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NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Session (06/05/2025)

New Hampshire Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Black children are advantaged by the voucher programs. And finally, children in long-term poverty.
  • Black children are advantaged by the voucher programs. And finally, children in long-term poverty.
  • And finally, children in programs. And finally, children in long-term<02:28:46.840> poverty.
  • This is about our children. It's enough. This is about our children.
  • minor children. We should tread lightly. minor children. We should tread lightly.
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Health and Human Services (01/22/2025)

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Thank you. newborn children in order to codify how newborn children in order to codify how the<01:03:
  • country where there there are children country where there there are children that<01:35:20.639>
  • children 16 17 years old as sex traffick children 16 17 years old as sex traffick I<01:35:39.800>
  • <01:40:29.159> too<01:40:29.480> I minute I missed this here I missed too I minute
  • I missed this here I missed too I wasn't<01:40:29.840> looking<01:40:30.119> down<01:40
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

House in Session Apr 29th, 2025

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's no conspiracy to believe that I am in control of my children.
  • I believe that children need to know, parents need to know so much earlier.
  • By fiscal policy, children, Families, and Elder Affairs and Senator Rouson.
  • They never had a chance that our children have. So when Rep.
  • Our children are not statistics. They are our future.
Bills: HB 1500, HJR 7, HJR 112, HB 34, HB 133, HB 112, HB 119, HB 128, HB 130, HB 132, HB 2756, HB 166, HB 406, HB 186, HB 271, HB 331, HB 380, HB 1583, HB 1584, HB 1819, HB 621, HB 303, HB 552, HB 366, HB 463, HB 1211, HB 1327, HB 1461, HB 923, HB 1760, HB 2043, HB 2467, HB 5333, HB 5265, HB 1592, HB 1576, HB 1552, HB 2018, HB 3511, HB 1781, HB 2013, HB 2340, HB 2349, HB 2508, HB 2970, HB 2520, HB 865, HB 2851, HB 3385, HB 3336, HB 3529, HB 3309, HB 1127, HB 1232, HB 1397, HB 4236, HB 1804, HB 1926, HB 4041, HB 1965, HB 1964, HB 2679, HB 2730, HB 3698, HB 3699, HCR 77, HB 3354, HB 163, HB 201, HB 272, HB 333, HB 405, HB 519, HB 569, HB 654, HB 694, HB 791, HB 1006, HB 1136, HB 1240, HB 1266, HB 1275, HB 1437, HB 1532, HB 1675, HB 1842, HB 1868, HB 1888, HB 1894, HB 1943, HB 1990, HB 2029, HB 2061, HB 2286, HB 2523, HB 2622, HB 2626, HB 2652, HB 2692, HB 2842, HB 2885, HB 2914, HB 3016, HB 3096, HB 3129, HB 3248, HB 3251, HB 3255, HB 3479, HB 3611, HB 3623, HB 3701, HB 3724, HB 3803, HB 3804, HB 3805, HB 3806, HB 3810, HB 3816, HB 3832, HB 3887, HB 4127, HB 4129, HB 4130, HB 4131, HB 4163, HB 4187, HB 4229, HB 4238, HB 4454, HB 4588, HB 4643, HB 4736, HB 4738, HB 4739, HB 4945, HB 5015, HB 5616, SB 767, SB 1619, SB 1738, HJR 5, HJR 2, HB 1399, HB 388, HB 114, HB 205, HB 2789, HB 2791, HB 499, HB 2960, HB 3163, HB 3135, HB 2427, HB 1672, HB 1722, HB 2618, HB 879, HB 1126, HB 4134, HB 3513, HB 1445, HB 1893, HB 1734, HB 3229, HB 3306, HB 1276, HB 3516, HB 4145, HB 1585, HB 4810, HB 2558, HB 2742, HB 1695, HB 33, HB 144, HB 109, HB 103, HB 148, HB 3809, HB 2217, HB 220, HB 2421, HB 2363, HB 421, HB 2455, HB 3711, HB 2559, HB 2775, HB 3126, HB 3666, HB 3595, HB 3260, HB 3376, HB 3826, HB 3770, HB 1831, HB 2614, HB 3113, HB 322, HB 431, HB 869, HB 1203, HB 1244, HB 1875, HB 1950, HB 2152, HB 2341, HB 2809, HB 2856, HB 3012, SB 1415, SB 1058, SB 487, SB 1499, SB 513, SB 1697, SB 1197, SB 1437, SB 1809, SB 836, SB 1879, SB 1145, SB 963, SB 1038, SB 1147, SB 914, SB 711, SB 1409, HB 3707, HB 589, HB 1360, HB 2337, HB 2391, HB 718, HB 23, HB 2436, HB 1500, HJR 7, HJR 112, HB 34, HB 133, HB 112, HB 119, HB 128, HB 130, HB 132, HB 2756, HB 166, HB 406, HB 186, HB 271, HB 331, HB 380, HB 1583, HB 1584, HB 1819, HB 621, HB 303, HB 552, HB 366, HB 463, HB 1211, HB 1327, HB 1461, HB 923, HB 1760, HB 2043, HB 2467, HB 5333, HB 5265, HB 1592, HB 1576, HB 1552, HB 2018, HB 3511, HB 1781, HB 2013, HB 2340, HB 2349, HB 2508, HB 2970, HB 2520, HB 865, HB 2851, HB 3385, HB 3336, HB 3529, HB 3309, HB 1127, HB 1232, HB 1397, HB 4236, HB 1804, HB 1926, HB 4041, HB 1965, HB 1964, HB 2679, HB 2730, HB 3698, HB 3699, HB 3354, HB 163, HB 201, HB 272, HB 333, HB 405, HB 519, HB 569, HB 654, HB 694, HB 791, HB 1006, HB 1136, HB 1240, HB 1266, HB 1275, HB 1437, HB 1532, HB 1675, HB 1842, HB 1868, HB 1888, HB 1894, HB 1943, HB 1990, HB 2029, HB 2061, HB 2286, HB 2523, HB 2622, HB 2626, HB 2652, HB 2692, HB 2842, HB 2885, HB 2914, HB 3016, HB 3096, HB 3129, HB 3248, HB 3251, HB 3255, HB 3479, HB 3611, HB 3623, HB 3701, HB 3724, HB 3803, HB 3804, HB 3805, HB 3806, HB 3810, HB 3816, HB 3832, HB 3887, HB 4127, HB 4129, HB 4130, HB 4131, HB 4163, HB 4187, HB 4229, HB 4238, HB 4454, HB 4588, HB 4643, HB 4736, HB 4738, HB 4739, HB 4945, HB 5015, HB 5616, SB 767, SB 1619, SB 1738, HCR 77
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session Apr 7th, 2025

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Michelle Lee with Friends of the Children in Stockton, Ms. Carol Ornelas with.
  • My apologies for missing you out of the gate.
  • Assembly Bill 373 by Assemblymember Blanca Rubio, an act relating to dependent children.
  • Gustavo was a devoted father whose values of hard work and compassion shaped the lives of his children
  • Gustavo's legacy lives on through his family. his wife Yolanda, his children Maria, Eliseo, and Gustavo
Keywords: 988, house, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Education Finance - 03/17/26

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • they know best for these children. they know best for these children.
  • they are young. children in any school children in any school room<01:35:29.600> in<01:35:29.760
  • invest in children when they are young. invest in children when they are young.
  • <01:37:08.040> were and those children were and those children were impacted<01:37:09.800>
  • because it's it's what our children because it's it's what our children need.<01:47:43.280> It's
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Public Safety Committee Oct 15th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • On street corners throughout our districts, we must confront the disturbing reality that our children
  • This crime impacts everyone: children, women, men, migrants, and refugees, with traffickers targeting
  • Garcia for sex trafficking minor children whose family members were members of the church La Luz Del
  • When we say these laws will help protect children, I question what children we are talking about because
  • And the response from my student to me was, it's okay, miss, we're used to this.
Summary: The Assembly Standing Committee on Public Safety held an informational hearing in Pomona on sex work-related crimes and efforts to combat human trafficking. The chair and Assembly Member Michelle Rodriguez framed the issue as a major public safety and victim-protection concern, referencing the repeal of the loitering law in SB 357 and the recent enactment of AB 379, which targets buyers of sex rather than sex workers. The hearing was organized into three panels: data and research, policing and anti-trafficking efforts, and courtroom/prosecution impacts. In the first panel, the California Department of Justice presented arrest and conviction data for the repealed loitering statute, noting overall declines from 2019 to 2022 but also explaining that the data did not distinguish clearly between people selling sex, people loitering to sell, and people purchasing sex. USC law professor Hannah Gary summarized a 2021 report finding that law enforcement stings and raids often lack transparency, disproportionately harm Black women, minors, LGBTQ+ people, and undocumented migrants, and rarely achieve the stated goals of protecting victims, prosecuting traffickers, or preventing trafficking. The ACLU of Southern California argued that criminalization of sex work is discriminatory and historically used to police women and people of color, and that laws aimed at buyers still harm sex workers and can increase immigration consequences. Committee members asked about data collection, racial disparities, and whether the new law could worsen profiling; the panelists urged public health approaches, better data, and more survivor services. The second panel featured the California DOJ human trafficking coordinator, Pomona Police Chief Mike Ellis, and survivor advocate Jess Torres of Rising Worldwide. DOJ described its regional trafficking teams, task forces, victim services, and prosecutions, emphasizing a victim-centered and trauma-informed approach. Chief Ellis said SB 357 limited police intervention and contributed to visible open-air prostitution near schools and other sensitive locations, citing complaints from residents and a reported drop in juvenile rescues in Pomona after the law changed; he supported AB 63-style enforcement with safeguards and service referrals. Torres, speaking as a survivor, argued that anti-trafficking policy must be survivor-led, that many youth in the sex trade are boys or LGBTQ youth, and that criminalization and street enforcement often worsen harm and displacement rather than solving the underlying problems. In the final panel, a Riverside County deputy district attorney said AB 63 could help law enforcement make earlier contact with potential victims and identify traffickers, while stressing the need for training, documentation, and oversight. A Los Angeles County public defender argued that prosecuting trafficked people reinforces traffickers’ control, creates lifelong barriers, and retraumatizes survivors, and pointed to diversion programs as a better model. The Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking began its testimony by describing its survivor services and crisis response work. The hearing ended without any vote or formal action, but with committee members and witnesses continuing to debate the balance between enforcement, data collection, and survivor-centered services.
FL

Florida 2026 5th Special Session

Rules Apr 1st, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • To consider infants and young children with pre-existing genetic conditions.
  • opinion for their children, and reunify families who would otherwise be wrongfully separated.
  • The solution that Bill 304 proposes is that it ensures vulnerable children receive a second opinion,
  • Next, we're going to take up tab 20, SB 1286, on harming or neglecting children.
  • Osgood, because I don’t want to miss it. ...A lot of people call me Dr.
Summary: The committee took up a long agenda of bills, beginning with CS/SB 678, which would allow pawnbroker transaction forms to be printed or digital; it drew support from a business representative and was reported favorably. Members then heard several bills by Senator Leak, including SB 466 to designate St. Johns County as the site of the Florida Museum of Black History and create a board to work with the museum foundation and Florida Memorial University; the bill drew supportive testimony about preserving accurate Black history and the significance of the site, and it passed favorably. Leak’s CS/SB 578 would let Florida wineries use recyclable inserts and other alternative containers for larger wine sales, and it also passed favorably. SB 582 would increase penalties for unlawful demolition of historic buildings and structures, limiting the higher penalties to certain nationally or internationally recognized historic properties; it was supported by preservation advocates and reported favorably. CS/SB 1168 would create an aggravated offense for installing or using tracking devices or apps in furtherance of crimes such as murder, domestic violence, or robbery, and it passed favorably after a brief discussion about stalking and violent crimes. CS/SB 806 would make the Florida Attorney General the exclusive public official with standing to enforce Florida charitable trusts, limiting out-of-state attorneys general from suing over Florida-administered trusts; members debated whether this would burden out-of-state beneficiaries, but the bill was reported favorably. SB 1228 would advance spring restoration efforts for Ichetucknee Springs and Santa Fe spring flows and allow a utility compliance plan amendment to deliver reclaimed water to replenish the aquifer; it passed favorably. CS/CS/SB 304 would require a qualified medical opinion in child protective investigations involving infants and young children with possible genetic or medical conditions that can mimic abuse, and it drew emotional support from parents and advocates before passing favorably. SB 1286 would clarify that ordinary unsupervised childhood activities like biking or playing outside do not constitute neglect absent reckless endangerment, and it was reported favorably. SB 1318, the hands-free driving bill, generated the most extensive debate: it renames the texting-while-driving law, expands the prohibition to handheld device use, and adds penalties in work zones and school zones; supporters cited fatal crash statistics and personal loss, while opponents raised concerns about enforcement, civil liberties, racial disparities in traffic stops, and the need for broader distracted-driving and insurance reforms. Despite those concerns, the bill was reported favorably after amendments. The committee also approved two claims bills, SB 14 for the estate of Penao-Hanvier against Miami Beach and SB 20 for J.N. against Hillsborough County, both settled claims recommended favorably by the special master. Finally, CS/SB 68 would modernize health facilities authority financing for private not-for-profit health systems, and CS/SB 172 would restrict misuse of health care specialty titles while preserving titles authorized under existing practice acts; both were discussed with questions about doctors, optometrists, and CRNAs, and both were reported favorably after amendment and debate.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Health and Human Services (03/26/2025)

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Therefore, he said, there is a strict prior authorization process and it is restricted to only children
  • that are uh have one or two children that are uh susceptible<00:08:17.520> to<00:08:17.680>
  • <00:10:03.560> in uh you know you know 60,000 children in uh you know you know 60,000 children
  • And there are mothers who came with their children.
  • And there are mothers who came with their children.
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

State of the Union Address by the President of the United States (Tuesday, February 24, 2026)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And the senator from Minnesota, Miss Clolobachar.
  • And the senator from Minnesota, Miss<00:21:14.880> Clolobachar.
  • homeschools her children, beautiful, two children,<01:07:43.760> during<01:07:44.079> the<
  • Thank you, Brad. 25 million American children. 25 million American children.
  • Your daughter was a true American patriot, and she will be greatly missed. She was a great person.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee 4/28/26

Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • > Youth,<00:04:44.240> and The Department of Children, Youth, and The Department of Children
  • that children are thriving. that children are thriving.
  • children from one center to another. children from one center to another.
  • Care of children.
  • children served. children served.
Keywords: 1183, house
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Senate Health and Human Services (04/08/2026)

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:35:57.599> and<00:35:58.000> 8,885 children and 8,885 children and 8,885 adults<00:
  • He missed several months of SNAP.
  • She's He missed several months of SNAP.
  • And that's a sweet spot that we are really good at missing.
  • Um I did put this cover good at missing.
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

November 2025 State Budget and Economic Forecast Presentation - 12/04/25

Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • We've got little children going to school today who their president called garbage.
  • We've got little<00:46:14.319> children<00:46:14.560> going<00:46:14.800> to<00:
  • 46:14.960> school<00:46:15.119> today little children going to school today little children
  • We invested 10 billion into children.
  • <01:42:50.800> opportunities look back point to missed opportunities look back point to missed
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MD

Maryland 2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session, 3/20/2026 #2

Maryland House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is a study of a million children.
  • a million children. a million children.
  • <01:20:28.960> of not be a smart idea since children of not be a smart idea since children
  • <01:29:11.120> are children, just 9% of children are children, just 9% of children are actually
  • includes Marshall, three ch two children includes Marshall, three ch two children representing<02
Summary: The House met in Annapolis with 107 members present and proceeded through the journal and a series of Appropriations Committee reports. Several bills were advanced on favorable reports without amendment, including measures on constitutional officers’ salaries, correctional officer retirement systems for Dorchester and Allegany counties, Carroll and Calvert County public facilities bonds, higher education financial assistance for incarcerated individuals, and a bill on community college promise scholarship eligibility for Delmar High School graduates. Other bills received amendments before being ordered for third reading, including measures on community college trustee membership, Frederick Community College board meeting and training requirements, Howard County school funding disclosures, courts administrative judges’ stipends, correctional officers retirement membership clarifications, the Children’s Cabinet Fund, and a law enforcement pension bill limiting military service credit eligibility to helicopter pilots in state aviation units. The chamber also considered HB 1581 on horse racing facility ownership, development, licensing, and operations. Amendments expanded the bill to include additional economic development provisions for the Prince George’s County Blue Line corridor, Pimlico-related funding and community input requirements, a larger lottery-fund distribution for the racing community development financing fund, and changes to the bus rapid transit grant program. The bill’s favorable report as amended was adopted, and it was ordered for third reading. During debate on a separate amendment to HB 894, the Maryland Transit and Housing Opportunity Act, members argued over project labor agreements: opponents said PLA requirements raise costs and limit competition, while supporters said the provision was optional, supported stability and predictability, and was part of a broader compromise. The amendment was rejected after discussion, and the bill remained amended. The House also took up HB 1430 on charter school facilities funding, adopting amendments that reduced the per-pupil amount and narrowed eligibility for certain districts, then advancing the bill as amended. In addition, HB 1248 was amended to convert a part-time state employment pilot program into a work group, and HB 680 was amended to adjust future appropriations for local management boards. Across the session, most actions were routine committee report adoptions and amendment votes, with no recorded roll-call counts in the excerpt except the initial quorum call.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Public Safety Committee Jun 30th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • Our children cannot wait for the technology to slow down. The law has to catch up now.
  • I've seen your young children.
  • Kenwin, with Legal Services for Prisoners with Children, in opposition. Sorry, go ahead.
  • Time and time again, California has seen violent repeat offenders hurting children...
  • He and Win, with Legal Services for Prisoners with Children, in opposition.
Summary: The committee heard several bills, though no final votes were taken because a quorum had not yet been established. SB 493 by Senator Becker would add war or armed conflict to California’s price-gouging emergency triggers, with the author and supporters arguing it would protect consumers from gas-price spikes tied to international conflict. Opponents, including business and housing groups, warned the bill could over-trigger emergency powers and create broad, ongoing price controls. The chair indicated support for an aye-as-amended recommendation once quorum was reached. SB 1056 by Senator Grayson would require protective orders for disclosure of sexually explicit material involving adult victims in specified criminal cases. Denise Huskins-Quinn and Aaron Quinn testified in support, describing how sensitive evidence in their case was copied and handled without adequate safeguards; supporters said the bill would extend privacy protections similar to those already used for child sexual abuse material. Criminal defense attorneys supported the goal but raised concerns about notice procedures and how the bill would apply when material is in the public domain. The chair said the bill filled a gap in existing law and would receive an aye recommendation. SB 1208 by Senator Grayson would let law enforcement seize and return crypto assets used in scams and fraud to victims. The Attorney General’s office and law enforcement groups supported the bill as a tool to recover losses from transnational crypto fraud, while the ACLU and public defenders argued it lowered the burden of proof, raised constitutional concerns, and could be misused against unbanked or low-level defendants. The chair nevertheless said the bill aligned with existing law for stolen property and would be recommended aye. SB 874 by Senator Weber-Pearson would strengthen oversight of Medi-Cal behavioral health treatment services, including requiring background checks for employees of providers and convening a stakeholder workgroup; it drew support from the California Association for Behavior Analysis and no opposition was heard. Later, SB 1266 by Senator Stern would change how the value of stolen copper and related infrastructure damage is calculated, aiming to address copper theft and its costs to cities and utilities. Supporters said the bill would better capture the real harm from thefts that disrupt streetlights, telecom, and emergency services, while opponents argued it would inflate charges, turn many misdemeanors into felonies, and increase court and incarceration costs. The author said he would continue discussions and accept the amendments. Senator Cervantes presented SB 1379, which would separate the Riverside County sheriff and coroner offices and create an independent medical examiner; supporters cited in-custody death concerns and conflicts of interest, while opponents said the problem was not unique to Riverside and that the bill would override local control. Cervantes also presented SB 1418 to extend ballot-custody protections to other election records and equipment after a Riverside County ballot seizure, with support from the Attorney General’s office. Finally, Senator Blakespear began presenting SB 936 on nitrous oxide misuse, describing public health, impaired-driving, and disposal concerns, but the transcript cuts off before the bill’s testimony concluded.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 2/25/26

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • if you have two children.
  • if you have two children.
  • >> Miss<00:59:11.280> Templan. >> Miss Templan. >> Miss Templan.
  • <01:21:30.640> Miss defer to House research on that.
  • Miss defer to House research on that. Miss Haggler. >> Um<01:21:34.719> Mr.
Bills: HR1, HF387
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • I do have to say I do miss my colleague from Houston. We all do. Great job. He is.
  • I'd missed anybody. Thank you, Madam Chair, members. Thanks for being here.
  • And less than 10,000 children wound up being removed and placed in foster care.
  • And less than 10,000 children wound up being removed and placed in foster care.
  • It's associated with children being placed with relatives whenever possible.
Bills: SB 1
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Appropriations Committee, February 12, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • I mean, uh, I did it with our children. Um, why is there a problem? What's going on?
  • And I commend you both for children.
  • , babies, um, you preschool children, babies, um, you know,<00:13:27.360> children<00:13:27.600
  • ,<00:16:12.399> it point with reading to your children, it point with reading to your children
  • <00:18:47.919> are trained properly and that children are trained properly and that children
Bills: HB0111, HB0112, HB0122
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Committee on Housing (01/13/2026)

Housing

Transcript Highlights:
  • Questions for Miss Burgio. Representative Bullard.
  • >> Yeah, we've missed you. It >> Yeah, we've missed you.
  • Thank you, Miss Worth. Appreciate it. Pamela Rothgabber.
  • Representative >> Questions for Miss Van.
  • >> Any questions for Miss Van? Seeing none. >> Any questions for Miss Van?
Keywords: 1189, house, all
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 1/22/25

Housing Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • c> before<00:19:23.080> you<00:19:23.200> begin<00:19:23.440> I those and Miss
  • Frost before you begin I those and Miss Frost before you begin I think<00:19:23.840> that's<00
  • Then I would say the other thing we're missing, and again I think probably most of the developers would
  • wiel I think our first presentation Miss wiel I think our first question<00:31:10.240> on<00:
  • in the other direction Miss in the other direction Miss W<00:31:37.200> boy<00:31:37.760>
Keywords: 1183, house
Summary: The House Housing Finance and Policy Committee approved the previous meeting’s minutes and then heard testimony from Housing First Minnesota and the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities on housing supply, affordability, and land-use policy. Mark Foster of Housing First Minnesota said the state is chronically undersupplied by roughly 100,000 units, that the median new single-family home price has risen above $530,000, and that only about 27% of Twin Cities households can now afford a new home. He argued that regulatory and local approval processes, especially planned unit developments and aesthetic mandates, add significant cost and reduce the number of homes built, and he urged the committee to remove exclusionary barriers and modernize residential development approvals. Members questioned Foster about zoning, aesthetic requirements, and homeowners associations. He said most new housing in growing metro communities is negotiated through PUDs, which he described as increasing costs and limiting supply, and gave examples such as stone exterior requirements adding thousands of dollars to a home. He also said HOAs can be useful in some cases but are often imposed when not needed. Several legislators responded positively to the Housing First Minnesota Foundation’s work, including transitional housing and veteran housing projects. Elizabeth Wefel of the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities said cities outside the metro also face a housing shortage, but their challenges differ: market failure, inadequate sewer and water infrastructure, and gaps in starter, workforce, and senior housing. She said many Greater Minnesota cities are already updating zoning, reducing lot sizes, allowing more density and ADUs, and investing local money, land, and partnerships to spur development. She asked the legislature to speed up rollout of housing funds, support infrastructure and workforce programs, and adjust housing tax credit and TIF rules, while warning against one-size-fits-all preemption of local zoning authority. Members discussed the need for tailored solutions and the differences between metro and Greater Minnesota housing markets.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Jun 8th, 2026

California Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • When a neighbor told Larry that her tortoise was missing, he messaged community groups to organize search
  • Larry is survived by his two wonderful children, Amelie and the little baby Sammy.
  • Larry is survived by his two wonderful children, Amelie and the little baby Sammy, his mother Sylvia,
  • My thoughts and prayers are with Janet, his children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.
  • My thoughts and the prayers are with Janet, his children, grandchildren, and the great-grandchildren.
Keywords: 987, senate, all