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HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

AGR Public Hearing - Fri Mar 20, 2026 @ 9:30 AM HST

Agriculture & Food Systems

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:04:31.680> of SD1 relating to the Department of SD1 relating to the Department of Agriculture
  • and Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity.
  • > Education<00:39:15.840> and With the Department of Education and With the Department of
  • <00:41:49.320> of testimony from the Hawaii Department of testimony from the Hawaii Department
  • I'm from the Department of Land Ching.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/17/26

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • With that said, I again am concerned about pitting this idea of protections and regulation against innovation
  • concerned about pitting this idea of concerned about pitting this idea of protections<01:02:52.720
  • we are looking at huge protections we are looking at huge amounts<01:06:46.640> of<01:06:47.200
  • And so, as we think about uh some of the testimony we heard, thinking about how we protect uh the public
  • And so, as we think about uh some of the testimony we heard, thinking about how we protect uh the public
Bills: HF1316, HF4369
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Governmental Oversight and Accountability Jan 20th, 2026

Governmental Oversight and Accountability

Transcript Highlights:
  • I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands
  • Some of them say seeing a deceased minor, directly witnessing the death of a minor, directly witnessing
  • the volume of calls.
  • because of the importance it is for your well-being and for your quality of life.
  • because of...
Bills: S0774, S7028, S7024, S7026
Summary: The Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability met and first heard Senate Bill 774, which would extend workers’ compensation medical benefits for employment-related mental or nervous injuries to 911 public safety telecommunicators, even without a physical injury. The sponsor and several dispatchers, a clinician, and communications directors testified in support, describing repeated exposure to traumatic calls, chronic understaffing, and the need for mental health treatment and retention support. Senator DiCeglie and Chair Mayfield praised dispatchers’ work, and the bill was reported favorably by committee vote, with Senator McClain later recorded as voting yes on the bill. The committee then took up SPB 7028, a retirement bill that sets Florida Retirement System employer contribution rates beginning July 1, 2026, leaves the 3% employee contribution unchanged, allows certain elected officers to receive a DROP payout under specified conditions, and provides a 1.5% alternative cost-of-living adjustment for eligible special risk retirees. Firefighters, police, sheriffs, and chiefs’ groups spoke in support, emphasizing recruitment and retention. The committee voted to submit the proposal as a committee bill and reported it favorably. Finally, the committee considered SPB 7024 and SPB 7026, both open-government-related bills. SPB 7024 would repeal the current public records and public meeting exemption for cybersecurity information and consolidate agency-specific cybersecurity exemptions into one agency-wide exemption. SPB 7026 would repeal the current public records exemption for trade secrets held by an agency and similarly consolidate specific trade secret exemptions into one agency-wide exemption. Neither bill drew testimony or debate, and both were submitted as committee bills and reported favorably. The meeting then adjourned.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Public Education Apr 29th, 2025

Public Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • The adoption, it, it can either, detachment can occur either by adoption of the board of trustees of
  • I'm one of them. We know we have something worth protecting, and that's why I'm here today.
  • Of, of the district.
  • It is about protecting the democratic rights of all communities across Texas.
  • We must protect the right of the community to be heard.
Bills: HB4, HB54, SB 10, SB 24
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/18/2026 - Senate Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency

Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency

Transcript Highlights:
  • I got an order of protection, and after that order of protection was served, I found his diaries that
  • 2009 he was arrested for domestic violence I got an order of protection and after that order of protection
  • I got an order of protection and after that order of protection was served, I found his diaries that
  • Patrick, you mentioned the hacking of the information that's stored on the child-protective side of it
  • One thing I would refer you to in the state of Florida that is very encouraging in terms of protecting
Summary: The committee approved the minutes and then heard Senate Bill 1668, which would extend the deadline for funeral establishments or responsible persons to submit required documentation from seven calendar days to 14 business days and make related changes involving disposition of unborn or stillborn children, minors, and abortion clinic forms. Funeral industry testimony said the current timelines are difficult to meet and create stress for grieving families, while a mother described problems caused by requiring an ex-spouse’s signature after her child’s death. The bill passed on a 4-3 vote, with some members supporting the timing and family-law fixes and others objecting to the abortion-clinic provisions. The committee then took up Senate Bill 1286, on veterinary telemedicine prescriptions. An amendment shortened the telemedicine prescription period for non-antimicrobial drugs from 60 days to 30 days, allowed antimicrobial prescriptions for up to 14 days based on an electronic exam, and barred further antimicrobial prescriptions without an in-person exam. Veterinarians and the Arizona Veterinary Medical Association moved to neutral on the amended bill but warned about safety, overprescribing, and the limits of telemedicine; supporters argued it would improve access for rural, elderly, and low-income pet owners. The committee adopted the amendment and then passed the bill as amended on a 4-3 vote. Senate Bill 1235, creating the emergency services personnel licensure interstate compact, passed unanimously after sponsor testimony that it would improve reciprocity for EMTs and paramedics and help military personnel. Senate Bill 1446, which would change dialysis-center social worker documentation from monthly to quarterly, also passed unanimously, with DeVita Dialysis Services saying the change would reduce paperwork and align Arizona with federal and most-state practice. Senate Bill 1515, a cleanup bill for the Industrial Commission of Arizona that renames positions, removes outdated duties, and changes publication of fee schedules, passed after an amendment and supportive agency testimony. The committee also heard Senate Bill 1678, which would require direct-care staff in certain facilities to complete patient information forms and reestablish the Vulnerable Adult Systems Study Committee. An amendment removed the form requirement and instead required DHS to investigate complaints from EMS personnel about missing DNR orders; first responders and provider groups supported the revised approach, though some members wanted minority-party appointments added to the study committee. The bill passed as amended on a 6-0-1 vote. Finally, the committee began hearing Senate Bill 1747 on social media protections for minors, with the sponsor framing it as a child-safety measure and opponents from NetChoice, TechNet, and Meta warning about privacy risks, age-verification problems, constitutional concerns, and the possibility that teens would evade restrictions; supporters argued parents need stronger controls and pointed to app-store-based alternatives, but no vote was taken in the portion provided.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 4/2/25

Agriculture Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • department went through their process of department went through their process of their<00:21:22.120
  • of Agriculture come the Department of Agriculture come forward Welcome.
  • law that the protection of the existing law that the protection of the existing law as<00:27:08.559
  • of environmental benefits that number of environmental benefits that come<00:51:26.119> with<
  • Mark Abrahamson, Plant Protection Director at the Department of Agriculture.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

WAM-LBT, WAM Informational Briefings 01-20-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • of modernization, the department office of modernization, the department has<00:13:35.200> an
  • > positions couple of departments that had positions couple of departments that had positions
  • >> So, Helimo is a Department of Labor. >> So, Helimo is a Department of Labor.
  • > Labor<00:50:11.359> and support of the Department of Labor and support of the Department
  • So the major departments that were inquiring were DNR, Department of A, um, Department of Defense.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Agriculture, Acequias And Water Resources Feb 5th, 2026 at 09:02 am

House Agriculture, Acequias And Water Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • He is filing his petition on behalf of his community in order to protect their water.
  • or treated produced water are protective of human health or the environment.
  • or treated-produced water are protective of human health or the environment.
  • be expended by the New Mexico Department of Agriculture.
  • The Ramah Navajo Chapter Department of Natural Resources is an example of a tribal agency that is ready
Bills: HM45, HB276, HB300
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Natural Resources Apr 9th, 2025

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • So this is a protection, a common sense protection of our existing resources.
  • It pains me to ask for more regulation, but if we cannot protect a location that is this worthy of protection
  • Texans and this special piece of our state is worth protecting.
  • of Texas would not protect people's private property rights.
  • The leading engineering department on line 25 of page 3 of the bill is filed and adding language that
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Natural Resources Apr 9th, 2025

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • Parks and Wildlife. or two miles of a youth camp licensed by the Department of State Health Services
  • So this is a protection, a common sense protection. in, um, of our existing resources, but you mentioned
  • it remains protective of human health and the environment.
  • But if we cannot protect a location that is this worthy of protection, then the laws need to change.
  • Well, we need to protect the wells of the people.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Natural Resources Apr 9th, 2025

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • I am the commissioner of Precinct 1 of Hidalgo County and also serve as a member of the board of the
  • Ivy out kind of in your neck of the woods.
  • We simply have the burden of bureaucracy setting on top of them in ordinance.
  • interests of the protection of the aquifer, and in the best interests of ensuring that housing remains
  • They don't, a lot of places don't want to, a lot of municipalities. 768 housing.
US
Transcript Highlights:
  • He would oversee the operations of the Department as it faces an emerging axis of aggressors.
  • Department of Defense. Today, we will hear Mr.
  • . in the Department of Defense.
  • If confirmed, will you protect the Department of Defense's spectrum so that President Biden's Iron Dome
  • and focus areas for the Department of Defense.
Summary: The meeting primarily focused on the nomination of Steven Feinberg as Deputy Secretary of Defense. The committee emphasized the urgent need for strong leadership in response to a complex array of global threats posed by adversarial coalitions, including China, Russia, and Iran. The discussions highlighted concerns regarding budget cuts and personnel reductions within the Department of Defense, showcasing the challenges posed by the current economic context and the pressing need to maintain military readiness and capabilities. Various members expressed their apprehensions about how impending layoffs and budget reductions would impact the defense workforce and national security.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

EEP Public Hearing - Tue Mar 24, 2026 @ 9:00 AM HST

Energy & Environmental Protection

Transcript Highlights:
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  • Co-chair committee members on behalf of the Department of Health.
  • /c> department of health and other department of health and other stakeholders<00:27:23.440> to
  • We are here for a hearing of the Committee on Energy and Environmental Protection, Tuesday, March 24th
  • <00:57:54.880> of Tammy Lee on the Department of Tammy Lee on the Department of Transportation
Bills: SB3253, SB3154, SB3254
Summary: The committee on Energy and Environmental Protection heard a long series of resolutions focused largely on waste reduction, energy planning, and environmental protection. Early measures included HR 12/HCR 10 on a permanent landfill host benefits program for Honolulu, HCR 148/HCR 157 on a demolition waste reduction working group, and HR 184/HCR 194 on a mattress stewardship program working group. Testimony on these waste-related measures was generally supportive from environmental groups and some individuals, while the Department of Health supported the mattress stewardship proposal. The Department of Health also commented that a proposed study on recyclable/biodegradable/compostable labeling was very broad and would require additional resources to carry out effectively. The committee then took up several energy-related resolutions. HR 192/HCR 202 would create a task force on Hawaii’s future energy pathways, and HR 194/HCR 204 would ask the Public Utilities Commission to conduct a comprehensive analysis of cost reductions and financial risk. The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, the Hawaii State Energy Office, and the PUC offered support or comments on these measures, with environmental and industry groups also submitting testimony. Members questioned the Energy Office and PUC at length about errors in prior analyses, competitive bidding, and whether utility proposals could proceed through waiver processes; the PUC said any proposal would still be reviewed and that it generally prefers competitive bidding, while the Energy Office said some issues were being characterized differently and would follow up on waiver standards. Additional measures addressed data centers, liquefied natural gas, and utility oversight. HR 196/HCR 206 would convene a working group on the impacts of large data centers, and HR 197/HCR 207 would require conditions before the PUC approves LNG-related costs; testimony on LNG was split, with supporters urging caution and opponents arguing LNG should not be pursued. HR 193/HCR 2003 sought a written status update on implementation of the Hawaii Electric Reliability Administrator, and HR 191/HCR 201 and HR 33/HCR 33 dealt with sewage and wastewater issues, both drawing support from environmental and community groups. The committee also heard strong support for HR 141/HCR 149 on Red Hill remediation meetings and HR 190/HCR 200 on reassessing military PFAS cleanup decisions; the Board of Water Supply testified in support and described ongoing PFAS testing and concerns beyond Red Hill. The transcript ends as the committee moved into decision-making, with the chair indicating a recommendation to pass HR 12/HCR 10.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 3/12/26

Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • He works at the Minnesota Health Department and was testifying on behalf of the Minnesota Health Department
  • Under Minnesota law, companies are required to offer the Department of Natural Resources a portion of
  • <00:42:35.040> of been the MPCA, Minnesota Department of been the MPCA, Minnesota Department
  • Uh, I'm not one of the hydrogeologists of the department.
  • Uh, I'm not one of the hydrogeologists of the department.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Health Policy Jan 20th, 2026

Health Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • In Florida, the Department of Health is responsible for licensing and regulating more than 40 health
  • Regarding licensure, the Department of Health reviews applications for licensure and issues licenses,
  • The legislature appropriates trust funds to the Department of Health to provide administrative support
  • I know I've done a lot of legislation in the environmental arena.
  • a department or out of a board has a fiscal impact, because you didn't discuss fiscal impacts within
Bills: S0428, S0606, S0192, S0162, S0340
Summary: The Senate Health Policy Committee met with a quorum and took up several health-related bills, with a strong focus on drowning prevention and patient safety. SB 428 by Senator Yarborough would expand Florida’s swim lesson voucher program from children ages 0-4 to ages 1-7. Supporters, including a pediatric emergency physician and YMCA leadership, cited Florida’s high child drowning rates and argued that swim lessons reduce risk and should be available to more children. Senator Harrell noted the need to consider increasing the program’s funding as eligibility expands. The bill was reported favorably. The committee also heard SB 606 by Senator Smith, which adds drowning prevention and safe bathing education to postpartum materials provided by hospitals, birthing centers, and, after amendment, no longer home birth providers. A parent who lost a child to drowning testified in support, and senators emphasized the preventability of such deaths. The bill, as amended, was reported favorably as a committee substitute. SB 340 by Senator Harrell would require nursing students to complete a two-hour human trafficking course before licensure; after a strike-all amendment shifted the requirement from nursing programs to the students themselves, the bill received support from advocates and was reported favorably as a committee substitute. The committee also considered SB 162 by Senator Davis, which would require hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to adopt policies for using smoke evacuation systems during procedures that generate surgical smoke. The sponsor said the equipment is relatively inexpensive and already common in many facilities, while opponents and some senators questioned the medical evidence, enforcement, and possible impacts on rural and smaller facilities. Despite those concerns, the bill was reported favorably, with some members voting no. SB 192, presented by Senator Trumbull on behalf of Senator Martin, would remove the $1,500 cap on advances chiropractic physicians may collect for examinations or treatment; the Florida Chiropractic Society supported the change as pro-small-business, and the bill was reported favorably. The committee also received an OPAGA presentation comparing Florida’s health care practitioner regulation system with other states, focusing on board autonomy, rulemaking oversight, board composition, appointments, term limits, and funding mechanisms.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Environmental Regulation Apr 17th, 2025

Environmental Regulation

Transcript Highlights:
  • As pending business, HB 1499 is also Chair Wally's bill relating to the creation of of an environmental
  • unannounced of a concrete batch plant by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
  • This bill is a work product of the Interim Select Committee on Protecting Texas LNG.
  • It says the Commission, the Department of Public Safety may not implement or enforce it. any of these
  • equally. brunt of poor air quality and environmental injustice.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 3/27/25

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

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  • Department of Human Services.
  • > Human<00:59:21.599> Services the Department of Human Services the Department of Human
  • of protections basically the same kinds of protections to<01:05:11.039> peace<01:05:11.359>
  • in society versus protection of data. in society versus protection of data.
  • protection by removing the question of protection by removing the question of seat<01:35:00.239>
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/26

Commerce Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:42:16.760> of Members we have the Department of Members we have the Department of Education
  • <00:42:17.880> of Education, we have the Department of Education, we have the Department of
  • <00:42:19.160> of Commerce, we have the Department of Commerce, we have the Department of
  • is the Minnesota Department of Commerce. is the Minnesota Department of Commerce.
  • Department of Insurance.
HI
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  • Department of Education.
  • administered by the Department of Accounting and General Services and the Department of Education.
  • administered by the Department of Accounting and General Services and the Department of Education.
  • > and director of department of budget and director of department of budget and finance<01:04:
  • Department, County of Kawaii in support. Department, County of Kawaii in support.