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FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government Feb 12th, 2026
Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
Transcript Highlights:
- It clarifies that when land application becomes disposal, it is enforceable under Chapter 403 in the
Keywords:
gaming, slot machines, veterans organizations, regulatory compliance, Florida Gaming Control Commission, declaratory statement, criminal penalties, financial regulation, vulnerable adults, information security, financial exploitation, licensing, biosolids, agronomic rate, land application, environmental protection, Florida statutes, nutrient management, recordkeeping, farming
Summary:
The Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government met with a quorum present and first took up confirmation votes for appointees on tabs 2 through 6, which were recommended favorably without public testimony. The committee then heard CS/SB 1474, which would direct DEP to stop issuing or reissuing permits for Class B biosolids land application when a wastewater treatment facility is reasonably accessible within 50 miles, and it was reported favorably. The committee also heard SB 1708, which removes a timing requirement for veterinarians licensed in good standing elsewhere to qualify for Florida licensure; it received support from Americans for Prosperity and the ASPCA and was reported favorably.
Members then considered CS/SB 204 on illegal slot machine operations. An amendment was adopted that set the baseline penalty at a second-degree misdemeanor, elevated violations involving six or more machines or repeat offenses to a third-degree felony, and made violations by a person of authority involving six or more machines or multiple prior convictions a second-degree felony. Testimony supported the bill’s effort to target larger illegal operations while protecting veterans’ organizations and other lawful users from felony exposure; the bill as amended was reported favorably. The committee also adopted a strike-all for CS/SB 1294 addressing Class AA biosolids, requiring agronomic-rate application, recordkeeping, IFAS guidance, and application of fertilizer-related requirements to bulk land application products, with an effective date of November 1, 2026; it was reported favorably after limited questions about oversight and IFAS’s role.
Later, CS/SB 772 was heard to allow portable electronics limited licensees to sell “iware” insurance and define that term, and it was reported favorably. CS/SB 1504 updated pre-licensure education for the 440 customer service representative license so a high school student completing a half-credit insurance and personal finance elective can apply upon turning 18; it received supportive testimony from industry groups and was reported favorably. Finally, the committee adopted a strike-all amendment to CS/SB 540 creating cybersecurity program requirements for mortgage and money service businesses, extending oversight to certain investment advisers, clarifying emergency suspension authority for anti-money laundering violations, extending payment deadlines for examination costs, and adjusting director experience requirements for financial institutions; the bill as amended was reported favorably. Senators McClain and Truenow requested to be recorded as voting in the affirmative on tabs 11 and 13, and the committee adjourned at the end of the agenda.
AZ
FL
Florida 2026 4th Special Session
January 14, 2026 - 01:30 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- WE REPRESENT THE FLORIDA CHAPTERS IN NORTH FLORIDA, CENTRAL WEST FLORIDA.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
October 15, 2025 - 11:30 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- THE REVOCATION OF QUALIFIED PATIENT AND CAREGIVER REGISTRATIONS UPON CONVICTION OF A VIOLATION OF CHAPTER
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Business and Professions Committee Jun 24th, 2025
Business and Professions
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Arts, Entertainment, Sports, and Tourism Committee Mar 18th, 2025
Arts, Entertainment, Sports, and Tourism
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Community Affairs Feb 18th, 2025
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Chamber Meeting Jan 27th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- member_14046), an act relating to wills, repealing section 42-45-2, 515 NMSA 1978, being Laws 1993, Chapter
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs (03/03/2025)
Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- He said a disorder of sex development is defined in a different subsection of the same chapter and that
- development, and that a disorder of sex development is defined in a different subsection of the same chapter
- Chairman and said that as he read this intended new chapter prohibiting medical procedures and treatments
- intended<04:09:38.040>
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medical
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Senate Committee on Health and Human Services Apr 8th, 2026
Health & Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- remedies, including the enhanced remedies that Senate Bill 1038 last session improved in our statute, Chapter
- Our statutory authority is in Chapter 36 of the Human Resources Code, the Texas Health Care Program Fraud
- We have the remedies in Chapter 32 that are available to us, and where appropriate we will bring the
- that we will seek, as well as the 10-year exclusion, which is available under both our statute and Chapter
- Texas Health Authority was established in 2007, Chapter 182, Health and Safety Code, really to promote
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- I mean, so I'm also the Leeward chapter president.
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So - The State Library System already has control over the facilities and operations under HRS Chapter 312
- "The State Library System already has control over the facilities and operations under HRS Chapter 312
Keywords:
telecommunication devices, student use, public schools, student engagement, educational outcomes, confiscation policy, mental health, statewide policy, community literacy, education, Title I funding, reading proficiency, underserved communities, family engagement, tutoring, literacy support, adult education, community education, literacy programs, workforce development
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
JHA Public Hearing - Tue Feb 10, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST
Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- I want to codify these provisions under chapter 663, which is the chapter for tort actions.
- one, lines two to page two, line seven, these provisions should be codified as a new section under chapter
- should be codified as a new<02:23:41.760>
section <02:23:42.080>under <02:23:42.399>chapter - new section under chapter 46. new section under chapter 46.
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on House Bill 1552, which would make the attorney general the interim chief election officer if that office becomes vacant until the Elections Commission appoints a replacement. The Department of the Attorney General opposed the bill, saying it could create a conflict of interest if the attorney general were both the state’s lawyer and the chief elections officer in any related litigation. The League of Women Voters supported having some interim backup for the office, but said it was not necessarily advocating that the attorney general fill the role. Several other testifiers, including the Hawaiian Islands Republican Women, opposed the bill, arguing the current law already provides for a prompt commission appointment and warning about partisan bias and concentration of power. Supporters, including Indivisible Hawaii, said an interim mechanism is needed to ensure election certification in a crisis. The chair also asked whether any statutory acting capacity already exists, and the attorney general said none was known.
The committee then took up House Bill 2125, which would bar corporations operating under state law from engaging in election activity. The attorney general opposed the bill, citing Citizens United and arguing that corporations have First Amendment-protected political speech rights and that the bill would likely be unconstitutional. Indivisible Hawaii supported the measure, saying it would keep elections focused on the will of the people rather than corporate influence. Libertarian Party testimony was mixed: one witness supported the goal of reducing corruption but warned the bill could suppress organized dissent and sweep too broadly by treating many associations as corporations. The bill’s introducer asked whether the legislature could still enact it as a policy matter, but the attorney general maintained federal constitutional law would control. No vote was taken on either bill during the portion of the hearing provided.
The committee also heard House Bill 2493 on wrongful imprisonment, which would set procedures and compensation for people whose convictions are reversed or vacated on grounds consistent with innocence and whose charges are dismissed. The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation supported the bill’s intent but objected to language assigning it responsibility for helping released individuals secure housing, identification, health coverage, and other reentry needs, saying it no longer has jurisdiction after release and suggesting the courts or a community-based contractor handle that role. The Office of the Public Defender strongly supported the bill, emphasizing the harm of wrongful conviction and the need for compensation, case management, and medical coverage after release. No action or vote was reported on this measure in the excerpt.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs (04/22/2025)
Election Law and Municipal Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- I believe that they are different chapters in the law.
- Again, as I stated before to the two authors, sponsors, I hate legislation that deals with that same chapter
- Chair, again, I... they are... they do conflict as they amend the same exact chapter of law.
- amend the are they do conflict as they amend the same<02:09:30.400>
exact <02:09:30.719>chapter - c> Um,<02:09:32.079>
so <02:09:32.159>we <02:09:32.400>can ...same exact chapter
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- We do have our HRS Chapter 42F in place for a reason, and so it's basically giving you an exemption among
- We do have our HRS Chapter 42F in place for a reason, and so it's basically giving you an exemption among
- And we have NIAP Hawaii Chapter in support. Aloha, Chair, Vice Chair, members of the committee.
- Uh, we have Nia Hawaii Chapter in support.
- Uh we have Nia Hawaii chapter<03:38:55.760>
in <03:38:56.160>support.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection - 03/06/25
Commerce and Consumer Protection
Transcript Highlights:
- drafted is that it is also easier to draft it this way and not than when you pass a mandate in, say, chapter
- approach, as Senator Klein alluded to, of legislative prerogative to affirmatively add it to the MA chapters
- it this way and not than when you draft it this way and not than when you pass a mandate in, say, chapter
- approach, as Senator Klein alluded to, of legislative prerogative to affirmatively add it to the MA chapters
- approach, as Senator Klein alluded to, of legislative prerogative to affirmatively add it to the MA chapters
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 3/4/25
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- However, under Chapter 179A, there are specific definitions of who is considered a public employee and
- However, under Chapter 179A, there are specific definitions of who is considered a public employee and
- siloing is the agencies don't have statutory authority to talk back and forth, and a lot of that is in Chapter
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13 forth and a lot of that is in Chapter 13 forth and a lot of that is in Chapter
Keywords:
Office of Inspector General, inspector general, legislative audit, fraud prevention, waste and abuse, public funds, grant oversight, state grants, grant management, whistleblower protection, retaliation, subpoena power, data practices, government transparency, accountability, law enforcement referrals, sanctions, debarment, payment withholding, public assistance fraud
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 02/27/25
Environment, Climate, and Legacy
Transcript Highlights:
- Another program these are statutory programs, you can see here under chapter 103F.
- It's an entity that was established in statute, and I think it's in chapter 114.
- The chapter you did mention is correct, as Council has confirmed, so good memory.
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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate - 01/22/25
Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate
Transcript Highlights:
- That was from the laws of Minnesota, Minnesota 1994, Chapter 641.
- That was from the laws of Minnesota, Minnesota 1994, Chapter 641.
- That was from the laws of Minnesota, Minnesota 1994, Chapter 641.
- That was from the laws of Minnesota, Minnesota 1994, Chapter 641.
- That was from the laws of Minnesota, Minnesota 1994, Chapter 641.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- 20, chapter 63, entitled the election law statutes, and the current title of RSA 663 is Questions to
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entitled <00:35:42.720>the <00:35:42.880 - RSA chapter 32 enables select boards or voters through petition to propose and adopt tax caps through
- 32 or that would in current RSA chapter 32 or that would exist<01:25:42.960>
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NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
JLCAR Administrative Rules (05/15/2026)
Transcript Highlights:
- would say, for violating the requirements of or refusing to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter
- comply with any of the provisions<01:07:21.920>
of <01:07:22.040>this <01:07:22.280>chapter - ><01:07:23.400>
or <01:07:23.680>RSA <01:07:24.240>149M64 provisions of this chapter - or RSA 149M64 provisions of this chapter or RSA 149M64 not<01:07:27.320>
identified <01:07:27.960 - of radiation, and this first section is for the scope, exemptions, and general provisions of that chapter
Summary:
The committee first handled routine business, approving the minutes and consent calendar, then moved to the regular calendar of administrative rules. Department of Energy rule 25-220 was postponed until June at the sponsor’s request so stakeholders would have more time to review revised language. Several Department of Health and Human Services Medicaid-related rules were then considered, including 25-240, 25-265, and 26-33, each of which drew staff comments mainly about expired rule provisions and the agencies’ reliance on federal law, the Medicaid state plan, or other manuals. The committee approved those rules after brief questions, with the agencies stating they were already operating under the relevant federal or state-plan authority and, in one case, that rulemaking was underway to update an expired citation.
The most extended discussion was on HHS Bureau of Aging rule 25-304, which had an amended conditional approval request. Staff explained the amendments clarified how case management agencies accept or deny cases, how telehealth participation is evaluated, and that the department sets the timing for accepting or denying cases under its existing authority. Staff also noted a separate issue about whether reimbursement rates must be in rule, but said the agency had long interpreted the statute to allow its approach and that any change would likely require legislation rather than committee objection.
A provider representative testified against parts of the rule, arguing the case management agencies should not be required to accept referrals before contacting the participant, that telehealth decisions for other providers should remain with those providers, and that the quality-management section was duplicative and burdensome. Committee members questioned whether the telehealth language merely allowed case managers to say a service fit the client’s plan or instead gave them authority over another provider’s delivery method. The agency responded that case managers may determine what services an individual needs, but should not control how another licensed provider delivers those services. The discussion continued with no final action shown in the excerpt.