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FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Feb 12th, 2026

Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development

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  • Pool Act.
  • They often take public transportation to get to the labor pool, and they arrive before 5 a.m. to get
  • People wake up before sunrise and go to where they think labor pool, where they think labor pools will
  • They often take public transportation to get to the labor pool, and they arrive before 5 a.m. to get
  • I've seen, you know, recreation facility, conference areas, swimming pools, pickleball courts, but it's
Summary: The committee heard and voted on several transportation, labor, claims, customer service, and land-use bills. CS/CS SB 1220, a broad transportation package expanding FDOT authority over areas such as trails, seaports, aviation, advanced air mobility, delivery devices, toll revenue use, and transportation technology, was amended to limit some local restrictions on personal delivery devices and clarify FDOT coordination language; it drew support from several delivery and mobility companies and Orange County raised concerns about local veto power, but the bill was reported favorably. SB 1112, the Labor Pool Act bill, would prohibit labor pools from charging placement fees when workers are hired permanently and require annual registration with the Department of Commerce; it received extensive support from labor advocates, reentry advocates, and workers describing high fees and unstable labor-pool practices, and it was also reported favorably. The committee then approved SB 2, a claims bill providing relief to the estate of Daniel Mosley under a settlement with the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, and SB 26, another claims bill providing $2.2 million in relief to the estate of Mark Legata for injuries linked to FDOT negligence. SB 1352, dealing with motor vehicles, would create a secure online portal for license plate seizure/confiscation, allow disabled veterans to retain DV plate alphanumeric designations, ban plate covers and overlays that obscure plates, and route certain online renewals to the customer’s county tax collector; it passed with support from the Florida Tax Collector’s Association. SB 1192, a pilot program for callback queues at state agencies, would let callers to Commerce and DCF request a callback while keeping their place in line, and it was reported favorably without opposition. A lengthy discussion centered on CS/CS SB 354, the Blue Ribbon Projects bill, which would create a new process for very large developments over 10,000 acres, require a 60% land set-aside, and shift initial review to the Department of Commerce before local government implementation. County, planning, environmental, and public-interest witnesses raised concerns about preemption of local land-use authority, automatic approval timelines, unclear reserve-area definitions, and whether the conservation set-aside would be meaningful; supporters said it was a forward-looking growth-management tool. The committee adopted an amendment, but members continued to question local government role, public input, public safety, and conservation standards. Despite opposition from some members, the bill was reported favorably. The committee also noted SB 1670 was temporarily postponed, and the meeting adjourned after the final roll calls.
NV
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  • They oversee the public defender themselves, the state public defender, who is also a state employee,
  • defender, state public... ...the hiring process for both the executive director and the public defender
  • And so I think that..." "...a director or a public or a state public defender.
  • There is not a massive pool of applicants.
  • The public line is open and working, and there are no callers for public comment.
HI
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  • through a public institution in the interest of the public and guided by the purposes of the public
  • I'm the public policy and Caulfield.
  • law 88-233 and added to the public land trust for the benefit of native Hawaiians and the general public
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Summary: The Committee on Water and Land met on March 31, 2026, and heard testimony on several resolutions. HCR 13/HR 50, which asks DLNR to work with DOE and the Public Charter School Commission on a student coral stewardship program, drew comments from DLNR, which said it stood on written testimony and had proposed amendments, and from supporters in the room. HCR 61, urging investment in reforestation policies, workforce, nursery capacity, and related support for public and private lands, received strong support from DLNR and multiple testifiers, including members of a reforestation policy hui, a resident, and others who emphasized watershed protection, flood and fire resilience, and the need to upgrade nursery infrastructure and staffing. Committee members asked questions about nursery modernization, staffing, island-specific needs, and whether reforestation could reduce wildfire impacts; the DLNR witness said all islands need investment, with especially large opportunities on Hawaiʻi Island, and that healthier forests improve resilience though they cannot eliminate climate-related risks. The committee then heard HCR 136/HR 128 on wildland-urban interface safety standards for Maui plantation towns, but no one testified. It also heard HCR 185/HR 175, which urges denial of permits for ICE detention-related warehouses; Chris Coffey of Immua Alliance testified in support, saying migrant survivors of exploitation are harmed when ICE detains people and that Hawaii would not be the first place to take such action, citing examples from other states and cities. In questioning, members explored whether a local facility would keep people closer to families and services or instead increase local detention; Coffey said detention generally cuts off access to services and can intensify fear, and that a local facility could incentivize more detention and make survivors less likely to come forward. Finally, the committee heard HCR 155/HR 147 supporting the Hawaii Water Safety Coalition’s Hawaii Water Safety Act. Testifiers included Allison Shapera, who described the statewide water safety plan, Hawaii’s high drowning rate, the economic and human costs of drownings, and her personal loss of her daughter in a preventable drowning; Kirsten Hermstead and Kalani Vierra of the Hawaiian Lifeguard Association said the plan’s recommendations need legislative recognition to help with implementation and grant funding; and Jessamine Town Horner testified by Zoom as a co-founder and bereaved family advocate. The transcript provided does not show any votes or final committee actions on the measures discussed.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Revised Apr 22nd, 2026 at 03:30 pm

Appropriations

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  • I've had several businesses in these communities that have requested this because they see a pool of
  • 3979 with second is increasing the financing caps under the Oklahoma Economic Development Finance Pool
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Regulated Industries Jan 27th, 2026

Regulated Industries

Transcript Highlights:
  • We also have over a million backyard swimming pools, and we're home to thousands of bodies of water and
  • The PCS also requires all landlords and vacation rentals that have a swimming pool on the premises to
  • or a pool cover, or a flotation alarm that sounds when there's an unexpected entry into the swimming
  • Dallas Tieson, thanks for the phonetics, waving in support from the Florida Swimming and Pool Association
  • And get this, 67% of those fatal child drownings last year, 67% occurred in residential swimming pools
Summary: The Committee on Regulated Industries considered and reported several bills. SB 530 on state lotteries was presented with two technical amendments adopted, including changes to lottery department contracting language and machine-purchase flexibility; the committee then reported the bill favorably. SB 204, which increases penalties for illegal slot machine operations to a third-degree felony and creates a declaratory-statement process for veteran service organizations to confirm machine legality, drew support from gaming interests and some soft opposition from a veterans group concerned about implementation; it was also reported favorably. The committee then took up a proposed committee substitute combining SB 658 and SB 608 on water safety requirements for rental and vacation properties. The combined bill would require certain rental properties near water bodies or with pools to install specified alarms, locks, fences, covers, or similar safety devices, with enforcement through DBPR and a grace period for correcting some violations. Senators emphasized the bill as a response to child drowning deaths, including those involving autistic children, and the PCS was reported favorably. SB 980, as a delete-everything amendment, would create the Florida Agegate Act to restrict advertising, promotion, and display of non-FDA-approved nicotine devices in areas accessible to those under 21, with penalties and inspection authority; after questions about counterfeit products and enforcement, it was reported favorably. The committee also approved SB 1708, which removes a three-year out-of-state practice requirement for veterinary licensure by endorsement while keeping other competency requirements, and SB 680, as amended, which creates a sales tax exemption for electricity sold to EV charging station operators and transferred to consumers, subject to metering and affidavit requirements. Several members recorded votes after the roll calls, and the meeting ended with an invitation to return later for another bill before adjournment.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • Members, this is a decision-making-only agenda, and we did not accept public testimony.
  • SCR 160, urging the Hawaii Public Housing Authority, Department of Human Services Homeless Programs Office
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Education May 6th, 2025

Public Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • I don't think we should mislead the public about what your bill says.
  • I am a public school teacher in this area.
  • The crisis facing our public schools is the crisis of leadership.
  • The legislature has diverted public money into private schools. ...schools, stalled on funding our public
  • funnels as many public dollars into their pockets as they can get away with.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Education May 6th, 2025

Public Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • We also use the Lone Star Investment Pool.
  • I know there are other options, such as Tax Pool and other pools, but we invest the majority of our funds
  • It's a risk management fund. risk pool, school district funds are pooled to provide, you know, risk for
  • At public schools by the Texas Education Agency related to public school educators.
  • Years, but this is a public hearing for the public, and you have set a time limit.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Rules Feb 17th, 2026

Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • The strike-all focuses the bill on public swimming pools by defining public swimming pool, revises residency
  • It defines public swimming pools, adds a new 1,000-foot residency restriction, revises 856022.
  • But it leads everything happening that and cause strike-all focuses the bill on public swimming pools
  • It defines public swimming pools, adds a new 1,000-foot residency restriction, revises 856022.
  • swimming pools.
Summary: The Committee on Rules met with a quorum and considered a long agenda of bills, many of them retained from the prior week. The most debated measure was CS for SB 706, which would preempt naming of major commercial service airports to the state and designate Palm Beach International Airport as the Donald J. Trump International Airport, subject to FAA approval and a trademark agreement. Amendments were offered and rejected, including proposals to prevent private financial benefit from the naming. Several senators spoke in opposition, citing concerns about naming an airport after a sitting president, lack of local input, and the trademark/licensing arrangement; supporters argued there was no cost to the airport and that the bill simply set a state naming policy. The committee reported the bill favorably after a roll call vote. The committee also reported favorably CS for SB 546 on conservation land notice requirements, CS for CS for SB 1014 on municipal utility service to properties outside city limits, CS for SB 1500 on uncontested probate proceedings, SB 962 on excluding farms from certain zoning definitions, and CS for SB 820 on problem-solving court reporting requirements. The committee then approved several bills from Senator DiCeglie and Senator Arrington. SB 840, addressing land-use regulations for local governments affected by natural disasters, was supported by local-government and environmental advocates who said it would restore local control after SB 180’s hurricane-related restrictions; the sponsor said it was intended to correct unintended consequences of last year’s law. CS for SB 856, requiring online listing platforms to show estimated ad valorem taxes on residential listings, was amended to exclude social media platforms and broaden liability protections; the sponsor and a county property appraiser described it as a consumer-transparency measure. CS for SB 110, clarifying homestead exemption treatment for long-term leases that end at death, was also reported favorably. The committee took up a controversial strike-all amendment to SB 212, which focused on public swimming pools and added residency and related restrictions for certain sex offenders and offenders on community control or probation. The amendment drew strong opposition from advocates and affected families, who argued it would worsen homelessness, impose broad geographic restrictions, and lack evidence of improving child safety; supporters said it was a targeted public-safety measure. Despite the objections, the committee reported the bill favorably. The committee also approved SB 684 on electronic signatures for total-loss vehicle and vessel titles, SB 394 on reinsurance intermediary managers, SB 434 on property tax assessment treatment for wind-hardening improvements, CS for CS for SBs 658 and 608 on water-safety requirements for rental properties with pools or nearby water, SB 748 on adding voting-rights restoration information to sentencing score sheets, and CS for SB 824 requiring school districts to inventory unimproved real property. The meeting ended while the committee was beginning SB 848 on stormwater treatment, with an amendment being introduced as the transcript cut off.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Business and Insurance 2ND REVISED Apr 16th, 2026 at 09:30 am

Business and Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Serving on this board has been a great opportunity for me to help protect the public and ensure that
  • surveyors and engineers are doing what they're supposed to and protecting the public interest and personal
  • In 2017 in Oklahoma, I earned her certificate in public policy and regulation while I was earning my
  • investigations, building a reference lab to ensure regulated products are properly tested, partnering with public
  • I've known Mike forever around the fight world and also in public safety and he's a personal friend.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Business and Insurance 2ND REVISED Apr 16th, 2026

Business and Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • I've known Mike forever around the fight world, and also in public safety, and he's a personal friend
  • House Bill 3338 is a swimming pool contractor-license administrative licensing act. I'm sorry.
  • The licensing act creates a licensing act for pool installers.
  • By definition, that is in-ground pools. In-ground pool. I'll get it out here in a second.
  • House Bill 3338 is a swimming pool contractor-license administrative licensing act. I'm sorry.
Summary: The Business and Insurance Committee considered a long agenda of bills and executive nominations. Among the bills, it advanced measures to update fire extinguisher industry age restrictions and application rules (HB 381), create a five-day cancellation right for homeowners after severe storm-related contracts (HB 3790), require a biennial workers’ compensation medical fee schedule update (HJR 1023), create the Oklahoma Home Services Act to standardize home service contract disclosures (HB 4139, amended to correct a wording error), cap surcharge fees and add a career tech exemption (HB 3041), create the Oklahoma Tolling and Recovery Board (HB 3297), allow expired electrical contractor licenses to be reinstated without re-examination (HB 3673), clarify who is not a security guard for licensing purposes (HB 4105), create a licensing framework for in-ground pool contractors effective November 1, 2027 (HB 3338), and streamline surplus lines insurance procedures and premium tax enforcement (HB 3048). One bill on smokeless tobacco taxation (HB 3983) drew extended debate over whether a weight-based tax would be fairer and revenue-neutral; after questions about health impacts, reporting, fraud concerns, and inflation, the bill failed to receive a second and was left in committee. HB 3041 also drew significant debate over whether it would effectively allow higher credit card surcharges, but it ultimately passed 5-4. The committee also heard numerous executive nominations, all of which were approved and sent to the full Senate. Those included Michael Stop and Michael Bauer to the Oklahoma State Athletic Commission, Michael Cantrell and Burrell Sears to the Oklahoma Abstractors Board, Richard Willoughby to the State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors, E. Keith Mitchell and Andrew Revelis to the ABLE Commission, Jackie Ward to the alarm, locksmith, and fire sprinkler industry board, Terence Shreve to the Used Motor Vehicle Dismantler and Manufacturer Board, and Adra Berry as Cabinet Secretary of Licensing and Regulation. Nominees generally described their professional backgrounds and commitment to public safety, regulation, or industry expertise, and several senators spoke in support of their service. Most nominations passed unanimously or near-unanimously.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Hearing none, public testimony is now closed.
  • Let's open up public testimony for or against.
  • Hearing none, public testimony is now closed.
  • That was my public testimony.
  • Seeing none, we'll close public testimony.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Commerce and Tourism Jan 28th, 2026

Commerce and Tourism

Transcript Highlights:
  • Thank you for this opportunity to present SB 1112 relating to the Florida Labor Pool Act.
  • In 1995, FLPA passed establishing uniform standards of conduct for labor pools.
  • of Commerce, ensuring employees and the public know where the labor pools are located and how to get
  • Please support this bill and the amendments to the Florida Labor Pool Act. Thank you.
  • How can this be done when we're held back by this labor pool act?
Summary: The Committee on Commerce and Tourism considered several bills. SB 1338 by Senator Burton would strengthen enforcement of written endowment agreements for charitable gifts and require legislative approval for new filing or reporting requirements on charities. The sponsor and Philanthropy Roundtable testified in support, emphasizing donor intent and protections for nonprofits; the bill was reported favorably. SB 1324, which was expected to address principal offices of LLCs, was temporarily postponed. The committee also passed CS/SB 1080 by Senator DeSigley, which directs FDOT to adopt rules allowing direct payments to first-tier subcontractors in specified circumstances. A transportation industry representative supported the measure, saying the situations are rare but need a statutory remedy. CS/SB 1582 by Senator Yarbrough, as amended, requires secondhand dealers, secondary metal recyclers, and pawnbrokers to submit transaction data to FDLE for statewide sharing through systems such as LInX; the amendment and bill were both reported favorably, with one witness from the Florida Recycler’s Association opposing the amendment. Senator McLean’s SB 1672, creating a home buyer workforce tax credit for employer contributions to help employees with first-time Florida home purchases, was reported favorably with support from the Florida Chamber of Commerce. SB 1112 by Senator Garcia, relating to the Florida Labor Pool Act, drew extensive testimony from workers, reentry advocates, and supporters who argued it would prohibit placement fees when workers are hired permanently, require annual registration of labor pools, improve accountability, and support stable employment and reentry; the bill was reported favorably. The committee then adjourned after recording votes and other closing business.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Hearing none, public testimony is closed and we will move on.
  • Senate Bill 2583, opening up public testimony.
  • Hearing none, public testimony is closed.
  • Additionally, it requires each LMHA to have a public member.
  • Public testimony on Senate Bill 2446 is concluded. I'm the chair. Yes.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Hearing none, public testify.
  • Hearing none, public testimony is closed. Oh, is there somebody?
  • Hearing none, we will Close public testimony.
  • of a larger pool.
  • Seven hearing none, public testimony is closed and we. I don't get it.