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FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Fiscal Policy Mar 20th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- , KILL AN INDIVIDUAL BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY ARE OPERATING IN BAD FAITH AND I WANT TO READ WHAT WE ARE
- THAT MEANS SOMEONE WHO KNOWS, AN OFFICER WHO KNOWS HE OR SHE IS OPERATING UNLAWFULLY.
- NOW WE'RE SAYING IT IS OKAY TO OPERATE NOW WE'RE SAYING IT IS OKAY TO OPERATE UNLAWFULLY.
- AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO OPERATE IN GOOD FAITH. AND I JUST THINK THAT COULD BE A SLIPPERY SLOPE.
- MOST OFFICERS OPERATE IN GOOD FAITH.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, February 26, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Anyone who knows a thing or two about agriculture and farming knows this: farmers operate on thin margins
- <02:27:05.200><c> responsible</c><02:27:05.720><c> for</c> operations are responsible for operations
- </c><02:48:15.080><c> and</c> incentives to modernize operations and incentives to modernize operations
- While engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing foreign force; or 3.
- I was a small aircraft operator and captain of a research vessel.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division I (01/29/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- But the operating costs are there; the agency operating costs are there.
- The operating costs are there; the agency operating costs are there.
- It basically puts all the requirements of how to operate larger emergency generators into one permit
- a solid waste operator.
- We do operate a very important emergency spill response program.
Summary:
The Department of Administrative Services presented an overview of its budget and operations, emphasizing that it is the lowest-spending agency in state government and that its general fund allocation has declined since 2019. Commissioner Arling House explained that DAS also handles back-office functions for several administratively attached boards, which has affected staffing and spending comparisons. He said the department’s current general fund spending is roughly split between retiree health and other operations, and that the presentation was based on adjusted authorized spending rather than the original budget figures.
A major portion of the meeting focused on retiree health benefits and the long-term effort to control costs. Deputy Commissioner Cassie Keane described how the state moved from a projected deficit in retiree health to savings through a series of changes, including higher premium contributions, co-pay adjustments, and shifting Medicare retirees into Medicare Advantage arrangements to capture federal reimbursement. She said the state has about 12,500 retirees and spouses on the plan, with roughly 10,906 Medicare retirees and 1,580 non-Medicare retirees, and that the savings have depended heavily on federal funding and procurement decisions. She also noted that Medicare retirees pay Part B premiums and that the state has grandfathered older retirees from some premium contributions.
Members asked about what the expenditures cover, why the state offers retiree health instead of simply giving retirees a payment to buy coverage themselves, and whether out-of-pocket costs changed under Medicare Advantage. Keane said the plan covers actual health claims or insurance premiums, that co-pays and maximum out-of-pocket limits remain in place, and that the state has no authority to change benefit details without legislative action. She explained that retiree health is a long-standing employee benefit that wraps around Medicare and is not collectively bargained in the usual sense, though its eligibility rules and cost-sharing have been tightened over time to better target the benefit to long-term state service.
The discussion also covered vendor performance problems. Keane said Anthem recently won the contract back from Aetna, but its pharmacy subsidiary, Caroline, caused serious service disruptions. DAS responded by withholding payments, assessing more than $2 million in performance guarantees, and hiring a third-party auditor to review the pharmacy processes. The current contract runs through the end of calendar year 2026, and officials said they are watching federal Medicare Advantage reimbursement changes closely because future savings are uncertain.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- You're absolutely correct that now our Medicaid SNAP system operates on the basis of self-attestation
- months come, when the summer months come, and you see that kick-up of RSV, and they end up in the emergency
- do anything but what I can do as a professional, because some of the summer's going to be in the emergency
- Both of the bills allow inmates to be transported in and to operate state-owned vehicles if the inmate
- Additionally, the bill allows solar facilities in agricultural zoning areas and requires strong stormwater
Summary:
The Senate began with opening prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and recognitions, including the doctor of the day and a lighthearted “Cannoli Day” introduction. The chamber then held an extended farewell celebration for Senator Joe Gruters, with numerous senators, colleagues, and family members praising his loyalty, political skill, family focus, and service in the Legislature and Republican Party. Gruters was presented with a commemorative gift recognizing his work on a 2019 public-safety and immigration bill that prohibited sanctuary cities and required local cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. The Senate adopted a motion to spread Gruters’s remarks upon the journal and then recessed briefly.
After recess, the Senate returned to regular business and took up third-reading bills. Committee Substitute for Committee Substitute for Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 354, relating to blue ribbon projects, was temporarily postponed. The chamber then considered Committee Substitute for Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 1758, relating to public assistance, with Senator Gates explaining that it contained five reforms to the public assistance system discussed earlier in session.
During debate on SB 1758, Senator Berman opposed the bill, saying he could not support it in its current form because he believed the Medicaid-related provisions would create a coverage cliff after the one-year transition period and could leave people without care while increasing costs to hospitals and taxpayers. He also said SNAP error reduction should be a priority, but argued the state should focus on fixing administrative errors and fraud rather than imposing a work requirement whose costs and effects were uncertain.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (04/21/2025)
Science, Technology and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:15:14.480><c> as</c> and both programs are being operated as and both programs are being operated
- Um, so it age and operational issues.
- They're not power plant operators.
- They're not in a position to operators.
- </c> price takers because they operate 24/7. price takers because they operate 24/7.
Committee:
House Science, Technology and Energy
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 5 on State Administration Mar 4th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Lighting technicians set dressers, camera operators, costumers, and more.
- The last two years, also, my husband is a camera operator.
- I schedule a TV show or a film and then I run the day-to-day operations of that.
- Thank you. car, or a fire truck, or operate heavy equipment.
- We're operating probably less than 50% right now. Projection is not being done at the studios.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs (03/11/2025)
Election Law and Municipal Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- I shouldn’t say Gilmington, not Alton—the way the Gilmington moderator sets up his electioneering zone
- and no-electioneering zone.
- electioneering</c> gilmington um sets up his electioneering gilmington um sets up his electioneering Zone
- 55:20.680><c> and</c><00:55:21.079><c> no</c><00:55:21.440><c> electioneering</c><00:55:22.640><c> Zone
- </c><00:55:23.640><c> which</c> Zone and no electioneering Zone which Zone and no electioneering Zone
Committee:
Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 3/23/26
Transportation Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- When a vehicle of that size is operating without a human operator, the margin of error becomes very,
- When a vehicle of that size is operating without a human operator, the margin of error becomes very,
- When a vehicle of that size is operating without a human operator, the margin of error becomes very,
- When a vehicle of that size is operating without a human operator, the margin of error becomes very,
- </c> in innovation and emerging technology. in innovation and emerging technology.
Committee:
House Transportation Finance and Policy
Keywords:
vehicle registration, title transfer, rental vehicles, state regulations, motor vehicle laws, school buses, USDOT number, first aid kits, transportation safety, vehicle regulations, transit safety, assault penalties, public transportation, criminal justice, transit workers, transportation, railroad, safety, economic development, public roads
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Health and Human Services (01/28/2026)
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- In 2016,<02:00:16.400><c> I</c><02:00:16.560><c> had</c><02:00:16.719><c> emergency</c><02:00:17.199>
- surgery at a local 2016, I had emergency surgery at a local hospital.<02:00:18.800><c> Nearly</c><02
- room at a much the same as an emergency room at a hospital.<02:26:45.600><c> Which</c><02:26:45.840>
- I'm almost close to saying we're in the red zone, but we need to get across the goal line.
- ,</c> close to saying we're in the red zone, close to saying we're in the red zone, but<02:31:10.000>
Committee:
Senate Health and Human Services
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Agenda Feb 9th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- And we're really proud of her because, you know, you have to get out of your comfort zone to go do that
- So basically you're just removing that word, but it doesn't change the time zone or anything like that
- It updates the current reference to the various time zones that we have in the U.S. That's correct.
- It updates the current reference to the various time zones that we have in the U.S.
Summary:
The committee first approved the January 21, 2026 minutes, then took up Senate Bill 1240, a major rewrite of Idaho’s guardianship and conservatorship laws. Sponsor Sen. Ruchti and witnesses from TEPI, Disability Rights Idaho, AARP Idaho, the Idaho Council on Developmental Disabilities, the courts, and professional fiduciaries said the bill modernizes outdated statutes, strengthens least-restrictive alternatives, clarifies notice and hearing rights, adds a new short-term protective proceeding, and improves oversight and protections against isolation and abuse. One public witness raised concerns about ambiguity, agency authority, and possible overreach, but no formal opposition was presented by stakeholder groups. The committee voted unanimously to send SB 1240 to the floor with a due pass recommendation.
The committee then considered three cleanup or clarification bills from Sen. Lakey. Senate Bill 1248 repeals the obsolete capital crimes defense fund now that the state has taken over public defense; it passed without testimony and was sent to the floor with a due pass recommendation. Senate Bill 1249 updates a statutory reference to current time-zone terminology; it also passed without opposition and was sent to the floor with a due pass recommendation.
Finally, the committee heard Senate Bill 1251, which clarifies that the Idaho Attorney General has statutory authority to civilly enforce state laws through declaratory or injunctive relief when no specific enforcement mechanism is provided. Sen. Lakey said the bill is meant as a catch-all and does not mandate action in every case. One public witness opposed the bill over concerns about broad authority and potential conflicts with local control, while Sen. Wintrow also raised separation-of-powers concerns during debate. Despite those objections, the committee voted to send SB 1251 to the floor with a due pass recommendation, and the meeting adjourned.
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
HOU, HOU DEFER, HOU Public Hearings 02-03-2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Okay, seeing none, our next bill today is Senate Bill 2190 relating to inclusionary zoning, which prohibits
- any law, ordinance, or rule from imposing an inclusionary zoning requirement on housing offered exclusively
- Next, we have Senate Bill 2190 relating to inclusionary zoning.
- Next, we have Senate Bill 2190 relating to inclusionary zoning.
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Housing heard and then took action on a series of housing-related bills concerning HHFDC, HPHA, inclusionary zoning, nonprofit housing trusts, housing project exemptions, the rental housing revolving fund, and a new for-sale housing program. Testimony was generally supportive from HHFDC and HPHA, with additional support from groups such as Hawaii YIMBY, Grassroot Institute of Hawaii, Hawaii Appleseed, Housing Hawaii’s Future, Holo Collaborative, the Kobayashi Group, and others. On SB 2424, the Kobayashi Group argued the bill would help open housing to a broader pool of local households, including buyers slightly above income limits who still cannot afford market-rate housing. On SB 2342, the chair asked HHFDC for final figures on rental housing revolving fund appropriations since 2016 and was told the amount was about $1.1 billion, including conveyance tax revenue.
In decision-making, the committee recommended passage of SB 2189 with amendments, noting concerns about transparency and accountability in HHFDC’s loan-award process; SB 2190 with amendments; SB 2234 with amendments; SB 2177 with amendments; SB 2194 unamended; SB 2342 with amendments; SB 2060 with amendments; and SB 2070 with amendments. The committee deferred SB 2195 and SB 2196 after testimony comments, and deferred SB 2063 because the chair said SB 2060 would be used instead as the vehicle for mixed-income subaccount changes. SB 2424 was discussed in hearing but then deferred in decision-making pending legal advice on issues including owner-occupancy, county income restrictions, buyback rules, and county council approval. The committee also heard testimony on SB 2062 and its proposed SD1, but deferred that measure because the relevant changes had already been incorporated into SB 2060 SD1.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety (11/13/2025)
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- I don't think that's their strike zone.
- 00:28:51.679><c> that's</c><00:28:52.000><c> their</c><00:28:52.320><c> strike</c><00:28:52.720><c> zone
- </c><00:28:53.760><c> Uh</c><00:28:54.240><c> and</c> think that's their strike zone.
- Uh and think that's their strike zone.
Committee:
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Press Conference: Majority Leader Murphy Speaks to Progress of Work Groups - 05/22/25
Transcript Highlights:
- have members who are concerned about environmental impacts, impacts on water, impacts on land and zoning
- impacts<00:14:00.959><c> on</c><00:14:01.199><c> land</c><00:14:01.440><c> and</c><00:14:01.680><c> zoning
- ,</c><00:14:02.160><c> impacts</c><00:14:02.639><c> on</c> impacts on land and zoning, impacts on impacts
- on land and zoning, impacts on uh<00:14:03.600><c> future</c><00:14:04.000><c> tax</c><00:14:04.320>
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, December 3, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- ><c> any</c> improperly operate without any improperly operate without any corresponding<00:30:31.440
- Does President Trump emergency room?
- While the CCP operates classrooms.
- </c><02:41:30.880><c> in</c> classrooms are funded and operated in classrooms are funded and operated
- </c> and influence operation. and influence operation.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee Jun 9th, 2026
Natural Resources and Water
Transcript Highlights:
- 1987 will help fund our state wildlife areas by making sure the fees they generate support their operation
- 1987 will help fund our state wildlife areas by making sure the fees they generate support their operation
- As federal policymakers once again consider expanding offshore leasing operations along the Pacific coast
- Rather, it ensures that water deliveries operating under an approved state control plan can continue.
- It simply ensures that imported water deliveries operating under California's existing invasive mussel
Committee:
Senate Natural Resources and Water
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Banking and Insurance Committee Apr 2nd, 2025
Banking and Insurance
Transcript Highlights:
- Furthermore, SB228 does not limit financial institutions from operating sound business practices; it
- I'm in a 35 mile per hour zone downtown, and only when I gave you my Senate ID, guess what he said, folks
- integral part of how the state of Alabama and all other 49 states, and the United States of America operate
- Right now, most dental insurance companies or plans operate on a "use it or lose it" model.
- We could not operate or survive if every year our medical... ...survive if every year on our medical
Committee:
Senate Banking and Insurance
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- respectfully to request funding for critical projects, repair and maintenance efforts, as well as operational
- Request funding for critical projects, repair and maintenance efforts, as well as operational expenses
- Without that funding, you know, let's face it, we would just perpetuate the poor operational results
- DBEDT has a community-based economic development program looking at operations.
- </c> hi Aloha I'm K I'm the chief operating hi Aloha I'm K I'm the chief operating officer I think we
Summary:
The joint Ways and Means and Hawaiian Affairs committee heard a budget presentation from the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands on its biennium requests for critical projects, repairs and maintenance, and operations. DHHL described its role in administering the Hawaiian Home Lands Trust, noted the large beneficiary wait list, and said prior funding, including Act 279, has helped the department accelerate land development and reduce vacancies. Officials said they have about 47,219 applications involving 29,548 Native Hawaiians, roughly 28 projects underway, and that about $471 million of a $600 million appropriation has been encumbered, with the remaining lapse-fix funds expected to be resolved before the June 30, 2026 deadline.
DHHL emphasized that its current request would support additional lot development and could help produce roughly 6,000 units from the existing project pipeline, with another phase of requests potentially adding about 2,000 more units. The department said it is prioritizing shovel-ready projects, accelerating lease awards and orientations, and using a mix of approaches including paper leases, rental-with-option-to-purchase, owner-builder, and loan programs. Officials also discussed a shift toward denser urban development, citing projects in West Oahu and Honolulu, and said the department is working to reduce its vacancy rate and move beneficiaries onto the land more quickly.
Members questioned why Oahu, despite having the largest wait list, was receiving comparatively lower amounts, and DHHL responded that land availability and cost drive those decisions, with Oahu having limited developable land and very high acquisition costs. The department pointed to land acquisition on Kauai and other islands, and to urban high-rise projects that can yield far more units on small parcels. Members also raised long-term maintenance and wildfire risk, asking whether current acquisition and development choices account for future infrastructure costs; DHHL said maintenance is a growing concern, especially on large unused or isolated lands, and that it is pursuing Firewise planning, federal funds, and partnerships to reduce risk. The discussion also touched on mixed-use and community-led development, with DHHL explaining that it leases land to nonprofit homestead associations under general leases with milestones, business-plan requirements, and land-use restrictions to support local services and community goals.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Aug 18th, 2026
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- She has continually been on the front line serving as an emergency physician during numerous natural
- very valuable phrase, folks, and I hope that you will take the time to think outside of your comfort zone
- So before coming to the Capitol, Assembly Member Arambula served as an emergency room doctor in Selma
- When ICE showed up at our schools, Assembly Member Muratsuchi authored emergency legislation signed by
- If you have, if you feel that yours is not operating, please raise your microphone.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Dedicated Funds (10/13/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- fiscal, but it turns out fiscal for them at least is quicker than the governor when it's a real emergency
- quicker than the governor when it's a quicker than the governor when it's a real<00:14:10.639><c> emergency
- </c> real emergency. real emergency.
- Next one. 368. >> Um, emergency. >> The only thing they told us about the source of the funding was that
- >> Um, >> Um, >> Um, emergency. emergency. emergency.
Summary:
The committee first approved the minutes from the September 24 and September 27 meetings unanimously. It then reviewed a spreadsheet and draft report tracking the status of various dedicated funds, with members deciding which items should be kept active, removed, or flagged for follow-up next year. Several funds were identified as no longer needing action because they had been repealed, terminated, or were already handled elsewhere, including mosquito-related funding, child care licensing, and the prescription drug affordability board item. In other cases, members agreed to keep the fund on the list but remove question marks and add notes for future review or for another committee to address.
A number of funds drew more detailed discussion. Members agreed that the Fish and Game fee increase issue should not be handled by this committee directly, but that staff should notify the relevant sponsor/department that a legislative change would be needed. They also discussed a medical cannabis fund that was running down significantly; the committee agreed to keep it active, note the concern, and send a letter to the department and Representative McDonald suggesting that HHS review whether fees or another revenue source should be changed, with the possibility of a late bill if needed. The lead poisoning prevention fund was also kept, with a note that the department should take action if it wants changes, and the committee discussed a grants-and-aid escrow-related item, concluding it should remain active and be kept on the list.
Members also discussed several legacy or special-purpose funds. They agreed to recommend deleting the broodstock reference, to keep the emergency fund while asking for a better explanation of its funding source, and to retain the building maintenance fund as active. The Recovery Monument fund was identified as inactive and likely eligible for transfer of its remaining $1,000 to the addiction treatment and prevention fund. The Matthew Elliott Trust Fund prompted the most extended discussion; members concluded it should not continue as-is and agreed to draft a letter to the Attorney General recommending that the fund be closed through probate court and the remaining $5,657 transferred to Fund 122, or otherwise handled as unclaimed property if appropriate. The committee also discussed a firemen’s association-related transfer and agreed it should remain, while noting that any broader change would require legislation and a sponsor in the relevant policy committee.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Jul 21st, 2025
Legislative Health & Human Services Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- not particularly on the wrong side for the state, but it's because of our local governments and the zoning
- County is looking at is we do have an appropriation to buy a 12-passenger van, and we would like to operate
- It through, and God willing, you've got an operator for the behavioral health unit.
- problem that you You had when you started construction, remodeling the old building, was who's going to operate