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AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/11/2026 - Senate Floor Session

Arizona Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Also, tomorrow is Golf Industry Day at the Capitol.
  • Golf Industry Day at the Capitol.
  • I know most of us probably won't be here, but I'll be here as the leader of the Arizona Golf Group at
  • It's golf.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Water and Natural Resources Jul 1st, 2025

Water & Natural Resources Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • Interestingly enough, our little university owns a golf course, and it is not just a golf course; it's
  • a golf course.
  • We are moving pretty quickly to develop homes on the golf course to make more housing available for not
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • We also have a provision from another member in the House that is um dealing with the Dwan Golf Course
  • Dawn um I'm saying that right,<00:05:11.840><c> the</c><00:05:11.919><c> Dwan</c><00:05:12.639><c> Golf
  • </c><00:05:12.960><c> Course</c><00:05:13.199><c> in</c> right, the Dwan Golf Course in right, the Dwan
  • Golf Course in Bloomington<00:05:14.240><c> um</c><00:05:14.320><c> and</c><00:05:14.560><c> their</
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session Aug 10th, 2026

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Ken also had a passion for golf. He played more than 100 courses around the world.
  • Andrews in Scotland, and was a longtime member of Paso Robles Golf Club and De La Vina Golf Course.
  • For Ken, golf was as much about the people, places, and stories as it was about the score.
  • Whether gathered around a table with his 40 Thieves friends, on a golf course halfway around the world
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Utilities Mar 25th, 2026

Utilities

Transcript Highlights:
  • I have a, God forbid, I have a shopping cart.
  • And inside that shopping cart, I've got, you know, a variety of things, some aluminum cans and such.
  • I have a, God forbid, I have a shopping cart.
  • And inside that shopping cart, I've got, you know, a variety of things, some aluminum cans and such.
  • Unfortunately, some of them try and show up with shopping carts of stuff, but it doesn't sound like those
Committee: House Utilities
Summary: The Committee on Utilities first took up House Committee Substitute for House Bills 2762, 2816, and 2402, a solar-energy measure. The committee substitute combined the bills’ titles and focused on three main areas: a taxation framework for solar projects, setback requirements from occupied dwellings and property lines, and a decommissioning/bonding framework for project cleanup. Supporters said the bill would create baseline rules for a growing industry, protect neighboring landowners, and ensure land is restored after projects end. Members asked about Chapter 100 agreements, the setback distances, county rulemaking authority, and how reclamation and bonding would work. The committee adopted the amendment, rolled it into a new substitute, and then voted the substitute do pass by 18 ayes and 2 noes. The committee then heard House Bill 2248, which would change Missouri’s economic development electric rate structure and close a loophole that could allow data centers under 75 megawatts to receive reduced rates. The sponsor and utility witnesses said the bill would make incentives more predictable by replacing a variable formula with a fixed discount for qualifying new industrial projects, while still requiring customers to pay full cost to serve and meet load-factor and other requirements. Witnesses from Evergy, Ameren Missouri, the Missouri Chamber, and Ford discussed the value of incentives for manufacturing, the difference between new load and retention of existing large users, and whether the bill should also address retention discounts. No action was taken on the bill during the hearing. Finally, the committee heard Senate Substitute for Senate Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 903, which would expand critical infrastructure protections. The bill adds wireline and broadband facilities to the definition of critical infrastructure, increases penalties for damaging or tampering with such facilities, and creates an offense for unauthorized possession of certain stolen materials such as copper and related telecom materials. The sponsor and witnesses from AT&T, Verizon, cable, railroad, electric cooperative, recycling, municipal utility, and chamber groups said the measure responds to rising theft and vandalism, including copper theft and fiber cuts that disrupt 911 and other services. Members asked about scrap dealers, fiber versus copper, trespassing concerns, and whether harsher penalties would deter theft. The hearing concluded without a vote, and the committee adjourned after testimony.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • She also noted that Act 281 included an exemption for recreational ponds, such as golf course ponds.
  • The American Council of Engineering Companies of Hawaii notes an exemption for golf course ponds and
  • Or even, I don't even know about golf courses—how many kids are running around golf courses?
  • </c><00:55:56.079><c> courses</c><00:55:56.480><c> how</c> I don't even know about golf courses how I
  • golf many kids are running around golf courses<00:55:58.720><c> but</c><00:55:59.200><c> um</c><00:55
Summary: The Committee on Water and Land met on February 3, 2026, and heard testimony on several bills, with the chair emphasizing a two-minute limit and noting that bills would die if the hearing ran past noon. For HB 1848, the Commission on Water Resource Management and the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development both supported the measure with technical, non-substantive amendments. Testimony focused on requiring early consultation about water availability in district boundary amendment petitions, with water officials explaining that the petitioner should submit a written statement reflecting consultation and that the goal was to identify water constraints earlier in the development process. The Land Use Commission’s representative opposed the bill, arguing that water availability is already addressed through existing environmental review and agency consultation, that the issue had been raised and rejected before, and that the proposal could create unnecessary delay or litigation. The committee then heard HB 1728 on rainwater catchment systems. The Commission on Water Resource Management said it acknowledged the bill’s intent but deferred to counties and other regulatory agencies, including the Department of Health, on regulatory implications. Hawaii Realtors testified in support. No vote was taken during the portion of the hearing shown. For HB 1652 on storm water management systems, the Hawaiian Lifeguard Association opposed the bill, arguing it would weaken protections created by Act 281 (“Sharkey’s Law”) and increase drowning risk for children by exempting certain water features from safety requirements. The American Council of Engineering Companies of Hawaii supported the bill, saying the language clarifies and better balances child safety with practical green stormwater infrastructure, including depth-based limits and exemptions for certain agricultural ponds. The Hawaii Farm Bureau also supported the agricultural pond exemption, saying such ponds are used for irrigation, livestock, and fire control and are generally away from the public. A private testifier, Allison Schaers, opposed the bill and described her daughter’s drowning in a detention basin, arguing that poor maintenance can turn stormwater features into dangerous hazards. The hearing ended without any recorded committee action or vote in the excerpt provided.
MS

Mississippi 2026 Regular Session

Public Property - Room 210, 30 January, 2026; 10:30 A.M.

Public Property

Transcript Highlights:
  • about this piece of property at a lake on there, and when I was in school there had range there in golf
  • Um, about four or five years ago, the golf course closed. Park, this is during my term as mayor.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Higher Education Mar 24th, 2025

Appropriations Committee on Higher Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • From there, I went to the PGA of America, the Golf Association.
  • we had was changing our image to be a more inclusive organization and also to grow the business of golf
  • And also to grow the business of golf and to be more of a corporate citizen in the cities where we host
  • How could we become more impactful by using the game of golf and changing the citizenship of our image
Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Higher Education first took up a block of confirmation hearings for trustees and board members at several public universities and state colleges. Appointees from Florida A&M University, Florida International University, New College of Florida, Pasco-Hernando State College, South Florida State College, Valencia College, Florida Atlantic University, and the University of Florida described their backgrounds and emphasized themes such as governance, student success, workforce alignment, fiscal stewardship, research growth, and institutional reputation. Members asked a few questions, but most nominees received no substantive opposition. The committee then voted unanimously to recommend confirmation of the group of appointees on tabs 3 through 18 and forwarded them to Ethics and Elections. The committee next heard Senate Bill 114 by Senator Trumbull, which would create the Florida Center of Excellence in Insurance and Risk Management at Florida State University, move the public hurricane loss projection model from FIU to FSU, and provide funding for the effort. Trumbull said the bill is intended to strengthen the state’s insurance research capacity and broaden study of insurance lines beyond wind risk. Senators asked about the impact on FIU and the distinction between the new center and existing FIU work; Trumbull said FIU’s Wall of Wind would remain and that the state-owned model would simply be contracted to FSU instead of FIU. The committee reported the bill favorably. The committee then considered Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 1624 by Senator Calatayud, a wide-ranging higher education bill addressing tuition, workforce programs, institutional operations, and naming changes. Amendments were adopted to create state college regional consortium service organizations for rural colleges, remove a proposed out-of-state fee change for nonresident online students, extend university master plan update cycles from five to 10 years, and rename Hillsborough Community College as Hillsborough College. The bill also changed several references from specific minority categories to “underrepresented,” revised aid and waiver provisions, adjusted adult education and career program rules, and made other technical changes. Senators Smith and Davis questioned the shift away from enumerated categories, arguing it could obscure disparities affecting groups such as Black students, women in STEM, and students with disabilities; Calatayud said the intent was to focus on socioeconomic access and flexibility for institutions. After debate, the committee voted 6-2 to report the bill favorably, with Senators Davis and Smith voting no, and then adjourned.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Working Group on Omnibus Taxes Bill - 05/23/25

Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • <02:35:58.080><c> and</c> golf and golf and um um um uh<02:36:02.640><c> those</c><02:36:03.600><c> activities
  • . um where should thousand golf courses. um where should they<02:36:49.040><c> go</c><02:36:49.560><c
  • And so, um, I understand there's probably a couple of golf courses in Minnesota that perhaps the PGA
  • And so, um, I understand there's probably a couple of golf courses in Minnesota that perhaps the PGA
  • And I can assure um uh golfing events.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • Our field hockey student athletes, our lacrosse student athletes, our golf student athletes, they're
  • He also said his son played college golf at a mid-major.
  • </c><01:02:49.200><c> And</c><01:02:49.839><c> um</c> adaptive golf industry.
  • And um adaptive golf industry.
  • We use it as the sport of adaptive golf.
Summary: The committee first heard a presentation from Kentucky Recovery Vocational Workforce and Re-entry Incorporated, led by Executive Director Jerick D'vor, on its vocational training model for people in recovery and formerly incarcerated individuals. He said the nonprofit operates in Russell Springs and serves students from across Kentucky, offering manufacturing and welding training tied to recovery services through Spark Recovery. D'vor emphasized that the program combines treatment, soft-skills coaching, job placement, and continued support after employment, arguing that training should begin around 90 days into recovery rather than earlier. He reported strong outcomes, including 292 students served, 259 certificates earned, and 250 job placements, with many participants placed in manufacturing jobs and 17 welders trained and placed through the new welding academy. Members praised the program but asked about funding, retention, and employability barriers. D'vor said the pilot was supported by opioid abatement grant funding, and the program now relies mainly on donor contributions and Spark Recovery’s investment in clients, with possible future support from additional opioid abatement funds or 1915(i) mechanisms. He said participants are not charged tuition and that the organization provides soft-skills training and job coaches. In response to questions about long-term outcomes, he said the program does not yet have a full alumni tracking system but is exploring technology options and continues to provide post-employment support for 90 days. After approving the committee minutes, members received an update on college athletics and Senate Bill 3 from University of Louisville Athletic Director Josh Heird and University of Kentucky Athletic Director Mitch Barnhart. They said Kentucky’s NIL framework and reporting requirements are working reasonably well and praised the state for not trying to create a competitive advantage in the evolving college sports environment. Heird reported that 521 student-athletes have signed up for NILGO and about 240 deals have been approved through the system, while noting the need to ensure NIL agreements are legitimate marketplace deals rather than artificial payments. The discussion also touched on the House settlement, the $600 approval threshold, and broader federal changes affecting college athletics.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Law & Justice Feb 3rd, 2026 at 08:30 am

Law & Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • There's Golf. It's an amendment being offered by Senator Holy.
  • Next. ...from 10 days to 30 days after receipt of the request, and those last three, Golf, Hotel, and
  • Amendments Golf, Hotel, and India are out of order. May we have Senate Bill 6074 before us?
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Law & Justice Feb 3rd, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • There's Golf. It's an amendment being offered by Senator Holy.
  • From 10 days to 30 days after receipt of the request, and those last three, Golf, Hotel, and India, those
  • Amendments Golf, Hotel, and India are out of order. May we have Senate Bill 6074 before us?
Summary: The Law and Justice Committee met on February 3rd to take executive action on several bills and gubernatorial appointments. The committee first considered Senate Bill 5925, which would expand Attorney General investigative authority through civil investigative demands. Members debated amendments to limit the bill’s reach, including protections for small businesses, exclusions for law enforcement use-of-force matters, and changes to appeal deadlines. Amendment Charlie was adopted, Amendment Delta failed, Amendment Alpha failed, and Amendment Echo was withdrawn. The bill then received a due pass recommendation to the Rules Committee. The committee next worked through Senate Bill 6086 on judicial officer safety and threat assessments. A proposed substitute retained threat-assessment provisions while removing some personal-information and consultant-related sections. Amendment Foxtrot 1, which would have removed security consultant authority, was not adopted, and the proposed substitute was approved and sent to the Rules Committee. Senate Bill 6074, concerning reinstituting parole, was narrowed in a proposed substitute to create a parole reinstitution work group with legislative appointment authority and a 2027 reporting deadline; an amendment adding victim advocate members was adopted, and the bill advanced to the Rules Committee. The committee also considered Senate Bill 6296 on involuntary treatment. The proposed substitute made multiple changes to enforcement, prosecutor representation, peace officer duties, intimate partner definitions, and firearms-related provisions. Amendments to remove firearm-related changes and to clarify officer liability and home-entry authority were debated; Kilo-2 and Kilo-3 were not adopted, and the proposed substitute ultimately passed and was sent to the Ways and Means Committee. The committee then confirmed several gubernatorial appointments, including Kristen Ferrer, Lisa Mannion, Kate Ben Ward, and Rochelle Cleland, and concluded by thanking staff and adjourning at the house-of-origin policy cutoff.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/03/2026 - House Commerce

House Commerce Committee of Reference

Transcript Highlights:
  • Our Humble Hot Dog Cart has become very popular, getting requests to operate.
  • Our humble hot dog cart has become very popular, getting requests to operate as far as Scottsdale down
  • you, like, contract with a grocery store or contract with a sporting goods store to, like, bring my golf
Summary: The House Commerce Committee heard House Bill 2181, which would extend the deadline for funeral establishments or responsible individuals to complete and submit death certificates. The committee adopted an amendment reducing the maximum extension to 14 days and clarifying that the medical certification deadline for health care providers excludes weekends and holidays. Testimony from a mortuary owner and the sponsor described delays caused by doctors’ schedules, county processing, holidays, and families needing more time; some members argued the bill did not address the underlying accountability problems for doctors and counties, while others supported the added flexibility. HB 2181 was approved 6-4-1 with a due pass recommendation. The committee then heard House Bill 2682, which creates a DES rental assistance program providing up to two months or $5,000 in aid and appropriates $5 million from the general fund for administration. Supporters said the bill would help families facing short-term crises stay housed, reduce evictions, and serve as a preventive measure that could save money downstream; a constituent testified in Spanish about receiving emergency rental help after falling behind. Some members raised concerns about the program’s cost, the limited target population, and whether seniors should be included, while others supported it as a pilot and asked for possible amendments. HB 2682 passed 7-4. House Bill 2698, which creates a rental assistance study committee to evaluate the effectiveness of such programs and repeals the committee in 2028, was heard next and passed on a 7-4 vote. The committee then considered House Bill 2476, revising CPA certification and reciprocity requirements by creating multiple pathways to licensure and updating related rules and fees. Supporters said the bill would help address a CPA workforce shortage and align Arizona with other states; after questions about whether the bill made licensure harder or easier, the committee unanimously approved HB 2476, 11-0. Finally, the committee began House Bill 2308, which would bar dental insurers and certain holding companies from owning dental practices. The sponsor and Arizona Dental Association argued the bill would prevent conflicts of interest and preserve separation between payers and providers, while Delta Dental opposed the measure as overbroad and potentially burdensome for nonprofit insurers and investors. After discussion about private equity, nonprofit charity care, and vertical integration, the bill was approved 8-0 with three members present. The committee then started House Bill 2118 on mobile food vendors, with the sponsor and food truck operators arguing it would streamline duplicate local permitting, while cities and some vendors opposed it as a loss of local oversight and control; testimony continued, but no final action on HB 2118 appears in the excerpt.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/03/2026 - House Commerce

Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • Our Humble Hot Dog Cart has become very popular, getting requests to operate.
  • Our Humble Hot Dog Cart has become very popular, getting requests to operate as far as Scottsdale down
  • you, like, contract with a grocery store or contract with a sporting goods store to, like, bring my golf
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Senate in Session Apr 9th, 2025

Florida Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Althea Gibson, the first African American to win a Grand Slam event, join the Ladies Professional Golf
  • I have photos that demonstrate that those blockages to this day—shopping carts, debris—remain.
  • place where observe and a report just simply means I pulled my truck up, I looked, if I saw a shopping cart
Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several gallery introductions before taking up Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 168, the Tristan Murphy Act, on mental health. Senator Bradley explained that the bill is intended to divert clinically appropriate defendants with mental illness from jail to treatment, create pretrial mental health diversion programs, expand grant uses for mental health and substance abuse reinvestment, require evaluations and treatment follow-up in certain probation and prison settings, add Hillsborough County to a forensic hospital diversion pilot, and establish a Florida Behavioral Health Data Repository. Senators from both parties spoke in support, emphasizing treatment over incarceration, public safety, and the Murphy family’s role in the bill. The Senate passed the bill 37-0 and then recorded 37 co-sponsors. The chamber then moved into presentations on SB 2500, the 2025-26 General Appropriations Act. Chair Hooper said the Senate budget totals $117.4 billion, reduces overall spending from the prior year, maintains reserves, keeps employee health contributions level, and includes major investments in water quality, transportation, education infrastructure, and nearly $1 billion in education capital outlay. Committee chairs outlined their portions of the budget, including increased funding for K-12 schools and scholarships, higher education workforce programs, Medicaid and health services, corrections and courts, transportation and housing, and environmental restoration such as Everglades and water quality projects. Members then asked extensive questions, especially about education funding, school choice, AP/IB and accelerated programs, the Family Empowerment Scholarship, and the FEFP calculations. Senator Burgess repeatedly explained that scholarship funding is being moved “below the line” to improve tracking and that the Senate position is to preserve funding while giving districts more flexibility. Senators also questioned the APD wait list for disability services, opioid settlement spending, arts funding, the My Safe Florida Home condo pilot, and proposed IT and agency restructuring. Several chairs said some issues would be resolved in conference, and no final vote on the budget was taken in the portion provided.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Ways and Means Mar 31st, 2026

Joint Committee on Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • which would be an additional fund to help increase their services, such as interpreting services, CART
  • I am really pleased to see is that the Commission is creating a co-pilot for mentoring program for CART
  • Silver also helped create, along with another CART provider.
  • Many years ago, they did have a CART mentorship program, and I worked with a CART provider who unfortunately
  • And we did a CART mentorship program. Unfortunately, the budget did not allow for that to continue.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate and House Tax Policies Discussion Group - 05/06/26

Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • $8 million in capital improvement for the aquatic center, and then $4 million for the Braemar Park Golf
  • Course, which is a public golf course. from 10 million to 15 million. from 10 million to 15 million.
  • Course, which is a public golf course. Course, which is a public golf course.
  • , Edina, probably the toughest vote I've taken in my four decades in the legislature, removing the golf
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/04/2026 - Senate Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency

Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency

Transcript Highlights:
  • where they're commonly doing this procedure, where they have access to ACLS-trained providers, crash carts
  • administered in an emergency setting, whether it be a hospital or a clinic with, you know, sort of the crash carts
  • administered in an emergency setting, whether it be a hospital or a clinic with, you know, sort of the crash carts
  • then Madam Chair, so do these clinics that this is going to be administered in, do they have crash carts
  • When I got here, dentists were doing anesthesia without crash carts.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee Jan 21st, 2026

Finance and Taxation General Fund

Transcript Highlights:
  • . >> This is going to upset everything, the whole apple cart.
  • This is going to upset everything, the whole apple cart.
  • get down the road, we need to make sure before we do anything cause any more harm, upset the apple cart
  • get down the road, we need to make sure before we do anything cause any more harm, upset the apple cart
  • get down the road, we need to make sure before we do anything cause any more harm, upset the apple cart
Bills: SB61 , SB8 , SB58 , SB60 , SB167 , SB61 , SB8 , SB58 , SB60 , SB167
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Education 2ND REVISED Mar 3rd, 2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm tired of having my constituents come to me frustrated that their students aren't able to play golf
  • I want to move to another one so I can play golf.
  • Golf, guys, not football, not even basketball, the best sport.
  • Golf, guys, not football, not even basketball, the best sport in the entire world.
Committee: Senate Education
Summary: The Senate Education Committee met for deadline week and first recognized guests and updates, including a report from Senator Devers on the Elgin school bus crash and recognition of 2025 Teacher of the Year Melissa Yvonne and visiting students from UCO and Darnaby Elementary. The committee then took up a series of education bills, with several authors explaining that some measures were work in progress and striking title on those bills to continue negotiations. Among the measures advanced were SB 514, clarifying alternative education programming through charter and virtual charter schools; SB 346, expanding school-to-school notification requirements about allegations or investigations involving teachers; SB 1593, updating outdated statutory references for the OSU-Tulsa board; SB 1366, using the Teacher Empowerment Fund to reward top teachers; SB 1497, correcting graduation standards to comply with IDEA and clarify alternate diplomas; SB 366, creating a process for charter schools to be notified about district facilities and lease or purchase opportunities; SB 1895, requiring districts to report whether they participate in the Community Eligibility Provision and why not; SB 2048, allowing the statewide charter school board to pay travel-related expenses for conferences and training; SB 710, allowing multiple grants under the Teach Forward teacher-prep program; and SB 1480, creating a pilot youth apprenticeship program. Most of these bills passed on bipartisan votes, often after questions about implementation, fiscal impact, or scope. Two of the more debated measures were SB 1782, which would end new tenure plans for higher education employees and move new hires to five-year contracts, and SB 2005, which would restructure the OSSAA board. SB 1782 passed 6-4 after extended debate over constitutional authority, academic freedom, recruitment, and litigation risk, with supporters arguing it would increase flexibility and accountability and opponents warning about legal and retention concerns. SB 2005 failed 4-6 after members split over whether the legislature should intervene in OSSAA governance; supporters said the association was not responsive enough to member schools and families, while opponents argued the issue should be left to the organization and that the bill risked government overreach.