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CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee Mar 17th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- That’s a primary move.
- So let's let you close and we'll call it. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
- I would just in closing, Mr.
- Unless you want to close. No, no, I'll take your close. I'll learn to be quiet one day.
- But we will be closing the roll.
Summary:
The committee first heard SB 868, the Plug and Play Solar Act, which would streamline approval for portable plug-in solar devices for homes and apartments. The author and supporters argued the bill would help renters and other Californians lower electric bills, expand access to solar, and create statewide safety standards through UL certification and the National Electrical Code. Opponents, including electrical workers, firefighters, utilities, and PG&E, raised concerns about shock, fire, backfeeding, older electrical systems, and the bill bypassing the California Electrical Code and Building Standards Commission process. After extended discussion and testimony from UL, the author agreed to add California Electrical Code language, and several opponents indicated they would move to neutral; the committee then passed the bill out as amended to the Senate Judiciary Committee on a roll call vote.
The committee then took up SB 886, which would establish rules for large data centers to prevent electricity cost shifts to other ratepayers. The author and supporters said rapid data center growth could drive major grid costs and that the bill would require data centers to pay for their own infrastructure, participate in demand response, and secure new zero-carbon resources. Supporters included environmental and consumer groups, while opponents such as the Data Center Coalition, Silicon Valley Leadership Group, utilities, and business groups argued the bill was unnecessary, could duplicate CPUC proceedings, and might impose operationally risky mandates, especially around demand response and backup power. Committee staff described amendments narrowing the bill to large data centers, clarifying tariff and cost-allocation provisions, replacing behind-the-meter storage with a pre-funded long-term clean energy contract, and exempting certain public and critical facilities; the discussion continued with questions about cost responsibility, clean energy targets, and peak-load management.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Judiciary Mar 19th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- SEEING NONE SENATOR BURGESS YOU MAY CLOSE. WAIVE CLOSE.
- WAIVING CLOSE. SENATOR BURGESS WAIVES CLOSE.
- SENATOR JONES YOU MAY CLOSE ON THE BILL. >> WAIVE CLOSE.
- SEEING NONE SENATOR PIZZO YOU MAY CLOSE. WAIVE CLOSE.
- YOU ARE RECOGNIZED CLOSE ON THE AMENDMENT. WAIVE CLOSE.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 6 on Public Safety Mar 16th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- In closing, the Court Executive Advisory Committee strongly supports the Governor's budget proposal for
- In closing, remote court proceedings are not merely an innovation. They are a lifeline.
- A PACE plan means we have a primary plan, an alternate, a contingent, and emergency plan.
- A pace plan means we have a primary plan, an alternate, a contingent, and emergency plan.
- And we, I would say, officially returned to Sacramento on November 21st, when the JFO closed.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- You know, we do have hard deadlines when polls close at 7 o'clock, et cetera.
- This would close that loophole. Questions for the sponsor? Thank you, Madam Chair.
- On every regular primary and general election day, schools operated by a school district must be closed
- We already closed. Stand by. We already closed out the speaking, and all we did was not vote.
- Pull it close to you and timing. Madam Chair and esteemed members of the Senate, Dr.
Bills:
SB1067 , SB1234 , SB1285 , SB1295 , SB1392 , SB1413 , SB1436 , SB1470 , SB1476 , SB1489 , SB1512 , SB1535 , SB1540 , SB1556 , SB1568 , SB1569 , SB1570 , SB1573 , SB1585 , SB1609 , SB1627 , SB1634 , SB1635 , SB1644 , SB1647 , SB1648 , SB1650 , SB1653 , SB1654 , SB1655 , SB1656 , SB1657 , SB1658 , SB1661 , SB1662 , SB1664 , SB1666 , SB1667 , SB1669 , SB1709 , SB1720 , SB1723 , SB1725 , SB1743 , SB1746 , SB1748 , SB1755 , SB1786 , SB1820 , SB1822 , SB1829 , SCR1027 , SCR1040 , SCR1048
Committee:
Senate Judiciary and Elections
Keywords:
tax lien, property tax lien, real property tax lien, foreclosure, right of redemption, redeem, excess proceeds, county abatement lien, abatement lien, lien priority, assessment lien, easement, county treasurer, certificate of purchase, tax delinquency, delinquent property taxes, property owner equity, judgment foreclosure, title report, Arizona Revised Statutes
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- Joan, too, could close the baby? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
- Joan, too, could close the baby? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
- And with that, I'll close the debate. Debate is closed.
- Hearing none, hearing no negative, debate is closed.
- Hearing none, the negative is closed.
Summary:
The House first approved the journal and then received several Senate messages, including enrolled bills and resolutions sent onward for gubernatorial action. It also concurred in Senate amendments to House Bill 516 after a lengthy debate over process and committee referral; members argued both that the bill had been handled through the rules and that it had been routed around the Education Committee and public input. The concurrence passed 41-23-6, and a later motion to send HB 516 to the Education Committee failed 20-45-5.
The chamber then suspended rules to take up Senate Bill 1254, which would allow chiropractors with a clinical nutrition certification to acquire certain vitamins, minerals, fluids, epinephrine, and oxygen for office use. Supporters described it as a narrow deregulation to reduce barriers and costs, while opponents said it expanded scope and raised patient-safety concerns. The bill passed the House 43-22-5 and was transmitted to the Senate.
The House next debated Senate Bill 1247, a 287(g) immigration-enforcement bill requiring local law enforcement agencies to apply for participation or explain why they could not. Supporters said it would strengthen immigration enforcement, bring federal reimbursement, and align with constituent concerns; opponents said it would impose an unfunded mandate, undermine local control, and force agencies into federal arrangements they did not want. After extensive debate, the House passed the bill 47-13-4. The House then moved to House Bill 621, a firearms/preemption measure affecting county buildings and courthouses, with supporters arguing it protected constitutional carry rights and opponents warning of major local costs and safety risks; debate was interrupted by a recess and continued when the transcript ended.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Um it's titled primary spreadsheet.
- If not, Senator Fate, do you want to make some closing comments? Yeah. Yeah.
- </c> to make some closing comments? Oh, yeah. to make some closing comments? Oh, yeah.
- Senator Fate, closing comments on the bill.
- Senator Fate, closing comments on the bill. Uh, yeah, thank you, Mr.
Committee:
Senate Finance
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Governmental Oversight and Accountability Jan 26th, 2026
Governmental Oversight and Accountability
Transcript Highlights:
- Seeing no debate, Senator Leak, you're recognized to close on your bill. I'll waive close.
- Seeing no debate, Senator Wright, you're recognized to close. Waive close.
- Seeing no debate, Senator Wright, you're recognized to close. Waive close.
- I think it's best to say waive close, and you can waive close. Senator Wright waives close.
- Now, Senator Grohl, you recognize to close on the delete all amendment. Weave close.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- This is the single biggest issue to our constituents, and there is no close second.
- This is the single biggest issue to our constituents, and there is no close second.
- This is the single biggest issue to our constituents, and there is no close second.
- to close that gap.
- </c> level we Bas basically need to close level we Bas basically need to close that<01:32:51.320><c>
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services Feb 18th, 2026
Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Seeing no debate, you're recognized to close? I'll waive to close.
- Senator Sharief, you are recognized to close. Wave closed, Mr. Chair.
- Seeing no debate, you are recognized to close. Wave closed.
- Seeing no debate, you recognize, close. Thank you, Mr. Chair. We have closed. We have closed.
- You recognize to close. We have closed. Robin, would you please call the roll?
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House Special Session 2026 May 4th, 2026
Alabama House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- on Monday, May the 4th, 2026, to take up the following specifically described subject or matter: primary
- 00:10:34.400><c> subject</c><00:10:34.880><c> or</c><00:10:35.000><c> matter,</c><00:10:35.760><c> primary
- </c> described subject or matter, primary described subject or matter, primary elections. elections.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 02/18/25
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- In closing, hospitals will continue to put patients first.
- In closing, hospitals will continue to put patients first.
- In closing, hospitals will continue to put patients first.
- Joe Schindler continued: In closing, hospitals will continue to put patients first.
- Joe Schindler continued: In closing, hospitals will continue to put patients first.
Committee:
Senate Health and Human Services
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- Every meeting is live streamed, and at the height of our response we hosted close to 700 participants
- We completed close to 420 permanent units in 2024 and are committed to building over 1,400 permanent
- I thought the way we won the primary was historic.
- Usually the departments at a local level work very closely with us.
- Usually the departments at a local level work very closely with us.
VT
Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session - 2026-05-15 - 10:00AM
Vermont Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> closed the Strait of Hormuz. closed the Strait of Hormuz.
- </c> Open loop and closed loop. Open loop and closed loop.
- </c> closed loop systems. closed loop systems.
- </c> and it requires a closed and it requires a closed and<01:48:57.280><c> section</c><01:48:57.720>
- </c> have in private behind closed doors. have in private behind closed doors.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Waiver Waitlist Management Subcommittee (7-17-26)
Transcript Highlights:
- So, hospitalization, primary care, all of those things, those are in these average per person costs.
- Uh, fiscal year 25 closed out with about $1.8 billion in waiver services. filled slot, someone could
- 00:21:00.000><c> of</c> hospitalization, primary care, all of hospitalization, primary care, all of those
- . closing. closing.
- Please close the gap request is simple.
Summary:
The committee opened by adopting its mission and priorities for reviewing Kentucky’s 1915(c) home- and community-based services waiver wait lists, including evaluating current capacity and bottlenecks, comparing other states’ practices, and considering a tiered priority system based on urgency of need. The chair also announced that, although public comment was not on the agenda, the committee would allow 30 minutes for comments and asked speakers to keep remarks brief. He noted that public comment would not continue in the smaller subcommittees after this meeting, but could still be made at the larger MOAB meetings or by email.
Department for Medicaid Services officials Leslie Hoffman and Carmen Hancock then gave a detailed overview of Kentucky’s waiver programs: the acquired brain injury waiver, ABI long-term care waiver, home and community-based waiver, Model 2, Michelle P. waiver, Supports for Community Living waiver, and the newly approved child waiver. They explained each program’s eligibility and level-of-care requirements, described funded, filled, allocated, reserved, and available slots, and said the state had already added new slots from House Bill 500. They emphasized that available slots can coexist with a wait list because of reserved slots for money-follows-the-person transitions, emergency slots, annual slot churn, and waiver-year reconciliation. They also reported that the unduplicated wait list total was 18,948, and gave current wait-time figures by waiver, noting that the numbers change constantly.
Members asked about how level-of-care determinations are made, whether all people on the wait list have been assessed, and whether undocumented individuals appear in the counts. The department said full level-of-care assessments are done only when a person is moving off the wait list into a reserved slot, and that only Medicaid-eligible individuals can reach the wait list. Senators and representatives also pressed on the meaning of “churn,” why slots cannot be reissued immediately when someone leaves, and whether people who receive even a small amount of service keep their slot for the rest of the waiver year under CMS rules. Officials said that once a participant receives service during the waiver year, the slot generally cannot be reassigned until the next waiver year, even if the person later disengages.
The department also presented county distribution, annual member growth, average total cost per member, and total annual waiver expenditures, saying fiscal year 2025 closed at about $1.8 billion in waiver services. In response to questions, officials said they would provide additional churn data for other waivers, including Michelle P., and would look into the average wait-time calculations requested by members. No formal votes or legislative actions were taken during the meeting.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Education (2-27-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- All right, it's bad dang close.
- All right, it's bad dang close.
- All right, it's bad dang close.
- All right, it's bad dang close.
- All right, it's bad dang close.
Keywords:
Meeting Start: 00:01:04
Attendance Roll Call: 00:01:12
Senate Bill 3 (Sen. Wise): 00:05:28
Senate Bill 6 (Sen. Givens): 00:32:17
House Bill 241 (Rep. Truett): 00:52:18
Senate Bill 268 (Sen. Reed): 01:11:57
Adjournment: 01:24:48, 958, all
Summary:
The Senate Standing Committee on Education met and first handled introductions of guests and visitors from several school districts and education groups. The committee then took up Senate Bill 3, which relates to student athletes and includes an emergency clause. The bill sponsor and invited witnesses, including athletics directors from the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville, said the measure is intended to update Kentucky’s NIL laws in light of the House v. NCAA settlement and other national changes in college athletics.
Supporters said SB 3 would let Kentucky universities directly compensate student athletes, help them secure third-party NIL deals, require reporting of deals over $600, and create guardrails and fair-market-value review to reduce pay-for-play concerns. They emphasized that the bill is meant to keep Kentucky institutions competitive, align with expected national standards, and prepare for changes expected around July 1, 2025. Witnesses also discussed the need for more uniform rules nationally, the role of the Power Four conferences in developing governance and clearinghouse systems, and the desire to preserve both athlete mobility and continuity in college sports.
Several members raised concerns about the transfer portal, NIL incentives, and the broader effect on college athletics, with one senator saying NIL and the portal have damaged the sport but acknowledging Kentucky must compete. Witnesses responded that tighter portal windows and clearer national rules would help, while still preserving student-athlete transfer rights when needed. After discussion, the committee moved to a vote on SB 3; the roll call was taken, and the bill advanced out of committee, with at least one senator explaining a reluctant yes vote because of competitive pressures on the Commonwealth.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- The two primary points that we've expressed throughout working on this bill over the last two years..
- and protect persons under guardianship, our professional community serves those without family or close
- I'm just thinking about where we have some statutes that say the Attorney General's Office is the primary
Committee:
Senate Judiciary and Rules
AR
Arkansas 2026 Regular Session
ARKANSAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (ALC) Jan 16th, 2026
ARKANSAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (ALC)
Transcript Highlights:
- We'll continue to follow closely, and we also have some major changes coming in the beginning of this
- expenses for schools, a traditional public school, a charter school, and a private school, I mean, their primary
- A charter school and a private school, I mean, their primary expenses are going to be facilities and
Committee:
All ARKANSAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (ALC)
Summary:
The Arkansas Legislative Council meeting began with approval of the December 2025 minutes and a presentation from the Bureau of Legislative Research on the December revenue report. Dr. Carlos Silva said gross collections were about $4.02 billion, up slightly from the prior year, and net available for distribution was also above last year but down modestly from the previous month because of higher-than-expected corporate income tax refunds. Members asked about corporate tax trends, tariffs, and inflation, and Silva said it was too early to call the corporate decline a trend and that tariff effects would likely show up mainly in sales tax collections.
The council then adopted several subcommittee reports, including the Executive Committee Subcommittee, Administrative Rules, Hospital/Medicaid/Developmental Disabilities, Occupational Licensing Review, PEER, Review, State Insurance Program Oversight, and Personnel. The PEER report drew the most debate because of a Department of Agriculture grant tied to Perry County and Central Arkansas Water; members discussed whether removing the Perry County portion would affect the grant’s competitiveness, and the report was ultimately adopted with the item included. The Review Subcommittee also heard questions about a BDO contract for the rural health transformation program, with DFA explaining that the contractor would manage the program while state agencies would make funding decisions consistent with the state’s application.
A major portion of the meeting focused on the Education Freedom Account appropriation tied to LEARNS. Senators and representatives debated whether the program helps families or diverts money from public schools, with supporters arguing it funds students and choice and opponents arguing it is costly, vulnerable to fraud, and harms public school funding. Department of Education officials said roughly 28,000 private school students and 17,500 homeschool students were participating, that EFA students must submit standardized tests annually, and that the requested $32 million was to cover existing participants. After multiple substitute motions and extended debate, the body rejected a motion to strip out the $32 million and then adopted the report and related motions. The meeting ended after routine approvals of additional agency items and adjournment.
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Rural Health Transformation Committee - Appropriations Division Jan 13th, 2026 at 02:00 pm
Transcript Highlights:
- Like, let's say, again, it's close to $97 million. You know, can the agency just accept that?
- all as chair, you know, we're going to be looking at how this played out over this year with the primary
- all as chair, you know, we're going to be looking at how this played out over this year with the primary
Summary:
The Appropriations Division met in a work session on the draft Rural Health Transformation appropriations bill, 25.1392.01000, with no public testimony taken. Legislative Council and the Department of Health and Human Services walked through the bill, which would appropriate about $397.8 million in federal grant funds over two federal fiscal years, provide transfer authority, allow certain federal funds to be used for salaries and wages without counting against existing transfer limits, and authorize OMB to adjust other agencies’ spending authority if they receive grant awards through HHS. The bill also includes several temporary statutory exemptions to help implement the program, plus recipient acknowledgement/reporting requirements, periodic reports to Legislative Management, and an immediate effective date upon filing.
Committee discussion focused heavily on how the federal rural health transformation money can be used and administered. Department officials explained that CMS will review projects for allowability and sustainability, that the state has flexibility to move funds among categories, and that the grant is limited to 10% administrative costs. Members asked about whether the funding could support renovations, equipment, ambulances, bulk purchasing, food distribution, and other rural health ideas, and were told many details will depend on CMS approval and the eventual applications. Questions also addressed cash flow, timing of obligations and reimbursements, FTE funding, and whether grant recipients should be told the program will not continue beyond the federal period; officials said the language is meant to prevent expectations of automatic continuation, not to bar future legislative action.
The committee also discussed the bill’s use of a two-year appropriation amount, with staff explaining that the state must appropriate enough authority to cover the federal grant cycle and that unused authority would lapse if the full amount is not received or spent. Members raised concerns about whether the bill’s language could limit creativity or future program design, but department officials and several members emphasized the need for flexibility because CMS may reject overly specific directives. After discussion, the committee voted to recommend the bill draft to the full committee; the motion carried on a roll call vote, and the chair said the full Joint Appropriations Committee would take up the bill at the special session next week.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Would you go ahead and close those lower shades?
- But if constituents reach out to us, that's not the primary deciding factor.
- The primary deciding factor is going to be how much we can save consumers and whether it's the best use
Committee:
Senate Nominations
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 2/24/25
Elections Finance and Government Operations
Transcript Highlights:
- Seeing no other questions or comments, does the author wish to have a closing?
- Seeing no other questions or comments, does the author wish to have a closing?
- Seeing no other questions or comments, does the author wish to have a closing?
- Seeing no other questions or comments, does the author wish to have a closing?
- </c><01:30:31.239><c> statement</c> you Mr chair before my closing statement you Mr chair before my closing