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MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Formal House Session 66 Jul 8th, 2026
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Courts have recognized site plan review for decades as a permissible practice, and many communities have
- But because it's not defined in Mass. general law, its practice and approval criteria vary widely.
- Their collaboration helped shape the language that is before us today.
- language provides a tool for communities that is consistent with longstanding case law and best practices
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Emergency Management Committee Mar 24th, 2026
Emergency Management
Transcript Highlights:
- SB 1001 provides a practical solution.
- Chair, for the opportunity to present SB 1153, which would provide a practical and responsible approach
- Chair, for the opportunity to present SB 1153, which would provide a practical and responsible approach
- So when emergencies occur, collaboration is already in motion.
Committee:
Senate Emergency Management
Summary:
The Senate Emergency Management Committee held its first meeting and adopted committee rules for the 2025-26 session. The committee heard SB 1001, which would require the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services to issue identification cards for essential utility workers so they can more easily access evacuation zones during emergencies. The author and supporters, including Rowland Water District and the Association of California Water Agencies Joint Powers Insurance Authority, said the bill was prompted by delays during the Eaton Fire, when utility crews in marked vehicles were denied access despite having authorization. Members generally supported the bill as a practical way to improve coordination between utilities, law enforcement, and incident command during disasters. The bill was voted out on a do-pass motion to the Senate Public Safety Committee.
The committee also heard SB 1153, which would require urban retail water suppliers in high-risk areas to include wildfire-specific procedures in emergency response plans and make findings clarifying the role and limits of public water systems during wildfires. The author and witnesses from water agencies argued that public water systems are not designed to function as wildfire suppression systems and that the bill would improve planning while addressing growing liability exposure after major fires. Senator Perez raised concerns about balancing liability reform with accountability and the need for future infrastructure hardening, and the Vice Chair emphasized that the bill should not create a hollow safe harbor. The author accepted committee amendments clarifying that negligence liability remains intact, and the bill was moved out as amended to the Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee.
A consent item, SB 870, was also approved. After roll calls were completed and absent members later voted, all three measures passed the committee 8-0. SB 1020 was pulled from the hearing for a future date.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Emergency Management Committee Mar 24th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- SB 1001 provides a practical solution.
- Chair, for the opportunity to present SB 1153, which would provide a practical and responsible approach
- Chair, for the opportunity to present SB 1153, which would provide a practical and responsible approach
- So when emergencies occur, collaboration is already in motion.
Summary:
The Senate Emergency Management Committee held its first meeting and adopted committee rules for the 2025-26 session. SB 1020 was pulled from the agenda for a future hearing. The committee heard SB 1001, which would direct the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services to issue standardized identification cards for essential utility workers so they can more easily access evacuation zones during emergencies. The author and supporters, including Rowland Water District and the Association of California Water Agencies Joint Powers Insurance Authority, described a breakdown during the 2025 Eaton Fire when utility crews were denied access despite having credentials, causing delays in shutting off water at damaged homes. No opposition was present, and members broadly supported the bill as a practical emergency response measure. The committee voted 8-0 to pass SB 1001 to the Senate Public Safety Committee, with the measure held on call until all members voted.
The committee also heard SB 1153, a wildfire preparedness bill from Senator Caballero. The bill would require urban retail water suppliers in high-risk areas to include wildfire-specific response procedures in their emergency response plans, and it includes findings clarifying that public water systems are not designed to function as wildfire suppression systems. The author accepted committee amendments clarifying that the bill does not limit liability for negligence, and witnesses from water agencies and industry groups supported the measure, citing the need for better planning and the financial strain of post-fire claims. Members discussed the balance between improving preparedness and avoiding language that could create a liability safe harbor or shift responsibility away from needed infrastructure investments. The committee voted 8-0 to pass SB 1153 as amended to the Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee, also held on call until all members voted.
A consent item, SB 870, was also approved. After the committee reconvened and all members present voted, SB 870, SB 1001, and SB 1153 each received unanimous 8-0 votes and were reported out of committee. The meeting then adjourned.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Environment and Agriculture (01/13/2026)
Environment and Agriculture
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:12:42.079><c> not</c> um this bill reflects collaboration not um this bill reflects collaboration
- </c> establish the best management practices. establish the best management practices.
- </c> This bill is careful and collaborative. This bill is careful and collaborative.
- Um, so what this looks like in practice.
- ><c> balanced</c><04:08:28.000><c> and</c> That's practical and that's balanced and That's practical
Committee:
House Environment and Agriculture
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs May 11th, 2026
Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- The interim charge was to study the practice of large municipalities transferring revenues from water
- The interim charge was to study the practice of large municipalities transferring revenues from water
- And then, you know, to that kind of industry best practices for development...
- In practice, these structures are often combined or tailored to fit local circumstances, so it's not
- This is also a longstanding municipal finance practice that has been considered in prior legislative
Committee:
Senate Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session May 11th, 2026
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We don't even use best practices.
- DeMaio, there's a point of order, if you wouldn't mind. ...that other states do as a best practice.
- They want to see best election practices. And yes, they want to see voter... better level.
- They want to see best election practices. And yes, they want to see voter.
- They want to see best election practices. And yes, they want to see voter ID.
Summary:
The Assembly met in session after a quorum call and opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a ceremonial observance for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Members from multiple caucuses spoke in support of House Resolution 107, which designates May as AAPI Heritage Month, emphasizing the community’s contributions, resilience, and the need to confront discrimination and hate. The resolution was adopted, and the chamber then recognized 13 honorees for the 2026 AAPI Heritage Month celebration, highlighting leaders in education, business, labor, media, cultural preservation, and public service.
After guest introductions, the Assembly took up a series of bills. Measures discussed included HOA reserve funding for common interest developments (AB 2050), professional review requirements for lawsuits against design professionals (AB 2106), direct home delivery of enteral formula (AB 1794), expanded CalWORKs-related support for student parents (AB 1829), longer insurance moratoriums for wildfire survivors (AB 2038), election cybersecurity (AB 2281), medical privacy protections for reproductive and gender-affirming care (AB 2448), water district board compensation (AB 2568), county public contract change-order authority (AB 1658), and several other education, health, and licensing bills. Most measures passed with broad support; AB 2050 passed 44-6, AB 2038 passed 45-8, AB 2448 passed 49-13, and AB 1658 passed 61-2, while several others passed unanimously or near-unanimously.
The Assembly also adopted AJR 29, a resolution opposing a federal executive order affecting vote-by-mail and affirming California’s mail voting system. The resolution prompted extended debate over election integrity, voter access, and federal versus state authority, with supporters arguing mail voting is secure and accessible and opponents calling for stronger voter list maintenance and verification. The resolution passed 47-13. In addition, ACR 141 and ACR 123 were adopted by voice vote after co-author roll calls, and the chamber continued or passed on numerous other file items as it worked through the daily file.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2026-03-12 (1:00PM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The language in this bill seems practical, but it's definitely problematic.
- And now our poll workers on election day at the site, it's not practical. It's not practical.
- This looks great on paper, and in practicality, it does not work. Senator Bracy Davis in debate.
- Because we must be honest about what that means in practice. This scar...
- Because we must be honest about what that means in practice.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs (01/14/2026)
Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> school entry is practical and useful. school entry is practical and useful.
- I bring that up because until 2022, that was how we were practicing it.
- </c><01:46:35.840><c> it</c> that was what how we were practicing it that was what how we were practicing
- Um certainly uh these Practice.
- And in my 40 years of practice as a practicing physician, what can I say?
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- I work at the Core Institute, so it's an orthopedic practice.
- Furthermore, my collaborative approach fosters vital partnerships with government agencies to protect
Summary:
The Senate Education Committee met, approved the March 25, 2026 minutes, and considered two executive nominations. First, the committee heard testimony from Aidan Kane Vaux, nominated as a student regent for the Arizona Board of Regents. Vaux described his background as an ASU biomedical engineering graduate student and researcher, his teaching and mentoring experience, and his interest in representing students. Senators asked about how his engineering training would inform board service, student concerns about tuition and cost transparency, expanding STEM and health care education, mental health resources, and improving educational access in rural Arizona. Vaux said he would bring a problem-solving, data-driven perspective and emphasized affordability, student support, rural outreach, and broader access to research and health-related opportunities. The committee voted 6-0, with one member not voting, to recommend his confirmation to the full Senate.
The committee then heard from Andrea Marasota Snow, nominated to the Arizona State Board for Private Post-Secondary Education. Snow said she serves as Chief Legal and Government Affairs Officer at Pima Medical Institute and would use her legal and regulatory experience to help the board with licensing, complaint review, compliance, and student protections. She emphasized balancing institutional growth with oversight and protecting students through the Student Tuition Recovery Fund and other safeguards. The committee voted 6-0, with one member not voting, to recommend her confirmation to the full Senate.
Before adjourning, members thanked staff and nominees, and the chair noted Senator Diaz’s birthday. The committee then adjourned.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- I work at the Core Institute, so it's an orthopedic practice.
- Furthermore, my collaborative approach fosters vital partnerships with government agencies to protect
Committee:
Senate Education
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Commerce and Economic Development Oversight REVISION 2: HB3127 - Added Mar 5th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Commerce & Economic Development Oversight
Transcript Highlights:
- The bill reflects a collaborative effort between the Oklahoma Insurance Department and the Oklahoma Captive
- I made it a practice that we do not hear a bill that I do not feel is fully baked.
Keywords:
HB3783, plumbing apprentice, endorsed apprentice, endorsed plumbing apprentice, journeyman plumber, plumbing license, Construction Industries Board, Committee of Plumbing Examiners, apprenticeship, trade license, vocational education, occupational licensing, professional licensing, Title 59, Plumbing License Law of 1955, licensure exam, journeyman examination, apprentice registration, plumbing industry regulations, administrative penalty
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Currently, the district lacks authority and structured procedures. ...to collaborate with the counties
- These practices raise the cost of housing and infrastructure and divert development away from past growing
Committee:
House Natural Resources
Keywords:
SB 612, Texas Water Code, Section 49.2127, conservation and reclamation district, water district, reclamation district, developer fees, pipeline construction, water pipeline, sewer pipeline, associated infrastructure, subdivision infrastructure, cost recovery, fee cap, actual reasonable documented costs, engineering fees, legal fees, inspection fees, infrastructure relocation, utility connections
TX
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Artificial Intelligence and Data Center Committee Jul 15th, 2026 at 09:00 am
Artificial Intelligence and Data Center Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- And so one of the things that it does is it created, Incorporating standards and best practices.
- They want something to collaborate with us as a collaborative partner at NDIT.
- Three areas we're looking for with the vendor side of things with their AI practice.
- Technically, they do; in practice, they've never exercised it.
- Technically, they do, in practice, they've never exercised it.
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Higher Education Institutions Committee Apr 9th, 2026 at 08:30 am
Higher Education Institutions Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- There’s, you know, some collaboration and/or competition within the system itself.
- Is it a normal practice, I guess, of campuses to dip below...
- One of the things we stood up at CTS was what we call the digital accessibility collaborative.
- Zimmerman, that is a common practice. Chair Sickler and Ms.
- Zimmerman, that is a common practice among the NDUS institutions, paying a stipend.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Executive Departments and Administration (01/15/2025)
Executive Departments and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- have an issue I don't think we would have an issue it's<00:12:33.279><c> a</c><00:12:33.519><c> practice
- we</c><00:12:34.160><c> we've</c><00:12:34.360><c> already</c><00:12:34.519><c> been</c> it's a practice
- we we've already been it's a practice we we've already been undertaking<00:12:35.399><c> but</c><00:
- panel we created with two game wardens and a member of the Guides Association, and they test your practical
- </c><01:28:43.679><c> matter</c> these cases work as a practical matter these cases work as a practical
MI
Transcript Highlights:
- Price optimization is a shady practice.
- Price optimization is a shady practice that companies use to determine the highest price you can sustain
- The people that we represent expect us to learn from past failures and take practical steps to prevent
- The Civil Rights Act was pivotal on paper, yet in practice, it was incomplete.
- The Civil Rights Act was pivotal on paper, yet in practice, it was incomplete.
Summary:
The Senate convened with an invocation, pledge, attendance, and a series of recesses and caucus calls. The chamber also recognized the retirement of Larry Horn of the Michigan Senate Police Department and later honored departing staff members Macy Maine, Maddie Cutler, and Julia Schmidt. Senator Geiss delivered a statement marking the 62nd anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, emphasizing its legacy and the need to protect and strengthen civil rights protections.
The Senate received House messages on Senate Bills 870 and 878, with SB 878 sent to conference. It also introduced several new measures, including Senate Joint Resolution L and Senate Bills 1085 through 1091, plus House Bills 4833, 5152, 5153, and 5727, referring them to the appropriate committees. The chamber discharged multiple committees from further consideration of bills and suspended rules several times to move legislation onto the General Orders calendar and to allow committee meetings during session.
On the floor, the Senate passed House Bill 4072 and Senate Bills 792, 793, 1013, and 947. SB 1013, dealing with the Insurance Code and price optimization, included a failed Tice amendment and passed 34-3. SB 947, concerning dam safety under the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act, drew supportive remarks from Senator McMorrow and a strong no-vote explanation from Senator McBroom before passing 22-15. The Senate also adopted a McMorrow substitute for SB 947 and later considered a large group of bills in Committee of the Whole, reporting many with amendments and others without amendment for third reading. The session ended with the Senate adjourning until Friday, July 3rd at 12:15 a.m.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
S/C County & Regional Government Apr 7th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- With that, I'd be happy to, oh, and it's a best practice as defined by CISA for data management and keeping
- One addition here is that not only is it a best practice, the The best practice to protect that sensitive
- The standard practice is to follow the city of Houston's noise decibel limit. All right.
- In good governmental accounting practices, you have a provision of services, you have a base of taxpayers
- And so that is our long-standing practice.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The question was more a practical one, please stop a driver and don't have, let's say, a driver's license
- My issue, my question is that... more practical, assuming that the person doesn't have insurance or a
- If we can make a practical accommodation, say, let them make a phone call, of course.
- It became a standard practice to And so a number of six, originally six projects, three per year and
- Eliminating railroad crossings is also a sound business. practice.
Committee:
Senate Transportation
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
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Commission on Race & Access to Opportunity. (6-20-26)
Transcript Highlights:
- ,<00:35:42.600><c> collective</c><00:35:43.080><c> impact</c> collaborative, collective impact collaborative
- </c><00:47:42.520><c> collective</c> uh in a again a collaborative collective uh in a again a collaborative
- You hear it being collective impact and collaborative.
- You hear it being collective impact and collaborative.
- You hear it being collective impact and collaborative.
Summary:
The meeting was a discussion of fatherhood and a possible response to Senator Robby Mills’ Resolution 112, which had proposed a task force on fatherhood initiatives. After approving the June meeting minutes and confirming a quorum, the committee heard a presentation from Mark Ludwig, executive director of the National Council for Equal Shared Parenting, who argued that fatherhood is often left out of public policy and that stronger father involvement is linked to better outcomes in crime, education, substance abuse, and family stability. He cited Kentucky’s 50/50 shared parenting law as a model and urged fatherhood classes, employment support, mentoring, co-parenting education, and partnerships with community organizations, schools, and social workers rather than relying solely on state spending. He also said fatherhood engagement could save the state money by reducing incarceration and related costs.
Members then raised concerns that the presentation did not sufficiently address structural causes of fatherlessness, especially incarceration, racial disparities, gun violence, poverty, housing, transportation, and sentencing policy. Senator Berg and Representative Kulkarni emphasized that Black and brown families are disproportionately affected by incarceration and violence, and questioned whether fatherhood programs alone can solve the problem without broader reforms. Ludwig responded that some fathers are pushed out by the court system or lack legal resources, and said reintegration programs and legal, financial, and community supports are part of the solution, though he had focused mainly on the need for fatherhood programming in this presentation.
No bill was voted on and no formal action was taken beyond approving the minutes. The discussion appeared to be an initial policy conversation to gather ideas and perspectives for possible future work on fatherhood-related initiatives.