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FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
January 15, 2025 - 09:00 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- sectors that were added include energy, petrochemical, financial, construction, manufacturing, textile, mining
Summary:
The Government Operations Subcommittee met with a quorum and began with member introductions and remarks from the chair emphasizing the committee’s focus on government efficiency, accountability, and oversight of executive branch agencies. Members shared their districts and backgrounds, with several noting hurricane recovery in their communities and a shared interest in reducing bureaucracy and improving service to Floridians.
The committee’s only presentation was from Chris Spencer, Executive Director of the State Board of Administration, who gave an overview of the SBA’s governance structure, investment responsibilities, and divestment policies. He explained the SBA’s management of more than $257 billion in assets, including the Florida Retirement System, the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund, and Florida PRIME, and reviewed the Protecting Florida’s Investments Act restrictions covering Northern Ireland, Cuba, Venezuela, Israel, Sudan, Iran, and China. He also described the implementation of HB 7071, including the required divestment from direct holdings in Chinese companies, and said the SBA had reduced its direct Chinese holdings from 33 companies totaling over $172 million to 13 companies totaling about $64 million, with completion expected ahead of the September 1, 2025 deadline.
Members asked detailed questions about the Israel boycott list, Morningstar and MSCI, how the SBA gathers information, whether Cuba’s federal designation changes affect Florida law, how companies are removed from scrutinized lists, and whether divestment timing could affect returns. Spencer said the SBA uses public and paid research sources, gives companies a 90-day cure period in some cases, and brings list changes to the trustees for approval. He also explained that the China benchmark change is intended to reduce passive exposure while still allowing active investment decisions, and said the PFIA restrictions have had a modestly positive overall effect on pension performance. The chair also asked about the Florida Retirement System funded ratio and the CAT Fund’s capacity; Spencer said the pension fund is at 80.7% funded, that actuarial assumptions are reviewed regularly, and that the CAT Fund currently has more than $10.5 billion in liquid claims-paying capacity and is expected to remain well positioned for hurricane losses. No votes were taken, and the meeting adjourned after the presentation and questions.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Education Policy and Administration (02/18/2026)
Education Policy and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- Um boards that really don't want to get involved in this like mine and I know there are some others they
- Um, boards that really don't want to get involved in this, like mine, and I know there are some others
- Um, boards that really don't want to get involved in this, like mine, and I know there are some others
- Someone else's question, not mine.
- This is a data mining program.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- Hi, Alaka Kahaka Mine Mck on behalf of the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement, standing on our written
- Mahalo, thank you. support hi alaka kahaka mine mck on support hi alaka kahaka mine mck on behalf<00:
- This is just the canary in the coal mine.
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CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 108 May 2nd, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- will see this in advertising from time to time when states are out there competing for companies like mine
- I just talked to a mining operation the other day, and they want to turn their entire program into geothermal
- I just talked to a mining operation the other day, and they want to turn their entire program into geothermal
- I just talked to a mining operation the other day, and they want to turn their entire program into geothermal
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado Senate 2026 Legislative Day 037 Feb 20th, 2026
Colorado Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- As was mentioned earlier by a good colleague of mine, we're just starting.
- by a good Um, as was mentioned earlier by a good colleague<02:51:33.439>
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starting. - Mines gets 33 million. Western gets a little over 20. Adams gets a little over 20.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- So their words, not mine.
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- Um, well, I don't answer questions in a public hearing, but if you could answer mine, that'd be great
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session-Day 6, February 16, 2026-PM
Wyoming Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- and for reservoirs, drains, flumes, or ditches on or across the lands of others for agriculture, mining
- others ditches on or across the lands of others for<01:05:40.400>
agriculture, <01:05:41.680>mining - ,<01:05:42.240>
milling, for agriculture, mining, milling, for agriculture, mining, milling - she has is they'll go to known addresses of people that are constituents of hers and constituents of mine
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado Senate 2026 Legislative Day 017 Feb 2nd, 2026
Colorado Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- As Langston Hughes said, "We the people must redeem the land, the mines, the plants, the rivers, the
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and < - You know as well as I do that this is your neighborhood, not particularly mine.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Friday, December 12, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- literally the difference between comfort and chaos and, yes, between life and death in states like mine
- literally the difference between comfort and chaos and, yes, between life and death in states like mine
- this majority in the Trump administration continues to fixate on putting young people back in coal mines
- this majority in the Trump administration continues to fixate on putting young people back in coal mines
- And we have the opportunity to do it with proposals like yours, like mine, like a number of proposals
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- I had a customer of mine buy a truck and brought it in for inspection.
- I will make mine somewhat brief, um, being that I'm one of the few motorcyclist people that spoke today
- Foundation.<02:12:23.520>
I <02:12:23.760>will <02:12:23.920>make <02:12:24.079>mine - I will make mine somewhat Foundation.
- I will make mine somewhat brief<02:12:25.599>
um <02:12:25.760>being <02:12:26.000>that
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- concern with these programs, and I don't want to be insulting to people, but this is a concern of mine
- relied on subsidized meals in school, this is very important to students like me and families like mine
- important to students like me families important to students like me families like<02:02:59.520>
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glad <02:03:00.760>to <02:03:00.840>see <02:03:01.000>this like mine - um so I'm glad to see this like mine um so I'm glad to see this bill<02:03:01.480>
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CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session May 26th, 2026
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- As many of you know, we actually passed off this floor last year a bill of mine that would have created
- and for also being supportive in the efforts that I've attempted to do to ensure that in areas like mine
- and for also being supportive in the efforts that I've attempted to do to ensure that in areas like mine
Summary:
The Assembly convened, established a quorum, and proceeded through a large House of Origin floor file, with the Speaker repeatedly urging members to be at their desks and keep support bills brief. Early actions included dispensing with the journal, re-referring AB 2285 to the Banking and Finance Committee, and then taking up dozens of third-reading items, with many bills passed by voice or recorded vote and others passed temporarily or retained on file.
The floor debated and passed a wide range of measures on land use, housing, labor, public safety, health care, utilities, taxation, and consumer protection. Among the bills approved were measures on land surveyor review (AB 1933), nurse midwife access for pregnant and postpartum patients (AB 1696), historic-district transit zoning flexibility (AB 2415), EV charging infrastructure fees and timelines (AB 1820), foreclosure bidding protections (AB 1957), tribal cannabis commerce (AB 2506), outdoor advertising permitting (AB 2024), commercial building permit timelines and third-party plan checkers (AB 2418), DUI penalties (AB 1685 and AB 1687), utility rate transparency (AB 1715), CalWORKs work-penalty changes (AB 1755), dynamic electricity rates (AB 1787), interior designer licensure (AB 1796), compost labeling and contamination rules (AB 1812), modular housing standardization (AB 1815), small claims limits for businesses (AB 1827), Native American Day as a paid state holiday (AB 1841), hospital staffing and maternity access bills (AB 1868 and AB 1882), protective orders tied to release dates (AB 1889), and a series of public health, missing persons, and teacher credentialing measures later in the file.
Several high-profile bills drew extended debate. AB 2624, expanding Safe at Home privacy protections to immigrant service providers, prompted sharp disagreement over free speech and alleged limits on online posting, but supporters said it protected workers facing threats and doxing; it ultimately passed 49-19. AB 2023, creating a framework for regulating AI chatbots used by children, was framed as a child-safety measure after testimony about chatbot-related harms and suicide risks, and passed 58-8. Other notable votes included AB 2208 on Medi-Cal protections against federal cuts, AB 2299 on CalFresh/SNAP losses, AB 2115 apologizing to California Native peoples for historic state harms, and AB 2311 on public hospital physician employment; the transcript ends as the Assembly continues working through the remaining file.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 3 on Health and Human Services May 7th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- This reduction would not only impact families like mine, but most importantly, it would Impact families
- like mine, but most importantly, they will negatively affect individuals with disabilities who depend
- Please continue to support this program because it’s essential for families like mine. Much thanks.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session 5/6/26 - Part 2
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I haven't had the threats of mine that some of us have. I haven't.
- What had been experienced as a kid at a private school, right, outside in the parks from your area to mine
- reservations and I thought I can see some Unfortunately, what happens is that in a community like mine
Summary:
The House took up Senate File 3432, a public safety bill requiring identifying equipment and insignia to be removed from emergency vehicles sold to the public. The chamber first adopted a House language amendment, then debated a broader security package that would fund judicial and courthouse security, Capitol security measures, short-term protection for legislators facing credible threats, State Patrol deficiency funding, and additional BCA analysts and investigators to assess threats statewide. Supporters framed the bill as necessary to protect public safety, democracy, and First Amendment activity at the Capitol and courthouses; they also said the package was pared down from larger requests and based on security reviews. The House adopted an A-1 amendment clarifying that BCA staff could investigate threats statewide, and later rejected a Schultz A-3 amendment that would have eliminated all appropriations in the bill. The A-3 was defeated on a 37-94 vote after the House upheld the Speaker’s ruling that a proposed school-safety secondary amendment was not germane, with that appeal decided 69-62.
A major theme of debate was whether the Legislature should prioritize security for members and the Capitol before passing school safety funding. Several members argued they could not support spending tens of millions on Capitol and legislative security without first funding school safety for all students, including public, charter, private, and tribal schools. Others defended the bill as necessary because of recent threats and violence, including the June 14 tragedy, and said the Capitol security changes were based on professional recommendations. Some members also criticized the new security setup as overly restrictive or “security theater,” while supporters said the measures were needed to keep the public, staff, and lawmakers safe.
After the A-3 was defeated, the bill was read for third time and members continued floor debate. The discussion remained split between those emphasizing immediate Capitol and legislative security needs and those insisting school safety should come first. Representative Agbaje then moved to table the bill, and the clerk began a roll call on that motion.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Monday, for those of you who want to attend, we're going to have a number of bills, including some mine
- those, if we're going to do those sorts of specified projects, those all show up in the bonding bill. mine
- that have to do with um the general mine that have to do with um the general subject<01:42:55.480>
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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/26
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
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of <00:18:22.320>mine <00:18:22.559>testified <00:18:23.120 - >
against <00:18:24.240>um colleague of mine testified against um colleague of mine testified
Keywords:
boat storage structures, public waters, natural resources, rule amendments, watercraft canopy, PFAS, environmental regulation, manufacturers, public health, product safety, groundwater, water appropriation, water-use permit, water permit, aquifer test, aquifer, well construction, groundwater permit, Department of Natural Resources, DNR
MN
Transcript Highlights:
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who <00:51:39.880>had, And um I had a friend of mine who had, And um - I had a friend of mine who had, you<00:51:40.320>
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Keywords:
screen time, preschool, kindergarten, early childhood education, digital media, tablets, smartphones, educational technology, EdTech, classroom devices, publicly funded preschool, school policy, child development, special education, IEP, 504 plan, IFSP, Minnesota education law, climate literacy, education
Summary:
The committee first approved the previous day’s minutes, then took up House File 3776, as amended by the A2 amendment, which clarified how the bill would apply to students with IEPs and 504 plans. The bill’s author argued that Minnesota should address screen time for preschool and kindergarten students, saying current law is too broad, that young children are especially vulnerable to developmental and attention harms from screens, and that parents and teachers should have more control over device use. The bill was laid over after discussion.
Testimony on HF 3776 was split. Amanda Faye of Minnetonka Public Schools opposed the bill as drafted, saying it would conflict with existing academic standards, READ Act screening requirements, accessibility tools, and local control, and would force districts back to paper-based screening. Katherine Myers of Live More Screen Less supported the bill, citing concerns about early childhood screen exposure and arguing that screen-free time supports child development. Members raised concerns about local control, parental rights, and how to protect students who need devices for accommodations; the author and nonpartisan staff noted that schools can already adopt cell phone policies, but exceptions may be needed for certain students and uses.
After laying over HF 3776, the committee began House File 3557. Representative Craft introduced the bill as a voluntary program to promote practical science education and workforce development tied to climate literacy, including a proposed Minnesota Seal of Climate Literacy for high school students. The bill was only introduced before the transcript ended, with no vote or final action recorded on HF 3557.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Each of these incidents involved a current or recent student of mine.
- Each of these incidents involved a current or recent student of mine.
- Each of these incidents involved a current or recent student of mine.
Keywords:
immigration status, undocumented students, immigrant rights, K-12 education, public school enrollment, Plyler v. Doe, school district, charter school, cooperative unit, law enforcement access, ICE, immigration enforcement, civil lawsuit, private right of action, injunctive relief, mandamus, student records, directory information, parental engagement, equal access to education
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, and a constituent of mine who brings her child to a child care center um found out through the sex
- Chairman, I was too when I was told about it, and so um I'm just I want to ... constituent of mine uh
- who brings her constituent of mine uh who brings her child<00:02:28.480>
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Keywords:
felony, law enforcement, police officer, criminal penalties, public safety, sex offender, child care facility, residency restrictions, criminal law, sex offenders, child care facilities, legislation, false claims, civil penalties, state accountability, whistleblower protection, fraud prevention, 916, all