Video & Transcript Research : 'temporary dwelling structures'

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OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session May 14th, 2026 at 08:00 am

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • So structured in this way, the enforcement mechanism assumed in this bill is individual vigilantes who
  • Does that mean that someone is not a US citizen or on a temporary visa from a friendly country that they
  • screened by the federal Department of State to either operate under a business or if they've got a temporary
  • permanent status here. or temporary status that's been granted by the US Department of State.
  • with the numbers of 1.5 times tip heights from the property line and 2.5 tabytes from an occupied dwelling
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Transcript Highlights:
  • , residential units, and the footprint of those structures.
  • way that the bills are structured way that the bills are structured currently<02:23:28.160> um
  • <02:32:04.319> unit<02:32:05.200> and size of the accessory dwelling unit and size
  • of the accessory dwelling unit and how<02:32:05.880> that<02:32:06.120> is<02:32:06.920
  • I support the efforts to address the housing crisis and modernize the conveyance tax structure.
Keywords: 910, house, all
FL

Florida 2026 5th Special Session

Banking and Insurance Jan 13th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • There is actually a regulatory structure for those folks.
  • There is actually a regulatory structure for those folks.
  • It's not structured like a health savings account.
  • land on which such dwelling or structure is located, with a few minor exceptions related to land that
  • land on which such dwelling or structure is located, with a few minor exceptions related to land that
Summary: The Committee on Banking and Insurance met with a quorum present and took up several bills, beginning with SB 834 on health care sharing ministries and insurance agents. Senator Yarbrough presented the bill to repeal a recent restriction on licensed insurance agents marketing or selling faith-based health care sharing programs. Supporters argued the change restores free speech and consumer education while preserving existing consumer protections; opponents said the bill was unnecessary and could increase confusion or misuse of agents and brokers. The committee adopted a title amendment and then reported the bill favorably after debate, with Senator Pizzo raising concerns about consumer reliance and lack of guaranteed coverage. The committee then approved SB 642 on foreign and alien bail bond insurers, SB 394 on reinsurance intermediary managers, and SB 266 on public adjuster contracts. SB 266 would let vulnerable adults rescind public adjuster contracts at any time without penalty; it drew support from consumer and industry groups, with some discussion about estimates and claim work product. The committee also passed SB 832 on residential property insurance transparency, which requires rate transparency reports and a consumer resource center at OIR, and adds a provision excluding land value from homeowners coverage calculations in most cases. Testimony on SB 832 was generally supportive of the transparency goal, though insurers said some of the required cost breakdowns may be difficult to produce as written. The committee next considered SB 1028 on Citizens Property Insurance Corporation, which would create a commercial lines clearinghouse to move eligible policyholders into the private market and reduce Citizens’ commercial exposure. Supporters said it would lower taxpayer risk and improve competition; a speaker suggested additional changes to deductibles, water-damage caps, and repair practices. The bill was reported favorably after a delete-all amendment and supportive debate from Senator Boyd. Finally, the committee passed SB 540 on the Office of Financial Regulation, which adds cybersecurity requirements for certain licensees, updates oversight of investment advisers and money service businesses, adjusts some charter and meeting rules for financial institutions and credit unions, and includes amendments clarifying repossession/deficiency claims, family office exemptions, and virtual credit union meetings. The meeting ended with all of the considered bills reported favorably and the committee adjourned.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Banking and Insurance Jan 13th, 2026

Banking and Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • There is actually a regulatory structure for those folks.
  • There is actually a regulatory structure for those folks.
  • It's not structured like a health savings account.
  • land on which such dwelling or structure is located, with a few minor exceptions related to land that
  • Rosen. ...that when establishing the coverage amount or adjusting a claim for a dwelling or other structure
Summary: The Committee on Banking and Insurance met with a quorum and took up several bills, beginning with SB 834 on insurance requirements for nonprofit religious organizations and health care sharing ministries. The bill repeals a recent restriction on licensed insurance agents marketing or selling faith-based health care sharing programs. Supporters argued the change restores free speech and consumer education while preserving existing fraud and disclosure protections; opponents said allowing agents and brokers could create consumer confusion and has been associated with bad actors. A title amendment was adopted, and after debate the committee reported the bill favorably. The committee also heard and passed SB 642, which extends reporting and duty requirements to foreign and alien bail bond insurers, and SB 394, a technical bill updating reinsurance intermediary manager law to match current DFS practice. SB 266, which lets vulnerable adults rescind public adjuster contracts without penalty, was reported favorably after testimony from supporters in the insurance and elder law communities and a public adjuster who said the intent was good but the bill may need refinement. SB 832, a residential property insurance transparency bill requiring rate breakdown reports and a consumer resource center, also passed after discussion about consumer clarity and whether the required cost categories can be compiled as written. Later, the committee approved SB 540, which creates cybersecurity requirements for mortgage and money service businesses, closes a regulatory gap for certain investment advisers, adjusts OFR examination-payment deadlines, changes de novo charter requirements, allows virtual credit union meetings, and makes other financial regulation updates. Several amendments were adopted, including a substitute amendment removing fintech sandbox provisions. Finally, SB 1028 on Citizens Property Insurance Corporation was reported favorably after debate over a commercial lines clearinghouse intended to reduce Citizens’ exposure and shift more business to the private market; members discussed taxpayer risk, market competition, and consumer protections. The meeting ended with adjournment.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Senate in Session Mar 13th, 2026

Florida Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It also removes Section 9 related to accessory dwelling units, returns some provisions related to the
  • little bit about what Live Local does, what the amendment is doing with the ADUs, the accessory dwelling
  • Previously, the House had amended in Representative Buchanan's accessory dwelling unit policy.
  • We do have an OPAGA study, and we have a reference to military housing, but the accessory dwelling unit
  • And President Gates, it would not change the current structure that we have in place in terms of the
Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several guest and staff introductions. The chamber then took up returning messages from the House and acted on multiple bills, with votes recorded on each. Senate Bill 628 on transportation facility designations was concurred in as amended and passed 31-4 after discussion about naming roads for deceased individuals and an exception for President Trump. The House amendment to the Live Local affordable housing package, CS/CS/HB 1389, was also concurred in and passed 35-0; Senator Claudio explained it as the fourth iteration of the Live Local Act, including new provisions allowing certain affordable housing on qualifying religious property, extending some timelines, and removing accessory dwelling unit language. CS/CS/HB 1451 on utility services was concurred in and passed 30-6 after questions about phasing out surcharges and reporting requirements. The chamber also substituted CS/CS/HB 1279 for SB 7038 and adopted an education amendment package before passing the bill 36-1, while several other measures were temporarily postponed. The Senate then considered CS/CS/SB 484 on data centers and concurred in the House amendment 383-957, passing the bill 31-6. Senator Avila said the amendment strengthened ratepayer protections, required a PSC tariff filing, and directed an OPAGA study on large-scale data centers. Several senators pressed concerns about the removal of the Senate’s nondisclosure agreement prohibition, the possibility of delayed public awareness of data center projects, and whether costs could be shifted to other ratepayers; Avila responded that the amendment preserved local land-use authority and that ratepayer costs could not be borne by the general body of ratepayers. Debate reflected a split between senators who supported the bill as a needed regulatory framework and those who objected to the transparency changes and the loss of the Senate’s original NDA language. Later, the Senate took up land use and development regulations, substituting CS/CS/CS/HB 399 for SB 208. An amendment by Senator Jones to remove language affecting a Fontainebleau Hotel water park project in Miami Beach failed 17-20 after debate over local control and preemption. Senator McLean’s amendments then added a sunset date and other changes, and Senator Claudio’s amendment preserved Miami-Dade’s urban development boundary supermajority protections and related planning provisions. The chamber then began extended debate on Senator Martin’s amendment creating a process for property owners to challenge rural boundary designations and seek compensation or removal from the designation without going to court; supporters framed it as a property-rights and due-process measure, while opponents argued it would undermine local planning, impose costs on taxpayers, and weaken voter-approved rural boundaries in Orange and Seminole counties. The transcript ends amid that debate, with no final vote shown on the rural boundary amendment in the excerpt provided.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Commerce (01/14/2025)

Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • over water these with uh structures over water these dwellings<01:15:34.679> are<01:15:35.679
  • He said RSA 42-A:26 is really the whole thing that governs these dwellings over water.
  • the statue that governs these dwellings the statue that governs these dwellings over<01:34:06.159
  • rules regarding uh the these structures rules regarding uh the these structures but<01:34:19.280
  • He said if it is easier to expand a structure over public waters than to expand a structure in protected
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session May 27th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • SB1567 relates to rural municipalities regulating the occupancy of dwelling units.
  • I'm reading from your bill in regulating the density of dwelling units on earth.
  • It and use pre-existing structures. So thank you for this bill. I'll be voting for it.
  • Three, the court holds a hearing within 14 days of the issuance of a temporary order.
  • Temporary orders must be based on sworn evidence and reviewed in court.
Bills: SB15, SB35, SB290, SB1365, SB2568, SB18, SB427, SB1860, SB1864, SB2675, SB596, SB2858, SB3058, SB816, SB1163, SB1484, SB1898, SB1777, SB1802, SB2692, SB315, SB1585, SB1626, SB2058, SB2050, SB2105, SB2245, SB2764, SB2611, SB2497, SB2452, SB2243, SB1705, SB1244, SB1361, SB438, SB578, SB584, SB2690, SB2521, SB2487, SB2342, SB2063, SB125, SB2041, SB1962, SB1413, SB6, SB2878, SB13, SB30, SJR87, SB7, SB127, SB293, SB441, SB3059, SB57, SB512, SB1718, SB140, SB2055, SB2075, SB2018, SB1534, SB1567, SB785, SB1233, SB1580, SB1663, SB413, SB447, SB519, SB467, SB1579, SB1191, SB1021, SB1838, SB2807, SB2835, SB546, SB2121, SB2167, SB2024, SB1032, SB1049, SB1266, SB1400, SB1302, SB401, SB1596, SB1281, SB1242, SB1343, SB1346, SB2753, SB2221, SB1719, SB2177, SB552, SB646, SJR1, SB15, SB800, SB790, SB748, SB571, SB1957, SB1923, SB1896, SB1760, SB1335, SB2368, SB2477, SB2587, SB2972, SB2986, SB2965, SB1563, SB1467, SB1164, SB1137, SB614, SB705, SB961, SB918, SB955, SB869, SB850, SB863, SB1610, SB1055, SB2206, SB457, SB2337, SB1362, SB926, SB1494, SB251, SB456, SB500, SB1307, SB2615, SB2995, SB2321, SB973, SB974, SB865, SB506, SB781, SB1522, SB1558, SB510, SB667, SB763, SB2073, SB1858, SB1660, SB505, SB2900, SB1433, SB1540, SB1964, SB1300, SB1644, SB2217, SB2373, SB2431, SB1758, SB2480, SB3039, SB3047, SB3073, SB2920, SB2781, SB826, SB766, SB2460, SB527, SB1946, SB2885, SB1243, SB2610, SB2595, SB857, SB2501, SB66, SB268, SB331, SB618, SB414, SB1394, SB2425, SB898, SB993, SB442, SB735, SB784, SB2538, SB1919, SB1013, SB2215, SB2322, SB626, SB570, SB747, SB2183, SB673, SB1015, SB1447, SB1370, SB1784, SB1897, SB2873, SB2891, SB2933, SB2540, SB2681, SB2695, SB1965, SB2203, SB872, SB875, SB1030, SB1277, SB1730, SB1681, SB1152, SB2969, SB2747, SB2705, SB2541, SB1708, SB2080, SB2721, SB1986, SB2392, SB2539, SB2857, SB2799, SB2785, SB2782, SB1531, SB1927, SB1263, SB1098, SB35, SB290, SB1365, SB2568, SB18, SB427, SB1860, SB1864, SB2675, SB596, SB2858, SB3058, SB816, SB1163, SB1484, SB1898, SB1777, SB1802, SB2692, SB315, SB1585, SB1626, SB2058, SB2050, SB2105, SB2245, SB2764, SB2611, SB2497, SB2452, SB2243, SB1705, SB1244, SB1361, SB438, SB578, SB584, SB2690, SB2521, SB2487, SB2342, SB2063, SB125, SB2041, SB1962, SB1413, SCR9, SB21, SB1198, SB1405, SB2601, SB2778, HB5560, HB762, HB1584, HB 107, HB 114, HB138, HB4386, HB2495, HB581, HB3348, HB5323, HB4341, HB6, HB171, HB143, HB449, HB3486, HB4263, HB5246, HB2, HB2011, SB17
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/11/2026 - Senate Judiciary and Elections

Judiciary and Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • When you're getting close to getting back out into the community, this creates a structured process for
  • SB 1110 creates a structured, supervised way for eligible nonviolent individuals who are near release
Summary: The Judiciary and Elections Committee met with a hard stop at 4:30 and approved the February 4, 2026 minutes. The chair announced several bills would be held for a later supplemental meeting, then took up SB 1426, the “squatter” bill. The bill was described as changing forcible detainer rules for unauthorized occupants and requiring immediate writs of restitution after judgment. Testimony from the Arizona Association of Chiefs of Police and the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office supported the measure as a practical, collaborative response to unlawful occupancy. SB 1426 received a do-pass recommendation on a 7-0 vote. The committee next considered SB 1687, a strike-everything amendment moving the primary election date from late July to the Tuesday before Memorial Day starting in 2027. The sponsor said the goal was to give more time between the primary and general elections and align Arizona more closely with other states. County election officials testified in neutral, saying they generally supported more time but flagged several issues, including filing deadlines, consolidated election dates, polling place availability, redistricting timelines, signature calculations, and possible conflicts with presidential preference elections. The amended bill passed 4-3, with concerns raised about clean elections qualification periods and state versus local control over elections. The committee then approved SB 1110, which creates a home confinement program for certain nonviolent inmates, with GPS monitoring, eligibility limits, and a 50-to-1 inmate-to-officer ratio. Supporters said it would help families, reduce recidivism, and save money; an opponent criticized the retroactive effective date and questioned funding and monitoring capacity. SB 1110 received a do-pass recommendation on a 5-1 vote. SB 1275, which allows courts to consider PTSD and related service-connected conditions when sentencing certain veterans and first responders, drew support from the sponsor and advocates but opposition from county officials who argued it would undermine mandatory sentencing and victims’ rights; it passed 7-0. Finally, the committee heard SB 1140, as amended, which allows expungement of eligible misdemeanor records after a waiting period, with exclusions for serious offenses and special rules for shoplifting and peace officer employment. Supporters, including a formerly incarcerated advocate and a retired police chief working on anti-trafficking issues, said expungement would improve employment and stability and give people a real second chance. The committee adopted the amendment and then passed SB 1140 as amended on a 7-0 vote before adjourning.
VT

Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Session - 2026-05-22 - 10:00AM

Vermont House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • So, this is our first instance of amendment, with five or fewer dwellings.
  • market rate units, second homes, short-term rentals, long-term rentals, single unit and multi-unit dwellings
  • long-term rentals, single unit and long-term rentals, single unit and multi-unit<00:21:29.080> dwellings
  • being<00:21:30.000> built<00:21:30.400> in<00:21:30.520> the multi-unit dwellings
  • being built in the multi-unit dwellings being built in the exempt<00:21:31.040> areas.
Keywords: 926, house, all
Summary: The House opened with a moment of silence, then reported favorable on House Bill 954, relating to approval of an amendment to the charter of the town of Stowe, and referred it to Ways and Means. Members then adopted JRS 54, a joint resolution setting weekend adjournment so the two houses would reconvene no later than Tuesday, May 26, 2026. Several announcements followed, including a Memorial Day remembrance, which was journalized, an art project in the card room, and a recognition of Harwood Union High School athletes and one individual champion. The House also heard a farewell and birthday acknowledgment for a departing member from Bennington. The calendar was then announced, with House Bill 932, Senate Bill 325, and Senate Bill 323 slated for consideration. The House suspended rules to take up House Bill 932 immediately and concurred in the Senate proposal of amendment. The bill concerns regulation of forestry under Act 250, and the Stowe member explained the amendment was a narrow technical revision developed with the Land Use Review Board and the Agency of Natural Resources. The House then suspended rules to take up Senate Bill 325, heard a 6-0 committee of conference report on regional planning and Act 250 tier jurisdiction, and adopted the report after brief questioning about noise limits. The House also suspended rules to message its action to the Senate forthwith. Senate Bill 323 was postponed to the afternoon session, and the House recessed until 1:00 p.m.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Regulated Industries Jan 14th, 2025

Regulated Industries

Transcript Highlights:
  • They've had several structures.
  • We exclude one single dwellings, second, two-story dwellings, three-story and four-story dwellings.
  • You're not seeing any issues whatsoever with structural integrity?
  • For the structural integrity reserve study, it's just for that set of structural integrity items, and
  • For the reserve study, it's just for that set of structural integrity items.
Summary: The committee on Regulated Industries convened with a quorum and began a panel discussion focused on condominium milestone inspections and structural integrity reserve studies (SIRS), with members framing the topic as part of Florida’s post-Surfside condo safety reforms. The chair and panelists reviewed how the state got here, emphasizing that the problems predated Surfside and were driven by long-term deferred maintenance, underfunded reserves, and aging buildings. Panelists included representatives from Florida Realtors, engineering and reserve-study firms, a CPA, a community association attorney, and Broward County’s building safety official, all of whom described their roles in inspections, reserve planning, and code enforcement. Testimony centered on what inspectors are finding in the field. Panelists said the most common problems are not subsidence but wear-and-tear and maintenance failures, especially in stairways, balconies, roofs, parapet walls, waterproofing, and corrosion. They described examples of buildings with hidden deterioration, hurricane-exposed damage, and associations that were underfunded despite prior inspection regimes in Miami-Dade and Broward. Dr. Barbosa explained that Miami-Dade’s recertification program began in the 1970s and Broward’s in 2005, with current timelines generally requiring notice, a first milestone review, and then time to begin substantial repairs; she said the program has improved compliance but that SIRS has added confusion. Members also raised concerns about the cost and implementation of SIRS, including whether reports are being used to generate unnecessary work, whether contractors or firms have conflicts of interest, and whether the law’s use of “fully funded” is being misunderstood. Panelists said the statutory reserve requirement is better understood as baseline funding, not having all money in the bank immediately, and suggested clearer definitions and possibly changing the terminology to “adequately funded.” They also discussed the need to separate required structural items from optional or cosmetic items in reserve reports, improve transparency for buyers and lenders, and ensure associations provide documents through websites and other portals. No votes were taken. The committee used the meeting as an information-gathering session and signaled that more panels and discussion would follow, with members and witnesses agreeing that the state may need further clarification, education, and possible statutory adjustments to reduce confusion while preserving building safety.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Intergovernmental Affairs Apr 15th, 2025

Intergovernmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • So this temporary provision would give us. a little wiggle room to work with them to ensure compliance
  • strict no drug use policies as shelters across the state, mandatory drug counseling, testing, and dwelling
  • This allows... ...voters the freedom to structure those processes to meet their local needs.
  • This highlights the need for a structured and rational process in place for determining appropriate pay
  • discussing these matters, as it has left a little bit of uncertainty regarding how cities can manage pay structures
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Appropriations Feb 19th, 2025

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • program This includes automatic increases to public school district budgets based upon the way is structured
  • TEA, so the first one Item number two on our exceptional items is new funding to support OER and structural
  • pupil. funding that they received last year because the ESSER funding flows were huge. and they were temporary
  • And so, I'm not going to dwell on this much longer because I know there's already a line in queue to
  • So the way that the statute has structured the teacher incentive allotment, there are three performance
Keywords: 1184, house, all
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Consumer and Public Affairs Jan 29th, 2026 at 02:04 pm

House Consumer & Public Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • first-degree kidnapping, second-degree and third-degree criminal sexual contact of a minor, shooting into a dwelling
  • Like I know this was a temporary fix that we did in the special session.
  • What's interesting about the tool, and I don't want to dwell on the flight risk part of this too heavily
  • That's not mandatory just because of the sentencing structure for second-degree murder.
Keywords: 996, all
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

89th Legislative Session Mar 7th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • lease or convenience of real property, including the removal of certain unauthorized occupants of a dwelling
  • HB 1135 by Isaac relating to temporary vehicle tags and the Offense of tampering with governmental record
  • HB 1178 by Cunningham relating to the creation of a temporary educators certificate for educators certified
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Mar 7th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • , or convenience. of real property, including the removal of certain unauthorized occupants of a dwelling
  • HB 1135 by Isaac relating to the temporary vehicle tags and the offense of tampering with governmental
  • Cunningham relating to the creation of a temporary educators certificate for educators certified by other
Keywords: 1184, house, all
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

S/C on Telecommunications & Broadband Mar 24th, 2025

S/C on Telecommunications & Broadband

Transcript Highlights:
  • Texas has the structure, funding, and authority it needs to chip away the digital divide.
  • Just a quick question about, about, um, challenges related to multi-dwelling units and affordable housing
  • and connectivity within those dwellings, uh, recognizing that they require, uh, at times a different
  • Uh, multi-family dwellings, you heard some of the discussion with the expert from Pew.
  • A couple of sort of decision points about how these types of policies can be structured and what other
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

89th Legislative Session Apr 25th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Let it dwell in our halls not just in moments of prayer but in the long difficult work of legislation
  • The structure, when it was made, allowed for those in wheelchairs to be able to pull themselves up to
  • Clerk: HB 609 by Vassute relating to cleaning of a structure used to grow oysters for cultivated oyster
  • Craddick: ...relating to the authority of a local authority to install a temporary traffic control device
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Judiciary Feb 16th, 2026 at 11:18 pm

House Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • You know, that's the dwelling accessory... blah blah blah, that one, you know?
  • Okay, yeah, you know how to define the structure and so on and so forth.
  • So, Madam Chair, members of the committee, this bill helps define the extension of a dwelling—the portal
  • So what we've done is try to really lay out what the extension of a dwelling is.
  • First, what the extension of a dwelling is, which is what we've clarified in three parts: A, B, and C
Bills: SB38, SB17, SB41, SB264