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FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Rules Jan 27th, 2026

Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • The amendment allows ADUs to be approved without requiring a public hearing, variance, conditional use
  • Portions of a hearing conducted by the Florida Public Service Commission were confidential or exempt.
  • , allows for the award of attorney fees and meaningful legal support during the investigation and hearing
  • So some of the testimony that you may hear today is on the bill as it stands today.
  • So some of the testimony that you may hear today is on the bill as it stands today.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Rules met with a quorum present and considered a long agenda of bills, many of which were reported favorably. Early action included CS for SB 62 on candidate qualification, which would create an enforcement mechanism for party-affiliation qualification requirements, and CS for SB 156, the Officer Jason Raynor Act, which would clarify resistance-to-officer language and add mandatory life imprisonment for manslaughter committed against a law enforcement officer. SB 156 drew strong support from the City of Daytona Beach and law enforcement groups, while the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers opposed parts of the bill, arguing it removed useful limits on force and imposed overly rigid sentencing. The committee also approved several open-government sunset review bills, including measures extending exemptions for social media platform investigations, small business loan program records, Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles investigatory records, emergency shelter recipient information, Department of Military Affairs records, conviction integrity unit reinvestigation information, Public Service Commission records and meetings, and Florida Gaming Control Commission records and meetings. The committee also advanced CS for SB 624, allowing batterers’ intervention programs to offer optional faith-based activities, with supporters saying faith-based counseling can help reduce domestic violence and no participant would be required to take part. Other approved measures included HB 167 on former phosphate mining lands, which limits certain liability claims if notice and survey requirements are met; CS for SB 48 on housing, which requires local governments to allow accessory dwelling units and was amended to remove hearing and variance requirements and clarify local ordinance obligations; SB 288 on rural electric cooperatives, described as a negotiated glitch bill preserving co-op authority over generation and power purchases; and CS for SB 364 on public accountancy, which creates additional CPA licensure pathways and mobility provisions. The committee also approved SB 292 creating a public records exemption for appellate court clerks and their families, despite some opposition votes. Later, the committee passed CS for SB 296 and CS for SB 298, which expand protections for victims of domestic violence and dating violence by creating a feasibility study for a secure web-based 911 alert platform and extending address confidentiality and public records protections to dating violence, stalking, and aggravated stalking victims. SB 386 on farm equipment, described as a “lemon law” for tractors and similar equipment, also passed. Additional open-government bills were approved for emergency shelter recipients, military affairs records, conviction integrity unit materials, PSC records, and gaming commission records. SB 168 on public nuisances was reported favorably as well. One bill, CS for CS for SB 290 on the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, was temporarily postponed after extensive stakeholder testimony; the chair allowed public comment but no vote was taken, and the sponsor indicated ongoing discussions and possible changes. At the end of the meeting, senators recorded several individual votes for the record, and the committee adjourned.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Representative Anchía: ...hear me use the word idiot? Mr.
  • Did you hear me use the word idiot? Mr. Vidal: Paraphrase, yes.
  • Chair hears none, it's so ordered.
  • Chair hears none. And it is so ordered.
  • Chair hears none.
Bills: HB25, HB48, HB149, HB254, HB26, HB192
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Licensing & Administrative Procedures Apr 29th, 2025

Licensing & Administrative Procedures

Transcript Highlights:
  • The chair hears none. The subsidy is adopted.
  • The chair hears none. The substitute is adopted.
  • Administrative Hearings.
  • If anyone would like to hear from the resource witness.
  • Members, we did hear a... Members, we did hear Senate Bill 378 and if there's no objection...
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Commerce and Small Business Committee Apr 23rd, 2025

Commerce and Small Business

Transcript Highlights:
  • We got a full crowd to speak on the public hearing. Crowd to speak on the public hearing.
  • The public hearing. So,... Public hearing. So, next bill is House Bill 566 by Representative Brook.
  • So, we're going to honor his wishes and just have the public hearing today.
  • We'll save questions for after the public hearing.
  • When we hear about affordable housing, this is one component of that.
Bills: SB186, SB212, HB566, SB186, SB212