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TX
Texas 89th Regular
Delivery of Government Efficiency May 7th, 2025
Delivery of Government Efficiency
Transcript Highlights:
- have registered to testify, there will be a time limit of two minutes per witness during the public testimony
- Seeing none, thank you for your testimony. Thank you for your testimony, I appreciate it.
- We'll proceed to testimony. The chair calls Steve Kennard. Thank you for being here today.
- Thank you for your testimony. Members, do you have any questions of the witness?
- Parker helped co-lead that council, where the benefits of AI use in Texas were showcased in previous testimony
Keywords:
HCR 141, House Concurrent Resolution, NASA, Houston, Space City, Johnson Space Center, Mission Control, Apollo 11, moon landing, aerospace, commercial space, space exploration, Texas Space Commission, space policy, federal resolution, memorial resolution, Congress, Washington D.C., headquarters relocation, space industry
WY
Transcript Highlights:
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- So, I'll close public testimony. Committee, what's your pleasure?
Bills:
SF0009
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Criminal Jurisprudence S/C New Offenses and Changed Penalties May 8th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- If there are no further questions, the chair will move on to witness testimony.
- Chair, move on to witness testimony. The Chair calls Lily Ortiz. Ms.
- I think I heard testimony about it reduces suicide. You know what it reduces?
- Thank you for your testimony. Appreciate it. Thanks. Chair call is Timothy Mabry.
- Thank you for your testimony. Thank you. Members' questions. Thank you.
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Apr 30th, 2025
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, testimony again will be limited to 2 minutes, and I will be strict on that time limit.
- Thank you for your testimony. Chair calls Michael Hines. Can Nicholas go with him?
- OK, go ahead with your testimony, Nicholas.
- If you could pull the mic up close and go ahead and proceed with your testimony. You bet.
- Alrighty, Amen, thank you for your testimony. Yes.
Bills:
SB 36
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
March 20, 2025 - 02:00 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- No public testimony. Any debate on the amendment? Seeing no debate.
- Seeing no other questions, we'll go to public testimony.
- Seeing no further questions, we'll move to public testimony.
- Any public testimony? Is there any debate on the bill?
- Seeing no more public testimony, is there any debate on the bill?
Summary:
The committee met to hear five banking and insurance-related bills. HB 1549, an Office of Financial Regulation agency bill to help more efficiently regulate financial institutions, was amended to match Senate companion language and then passed unanimously. HB 1231 would extend physician payment and prior-authorization protections similar to a prior dental law, including limits on virtual credit card payments as the sole payment method; physicians and medical groups supported it as a way to reduce fees and retroactive denials, while insurers were not heard in opposition, and the bill passed unanimously.
The committee then heard HB 999, which would make gold and silver legal tender and allow transactions in bullion through electronic debit mechanisms. The sponsor and several proponents framed it as an inflation hedge and economic freedom measure, while questions focused on definitions, transaction costs, and vendor participation. The bill passed on a mostly party-line vote, with one member voting no. The committee also approved HM 4363, a memorial urging Congress to establish a sovereign wealth fund; the sponsor described it as a way to steward national wealth, and the memorial passed with one dissenting vote.
Finally, the committee took up HB 1551, which would create a prevailing-party attorney fee framework in insurance contract disputes. The sponsor argued it would restore balance, deter meritless litigation, and help consumers with valid claims recover fees, while insurers, business groups, and defense attorneys warned it would revive one-way fee shifting, increase litigation, and raise premiums. Consumer advocates and some members supported it as necessary to give policyholders meaningful recourse. After debate, the bill passed favorably, with one member voting no.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- With that, we're going to open up public testimony.
- With that, we're going to close public testimony and leave the bill pending.
- With that, we're going to open up public testimony. We have no one wishing to provide testimony.
- With that, we're going to close public testimony and leave the bill pending.
- We have some public testimony.
Keywords:
dispatchable generation, electricity, natural gas, ERCOT, energy credits, utilities regulation, renewable energy, arbitration, insurance contracts, surplus lines, Texas law, insurance policy, boiler inspection, boiler safety, inspection report deadline, certificate inspection, authorized inspector, inspection agency, Health and Safety Code, board of boiler rules
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Tougher penalties for introducing contraband into MN prisons, HF327, heard in committee 3/4/25
Transcript Highlights:
- It's okay; we'll hear the testimony on the bill and take A2.
- Representative Ingan, do you have any further testimony on the bill? Do you have testifiers?
- It's okay; we'll hear the testimony on the bill and take A2.
- Representative Ingan, do you have any further testimony on the bill? Do you have testifiers?
- Sheriff Wise, please state your name and begin your testimony. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Summary:
The committee took up House File 327, which would increase penalties for introducing contraband into correctional facilities, especially drugs and other dangerous items sent through the mail or brought in by outside actors. Representative Ingan described the bill as a response to a sharp rise in violations and staff exposures in DOC facilities, arguing that stronger felony penalties are needed to deter people from sending in illicit substances. The bill was laid over for possible inclusion in the committee omnibus because it has a fiscal note.
The committee adopted the DE1 author’s amendment after Representative Ingan explained it was intended to clarify language that could otherwise create a catch-22 for people arrested or booked into jail who already have contraband on them. Members then raised concerns about the breadth of the bill, including overlap with an existing DOC statute and the possibility that the language could sweep in incarcerated people in situations involving prescription medication or minor exchanges. House nonpartisan staff and members suggested the DOC provisions should be reconciled with existing law before moving forward, and some suggested narrowing the bill to focus more specifically on jails.
Sheriff Brad Wise of the Minnesota Sheriffs Association testified in support, saying contraband in jails threatens staff, inmates, visitors, and administrators and that current penalties are not enough to deter smuggling. Commissioner Paul Schell of Corrections also testified, noting that DOC already has a separate statute with a higher felony penalty for certain contraband, described the department’s mail-scanning contractor process, and said it has reduced suspected drug incidents by about two-thirds. An A2 amendment tied to medication intake practices was offered by Representative Curran but then withdrawn after discussion, with members agreeing the issue of medication access in facilities should be handled separately.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House public safety committee OKs bill to increase fines, jail time for fleeing police 2/19/25
Transcript Highlights:
- Representative Steer, with the bill now in your desired form, please begin your testimony. amendment
- State your full name and begin your testimony. Mr.
- Mr chair and members my name testimony Mr chair and members my name is<00:04:21.280>
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here interesting about the testimony here interesting about the testimony here - I think Representative Hollands put some of the concerns I had with the testimony very well.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (04/21/2025)
Science, Technology and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
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NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Executive Departments and Administration (04/17/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- Do you know relevant testimony here.
- Thank you for your testimony. All right. Thank you for your testimony. Thank<04:28:34.239>
you. - So that is my introductory testimony.
- So that is my introductory testimony.
- Always good your testimony. Thank you.
Summary:
The committee heard Senate Bill 254, which Senator David Roford described as a technical correction to controlled substance inventory law for pharmacies. He said the bill would remove outdated language requiring inventories to be done in an odd-numbered year, while keeping the existing requirement that pharmacies conduct a full controlled substance inventory every two years in line with federal law. Members asked several clarifying questions about whether the requirement is pharmacy-by-pharmacy, whether new pharmacies would be affected, and whether the change would alter scope or compliance; the sponsor and a representative of the New Hampshire Pharmacist Association said it would not, and that it mainly provides clarity for pharmacies and inspectors. The public hearing on SB 254 was then closed, and the committee also heard support from a representative of the pharmacist community, who said the association supports the bill.
The committee then discussed a non-germane amendment to SB 254 dealing with FBI background checks for educational surrogate parents under the Department of Education. Representative Leyon explained that the amendment was requested by the Department of Education after the FBI rejected prior statutory language, and that the goal was to allow people serving as educational surrogate parents to complete FBI fingerprint-based background checks so they can perform their duties. Department of Education and Department of Safety staff testified that the amendment mirrors language that has worked in other education-related background check statutes, including provisions with specific disqualifying offenses tied to child safety, and that the FBI requires precise statutory language and direct transmission of records through the Department of Safety. Members questioned why the FBI’s approval was needed, whether individuals could simply provide their own records, and whether changing federal leadership could require future changes; witnesses said the state needs both state and national records, that records must come directly from the FBI through the Department of Safety, and that the language is intended to satisfy current federal requirements.
During the discussion, some members expressed skepticism about the need for the amendment and about placing it on a bill about controlled substance inventories, but no vote was taken during the portion of the transcript provided. The committee also briefly discussed a separate bill on physician assistants/physician associates, with members noting that the proposed name change would not alter scope of practice and that some outside groups had raised concerns about transparency, but that discussion was interrupted and not concluded in the excerpt.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- written testimony to the assistant clerk.
- On page 10 of your written testimony and in your oral testimony, you talked about the pipeline to reduce
- Speaker: ...On page 10 of your written testimony and in your oral testimony, you talked about the pipeline
- I'm on page 13 of your written testimony.
- I'm on page 13 of your written testimony.
Bills:
SB 1
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection - 03/10/26
Commerce and Consumer Protection
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Joint Committee on Public Counsel Oversight Dec 8th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- And we take those depositions, prepare our expert testimony, and then we go into the courtroom and we
- They file their testimony, and we're talking about up to thousands of pages, just initial testimony.
- we were so effective against the National Data Center witnesses that they withdrew two of their testimonies
- And we actually got a lot of good information in the depositions that eroded their hearing testimony.
- I'll do the same thing with the service hearing testimony.
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Public Counsel Oversight met with a quorum present and heard an update from Public Counsel Walt Trierweiler on the work of the Office of Public Counsel. Trierweiler described the office’s role in representing Florida utility customers in rate cases and related proceedings, including investor-owned electric, water, and wastewater matters. He emphasized the office’s use of depositions, expert witnesses, customer correspondence, and service hearings to challenge unsupported utility costs while seeking outcomes that are “fair, just, reasonable, and affordable.”
A major focus of the presentation was the office’s work on large utility dockets, especially the Florida Power & Light rate case, as well as other recent cases involving Duke, TECO, Sunshine, and St. Joe. Trierweiler said the office had settled some cases but not others, had two appeals pending, and had filed motions for reconsideration where required. He also discussed storm cost recovery, affordability concerns, and the new challenge of data center tariffs and related energy and water demands. He said the office brought in new experts on affordability and data centers and was trying to get ahead of those issues through workshops and settlement efforts.
Members asked questions about how customer input is gathered, how the office evaluates a fair profit for utilities, the role of settlements and counterproposals, and the impact of data centers on energy and water use. Trierweiler said customer voices come in through hearings and correspondence, that utilities are entitled to a fair return but not imprudent costs, and that the office is concerned about data center growth and its resource demands. No votes were taken, and the committee concluded its agenda and adjourned.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you for your testimony. Jeff Scala, Florida Association of Counties.
- Thank you for your testimony. Rebecca O'Hara, Florida League of Cities. You recognize.
- Thank you for your testimony. Next, Edward Briggs, Highland Homes. You're recognized.
- Thank you for your testimony. Yvonne Fernandez, AARP, waves in support.
- Thank you for your testimony. Yvonne Fernandez AARP. AARP Waves in support.
Summary:
The Committee on Community Affairs met with a quorum present and heard three bills. First, the committee considered Senator Osgood’s home hardening products bill (CS/SB 78). An amendment was adopted that changed the sales tax exemption for impact-resistant doors and windows into a refund process, limited eligibility to homeowners with site-built homesteads valued at $700,000 or less, capped the refundable tax at $500,000 per property, and set the refund period for two years beginning July 1, 2026. After the amendment, the bill was reported favorably.
The committee then took up Senator McClain’s SB 208 on land use and development regulations. The bill would define compatibility and infill residential development, allow administrative approval of certain infill projects, and set standards for local development-related fees. Several members and stakeholders discussed possible changes to the compatibility and fee provisions. Testimony included opposition from Audubon Florida, the Florida Association of Counties, the Florida League of Cities, and 1,000 Friends of Florida, who raised concerns about sprawl, public participation, the 100-acre infill threshold, and impacts on rural lands and the Florida Wildlife Corridor. Support came from Highland Homes and several groups that waived in support, including AARP, the Florida Chamber of Commerce, and Associated Industries of Florida. The bill was reported favorably after debate.
Finally, the committee heard Senator Trumbull’s SB 118 on special assessments for recreational vehicle parks. The bill clarifies that if a local government levies a special assessment on an RV park space or campsite, the assessed square footage cannot exceed the maximum square footage allowed for a recreational vehicle. An amendment clarified the maximum square footage as 400 square feet. After brief discussion and no opposition, the committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably. The meeting then adjourned.
NV
Nevada 2025 Regular Session
Senate Committee on Health and Human Services May 31st, 2025 at 05:30 pm
Transcript Highlights:
- With that, we will go ahead and ask you to sit back, and we will open it up for support testimony if
- Please step back if you would, and we'll open up the hearing for support testimony for Assembly Bill
- We'll open it up now for opposition testimony. Any opposition testimony here in Carson City?
- Now we'll go to neutral testimony. Any neutral testimony here in Carson City?
- It's more of a technical piece, so let's go ahead and open it up for testimony in support.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Pensions, Investments & Financial Services May 19th, 2025
Pensions, Investments & Financial Services
Transcript Highlights:
- The chair calls that we'll move to testimony. The chair calls James Quintero.
- Thank you for your testimony. Thanks for being here today. Thank you.
- Thank you for your testimony.
- So if there are no further questions, we'll move on to testimony.
- If not, we'll proceed to testimony.
Keywords:
bond election, ballot proposition, debt obligation, municipal bonds, local government finance, property tax, ad valorem tax, school district bonds, county bonds, special taxing district, voter information document, public debt, municipal finance, tax-supported debt, election ballot language, bond transparency, homestead tax impact, capital improvements, general obligation bonds, public bank
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- I think as we, um, I got the opportunity to hear some testimony...
- Testimony in the energy committee talked about corporations of landowners and how sometimes families
- Thank you for your testimony, Judge. I just really wanted to make sure we have that on record.
- Alright, do you have any testimony or are you just a resource witness? We do have testimony.
- Well, thank you for your testimony. Thank you, Representative.
Keywords:
election, bonds, authorization, financial governance, public funding, HB 143, bond election, debt authorization, November uniform election date, Texas Election Code, emergency election, voter approval, municipal bonds, local government finance, public debt, school bonds, special election, uniform election date, bond issuance, water rights
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Executive Departments and Administration (03/19/2025)
Executive Departments and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- Well, thank you for your testimony. We appreciate you coming in today.
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- submit these written pieces of testimony submit these written pieces of testimony for<01:27:47.639
- thank you thank you for your testimony thank you thank you for your testimony do<01:50:26.159>
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Should Minnesota mandate coverage for infertility treatment? 4/8/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And I just want to clear that up today before we get to testimony and discussion.
- Thank you very much for the testimony, Ms. Stein. Uh, next up, Dr. Chandra C.
- Thank you for your testimony, Dr. Thank you for your testimony, Dr. Shenoy. Shenoy. Shenoy.
- . testimony. testimony.
- Thank you for your testimony. Any other members of the public wishing to testify?
Summary:
The committee heard House File 4609, the Minnesota Building Families Act, and laid it over for possible inclusion in an omnibus bill. The bill would require insurance coverage for infertility diagnosis and treatment, including IVF-related care, and the author emphasized that it would not change Minnesota’s current surrogacy laws. She also noted the bill already contains a religious exemption and clarified that it had been referred through commerce but came to health first because of reviser delays.
Supporters testified that infertility is common and financially devastating, describing personal experiences with miscarriages, cancer-related fertility loss, and large out-of-pocket costs such as second mortgages, retirement withdrawals, and fundraising. A physician testified that infertility is a disease, that delays in care can worsen outcomes, and that insurance coverage can improve health outcomes and reduce multiple births and costs. Supporters also argued that fertility coverage is already offered by some large employers and in other states without major premium increases.
Opponents, including representatives of the Minnesota Catholic Conference and Minnesota Family Council, argued the bill would subsidize IVF and potentially surrogacy, which they said raises ethical concerns about embryos, commodification, and exploitation of women. They urged the committee to vote no and instead support restorative reproductive medicine or other approaches that address underlying causes of infertility. In member discussion, some legislators expressed sympathy for families affected by infertility and miscarriage but raised concerns about insurance costs, success rates, and the need for guardrails; others noted adoption as another way families are built. No vote was taken beyond laying the bill over.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Modifying when firearms are permitted on school property 2/25/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Please state your name and proceed with your testimony.
- Thank you for listening to them. >> Thank you for your testimony.
- Thank you for listening to them. >> Thank you for your testimony.
- Uh, please proceed with your testimony. testimony. testimony.
- . >> Thank you for your testimony.