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MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 2/26/25

Public Safety Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Two years later, Texas changed the law, allowed carrying in churches.
  • Two years later, Texas changed the law, allowed carrying in churches.
  • Two years later, Texas changed the law, allowed carrying in churches.
  • Two years later, Texas changed the law, allowed carrying in churches.
  • <00:34:39.839> uh that had been in place in Texas uh that had been in place in Texas uh before
Keywords: 1183, house
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Commerce (03/11/2025)

Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • State Fire Code has a number of access requirements; it's Chapter 18.
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  • /c><01:05:00.960> a<01:05:01.079> number<01:05:01.319> of code State Fire code has
  • a number of code State Fire code has a number of access<01:05:01.920> requirements<01:05:02.440
  • <01:13:38.080> schools<01:13:38.560> fire uh Transportation schools fire uh Transportation
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Session (Full Formal with Calendar) Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am

Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • seven matches being held at Gillette Stadium, each expected to be at or beyond capacity, our transportation
  • We know we've had our challenges with transportation in the Commonwealth over the years.
  • I'm getting on public transportation and our commuter rails and our rapid transit and our buses.
  • Most recently, it was reported last week that as we peel back the layers of the 137 federal tax code
  • changes that was proposed in what we called OB3, the fact that we in Massachusetts couple our tax code
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Senate considered a fiscal year 2025 close-out supplemental appropriations bill and a series of amendments, many of which were withdrawn, adopted, or rejected. Early debate focused heavily on funding for the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Massachusetts, with Senators O’Connor and Feeney arguing for restoring money for transportation, safety, and event readiness, citing projected ridership surges, economic benefits, and the need for Boston and the Commonwealth to invest. Senator Driscoll also won adoption of an amendment directing the MBTA to study and report on its local assessment formula, using Milton and Quincy as examples of perceived inequities in how communities are charged relative to service received. The Senate then took up several other amendments, including measures on fire survivor support, vaccine liability, mental health and sidewalk projects, council on aging and public safety items, disaster relief, service dogs, and MBTA assessments. Senator Tarr offered amendments on driver record transparency and energy cost reporting, but those were not adopted. A major roll-call vote rejected Tarr’s amendment to restore a larger share of excess capital gains to the stabilization fund; supporters argued for stronger rainy day reserves, while the Ways and Means chair defended the bill’s use of a deficiency reserve fund and warned of revenue losses from federal tax changes. The Senate also adopted an amendment on shelter and Home Base spending transparency, requiring renewed reporting on emergency shelter and housing assistance programs. Later, the chamber adopted Senator Edwards’ amendment creating a Massachusetts Federal Employee and Service Member Civil Relief Act to protect federal workers and service members in the event of a shutdown, including relief from eviction and foreclosure-related harms. The Senate also adopted Senator Rodrigues’s Ways and Means amendment, then approved the underlying supplemental budget as amended and ordered it to third reading. After the final roll call, the bill was passed to be engrossed by a 39-0 vote. The Senate concluded by agreeing to adjourn and by honoring Mrs. Anne Lee in memory, with a brief communication from Senator Cyr noting a prior remote-vote error for the journal.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Health and Human Services (02/06/2025)

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • for code.
  • for code.
  • You wouldn't be the first person I think that what I'm saying is that code for code is one standard.
  • I think that what I'm saying is that code for code is one standard.
  • <01:53:07.880> for that what I'm saying is that code for that what I'm saying is that code
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
ND

North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session

Human Services Committee May 27th, 2026

Human Services Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • , public transportation, things like that.
  • Public transportation is certainly a challenge.
  • And this would require administrative code changes.
  • There is some Century Code things.
  • And a QR code, and we requested that the providers share that with their clients.
Summary: The committee first approved the February 11, 2026 minutes and then received an update from the North Dakota Housing Finance Agency on the interagency council on homelessness and continuum of care funding. Testimony described rising homelessness tied to tight housing markets, low incomes, aging homelessness, barriers to rental assistance and public benefits, and limited shelter and case-management capacity. Members discussed the need for more affordable housing, continued one-time funding for the North Dakota Homeless Grant and Housing Incentive Fund, better coordination with Health and Human Services on economic assistance and human service zones, landlord engagement, recovery housing, and reentry housing. The committee also heard that federal continuum of care funding remains uncertain, with possible shifts away from permanent supportive housing and housing-first models; members asked for a future update on the impact if federal rules reduce the share available for permanent housing. The committee then took testimony on accessibility of government services for people who are blind or visually impaired. Paul Olson of North Dakota Vision Services School for the Blind described current screening and service delivery, including infant referrals, regional staff, short-term programs, and collaboration with vocational rehabilitation. He said the targeted screening system is working, recommended maintaining the current model, and noted ongoing challenges with staffing, public awareness, and accessible state websites and documents. Public testimony from a visually impaired resident and a deaf resident emphasized barriers such as CAPTCHAs, inaccessible PDFs, employment forms that screen out applicants based on driver’s license status, shortages of interpreters, and the need for video remote interpreting and video relay services, along with training for users and agencies. Finally, the committee heard a final report on the study of child care provider licensing from HHS Early Childhood Director Kay Larson. The report summarized provider input and committee discussion on simplifying North Dakota’s child care licensing structure, reducing administrative burden, and balancing that with health and safety standards. Key topics included licensing categories, child care assistance eligibility, food program sponsorship, staff qualifications, training requirements, ratios and group size, age bands, and preschool exemptions. The committee’s recommendations included streamlining to three provider types plus a preschool designation, revising ratio and age-band rules, and carrying forward certain preschool outdoor-space exemptions. Larson noted that any changes would require statutory changes, rulemaking, and a transition period before new licensing rules could take effect.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
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  • we<00:07:11.800> take<00:07:12.080> family<00:07:12.440> size income tax code
  • that we take family size income tax code that we take family size into<00:07:13.040> account<
  • , disabilities, schools, transportation, disabilities, schools, transportation, and<00:08:15.520>
  • in the country, the most progressive state tax code out of the 50 states and D.C., is because we have
Keywords: 1183, house
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 02/10/25

Judiciary and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • Prior to that, there were different factions of the code, different versions of what the code might be
  • Those statutes remain today, and they conflict with what is the State Building Code.
  • Minnesota had a state fire code, so prior to that there were different factions of the code, different
  • versions of what the code might be based on region, what a city adopts.
  • Those statutes remain today, and they conflict with what is the State Building Code.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
FL

Florida 2026 5th Special Session

Community Affairs Dec 9th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • If it's acting as a code enforcement mechanism, it's basically supplanting code enforcement for proper
  • So when you go to the post office and change your zip codes.
  • So when you go to the post office and change your zip codes.
  • So it's with product, it's with technology, zoning, and building codes.
  • But the zoning regulations, too, are the zoning codes.
Summary: The Committee on Community Affairs met with a quorum present and took up SB 122, which would repeal Chapter 205 on local business taxes while allowing municipalities to continue imposing a gross-receipts-based business tax on merchants. Senator Trumbull presented the bill for the sponsor, and committee members questioned what services local governments fund with local business tax revenue and whether the bill should be considered alongside broader property tax changes. County and city representatives opposed the bill, arguing that local business taxes are capped home-rule revenues used for general fund services such as public safety, zoning and licensure checks, economic development, and business support, and warning that repeal would shift costs to residential taxpayers and reduce local flexibility. Senator Shreve said he would vote no because of ongoing property tax discussions, while Senator Pizzo said he would support the bill but wanted clearer accounting of how the revenue is spent. The committee voted 5-1 to report SB 122 favorably. The committee then held a housing panel discussion focused on Florida’s housing shortage, affordability, and supply constraints. Dr. Samuel Staley said Florida is in a housing crisis driven largely by insufficient supply, arguing that the state needs roughly 100,000 additional units per year just to keep up with in-migration and that local planning systems often do not prioritize housing enough. He urged more emphasis on measurable impacts, streamlined permitting, accessory dwelling units, smaller lot sizes, and other market-responsive tools. Ann Ray of the Shimberg Center said Florida is seeing more single-family and multifamily construction but that production is concentrated in a handful of counties, while condo construction remains limited; she also noted that rents and home prices spiked sharply in the early 2020s and remain above pre-2020 levels, with nearly 905,000 low-income renters cost-burdened. Leslie Deutsch of John Burns Research said the national housing market is slow, Florida has a severe affordability problem, and builders are lowering prices and offering incentives but still face high land, labor, materials, and insurance costs. In committee discussion, senators focused on whether Florida should encourage more density, including townhomes, build-to-rent products, modular housing, and redevelopment of existing sites rather than relying on large new subdivisions. Members also discussed the role of local zoning, impact fees, density bonuses, and state incentives tied to housing targets. Several senators said Florida’s growth and affordability challenges require updating land development codes and planning for where future residents will live without overbuilding rural or environmentally sensitive areas. The chair closed by emphasizing that density can support affordability and that Florida should use existing footprints more efficiently.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session 5/16/26 - Part 3

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
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  • and families, and transportation and families, and transportation departments<00:07:30.560> can
  • Mobility,<00:10:19.920> all transportation, Metro Mobility, all transportation, Metro Mobility
  • Amendment is coded A2.
  • The amendment is coded A3.
Keywords: 919, house, all
Summary: The House first adopted a conference committee report on House File 3900, a constitutional amendment related to state government and school trust lands. Members from both parties praised the work on the bill and said the conference committee returned a clean version of the House-passed measure. The report was adopted without opposition, and the bill was repassed as amended by conference on a 134-0 roll call. The chamber then took up Senate File 4282, a forecast-adjustments bill covering K-12 education, human services, children and families, and transportation. Representative Youakim explained that the conference report restored all four forecast articles plus several no-cost education items, including school fund transfers, utility-payment authority, a paraprofessional licensing clarification, a grant extension, and school trust lands language. Representative Mueller moved to refuse adoption, arguing the report had become a catchall and omitted agreed-upon literacy language; that motion failed 62-72. The House then adopted the conference report, and the bill was repassed as amended by conference on a 94-37 vote. Next, the House concurred in Senate amendments to House File 4138, the social media bill aimed at restricting addictive social media harms for minors. The Senate had removed House “threat alert” language, and the author said that was the only substantive difference. Supporters said the bill would protect kids online and require parental permission for social media accounts for children 15 and under. The House concurred and repassed the bill as amended by the Senate on a 131-2 vote. The House then began consideration of Senate File 2373, a labor and industry bill exempting minor league baseball players from minimum wage and overtime requirements. Through a series of amendments, members added provisions on rural cancer research, disability services and employment access, unemployment insurance for certain laid-off Iron Range miners, and agricultural funding items such as depredation, local foods, down payment assistance, and meat processing grants. One proposed amendment to remove the double-fencing requirement for farmed cervidae was strongly opposed as a threat to deer health and was defeated 61-72. The transcript ends during debate on that amendment, before final disposition of the bill is shown.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, March 19, 2026)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
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  • Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the gentleman from Texas, Mr.
  • It means higher prices for food, transportation, and basic goods.
  • The fact of the eagle paths in Texas.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/25/2026 - Senate Education

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • We actually pay for the transportation over to the campuses, and we provide all the services at our campus
  • So the point here is we're seeing several states—Washington State, Texas, North Carolina, Maryland, maybe—but
  • years, which is more than other factors that we cannot control: your socioeconomic income, your ZIP code
  • Your socioeconomic income would zip code you live in. And this is why this matters.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/11/2026 - House Ways & Means

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • this is a follow-up cleanup bill to some significant reforms that were made to this area of the tax code
  • clause on there, then it's effective, it's in statute, and it would comply with this change in the code
  • We've heard that from every single state transportation board member.
  • We've heard that from every single state transportation board member.
  • We've heard that from every single state transportation board member.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Finance Jan 16th, 2026 at 09:13 am

Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • So how does your transportation formula account for that, and whether or not, for instance...
  • Just to be clear, the transportation formula is based on ridership.
  • from the department, and it would allow them to isolate the virtual students in one school code when
  • They were waiting for PED approval of this new request for a new school code.
  • But again, they were waiting for a new school code so that they could create a unique school and they
Keywords: 996, all
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, specifically the transport.
  • or through a Medicaid transportation provider, vouchers for transportation.
  • So, we currently provide transportation for anyone who needs transportation. needs it, whether that's
  • a Medicaid transportation or through a Medicaid transportation<00:24:47.120> provider, transportation
  • > transportation.
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The Medicaid Oversight Advisory Board first approved the September 24 minutes and then heard a presentation from four certified community behavioral health clinic providers: Pathways, NorthKey, Seven Counties Services, and NewVista. The presenters explained the difference between traditional community mental health centers and CCBHCs, describing CCBHCs as an enhanced model that integrates behavioral health, primary care, wraparound services, and crisis response. They reviewed the federal history of the model, Kentucky’s entry into the Medicaid demonstration in 2022, and the scheduled end of the enhanced federal match on December 31, 2027. They also emphasized required services such as 24-hour mobile crisis, care coordination, and services for veterans, and described care coordination as a key feature that helps patients follow up after hospital or emergency discharge, manage medications, and connect to transportation and other supports. The presenters gave examples of improved outcomes, including a patient who was able to remain living independently because of coordinated home-based and telehealth support, and they argued that CCBHCs are helping Kentucky build a more responsive crisis system through 988, mobile crisis teams, and crisis stabilization units. They said the model is data-driven, uses performance metrics, and has led to stronger collaboration among community partners. One speaker said more than 100 agencies participated in a Jefferson County community health needs assessment and continued meeting afterward to reduce redundancies and barriers to care. They also said crisis call hub compliance and mobile crisis outreach compliance improved significantly over the past year. Members asked about how navigators and connectors fit into the model, how CCBHCs work with managed care organizations, and how the program could expand statewide. The presenters said navigators are not built into the CCBHC model but may be used through referrals, while the CCBHCs continue to bill MCOs the same way and receive a Medicaid wrap payment for the enhanced rate. They said the goal would be for all community mental health centers to become CCBHCs, but that a state plan amendment would be needed and could not be limited only to CMHCs if submitted to CMS. They estimated about $28 million would be needed statewide to continue the program in the next biennium, combining the loss of enhanced federal match and the state share of enhanced service costs. The board also discussed transportation, with one presenter explaining that their program arranges Medicaid transportation for eligible appointments, and members raised concerns about mental inquest warrant transport and whether sheriffs should remain involved. No votes were taken on the CCBHC or transportation items during the discussion.
MS

Mississippi 2026 Regular Session

Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks - Room 210, 2 February, 2026; 3:00 P.M.

Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks

Transcript Highlights:
  • to have laws on transportation. to have laws on transportation.
  • So that with you about uh the transport.
  • So if you can't transport them in.
  • This is just bringing some code sections forward.
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Summary: The committee first took up Senate Bill 2664, which would amend the lifetime hunting license program so anyone under age 18 could buy the license for a $500 fee. After a brief explanation and no questions, the committee adopted a motion for title sufficient and do pass, and the bill was reported. Members then considered Senate Bill 2436, described as a step toward establishing a black bear hunting season in Mississippi beginning with the 2027-28 season. The bill would require the department to set rules based on black bear population data, use a lottery system for tags, create one annual governor’s tag, delay nonresident tags until at least 2032-33, cap those tags at 10%, and add penalties for violations. The committee again moved title sufficient and do pass with a committee substitute, and the bill was reported. The committee also heard Senate Bill 2420, which would clarify last year’s hunting-season extension so that if a season ends on Friday or Saturday, it would continue through Sunday. That bill received a do-pass motion and was reported. Senate Bill 2659, creating a voluntary lifetime conservation legacy license for Mississippians over 65 for a one-time $250 fee, also passed the committee and was reported. Finally, the committee took up Senate Bill 2660, the catfish bill, with testimony from a guest and department officials. Supporters argued the bill was needed to curb commercial harvesting of trophy catfish from the Mississippi River, protect the resource, and support tourism and events such as the Vicksburg catfish tournament. Department staff said a possible approach would be to prohibit transporting live catfish over 34 inches, which they said could help stop the practice without affecting farm-raised catfish. Members discussed concerns about impacts on local fishermen and clarified that the bill was aimed at Mississippi River waters; the committee did not reach a final vote on this bill in the portion provided.
FL

Florida 2026 5th Special Session

Judiciary Jan 20th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • product, that it is not subject to the regulatory requirements or consumer protections of the insurance code
  • health care sharing are not engaging in the business of insurance and not subject to the insurance code
  • Insurance agents and brokers are engaging in the business of insurance and are subject to the insurance code
  • health care sharing are not engaging in the business of insurance and not subject to the insurance code
  • And meanwhile, states like Texas have successfully implemented clear exemptions for unpaid armed church
Summary: The committee heard and advanced several bills. SB 624, by Senator Yarborough, would allow batterers intervention programs to offer optional supplemental faith-based activities, with no participant required to take part; supporters said it would expand provider options amid a shortage of certified programs, while opponents raised concerns about government speech and mixing religion with court-ordered programming. After debate, the bill was reported favorably 7-2. The committee also considered CS/SB 834, which repeals a 2022 restriction preventing licensed insurance agents from marketing or selling health care sharing ministries; supporters framed it as restoring choice and free speech, while opponents warned about consumer confusion, commissions, and lack of insurance protections. It was reported favorably 8-2. The committee next approved CS/SB 502, via a strike-all amendment, to give Florida concurrent jurisdiction over certain juvenile offenses on military installations so juveniles can be handled in state juvenile court rather than federal court; the amendment and bill both passed unanimously. CS/SB 52 also passed unanimously after testimony from church leaders and security personnel supporting an exemption from Class D/G licensing for unpaid armed security volunteers at places of worship. Supporters said the bill would clarify legal gray areas and help churches afford security, while members noted the broader concern that houses of worship need armed protection at all. Finally, the committee reported favorably SB 840, which revises last year’s emergency/local planning law by narrowing its application after storms from 100 miles to 50 miles of the storm track and exempting certain water, flood, and state/federal planning matters; local government representatives supported the clarification, and the bill passed 9-0. CS/SB 758, as amended, updated the membership of the Justice Administration Commission to better reflect the entities it oversees, and it also passed 9-0. The meeting ended with a recorded affirmative vote from Senator DeSigley on SB 624.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
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  • Testimony Department of Transportation Testimony Department of Transportation offering offering
  • States Department of Transportation States Department of Transportation national<01:13:36.960>
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The House Transportation Committee met on February 6, 2025, and heard testimony on several transportation-related bills. HB 667 would require DOT or county departments to scan deceased cats or dogs found on public roadways for microchips, record information, and report it to county animal services. DOT said it supported the bill, and the Hawaiʻi Humane Society and others strongly backed it, describing it as important for grieving pet owners. A private citizen also testified in support, saying the measure could help families learn what happened to missing pets. The chair noted there were nine supporters. The committee then heard HB 230 on sending a carbon copy of traffic citations to vehicle owners, followed by HB 77, which would make civil identification cards free to issue or renew. The Attorney General’s office said it had already submitted comments on HB 77, DOT opposed it, and a private citizen supported it as a way to reduce barriers to basic services. HB 668, which would make license suspension mandatory for operating a vehicle without insurance, drew opposition from the Office of the Public Defender and DOT. The Public Defender argued current law already allows suspension and that a mandatory rule would discourage people from obtaining insurance, increase court burdens, and disproportionately affect indigent drivers; the chair emphasized that driving is a privilege and raised concerns about uninsured driving in rural areas. The Public Defender also said it would look into whether state insurance options could help people who cannot get traditional coverage. The committee also took up HB 12, which would bar inspection certificates for mopeds or vehicles modified to increase NOx emissions. DOT offered comments, Citizens Against Noise supported it, and the Motorcycle Industry Council opposed it; the chair noted six additional supporters and ten opponents. HB 169 would raise the minimum age for moped operators from 15 to 16 and increase the helmet requirement age from 18 to 21; DOT supported it, while Moped Doctors, Moped’s Direct, and seven individuals opposed it. HB 220 would require moped operators to carry insurance under motorcycle/motor scooter insurance laws; DCCA offered comments, DOT supported it, and Moped Doctors and ten individuals opposed it. Finally, the committee heard HB 277, which would establish a statewide vehicle pursuit policy for law enforcement agencies. The Policing Project at NYU and the ACLU of Hawaiʻi supported the bill, citing national data on deaths and injuries from pursuits and arguing for a baseline limit on pursuits for minor offenses; the Hawaii Police Department and Maui Police Department opposed it. The committee also heard HB 54, which would make a third or subsequent excessive speeding offense a Class C felony and allow vehicle forfeiture. DOT supported it, while the Public Defender opposed it, arguing the bill was overly harsh, internally inconsistent, and likely to strain courts, law enforcement, and probation systems by turning a traffic offense into a felony with prison exposure and jury-trial rights. No votes or final actions were taken on the measures in the portion of the meeting provided.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Human services panel hears HF2143 3/26/25

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • alternative for transporting individuals with mental health crisis.
  • transportation offering a humane<00:03:03.040> non-p<00:03:03.440> police<00:03:03.760
  • <00:03:05.440> individuals<00:03:06.000> with<00:03:06.239> mental transporting
  • individuals with mental transporting individuals with mental health<00:03:07.080> crisis.
  • Um, I also wanted to talk about protected transport, which was added to non-emergency medical transportation
Keywords: 1183, house