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FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government Feb 4th, 2026
Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
Transcript Highlights:
- They have their first class starting this fall, class of 2029. Their goal is 150 students.
- Johns Water Management District with clear, actionable guidance to implement a timely, cost-effective
- Rodman is known as a world-class fishery for a reason.
- Johns River remains impaired, citing the failure of the 2008 Basin Management Action Plan for the Lower
- John's River remains impaired, citing the failure of the 2008 Basin Management Action Plan for the Lower
Bills:
S0302, S0394, S0480, S0546, S0636, S0774, S0796, S1028, S1050, S1066, S1120, S1230, S1288, S1682
Keywords:
cybersecurity, information technology, data management, local government compliance, cloud services, state agency oversight, integrated governance, conservation lands, land exchange, state-owned land, Acquisition and Restoration Council, Florida water management, environmental protection, beach management, beach erosion, beach nourishment, coastal resilience, shoreline protection, critical erosion, critically eroded beach
Summary:
The committee heard and advanced several bills, beginning with CS/SB 796, which would create Veterinary Professional Associates as a new supervised veterinary role, expand telehealth prescription timeframes, and set training and scope limits. Supporters said it would improve access to care, lower costs, and create a career path, while opponents argued the proposal lacked a clear regulatory framework, could create liability and federal-law conflicts, and would not address the real shortage in rural large-animal practice. After debate, the committee reported the bill favorably.
Members also heard and favorably reported SB 1682 on local authority over derelict and abandoned vessels, CS/SB 1028 on a commercial Citizens clearinghouse for property insurance, SB 394 on exempting certain reinsurance underwriting managers from licensing, SB 636 on beach management and erosion designations, CS/SB 546 on public notice for conservation land sales or exchanges, CS/SB 302 on Biscayne Bay nature-based solutions and related coastal resiliency provisions, SB 1050 on pharmacy choice for pet medications, and SB 774 extending workers’ compensation benefits to 911 public safety telecommunicators for mental and nervous injuries. Testimony on these bills generally focused on access, regulatory clarity, environmental protection, or workforce support, with some concerns raised on insurance consumer protections and beach-management language.
Senator Harrell’s bills were also taken up and reported favorably: CS/SB 480, a major overhaul of state IT governance creating DIGIT and new procurement, reporting, and workforce structures; CS/SB 1230, restricting PFAS-containing firefighting foam and adding testing, inventory, and disposal requirements; and CS/SB 1288, a naming bill designating the Andrew Red Harris Shoal and requiring markers. Finally, the committee heard extensive testimony on SB 1066 regarding restoration of the Oklawaha/Rodman system, with supporters emphasizing ecological restoration, flood-risk reduction, and economic benefits, and opponents warning about local impacts, water quality, and the loss of a world-class fishery. The transcript ends during testimony on that bill, before final action is shown.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Education Study Oct 15th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- My family comes from a farming background, and my mom graduated with the largest high school class ever
- That was a big class for her.
- What's our call to action to put energy into the system to increase our math and science results?
- But I think here what I I'm making a call to action here to support another high school assessment.
- Plan interventions, or plan whether or not a student is going to go into an ELD class for the next year
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 4 on Climate Crisis, Resources, Energy, and Transportation Mar 19th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- some examples of communities that, prior to this investment, had nothing, and now they have world-class
- Excuse me, approximately how many, how big is your class? It's 40, 40 peace officers.
- In January 2024, CalRecycle selected the Circular Action Alliance as the PRO, the Producer Recycling
- You're right that there have been challenges, and there is action taking place to address that and allow
- And then final question: does DTSC or the Department of Finance expect a need to take action regarding
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- In spring 2024, Dell Med graduated its fifth class with 100% of the class matching with residency programs
- The university itself has been one of the key drivers in creating a middle class and professional class
- 7% growth in our freshman class.
- classes?
- group class as well.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- But to look at them as a class of people—people that need help, not connected with financial matters,
- We're a totally separate class from what they're looking at in these bills.
- Their actions demonstrate a clear disregard for our local governance and planning priorities.
- Every day counts, and we ask you to take actions quickly. Thank you.
- We think all it does is bring out actions of bad actors that reflect poorly on the entire industry.
Bills:
SB467, SB325, SB867, SB994, SB1052, SB1237, SB1449, SB1531, SB2063, SB2172, SB2173, SB2520, SB2529, SB2538, SB2541, SJR46, SJR84
Keywords:
SB 467, Texas property tax, ad valorem tax, homestead exemption, residence homestead, fire damage, house fire, destroyed home, temporary tax relief, appraisal district, chief appraiser, local taxing unit, tax rollback, tax refund, Tax Code Chapter 11, prorated exemption, homestead improvement, disaster relief, property tax exemption, residential property
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- the rates other than meeting what we're required to under the budget, which is not to exceed that class
- <00:23:11.400>
And <00:23:11.560>so That class line. - And so, if we don't exceed the class line, which we expect this year, that money will be paid out to
- But that at the end of the day this body could take an action that overrides that existing agreement.
- this body could take an action this body could take an action that that that overrides overrides
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs (05/14/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- Page two, class A misdemeanor or felony. I think it says that. That's failure to submit.
- Page two: class A misdemeanor or felony, I think it says that. That's failure to submit.
- Well, it's a class B felony when committed by an entity, right?
- I'm not sure why you wouldn't need, if you know, we have a special class for scammers or something, you
- <01:25:04.400>
for know we have a special class for know we have a special class for scammers
Summary:
The committee took up an amended bill, sponsored by Rep. Lily Walsh, aimed at requiring certain foreign principals involved in New Hampshire real estate transactions to file an affidavit electronically with the Department of Justice. Walsh explained that she revised the proposal after the first hearing by limiting it to leases longer than 14 days, removing notarization, allowing electronic filing, shortening notification timelines, and clarifying that lessors or agents would not have to verify the affidavit’s truthfulness. She asked the committee to recommend the bill ought to pass with amendment and also noted a technical correction to use “real estate licensee” rather than “realtor.”
The main opposition came from a real estate practitioner on the committee, who argued the bill was burdensome, could create discrimination concerns, and would place real estate professionals in an improper enforcement role. He also questioned the bill’s practical effect and pointed to existing federal CFIUS procedures as a better mechanism for handling foreign investment concerns. Several members echoed concerns about whether the state had authority to regulate in this area, whether the bill would actually stop bad actors, and whether it could be enforced without discriminatory impacts.
Representatives from New Boston Space Force Station testified in support, saying the legislation was critical to national security because proximity to the installation could allow adversaries to observe operations or interfere with radio frequency communications. They argued federal processes were too slow or ineffective and that state action could better push hostile actors away from the base. Committee members questioned the technical basis for the 10-mile buffer, whether it would really help, and why federal agencies were not handling the issue. No vote was taken during the exchange shown in the transcript.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Business and Professions Committee Apr 21st, 2026
Business and Professions
Transcript Highlights:
- We need some actions today. We need some actions today.
- However, they face growing financial pressure, especially with recent actions such as HR 1, and will
- But then there's a certain class of interior designers who are saying, we are ourselves entrepreneurs
- I'll just second one point there: the class of interior designers that this bill is meant to address
- But then there's a certain class of interior designers who are saying, we are ourselves entrepreneurs
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Executive Departments and Administration (04/22/2026)
Executive Departments and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- repeal, simply designed to ensure that this is in fact operating as intended and requiring positive action
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KY
Transcript Highlights:
- This ensures that it's not just capital and class A felonies that are ineligible.
- It adds it to class B felonies that there would be no mandatory re-entry supervision program for.
- A felonies that are and class A felonies that are ineligible.<00:16:01.040>
It <00:16:01.199>< - It adds it to class B ineligible.
- In other words, they of their actions.
Summary:
The House Judiciary Committee met to consider two major bills. First, House Bill 521, relating to stalking, was presented by Majority Leader Steven Rudy with testimony from the Kentucky Association of Sexual Assault Programs. Supporters said Kentucky’s stalking laws need updating to address modern electronic and technology-based stalking and to better protect victims of persistent, ongoing harassment. Members asked about fiscal impact and prison costs; Rudy said the bill was mainly a statutory update and should have no new prison impact. The committee then voted 17-0 to pass HB 521 with favorable expression.
The committee next took up House Bill 422, known as Logan’s Law, which was presented by Rep. Dan Fister and Rep. T.J. Roberts with emotional testimony from George Typton, father of Logan Typton. The bill responds to the 2015 murder of Logan Typton and seeks to revise Kentucky’s insanity defense, limit mandatory re-entry supervision for certain violent offenses, require consecutive sentences for multiple victims, and change life-without-parole rules so juries can impose it more directly in intentional murder cases. Typton described the crime and argued the current system failed his family; several members expressed sympathy and support.
After a committee substitute was adopted, Roberts explained that the substitute preserved an insanity defense modeled on Alaska’s rule, rather than abolishing it, and clarified that a defendant must be unable to appreciate the nature of their actions due to mental illness or intellectual disability. He also said the bill would ensure consistency in insanity verdicts across multiple counts and provide treatment options for those found guilty but mentally ill. Rep. Marzian raised concerns about mental health funding, prison costs, and corrections impacts, while Scott West of the Kentucky Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers warned the bill could reduce plea bargaining flexibility and slow the courts if sentencing becomes more automatic. The bill remained under consideration after testimony, with no final vote shown in the transcript.
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- And so they are running those classes as people in those areas receive those court orders to attend classes
- In action, and we're starting to see the results, which can help that.
- They're taking the four required graduate-level classes.
- They're taking the four required graduate level classes.
- So those are for graduate-level classes, which the tuition and fees for graduate-level class is higher
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division III (03/28/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
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of rates creating a separate class of rates creating a separate class of facilities - <00:55:06.000>
or legislative um actions or legislative um actions or recommendations<00:55 - Landscape label, Division 3, status of budget actions related to House Bills 1 and 2.
- So the governor added the amounts that are being reduced by this action.
- Um and would be reduced by this action.
Summary:
The Division 3 work session focused largely on amendment 1176 to HB 2, which would have incorporated the substance of HB 548FN, a House-passed bill creating a direct-pay or membership-based model for health care facilities. Representative Mlan described the proposal as a way to increase competition in health care by extending the direct-care model used in primary care to facilities, arguing it could encourage innovation and that concerns about widespread harm to critical access hospitals were overstated. He pointed to Oklahoma’s long-standing Surgical Center model as evidence that the approach had not spread broadly or displaced hospitals there.
Several members and witnesses raised concerns. Representative Stringham questioned whether the model would shift profitable services and patients away from existing hospitals, potentially worsening their finances and affecting Medicaid-related funding. David Ross, speaking for county nursing homes, opposed the language because it also removed moratoriums on nursing home, skilled nursing, inpatient rehabilitation, and self-pay beds, warning that it could increase pressure on Medicaid rates and undermine community-based care. Ben Bradley of the New Hampshire Hospital Association said the proposal appeared to create a separate regulatory framework for direct-pay facilities and raised concerns about patient safety, CMS participation rules, and a separate patient bill of rights.
The chair concluded that, because HB 548 was already moving through the Senate, the HB 2 process was not the best vehicle for the policy and that the issue should be left to the Senate’s more deliberative committee process. Representative Ferski moved to not accept or remove amendment 1176 from the agenda, and the committee approved the motion by roll call, 9-0, withdrawing the item from HB 2.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance (10/30/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- To this day, that action members.
- The bill also eliminates Class 2 renewable energy certificates entirely.
- Our constituents are demanding action.
- Thank you. constituents are demanding action. And constituents are demanding action.
- those there are 20 25 30 kids in a class those there are 20 25 30 kids in a class and<02:04:27.040
Summary:
The Finance Committee met on October 30 to act on a series of House bills that had been moved during the budget process and, in many cases, were already addressed in the state budget. The chair explained that bills covered by the budget would generally be reported inexpedient to legislate, while some others would be placed on the consent calendar or handled separately. Early votes were largely unanimous, including House Bill 54, which would allow alternate treatment centers to operate for profit; the committee voted 25-0 ought to pass and sent it to the consent calendar.
The committee then recommended inexpedient to legislate on House Bill 97, a wastewater and infrastructure appropriation bill, because the funding had been replaced in House Bill 2 with $2.5 million in each of fiscal years 2026 and 2027. Representative Rum opposed the ITL motion, arguing the projects would otherwise burden local property taxpayers and that the funding was important for housing and municipal infrastructure, but the motion passed 14-11. House Bill 111, dealing with the right-to-know ombudsman, was also reported ITL 14-11 on the grounds that the budget already made significant reforms and separate action could create conflicting statutory language.
House Bill 164, creating funding for a local government records manager position in the Secretary of State’s office, received a unanimous amendment appropriating $150,000 for fiscal year 2027 and then passed 25-0 ought to pass as amended, moving to the regular calendar. House Bill 197, the Property Tax Relief Act, drew extended debate over whether restoring a state contribution to retirement system costs would reduce local property taxes; supporters framed it as tax relief for municipalities and school districts, while opponents said the effect would be minimal or offset by other retirement-system changes. The committee ultimately voted 14-11 ITL, with a minority report requested. House Bill 215, requiring landfill permit applicants to submit a report on potential harms and benefits, was amended and then passed 25-0 ought to pass as amended. House Bill 216, which would remove a workers’ compensation-related service-credit limit for certain disability retirement cases, was voted ITL 25-0 after the sponsor said the fiscal impact was too uncertain. Finally, House Bill 219, which would redirect renewable portfolio standard funds and was amended to delay its effective date to July 1, 2027, advanced after debate over electricity costs and renewable energy policy; the committee adopted the amendment unanimously and then voted on the bill as amended.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, Select Jul 31st, 2025
Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, Select
Transcript Highlights:
- What we learned... from this and what actions we take and what actionable items we demand, not options
- Additional insights will be documented in our after-action review and our corrective action. plans.
- Additional insights will be documented in our after action review and corrective action. plans.
- We have an emergency action plan, an after-action review, and corrective action plans. interviews from
- We have taken measures. since then and had an after action report or after action meeting.
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- It changed implementation from guesswork into action and guidance.
- <00:09:28.959>
It <00:09:29.200>is with each each graduating class. - It is with each each graduating class.
- So over the the lifetime of that class.
- , >> in front of the entire class, >> in front of the entire class, >> completely
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- were passing it and half the time she was was looking at materials that had nothing to do with her class
- solutions. to a problem it has created without listening to the very people who are suffering from its actions
- Local planning and action to serve those needs.
- written consent from parents for every in-classroom guidance hour would be so burdensome on schools that class
- to encourage students to withhold information from parents is already punishable with disciplinary action
Bills:
HB367, HB497, HB549, HB983, HB 1188, HB 1290, HB1368, HB2243, HB2310, HB2849, HB3099, HB3546, HB3629, HB3627
Keywords:
education, absences, severe illness, life-threatening, school policy, verification, healthcare, insurance, affordability, coverage, patient rights, school health, respiratory distress, airway clearance devices, medication training, public health, HB 983, Texas Education Agency, TEA, educator privacy
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
WAM-GVO, WAM-WLA Informational Briefings 01-13-2026
Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- <03:03:15.720>
Thank with this particular class, right? - only do it one class at a time. only do it one class at a time.
- I mean, to just do more than one recruitment class, right?
- Yeah, our course of action is requesting a waiver.
- <03:38:26.120>
Either table with no plan of action. Either table with no plan of action.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- identifying specific corrective actions identifying specific corrective actions the<00:13:03.839
- And we have finished up C classes across the state, digital literacy classes.
- um we have we finished up C classes um we have we finished up C classes across<00:41:38.079>
- And we've just implemented our classes.
- takes corrective action? takes corrective action?
NY
New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York State Senate Session - 05/21/2026
New York Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Wilson, your life is a master class in grace, resilience, and love.
- ACTIONS CARRY FORWARD THE DEDICATION TO THE GOAL.
- of law enforcement, is that pay now — essentially they are not allowed to be paid for taking that action
- Because of the circumstances of the situation, he was going to be charged with a class A misdemeanor
- BECAUSE OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES, OF THE SITUATION, HE WAS GOING TO BE CHARGED WITH A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR
Summary:
The Senate opened with routine proceedings, approval of the prior day’s journal, and several motions to restore previously passed bills to the third-reading calendar. Senate Print 2436A, an amendment to the Administrative Code of New York City, and Senate Print 7160, an amendment to the Elder Law, were both reconsidered and restored to the calendar by roll call. Amendments were also received on Senate Print 9960, which retained its place on the third-reading calendar. The chamber then paused to honor Madeline Wilson on her 100th birthday and Marilyn D. Mosley through previously adopted resolutions, with family members and guests recognized on the floor. The Senate also welcomed Columbia Kicks Cancer, a student-run East Greenbush fundraising team that raised more than $239,000 for blood cancer research and care.
The Finance Committee reported Senate Print 9005C, a budget bill amending Chapter 268 of the Laws of 1996, directly to third reading, and the Senate accepted the report and the message of necessity. The bill was then taken up on the controversial calendar, leading to extended debate on Part LL, which focused on limits on state and local cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, including 287(g) agreements, informal cooperation, masking rules for law enforcement, sensitive locations such as polling places, and the creation of an Office of Immigration Trust within the Attorney General’s office. Supporters argued the bill would keep state and municipal employees focused on their own duties, protect constitutional rights, and prevent New York resources from being used for federal immigration enforcement; they also said it would not bar all cooperation or prevent local police from responding to crime. Opponents argued it would hinder public safety, restrict law enforcement cooperation, and interfere with local discretion, while some raised concerns about constitutional issues and the practical effects on sheriffs, county jails, and police agencies.
The debate also included a separate provision creating a civil cause of action for constitutional-rights violations by federal, state, or local officials, which supporters described as an accountability measure. Members further discussed the masking section, with supporters saying it applied broadly to officials and was intended to withstand constitutional scrutiny, while opponents cited a recent Ninth Circuit ruling striking down a similar California law. The Office of Immigration Trust and its complaint/referral process were also examined, including the role of the Governor and the State Education Department in reviewing alleged violations. No final vote on the controversial calendar bill was taken in the portion of the transcript provided.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, July 17, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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to stated, "We need legislative action to stated, "We need legislative action - Lack of action."
- Lack of action." conflicts of interest. Lack of action."
- We must take action now.
- We must not see We must take action now.