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TX
Texas 89th Regular
S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education Mar 5th, 2025
S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education
Transcript Highlights:
- Also for those of you that know me know I like to run an efficient committee and so all public testimony
- Cited something in your testimony towards the end, about 40? You said 40%?
- rigor of the course to incentivize getting. students to that completer status that you heard some testimony
- We do have counselors, but I think as you heard some of the testimony, there are...
- Appreciate your testimony. Mike Maroney.
Keywords:
applied sciences, career education, high school diploma, certificate program, work-based learning, job placement, high-growth jobs, technical training, career readiness, education reform, workforce training, public schools, financial aid, fraudulent solicitation, disaster relief, nonprofit organizations, criminal penalties, consumer protection, fraud prevention, charitable donations
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Labor, Veterans and Military Affairs Jan 28th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- That will be offering testimony in opposition to line up now.
- that's one thing, and then we will give a two-minute time frame for all those that are here to give Testimony
- In other cases, when they give deposition testimony. So that is a big reason for the increase.
- So if I understand it, that was it in terms of testimony. Okay.
- and preparing for deposition testimony and medical record review.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, why has have the people testimony.
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I When I take a look at the testimony, I When I take a look at the testimony - >> Thank you, Linda, for your testimony. >> Thank you, Linda, for your testimony.
- Thank you for your testimony. Thank you. Thank you for your testimony. Thank you.
- We'll now go to Susan testimony.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 03/16/26
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- Appreciate your testimony here today, Mr. Dash.
- Thank you for your testimony. Uh any Thank you for your testimony.
- In your testimony, I heard out section.
- proceed with your testimony. proceed with your testimony.
- make sure I heard your testimony make sure I heard your testimony correctly<02:07:38.480>
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NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Ways and Means (02/05/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- He said he would give a real-life example and noted that members had a copy of his testimony.
- I do have some written testimony on a separate bill that'll be coming to you guys.
- It sounded like you were saying that at the beginning of your testimony.
- It sounded like you were saying that at the beginning of your testimony.
- Thank you for your testimony.
Summary:
The committee first held a public hearing and then an executive session on HB 650, a housekeeping-style bill from the Joint Committee on Dedicated Funds. Testimony explained that the bill would remove references to two already-repealed dedicated funds, split the state parks dedicated fund so Cannon Mountain winter activities would be tracked separately from the rest of the parks system, and place a $1 million cap on the robotics education fund so excess money would revert to the general fund. Supporters said the changes were mainly administrative but would improve accounting and avoid timing issues; committee members asked about a typographical error in the bill text and whether the measure was more than housekeeping. The committee later voted 16-0 to recommend HB 650 ought to pass, and then placed it on the consent calendar.
The committee also opened a public hearing on HB 585, which would revise the property tax exemption for religious organizations. Representative John Janigian, the sponsor, said the bill was intended to help small churches and other religious groups that own parsonages or worship buildings but no longer have a resident pastor, allowing them to rent space or use property for church purposes without losing the exemption so long as the money is used for church operations, maintenance, or outreach. He described his Salem church’s parsonage being taxed after it was no longer occupied by a pastor, and said the bill would prevent similar burdens on small congregations. Former Representative Betty Gay testified in support, describing prior assessor actions in Salem that taxed church land and buildings very aggressively, while a Municipal Association representative testified in opposition. Committee members raised questions about how terms such as “regularly recognized and constituted denomination” would be defined, whether the bill could be applied consistently to larger denominations with multiple parishes, and whether legislative research should review past treatment of similar cases.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The one bill and take testimony and vote the bill out as well.
- If there's anyone that would like to provide public testimony or register a position on the bill, please
- Hearing none, the chair opens up public testimony.
- We're going to close public testimony. That's a good idea.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Criminal Jurisprudence SC New Offenses and Changed Penalties Apr 24th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- all who wish to testify, there will be a hard limit of two minutes per witness during the public testimony
- Seeing none, the Chair will move on to witness testimony. Thank you, Mr. Chair and members.
- I know there are a couple of witnesses, so I yield for witness testimony.
- Thank you for your testimony. Members, any questions? Thank you. in support of House Bill 1720.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Human Services Committee Mar 11th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Please note that we limit testimony to two witnesses in support and two witnesses in opposition.
- I also want to note that we are accepting written testimony.
- Please note that we limit testimony to two witnesses in support and two witnesses in opposition.
- I also want to note that we are accepting written testimony through the position letter portal on the
Summary:
The Assembly Committee on Human Services met, adopted its committee rules, and then considered four items, including two consent bills. The chair opened with remarks about protecting California’s safety net and set limits on testimony. The committee rules were adopted by roll call, and the consent calendar later passed 5-0, with the remaining member’s vote added afterward for a 6-0 final tally on the rules and consent items.
AB 276 by Assemblymember Bennett addressed delays in out-of-state child abuse registry background checks for children’s residential agency staff. Supporters, including the California Alliance of Child and Family Services and Casa Pacifica, said long clearance times were worsening staffing shortages and causing qualified applicants to leave, while the bill would allow provisional hiring only after DOJ, FBI, and California Child Abuse Central Index clearance and without unsupervised contact with children. There was no opposition, and the committee approved the bill 5-0, sending it to the Assembly Public Safety Committee.
AB 319 by Assemblymember Jackson sought to improve services for foster youth with severe trauma by requiring counties to submit and update detailed plans to the Joint Interagency Resolution Team for providing effective therapeutic interventions in the least restrictive settings. A former foster youth testified in support, and a committee member noted the ongoing shortage of therapists serving foster youth. The bill was approved 5-0 as amended and sent to the Assembly Appropriations Committee. After the consent calendar and remaining votes were completed, the hearing adjourned.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
House Standing Committee on Postsecondary Education (2-11-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- Testimony will be at the discretion of the Chair based on time restraints and information already presented
- Testimony will be at the discretion of the Chair based on time restraints and information already presented
- Do you swear or affirm the testimony you're about to give is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing
- Do you affirm the testimony you're about to give is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth
Summary:
The House Postsecondary Education Committee met and first considered House Bill 251, a cleanup bill related to the Kentucky numeracy counts law. Rep. Emily Callaway and staff explained that the bill shifts responsibility for evaluating education preparation programs and reporting to LRC from the Council on Postsecondary Education, in collaboration with EPSB, to EPSB as the primary party, aligning it with EPSB’s oversight role. The committee had no questions, adopted the motion, and passed HB 251 with favorable expression to the House floor.
The committee then took up House Bill 263, relating to the student teaching stipend program, along with a committee substitute that merged in language from House Bill 181. KHEAA explained that the substitute removes the outdated term “expected family contribution” from state student aid statutes because of federal FAFSA changes. Rep. Banta said HB 263 is a cleanup measure to clarify that student teaching stipends are not financial aid, allowing institutions to distribute the stipends properly and easing administration for KHEAA. Joe Carol Ellis said the program is in its first year, with about 450 student teachers served in the fall and an expected 800 in the spring.
The committee adopted the committee substitute by voice vote, then passed HB 263 with favorable expression as amended. Members also approved a title amendment changing the bill title to “An Act relating to teacher scholarships.” Chair Tipton noted the meeting was unusually brief and concluded after asking if there was any further business.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety (04/09/2025)
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
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LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Louisiana Advanced Aviation and Drone Advisory Committee Jun 17th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- We can do it before the public testimony. Do I have a motion for that? Mr. Muley? A second?
- We'll add that after the presentation briefings and before the public testimony. Okay.
- Okay, with that, we'll move along to public testimony.
- please come forward to the table now, and if you would, there should be some white cards there for testimony
- Thank you very much, members. be some white cards there for testimony.
Summary:
The Louisiana Advanced Aviation and Drones Advisory Committee met and was told this would likely be its final meeting because the committee sunsets after the 2026 regular session unless legislation reconstitutes it. Members discussed the need to reduce the committee’s size and adjust quorum rules so it can function more reliably, and they later adopted a motion supporting reconstitution of LADAC with a smaller membership and new appointments effective July 1, 2027. The committee also approved the June 2025 minutes and added a legislative briefing item to the agenda.
Under subcommittee and project updates, members heard about the new counter-drone effort tied to House Bill 940 and the “Let’s Go” initiative, which would create a joint task force of State Police, sheriffs, and municipal police chiefs to develop training standards and equipment standards for counter-UAS work. The committee also received a briefing on the state’s advanced air mobility work from newly named Advanced Aeronautics Director Josh Deplanis, including Louisiana’s selection for the FAA’s eVTOL/AAM Integration Pilot Program, branded “Lift Off Louisiana,” and the development of a statewide strategic plan covering airspace integration, vertiport infrastructure, charging networks, economic development, education, and community engagement.
Deplanis and members emphasized that Louisiana is among a small number of national EIPP sites and that the state’s proposal is notable for also addressing international airspace and “high seas” operations beyond 12 miles offshore, which could help inform FAA and ICAO policy. Members praised the state’s leadership, the work of DOTD, OMC, GOSEP, State Police, and legislative partners, and noted the potential economic importance for oil and gas logistics and other advanced aviation uses. No public testimony was offered, and the meeting adjourned after the committee’s votes and updates.
AR
Arkansas 2026 Regular Session
JBC-CLAIMS Apr 14th, 2026
JBC-CLAIMS REVIEW/LITIGATION REPORTS OVERSIGHT SUBCOMMITTEE
Transcript Highlights:
- And based on the dates which you heard in the testimony earlier, what we were told was that the property
- Thank you for your testimony. I know we've got a motion waiting. Anything else?
- procedure rules um but nothing else okay all right any other questions okay thank you thank you for your testimony
- Thank you for your testimony. I know we've got a motion waiting. Anything else?
- I think... ...testimony this morning.
Summary:
The Joint Budget Committee’s Claims Review and Litigation Reports Oversight Subcommittee met to consider two proposed Department of Corrections litigation settlements and one appealed claim from the Claims Commission. The first settlement, Caroline Arnett v. Larry Norris et al., involved allegations of long-term sexual abuse by a corrections employee. Committee members asked about PREA audits, facility practices, and whether the inmate had been placed at the proper facility. The department said audits and other safeguards were underway, and the committee approved the settlement. The second settlement, Latasha Ridgel v. Arkansas Department of Corrections, also involved sexual harassment/assault allegations. Members questioned the seven-year delay in the case and whether the issue was systemic; the department cited attorney turnover, COVID delays, and legislative changes making inmate exposure a felony. The committee approved that settlement as well.
The committee then heard an appeal in Sharon Greer and Deanna Hayes v. Commissioner of State Lands, a denied and dismissed claim involving a tax-delinquent sale of family property in Crittenden County. Staff and the Commissioner of State Lands’ office said the property was certified in 2000, sold in 2009 after notice was sent, and that excess proceeds were available for a limited period before escheating to the county. The claimants argued they were not properly notified of the sale or the excess proceeds and only learned of the matter in 2025 after receiving the deed at a family funeral. Committee members discussed the notice process, statute of limitations, and the handling of excess proceeds, with several noting the issue may call for legislative review rather than relief in this case.
After debate, the committee voted to affirm the Claims Commission’s dismissal of the Greer/Hayes claim. Members also discussed broader concerns about how excess proceeds from tax sales are handled and whether the current statutory process should be revisited in future legislation.
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Education Pre-K - 12 Jan 27th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Seeing none, we do have some public testimony. Speaking for the bill is Jerry Holland.
- Seeing none, we do have some public testimony. Speaking for the bill is Jerry Holland.
- Seeing none, we do have some public testimony.
- Speaking for the bill is Jerry, We do have some public testimony.
- And that is all the public testimony cards that I have on the bill.
Summary:
The committee heard and advanced several education-related measures. CS/SB 1062 on speech and debate, sponsored by Senator Brodeur, was amended with a delete-all and rewritten to create a Speech and Debate Hall of Fame, designate Florida Speech and Debate Week, authorize a teacher endorsement and FLVS institute, direct statewide coursework and credentials, and require annual district reporting. Supporters, including parents, the Florida Debate Initiative, and school representatives, praised the bill’s funding and statewide expansion of debate opportunities. The committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably.
The committee also heard and reported favorably SB 1718 on educator preparation and certification, which aims to reduce administrative delays for initial certification and reinstatement while maintaining standards; an Orange County school administrator suggested adding language to allow educators to bank professional learning hours. SB 1646 on educational facilities was presented as revising the funding formula and priorities for school capital projects, with added attention to safety, maintenance, and planning, and it was reported favorably. CS/SB 564 on student volunteers at polling locations was amended to clarify that pre-registered or registered high school students may volunteer at polling places and count the hours toward graduation or postsecondary financial aid; election officials and civic groups supported the bill, and it was reported favorably.
SB 1340 on coordinated screening and progress monitoring was also reported favorably. It requires school districts to screen students for characteristics of dyslexia and dyscalculia, place identified students on support plans, and use evidence-based interventions, with the sponsor emphasizing early identification and intervention. The committee then recommended confirmation of Laila Collins to the State Board of Education, and the meeting concluded after a birthday recognition and adjournment.
TX
Texas 89th 1st C.S.
Senate Special Committee on Congressional Redistricting Jul 30th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- If you remember, there was the plaintiffs, uh, filed a motion to reopen testimony due to the DOJ letter
- Rather, we are simply seeking testimony from an assistant attorney general who sent the letter to Texas
- That his testimony, I don't see any.
- Uh, how, how his testimony would provide any relevant information to the committee's decision of do we
- I'm really eager to hear all the testimony on the map with regard to.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Women have shared testimonies of what they have experienced. Victimized by these pills.
- She may talk to someone on the phone who may give her false information, and yes, there's sworn testimony
- You're going to hear a testimony from a mom who lived through this experience, who called one of these
- And members, I'm going to apologize in advance for reading this testimony to you.
- Testimony from a mom: "I looked down and screamed. It was not just a blob of tissue.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Appropriations Committee Apr 23rd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- We encourage the public to provide written testimony before the hearing by visiting the committee website
- Please note that any written testimony submitted to the committee is considered public comment and may
- Testimony on any such bill will be limited to a statement of name, organization, if any, and position
- The committee will allow no more than 40 minutes of testimony in total.
- In previous committee testimony, opposition arguments were definitively rebutted, and the only questions
Summary:
The Assembly Appropriations Committee met on April 23, 2025, with a large regular-order agenda and first approved a consent calendar covering many bills. Several measures were then heard individually, with most receiving support from sponsors and stakeholder groups and no formal opposition in the room, though some bills drew respectful opposition or no votes. The committee also read and deemed approved a lengthy suspense calendar before taking up additional bills and public comment.
Among the bills discussed, AB 263 would extend temporary flow regulations on the Smith and Shasta Rivers for five years or until permanent rules are completed; AB 309 would remove the sunset on pharmacists’ ability to provide sterile syringes without a prescription to support HIV and hepatitis prevention; AB 631 would require animal shelters to post intake and outcome data online; AB 792 would allow consolidation of bargaining for court interpreters; AB 867 would ban cat declawing except when medically necessary; AB 1206 would require pre-approved housing plans for small residential projects; AB 787 would require health plans to better help patients find in-network providers; AB 596 would protect workers’ right to wear face coverings unless unsafe; AB 282 would allow housing providers to prefer voucher holders without violating source-of-income discrimination law; AB 738 would create a limited rebuilding exemption for disaster survivors from newer solar requirements; AB 566 would require browsers and mobile operating systems to make global privacy opt-outs easier; and AB 622 would clarify CDCR’s authority to award credits to people serving indeterminate sentences who complete rehabilitation programming.
Most of these bills were reported out on roll calls, often with bipartisan or limited dissent. AB 309, AB 631, AB 792, AB 867, AB 1206, AB 787, AB 596, AB 282, AB 738, AB 566, and AB 622 all advanced, while AB 263 also moved forward despite opposition from the Siskiyou Board of Supervisors and the California Farm Bureau. AB 622 generated the most extensive debate, with supporters emphasizing rehabilitation, parole-board review, and cost savings, and opponents warning about public safety and the impact on serious violent offenders. The meeting ended after brief public comment on several other bills on the suspense file and then adjournment.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- All right, we'll go with the testimony. Chair calls Tony Martinez.
- voting. for this bill because it has proven in the past to be very successful if you've heard. the testimony
- All right, we'll go to testimony. We'll ask you to close in a little bit. All right.
- Happy to answer any questions Any questions members we'll go to testimony chair calls James Lockridge
- Pictures are worth a thousand words, and we appreciate your testimony and coming here and talking to
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Commerce Committee Meeting - 2025-03-27
Commerce Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- For the record, please proceed with your testimony. This policy bill contains three provisions.
- Members, we really do not have any amendments to the DE2, so we will move to testimony.
- Any public that would like to give their testimony to DE2?
- As you know from previous testimony, we have folks in the insurance industry who are here and who are
- This is language that we were working with staff based on the feedback that we got from the testimony
Keywords:
financial institutions, insurance regulation, insurance holding company, group capital calculation, liquidity stress test, NAIC, National Association of Insurance Commissioners, insurer solvency, affiliate transactions, groupwide supervision, internationally active insurance group, lead state commissioner, policyholder protection, hazardous financial condition, deposit or bond, contract for deed, conventional loan, cooperative apartment loan, mortgage interest rate cap, average prime offer rate
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Public Counsel Oversight Jan 13th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- We conduct depositions of the utilities' direct witnesses, and we file and defend the testimony of our
- After we file our expert testimony, the utility has an opportunity to file their rebuttal testimony.
- They get to react to the case that we filed and file rebuttal testimony. We go right.
- To the case that we filed, and filed rebuttal testimony, we go right back in and depose them on their
Summary:
The joint committee met with a quorum present and first received an overview of its jurisdiction and duties related to appointing the Florida Public Counsel. Staff explained the committee’s authority under joint rules and state law, noted that the current Public Counsel’s term expires February 28, 2025, and that applications for the next four-year term were open with a February 6, 2025 deadline. The committee then heard an extensive update from Public Counsel Walt Truerweiler on the Office of Public Counsel’s work representing utility ratepayers before the Public Service Commission and in appeals.
Truerweiler described the office’s caseload and priorities, including electric, gas, water, and wastewater rate cases; storm recovery dockets; cost-recovery clauses; rulemakings; and customer service hearings. He emphasized that the office seeks to challenge unsupported or imprudent costs, find value for customers, and use expert analysis and customer testimony to shape outcomes. He highlighted recent and ongoing matters, including major Duke, TECO, Sunshine water/wastewater, and hurricane recovery proceedings, and said the office had fully litigated four of its last five rate cases, while also achieving a major settlement in Duke that reduced a requested increase and imposed cost controls on solar projects.
Members praised the office’s work and asked about the benefits of settlements, staffing and compensation, and how the office decides when to fully intervene versus provide guidance or monitor a case. Truerweiler said settlements can create predictability, reduce uncertainty and expense, and produce tangible value for both customers and utilities. He also acknowledged recruitment challenges, including lower pay than comparable agencies and difficulty attracting attorneys who do not want in-person litigation work. The committee took no substantive action beyond receiving the presentations, and adjourned after a motion was adopted.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services (01/13/2026)
Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
Transcript Highlights:
- The uh written um comments or testimony.
- Thank you for your testimony. >> Mr. Grace. Thank you for your testimony.
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and Thank you, sir, for your testimony and Thank you, sir, for your testimony - Hey, that was great testimony.
- have a copy of our written testimony have a copy of our written testimony >> okay<04:39:02.959