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WA
Transcript Highlights:
- If you recall, this is the bill that deals with middle housing and on-site sewage systems.
- So the substitute restores current law regarding the authorization for counties to allow middle housing
- It then limits the authorization to use on-site sewage systems to middle housing in the LAMIRDs.
- And finally, for the non-rural counties, the middle housing can only use a publicly owned sanitary sewer
- That bill allows middle housing to be constructed in Lameds.
Committee:
House Housing
Keywords:
land bank, land banking authority, affordable housing, housing crisis, housing supply, public corporation, public housing authority, nonprofit housing, tax-foreclosed property, blight remediation, redevelopment, anti-displacement, equity, redlining, racial segregation, deed restriction, affordability covenant, property tax exemption, excise tax exemption, predevelopment
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
01/27/2026 - Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology
Appropriations, Transportation and Technology
Keywords:
appropriation, transportation, safety improvements, Route 70, infrastructure, housing, zoning, middle housing, urban development, duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, townhomes, historic preservation, Grand Canyon, Grand Canyon National Park, special license plate, special plate, license plate, vanity plate
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, December 1, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- They again, as of the middle of last week, had 180,000 signatures and that will grow.
- They again as of the<00:09:20.240><c> middle</c><00:09:20.320><c> of</c><00:09:20.480><c> last</c><00
- :09:20.640><c> week</c><00:09:20.880><c> had</c><00:09:21.360><c> 180,000</c> the middle of last week
- had 180,000 the middle of last week had 180,000 signatures<00:09:22.480><c> and</c><00:09:22.640><c>
- </c> SBIC investment reaches low to middle SBIC investment reaches low to middle inome<02:55:46.560><
Bills:
HB4423 , HB5348 , HB4430 , HB4431 , HB4429 , HB3716 , HR225 , HB5349 , HB5346 , HB5345 , HB5284 , HB4313 , HR1262 , SB616 , HR176 , HB2159 , HB4323 , HB2066 , HB4549 , HB4495 , HB4491 , HB3174
Keywords:
Burma, Myanmar, World Bank, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, IBRD, foreign aid, sanctions, military coup, democracy, development financing, multilateral lending, Treasury Department, Executive Director, international financial institutions, human rights, junta, national interest waiver, Social Security, SSN, Social Security number
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- Madam Chair, members, Senate Bill 482 by Senator Reese provides for career coaches to assist public middle
- individual graduation plan framework by formally integrating career coaches into every major step of middle
- individual graduation plan framework by formally integrating career coaches into every major step of middle
- Of 1 to 45 or a major fraction thereof, each elementary school and middle school shall provide school
- Of 1 to 45 or a major fraction thereof, each elementary school and middle school shall provide school
Committee:
House Education
Keywords:
higher education, accountability, curriculum review, faculty governance, disciplinary procedures, SB 28, Act 233, associate educator program, associate teachers, teacher certification, alternative teacher pathway, education workforce, teacher shortage, minimum age, age requirement, Louisiana schools, Title 17, R.S. 17:7.8, educator pipeline, teacher recruitment
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
01/21/2026 - Senate Health and Human Services
Health and Human Services
Bills:
SB1001 , SB1011 , SB1016 , SB1052 , SB1072 , SB1100 , SB1112 , SB1113 , SB1116 , SB1118 , SB1120 , SB1121 , SB1122 , SB1123 , SB1124 , SB1125
Keywords:
appropriation, economic security, blind individuals, older adults, state funding, medical examiners, sudden infant death, autopsy protocols, forensic pathology, public health, assisted living, health care, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, physician orders, informed consent, reimbursement rates, intellectual disabilities, community services, funding appropriations, foreign adversary
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- It changes that the board shall be sued in East Baton Rouge Parish instead of May.
Keywords:
Louisiana Auctioneers Licensing Board, auctioneer licensing, professional licensing board, board membership, gubernatorial appointments, consumer members, public at large, Public Service Commission district, East Baton Rouge Parish, venue, domicile, licensure requirements, licensed auctioneer, occupational licensing, state board governance, Act 138, home inspectors, licensing, term limits, Louisiana State Board
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Education Policy Committee Apr 30th, 2025
Education Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- It started off with high schools and worked its way to middle school. ...and then went down into even
- Kids in middle... uncertainty in school.
- Kids in middle school and high school are aware that gay and transgender people exist as they have access
Committee:
Senate Education Policy
Keywords:
computer science, K-12 education, public schools, graduation requirement, digital literacy, coding, programming, STEM, artificial intelligence, AI, computational thinking, technology education, computer literacy, high school credit, middle school, elementary school, teacher training, professional development, distance learning, virtual school
LA
Committee:
House Ways & Means
Keywords:
local sales tax, local use tax, sales and use tax, tax audit, local collector, tax collector, prescriptive period, prescription waiver, interest suspension, delinquency penalties, estimated assessment, arbitrary assessment, certified mail notice, audit notice, taxpayer rights, installment agreement, Louisiana tax law, Title 47, revenue collection, tax administration
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session Jan 19th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Washington House Floor Meeting
Keywords:
design review, local government, land use, zoning, project permits, housing density, middle housing, affordable housing, parking minimums, single-family zoning, infill development, growth management, comprehensive plan, permit streamlining, objective development regulations, architectural review, administrative review, transit-oriented development, accessory dwelling units, ADU
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Jun 23rd, 2026
Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure
Transcript Highlights:
- Age 5445 is a petition that acts to let the city of East Hampton give out more alcohol licenses.
- Right now, East Hampton is facing severe financial stress.
- East Hampton has worked incredibly hard rebuilding the downtown.
- I'm the mayor of East Hampton, and I am here not just to advocate for this bill, but to advocate for
- East Hampton is a little city that was a mill town. that is and keep our momentum.
Keywords:
animal telehealth, veterinary telemedicine, veterinary telehealth, veterinarian-client-patient relationship, VCPR, animal health, pet care, companion animal, livestock, remote veterinary care, synchronous audio-video, telemedicine, prescription drugs, antimicrobial drugs, controlled substances, xylazine, compounding pharmacy, veterinary practice, Massachusetts Controlled Substances Act, animal owner
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- I teach music and Middle Eastern studies.
- In teaching music of the Middle East, the ban on discussion of religion would foreclose teaching about
- A student in my Middle Eastern music class learned about his own Coptic Christian identity.
- East, a region that is vital to U.S. national security. security.
- I teach a class called History of the Modern Middle East in One Hundred Objects.
Committee:
House Higher Education
Keywords:
living expenses, higher education, student support, homeless students, financial aid, grant program, baccalaureate degrees, junior colleges, workforce development, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, competency-based education, baccalaureate degree, cost of attendance, dual credit, computer science, course credit, foreign language requirement, curriculum review, governing board, faculty council
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Jul 1st, 2026
Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- If you are in the middle of a word, I will cut you off. Don't take it personally.
- point said, 'You've got to start taking more like an eight-year-old girl and a little less like a middle-aged
- I'm a middle school science teacher, and I'm a board member of a nonprofit parrot organization.
- There are many ways to go about their current purpose that would meet a middle ground for both parties
Keywords:
Newbury, rodenticides, second generation anticoagulant rodenticides, SGARs, pesticides, pest control, wildlife protection, environmental regulation, local bylaw, municipal authority, private property, rodent control, anticoagulant poison, public health, Massachusetts local option, Wellfleet, fertilizer, nitrogen, phosphorus, nutrient pollution
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- Let's say, for instance, if I'm a commissioner in East Baton Rouge Parish and they choose not to do it
- That's going to make a strain more so on East Baton Rouge Parish. So help me with the money.
- And many of you here, I won't name names, are from East Baton Rouge Parish and could actually serve as
- I didn't look at you, but you're from East Baton Rouge. I know.
- Jody Stovall with East Baton Rouge Clerk of Court, Brian Haston [questionable], East Baton Rouge Clerk
Bills:
HB12 , HB42 , HB205 , HB222 , HB324 , HB325 , HB350 , HB416 , HB482 , HB610 , HB749 , HB797 , HB807 , HB821 , HB979 , HB992 , HB1193
Committee:
House Appropriations
Keywords:
survivor benefits, law enforcement, reserve officer, auxiliary officer, public safety, Medicaid, dental coverage, healthcare access, medical necessity, Louisiana Department of Health, judicial salaries, judges, judiciary compensation, cost of living adjustment, COLA, Louisiana Supreme Court, court of appeal judges, district court judges, city court judges, parish court judges
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- It was provided by the city of East Grand Forks, not East Grand Fork.
- It was provided by the city of East Grand Forks, not East Grand Fork.
- East Grand Forks, not East Grand Fork.
- Uh today community in East Grand Forks.
- Um in East Grand Forks is a Arena.
Committee:
Senate Taxes
Keywords:
local government aid, Baldwin, taxation, base year formula, municipal funding, population aid, aid penalty forgiveness, Minnesota, city funding, appropriations, HF156, lawful gambling, veterans organizations, licensed veterans organization, Minnesota gambling law, gross profits, lawful purpose, real property repair, facility maintenance, capital assets
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- here with you all today to share the importance of continued funding for this program throughout middle
- middle and high school<00:21:02.000><c> classes</c><00:21:03.000><c> this</c><00:21:03.200><c> work<
- We didn't have school buses for the high schoolers or middle schoolers.
- They wanted the high schoolers and middle schoolers to catch the bus every single morning.
- </c> buses for the high schoolers or middle buses for the high schoolers or middle schoolers<00:37:42.560
Committee:
House Education Finance
Keywords:
HF1966, Minnesota Association of Alternative Programs, STARS program, alternative education, alternative programs, education finance, general fund appropriation, student support services, career readiness, employment skills, academic skills, social skills, student conferences, training grants, Minnesota Department of Education, specialized education, at-risk students, nontraditional education, HF54, Silver Lake
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- The East Range Water System serves several communities in northeastern Minnesota.
- the middle part is left.
- Unfortunately, the middle part is the most costly.
- the middle part is left.
- Unfortunately, the middle part is the most costly.
Bills:
HF220 , HF230 , HF240 , HF241 , HF295 , HF429 , HF490 , HF505 , HF574 , HF576 , HF581 , HF865 , HF918 , HF1085 , HF1449 , HF1452 , HF1454 , HF602
Committee:
House Capital Investment
Keywords:
HF220, Minnesota transportation, highway user tax distribution fund, trunk highway fund, Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT, transportation finance, dedicated funds, funding restrictions, arts in transportation, cultural strategies, transportation project planning, project design, project construction, placemaking, public art, infrastructure spending, state statutes 161.045, HF230, Wyoming
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- humans have caused drinking water contamination, like PFAS contamination in municipal wells in the east
- The construction trades are a path to a strong middle-class life.
- We know that a union card and prevailing wage is and always will be a ticket to the middle class.
- wage is and always will be a ticket to wage is and always will be a ticket to the<01:05:06.799><c> middle
- You might not get rich the middle class.
Bills:
HF220 , HF230 , HF240 , HF241 , HF295 , HF429 , HF490 , HF505 , HF574 , HF576 , HF581 , HF865 , HF918 , HF1085 , HF1449 , HF1452 , HF1454 , HF602
Committee:
Senate Capital Investment
Keywords:
HF220, Minnesota transportation, highway user tax distribution fund, trunk highway fund, Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT, transportation finance, dedicated funds, funding restrictions, arts in transportation, cultural strategies, transportation project planning, project design, project construction, placemaking, public art, infrastructure spending, state statutes 161.045, HF230, Wyoming
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- reminds me of some of the things that we're dealing with in terms of blight and abandoned buildings in East
- And if I may, with Representative Marcelle, I would be interested in how the city, East Baton Rouge,
- Livingston, and Ascension, and maybe other neighboring parishes, because it can't be talking about East
- I think, for example, East Baton Rouge Parish, which has term limits and has had term limits since the
- Which may be middle of July, but anyway. Representative Murray? Yeah, Rep.
Bills:
HR217 , HB66 , HB204 , HB208 , HB326 , HB472 , HB483 , HB484 , HB793 , HB1051 , HB1080 , HB1087 , HB1111 , HB1215 , SB78 , SB148
Committee:
House Municipal
Keywords:
rent stabilization, affordable housing, cost burdened, Louisiana housing, housing policy, emergency rental protections, Alexandria, municipal ordinances, administrative adjudication, code enforcement, housing violations, building codes, zoning, nuisance ordinances, vegetation ordinances, sewerage, drainage, licensing, permits, local government
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- a lot, but we also have the city bus, and that one, because we're giving free city bus passes to middle
- master's degree in school psychology, 1,200 hours of internship, with 600 hours in an elementary, middle
- And I think the natural trend is you're moving away from East Oahu, probably into west, right?
- you're<01:52:10.320><c> moving</c><01:52:10.560><c> away</c><01:52:10.800><c> from</c><01:52:11.040><c> east
- </c><01:52:11.280><c> Oahu</c> you're moving away from east Oahu you're moving away from east Oahu probably
Bills:
SB2024 , SB896 , SB2613 , SB494 , SB2391 , SB2125 , SB2614 , SB2615 , SB3262 , SB3325 , SB3118
Committee:
Senate Education
Keywords:
charter schools, public-private partnership, school facilities, education funding, community need, education, capital improvement, reporting, transparency, technical expertise, public school land transfer, Department of Education, DOE, land conveyance, fee simple title, tax map key, TMK, Act 307, Session Laws of Hawaii 2022, Act 139
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee Feb 4th, 2026
Public Safety and Homeland Security
Committee:
House Public Safety and Homeland Security
Keywords:
driver license, English examinations, language requirement, immigration, testing standards, motor vehicles, window tint, law enforcement, prosecutors, vehicle regulations, medical condition, communication, first responder, invisible disabilities, anaphylaxis, day care centers, training, child safety, healthcare, parole