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TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part II) Mar 19th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm also grateful for the many of you who have joint authored this bill.
  • Amendment is accepted over the author.
  • I think it's acceptable to the author. Court, on the amendment.
  • One, is it acceptable to the author, is there objection?
  • Ask questions of the author of the amendment. I'm sorry.
Bills: SCR5, SCR13, SB3, SB6, SB10, SB12, SB13, SB15, SB17, SB18, SB19, SB24, SB35, SB57, SB65, SB112, SB284, SB290, SB388, SB400, SB402, SB412, SB495, SB499, SB502, SB509, SB621, SB706, SB740, SB815, SB842, SB854, SB875, SB893, SB917, SB974, SB1025, SB1061, SB1073, SB1106, SB1268, SB1281, SB1300, SB1362, SB1379, SB1447, SB1451, SB1555, SB1902, SJR36, SJR12, SCR13, SCR25, SCR5, SCR22, SCR12, SCR24, SB495, SB412, SB10, SB18, SB565, SB372, SB842, SB765, SB62, SB19, SB666, SB707, SB888, SB687, SB706, SB847, SB290, SB13, SB1248, SB740, SB14, SB1006, SB504, SB917, SB925, SB388, SB1902, SB1121, SB995, SB857, SB305, SB296, SB284, SB35, SB6, SB815, SB3, SB1281, SB1379, SB1300, SB1497, SB1499, SB1498, SB1451, SB1061, SB15, SB65, SB241, SB304, SB402, SB499, SB621, SB974, SB1023, SB1024, SB1025, SB1106, SB686, SB112, SB371, SB204, SB400, SB609, SB1447, SB670, SB502, SB427, SB850, SB854, SB413, SB1555, SB1362, SB1346, SB1033, SB1220, SB1073, SB810, SB987, SB1539, SB893, SB447, SB875, SB406, SB509, SB985, SB965, SB17, SB1119, SB1505, SB12, SB24, SB57, SB1194, SB1253, SB1215, SB1532, SB1268, SB1302, SB856, SB650, SB583, SB673, SB840, SJR57, SCR8, SB213, SB681, SB1172, SB1252, SB378, SB610, SB918, SB1343, SB608, SB487, SB955, SB957, SB988, SB990, SB1019, SB1021, SB1120, SB251, SB958, SB535, SB761, SB1, SB541, SB315, SB379, SB1018, SB1737, SB266, SB1415, SB3, SB6, SB15, SB35, SB290, SB706, SB842, SB917, SB1281, SB1451, SB1902, SB12, SB13, SB17, SB19, SB388, SR261, SR265, SR276, SR277, SR281, SR286, SR293, SCR5, SCR13, SB2425, SB2880, SB10, SB12, SB13, SB17, SB18, SB19, SB388, SB412, SB495, SB2425, SB2880
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

Senate in Session Mar 19th, 2025

Florida Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill authorizes the distribution and sale of hearing aids through the mail for individuals 18 years
  • notice of intended agency action within 90 days of the effective date, granting... ...rule-making authority
  • not done. ...many times it is just begun, especially for the agency which we dedicated rule-making authority
Bills: SCR5, SCR13, SB3, SB6, SB10, SB12, SB13, SB15, SB17, SB18, SB19, SB24, SB35, SB57, SB65, SB112, SB284, SB290, SB388, SB400, SB402, SB412, SB495, SB499, SB502, SB509, SB621, SB706, SB740, SB815, SB842, SB854, SB875, SB893, SB917, SB974, SB1025, SB1061, SB1073, SB1106, SB1268, SB1281, SB1300, SB1362, SB1379, SB1447, SB1451, SB1555, SB1902, SJR36, SJR12, SCR13, SCR25, SCR5, SCR22, SCR12, SCR24, SB495, SB412, SB10, SB18, SB565, SB372, SB842, SB765, SB62, SB19, SB666, SB707, SB888, SB687, SB706, SB847, SB290, SB13, SB1248, SB740, SB14, SB1006, SB504, SB917, SB925, SB388, SB1902, SB1121, SB995, SB857, SB305, SB296, SB284, SB35, SB6, SB815, SB3, SB1281, SB1379, SB1300, SB1497, SB1499, SB1498, SB1451, SB1061, SB15, SB65, SB241, SB304, SB402, SB499, SB621, SB974, SB1023, SB1024, SB1025, SB1106, SB686, SB112, SB371, SB204, SB400, SB609, SB1447, SB670, SB502, SB427, SB850, SB854, SB413, SB1555, SB1362, SB1346, SB1033, SB1220, SB1073, SB810, SB987, SB1539, SB893, SB447, SB875, SB406, SB509, SB985, SB965, SB17, SB1119, SB1505, SB12, SB24, SB57, SB1194, SB1253, SB1215, SB1532, SB1268, SB1302, SB856, SB650, SB583, SB673, SB840, SJR57, SCR8, SB213, SB681, SB1172, SB1252, SB378, SB610, SB918, SB1343, SB608, SB487, SB955, SB957, SB988, SB990, SB1019, SB1021, SB1120, SB251, SB958, SB535, SB761, SB1, SB541, SB315, SB379, SB1018, SB1737, SB266, SB1415, SB3, SB6, SB15, SB35, SB290, SB706, SB842, SB917, SB1281, SB1451, SB1902, SB12, SB13, SB17, SB19, SB388, SR261, SR265, SR276, SR277, SR281, SR286, SR293, SCR5, SCR13, SB2425, SB2880, SB10, SB12, SB13, SB17, SB18, SB19, SB388, SB412, SB495, SB2425, SB2880
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Feb 23rd, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Will there be questions of the author?
  • Will there be questions of the author?
  • Will there be questions of the author. Senator Hicks, you're recognized for a question on the bill.
  • Will there be questions of the author? Senator Bourne, you're recognized for a question. Mr.
  • Will there be questions of the author? Senator Hicks, you're recognized. You, Mr.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Mar 24th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Questions for the author of the amendment and for the author of the bill.
  • President, may I ask the question of the author as it relates to this amendment?
  • Senate Bill 2073 by Zaffirini relates to the authority of the Appraisal District.
  • regional transportation authorities to Transportation.
  • Senate Bill 2144 by Perry relates to the authority of a reserve peace officer.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

House Chamber - Fri Mar 6, 2026, 12:00PM HST - Day 24

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And um my concern is with, of course, general obligation bonds, um, when we should be raising needed
  • Department<00:30:21.679> of measure authorizes the Department of measure authorizes the Department
  • um geo bonds we issue, etc., the debt we take on.
  • Um, however, my issuing of bonds.
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HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

WAL Public Hearing - Thu Mar 19, 2026 @ 9:00 AM HST

Water & Land

Transcript Highlights:
  • And more importantly, I would like to say that the bill does preserve full regulatory authority for the
  • And more importantly, I would like to say that the bill does preserve full regulatory authority for the
  • for the state and regulatory authority for the state and county<00:33:57.040> agencies.
  • duration of emergency authorization. duration of emergency authorization.
  • ,<01:07:02.000> um authority, um authority, um it<01:07:03.960> was<01:07:04.120> okay
Summary: The Committee on Water and Land heard testimony on SB 5253 SD2 relating to conservation and SB 2401 relating to regional shoreline mitigation district, with the chair emphasizing short testimony limits and the need to finish before session. On SB 5253, DLNR said it stood on its written testimony and answered questions about the bill’s proposed nonprofit endangered species sanctuary. Members asked whether existing entities or agreements, such as land trusts, private landowners, and DLNR safe harbor agreements, could accomplish similar conservation goals without creating a new entity. DLNR said similar work already exists, but it was not aware of a comparable sanctuary model in the state. A member also questioned language suggesting for-profit businesses in the sanctuary, and DLNR said the intent appeared to be sales of outreach or similar materials, though it agreed that such activities could be handled by a nonprofit. The bulk of the hearing focused on SB 2401, which would create a regional shoreline adaptation/mitigation framework. The Department of the Attorney General said it had concerns about inconsistent use of the terms “mitigation” and “adaptation,” warning of possible title-subject issues. DLNR said it was neutral on the terminology and more concerned with the substance, and noted that the bill would not waive permits; any plan would still require environmental review and applicable state and county permits. DLNR also supported OHA’s recommendation to consider impacts on Native Hawaiian traditional and customary practices during regional planning, and said the bill’s language on temporary shoreline protection measures could help address the gap between emergency permits and longer-term planning while avoiding a hardening-only approach. The Office of Planning supported the regional planning concept but noted it is not a regulatory agency and would need to work with DLNR and the Land Board. OHA supported the bill’s planning-based approach but recommended amendments to require assessment of impacts on Native Hawaiian traditional and customary practices during plan development and to clarify that environmental review would still apply at the project level. Testifiers from the Ka‘anapali Steering Committee strongly supported the bill, saying it would provide a regional framework for ongoing erosion problems while preserving full regulatory authority and normal permitting, and they proposed amendments to standardize terminology, create a limited pathway for temporary shoreline protection, and address ownership and maintenance responsibilities. Members discussed the meaning of “mitigation” versus “adaptation,” the scope of shoreline hardening, and whether the bill would help the legislature take a broader, more holistic view of shoreline decisions. No votes or final actions were taken in the portion of the hearing provided.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

GVO DEFER, AEN-GVO Public Hearings 02-12-2026

Government Operations

Transcript Highlights:
  • So, we're going to require forfeiture of half the bond amount, not full, as written on page two, line
  • forfeite of So, we're going to require forfeite of half<00:07:21.360> the<00:07:21.599> bond
  • > amount,<00:07:22.319> not<00:07:22.560> full,<00:07:22.800> as half the bond
  • amount, not full, as half the bond amount, not full, as written<00:07:23.360> on<00:07:23.520
Summary: The committee met on February 12, 2026, to take decision-making on measures previously heard earlier in the month. Several bills were deferred indefinitely or set for later discussion, including SB 2064 on the Office of the State Architect, SB 3068 on procurement, and SB 3216 after its contents were moved into another measure. SB 2862 on gubernatorial appointments, SB 2781, and SB 315 were all deferred to Tuesday, February 17 at 3 p.m. in Room 225 for further work. The committee also noted that if technical problems interrupted the meeting, it would reconvene later for outstanding decision-making. The committee passed SB 2343 on the Legislature with amendments incorporating language from SB 3216, technical changes, and a defective date of 2525. SB 2075 was advanced as a Senate draft 1 after amendments responding to constitutional concerns raised by the attorney general and SPO. SB 2927 on procurement was also passed with amendments clarifying debriefing requirements and adding technical changes, and SB 2938 on search and rescue was amended to place the position in Hima rather than the Governor’s office before being adopted. SB 3249 on procurement protests was amended to remove the term "frivolous," reduce the forfeiture to half the bond amount, and note unresolved issues, then adopted. The committee also took up SB 3332 on state-funded travel, amending it to remove certain lines, report travel by position number to protect confidentiality, remove subsection G, and add a defective date of 2525; it was adopted. SB 2929 on public notice was amended into a pilot project for counties with populations between 100,000 and 175,000, with a year-end report to the Legislature, and was adopted. Later, the committee returned to SB 2094 on environmental action levels, heard testimony from the Department of Health in support of its current scientific process and from an environmental caucus witness in strong support of the bill’s transparency and petition provisions, and then deferred decision-making to February 17 at 3 p.m. in Room 225. In the joint hearing portion, SB 3233 on agricultural workforce housing drew generally supportive testimony from ADC, the Farm Bureau, the Chamber of Commerce, the Hawaii Farmers Union, and the State Procurement Office, with concerns focused on clarity, flexibility for smaller farms, and avoiding concentration of benefits in one large operation. The committee ultimately recommended passing SB 3233 with the State Procurement Office’s clarifying amendments and the Hawaii Farmers Union’s amendment to ensure workforce housing incentives benefit multiple farmers, and the measure was adopted.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Judiciary Feb 9th, 2026 at 06:43 pm

House Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • HB 165 allows projects that use industrial revenue bonds to also access C-PACE financing.
  • important clarification to ensure that commercial properties operating under an industrial revenue bond
  • And the vacancy on the commission would be filled by the original appointing authority.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations and Budget Education Subcommittee Feb 9th, 2026 at 10:30 am

A&B Education Subcommittee

Transcript Highlights:
  • House Bill 369 would allow a potential charter school board to apply to the charter school authorizer
  • And they would prefer to be able to choose out of all of the approved authorizers that we have in the
  • Whenever we have a long list of potential authorizers that they're that they could be authorized through
  • They're going to a private bond. They're borrowing money from a private lender.
  • You don't have a district that Would you vote like a bond issue? So, it's only five board members.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • to issue bonds and impose fees.
  • In addition, the bill clarifies the authority of these entities to issue revenue bonds to fund these
  • Both of those authorities have...
  • For their revenue bonds. Okay, is there any questions?
  • But we're authorizing the kids and the nurses to.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Transportation Apr 24th, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Representative Schaffner is a joint author on this bill alongside with Representative Trox Clair, uh,
  • The Coast Guard fully authorizes the Galveston, Texas pilots to handle vessels of unlimited size.
  • Well, um, I mean, in a nutshell, the, the, the, the authority that oversees the Houston pilots.
  • Well, they have the authority until someone challenges it. I, I can't answer that question.
  • People want to testify for or against chair here is no chair recognize the author.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Transportation Apr 24th, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • HECTRA, Harris County Toll Road Authority, and I am here testifying regarding the HECTRA Bond Indenture
  • Additionally, the The authority has a capital improvements plan that is outside the bond indenture, but
  • Your bond? Were you talking about going through your bond money?
  • of that bond.
  • Two violations of bond covenants which affect all of the bonds if any Texas city has a bond out there
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Transportation Apr 24th, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • I am the author on this bill alongside Representative Troxler, who represents the portion of the highway
  • I'd like to clear up an issue I've heard some confusion about: the Coast Guard fully authorizes the Galveston-Texas
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Intergovernmental Affairs Apr 15th, 2025

Intergovernmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Lastly, we'll be calling authors according to seniority.
  • Local tools like bond financing assessments.
  • Any other questions for the bill's author?
  • Discussions with the bill author about your concerns?
  • I want them to discuss directly with the bill author.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Intergovernmental Affairs Apr 15th, 2025

Intergovernmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill would authorize voluntary cooperation on the part of the affected authorities, incentivizing
  • Um, how much do bonds factor into? Um, let's start with the right.
  • If you were going to divide the rate between the bonds...
  • Can you divide the dollar between the bonds?
  • Okay, again I want to go back to the bonds. Let's do the spending side.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Any questions for the bill's author? None. I do have one.
  • Members, any questions for the bill's author?
  • Members, any questions for the bill's author? None?
  • We disagree that the city should have any more authority.
  • and authorized by each respective participating entity.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • They don’t have administrative penalty authority like the PUC or the TCEQ does.
  • Any questions for the author? Public testimony is now open for Senate Bill 2662.
  • Um, this bill will give them that clear authority.
  • If they have the authority, what do you think the values would be?
  • bonds.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs (Part II) Apr 14th, 2025

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Any questions, members, any questions to the author.
  • This bill will give them that clear authority.
  • Into that trap of who does what and who has authority over the DCP.
  • If they have the authority, do you think IOUs would do it?
  • Relating to the public utilities agents providing authority to issue bonds, providing authority to impose