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FL
Florida 2026 4th Special Session
February 4, 2026 - 01:30 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- FDOT will research, operate research-designated facilities, and enter into contracts and agreements for
- conducting those research studies, serving as the lead state. agency for LIDAR procurement and cost-sharing
- operations, and enhances the Florida Department of Transportation's authority to support air mobility research
- with universities that might not, for example, let a student group that focuses on net zero conduct research
- address First Amendment concerns when it comes to a campus environment of a faculty member doing research
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Financial Services Jan 13th, 2026
Joint Committee on Financial Services
Transcript Highlights:
- ISO actually created a new water classification category, 10W, based on their ongoing research and loss
- What they found through both research and direct experience is that, compared to a traditional car fire
- example whether it's a car fire lithium ion battery enabled car fire what they found through both research
- am a member of the Taunton Manufactured Home Communities Group, where I serve on a subcommittee researching
- However, after extensive research, we found that only two actually offered coverage in Massachusetts,
Committee:
Joint Joint Committee on Financial Services
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Financial Services held a public hearing on late-filed matters, chaired by Senator Paul Feeney and Representative Jamie Murphy. The committee heard testimony on several bills, including S. 2738 on rising insurance costs for manufactured home residents, S. 2739 on creating a fire cistern program, and S. 2732 on direct primary care. Members were reminded to keep testimony brief, and several legislators and local officials testified out of turn as they arrived. The hearing ended with a motion to adjourn, which passed unanimously.
On S. 2738, Senator Kelly Dooner, Representative Lisa Field, Taunton Mayor Sean O’Connell, Taunton City Council President Barry Sanders, and several residents and local officials described sharp premium increases, limited carrier options, and confusion over coverage for manufactured home communities. Testifiers said many residents are seniors, veterans, or low-income households on fixed incomes, and urged creation of a special commission to study the market and recommend solutions. Some asked that residents themselves be included on the commission and suggested more immediate relief if possible.
On S. 2739, fire chiefs from Hopkinton and East Hampton supported a state fund for fire cisterns, saying many communities lack municipal water or hydrants and need reliable year-round water sources for structure fires, wildfires, and newer hazards such as lithium-ion battery fires. They said cisterns improve response and can affect insurance ratings, but maintenance and installation costs are difficult for local departments to cover. The Massachusetts Insurance Federation opposed the funding mechanism, arguing that insurance assessments are being used as revenue generators and warning that the proposal would add to policy costs and trigger retaliatory taxes.
The committee also heard strong support for S. 2732 from physicians and specialty groups, including Dr. Jenny Labonte, Dr. Wendy Cohen, Dr. Rica Nair, and the Massachusetts GI Association. They said the bill would allow direct primary care physicians to make referrals for HMO patients and permit in-office dispensing of medications, which they argued would improve access, continuity of care, medication adherence, and affordability. No votes were taken on the bills during the hearing.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on State and Local Government - 03/04/25
State and Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
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Committee:
Senate State and Local Government
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- Lab, as well as our research universities.
- You know NMSU has a STEM Education Research Institute.
- We have partnered with UNM Research. to evaluate our after-school programming.
- I have to say that in my humble opinion and from all of the research that I've read, I truly believe
- And certainly, if you would like, they can look up and get research for you, because they work for you
Committee:
Senate Senate Education
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Minnesota Sustainable Foraging Task Force 10/8/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I recognize that uh time or research may be needed before questions are answered.
- ><c> common</c> Research shows depletion of common Research shows depletion of common resources<00:36
- </c><00:53:17.040><c> on</c> don't think there's a lot of research on don't think there's a lot of research
- </c> research that needs to happen. research that needs to happen.
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MN
Transcript Highlights:
- We've conducted the most rigorous research that can be done.
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- As we know, research shows how critical that 9th grade year is.
- As we know, research shows how critical that 9th grade year is.
- As we know, research shows how critical that 9th grade year is.
Committee:
Senate Education Finance
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Friday, February 7, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It's located a couple of miles north of Redstone Arsenal and Research Park.
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- We're going to have to do part of the research on the other side of the world.
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- </c> some here to do the separate research some here to do the separate research for<04:14:22.640><c>
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Existing research confirms that there is no safe level of surgical smoke. Thank you.
- Existing research confirms that there is no safe level of surgical smoke. Thank you.
- Existing research confirms that there is no safe level of surgical smoke.
- Research was performed into the effects of surgical smoke in 2010 and repeated again in 2020.
- Research was performed into the effects of surgical smoke in 2010 and repeated again in 2020.
Committee:
Senate Health Policy
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Health Policy met with a quorum and heard five bills. SB 126, on prescription hearing aids, would remove Florida’s prohibition on mailing hearing aids when required tele-audiology testing and procedures are completed before sale. The sponsor said the bill would improve access, especially for people with travel or geographic barriers. The Florida Academy of Audiologists expressed support in concept but said it was still working with the sponsor on an amendment for consumer safety. The committee voted the bill favorably.
SB 152 would require hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to adopt policies using smoke evacuation systems during certain surgical procedures. Supporters, including the Florida Nurses Association and several nurses, described surgical smoke as a workplace and patient safety hazard containing harmful chemicals, viruses, bacteria, and other contaminants, and said evacuation technology is available and already required in some settings. The committee voted the bill favorably. SB 264 would expand step-therapy exemptions for severe mental illness, including certain postpartum and pregnancy-related mental health conditions, so physicians would not have to require patients to fail preferred drugs in specified circumstances. Support came from Otsuka Pharmaceuticals, NAMI Florida, and several medical and pharmacy groups, who argued that delays in effective treatment can worsen crises and increase hospital and crisis-care costs. The committee voted the bill favorably.
SB 342 would create a public-records exemption for current and former AHCA employees and certain family information, citing threats and harassment directed at inspectors and regulators. President Gaetz said he generally opposes such exemptions but supported this one because the employees are not elected officials and face real safety risks. The committee voted the bill favorably. SB 294 would limit the Board of Pharmacy’s ability to add heart failure, coronary heart disease, and cardiac rhythm disorders to the list of chronic conditions eligible for collaborative pharmacy practice, keeping those conditions under direct physician management. The Florida Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons, Florida Medical Association, and the Florida chapter of the American College of Cardiology supported the bill, while the Florida Society of Health System Pharmacists opposed it. The committee voted the bill favorably. Senator Trumbull asked to be recorded in support of SB 126 and SB 152, and the meeting adjourned without further business.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies May 19th, 2026
Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies
Transcript Highlights:
- Life sciences: we’re the ones discovering and doing the research and the cures and the treatments.
- We brought together research, universities, some of our companies, right, all working together on this
- In the Commonwealth, we're leaders in life science, manufacturing, research, and development.
- It was a research-led thing. And you would think it would have been Harvard and MIT. It wasn't.
- It was a research-led thing, and you would think it would have been Harvard and MIT. It wasn't.
Bills:
H5386
Keywords:
economic development, innovation, investment, housing, small business, global trade, infrastructure, 1212, all
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 5 on Corrections, Public Safety, Judiciary, Labor and Transportation Apr 9th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- A staff member of the OIG reviews every single complaint, identifies and researches each of the issues
- A staff member of the OIG refuse every single claim, every single complaint, identifies and researches
- We do our research, we get information that's relevant to the allegation that's presented to us, and
- And again, Director McLean. ...what the intended purpose of the research would be.
- The KSOM staff is currently doing market research with other agencies that provide certifications.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Representative Simacek: I have done the research.
- Charter schools are in the middle, so I would do a little more research on that.
- She added that paper testing works better for her and that the research supports that.
- She added that paper testing works better for her and that the research supports that.
- She said paper testing works better for her and that the research supports that.
Committee:
House Education
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
ECD Public Hearing - Thu Apr 17, 2025 @ 10:30 AM HST
Economic Development & Technology
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, research shows that 96% of online bettors lose money.
- then is to research gaming programs and experiences of legalized gambling states, including but not
- </c><00:49:26.079><c> that</c><00:49:26.240><c> the</c> that it should say research that the that it
- should say research that the purpose<00:49:26.720><c> then</c><00:49:26.880><c> is</c><00:49:27.040><
- c> to</c><00:49:27.280><c> research</c><00:49:27.680><c> gaming</c> purpose then is to research gaming
Committee:
House Economic Development & Technology
Summary:
The Economic Development Technology Committee met on April 17, 2025, to hear STR 121, a resolution to form a working group to explore legalized gaming in Hawaii. Supporters, including DBED, labor representatives, and some industry interests, argued the measure would allow the state to gather more information, consider economic growth, job creation, investment, and tax revenue, and include a range of viewpoints before any final policy decision. Several supporters emphasized that a working group would help ensure informed decision-making and community input.
Opponents argued that legalized gambling would disproportionately harm low-income residents and Native Hawaiians, increase addiction and related social harms, and bring crime, corruption, and human trafficking. Some cited examples from other states, illegal game rooms in Hawaii, and concerns that gambling revenue would be limited while social costs would be high. Others said the conversation should be led by local communities rather than industry stakeholders, and one testifier requested community representation on any working group for a potential stadium-area project.
The committee also heard from witnesses who framed the measure as a way to address money leaving the state and to create a regulated alternative to illegal gambling. No vote or final action on STR 121 was taken during the hearing, and the chair noted the committee would need to adjourn in time for floor session if the hearing ran long.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session Jun 4th, 2026
California Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Additionally, for the past three years, he's served as an intern and researcher for the Burlingame mayor's
- surgery center, started a private tutoring enterprise, and has analyzed over 300 CT scans as a lab research
- I'm... ...as a lab research intern. I'm flabbergasted.
- It also leads in research and education, hosting 168 institutions of higher education, characteristics
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum, offered prayer and the pledge, and then moved through a series of privileges-of-the-floor recognitions. Senators honored California Interscholastic Federation Scholar-Athletes Ryan Liu of Burlingame High School and Mona Sugawata of West Torrance High School for their academic, athletic, and community achievements, and welcomed a delegation from Jiangsu Province in China to mark the 15th anniversary of the California-Jiangsu sister-state relationship. The chamber also recognized the California Taxpayers Association on its 100th anniversary and welcomed Senator Ochoa Bogh’s district staff visiting Sacramento.
On floor actions, Senator Menjivar moved to rescind the vote on AB 1457 and place it on third reading; the motion passed on a 28-9 roll call. The Senate then took up the consent calendar, approving Assembly Concurrent Resolutions 129, 164, and 166 by a 38-0 vote, with the same vote applying to the related items. No items were pulled from consent.
The remainder of the session consisted of adjourn-in-memory tributes. Senators Becker, Wiener, and Rubio honored Clarence Jones, Rita Semmel, and Deputy Levi Vargas, respectively, highlighting Jones’s role with Martin Luther King Jr., Semmel’s leadership in San Francisco’s Jewish and interfaith communities, and Vargas’s service with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. The Senate then announced the next floor session for Monday, June 8 at 2 p.m., and recessed.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session 5/17/26 - Part 5
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- difference that I should mention is an appropriation of $80,000 for the agricultural utilization research
- agricultural</c> $80,000 for the agricultural $80,000 for the agricultural utilization<00:01:34.560><c> research
- </c><00:01:36.680><c> Uh</c> utilization research institute. Uh utilization research institute.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Ways and Means Committee approves Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund bill 4/22/26
Transcript Highlights:
- There are projects in here that go to the University of Minnesota to advance scientific research, to
- University of Minnesota to advance University of Minnesota to advance scientific<00:04:57.440><c> research
- ,</c><00:04:58.440><c> to</c><00:04:58.683><c> [clears throat]</c> scientific research, to [clears throat
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Summary:
The committee took up House File 3426, the annual LCCMR appropriation bill funding projects from the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund (ENRTF), which is supported by state lottery proceeds and does not affect the general fund. The bill was described as containing 108 appropriations totaling $102.036 million, including 11 extensions of prior appropriations, and a new community grants program funded at $28.18 million under the constitutional limit. The author noted the bill is the second year of funding after the 2024 voter-approved amendment renewing the ENRTF and community grants program.
Members discussed the bill’s scope and purpose, including projects for scientific research, PFAS mitigation and testing, rapid testing for chronic wasting disease, parks and trails, outdoor recreation, and solid waste/recycling innovation. Co-Chair Heintzeman said the bill had involved many conversations, thanked the author for working with the caucus, and noted that a missing project issue had been addressed to improve the bill’s path forward. He also said statutory changes were being made to the community grants program to reduce fraud risk and incorporate suggestions from the Office of the Legislative Auditor.
Co-Chair Koznick asked about whether lottery-funded ENRTF dollars had ever been considered for proportional returns to districts, but the author said he was not aware of such discussions and emphasized that the fund benefits all Minnesotans through projects across the state. After no further questions, the chair renewed the motion to recommend House File 3426 for placement on the general register, and the committee approved it by voice vote with no opposition recorded.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- They have a good research institution.
- Liberal arts or research schools, I don't really care where I go, just as long as I get the most out
- They have a good research institution.
- Liberal arts or research schools, I don't really care where I go, just as long as I get the most out
Committee:
House Judiciary, Rules and Administration
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- That 93 cents is spent on consumer projects, retail projects, food service, research, industry, and then
- On the federal side, the checkoff can only be invested in promotion, education, and research.
- That 93 cents is spent on consumer projects, retail projects, food service, research, industry, and then
- On the federal side, the checkoff can only be invested in promotion, education, and research.
Committee:
House Agricultural Affairs
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- In fact, research suggests that demand for a foreign language in the healthcare and social services industries
- colleges were participating, some institutions were not, only 9 institutions participated in this research
- Second, the bill stipulates that each eligible institution will receive at least 1 research scholarship
- with additional scholarships being awarded to eligible institutions in part based on the number of research
Committee:
House Higher Education
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- In fact, research suggests that demand for foreign language skills in the healthcare and social services
- Only nine institutions participated in this research program, and only 26 institutions participated in
- Second, the bill... stipulates that each eligible institution will receive at least one research scholarship
- with additional scholarships being awarded to eligible institutions in part based on the number of research
Committee:
House Higher Education
Keywords:
sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, stalking, higher education, student safety, orientation policies, health physics, workforce development, nuclear energy, radiological safety, scholarship, education, Texas Leadership Scholars Program, student funding, transparency, degree requirements, certificate programs, student transfer, foreign language
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- My goodness, all your research. Well, thank you for all this.
- My goodness, all your research and exposure and digging and coming up with solutions.
- My goodness, all your research. Well, thank you for all this.
- My goodness, all your research and exposure and digging and coming up with solutions.
Committee:
Senate State Affairs
Keywords:
HB 668, Texas, handgun license, license to carry, LTC, concealed carry, open carry, firearm permit, gun license renewal, public safety, Department of Public Safety, DPS, Government Code Section 411.185, renewal fee, handgun permit, Second Amendment, carry permit, firearms regulation, HB 677, Texas Election Code
Summary:
The committee met to hear several bills, beginning with House Bill 766, which would require precinct chair applicants to provide an email address, phone number, or both on their applications while keeping that contact information confidential. No one testified for or against the bill, and it was left pending. House Bill 677, a companion to a previously approved Senate bill, would bar county election administrators from simultaneously holding another office or position appointed by an elected official; it also drew no public testimony and was left pending.
Members then heard House Bill 3133, which would add explicit deepfake material to the list of content social media platforms must handle through complaint systems, including prompt acknowledgment, investigation, and status updates. Senators discussed concerns about how platforms would verify whether reported content was actually a deepfake, and the sponsor indicated the bill may be held pending while federal law on the subject is reviewed. House Bill 668 would create a one-year grace period for renewing an expired Texas handgun license to carry, codifying an existing DPS practice; it also received no testimony and was left pending.
The committee spent the most time on Senate Bill 3070, a major overhaul of the Texas Lottery system. The bill would move oversight from the Lottery Commission to TDLR, dissolve the commission, impose new restrictions on ticket sales and internet play, create a lottery advisory committee, increase transparency and audit requirements, and include a sunset review that could lead to abolishing the lottery if not continued by 2027. The author described the bill as a response to alleged misconduct and illegal practices by the commission, while a witness from the Christian Life Commission testified in favor, supporting changes to prize anonymity and other lottery restrictions. After testimony, the bill was left pending, and the committee recessed subject to the call of the chair.