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TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part I) Sep 3rd, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm directed by the House to inform the Senate that the House has taken the following action.
  • , different bill, but it involves the same enforcement provision, this so-called private right of action
  • It's this key tam, private right of action thing, and the bill is wounded.
  • My understanding is that the bill requires rapid court action within 72 hours.
  • and number two, that the member is outside of the state for the specific purposes of impeding the actions
FL

Florida 2026 4th Special Session

February 12, 2026 - 09:15 AM

Transcript Highlights:
  • And even the city did a call to action this week, broadcasting out to all of the residents to please
  • we appreciate that call to action.
  • Brian Lee representing Rethink Energy Action Fund is a proponent. Chair: You are recognized.
  • I'm a board member with Rethink Energy Action Fund. We've been working with some of Rep.
  • Vice Chair: Brian Lee, Rethink Energy Action Fund wishes to appear in person.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • In fact, it was first adopted by CARB in 2009 as an early action measure under AB 32.
  • We know that climate action will come with some costs, and statutory mandates direct CARB to develop
  • On slide 19, we spoke especially, Chair Randolph, about the federal action.
  • standards and the federal tax incentives—does that even still exist today as a result of federal action
  • And they also provide tremendous nuisance benefits.
Summary: The hearing was a select committee discussion on the transportation costs and impacts of California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), with opening remarks from the co-chairs and members emphasizing affordability, climate goals, and the need to explain the program’s benefits to the public. The first panel from CARB and the California Energy Commission described how LCFS works as a market-based, declining carbon-intensity program that rewards lower-carbon fuels, supports zero-emission vehicle infrastructure, and is intended to reduce greenhouse gases and local air pollution. They argued the program has driven billions in private investment, increased alternative fuel use, and that LCFS credit prices are not the main driver of retail gasoline prices, which they said are dominated by crude oil, refining, and distribution costs. Members questioned the panel on the gap between the regulatory target and actual carbon-intensity performance, the role of credit banking, which fuels are generating the most credits, how the 2025 amendments affected the program, and whether LCFS credits are truly additional. CARB explained that banking helps cost-effectiveness and investment certainty, that ethanol, renewable diesel, and biodiesel currently provide the largest volumes while electricity is expected to grow, and that the updated targets were informed by the state’s 2045 carbon-neutrality goals and the 2030 scoping plan. The Energy Commission said its data show environmental programs add some cost to gasoline but do not drive price volatility, which is mainly tied to crude oil and refinery margins. The second panel, featuring academic and research experts, focused on program design, out-of-state credit generation, and broader economic effects. Speakers said LCFS is successful because it ties incentives to emissions benefit, uses life-cycle analysis, and allows flexible compliance that lowers costs compared with more direct regulation. They also said the program’s benefits generally outweigh costs, that it can reduce air pollution disparities and support equity, but that some issues—especially indirect land use change, additionality, and older program assumptions—need more research and may warrant future rulemaking. One researcher noted that while LCFS likely raises gasoline prices somewhat, the effect is uncertain by design and usually smaller than normal market fluctuations, and another warned that limiting credit generation too narrowly could create legal and efficiency problems.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
  • <01:43:13.000> through<01:43:13.239> the any other actions through the any other actions
  • And then there's also a company, Critter Control, which is a nuisance company, a humane nuisance company
  • And then there's also a company, Critter Control, which is a nuisance company, a humane nuisance company
  • And then there's also a company, Critter Control, which is a nuisance company, a humane nuisance company
  • There's also a company, Critter Control, which is a nuisance company, a humane nuisance company, so they're
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The committee first held a work session on HB 505, which would allow the sale of freeze-dried foods produced in homestead food operations. Members raised concerns about the bill’s broad language, especially the provision stating freeze-dried food would not be considered potentially hazardous. Several suggested narrowing the bill to specific products such as processed foods, berries, fruit, dairy products, ice cream, or vegetables, and requiring use of commercial freeze-drying equipment rather than dehydrators. There was also discussion of oxygen absorbers, moisture control, sanitation, and whether the issue should be handled in statute or rules. By the end of the discussion, members generally agreed the topic should be treated in a separate section of law rather than folded into the existing homestead food license, and the chair said the matter would be sent to the food safety subcommittee, with the possibility of a study committee if more time was needed. The committee then moved to HB 277, a technical correction to the animal cruelty statutes. Representative Bixby explained that current law refers to a “colt,” which applies only to male baby horses, leaving fillies unaddressed; the bill would replace “colt” with “foal” and make related wording changes so the restriction applies to any horse under 90 days old not being nursed by its dam. The New Hampshire Farm Bureau testified in support, saying the change was requested to clarify and modernize the statute and that the issue had been identified during work on related animal cruelty legislation. No votes were taken in the portion provided. The chair recessed the work session until 11:00 a.m. and announced that Representative Ktoa would take over the hearing on HB 277.
AL
Transcript Highlights:
  • . >> Yeah, it was a nuisance, but what will happen is it won't sell at my tax sale most likely. >> And
  • can explain those detailed nuances to anybody that wants a little bit more detail. >> Yeah, it's a nuisance
Keywords: 1136, house, all
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Local and County Government Feb 3rd, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Local and County Government

TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

S/C on County & Regional Government May 5th, 2025

S/C on County & Regional Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • The loud music has caused a statutory nuisance, interfering with the enjoyment of my home and adversely
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

JDC Public Hearing 03-27-2025

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • clarifies the Department of Health as the legal authority and obligation to prevent and address nuisances
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The Judiciary Committee met on a decision-making agenda and took up a series of bills, mostly accepting committee recommendations with either technical or substantive amendments. HB 472 would allow digitized identification cards to be accepted as valid ID under certain circumstances; the committee amended it to clarify that a physical ID may still be required where state or federal law demands it, and the measure passed. HB 510 on water shortages and emergencies, HB 871 on the effective date of Act 130 relating to the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, HB 1120 on the Department of Health’s nuisance-abatement authority, and HB 1162 on motorcycle instruction permits all passed with amendments or technical changes. HB 544 establishing a pet insurance framework, HB 995 extending reporting time for firearm carry license reports, HB 10002 extending the White Correctional Oversight Commission coordinator term, HB 1093 clarifying the Hawaii Public Housing Authority’s powers, HB 1291 expanding labeling rules for winged brown coffee to roasted coffee, and HB 1348 on public-land recreation leases and county-resident lotteries also passed, with HB 1348 amended to require a lottery within a year of vacancy and to limit renewal conditions. The committee also discussed HB 76, requiring skateboard users under 16 to wear helmets, and HB 1259, which would change how speed limits can be reduced without an engineering study. One member raised concerns about HB 1259, arguing the language could allow unsafe reductions on state highways; the committee noted a no vote from that member, but the measure still passed. HB 76 initially passed as amended, then the committee briefly revisited it after a member said they had intended to vote no; on revote, the bill was adopted unamended. Throughout the meeting, members generally voiced no objections to the remaining measures, and each bill was reported out with the stated recommendation.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

March 25, 2025 - 03:30 PM

Transcript Highlights:
  • It also allows law enforcement to declare vessels with repeated violations as a public nuisance and holds
Summary: The committee met with a quorum present and took up five bills related to Florida waterways, vessels, and environmental protection. HB 1149 on vessel accountability was presented as a way to strengthen enforcement against derelict and long-term anchored vessels, create nuisance authority for repeat violators, and shift relocation/disposal costs to owners; it drew support from marine industry and boating groups and passed 15-1. HB 795 would allow voluntary buffer zones near deepwater port channels and turning basins to prevent anchoring or mooring in protected areas; after questions about federal overlap and impacts on other counties, an amendment narrowed the buffer concept and added authority to remove uninsured vessels anchored more than 45 days, and the bill passed 13-3 with committee substitute. HB 1285 defined “migrant vessels” and authorized FWC to remove them more quickly as derelict vessels; a technical amendment was adopted, Monroe County supported the bill, and it passed unanimously 16-0. The committee then considered HB 1133, which would restructure the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission by requiring geographic representation on the seven-member board, staggering terms, and limiting warrantless entry onto private land by FWC officers. The sponsor said the goal was to ensure statewide representation and align FWC enforcement with probable-cause standards; an amendment changed board terms from five years to three years, and the bill passed 16-0. Finally, HB 1143, sponsored by Representatives Shoaf and Tant, would prohibit oil and gas drilling and exploration within 10 miles of certain sensitive estuarine and coastal areas and require DEP to weigh environmental and economic impacts before permitting near waterways. Support came from oyster farmers, shellfish groups, conservation advocates, and local residents, while the American Petroleum Institute opposed the setback as too broad and raised mineral-rights concerns. After extensive debate emphasizing protection of Apalachicola Bay, tourism, seafood, and fragile ecosystems, the bill passed unanimously 16-0.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations and Budget Jan 29th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Appropriations and Budget

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  • one of the main areas that I continue to work on, with having personnel be responsible for their actions
  • and accountable for their actions and uphold the department's values and acting wherever wrongdoing.
  • It is a public health nuisance, really, to be quite honest. honest, and that has been allowed to do that
Keywords: 914, all
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • First question, have we considered ways to use our nuisance population of feral hogs to somehow tear
  • Taken together, these actions demonstrate OEQA's commitment to cost containment, smart staffing decisions
  • These increases reflect targeted legislative actions and growing dramatic responsibilities rather than
Keywords: 914, all
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Transportation Apr 3rd, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • long trains create significant delays in people's day-to-day commutes, they are more than a mere nuisance
  • the ordinances that we're trying to enforce, we decided that that was probably the best course of action
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Business and Professions Committee Jun 23rd, 2026

Business and Professions

Transcript Highlights:
  • are interred and the property is subject to vandalism and theft, desecration of those burial plots, action
  • Abandoned cemeteries quickly become public nuisances. They are distressing to families.
  • , the court shall name the Bureau as the conservator of the Endowment Care Fund and take specific actions
  • to take the ultimate actions it would deem appropriate to ensure the continued care and maintenance
  • legally, when a cemetery becomes abandoned, so then the Consumer Bureau can actually begin to take some action
Keywords: 988, house, all
NH
Transcript Highlights:
  • That gives the Attorney General the authority to bring criminal actions, to bring civil actions, to issue
  • That gives the Attorney General the authority to bring criminal actions, to bring civil actions, to issue
  • <01:45:04.080> to authority to bring criminal actions to authority to bring criminal actions
  • > issue<01:45:05.560> subpoenas bring civil actions to issue subpoenas bring civil actions
  • So the idea in this bill is that there wouldn’t be discriminatory action.
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The committee held a public hearing on House Bill 552, which would remove the “full-time student” requirement for children ages 19 to 25 covered under the state retiree health insurance plan. The prime sponsor said the change would align retiree coverage with state employee and ACA plans, would not cost taxpayers because retirees pay the premiums, and could even reduce administrative burden and possibly state costs. The chair noted the bill simply removes the words “if full-time student” from statute and said the proposal affects very few retirees and has no cost to the state. No opposition was presented, and the chair closed the hearing on HB 552 after no further testimony. The committee then opened a public hearing on House Bill 648, which would require commercial insurance coverage for glucose monitoring devices and supplies for people with diabetes. The prime sponsor, a retired dietitian and diabetes educator, gave extensive testimony describing diabetes as common, costly, and serious, and argued that continuous glucose monitoring is important for managing type 2 and gestational diabetes, preventing hypoglycemia, and improving safety and decision-making. She said CGMs can alert users to dangerous blood sugar changes, help people understand how food, activity, and medication affect glucose, and save lives while offering a strong return on investment. During questions, a committee member asked whether the bill should specify that the monitoring be tied to prescribed treatment, and the sponsor agreed that adding “prescribed” would be appropriate. The member also asked about the proper threshold for coverage and whether the bill should be tied to fasting-test diagnosis; the sponsor responded that A1C is only one measure of control and does not show daily fluctuations, and said she was not prepared to recommend a specific threshold but could provide clinical guidelines later. No vote was taken during the hearing, and the sponsor indicated support for the bill’s general approach to broader CGM access.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Finance Feb 3rd, 2026 at 09:10 am

Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • in the second day of jury deliberations, or actually jury selection, in the first-ever state-led action
  • And so, in the absence of concerted and focused federal action, we must engage in litigation at the state
  • There have been some, thankfully, some recent law enforcement actions undertaken in Southeast Asia, which
  • other concerns that we have, for example, in a pending lawsuit, are related to abating a public nuisance
  • And there are other attorneys who believe we have a cause of action against the federal government to
Keywords: 996, all
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • These actions actually disrupted the legislative hearing, and the persons who caused a disruption were
  • Please be aware that violations of these rules may be subject to removal or other enforcement actions
  • protect the project from grazing cattle or something else, from children, from becoming attractive nuisances
  • Respectfully ask for action. Thank you for presentation of this bill today.
Summary: The Assembly Local Government Committee heard a full agenda of bills focused largely on housing, permitting reform, transportation governance, and local government finance. Early in the hearing, AB 24 by Assemblymember DeMaio proposed changing SANDAG board selection to give rural unincorporated areas a stronger voice; members raised concerns about the approach and local input, and the bill ultimately did not receive a second at the time it was heard. The chair later clarified that because no second was made, the bill was held rather than voted out, though the transcript also reflects confusion and later attempts to revisit the item. Several housing and permitting bills advanced with committee amendments and broad support. AB 671 by Assemblymember Wicks would streamline restaurant permitting through self-certification and faster plan review; AB 920 by Assemblymember Caloza would require a centralized online portal for housing permit tracking in larger jurisdictions; AB 1061 by Assemblymember Kirk Silva would allow SB 9 housing in historic districts with limits to protect historic character; AB 818 by Assemblymember Anamarie Farías would streamline temporary manufactured housing after disasters; AB 660 by Assemblymember Wilson would tighten timelines and remedies for post-entitlement housing permits; AB 1308 by Assemblymember Hoover would allow third-party inspections for small residential projects if local inspections are delayed; and AB 1445 by Assemblymember Haney would expand downtown revitalization financing tools for mixed-use housing. Each of these measures drew support from housing, business, and industry groups, with some local-government and special-district stakeholders seeking continued amendments on certain bills. The committee also approved AB 1156, which updates the solar use easement program to better accommodate renewable energy development on water-constrained agricultural lands, and AB 964, which would let local governments offset certain state mandate reimbursement debts against amounts the state owes them. AB 1223, by Assemblymember Wynn, would let Sacramento-area transportation authorities propose sales tax measures for portions of the county and keep revenues local; it advanced despite some transportation and taxpayer concerns. Consent items AB 36 and AB 1131 were also approved. Most bills were reported out on bipartisan votes, often with committee amendments and some members noting they would continue working on the measures in later committees.