Video & Transcript Research : 'housing permitting'

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HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 04-30-2026 12:00pm

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • various bills, and House Communication Number 878 informs the Senate that House Bill 1752 conference
  • </c> reading in the house. reading in the house. File. File. File.
  • </c> can't find housing. can't find housing.
  • President, may I be permitted a late Mr. President, may I be permitted a late introduction?
  • </c> made by the House. made by the House.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Room 229 Conference PM - 04-30-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • So, for House Bill 1785, &gt;&gt; Okay.
  • For the House, dementias research.
  • For the House, &gt;&gt; Thank you, Senator.
  • </c> &gt;&gt; Okay, thank you Senator for the house &gt;&gt; Okay, thank you Senator for the house myself
  • I have no embarrassing stories about myself. house, myself and Representative Miyake house, myself and
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Room 016 Conference AM - 04-30-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • For the house, we internship programs.
  • For the house, we have member Favela.
  • ><c> myself,</c><00:04:26.640><c> Morikawa,</c> house side, you have myself, Morikawa, house side, you
  • ,</c><00:05:14.600><c> co-chairs</c> house, myself, Senate, uh, co-chairs house, myself, Senate, uh,
  • On behalf of the house, we have you.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Room 224 Conference PM - 04-30-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • . in Conference Room 224 at the Hawaiʻi State Capitol to consider Senate Bill 148, Senate Draft 2, House
  • ><00:08:11.080><c> feel</c><00:08:11.240><c> the</c><00:08:11.280><c> house</c> Uh we the house we feel
  • the house Uh we the house we feel the house position<00:08:11.720><c> is</c><00:08:11.800><c> stronger
  • This is Senate Bill 1166, Senate Draft 2, House Draft 2, relating to insurance.
  • </c> 2, House Draft 2, relating to insurance. 2, House Draft 2, relating to insurance.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

RM 309 Conference PM - Thu Apr 30, 2026

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

RM 309 Conference AM - Thu Apr 30, 2026

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

RM 329 Conference PM - Thu Apr 30, 2026

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

House Chamber - Thu Apr 30, 2026, 12:00PM HST - Day 55

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • We are in receipt of a communication informing the House that the Senate has passed the noted House bill
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  • of</c> Welcome to your House of Welcome to your House of Representatives.
  • of</c> Welcome to your House of Welcome to your House of Representatives.
  • Leo, welcome to your House of session. Leo, welcome to your House of Representatives.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

RM 411 Conference AM - Thu Apr 30, 2026

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

RM 411 Conference AM - Fri May 1, 2026

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

RM 325 Conference AM - Thu Apr 30, 2026

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

RM 325 Conference PM - Thu Apr 30, 2026

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

RM 329 Conference AM - Thu Apr 30, 2026

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Community Affairs Feb 10th, 2026

Community Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • I know the House posture is a little bit different.
  • Is it your intent, or Senator Burgess's intent, to accept the House version or amend this to add a private
  • I'm watching what's happening in the House.
  • involved with the abuse and neglect because the father didn't live with the child in the mother's house
  • So he contacted authorities, but— Walked over to the mother's house, that could have started a whole
Summary: The committee heard and advanced a wide range of bills focused on water safety, utilities, housing, transparency, and claims relief. CS/SB 848 on stormwater treatment was presented as a follow-up to prior water-quality legislation and reported favorably with one support waiver. SB 28, a claims bill for Reginald Jackson against the City of Lakeland, was also reported favorably. CS/SB 658, a bipartisan child-drowning prevention bill for rental properties, drew extensive testimony from child advocacy and drowning-prevention groups in strong support; amendments required rental license applicants to certify compliance and removed local-government add-on authority, and the bill was reported favorably. CS/SB 18, a claims bill involving the estate of a deceased minor and the Broward County Sheriff’s Office, prompted questions about settlement and responsibility but was ultimately reported favorably despite opposition from a waiver form. Several utility and infrastructure measures were considered. CS/SB 1724 would regulate municipal utility service outside city limits, limit revenue transfers, require public meetings, and cap rate differences; an amendment added gas utilities, and the bill was reported favorably after testimony from municipal utility representatives and small-county advocates. CS/SB 1014 would require municipal utilities to extend water and wastewater service to certain nearby residential properties without conditioning service on annexation; an amendment narrowed the bill to residential uses and clarified capacity and grandfathering provisions, and it passed favorably. CS/SB 1102 would allow local infrastructure surtax revenue to fund body camera programs, with an amendment making the surtax authorization prospective and requiring a new referendum; it was reported favorably. CS/SB 260 on electric-vehicle storage in towing yards was amended to focus on storage only and to tie the higher fee to the period before fire-risk inspection, then reported favorably after testimony from insurers, fire officials, and EV industry representatives. The committee also advanced education, housing, and ethics-related bills. SB 1264 would ease zoning and code barriers for small private schools and micro-schools, with supporters arguing it would expand school choice and opponents raising implementation concerns; it was reported favorably. SB 934 on Florida Keys areas of critical state concern was amended to remove a tax-exemption section that conflicted with the Live Local Act, then reported favorably. SB 1622 would provide a one-time waiver of late financial-disclosure fines under specified conditions and was reported favorably. Finally, CS/SB 1566 on local government spending and transparency required online posting of budgets and related materials, and an amendment added utility revenue reinvestment and other changes while removing DEI spending restrictions; the bill drew support for transparency but concern from small cities and counties about cost and workload, and it was reported favorably. The meeting ended with adjournment after senators recorded votes on selected bills.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Transportation, Highways and Public Works May 21st, 2026

Transportation, Highways & Public Works

Transcript Highlights:
  • When the budget was over on the House side, did any of the direct budget House Bill 1 or any of the supplemental
  • What about House Bill 762? Okay.
  • We had a motion by Senator Wheat to report House Bill 730 as amended without objection.
  • He's in House and Government Affairs, so Mark Abraham will handle.
  • Senator Abraham on resolution, House Concurrent Resolution 53.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/26

Energy Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • First up, we have Representative Buck in House File 4236.
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  • House File 4377 expense.
  • We support House File 4377.
  • We support House File 4377. Advocacy. We support House File 4377.
Bills: HF4236, HF4122, HF4377
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Land & Resource Management May 15th, 2025

Land & Resource Management

Transcript Highlights:
  • You'd have to go through a permitting process to get access to water.
  • Once resolved, the permit proceeds without delay.
  • So I think third-party review is a great way to increase the efficiency of housing permitting, which
  • providers that are committed to expanding access. to housing in our city.
  • Permitting delays drive up construction costs and limit the supply of homes.
Bills: SB1708, SB2523, SB1450
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

House Chamber - Wed Mar 18, 2026, 12:00PM HST - Day 29

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • of</c> Welcome to your House of Welcome to your House of Representatives.
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  • House Bill 1800 House Draft 1 relating to the state budget.
  • And reality is what House Bill 1800 House Draft 1 demands.
  • House Draft 1 forces us House Bill 1800 House Draft 1 forces us to<00:58:19.040><c> answer</c><00:58
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Municipal May 7th, 2026

Municipal

Transcript Highlights:
  • This item got out of House Local and Municipal.
  • We are asking for your support for House Bill 431.
  • All right, members, this is House Bill 466. You want to do that one first? House Bill 466.
  • All right, members, this is House Bill 741.
  • Okay, this is House Bill 377. House Bill 377. Rep, the floor is yours. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Summary: The committee on local and municipal affairs met on May 7, 2026, approved the prior meeting minutes, and then took up a series of local bills. HB 362 creating the Regency Park Towns Townhomes Crime Prevention and Security District in Orleans Parish was reported favorably without objection. HB 822, dealing with nonprofit entities that hold appointments on boards and commissions while not in good standing with the Secretary of State, drew questions about whether it targeted a specific entity and about how long an entity should be out of good standing; the committee adopted an amendment changing the trigger to three consecutive years and then reported the bill as amended. A major portion of the meeting focused on HB 1243, which would give the Orleans Parish City Council more authority over the Sewer and Water Board. The sponsor, Council President J.P. Morrell, and Representative Hilfordy argued the bill would move New Orleans toward a more local, responsive public-works model and help address long-standing dysfunction. The Bureau of Governmental Research testified that it supported increased local control but urged a formal study or transition plan so the city would document the future governance structure. Despite those concerns, the committee adopted an amendment clarifying ownership of assets and then reported HB 1243 as amended. The committee also handled several St. George bills and other local measures. SB 348, allowing third-party administrative support for motor vehicle enforcement, and SB 444, granting expropriation authority for certain public projects, were reported favorably. SB 485, transferring insurance premium tax authority to the City of St. George, was initially amended but then reconsidered; the amendment was stripped and the bill was reported favorably. HB 990, concerning Jefferson Parish and unpaid water/sewer bills on multifamily properties, HB 466 on West Feliciana Parish property-tax rebates, HB 664 raising parish ordinance fines, HB 87 increasing per diem for a Livingston Parish gas utility district board, HB 115 abolishing the police chief for the Village of Edgefield, HB 741 creating emergency housing vouchers for human trafficking survivors, HB 377 removing civil-service pay restrictions for state examiners, HB 162 updating a crime prevention district fee, HB 368 raising fines for improper demolition of historic properties, and HB 441 returning Sewer and Water Board employees to city civil service were all reported favorably, most without objection. HB 431, requiring mayors to complete 16 hours of annual training, was amended to add continuing legal education and national conferences and then reported as amended. The committee adjourned after completing its agenda.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Municipal May 7th, 2026

Municipal

Transcript Highlights:
  • BGR's central concern is that House Bill 1243 BGR's central concern is that House Bill 1243 does not
  • We are asking your support for House Bill 431. We are asking your support for House Bill 431.
  • All right, members, this is House Bill 466. You want to do that one first? House Bill 466.
  • All right, members, this is House Bill 741.
  • Okay, this is House Bill 377. House Bill 377. Rep, the floor is yours. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Summary: The committee on Local and Municipal Affairs met on May 7, 2026 and approved the prior meeting minutes before taking up a series of local bills. Early action included HB 362, creating the Regency Park Towns Townhomes Crime Prevention and Security District in Orleans Parish, which was reported favorably. HB 822, dealing with nonprofit entities that hold appointments on boards and commissions while not in good standing with the Secretary of State, drew discussion about how long an entity must be out of compliance and whether notice should be required; the committee adopted an amendment changing the threshold to three consecutive years and then reported the bill as amended. A major portion of the meeting focused on HB 1243, which would shift more authority over the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board to the Orleans Parish City Council. Supporters, including Representative Hilfriddy and Council President J.P. Morrell, argued the current structure is dysfunctional and unresponsive, and that local elected officials need authority to act more quickly. The Bureau of Governmental Research testified without taking a position on the bill itself but urged a formal transition plan or study committee so the city would have a clear governance path. Despite that concern, the committee adopted an amendment clarifying asset ownership and then reported HB 1243 as amended. The committee also handled several St. George bills. SB 348, allowing local law enforcement to contract for administrative support related to motor vehicle enforcement, was reported favorably. SB 444, granting St. George expropriation authority for certain public infrastructure projects, was also reported favorably. SB 485, concerning the city’s authority over insurance premium taxes, initially had amendments adopted but was then reconsidered; the amendments were stripped and the bill was reported favorably in its original form. HB 431, requiring mayors to complete annual continuing education, was amended to clarify approved training and then reported favorably. Other measures reported favorably included HB 990 on Jefferson Parish master water meters, HB 466 on West Feliciana Parish tax rebates tied to a data center project, HB 664 raising the maximum fine for parish ordinance violations, HB 87 increasing per diem for a Livingston Parish gas utility district board, HB 115 abolishing the police chief position in Edgefield, HB 741 creating emergency housing vouchers for human trafficking survivors, HB 377 removing civil service pay-plan restrictions for state examiners, HB 162 allowing a fee increase for the Jefferson Place/Bocage Crime Prevention District, HB 368 increasing fines for improper demolition of historic properties in New Orleans, and HB 441 returning New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board employees to city civil service. The committee adjourned after reporting the bills.