on invasive animal control. He discussed prevention, risk screening, law enforcement at ports, public outreach programs such as the Python Challenge, Lionfish Challenge, and Exotic Pet Amnesty Program, and early detection tools like the Ive Got One reporting system. He also described control efforts for Burmese pythons, tegus, and lionfish, along with research and partner coordination. Members asked about the most harmful invasive species and whether iguanas may be taken; Worthing said iguanas are open for take, subject to other laws. The meeting ended after members briefly identified priorities such as water quality, recreation water quality, sustainability, sea level rise, and septic-to-sewer infrastructure, and the committee adjourned without any formal votes.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Agriculture Committee Meeting - 2025-04-02
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development
Transcript Highlights:
- We are proposing to modify several areas of that to incorporate language from Minnesota rules that we've
- We anticipate that if this is adopted, those rules would become obsolete.
- that phasing out a maximum grain bond costing $1,500 a year and turning it around and charging a facility
- that location even though it has no grain storage facilities, could you comment on that?
- We still have time and costs associated with it, even if we're not physically inspecting the facility
TX
Texas 89th Regular
S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education Mar 5th, 2025
S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education
Transcript Highlights:
- Also included is expanding the use. of instructional facility allotments to now incorporate renovation
- Regional school districts are considering facility consolidation.
- This bill could support repurposing... facilities for high-cost, high-demand CTE pathways, and fostering
- And then secondly, we have more students than we do facilities to teach these kids.
- But also consider... funding NIFA by capacity of the new facility instead of enrollment.
Keywords:
applied sciences, career education, high school diploma, certificate program, work-based learning, job placement, high-growth jobs, technical training, career readiness, education reform, workforce training, public schools, financial aid, fraudulent solicitation, disaster relief, nonprofit organizations, criminal penalties, consumer protection, fraud prevention, charitable donations
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs May 28th, 2026
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- For rulemaking, we added that portion of the rule to the school safety facility standards.
- We look at their We look at their policies, their equipment, and their facilities.
- They don't have an actual facility. They don't have anything.
- Lastly, Title VII, Subchapter C, Rules of the Road.
- Each agency has different rules. Eight hours or 16 hours or 24 hours a month.
MD
Transcript Highlights:
- Sorry. >> We can do these of the rules.
- detention facility by a private entity. detention facility by a private entity.
- <00:16:02.639>
in operate a detention facility in operate a detention facility in violation - It also alters the the facility.
- Facilities. Senate Bill 413, third Facilities.
Summary:
The Senate reconvened with a quorum and quickly moved through committee reports and second-reader bills, adopting committee amendments and sending several measures to third reading without objection. Bills advanced included SB 10 on State Highway Administration approval timelines for speed monitoring systems; SB 487 on speed monitoring systems in safety corridors; SB 689 creating a task force on post-release services and re-entry; SB 811 requiring reporting of new home sale prices in multiple listing services; SB 877 authorizing a Baltimore City stop sign monitoring pilot in the 41st district; SB 937, the Maryland Fair Chance Housing Act, limiting use of criminal history in tenant screening; SB 984 barring private immigration detention facilities; SB 465 on out-of-court statements and second-degree assault; SB 187 on pre-release services for incarcerated women; SB 388, the Decade Act, revising multiple economic development and tax credit programs; and SB 844, the annual corrective bill.
Most of the floor discussion focused on explaining amendments and the policy effects of the bills. Supporters described the housing bill as expanding second-chance opportunities while adding safeguards, and a senator asked detailed questions about how landlords could screen for serious offenses and sex offender registry status. SB 984 was described as an emergency measure preventing state and local approval of private detention facilities and authorizing enforcement by the Attorney General. SB 465 was presented as closing a gap in Maryland law on witness intimidation and aligning the state with broader practice. SB 187 would rename and expand the women’s pre-release facility into a re-entry facility and require progress reports.
The most extended debate came on SB 165, the on-site wastewater systems bill. One amendment to exempt redevelopment properties from inspection was offered and failed by roll call with 27 votes in the negative. A second amendment to require consultation with Maryland Realtors in developing regulations was then offered; supporters argued it would help avoid delays in property settlements and bring real estate professionals into the regulatory process, while opponents said the bill concerned broader wastewater regulations, not just property transfers. The transcript cuts off during that amendment’s discussion, before the final vote is shown.
NY
New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York State Senate Session - 05/07/2026
New York Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Let us call an immediate meeting of the Rules Committee in Room 332. >> The Senate will return to order
- Senator Gianaris. >> There is a report of the Rules Committee at the desk.
- us take up that, please. >> Secretary will read. >> Senator Stewart-Cousins from the Committee on Rules
- He was arrested and sent to the Dutchess County Correctional Facility.
- HE WAS ARRESTED AND SENT TO THE DUTCHESS COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY. HE WAS -- HE BAILED OUT.
Summary:
The Senate met on May 6, 2026, approved the prior journal, and accepted a Rules Committee report advancing the government appropriations bill to third reading. The chamber then took up the tenth budget extender, which sponsor Senator Serrano said would keep state government operating through Monday, May 11 and contained $482 million in new spending, bringing the total across extenders to $20.3 billion. In questioning, Senator O’Mara and Senator Helming pressed Serrano for details on the reported $268 billion budget deal, policy outcomes, revenue raisers, and whether local governments, schools, and rural health programs would receive certainty; Serrano said final budget bills were not yet in print and declined to speculate on unresolved issues. The extender passed 60-1, with Senator Weik voting no.
The Senate also adopted several previously adopted resolutions honoring the North Tonawanda High School girls varsity basketball team, the Tappan Zee High School girls basketball team, and SUNY student Chriss-Ann Pryce. Members praised the teams’ state championships and Pryce’s academic and leadership achievements through the Educational Opportunity Program. The chamber then returned to legislation and passed a bill designating May 9 as Overdose Awareness Day in New York; Senator Fernandez said it recognized the harm of overdose and the need to continue funding harm reduction and recovery services.
Additional bills passed included a statewide domestic violence lethality assessment measure, with Senators Murray, Rolison, Webb, and Ramos describing it as a tool to identify dangerous situations and prevent fatalities; a mental health insurance bill limiting step therapy/prior authorization for serious mental health medications, supported by Senator Fahy; and measures on education, real property tax, election law, general business law, kitchen incubator economic impacts, public buildings, state finance, and mental hygiene. Several bills drew recorded opposition, including the real property tax bill and the election law and general business law measures. The Senate concluded by adjourning until Monday, May 11 at 3:00 p.m., with intervening days designated legislative.
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Advanced Nuclear Energy Committee Mar 24th, 2026 at 10:00 am
Advanced Nuclear Energy Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- There's SMR facilities and CCGTs.
- and fuel facilities.
- We had the National Guard guarding our facility. I've been in the facility several times.
- HALEU fuel fabrication facilities. ...and it will inform future HALEU fuel fabrication facilities.
- And so this facility will help de-risk the design of a fresh HALEU fuel fabrication facility.
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 066 Mar 20th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- and the code rule is relaxed. Mr. and the code rule is relaxed. Mr.
- When it comes to the daycare facilities, it's not just saying, "Hey, daycare facilities, you need to
- Health care facilities, behavioral health treatment facilities, K-12 schools, institutions of higher
- treatment facilities, behavioral health treatment facilities, behavioral health treatment facilities
- facilities facilities uh<06:17:33.640>
behavioral <06:17:34.200>health <06:17:35.040>
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Representative Kupper: Rule 19(A).
- Rule 19, indeed. We need, we... ...of order, Representative. Rule 19, indeed.
- Rule 19A. Mr.
- Speaker, Rule 19, sorry, I didn't have it open. 19. Rule 19. I'm sorry, I didn't have it open. 19.
- under House Rule 1A.
Summary:
The House convened, approved the journal, and spent much of the opening portion recognizing guests and interns from both parties, along with former lawmakers and a newly seated member, Representative Sylvia Allen. The chamber then took up House Concurrent Resolution 2065 honoring the late Alfredo Gutierrez. Members from both parties gave extended remarks about his life as a civil rights advocate, student activist, legislator, and mentor, and the resolution was unanimously adopted and transmitted to the Senate. Family members of Gutierrez were recognized in the gallery during the memorial tribute.
The House then moved into Committee of the Whole on the first budget-related measures. On House Bill 4138, the “feed bill”/budget operations measure, Democrats argued the budget favored corporations and data centers over seniors, health care, housing, universities, and vulnerable families, while Republicans defended it as a continuation of prior policy and said it preserved tax conformity and modest agency cuts. After debate and questions, the committee recommended the bill do pass and the House adopted that report, sending HB 4138 to engrossing.
The chamber next considered House Bill 4139, the amusement/gaming-related budget bill. Members debated whether it was essentially unchanged from last year’s budget language, with Republicans saying it was a continuation bill and that gaming-related provisions would support rural economies and tourism, while Democrats questioned the broader budget context and its effects on working families. The committee recommended HB 4139 do pass, and the House adopted that recommendation. The House then began debate on House Bill 4140, the state budget implementation bill, focusing on the budget stabilization fund and a proposed government efficiency initiative; discussion was still underway at the end of the transcript.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 3/3/26
Housing Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- They are currently building a water filtration facility or water treatment facility because of the PFAS
- facility or water treatment facility facility or water treatment facility because<01:26:05.360><
- those rules.
- was outlawed, um, you know, the rules was outlawed, um, you know, the rules change<01:41:52.320>
- Uh and although the changed those rules.
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- On follow-up, the committee asked whether this was at the same facility as the first settlement.
- rules.
- Under Rule 12(b)(6) of the Civil Procedure Rules, but nothing else. Okay. All right.
- Okay, we have a motion and a second to affirm the ruling of the Claims Commission.
- We do have a motion on the floor to affirm the ruling. Any other discussion on this?
Summary:
The Joint Budget Committee’s Claims Review and Litigation Oversight Subcommittee met to consider two proposed litigation settlements from the Department of Corrections and one appealed claim from the Claims Commission. In the first settlement, Caroline Arnett v. Larry Norris, et al., members asked about the underlying sexual assault allegations, whether policies had changed, and whether PREA audits and other safeguards were in place. The department said audits were underway and that steps had been taken to prevent similar conduct. The committee approved the settlement by voice vote. In the second settlement, Latasha Ridgel v. Arkansas Department of Corrections, members raised concerns about the length of the case and the fact that it involved similar allegations. The department cited attorney turnover, COVID-related delays, and scheduling difficulties; the settlement was approved by voice vote.
The committee then reviewed Sharon Greer and Deanna Hayes v. Commissioner of State Lands, an appeal of a Claims Commission dismissal involving a 2009 tax sale of family property in Crittenden County. The claimants said they did not learn of the sale or the $4,200 in excess proceeds until 2025, and argued that notice was inadequate and that the overage should not have gone to the county. The Commissioner of State Lands’ office responded that notice was sent to addresses on file, certified mail receipts were returned, and a post-sale notice explained the process for contesting the sale and claiming excess proceeds. The office also argued the claim was untimely, that the commission lacked jurisdiction, and that state law bars monetary damages against the commissioner for actions related to tax-delinquent land sales.
Members discussed broader concerns about the tax-sale and excess-proceeds process, including whether excess proceeds should be held longer or routed differently, but noted those issues would require legislative changes rather than action in this case. The committee then voted to affirm the Claims Commission’s dismissal of the claim. The meeting adjourned after the motion passed.
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- begs leave to report that it on rules begs leave to report that it on rules begs leave to report that
- There that is not the rule. You do not have to ask anyone to rule.
- Just want to announce that rules committee will meet announce that rules committee will meet announce
- , but they need to pass facility, but they need to pass facility, but they need to pass something.
- I ask for suspension of the rules for a suspension of the rules for a suspension of the rules for a timesensitive
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- So, you're just saying giving rule that?
- But short answer, yes, we can allow the department to make rules, but as much of those rules we could
- But short answer, yes, we can allow the department to make rules, but as much of those rules we could
- capital construction for new facilities. capital construction for new facilities.
- <00:39:51.040>
as the department to establish rules as the department to establish rules as
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine the nomination of Rodney Scott, of Oklahoma, to be Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security. Apr 30th, 2025 at 09:00 am
Finance Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- I expect them to follow the rules, follow the laws, and to do their job.
- Multiple of the facilities along the border GSA it's a unique facility they don't run that it's not a
- warehouse it's not a data center it's not an office space it's a very unique facility we've given more
- and those that are run by it and the CBP facilities that they do CBP runs entirely some of their facilities
- We don't have detention facilities, so a lot of times they're taken somewhere else.
Keywords:
Customs and Border Protection, Rodney Scott, border security, asylum, transparency, Hernandez Rojas, migrant treatment, public testimony
Summary:
The meeting centered on the nomination of Rodney Scott to serve as the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Throughout the session, various senators expressed concerns regarding CBP's recent practices, including issues related to border security and the treatment of migrants. Questions were raised about Scott's involvement in previous incidents, particularly surrounding the controversial death of Mr. Hernandez Rojas while in custody, which sparked a heated discussion about accountability and transparency in current border policies. Senators emphasized the importance of balancing efficient border security with humane treatment of individuals seeking asylum.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- All right, members, just a reminder of the rules: we have a two-minute limit for testimony for and against
- Authorized by the facility. And with that, I'm available for questions.
- So say my mother-in-law is paying for this facility and all, and she gets some new boyfriend, you know
- So say my mother-in-law is paying for this facility and all, and she gets some new boyfriend, you know
- the full. the center or the facility the full full breadth to ensure that their patient, their, their
Keywords:
optometrists, eye exams, eyeglass prescriptions, healthcare, vision care, behavior analysis, licensing, psychologist examiners, state regulations, committee authority, mental health, court-ordered treatment, outpatient treatment, audiovisual technology, secure facilities, evaluations, guardian powers, patient rights, assisted living, occupants