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AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/17/2026 - Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

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  • requires a break every three hours.
  • Lastly, the AI is required to refer users or minors to crisis intervention if that might... ...is required
  • Is that required? You are not required to get a REAL ID. You have the option to get one.
  • of documentation.
  • So the new CMMD 2.0 requirements and the NIST requirement are all met with this type of encryption.
Summary: The committee approved the March 10, 2026 minutes and then considered several bills. HB 2056, appropriating $100,000 for an Arizona Department of Water Resources feasibility study on brackish groundwater desalination, passed 6-3 despite concerns that it could encourage more groundwater pumping and worsen subsidence or impacts to tribal lands. HB 2057, which lowers the Arizona Centennial Special Plate renewal fee from $25 to $20, also received a do-pass recommendation, 7-2, with some members objecting to the special plate’s focus and the reduced fee. HB 2224, appropriating $1 million annually to DES for the produce incentive program, drew strong support from nonprofit and food-access advocates who said the Double Up Food Bucks program helps families, farmers, and local markets; it passed 9-0. HB 2257, changing the allocation of watercraft registration revenues among the Watercraft Licensing Fund, Lake Improvement Fund, and boating safety/law enforcement funds, passed 6-3 after criticism that the bill was heard without a sponsor present and concern about shifting money away from Game and Fish. HB 2265, barring courts from charging defendants for public defender or court-appointed counsel costs and related criminal-case fees, passed 7-1 amid debate over constitutionality, cost shifting to counties, and whether the bill should be amended to offset lost revenue. The committee then took up HB 2311, which imposes disclosure, content, parental-control, and self-harm response requirements on publicly available conversational AI services for minors. The sponsor and supporters framed it as child protection, while opponents warned about privacy, surveillance, and overbroad definitions; an Epstein amendment expanding the bill to broader conversational technology was rejected, and the bill passed 7-2. HB 2752, moving authority over international trade offices from the Arizona Commerce Authority to legislative appropriations and reporting, passed 6-3 after a proposed data-and-research amendment was also rejected. Finally, HB 2957, requiring ADOT to continue offering non-REAL ID licenses and limiting biometric collection and data sharing, prompted extensive testimony for and against; supporters emphasized privacy and choice, while opponents warned it could conflict with federal CDL and REAL ID requirements. The transcript cuts off during the discussion of HB 2957, before a final vote is shown.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/26

Health Finance and Policy

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  • Referrals are made for conditions requiring care outside of PT or requiring consultation prior to PT.
  • Referrals are made for conditions requiring care outside of PT or requiring consultation prior to PT.
  • >> uh signs and symptoms and are required >> uh signs and symptoms and are required
  • Ultimately, repealing this requirement Ultimately, repealing this requirement will<01:16:05.679>
  • That expense does not requirement.
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  • It does require a statewide oversight and ROI reporting.
  • So I think putting a language back to the show puts in a requirement along with the bill that Representative
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

EEP Public Hearing - Thu Feb 5, 2026 @ 9:00 AM HST

Energy & Environmental Protection

Transcript Highlights:
  • And first up to testify on House Bill 2245, relating to the environment, is the bill about requiring
  • House Bill 2245 is described as the bill about requiring additional denitrification capacity in wastewater
  • This is a market-driven solution requiring no tax credits or public funds.
  • This is a market-driven solution requiring no tax credits or public funds.
  • This is a market-driven solution requiring no tax credits or public funds.
Summary: The committee heard testimony on several bills related to cesspools, wastewater, and clean water protections. On HB 2245, which would require additional denitrification capacity in wastewater systems near shorelines, the Department of Health offered comments, DLNR supported the bill, and multiple environmental and ocean groups testified in strong support, emphasizing nitrogen pollution from cesspools, reef damage, and the need to prioritize shoreline systems. Testifiers said the bill should move forward, with technical issues such as GIS mapping to be worked out later. No member questions or votes were taken on this measure. On HB 1985, concerning the Hawaii Green Infrastructure Authority and accessible conversion loans for cesspool homeowners, HGI supported the bill and suggested making the program a revolving loan fund; DLNR and the Public Utilities Commission also supported it, while the Department of Health supported the concept. Committee discussion focused on program design, possible forgivable loans for low-income homeowners, and whether the program should be administered through existing infrastructure rather than a new procurement process. The committee then moved to HB 1985’s companion discussion on cesspool conversion outreach and deadline extensions, where DLNR and DOH supported outreach but DLNR and ocean advocates expressed reservations about extending deadlines, especially for financial hardship, saying that issue would need careful work. The committee also heard testimony on HB 2079, which would reestablish the accessible upgrades inversion or connection income tax credit. The Department of Taxation raised administrative and fraud concerns about refundable credits, explaining that nonrefundable credits reduce tax debt while refundable credits can function like cash payments and require more oversight. DOH, DLNR, OPSD, counties, Hawaii Realtors, and environmental groups supported the bill, with one ocean coalition witness saying tax credits could help homeowners but grants would be preferable. Members asked about the difference between refundable credits and grants and about whether the credit would cover sewer connections versus individual wastewater systems. The committee then heard brief testimony on HB 1921, allowing certain priority-three cesspools to add a bedroom, with support from Hawaii Realtors and some other groups and no opposition discussion. HB 2232, preserving state water-quality protections at least as strong as the federal Clean Water Act, drew support from DOH and ocean advocates, with no questions. The committee also began hearing energy-related bills, including HB 1567 on energy equity and HB 1984 on self-certification for distributed energy resources, with a mix of support and some opposition or requested amendments, but no votes were taken in the portion provided.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Feb 3rd, 2026

Judiciary

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  • court, and also removes the word "periodic" as the court may deem when reports from a curator are required
  • Clearwater lose over $100 million, and this bill has language in it saying that the bonds are not required
  • Clearwater lose over $100 million, and this bill has language in it saying that the bonds are not required
  • requirements are already covered under the bill.
  • To close, China’s national intelligence law requires all these companies, all these influence agents,
Summary: The committee heard a series of bills, most of them claims or civil-law measures, and reported each favorably. Among the bills approved were SB 326 on curators of estates, SB 1096 clarifying filing deadlines under the Florida Civil Rights Act, SB 28 and SB 26 on claims against the City of Lakeland and the estate of Mark Legata, SB 6 involving a DCF-related claim for Layla Estrada/Sapphire Williams, SB 786 creating a nonjudicial process for closing trusts, SB 18 and SB 2 on claims involving the estate of McKenzie Navarre and Daniel Mosley, and SB 50 expanding veterans’ courts statewide. The committee also approved SB 538 on extracurricular activities, SB 1004 on pet sales and financing disclosures, and SB 1366, the sovereign immunity bill, which was presented as a starting point for negotiations with the House over higher claims caps and related provisions. Most of these bills were explained by sponsors as clarifying existing law, modernizing procedures, or resolving uncontested claims, and several had support from affected organizations or individuals; some also drew opposition or concerns from speakers, especially on trust notice issues, sovereign immunity, and the scope of the extracurricular and pet-sale bills. Several bills were amended before passage. SB 326 was narrowed by removing a section and changing reporting language for curators. SB 786 received a technical clarification amendment, while SB 18 removed an unneeded Medicaid-related section. SB 50 on veterans’ courts drew broad support from veterans’ groups and criminal-justice organizations. SB 538 on extracurricular activities was amended multiple times to address home education eligibility, activity fees for homeschool participants, technical cross-references, and compensation for extracurricular sponsors. SB 1004 was supported by animal-welfare advocates and consumer-protection interests. SB 178 on athletics in public K-12 schools was amended to limit the bill to head coaches, require personal funds, and allow similar bylaws by other athletic associations; it passed after discussion of a Miami Northwestern coaching controversy. The committee also took up two major policy bills with substantial testimony and questions. SB 1178 on foreign influence would create a state framework for foreign-agent registration, restrict gifts and contracts tied to foreign countries of concern and designated foreign terrorist organizations, limit certain sister-city and university linkage activities, and increase penalties for crimes committed to benefit foreign governments or terrorist groups; supporters framed it as a national-security and transparency measure, while the sponsor withdrew one amendment before passage. SB 1632 on ideologies inconsistent with American principles generated the most extended questioning, especially about its domestic-terrorism designation process, references to Sharia law, notice and due-process protections, and potential effects on students and speech; supporters argued it targets conduct, not belief, while opponents warned it could chill protected activity and unfairly target Muslim communities. The committee heard many public speakers on both sides, but no floor debate followed before the bill was moved forward.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part I) Aug 6th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • What is the required vote? The required vote for a motion to refer a request for an excuse.
  • Committee substitute for Senate Bill 15, relating to recording requirements for certain documents concerning
  • It relates to recording requirements for certain documents concerning real property, creating a criminal
  • Requirements for those persons who wanted to follow property transaction documents apart from a title
  • New in this bill is a requirement that all over-the-counter filers of property transaction documents
Bills: SB15, SB9, SB7, SB1, SB2, SB67, SB15, SB9, SB7
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, Select Aug 5th, 2025

Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, Select

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  • This legislation, House Bill 19, seeks to require public and private...
  • It's not just a requirement, but following code.
  • All JPs are required within the first year to do 80 hours of training.
  • It should be required to have the training.
  • We need to understand what is required of the legislature and what is not required of us to do.
Bills: HB2, HB1, HB18, HB19, HB20, HB1, HB 2, HB18, HB19, HB20
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Jul 28th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

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  • Senate Bill 41 by Zaffirini, relating to floodlight and evacuation notice requirements for Youth Camp
  • Senate Bill 43 by Zaffirini, relating to an exemption from the requirement to obtain a permit from the
Bills: SB5, SB11, SB12, SB41, SB43, SB49, SB5, SB11, SB12
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

State Affairs Apr 9th, 2025

State Affairs

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  • for publishing, uh, this allows, uh, The, uh, government entities to satisfy public notice requirements
  • And so these AI data centers have different uptime requirements.
  • And don't have these as stringent uptime requirements.
  • This reporting requirement, no enforcement, just a reporting requirement, uh, we'll continue to make
  • Of new generation and that required a $10 billion investment by the state.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs Apr 9th, 2025

State Affairs

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  • Requirement that they're given during an event.
  • Have different uptime requirements. And so that's what's really important.
  • This reporting requirement has no enforcement.
  • are required to report under the bill.
  • Large-scale solar installation requires specific land area potentially.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs Apr 9th, 2025

State Affairs

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  • If you require assistance registering or testifying, please contact the committee staff.
  • House Bill 985 required that any public work contract funded with state money, including debt, may not
  • House Bill 1951 would expand the current prohibition on requiring project labor agreements on projects
  • A lot of times, like I said, these projects are the projects that require that.
  • Joint Base San Antonio recently issued a dormitory project. ...required a PLA.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Delivery of Government Efficiency Apr 9th, 2025

Delivery of Government Efficiency

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  • However, the Public Information Act has never required a production of a new document or new information
  • Therefore response is not required.
  • documents. within the 10-day period.
  • Our appeal was denied because we could not provide the required documentation.
  • . documentation from the public.
TX
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  • That would be required, whether or not the agreement is exclusive.
  • We do have a robust manufacturing sector. that requires a lot of grid power.
  • These water projects require significant coordination with public and other utilities and also require
  • However, this requirement only applies to generation built after 2027 and does not require existing generation
  • Putting requirements a year from now if this bill becomes law.
TX
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  • It requires registration. But we'll talk about all those things.
  • You said this is requiring unnecessary registration requirements.
  • So why wouldn't they be required to register?
  • It does require registration.
  • Once it is set up, there is no additional support required from district staff.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Business and Commerce (Part II) Apr 1st, 2025

Business & Commerce

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  • It requires registration.' But we'll talk about all those things.
  • It requires registration.' But we'll talk about all those things.
  • You said this is requiring unnecessary registration requirements. Yes, sir, that's right.
  • You said this is requiring unnecessary registration requirements. Yes, sir. That's right.
  • So why wouldn't they be required to register?
Summary: The Senate Committee on Business and Commerce heard Senate Bill 2021 by Senator Johnson, as substituted, on distributed energy resources (DERs). Johnson said the bill was intended to create a regulatory framework for DERs and virtual power plants, address interconnection and registration issues, and prevent regulatory capture as the industry grows. Testimony was split: Texas Electric Cooperatives asked for clarification so co-ops would not be unintentionally excluded from owning or operating DERs; AECT supported the bill as providing needed rules and customer protections; TABA, Texas Solar and Storage Association, Sierra Club, Texas Solar Energy Society, and several others opposed it or raised concerns that it was too utility-centric, imposed red tape, and could burden homeowners and small businesses with registration and interconnection requirements. Johnson repeatedly said the bill was not meant to stop rooftop solar or backup systems and that he was open to specific redlines and further changes. SB 2021 was left pending after testimony. The committee then took up Senate Bill 2330 by Senator Parker, which would end government payroll deduction for dues to certain public employee organizations, while exempting first responders under Chapters 143 and 147 and making other conforming changes in a committee substitute. Parker argued the bill was about government neutrality, transparency, and employee freedom from coercion, and said organizations can collect dues directly using modern payment methods. Supporters from Texas Public Policy Foundation, Texas Business Coalition, Freedom Foundation, ABC Texas, and Texans for Fiscal Responsibility said taxpayer-funded payroll systems should not be used to collect dues for private organizations, especially ones involved in political activity. Opponents, including ATPE, Texas Classroom Teachers Association, Texas Public Employees Association, and correctional employees, said payroll deduction is a convenient, secure service that helps professional associations and employee groups, and argued the bill would burden teachers and other public employees. Several witnesses and senators focused on the bill’s exemptions and whether it treated teachers differently from first responders. Senator Menendez questioned why some public employees were excluded while others were not, and a Houston police union representative said he moved from opposing to supporting the bill after being told the substitute would preserve meet-and-confer deductions under Chapters 143 and 147. Senator Parker closed by saying the bill was not meant to eliminate associations or payroll deduction entirely, only to remove the state as a middleman. SB 2330 was left pending, and the committee then recessed subject to call.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Business and Commerce (Part I) Apr 1st, 2025

Business & Commerce

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  • The bill requires a written agreement signed. Formal relationship with a real estate agent.
  • We do have a robust manufacturing sector that requires a lot of grid power.
  • That requires a lot of grid power. Also, data centers are coming on really strong.
  • These water projects require significant coordination with public and other utilities and also require
  • However, this requirement only applies to generation built after 2027 and does not require existing generation
Summary: The committee first took up pending business and favorably reported several bills without objection or by recorded vote, including SB 783, SB 1238, SB 1706, SB 1791, SB 458, SB 1644, and SB 1810, with some of them also sent to the local and uncontested calendar. The committee then moved into hearings on additional bills. SB 1968, by Senator Schwertner, would update the Real Estate License Act by repealing subagency, requiring written buyer-agent agreements before showings, and clarifying when a formal buyer representation agreement must be signed. Texas Realtors testified in support, saying the bill modernizes agency rules and increases transparency, while a committee substitute corrected drafting issues. SB 2411, the annual update to the Texas Business Organizations Code, was also laid out and left pending after supportive testimony from the Texas Business Law Foundation and drafting committee representatives. The committee also heard SB 2321, which would codify ERCOT’s current practice of notifying TCEQ when backup generation needs enforcement discretion for grid reliability; Sierra Club and a chamber of commerce witness supported it with suggestions for clearer emissions reporting, and the bill was left pending. SB 2077 would broaden eligibility for the Texas Mutual Insurance Company board by narrowing conflict restrictions tied to insurance-related interests; Texas Mutual supported the change and the bill was left pending. SB 1405, a broadband bill, would align state law with FCC standards and streamline Broadband Development Office processes; it was left pending after supportive testimony. SB 1299, protecting nonprofit donor privacy, drew support from privacy advocates and concerns from one witness about transparency for publicly funded nonprofit operations; it was left pending. The committee then heard SB 776, which would bar government construction contracts from shifting delay damages to contractors when delays are caused solely by the public owner. Contractors, surety representatives, and water infrastructure advocates supported the bill, arguing it would improve fairness and reduce inflated bids, while water utilities and critical infrastructure entities opposed it, warning of more litigation and higher costs; the bill was left pending. Finally, SB 715, which would apply reliability requirements retroactively to all generation resources in ERCOT, drew opposition from renewable and storage groups and support from some critics of renewable subsidies, with witnesses split over whether it would improve reliability or raise costs; testimony was underway when the transcript ended.
TX
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  • In all cases, though, the applicants required to present docu- documentation that the person is a citizen
  • On the state voter registration form in the state of Arizona, you are required to provide documented
  • So, there's no. difference in the documentation being required here.
  • Requiring individuals to track down and provide additional documents places an unnecessary. burden on
  • Texans are far more likely to lack easy access to the required documents and may also be harder to verify