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TX

Texas 89th Regular

Local Government May 19th, 2025

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • I won't repeat all of Middleton's point, but I will say that local government and the state government
  • Let local government handle it. AKA egg-laying hens, okay? Right.
  • Yeah, it's up to local government, and whatever local government says, that's what you can do.
  • Local jurisdictions enforce more than general state codes.
  • No other business to come before the Local Government Committee.
Summary: The committee heard and left pending several local government, property tax, development, and public safety measures before later voting some of them out. Senator Birdwell explained SB 2784 for the Somerville County Hospital District, which would move the board to staggered four-year terms after a transition and was requested to be held pending until the House companion could be acted on; no public testimony was offered. HB 5084 would allow local approval for fireworks sales tied to Lunar New Year celebrations, with testimony from Hutchinson County Judge Cindy Irwin emphasizing local fire risk and the need for county discretion. HB 5534 would let county commissioners post agendas electronically instead of on a physical bulletin board. HB 4370 would expand permissible projects for certain special districts to include geothermal water conveyance systems, and HB 312 would require residential child detention facilities to enter local MOUs, report health and safety information, and conduct background checks for state-funded facilities; both drew supportive testimony and were left pending. HB 5057 would give displaced solid waste providers time to wind down after a city grants an exclusive franchise, and HB 2421 would extend the life of the Save Historic Muni District to continue work on preserving Lions Municipal Golf Course; both were left pending after supportive testimony. HB 2011 would let former owners repurchase property taken by eminent domain if the acquiring entity fails to pay property taxes for two years, and the committee substitute to SB 3065 was also laid out and left pending after a technical correction to eminent-domain language. The committee then took up additional bills on development, appraisal, and local regulation, including HB 3575, HB 4809, HB 2273, HB 247/HJR 34, HB 2464, HB 3424, HB 2013, HB 5668, HB 3788, HB 1533, and HB 23, with testimony ranging from support to opposition on issues such as appraisal procedures, historic property valuation, Galveston emergency governance, border-security tax treatment, home-based businesses, chicken covenants in HOAs, municipal utility district authority, hospital authorities’ use of assets, and third-party building review. HB 23 drew the most extensive testimony, with builders, engineers, counties, and cities split over third-party plan review and inspection authority, liability, licensing, and local code enforcement; many witnesses said the House amendments created problems and the bill was left pending. In the end, the committee voted SB 2784, SB 3065, HB 5686, HB 247, HJR 34, and HB 2011 out of committee, with the first several receiving local and uncontested calendar recommendations where applicable.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Revenue Committee, February 17, 2026

Revenue

Transcript Highlights:
  • And I would be favorable to an amendment, uh, that would put more local control back to the local governments
  • local control back to the local local control back to the local governments<00:53:40.079> and
  • <01:31:21.679> the<01:31:22.480> entities local government or any of the entities local
  • The statute was changed from a state-run local government liability pool to a local control liability
  • ,<01:54:57.440> you're local government liability pool, you're local government liability
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session May 12th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Members, House Bill 4582 allows local governments in our fast-growing areas of North Texas to voluntarily
  • HB 3892 addresses vagueness in Chapters 30, 232, and 233. and local government code.
  • Members, in the grades three through eight section of the accountability system, we incorporate local
  • Members, this bill amends the local government code to allow a county with a population of 3.3 million
  • Government Code, which many of the Chapter 143 cities engage, and that has a population of 50,000 or
Bills: HB46, HJR35, HJR47, HJR182, HB 113, HB983, HB4847, HB1449, HB3833, HB5151, HB265, HB1845, HB782, HB 108, HB1960, HB158, HB1954, HB1955, HB2512, HB605, HB2581, HB2803, HB627, HB2667, HB1738, HB636, HB3679, HB2638, HB2655, HB871, HB2438, HB 1107, HB1765, HB1822, HB2153, HB4099, HB3732, HB3171, HB3178, HB3182, HB3749, HB2814, HB3977, HB4204, HB4207, HB4449, HB1820, HB1876, HB1939, HB1347, HB2593, HB2136, HB2132, HB2658, HB2413, HB2757, HB2080, HB3154, HB3063, HB3009, HB3448, HB3006, HB2844, HB3241, HB3680, HB3169, HB2078, HB2507, HB4559, HB3946, HB3460, HB3405, HB475, HB3463, HB3441, HB3520, HB2060, HB4731, HB4991, HB1991, HB5596, HB2014, HB2142, HB2673, HB2731, HB2417, HB2399, HB2301, HB3335, HB3234, HB3320, HB5573, HB4848, HB4748, HB4769, HB4795, HB2086, HB2234, HB2203, HB4916, HB5624, HB4505, HB139, HB5093, HB5302, HB5402, HB5606, HB2333, HB4630, HB4701, HB2583, HB2983, HB4924, HB3339, HB3793, HB3631, HB4882, HB5509, HB5499, HB5430, HB5561, HB5611, HB5043, HB5064, HB3733, HB3781, HB3219, HB32, HB4515, HB5348, HR559, HB4506, HB1646, HB3185, HB3388, HB2761, HB3233, HB1534, HB5129, HB5394, HB3619, HB2867, HB3672, HB2434, HB4903, HB3687, HB3675, HB4609, HB4582, HB3866, HB4534, HB2446, HB3984, HB700, HB4088, HB229, SB2419, SB842, SB1257, SB2550, SB996, HB 1186, HB4327, HB3221, HB2588, SB552, HB4870, HB2494, HB3940, HB4838, HB3177, HB1441, SB1841, HB3962, HB2225, HJR112, HB897, HB2695, HB4670, HB3602, HB3317, HB3717, HB3138, HB3704, HB1403, HJR218, HB4921, SJR37, HJR138, HJR144, HB3892, HB4, HB46, HJR35, HJR47, HJR182, HB4234, HB722, HB4136, HB4105, HB4413, HB170, HB551, HB2858, HB3053, HB3142, HB3180, HB3722, HB2200, HB1794, HB1784, HB1581, HB2530, HB4308, HB1896, HB2974, HB3359, HB4580, HB2458, HB2215, HB3332, HB2278, HB3015, HB3151, HB1368, HB40, HB 101, HB 112, HB146, HB168, HB214, HB413, HB1523, HB493, HB521, HB594, HB557, HB305, HB549, HB854, HB 1057, HB 1052, HB842, HB3174, HB3311, HB2486, HB3196, HB824, HB 1039, HB2529, HB2713, HB4936, HB4995, HB4830, HB4864, HB5219, HB5263, HB5154, HB2674, HB5525, HB5623, HB2545, HB2587, HB2625, HB5520, HB5436, HB4926, HB1573, HB5165, HB4811, HB5081, HB4755, HB3179, HB4310, HB4611, HB2159, HB4626, HB3637, HB3153, HB3066, HB2786, HB2966, HB638, HB640, HB876, HB497, HB5539, HB4809, HB5308, HB4687, HB4070, HB4421, HB4412, HB3284, HB3369, HB3420, HB3449, HB4098, HB4281, HB4120, HB4504, HB4370, HB 1106, HB2370, HB2404, HB3863, HB2407, HB2253, HB2273, HB2040, HB1586, HB3788, HB3993, HB4690, HB4309, HB4696, HB2308, HB 1142, HB1533, HB1621, HB2242, HB2012, HB2193, HB2442, HB2464, HB2348, HB2313, HB2289, HB1942, HB2011, HB1629, HB2993, HB3592, HB3824, HB4076, HB4535, HB4623, HB4773, HB 1091, HB5115, HB5515, HB3372, HB5659, HB 127, HB386, HB 115, HB2868, HB 1249, HB4766, HB3720, HB4656, HB4879, HB 105, HB5383, HB4621, HB5431, HB5678, HB5534, HB4174, HB4212, HB3954, HB3966, HB3636, HB3918, HB1422, HB4765, HB4732, HB4742, HB5122, HB4518, HB5084, HB3986, HB4045, HB4144, HB3911, HB3976, HB4473, HB3425, HB3641, HB3642, HB3475, HB3509, HB3424, HB3383, HB4744, HB4531, HB4539, HB3159, HB5228, HB5370, HB4359, HB4398, HB4443, HB4466, HB3861, HB3849, HB4240, HB4706, HB4685, HB5354, HB5141, HB5686, HB3629, HB3554, HB3567, HB2015, HB3575, HB5381, HB1431, HB3514, HB4614, HB4546, HB4683, HB5681, HB5673, HB5663, HB4271, HB4350, HB4035, HB3807, HB3812, HB3552, HB3540, HB3715, HB3710, HB3664, HB4196, HB4233, HB4173, HB1998, HB3333, HB3510, HB4222, HB2070, HB2854, HB2347, HB 113, HB983, HB4847, HB1449, HB3833, HB5151, HB265, HB1845, HB782, HB 108, HB1960, HB158, HB1954, HB1955, HB2512, HB605, HB2581, HB2803, HB627, HB2667, HB1738, HB636, HB3679, HB2638, HB2655, HB871, HB2438, HB 1107, HB1765, HB1822, HB2153, HB4099, HB3732, HB3171, HB3178, HB3182, HB3749, HB2814, HB3977, HB4204, HB4207, HB4449, HB1820, HB1876, HB1939, HB1347, HB2593, HB2136, HB2132, HB2658, HB2413, HB2757, HB2080, HB3154, HB3063, HB3009, HB3448, HB3006, HB2844, HB3241, HB3680, HB3169, HB2078, HB2507, HB4559, HB3946, HB3460, HB3405, HB475, HB3463, HB3441, HB3520, HB2060, HB4731, HB4991, HB1991, HB5596, HB2014, HB2142, HB2673, HB2731, HB2417, HB2399, HB2301, HB3335, HB3234, HB3320, HB5573, HB4848, HB4748, HB4769, HB4795, HB2086, HB2234, HB2203, HB4916, HB5624, HB4505, HB139, HB5093, HB5302, HB5402, HB5606, HB2333, HB4630, HB4701, HB2583, HB2983, HB4924, HB3339, HB3793, HB3631, HB4882, HB5509, HB5499, HB5430, HB5561, HB5611, HB5043, HB5064, HB3733, HB3781, HB3219, HB32, HB4515, HB5348, HCR76, HCR127, HCR9, HCR40, HCR118, HR559
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Senate and Governmental Affairs May 6th, 2026

Senate & Governmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Instead, we're going to say that local governing authorities can add $100 apiece to an election commission
  • So this is an authorization, as it stands, for local governing authorities to supplement the pay to election
  • In the statutes that govern the authority, in R.S. 33:37, Section B, it says the salary of the Southeast
  • I'm Section Chief for the Lands and Natural Resources Section.
  • I'm Section T for the Lands and Natural Resources section.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions Committee, February 20, 2026

Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:04:31.520> to<00:04:31.919> Wyoming language and new sections to Wyoming language
  • and new sections to Wyoming Statute<00:04:32.800> 22-6-130.
  • It's like, well, does that extend to the entire sentence or just the first section?
  • I think that it's obvious that they're administering that section of the code. >> But I think, you know
  • Thank you. you look at title 22, the election code, you look at title 22, the election code, that's<00
Bills: HB0085, HB0086
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

EIG-WLA, EIG-HOU-WLA, EIG-HOU, EIG Public Hearings 03-19-2026

Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • standards, local building codes.
  • modular, locally constructed building codes.
  • local building modular local constructed local building codes. codes. codes.
  • local building codes and enforcement of local building codes and standards?
  • local contractors according to local contracting law, according to local building codes and standards
Bills: HB1700
Summary: The joint committees heard several housing, land use, and infrastructure bills. HB 6019 HD2 on electric vehicle infrastructure and HB 1728 HD1 on rainwater catchment systems both drew limited testimony and were advanced. For HB 1728, the chairs said they would designate the Department of Health as the regulator and incorporate suggested technical amendments from plumbing and rainwater industry groups. Both measures were reported out with recommendations to pass, with HB 6019 passed unamended and HB 1728 passed with amendments. HB 1844, which would have required the Land Use Commission to reclassify lands designated for urban growth, drew significant opposition from the Hawaii Farm Bureau and Sierra Club, who argued it would bypass land-use review and threaten agricultural land, water planning, and long-term resilience. Grassroot Institute supported the bill, and the Land Use Commission said the bill raised concerns. After discussion, the chairs deferred the measure in one committee and later the recommendation to pass it with amendments was not adopted in the other committee. HB 1990 on penalties and liens for unresolved residential zoning violations was advanced with amendments. The chairs adopted Grassroot Institute’s suggested changes requiring any county sale of such property to be at no less than fair market value and requiring excess proceeds to be returned to the owner. HB 2424, which would allow county planning agencies to petition for temporary reclassification of certain agricultural lands to rural, also drew mixed testimony; the Land Use Commission raised due process concerns, and agriculture interests opposed it. One committee advanced it with amendments, but in the other committee the recommendation failed after members cited lack of county support. The later portion of the hearing began on HB 1738 and HB 1739. HB 1738 would expand county authority to amend district boundaries for housing on parcels over 15 acres; OHA, Sierra Club, and the Hawaii Farm Bureau opposed it, while Grassroot Institute supported it. HB 1739 would require transit-supportive densities in county TOD areas and limit local restrictions; DPP raised concerns about timing, permitting, and conflicts with existing TOD frameworks, while OPSD and Grassroot supported it. The transcript cuts off before final action on these later bills.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

EIG-HHS-HOU, HOU-HHS, HOU DEFER Public Hearings 03-19-2026

Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • of tenants, those who are being relocated for a 201H-38 development creating workforce housing for local
  • of tenants, those who are being relocated for a 201H-38 development creating workforce housing for local
  • The restrictions prescribed in this section shall be automatically extinguished and shall not attach
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Bills: HB1700
Summary: The joint committees on Housing and Health and Human Services, along with related committees, heard and later took action on three housing bills. HB 1700 HD1, relating to housing and expedited permitting, received support from disability advocates, including the Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities and a self-advocate who said faster permitting would help people with disabilities access more independent living options. The chairs said they would add amendments to ensure expedited permitting would not compromise ADA or Fair Housing Act protections and to require reporting on the number, type, and geographic distribution of projects so the program could be evaluated over time. The measure was recommended and adopted with amendments by the participating committees. HB 1777 HD2, which would require tenant protections for residents displaced by HHFDC-supported redevelopment projects, drew support from HHFDC, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Parents and Children Together, and numerous other organizations. Testimony emphasized the need for a right of first offer, replacement housing payments, relocation information, and tracking procedures to reduce displacement harms, especially for Native Hawaiian and public housing residents. In decision-making, the committees amended the bill to incorporate the Senate companion measure, rename the working group as the tenant protection working group, broaden its duties, and include a $75,000 appropriation for working group expenses. The committees also noted concerns about unequal treatment between tenants in publicly supported projects and private redevelopments, and referenced the KPT low-rise redevelopment as an example where required relocation assistance still did not proceed smoothly. The bill was recommended and adopted with amendments. HB 1975 HD1, relating to kupuna housing, would repeal the sunset on the state rent supplement program for kupuna, appropriate funds to HPHA, and add positions to support the program. HPHA, the Executive Office on Aging, OHA, Catholic Charities Hawaii, AARP Hawaii, Aloha Independent Living Hawaii, and others testified in support, with Catholic Charities describing how the subsidy helped a senior remain housed through major medical issues. The committees later recommended passage with amendments, including a technical correction to the number of positions and a date fix, and the recommendation was adopted.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Health and Public Affairs Feb 9th, 2026 at 02:06 pm

Senate Health & Public Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill would override those local governing documents.
  • I will just say quickly, I've heard a lot about local government control.
  • I've heard a lot about local government control, and as a local government elected official, I really
  • And for me, what it comes down to is local control. That's why we have local government.
  • And for me, what it comes down to is local control. That's why we have local government.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • The match, so 75% more will be put in by the federal government. Yes, $200,000 plus $75,000.
  • government, but we just don't want to waste money.
  • But we do think it’s a good idea for different units of government to be able to communicate well, and
  • from Hurricane Ike that has not been deployed. employed for really no other purpose than the locals
  • We still have money from 2008 for hurricane assistance from the federal government that has not been
Bills: SB3, SB 3
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee Feb 19th, 2025

Finance and Taxation General Fund

Transcript Highlights:
  • It does not grow the size of government.
  • Subject to limitations of Section 17-5, the controller shall, according to this code section, which is
  • But, you know, again, I'm concerned about what we are doing as a government.
  • And that's what the Section 17-175 preserves, that protection.
  • But yes, I want to go back to stating again that code...
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions Committee, February 27, 2026

Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions

Transcript Highlights:
  • Monday to first Monday and in section Monday to first Monday and in section D14<00:31:45.279>
  • <00:54:18.559> We the 2216109 the recount section. We the 2216109 the recount section.
  • So section 4 currently is problem.
  • <01:22:08.000> 4 so a potential change with section 4 so a potential change with section 4
  • to the Secretary of State and Joy Code.
Bills: HB0022, HB0052, HB0076
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • If CFIUS identifies potential risks, especially where a foreign government or a government-controlled
  • The Texas Administrative Code, Part 4, Chapter D, Rule 8162, is a whole section on the central accumulator
  • The code is not discrepant from this, from this central accumulator definition.
  • So the other provision that was Section 127.156 of the Election Code.
  • The repeal of Local Government Code Subchapter E was removed, which was necessary to ensure that local
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • If CFIUS identifies potential risks, especially where a foreign government or a government-controlled
  • Will Texas Administrative Code...
  • So the other provision that was Section 127.156 of the Election Code. day rule, this is creating an equivalent
  • Section 4701B was removed.
  • The repeal of Local Government Code Subchapter E was removed, which was necessary to ensure that local
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs (Part I) Apr 10th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill simply requires that contracts for the use of property owned or leased by government entities
  • 46.03 of the Penal Code.
  • This bill ensures that government property cannot be used as a back door to deny Texans their lawful
  • This bill pertains to local prosecutors who refuse to prosecute election offenses.
  • So back when I was director of voter registration, in the code, it required you...
Summary: The Senate State Affairs Committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 1065, which would require government property contracts to prohibit contractors from barring licensed handgun holders from carrying firearms on leased or owned public property, with civil penalties and attorney general enforcement for violations. Senator Hall and invited witnesses from the Texas State Rifle Association, NRA, and Texas Gun Rights argued the bill would close a loophole exposed by the State Fair of Texas gun ban and protect law-abiding Texans’ self-defense rights. Opponents, including Moms Demand Action/Everytown, said the bill would undermine event organizers’ ability to set site-specific safety rules and could increase liability and insurance costs. Public testimony was then closed and the bill was left pending. The committee next took up Senate Bill 2742, which would create civil penalties for independent school districts and officials who use public resources for electioneering, waive immunity defenses, and expand attorney general enforcement. Senator Hagan-Bood said current law bans the conduct but lacks meaningful penalties, making injunctions the only remedy. No public testimony was heard, and the bill was left pending. Finally, the committee heard Senate Bill 2743, also by Senator Hagan-Bood, which would allow a court to disqualify local prosecutors who refuse to prosecute election offenses and appoint the attorney general to handle the case, with a committee substitute adjusting the removal process through an adjacent-county judge. Opponents from the Texas Civil Rights Project argued the bill would undermine prosecutorial discretion and was vague and open to abuse, while a Harris County election official described past instances where alleged voter fraud cases were not pursued. After testimony, public comment was closed and SB 2743 was left pending.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Across the board in state government. Thank you.
  • The pilot will be led by a local non-profit or a government entity ensuring leadership comes from within
  • Number two, it establishes a collaborative governance structure so that So this local group, this group
  • of local stakeholders will help ensure.
  • Testifying witnesses here from our local police department, our local city council that are here traveling
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • In that time, I've experienced firsthand at least two different SSCCs as well as our local system in
  • Local connections that this bill could strengthen and empower, such as the WIT program for tutoring and
  • the foster closet for resources and local counseling services, just to name a few, came to our aid.
  • And as mentioned, over 60% of our local children are being placed outside the region.
  • They then get it filled at a local community hospital pharmacy, and the payment was $60.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Health and Human Services (Part II) Mar 5th, 2025

Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • In that time, I've experienced firsthand at least 2 different SSCCs as well as our local system in Region
  • Where it's our goal to recruit and retain foster families, largely through collaborating with, uh, local
  • So localizing this, CBC is a great idea, but in Tom Green we have a unique and The Concho Valley, we
  • And as mentioned, over 60% of our local children are being placed outside the region.
  • They then got it filled at a local community pharmacy and the payment was $60.