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TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • As the Port of Brownsville continues to expand, its critical operational protocols will scale proportionately
  • Our operations support future growth, and we are calling for the creation of the Cameron County Pilots
  • I got one piece of paper on top of it.
  • We are asking for the value of an easement, the value of an easement, and the value of use of our land
  • I've got a number of senators, so we'll leave it open for one hour, if that's okay.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government Feb 25th, 2026

Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • Insurance Regulation the plan of operations and any amendments to the plan for review and approval.
  • We've been operating off of established case law that we are operating dispensing machines that are both
  • Let us know what the letter of the law is, what we can operate, and we'd be happy to do it.
  • Let us know what the letter of the law is, what we can operate, and we'd be happy to do it.
  • These operations function entirely outside of established safeguards.
Summary: The committee first took up appointments, recommending confirmation of James Patrick Grambling and Brian J. Aungst on a single favorable vote. It then heard and approved several committee bills, including CS/CS/SB 1260 on building code inspections, which directs the Department of Management Services to contract with private providers for plan review and inspections; CS/SB 1668 on NICA, which updates benefits, oversight, funding, and immunity language; SB 1300 on a workforce/CDL training program for selected nonviolent inmates; CS/CS/SB 598 on funeral and cemetery services; CS/SB 1580 on illegal gaming enforcement; CS/SB 934 on Florida Keys affordable housing tax exemptions; and CS/CS/SB 1452, an agency bill updating DFS programs and licensing rules. Each of those bills was reported favorably after committee debate and, in several cases, amendments were adopted. The committee spent substantial time on CS/CS/SB 1510, the DEP package, which reorganizes environmental rulemaking and land acquisition authority, expands septic-to-sewer and nutrient-reduction requirements in sensitive areas, updates stormwater and resilience provisions, and revises related permitting and grant programs. Two amendments were adopted, including one adding solar-energy and stormwater-related provisions and another removing septic disclosure reporting language. Testimony included support from DEP and concerns from environmental advocates about septic timelines and implementation. The bill was ultimately reported favorably. The committee also considered CS/CS/SB 1566 on local government budget transparency, requiring counties and municipalities to post budgets and related materials online for extended periods in a standardized format. The League of Cities opposed the bill as an unfunded mandate, while the sponsor argued it would improve taxpayer access and accountability; the bill was reported favorably. Finally, the committee heard SB 7034, a rule ratification for minimum flows and levels for the lower Santa Fe and Ichetucknee rivers and priority springs, with testimony focused on the proposed Water First restoration strategy, conservation measures, and concerns about water quality, funding, and local opposition. The transcript ends during closing remarks on that ratification bill, before a final vote is shown.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government Feb 25th, 2026

Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • Insurance Regulation the plan of operations and any amendments for review and approval, and prohibits
  • And right now the way the operations work is if you have anything close to a violation of a machine,
  • Unfortunately, we stand in opposition of this bill simply on the form of we have been operating off of
  • Let us know what the letter of the law is that we can operate. We're happy to do it.
  • Alana Zimmer: These operations function entirely outside of the established safeguards.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee Jan 28th, 2026

Public Safety and Homeland Security

Transcript Highlights:
  • So, I'm in favor of the bill. direction. So, I'm in favor of the bill.
  • Pettus, just real quick, as I heard some of the objection kind of lie into a spot of not being able to
  • Now, could you kind of give us a little bit of what? >> Yes, sir.
  • </c> uh hindering their operations. uh hindering their operations.
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AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Jan 20th, 2026

Ways and Means Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> the state of Alabama and a variety of the state of Alabama and a variety of other<00:09:55.120><
  • And is this group, are they operating with any other universities in the state of Alabama?
  • All it does is remove the requirement in law that the University of Alabama operate the Graduate School
  • All it does is remove the requirement in law that the University of Alabama operate the Graduate School
  • Is that part of all of this? I don't know.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs (Part I) Mar 20th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • I kind of had a love-hate relationship with that part of the bill, and I just spoke to a lot of members
  • It just provides another piece of data for the Secretary of State to use.
  • service of the people of Texas.
  • Section 22.002A of the Government Code to the text of Article 5, Section 3A of the Constitution.
  • and clarifying the jurisdictional limits of the Supreme Court of Texas.
Summary: The Senate Committee on State Affairs met and heard several bills related to legislative process and court jurisdiction. Senate Bill 1386, by Senator Huffman, would change compelled legislative testimony from blanket transactional immunity to testimonial immunity, allowing compelled statements or documents to be used against a witness in criminal prosecution only if not derived from the compelled testimony, while preserving protection against perjury and false statements and retaining the right to counsel. No public witnesses testified, and the bill was left pending. The committee then heard Senate Bill 1470, by Chairman Hughes, which would require DPS to share existing data on cross-state driver’s license cancellations with the Secretary of State for voter-roll maintenance. Hughes said the bill does not create new data collection and is intended to improve list maintenance. A DPS resource witness was present, there was no substantive opposition, and the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 1210, also by Hughes, would address conflicts between the Texas Supreme Court and the Court of Criminal Appeals on constitutional questions by making the Supreme Court the final arbiter in limited circumstances. Chris Hilton supported the bill, but Allen Place, Jack Rohde, and Philip Furlow opposed it, arguing it was unconstitutional, unnecessary, and could create practical problems in criminal post-conviction litigation. The bill was left pending after testimony. The committee also heard Senate Bill 311, which would conform the Government Code to the Texas Constitution by clarifying the Supreme Court’s original writ authority against lower courts and officials other than the governor. Justice Evan Young and Chris Hilton supported the bill as a clarification of existing authority, while no one testified against it; the bill was left pending. The committee then recessed to allow the chamber to rearrange for the Senate session.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry Committee Apr 1st, 2026

Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry

Transcript Highlights:
  • I need a point of order. All right, it is 9:45. We're going to, uh, Clerk, call the roll.
  • Which is a good piece of legislation.
  • Uh, I think the intent of the legislation is good.
  • Uh, my desire today would be to move it out of committee, but probably let it sit the rest of the year
  • Because here's sit the rest of the year.
Bills: HB444, HB444
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Rules Feb 24th, 2026

Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • Can you give us the basics of what's changing rates-wise? Basics of what's changing rates-wise?
  • Operate by nature under the cover of darkness as long as they can, and trying to bring all of that public
  • The intent of this bill, I think, and many Oklahomans think, is that it is important to be citizens of
  • the state of Oklahoma.
  • It could be a whole host of reasons.
Summary: The committee heard several measures and adopted PCS versions as working drafts before taking action. H.J.R. 1023, the biennial workers’ compensation fee schedule resolution, was presented as a vehicle to keep the schedule alive while the updated rates were still pending from the federal side due to the shutdown; it passed 8-0. House Bill 2999, which would prohibit requiring public officials to sign nondisclosure agreements, drew discussion about whether it should be broadened to cover litigation outcomes and other government transparency issues. The author agreed to strike the title and continue working on the language, and the bill passed 8-0 with the title stricken. House Bill 3788, as amended in PCS-2, would require officeholders to be U.S. citizens; members questioned whether the bill should also bar non-citizens from certain appointments, with examples raised about local boards and temporary appointments. The author said the intent was to focus on elected office, the Election Board assistant secretary said the bill reflected that intent, and the committee voted 9-1 to report it do pass, with the title still stricken for further work. The committee also advanced House Bill 3499, which allows special judges to hear applications for title matters, on a 10-0 vote. House Bill 3183, described by its author as a cost-saving measure related to electrical transmission infrastructure and protecting ratepayers from large loads, also passed 10-0. Throughout the meeting, members frequently used motions to adopt PCS drafts, move bills, and strike titles where language was still being refined before floor consideration.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Senator Hinojosa of Hidalgo? Present. Senator Eckhardt? Senator Hinojosa of Nueces.
  • to the clerk of the committee.
  • aircraft systems technologies to detect, track, identify, and neutralize the operation of unauthorized
  • Senator Hinojosa of Hidalgo? Aye. Senator Hinojosa of Nueces?
  • Before we close out, Senator Hinojosa of Nueces.
Bills: HCR98, HB180, HB180
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Education Mar 6th, 2025

Public Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • of teachers of foundation. and subjects.
  • About three quarters of that big jump of money, that $1,600 plus of money, about three quarters of that
  • is actually a little bit bigger in terms of the operational cost because the These are spending it on
  • Each of my evaluations requires a minimum of 8 to 10 hours of direct evaluation and a warm welcome. one-on-one
  • And many of them are operating in deficit budgets, but you talked about course offerings.
Bills: HB2, HB2
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Education Mar 6th, 2025

Public Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Its basic allotment of $220 falls way short of what we are capable of doing.
  • I am president of the Board of Trustees. of the Texas Business Leadership Council.
  • Is there a are we getting copies of all of the written?
  • All of us. But I am a prodigy of public education.
  • of Texas.
Bills: HB2, HB2
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Education Mar 4th, 2025

Public Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • the money because we are prioritizing less of the operating funds.
  • 45% of our operating funds on teachers.
  • We operate up and down from Chairman Dutton's area for the Port of Houston.
  • Just over 10% of our operating budget that we have M&O funds available.
  • Thank you for... ...are kind of the nuts and bolts of what it takes to operate a school district, you
Bills: HB2, HB2
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Education Mar 4th, 2025

Public Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • and operations side of things and increase in the base.
  • some efficiencies that are inside of the of our general operations that we've chosen to or been forced
  • Of course, thank you, Chairman Buckley. the countless hours you spend talking to teachers, administrators
  • So I started taking over about an hour in October. month we would add another hour of teaching until
  • So you kind of remind me of her. me of her, but you also remind me of a good friend of mine who was a
Bills: HB2, HB2
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House State Government & Tribal Relations Feb 18th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

State Government & Tribal Relations

Transcript Highlights:
  • of State.
  • And two, the nature of the databases has changed since the implementation of the law, which is one of
  • of superintendent of public instruction.
  • Concerning the first change, as background, Lakeland Village is a state-operated 24-hour facility that
  • Concerning the first change, as background, Lakeland Village is a state-operated 24-hour facility that
Bills: SCR8406, SB5892, SB5863