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FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Community Affairs Nov 4th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- mentioned that we opened applications for the newest housing program for the 2023-24 storms on October 6th
- In early January of this year, the state received the announcement from HUD of this allocation, which
- So in early January, in early January, happen or that directly impacted us here in Tallahassee.
- So in early January in early January of this year, the state received the announcement from HUD of this
- On October 6th, we opened the application portal for the 2023-24 Storms Housing Program.
Summary:
The Committee on Community Affairs met with a quorum present and heard several housing and disaster-recovery items. The committee heard SB 48 by Senator Gates, which would require local governments to allow voluntary accessory dwelling units, preserve homestead treatment for the owner-occupied portion of the property, limit undue parking restrictions, require 30-day minimum rentals, extend certain density bonuses for military families, and allow reusable tenant screening reports. The bill drew strong support from the Florida Association of Mortgage Professionals and several others, and it was reported favorably. The committee also heard SB 34 by Senator Sharif, creating a historic cemeteries program to help preserve historic African-American cemeteries and allow sale of excess vacant land if proceeds are used for long-term maintenance; it was also reported favorably.
The committee then considered and recommended confirmation of Fox Henderson to the Board of Directors of the Florida Housing Finance Corporation. Members also received a presentation from the Department of Commerce on the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery program and Rebuild Florida. Deputy Secretary Justin Domer described the state’s administration of HUD disaster recovery funds, including more than $4.3 billion received since 2017, housing repair and replacement programs that have completed 5,271 homes, and infrastructure and mitigation projects such as sewer conversion in Alford, the new Calhoun-Liberty Hospital, and the Florida Keys desalination plant. Members asked about average project costs, contractor oversight, corrective actions for deficient work, and audit procedures; Domer said the department uses inspections, vendor oversight, and financial penalties, and noted stricter contract consequences in newer programs.
The Division of Emergency Management also presented on Elevate Florida, a federal mitigation program that allows homeowners to apply directly for elevation, reconstruction, acquisition/demolition, or wind-mitigation projects, with a 75/25 federal-homeowner cost share and no state funds. Director Kevin Guthrie said the program is designed to reduce repetitive flood losses and keep homeowners in place, and that it has received more than 12,000 applications, with about 1,500 prioritized, 500 on a wait list, and 305 submitted to FEMA for final approval. Members asked about the 25% match for seniors, the wait list, contractor procurement, and how projects are classified; Guthrie said the program uses insurance proceeds where available, has competitively procured 27 contractors, and may shift projects from elevation to reconstruction depending on damage and flood rules. The committee adjourned after the presentations and discussion.
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Transcript Highlights:
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FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
FL House Floor Session - 2025-03-27 (9:00AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Senator of the 6th District, Senator Bradley, you're recognized to explain the bill. Thank you, Mr.
- Senator of the 6th District, Senator Bradley, you're recognized to explain the bill. Thank you, Mr.
- By formally recognizing January 27th, we strengthen our commitment to confronting hate and advancing
- Senator of the 6th District, Senator Bradley, you are recognized to explain the bill.
- Senator of the 6th, Senator Bradley, you're recognized to close. Wave close.
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum present, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and included several member introductions and recognitions, including awareness resolutions and visiting groups in the galleries. The chamber then moved to a special order calendar and took up a series of bills, with most receiving unanimous or near-unanimous support. Early measures included SB 88 on utility terrain vehicles, which would allow local governments to designate certain roads for UTV use under safety restrictions; it passed 32-5 after debate over safety concerns. SB 102 on exceptional student education would create a workforce credential and badge program for students with autism spectrum disorder or modified curricula, and passed 36-0 after discussion of workforce access and district costs. SB 106 on exploitation of vulnerable adults would allow alternative service of process through the same app used by scammers, and passed 37-0. SB 130 on compensation for victims of wrongful incarceration would extend filing deadlines and remove restrictive bars to compensation, and passed 38-0. SB 158 would eliminate cost sharing for diagnostic and supplemental breast exams under the state employee health plan, and passed 38-0 after testimony about early detection and access to follow-up care.
The most extensive debate came on SB 234, which would revise laws on resisting law enforcement and add a mandatory life sentence for manslaughter of a law enforcement officer. Supporters argued it was needed after the killing of Officer Jason Raynor and to clarify that violent resistance to officers is not justified; opponents raised concerns about removing “good faith” language, potential impacts on Fourth Amendment issues, racial profiling, and the severity of the mandatory sentence. An amendment to restore “in good faith” failed, and after further debate the sponsor temporarily postponed the bill. The Senate then passed SB 262 on technical trust-code changes by a 36-0 vote, and later recognized Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity members in the gallery.
Additional bills passed with broad support. SB 274 designated portions of Orlando roadways as Harris Rosen Way and Geraldine Thompson Way, honoring philanthropist Harris Rosen and the late Senator Geraldine Thompson; it passed 38-0 and drew a motion for co-sponsorship. SB 280 created an enforcement mechanism for candidate party-affiliation qualification requirements and passed 38-0. SB 296 repealed the statewide mandate for later middle and high school start times and shifted the issue to local districts after reporting requirements, passing 38-0. SB 356 designated January 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Florida and passed after remarks about the Holocaust memorial and the need to confront antisemitism. Throughout the session, senators frequently framed their votes in terms of public safety, education, access to care, civil justice, and commemorating community leaders and historical events.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- will promptly provide to the Office of the State Auditor all records responsive to its letter of January
- President, I am very appreciative that documents that have been requested by the auditor on January 6th
- And those are important documents, and they were contained in the January 6th, 2025 letter that was sent
Summary:
The Senate first took up several local bills and resolutions. It amended and passed to be engrossed Senate No. 1831, providing line-of-duty death benefits for the surviving spouse of Detective John DeSongy of Rutland, and passed to be engrossed House bills concerning police officer age requirements in Haverhill, Newton, and Stoneham, including exemptions for named individuals and a local age-waiver measure. The chamber also adopted congratulatory resolutions for the Florence Community Band’s 25th anniversary and for the Italian Consulate in Boston on Italian National Day.
The Senate then considered House No. 5501, the fiscal year 2027 state budget, after the House nonconcurred in the Senate’s amendment and appointed conferees. On motion, the Senate insisted on its amendment and appointed a committee of conference. The chamber also referred a House petition on a temporary liquor-license/public-consumption pilot to the Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technology after suspending Joint Rule 12.
A major floor debate centered on Senate No. 3104, a resolution responding to the Supreme Judicial Court’s May 7, 2026 order regarding the State Auditor’s request for Senate financial records. Supporters said the resolution would provide records in the clarified scope while preserving constitutional objections to broader requests; opponents argued the Senate should comply more fully and seek the court’s guidance earlier. After a roll call, the resolution was adopted 33-6. The Senate then adopted a motion to adjourn in memory of William F. “Bill” Howard of Beverly and adjourned until the following Monday at 11:00 a.m.
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FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education Nov 19th, 2025
Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education
Transcript Highlights:
- As of January 2025, they were authorized 36 full-time equivalent positions.
- On November 6th, just thank you.
- As of January 2025, they were authorized 36 full-time equipment positions.
- On November 6th, just Thank you.
- And starting in January, the new funds to the FEPP are based off of that.
Summary:
The Senate Appropriations Committee on Pre-K-12 Education met for its first meeting of the 2025 session to hear the Auditor General’s operational audit on 2024-25 school funding accountability challenges, focused largely on the Family Empowerment Scholarship and its interaction with the FEFP. Deputy Auditor General Matthew Tracy described rapid growth in scholarship enrollment, timing mismatches between scholarship payments and public-school funding calculations, delayed membership survey processing, weak cross-check and recoupment procedures, inconsistent handling of parent survey responses, and limited documentation for withholding and returning funds. The audit said these issues contributed to funding inequities, duplicate-payment risks, and an unexpected draw on state education funds, and it recommended separating scholarship funding from the FEFP, aligning application windows with budget timing, strengthening controls and staffing, and creating clearer, documented recoupment and balance-limit processes.
Committee members questioned whether current law gives the department and scholarship funding organizations enough authority and whether the system is effectively a pay-and-chase model. Several senators expressed concern about the lack of timely reconciliation, the size of the funds involved, and the absence of clear records showing how money was recovered or withheld. Adam Emerson, executive director of the Office of School Choice, said the department is working more closely with school districts and scholarship funding organizations, including pausing payments when districts identify students still enrolled in public schools, and said the office wants to improve the process.
President Gates then previewed legislation he said would address the audit’s findings by funding Family Empowerment Scholarships as a separate FEFP categorical, expanding the Education Stabilization Fund, setting clearer application and acceptance deadlines, moving to monthly payments with eligibility verification before each payment, assigning student IDs for scholarship assistance, lowering SFO management fees, requiring annual audits, and requiring prompt return of audit-related funds. Public comment included a private-school attorney describing losses from unpaid scholarship amounts. Members generally supported the need for reform, with several senators saying the program should be preserved but better structured and more accountable. The committee adjourned after the discussion, with no vote taken on the legislation.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice Oct 15th, 2025
Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice
Transcript Highlights:
- highest priority for the district courts, and that is to begin construction of a courthouse for the 6th
- And so we anticipate a supplemental LBR in the December-January timeframe to seek the funding for that
- And also some OPS dollars to help with the 6th District Court of Appeal pending the construction of a
- opinion, which I would anticipate in the November-December timeframe since session will begin in January
- opinion, which I would anticipate in the November-December timeframe since session will begin in January
Summary:
The committee met to hear fiscal year 2026-2027 legislative budget requests from several justice-related agencies. The Florida Commission on Offender Review requested funding for investigator and revocation staff salary increases to address turnover, plus nonrecurring funds for Wi-Fi, seven vehicles, technology support, and commissioner salary adjustments. The State Courts Administrator presented a broad judicial branch request focused on trial court case-management technology, additional case managers, trust fund authority for child support hearing officers, courthouse furnishings, district court flexibility in staffing, a future courthouse for the Sixth District Court of Appeal, Supreme Court elevator replacement, POM accounting implementation support, judicial security liaison positions tied to the Florida Fusion Center, expanded senior management service authority, and judicial salary adjustments. The Office of the Attorney General outlined pay and operating requests for consumer protection, citizen services, ethics, crime compensation, victim services, vehicle replacement, IT and cybersecurity, lease and operating costs, and PALM-related expenses, while several senators questioned the office about outside counsel contracts, contingency-fee arrangements, transparency, and the use of private law firms.
The Department of Corrections made the largest presentation, describing severe staffing shortages, high turnover, rising inmate populations, increased assaults, and heavy overtime use. Secretary Ricky Dixon said the agency’s request was driven by constitutional and public safety needs and included funding for operations, security equipment, inflationary costs, vehicle replacement, offender information system modernization, technology restoration, inmate health services, drug and food cost increases, staffing pilots, maintenance, security infrastructure, Florida PALM, recruitment and retention, and $56 million for new correctional housing units. Members asked about inmate labor, prison safety, overtime, vehicle breakdowns, and whether more National Guard support was needed; Dixon said the agency needed more staffing and pay competitiveness rather than a long-term military presence. A correctional officers’ union representative also urged support for pay raises, citing low pay and staffing concerns.
No votes were taken on the budget requests. The chair allowed extended questioning, especially for the Department of Corrections, but noted time constraints and asked agencies to return in a later committee meeting, including FDLE, which was deferred because of a House site visit.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Minnesota House passes bill to ban 'nudification technology' 4/23/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- So, then I sent an email to a number of DFL members that had expressed concerns in January.
- in January. in January. Met<00:25:59.840>
with <00:26:00.080>advocates. - That's 6th, 7th grade. 73% of teens report consuming pornography before age 18.
- <00:30:59.120>
That's <00:30:59.760>6th pornography is 12 years old. - That's 6th pornography is 12 years old. That's 6th 7th<00:31:00.480>
grade.
Summary:
House File 1606, as amended, was debated on the House floor as a bill to prohibit access to nudification technology and related AI-generated sexual deepfakes. Representative Hansen, the bill’s author, described the measure as a response to non-consensual, sexually explicit images and videos, especially harms to children and women, and said the bill would define nudified content, require nudifying features on apps and websites to be turned off in Minnesota, bar promotion of such apps, and create enforcement and remedies. Supporters emphasized testimony from survivors, the rapid growth of AI-generated child sexual abuse material, and the need for state action because federal regulation has lagged. Opponents of the amendment argued the underlying bill should remain a clean, single-issue measure focused on non-consensual content creation and warned that adding age-verification language would complicate the bill and add cost.
Representative Bakeberg offered amendment A4, which would add age-verification requirements for commercial adult-content sites, with privacy limits for adults and enforcement mechanisms including audits and attorney general authority. Supporters of the amendment said it would extend existing physical-world protections for minors into the digital space, cited legal support from a Texas case and similar laws in other states, and argued it would help protect children from online pornography. Representative Hansen opposed the amendment, saying she had not been consulted, that it would muddy the bill’s focus on non-consensual nudification, and that it would add fiscal cost. Other members spoke both for and against the amendment, with some saying the issues were related and others saying the amendment was not ready and should be handled separately.
The House then took a roll call on amendment A4, and it failed on a 67-67 tie. After the amendment was not adopted, the bill was given its third reading. In closing remarks, supporters of the underlying bill reiterated that it was intended to protect victims and prevent harm before it occurs, while one member said the bill did not go far enough because it targeted software makers rather than the people creating and distributing the material. The transcript ends with further discussion of the bill’s purpose and support for moving it forward.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Preventing Gun Violence/Discussing Data Centers/Federal Funding Changes Create Budget Uncertainty Mar 7th, 2026
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- On January 6th, CMS indicated their intent to withhold $515 million per quarter from the state's MA reimbursement
- On January<00:18:12.040>
6th, <00:18:12.960>CMS <00:18:13.480>indicated <00:18:14.000 - >
their <00:18:14.160>intent January 6th, CMS indicated their intent January 6th, CMS indicated
Summary:
The program covered three main topics: Minnesota’s February economic forecast, gun violence prevention efforts, and the growing debate over data centers. Minnesota Management and Budget reported a stronger-than-expected outlook, replacing a projected deficit with a $3.7 billion surplus for FY 2026-27 and a projected positive balance for FY 2028-29, though officials warned the state still faces a structural imbalance and possible federal funding losses tied to Medicaid reimbursements and fraud-related federal actions. Lawmakers also discussed affordability concerns, with Senate Republicans promoting a tax-relief package focused on property taxes, vehicle tab fees, and ending taxes on tips and overtime.
A lengthy segment focused on gun violence prevention, including a Capitol rally by Annunciation Catholic Church families, students, and advocates. Senator Ron Latz said an interim working group he co-led with Senator Zeinab Mohamed gathered public and expert input and helped shape ideas for the session. He said there is no single solution, but cited measures such as red flag laws, universal background checks, an assault weapons ban, high-capacity magazine limits, safe-storage requirements, ghost gun and binary trigger bans, and more school counseling and wraparound mental health supports. Latz emphasized that he sees these as compatible with the Second Amendment and said he hopes to build bipartisan support, especially around school counseling and other “common-sense” measures.
Latz said the short session and narrow margins mean compromise will be necessary, and that if a package does not pass this year, lawmakers will return to the issue next session while voters should hold legislators accountable in future elections. The final segment introduced the data center discussion, with Senator Bill Liske describing how data centers have grown from small server rooms into large industrial facilities and noting that some communities are considering moratoriums or restrictions because of neighborhood impacts.
VT
Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session - 2026-02-03 - 10:30AM
Vermont Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I am outraged by the thugs of January 6th and I'm outraged by the thugs in Minneapolis.
- <00:51:21.440>
the <00:51:21.680>thugs <00:51:22.079>of <00:51:22.240>January - I am outraged by the thugs of January I am outraged by the thugs of January 6th<00:51:23.599>
- 00:51:24.559>
by <00:51:24.720>the <00:51:24.880>thugs <00:51:25.200>in 6th - and I'm outraged by the thugs in 6th and I'm outraged by the thugs in Minneapolis.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations & Revenue. (6-3-26)
Appropriations & Revenue
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, this creates a college readiness pipeline and preparatory sort of planning phase from 6th grade to
- Uh, this creates a college readiness pipeline and preparatory sort of planning phase from 6th grade to
- Uh, this creates a college readiness pipeline and preparatory sort of planning phase from 6th grade to
- grade to 10th planning uh phase from 6th grade to 10th grade.<00:06:50.240>
So, <00:06:50.440> - That was in effect from July 15, 1996, through January 1, 2021.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session (Full Formal with Calendar) Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- today that we take this measure up in the Senate as We take this measure up in the Senate as, on January
- Mary's to participate in Officer Stephen Laporte's funeral, as was mentioned, who lost his life on January
- And there once again, Who lost his life on January 7th.
- of bills that are contained in the order and the time to which extension is being sought, to March 6th
- We understand that there are six bills being extended until March 6th. Mr. President? Senator Tarr.
Summary:
The Senate considered a campaign finance and ballot question transparency bill, taking up a series of amendments. Several amendments offered by Senator Tarr were rejected, including proposals on safety-based redactions, standardized valuation/liability reporting, higher contribution limits, municipal ballot question reporting, tax-exempt entities in ballot campaigns, and post-election audits for all statewide elections. Amendments by Senators Rausch and DiDomenico were adopted, including late contribution reporting and retroactive reporting with an emergency preamble. Senator Feingold’s amendment to prohibit pay-per-signature arrangements for petition gathering was also adopted after a roll call vote. The bill, Senate No. 2898, An Act improving campaign finance reporting by state ballot question committees, was then passed to be engrossed by a 38-0 vote.
The Senate next took up Senate No. 2903, An Act honoring Blue Star families, which would provide specialty license plates at no charge to the parent, child, or spouse of a law enforcement officer killed in the line of duty. Senators spoke in support, emphasizing the sacrifice of officers and their families, including the recent funeral of Officer Stephen LaPorteur. The bill was ordered to a third reading and then passed to be engrossed by a 38-0 vote.
The chamber also approved several committee extension orders. These extended deadlines for the Committees on Aging and Independence, Education, Public Service, and Economic Development and Emerging Technologies, with members noting the limited number of bills and the need for additional time to complete review, cost analysis, or respond to commission reports. The Senate then adopted an order to meet again the following Tuesday at 11 a.m., dispensed with printing a calendar, and adjourned in memory of Stuart H. Altman.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- So for fall information and fall student count, um, it was January 6th. enrolled.
- <00:32:40.880>
So <00:32:41.200>for last reporting on January 6th. - So for last reporting on January 6th.
- >> Uh, the data that has been submitted as of January 6th, 2026. >> Thank you. >> Okay. All right.
- of January 6th, 2026. of January 6th, 2026. >> Thank<01:00:30.559>
you.
WV
West Virginia 2026 Regular Session
Senate in Session Jan 20th, 2026 at 11:01 am
West Virginia Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- the gallery and those on the floor, please rise as we are led in prayer today by the senator from the 6th
- West Virginia Legislature, Senate Journal, January 19, 2020.
- Senior Senator from the 6th. Thank you, Mr. President. I've got a few introductions.
AR
Arkansas 2026 Regular Session
INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE AND HOUSE Feb 13th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Failure to pay the balance by February 6th may result in continued noncompliance and suspension of driving
- Failure to pay the balance by February 6th may result in continued noncompliance and suspension of driving
- Then, in January, he was communicating with someone he believed to be Jennifer Aniston via Facebook.
- Then again, in January of this year, she came back, so she is the victim of multiple scams.
- On January 6th, we were contacted by one of our bankers on the task force.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Are you guys aware of a news article that came out April 6th, 2026, that was written about a potential
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out a news article that came out a news article that came out April<00:35:38.040>6th - legislator, but um I guess some members could choose to shut off their inbox and wait to gavel in January
- wait to gavel shut off their inbox and wait to gavel in<00:42:10.640>
in <00:42:10.800>January - I don't think most do and in in January.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, May 14, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- You know, our democracy on January 6th.
- You battered the police on January 6th.
- the 6th and police officers on January the 6th and several<04:28:01.000>
officers <04:28:02.000 - 6th attack. against Congress on January 6, 2021.
- Hail Kusenel is the January 6th attack.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Public School Capital Outlay Council Jun 12th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- increase in the design capacity of 36 students for a total of 260 students for grades pre-K through 6th
- district over potential reopening a memorial facility for 7th and 8th grade, and potentially 4th and 6th
- Uh, so Sierra Vista as it sits right now is a 4th through 6th, uh, elementary school.
- If not, they can occur again in, in January.
- And the 1st and 2nd quarter of 2025, uh, between January and start of June, we had five resignations,
WV
West Virginia 2026 Regular Session
Senate in Session Mar 10th, 2026 at 11:05 am
West Virginia Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Senior Senator from the 6th. Thank you, Mr. President.
- Senior Senator from the 6th. Thank you, Mr. President.
- Senior Senator from the 6th. Thank you, Mr. President.
- Senior Senator from the 6th. Same request.
- Senior Senator from the 6th. Thank you, Mr. President.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Legislative Committee on Water Supply During Drought Nov 10th, 2025
Joint Legislative Committee on Water Supply During Drought
Transcript Highlights:
- So the flat parts of the time series in early December, January, and early March, that's times of the
- The January snowpack was low because it was uncharacteristically dry and sunny.
- So averaged across Washington state, our January precipitation was only 35% of normal, and it ranked
- And so these are seasonal forecasts made for December, January, and February.
- And then ...to return to a normal pattern in January or February.
Summary:
The committee heard first from Deputy State Climatologist Karen Bumbacco, who reviewed the weather and snowpack conditions that contributed to Washington’s 2025 drought. She said the state had a very warm and dry water year, with April through September ranking among the warmest and driest periods on record, and that three straight years of below-normal snowpack and precipitation had compounded drought impacts, especially in the Yakima Basin. She also explained that a weak La Niña could bring a wetter-than-normal winter, though temperature forecasts were less certain, and noted that long-term climate projections point to continued snowpack decline and earlier runoff timing.
Department of Ecology staff Rea Burns and Caroline Melor then described the state’s drought declaration process and response. They said Washington’s statutory drought threshold is less than 75% of normal water supply plus a hardship finding, and that Ecology extended the Yakima drought declaration in April and expanded it statewide in June. They discussed reliance on federal monitoring data and staffing at NRCS, USGS, Reclamation, and NOAA, and said federal staffing and funding instability has created concerns for snowpack and water data. They also reviewed drought response funding, noting that grants have supported projects in the Yakima and Dungeness basins and that the drought emergency account still has a balance available for current needs.
Burns gave a detailed update on the Yakima Basin, saying it experienced unprecedented conditions this year, including nearly empty reservoirs, curtailment orders sent to about 1,500 water users, and the first time even the most senior 1855 surface water rights were turned off. She said widespread compliance occurred, though the process exposed areas for improvement, especially coordination with federal partners. Committee members asked about the long-term basis for climate projections, the 75% drought threshold, federal impacts, drought insurance, reservoir storage, and whether the state should consider more drought funding or new storage projects. No votes or formal actions were taken during the meeting.