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FL
Transcript Highlights:
- The amendment is adopted. We are now back on the bill as amended.
- The amendment is adopted. We are now back on the bill as amended.
- The amendment is adopted. Now we are back on the bill as amended.
- The amendment is adopted. Now we're back on the bill as amended.
- The amendment is adopted. We are back on the bill as amended.
Summary:
The committee heard and acted on a long agenda of local, housing, education, construction, and claims bills. It first took up SB 1730 on affordable housing/Live Local changes, adopting an amendment that narrowed and clarified several provisions, including density, height, parking, attorney fees, and exclusions for certain protected areas, then reported the bill favorably. It also approved SB 1674, which clarifies that local investment restrictions cannot block Israel bonds, after a clarifying amendment. SB 140 on charter schools was reported favorably after significant debate over school conversion, teacher contracts, local control, and the use of surplus school property for housing or other public purposes; several speakers opposed it as harmful to public schools, while the sponsor said it preserved district authority and added options for municipalities and job creation. The committee also passed SB 96 and SB 4, two local claims bills, and SB 1714, which allows SHIP funds to help mobile home owners with lot rent and requires local housing plans to address mobile home park closures.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate Bill 1008 is adopted.
- I'm sorry, we did not adopt the substitute without objection.
- Senator King moves the adoption of the committee substitute for Senate Bill 1358.
- Adopt these standards after public notice and input and stakeholder process.
- Adopt changes.
Bills:
SB483, SB522, SB783, SB1239, SB1254, SB1255, SB1259, SB1341, SB1664, SB1762, SB1856, SB1877, SB1977
Keywords:
utility, proprietary information, customer data, data protection, electric service, customer information, emergency communication, electric utility, privacy, certification, public accountants, interstate licensing, accounting, regulatory amendment, energy efficiency, construction regulations, building codes, Texas, sustainability, cost-effectiveness
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Recommends the bill for local non-contested. Is there any objection?
- Wait a minute, as an HCR, I don't think it can go to local non-contested.
- Senator Hinojosa recommends the bill for roll call, and I contest it. If there is an objection?
Keywords:
counter-unmanned aircraft systems, C-UAS, counter-drone, drone mitigation, unmanned aircraft systems, UAS, border security, U.S.-Mexico border, aviation safety, airspace regulation, federal preemption, Homeland Security, Department of Defense, Department of Justice, Department of Energy, FBI, state-local coordination, tribal and territorial partners, border patrol, cartels
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Pet Overpopulation Advisory Council Jun 24th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- All I'm saying is I downloaded standard regs and regulations for contest submissions, and so it's there
- For contest submissions, any discussion or motion to accept, with the caveat that I'm allowed to tweak
- Okay, I suggest that for the dates for submissions for the pet stamp contest that we allow those to go
Summary:
The Pet Overpopulation Advisory Council met with Chair Jeff Dorson presiding and approved the prior January minutes without changes. The council reviewed finances, noting a balance of a little over $11,000 and that state funding from specialty plate sales remains about $3,000 annually. Under old business, the council voted to restore an overlooked $850 grant to Robinson’s Rescue from the prior cycle, and the chair said he would send the check within a few days.
In new business, Dorson was nominated and approved to serve as the council’s public records liaison. The council also reviewed and accepted standard contest submission rules, with Dorson given flexibility to make minor edits before posting them. Dr. Mitchell and Pam proposed opening both the pet stamp photo contest and the grant application period from July 1 through September 30, with selections and grant votes to occur at the October meeting; the council approved those dates by motion.
The council discussed updating its website and agreed to seek proposals for improvements in the $500 to $1,000 range, noting the current site is outdated. The next meeting was set for Wednesday, October 21 at the same time and location. Members also agreed to run a license plate promotion from July 1 through August 30 to help sell the remaining 136 plates, with Holly and the chair’s subcommittee planning flyers and social media outreach. The meeting then adjourned.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, Senator Sparks moves adoption of the committee substitute. Is there objection?
- Committee substitute is adopted.
- It is adopted. Senator Ber. This is better.
- There being 7 ayes and 2 nos, the committee substitute is favorably adopted.
- It is adopted.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Children and Family Law (02/04/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- He was their adopted papa. Okay. Any questions? Well, seeing none, thank you so much.
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cases of children in these contested cases of children in these contested cases
Summary:
The House Children and Family Law Committee opened its February 4, 2025 hearing with a business item on House Bill 553, appointing a subcommittee chaired by Representative Greg and including several named members. The committee then took up House Bill 486, which would revise New Hampshire’s grandparents’ visitation law. The prime sponsor said the bill is intended to address gaps in current law, especially in situations involving divorce, separation, kinship care, and parental substance use, so that children can maintain important relationships with grandparents or other kin caregivers. He emphasized that the proposal was meant to supplement existing law rather than replace it, and said the language was modeled on statutes from other states.
Several witnesses testified in support of HB 486, describing painful family separations and arguing that current law can be interpreted too narrowly. One grandmother said the existing statute had been used to dismiss her visitation case because she was restricted while the parents were separated, and she asked for language changes so courts could still order visitation in similar circumstances. Another witness, testifying online, urged passage of the bill as being in the best interest of children. A third witness described a family living arrangement in which grandparents had been a consistent presence in their grandchildren’s lives but were later cut off during a contentious separation, and said the bill would help repair those relationships. Committee members asked about the six-month timeframe in the bill, whether the proposed language would affect cases where a grandparent does not live with the child but is still a regular caregiver, and whether the sponsor had written amendment language; the sponsor said the six-month language was taken from other states’ statutes and that the new language would not change existing visitation rights but would add to them.
After hearing the testimony, the chair said the committee would hold HB 486 aside for a week or two while awaiting additional information before voting. The hearing then moved to House Bill 320, an act relative to enforcement of marital property settlements. The sponsor explained that the bill would require courts to enforce final property decrees and would clarify the difference between enforcement and contempt, arguing that courts should have clear authority to fashion remedies and that litigants, especially self-represented parties, need clearer statutory guidance. Committee members questioned the legal distinctions the sponsor drew, including whether the bill was aimed at enforcement rather than contempt and how the proposed language would operate in practice. The transcript cuts off before any vote or further action on HB 320.
NE
Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Morning Session Apr 7th, 2026
Nebraska Unicameral Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The amendment is adopted, Mr. President. AM 3100 is adopted. Mr. Clerk. Mr.
- Record, AM 3074 is adopted, Mr. President. AM 3074 is adopted. Mr. Clerk. Mr.
- Senators, the question is the adoption of the amendment. LB 962A is adopted.
- The amendment is not adopted. The amendment is not adopted. I raise the call. Mr.
- No, is an adoption of the amendment, Mr. President. AM 3084 is adopted. Mr. Clerk. Mr.
Bills:
LB815A, LB838A, LB912A, LB972A, LB1126A, LB962A, LB1114, LB921, LB937, LB803, LB803A, LB1032, LB1032A, LB1075, LB1075A, LB889, LB878, LB933, LB304, LB304A, LB1096, LB1096A, LB1165, LB1165A, LB958, LB958A, LB762, LB1187, LB966, LB929, LB962, LB753, LB788, LB913, LB1055, LB1195, LB429, LB721, LB722, LB727, LB743, LB745, LB749, LB778, LB787
Keywords:
LB815A, LB815, appropriation, appropriations bill, Nebraska Department of Revenue, Motor Fuel Tax Enforcement and Collection Cash Fund, motor fuel tax, gas tax, fuel tax, tax enforcement, tax collection, cash fund, budget, state spending, per diem, salaries, fiscal year, enrollment and review, final reading, Nebraska
NE
Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Afternoon Session Apr 7th, 2026
Nebraska Unicameral Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Adoption of the amendment, Mr. President. AM 3123 is adopted. Mr. Clerk. Mr.
- Clerk. 48 ayes, no nays on adoption of the amendment, Mr. President. AM 3058 is adopted.
- My wife and I adopted twins. We have a grandchild that was given up for adoption.
- My wife and I adopted twins. We have a grandchild that was given up for adoption.
- There is no nays in adoption of the amendment, Mr. President. AM 3101 is adopted. Mr.
Bills:
LB815A, LB838A, LB912A, LB972A, LB1126A, LB962A, LB1114, LB921, LB937, LB803, LB803A, LB1032, LB1032A, LB1075, LB1075A, LB889, LB878, LB933, LB304, LB304A, LB1096, LB1096A, LB1165, LB1165A, LB958, LB958A, LB762, LB1187, LB966, LB929, LB962, LB753, LB788, LB913, LB1055, LB1195, LB429, LB721, LB722, LB727, LB743, LB745, LB749, LB778, LB787
Keywords:
LB815A, LB815, appropriation, appropriations bill, Nebraska Department of Revenue, Motor Fuel Tax Enforcement and Collection Cash Fund, motor fuel tax, gas tax, fuel tax, tax enforcement, tax collection, cash fund, budget, state spending, per diem, salaries, fiscal year, enrollment and review, final reading, Nebraska
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Senator Zaffirini moves adoption of the committee substitute. Is there objection?
- Hearing and seeing none, it is adopted.
- reported to the Senate with a recommendation that it do not pass, that the committee substitute be adopted
- Senator Birdwell will now move that House Bill 4384 be recommended for a low-income contested calendar
Keywords:
occupational licenses, renewal, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, registration, license expiration, HB 2663, inactive well, plugging extension, Railroad Commission of Texas, RRC, oil and gas, orphan wells, well cleanup, well plugging, abandoned wells, surface equipment removal, electric service termination, administrative penalty, Natural Resources Code, Section 89.029
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 3/10/26
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- All in favor of adopting the A1 amendment signify by saying aye. >> Opposed?
- All in favor of adopting the amendment?
- Uh, all in favor of adopting the DE1 amendment signify by saying aye. Aye. Uh, nays.
- Motion is approved and the DE1 amendment is adopted. Let uh with that amendment is adopted.
- The DE2 amendment is adopted. Representative Franson, to your bill.
Keywords:
groundwater, water use permit, data centers, public health, environmental regulations, municipalities, state park license plate, specialty license plate, Minnesota DNR, Department of Natural Resources, license plate design contest, North Shore, Lake Superior Agate, AI-generated art, artificial intelligence, Minnesota resident, state parks, specialty plates, vehicle registration, contest requirements
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The motion is adopted.
- Today's calendar, hearing no objection, the motion is adopted. That concludes the morning call.
- Over and over again, yes, we are contesting that particular map.
- I adopted HB4, which I have said before... ...repeatedly, was not drawn by me, but I adopted it because
- There being 18 ayes and 11 nays, the motion is adopted. Senate stands in recess until...
Bills:
SB 2, SB 5, SB 9, SB 7, SB 17, SB 4, HB4, HB1, HB3, HB20, HB22, SB9, SB7, SB17, SB4, HB4, SB2, SB5
Keywords:
disaster relief, flood preparedness, emergency funding, local government support, meteorological forecasting, school assessment, public education, accountability, transparency, education standards, STAAR, Texas Education Agency, TEA, public school accountability, school ratings, A-F ratings, assessment reform, student testing, benchmark tests, interim assessments
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Commission of Texas employs a staff of administrative law judges and technical examiners to adjudicate contested
- request for certain communications from an administrative law judge or technical examiner related to a contested
- Members, is there any objection to the adoption of the committee substitute? Chair, there's none.
- The substitute is adopted.
Keywords:
carbon sequestration, environmental policy, Texas, energy, climate change, regulatory council, geothermal energy, workforce development, education and training, energy industry, apprenticeship, energy production, energy policy, renewable energy, state council, administrative law, public information, transparency, government accountability, judicial process
KY
Transcript Highlights:
- . >> There's a motion and a second to adopt the committee sub.
- And the sub is adopted, and you may proceed after introducing yourselves.
- >> There's a motion and a second to adopt >> There's a motion and a second to adopt
- Is there a motion to adopt >> Thank you.
- Is there a motion to adopt House<00:52:10.960>
Bill?
Summary:
The House Judiciary Committee met for its sixth regular-session meeting and first took up House Bill 5, as substituted by committee amendment, which would authorize KCTCS to partner with the Department of Corrections to create a vocational training campus at North Point Training Center. The sponsor and witnesses described the bill as a prison education and re-entry initiative aimed at reducing recidivism, saving taxpayer money, and meeting workforce needs, citing Michigan’s vocational village model as evidence that prison-based training can lower reoffending. Testimony emphasized that the program would include high-demand vocational fields, credentials, eligibility and security safeguards, data collection, annual reporting, and re-entry documentation such as certificates of employability and employment protections.
Several members voiced support, including comments that the bill builds on existing second-chance and employability efforts. One member asked whether post-release employment outcomes could also be tracked, and the sponsor said that would be encouraged and discussed as a possible friendly amendment. After discussion, the committee voted 19-1 to adopt the committee substitute and pass House Bill 5.
The committee then began consideration of House Bill 468, which would update the Kentucky Civil Rights Act to conform the state definition of disability to the 2008 federal ADA amendments and clarify the meaning of “qualified individual with a disability.” The bill sponsor said it would remove the Kentucky Human Rights Commission’s adjudicative authority over employment and public accommodations cases, while leaving investigative powers intact and preserving housing-related adjudication, with the goal of placing those disputes in court and preserving jury-trial rights. In response to questions, the sponsor said a local mandate analysis found the court impact would be minimal to moderate, and cited commission data showing relatively few hearings. The transcript cuts off during continued discussion of HB 468.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The substitute is adopted.
- Senator Middleton moves that we adopt the committee substitute. The substitute is adopted.
- Hearing none the substitute is adopted.
- Hearing none, the substitute is adopted.
- Hearing none, the substitute is adopted.
Keywords:
SB 1065, handgun carry, license holder, concealed carry, open carry, government contracts, governmental entity, property lease, state agencies, local government, higher education, university, Texas Government Code, Penal Code 30.06, Penal Code 30.07, Penal Code 46.03, Second Amendment, gun rights, firearms, civil penalty
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Opening Ceremonies of the 89th Legislature Jan 14th, 2025
Texas House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I move adoption. The question occurs on the adoption of the motion. Is there any objection?
- The chair hears none, and the motion is adopted. Thank you.
- We move again for adoption. The question occurs on the adoption of House Resolution 1.
- Those Texans deserve the truth about this contest, so I'm here.
- Tom Craddick: The chair hears none and the motion is adopted.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- campaign finance limits look like in other states, including whether states distinguish between highly contested
- campaign finance limits look like in other states, including whether states distinguish between highly contested
- campaign finance limits look like in other states, including whether states distinguish between highly contested
- campaign finance limits look like in other states, including whether states distinguish between highly contested
- campaign finance limits look like in other states, including whether states distinguish between highly contested
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Opening Ceremonies of the 89th Legislature Jan 14th, 2025
Texas House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I move adoption. The question occurs on the adoption of the motion. Is there any objection?
- The chair hears none and the motion is adopted. Thank you.
- We move again for adoption. The question occurs on the adoption of House Resolution One.
- The resolution is adopted.
- Chair hears none, and the motion is adopted.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Taxation and Revenue Jan 28th, 2026 at 10:02 am
House Taxation & Revenue
Transcript Highlights:
- And I said, well, first there was a beauty contest. And it goes downhill from there.
- sure what that sounds for me because I'm District 54, so I must really have lost that on the beauty contest
- Montoya in the beauty contest, but I appreciate what everybody brings to this committee.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Health and Human Services May 8th, 2025
Health & Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Members, Senator Hancock moves the adoption of the Community Substitute for Senate Bill 1232.
- Hearing none, the motion is adopted. Adopted Senator Hancock.
- Senator Blanco moves the adoption of the committee substitute for Senate Bill 2919.
- Hearing none, the motion is adopted.
- Senator Blanco moves that Senate Bill 2919 do not pass, but the substitute adopted in lieu.
WV
West Virginia 2026 Regular Session
WV Senate Judiciary Committee in Session Mar 10th, 2026 at 03:04 pm
Transcript Highlights:
- I declare the motion adopted.
- I declare the motion adopted.
- I declare the amendment adopted. Are there further amendments? Adopted.
- I declare the motion adopted.
- I declare the motion adopted.
Summary:
The committee first took up House Bill 4198, which would require employers to use E-Verify to confirm new hires’ work authorization and impose escalating penalties for violations, including warnings, debarment from state contracts, loss of business licenses, and other sanctions. Counsel and senators raised extensive drafting concerns, including circular language, conflicts with existing record-retention provisions, unclear references to “seeks to employ,” possible application to babysitters, lawn care, and other casual or household arrangements, and uncertainty about how the bill would work for employers who never actually complete a hire. The bill sponsor defended the measure as a way to strengthen compliance with existing law, protect employers who use E-Verify in good faith, and deter illegal hiring. After debate, a motion to table the bill failed on a roll call vote, 6 in favor and 10 opposed, and the chair then announced the bill would be sent to a subcommittee to be cleaned up, with instructions to resolve the drafting conflicts and other ambiguities.
The committee then turned to House Bill 4710, with an amendment, which would require a person to be registered with a political party or as an independent 210 days before filing a certificate of candidacy. Counsel explained that the change would lengthen the current 60-day requirement and would affect both party-switching and independent candidacies, making it harder for candidates to change affiliation shortly before an election. Senators asked about how the 210-day period would work relative to the primary and general election filing deadlines, and counsel clarified that it would be measured backward from the relevant filing dates. The discussion focused on the practical effect of the bill as a “sore loser” measure and on the timing rules for candidacy filings.