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FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
March 5, 2025 - 10:15 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- And one of the things that I believe is important to understand is that it's great as long as your house
- that technology, the risks associated with that technology, the legacy technology that you have in-house
- Is that something that you're housing within your space and how is that information being shared?
- You know, I gave the building permit example, but maybe we could extend it to a more serious case.
- So data centers essentially are large warehouses that house supercomputers.
Summary:
The subcommittee met to hear a panel discussion on artificial intelligence and automation in Florida government. Panelists from Worldwide Technology, OpenAI, the James Madison Institute, and the Florida Digital Service described AI as a tool to improve efficiency, constituent services, fraud detection, translation, HR workflows, public safety, and regulatory review, while emphasizing that AI should supplement rather than replace workers. They also stressed the importance of data readiness, workforce training, governance, and having existing technology systems and policies in place before broader deployment.
Members asked about public records concerns, vendor vetting, model integrity, and how to balance innovation with privacy and security. Chief Schoonover said agencies are already using or exploring AI in areas such as Medicaid analysis, environmental data, emergency management, tax forms, and child support, and noted that the Digital Service publishes prohibited vendor and application lists. OpenAI discussed its red teaming, safety evaluations, privacy controls, and government products such as ChatGPT Gov, and said it does not train on personal data or target users with ads.
The committee also discussed concrete examples of efficiency gains, including reduced call times, faster translation turnaround, and streamlined HR classification work, as well as concerns about job disruption and constituent access. In closing, members raised data center infrastructure and energy needs, with panelists noting that AI depends on substantial compute, power, cooling, and utility capacity. The chair concluded by encouraging continued dialogue and noting that future AI legislation should be targeted to specific problems rather than overly broad.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- number of extortion payments that they have to pay, are overloading trucks beyond even the overweight permit
- If you have an overweight permit, you can get 125,000 pounds of fuel across the border.
- so I've been told that the design bills end up costing a lot more, kind of like when you redo your house
- This bill is very similar to House Bill 3793, which I laid out earlier this session and was voted out
- It was also voted out of the House floor.
Keywords:
transportation, TxDOT, Texas Department of Transportation, road projects, highways, infrastructure, bridge construction, interchanges, corridor improvements, road widening, railroad grade separation, sound barrier, unified transportation program, legislative notice, project prioritization, capital projects, state highway system, Farm-to-Market Roads, San Antonio, Harris County
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Education Policy and Administration (01/12/2026)
Education Policy and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- House Bill 1573 ensures that here.
- </c> support House Bill 1573. support House Bill 1573.
- I actually, when I was at the State House serving as a House page, the other House page was from a public
- house serving his house um at the state house serving his house page,<00:51:20.960><c> the</c><00:51
- . permitted. permitted.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session-Day 6, February 16, 2026-AM
Wyoming House Floor Meeting
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Science, Technology and Telecommunications Sep 22nd, 2025
Science, Technology & Telecommunications Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- New Mexico Do It, he is back working for us as our Executive Director for the Enterprise side of the house
- We had been working a lot on our budgets and accounting and finance side of the house for the last seven
- You know, one answer to how you permit and site transmission is a little bit—it depends.
- And have you thought of where Such a thing could be, who could house it?
- Four of my friends went down to the open house yesterday. They had a delightful time.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee Feb 25th, 2026
Utilities and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- There were three projects that we had in the permit pipeline at the Energy Commission down in Salton
- And I think we'd all agree as a state, we must rapidly accelerate housing production in order to address
- the growing housing and homelessness crisis, and without a viable cost-effective option for Title 24
- compliance, housing costs will only continue to rise.
- So the definition by DOE of community solar is quite broad and also includes multifamily housing with
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill would create a and housing.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development funding. And this is a more narrow focus.
- Uh, line 339 is the governor's recommendation to extend the permit length for a commercial learner permit
- </c> recommendation to extend the permit recommendation to extend the permit length<01:17:50.000><c>
- </c> length for a commercial learner permit. length for a commercial learner permit.
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- I hope they come to your house and beat that door down and shoot the consequence for you.
- Find out where you live and protests in front of your house. You lame blank.
- Find out where you live and protests in front of your house. You lame blank.
- Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the U.S.
- Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the U.S.
Bills:
SB5837, SB6011, SB6009, SB5868, SB5974, SB5720, SB5833, SB5936, SB5993, SB6070, SB6002, SJM8014, SB6086
Keywords:
guardianship, conservatorship, protective arrangement, protective arrangements, supported decision-making, supported decision making, court visitor, adult guardianship, limited guardianship, full guardianship, adult conservatorship, less restrictive alternative, capacity, legal capacity, respondent rights, due process, vulnerable adults, disability rights, elder abuse, estate management
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 3/10/26
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- I will call the House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee meeting to order.
- Dne loved when his daddy made him laugh, and when he would listen to music and dance around the house
- Minnesota Statute 617.246 makes it a felony to use, promote, employ, or permit a minor in porn.
- I hold in my hand the member guide of 134 reps here at the House.
- Some new 134 reps here at the house.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Expanding exceptions to gift-giving ban 2/23/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- . >> I move for House File 2526 be recommended to pass and be referred to the general registry.
- I would like House nonpartisan research, Ms. Griffin or Ms.
- I would like House nonpartisan research, Ms. Griffin or Ms.
- I would like House nonpartisan research, Ms. Griffin or Ms.
- </c> pass the the house and be signed. Sorry. pass the the house and be signed. Sorry.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Finance Nov 18th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- housing them.
- And a lot of those systems are outside of their permits.
- I certainly didn't include grants, permits, fees, licensing, etc.
- I want to make sure that if House Bill 47 hadn't extended...
- I know there's affordable housing discussions that we're anticipating.
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- Members, I have House Bill 2, and this is actually the third year...
- One, a 14-year-old can't buy a beer; they can't drive; they can't even have a learner's permit; they
- can't go see an R-rated movie. ...permit; they can't go see an R-rated movie.
- All right, HB250, the rock star of the house portion of sunset. Last man up...
- House portion of sunset. Last man up... Is there a delay?
Keywords:
vaccination, parental consent, minors, medical consent, guardian approval, criminal procedure, split sentencing, probation, Class A felony, Class B felony, minimum confinement, HB49, Alabama criminal code, capital offense, capital punishment, death penalty, rape in the first degree, sodomy in the first degree, sexual torture, child sexual abuse
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Finance and Policy Committee 3/23/26
Health Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Sitting or standing in the aisle is not permitted when the State Patrol and House security staff are
- I'd like to move House File 4438.
- Uh, this is House File 4349.
- Now we will go to House File 4064. Now we will go to House File 4064. >> Vice Chair Reyer.
- </c> Next up, uh, House File 84. Next up, uh, House File 84.
Keywords:
healthcare, WIC, community health, licensing, speech-language pathology, audiology, contract term limits, healthcare services, provider enrollment, disenrollment, premium payments, medical assistance, substance use disorders, mental health, children's mental health, early childhood, early intervention, consultation grants, Head Start, child care
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Louisiana Commission on Civic Education May 8th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Representative Raymond Cruz, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
- The state park housing, yes, ma'am. That's great.
- work permit process, which is currently a hassle for everyone involved.
- I have also testified in support of House Bill 232 by representative. today.
- the minor work permit process, which is currently a hassle for everyone involved.
Summary:
The Louisiana Commission on Civic Education met with a quorum, approved the minutes from its prior meeting, and unanimously approved the 2026–27 membership slate for the Legislative Youth Advisory Council after hearing that more than 300 students applied. The commission also approved LIAC’s budget and mileage reimbursement guidelines, which were updated to reflect the IRS rate increase. Members thanked the Legislature for continuing to fund LIAC after earlier years of sponsor-based support.
The meeting featured several civic education presentations tied to the nation’s 250th anniversary. Brandon Burris of the Lieutenant Governor’s office described state parks, museums, library backpack programs, Keep Louisiana Beautiful, and Homework Louisiana as civic and educational resources. Liam Julian of the Sandra Day O’Connor Institute discussed national trends in civics education, teacher discomfort with controversial topics, and the institute’s teacher training, student camps, debate programs, and civics app. Louisiana Public Broadcasting’s Katie Stark and Nancy Torren presented America 250-related materials, including a PBS Kids feature on a Louisiana child and a PBS Learning Media series on Bernardo de Gálvez and Spanish Louisiana, along with teacher training events.
LIAC members John Parker and Brandon Routon reported on their work over the year, including school safety efforts, digital service-hour tracking, AP self-study access, minor work permits, AI-generated harassment of minors, and school advisory councils. The Louisiana Center for Law and Civic Education reported on Law Day and Constitution Day programming reaching thousands of students, its summer institute, student and teacher awards, and a proclamation marking the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. Barry Irwin also reported that legislation to clean up the commission’s membership and quorum provisions had passed the House and been heard in Senate Education. The commission adjourned after thanking staff for managing the meeting during severe weather.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Working Group on Omnibus Taxes Bill - 05/20/25
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> House Taxes Committee. House Taxes Committee.
- </c> state representative, house district state representative, house district 59B,<00:04:42.560><c>
- </c> aid and to statewide local housing aid. aid and to statewide local housing aid.
- Critical issues across our housing.
- house the house uh which shows that the house the house uh position<01:27:20.800><c> meets</c><01:27
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Hearing Assembly Agriculture Committee and Senate Agriculture Committee Aug 4th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- There are still families living in motels, living in temporary housing.
- There are still families living in motels, living in temporary housing, that are still traumatized and
- About a third of that could have been diverted without a permit under the executive orders of March of
- But also addressing other regulatory barriers, including processes for obtaining permits for building
- But also addressing other regulatory barriers, including processes for obtaining permits for building
Summary:
The joint Senate and Assembly Agriculture informational hearing focused on the state of agricultural production in California, with members and witnesses emphasizing the sector’s economic importance and the pressures it faces from water scarcity, climate extremes, labor shortages, rising input and energy costs, pests, and regulatory burdens. Chairs and members also expressed disappointment that prior climate-related funding decisions did not include agriculture and said the hearing was intended to identify practical solutions and future legislative priorities.
CDFA and DWR officials described California agriculture as a roughly $61 billion industry producing more than 400 commodities, but also noted farm bankruptcies, vineyard and orchard removals, and the effects of SGMA, drought, floods, and subsidence. DWR said climate change will intensify hydrologic variability and that groundwater sustainability, recharge, flood capture, and infrastructure modernization are critical. Members asked about lessons from the 2023 floods, readiness for El Niño, and where limited Prop. 4 and GGRF dollars should go; officials pointed to better forecasting, recharge projects, conveyance, basin characterization, and technical assistance. CDFA highlighted pest response, especially glassy-winged sharpshooter, and a regulatory alignment study identifying food safety and water quality as major compliance burdens.
The second panel, on water, climate, and resource sustainability, largely reinforced those themes. PPIC and UC Merced researchers said SGMA-driven groundwater reductions will be the biggest long-term constraint, potentially requiring hundreds of thousands of acres to come out of production and causing major GDP and job losses unless recharge, trading, infrastructure, and crop-transition strategies are expanded. They recommended more flexible recharge rules, better accounting, subsidence mitigation, and support for SGMA-ready crops and land repurposing. An energy consumer representative warned that electricity and natural gas costs are rising sharply and that state programs supporting agricultural energy and biomass solutions have been reduced or eliminated, while a farmworker foundation representative emphasized health care access, food security, immigration-related fear, and workforce development for farmworkers. No votes or formal actions were taken; the hearing concluded with members signaling interest in future legislation, funding, and follow-up discussions.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- I'll move House File 1277.
- I'll move House File 1277.
- House File 1277 does a few things.
- </c><00:32:08.320><c> file</c> opposition to house file opposition to house file 1277<00:32:10.320><c
- Then we have House File 457, Harder; House File 633, Noe; and we have House File 805, Yim.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Forty Seven - Tuesday, April 7
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The next order of business will be House Bills for Perfection, House Committee Substitute for House Bill
- House committee substitute for House Bill 21, 22, and 1626, and House committee substitute for House
- House Bill 1791 would expedite building permits.
- Substitute for House Bill 3080, House Bill 1772, and House Bill 296.
- Substitute for House Bill 3080, House Bill 1772, and House Bill 296.
Summary:
The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and approval of the House Journal by a 104-0 vote. Members then spent a large portion of the session offering personal remarks and introducing guests, including the family of Lance Corporal Jared Schmitz, school groups, a Boy Scout troop, a Highway Patrol commander, and community figures such as Corey Johnson and boxer Devin Alexander. There was also a moment of silence for a member’s mentor and a personal privilege statement recognizing Autism Month and the work of teachers and therapists serving autistic children.
The main floor debate centered on House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2481, which would tighten Missouri rules for SNAP and related public benefits by requiring proof of citizenship or lawful presence, using the federal SAVE system throughout eligibility checks, and directing the Department of Social Services to seek a waiver to steer SNAP purchases toward healthier foods. Supporters framed the bill as a matter of accountability, taxpayer stewardship, fraud prevention, and improved nutrition, while opponents argued it was unnecessary because federal law already limits eligibility, could add administrative costs, and could harm children, families in food deserts, and pregnant women who rely on programs such as Show Me Healthy Babies. An amendment offered by the gentleman from Johnson to extend the bill to MoHealthNet was adopted, and after extended debate the House invoked the previous question 91-46, then adopted and perfected the bill as amended.
The House also advanced House Committee Substitute for House Bill 1869, which creates a process and fund to repair damaged veterans’ headstones in public and private cemeteries, with support from members who emphasized honoring veterans and preserving gravesites; the bill was adopted and perfected without opposition. House Bill 2927 was also moved forward; it would require settlement demands tied to extra-contractual or bad-faith insurance claims to be written, held open for 90 days, and reference the relevant statute. Supporters said it gives insurers reasonable time to evaluate large claims, while opponents said it could delay compensation for injured Missourians; it too was adopted and perfected. The House then began consideration of additional bills, including House Bills 2387 and 2480, as the session continued.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:00 am
Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure
Transcript Highlights:
- House Bill 343, an act requiring fair housing education for real estate licensees, attaching House Bill
- As favorable, House Bill 413, House Bill 414, I'm sorry, House Bill 413, House Bill 410 attached.
- House 343, in Act requiring fair housing education for a real estate license. 343, requiring fair housing
- As favorable House 3, 1, House 1 3 and House 1 3 and House after this well as favorable House 3 1, House
- 1 3 and House 414, I'm sorry, House 413, House 410 attached.
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure held a hearing on alcohol licensing, sales, and consumption issues affecting bars, restaurants, package stores, and local communities. The chair outlined hybrid hearing procedures, including three-minute testimony limits and instructions for written testimony. The committee heard a local bill for Milford, H. 4169, authorizing an additional off-premises all-alcohol license for Charlie’s Mini Mart, with the understanding that the existing wine and malt license would be surrendered if the new license is granted.
A major topic was the long-running debate over happy hour. The Massachusetts Restaurant Association opposed bills such as S. 217, H. 349, and H. 443, arguing that discounted alcohol would intensify competition, create pressure on restaurants to participate, and potentially raise liquor liability and insurance costs. In contrast, Senator Julian Cyr testified in support of repealing the happy hour ban through a local-option framework, saying the bill includes safeguards such as no discounts after 10 p.m., fixed pricing during promotions, and advance posting requirements, and that it could help downtowns and seasonal businesses without creating a public health risk.
The Massachusetts Package Stores Association testified on a broad package of bills, opposing measures to reinstate happy hour, allow supplier control over retail shelf space (H. 350), impose a transfer fee on licenses (H. 351), authorize alcohol coupons or discounts (H. 381 and S. 219), and permit Thanksgiving alcohol sales (H. 428). It supported bills requiring beverage alcohol training for off-premise licensees (H. 344), restricting self-checkout for alcohol (H. 366), changing Section 15 grocery-store license rules (S. 213), and several other regulatory changes. The Distilled Spirits Council supported H. 350 on private label spirits, while acknowledging concerns about disclosure and preferential treatment; package store witnesses defended private labels as lawful products they create with manufacturers, and the council argued the bill should address consumer confusion and unfair competitive advantages. The hearing concluded with Chair Chan announcing committee poll results on other bills, including a number of favorable reports and study orders, and the committee then voted to close the hearing.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate Chamber Jan 27th, 2026 at 11:14 am
New Mexico Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Reminder: MVD is here again in the House Lounge today to assist legislators.
- Do we have anybody from Hatch in the House? Okay.
- Well, they were in the House last year, so they deserved to take a year off, I suppose.
- Well, we got Hatch in the House. Hey, guys, welcome. All right, cool. So I am your state senator.
- I know you probably came over from the House. But wonderful comments there.