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NV
Nevada 2025 Regular Session
Senate Committee on Government Affairs May 30th, 2025 at 03:30 pm
Government Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- million, and the division, actually working with an economist and again with the task force, it was imagined
- We're just imagining this happening.
- Yes, and I don't have the privilege of sitting in IFC, and so I imagine my colleagues who do probably
- So I can't imagine anything being built in a flood zone. Anything being built in a flood zone.
- So you can imagine my surprise and elation to see that in the governor's housing bill.
Committee:
Senate Government Affairs
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, I imagine their position is the same, but again, I don't need to deal with them in two places.
- Um, I imagine their position is the same, but again, I don't need to deal with them in two places.
- Um,<00:35:33.359><c> I</c><00:35:33.680><c> imagine</c><00:35:34.079><c> their</c><00:35:34.400><c> position
- </c><00:35:34.880><c> is</c><00:35:35.119><c> the</c> Um, I imagine their position is the Um, I imagine
Committee:
Senate Finance
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Apr 23rd, 2025 at 10:04 am
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Now, imagine a nightclub where a registered offender is targeting a victim.
- Now, imagine not just nightclubs or schools, but apartment complexes, places where families live and
- Imagine an officer late at night stopping someone in a vehicle.
- Imagine if we pulled them off the streets and TxDOT's unprotected.
- Imagine if the cops aren't there. Full time does not have the manpower to fulfill these needs.
Bills:
HB1455 , HB1777 , HB2101 , HB2136 , HB2609 , HB3142 , HB3552 , HB3846 , HB4155 , HB4514 , HB4879 , HB4995 , HB5014 , HB5139 , HB5228 , HB5436 , HCR40
Keywords:
mental health, jail diversion, law enforcement, reporting requirements, criminal justice, data collection, criminal justice reform, intellectual disability, mental illness, data reporting, public safety, reporting, substance abuse, sex offender, driver's license, identification, gunshot detection, unreported gunshots, municipal police, crime investigation
Summary:
The committee met with a quorum and heard several bills, generally leaving them pending after testimony. HB 4995 would create a training/certification program allowing licensed physicians and certain EMS personnel assigned to tactical units to carry firearms during high-risk deployments, with supporters saying it would protect tactical medical staff and improve emergency care; the committee substitute was withdrawn and the bill left pending. HB 2609 would repeal the OmniBase/failure-to-appear-or-pay license hold program; the author and supporters argued it unfairly compounds debt and traps drivers in noncompliance, while judges and municipal court representatives said it is an effective, voluntary tool that prompts court appearances and reduces warrants. HB 4879 would create a grant program to help local law enforcement pay for lab testing of suspected hemp/THC substances, and HB 5436 would allow licensed auto recyclers to purchase certain untitled vehicles for scrap or parts to curb illegal sales, VIN cloning, and chop shop activity; both bills drew supportive testimony and were left pending.
The committee also heard HB 1777, which would place a discrete sex-offender designation on driver’s licenses and state IDs for registrants under Chapter 62. The author said the marker would help law enforcement and businesses quickly identify potentially dangerous offenders and cited other states and research in support, while opponents argued it would function as a scarlet letter, increase harassment, and punish people who are already complying with the law. HB 4155 would create a Family Violence Criminal Homicide Prevention Task Force in the Governor’s Office to study risk factors, coordinate agencies, and recommend policy changes; the author, HHSC, TCFV, and a survivor testified in support, emphasizing the number of family violence homicides and the need for coordinated, data-driven prevention, and the bill was left pending.
Finally, HB 4514 would authorize DPS to use facial image verification, with consent and confidentiality protections, to help businesses verify identities and combat fraud. Supporters from the lumber and identity-verification industries said it would reduce losses from fake IDs and organized theft, while the author stressed privacy safeguards and limited, consent-based use. The committee substitute was withdrawn and the bill was left pending.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- exploitation of children and vulnerable individuals is absolutely one of the most heinous crimes imaginable
- And I’ve talked to more people than I ever thought imaginable with this specific issue.
- If you imagine every utility project, every sewer project, every city street project, every county road
- project, every state road project, and every federal project, If you imagine every utility project,
- I imagine how far that could go.
Committee:
Senate Fiscal Policy
Summary:
The committee took up a series of criminal justice, health, and public safety bills, with several measures reported favorably after brief sponsor presentations and mostly no opposition. CS for SB 1782 on dangerous excessive speeding, CS for SB 306 on Medicaid provider network access, CS for SB 716 on mandatory minimums for certain sexual offenses by registered offenders, CS for SB 1084 on intimate image dissemination and digitally forged images, and CS for CS for SB 1604 on corrections-related litigation and sentencing changes all passed the committee. Members also approved CS for SB 1838, which increases protections for court officials from tampering, harassment, and retaliation, and CS for SB 1252, which directs FDLE to study a statewide pawn data database. CS for SB 468 on fleeing or eluding, CS for SB 490 on off-duty concealed carry for certain officers, and CS for SB 890 on blood clot screening and treatment also received favorable votes, with SB 890 drawing supportive testimony from the bill sponsor, medical and patient advocates, and family members affected by blood clots.
The most extensive debate centered on CS for CS for SB 1804, which would create a capital offense for adults trafficking children under 12 or mentally incapacitated persons for sexual exploitation. Senator Martin defended the bill as a response to especially heinous crimes and argued it fit within constitutional punishment principles, while several members raised concerns about the Eighth Amendment, the risk of lengthy and costly litigation, and the possibility of retraumatizing victims. The Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers testified in opposition, citing moral objections, due process concerns, and constitutional precedent; the bill nevertheless was reported favorably. The committee also approved CS for CS for SB 572, the “Pam Rock Act,” which tightens dangerous-dog rules, adds enclosure, microchip, insurance, and penalty requirements, and allows stronger enforcement actions after serious attacks. The Rock family and animal control supporters testified in favor, describing the bill as a response to fatal dog attacks and urging stronger accountability for owners.
For SB 572, members discussed insurance requirements, the role of local authorities in classifying dangerous dogs, and whether the bill would affect ordinary pet insurance or only liability coverage after a serious attack. The sponsor said the measure is not breed-specific and is aimed at dogs that have already caused significant harm. The committee also heard testimony from family members of Pam Rock and other victims, along with supporters from animal control and sheriff’s offices. All of the bills taken up in the meeting that were voted on were reported favorably, and no roll-call votes failed.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Ways and Means (04/07/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- I would imagine the doesn't like that. I would imagine the doesn't like any funds. Appreciate it.
- try to get an answer to that.<01:02:57.760><c> I</c><01:02:58.000><c> would</c><01:02:58.240><c> imagine
- I would imagine the doesn't like that.
- I would imagine the doesn't like like<01:03:00.160><c> any</c><01:03:00.400><c> funds.
Summary:
The committee held a public hearing on SB 63, a bill described by Senator Tim Lang and other supporters as a technical correction to the rooms and meals tax distribution formula. Lang said the bill would clarify that the Division of Travel and Tourism’s 3.15% promotional allocation is taken from gross rooms-and-meals revenue before the 30% municipal reimbursement fund is calculated, which he argued restores the intended 2009/2021 structure and avoids an unintended loss to tourism marketing. Committee members raised questions about whether the bill actually changes section one or instead addresses DRA’s interpretation, and whether the measure could be affected by the budget process or HB 2.
Jessica Keeler of Ski New Hampshire testified in strong support, saying the bill would preserve the promotional budget formula that had been in place since 2009 and that the 2019 revision effectively reduced the promotional allocation by placing the municipal share first. She said tourism promotion has helped increase visitation, revenues, and jobs, and warned that without a fix, the joint promotional program and other tourism efforts could be cut in future budgets. She also said the bill would not change the current year’s tourism budget but would matter for future cycles.
Mike Summers of the New Hampshire Lodging and Restaurant Association also supported SB 63, calling it a correction to the 2021 changes and arguing that state tourism marketing is essential because small businesses cannot reach distant markets on their own. He said the industry has benefited from state promotion, especially after COVID, but is now facing softer occupancy rates, lower Canadian visitation, and financial strain from debt and operating costs. Summers said the industry cannot make up for major tourism budget cuts on its own and urged maintaining or increasing travel and tourism funding. No vote or final action was taken at the hearing.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- We know that we're investing a lot in safety and security in ways that hadn't been imagined two years
- We know that we're investing a lot in safety and security in ways that hadn't been imagined two years
- ways that lot in Safety and Security in ways that hadn't<00:54:53.040><c> been</c><00:54:53.240><c> imagined
- years</c><00:54:54.280><c> 3</c><00:54:54.440><c> years</c><00:54:54.640><c> ago</c> hadn't been imagined
- 2 years 3 years ago hadn't been imagined 2 years 3 years ago but<00:54:55.599><c> we're</c><00:54:55.720
Committee:
Senate Transportation
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 1/21/25
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Transcript Highlights:
- Imagine, if you will, that your lawyer, you went to, said, yeah, you've got this case, but I've only
- Imagine, if you will, that your lawyer, you went to, said, yeah, you've got this case, but I've only
- <00:56:25.119><c> leave</c> them and then they leave them and then they leave um<00:56:27.720><c> imagine
- 28.480><c> will</c><00:56:28.880><c> that</c><00:56:29.079><c> your</c><00:56:29.319><c> lawyer</c> um imagine
- if you will that your lawyer um imagine if you will that your lawyer you<00:56:30.280><c> went</c><00
Committee:
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Task Force on Homeowners and Commercial Property Insurance 10/22/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- That typically was inferior insurance at a higher cost, and so as you can imagine, that was a relatively
- c><00:21:38.559><c> can</c> a higher um cost and so as you can a higher um cost and so as you can imagine
- :39.440><c> was</c><00:21:39.600><c> a</c><00:21:39.760><c> a</c><00:21:40.159><c> relatively</c> imagine
- that was a a relatively imagine that was a a relatively infrequent<00:21:42.000><c> uh</c><00:21:42.240
- scenario one is one where we imagine scenario one is one where we have<01:11:22.239><c> inequality</
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee 7/8/25
Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- And I hope and would imagine that all of us will have that as well.
- And I hope and and would<00:03:54.720><c> imagine</c><00:03:55.040><c> that</c><00:03:55.280><c> all<
- 55.440><c> of</c><00:03:55.519><c> us</c><00:03:55.680><c> will</c><00:03:55.840><c> have</c> would imagine
- that all of us will have would imagine that all of us will have that<00:03:56.159><c> as</c><00:03:56.400
- how much more time so can you imagine how much more time these<01:49:10.880><c> frontline</c><01:49:
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Apr 2nd, 2025
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- kids use to use educational, you know, applications. on to learn different things I mean I would imagine
- of— test about a pandemic if we had known that COVID-19 was coming in the month or years before, imagine
- Can you imagine? And how many jobs they created. Can you imagine? More than 5,000.
- Imagine you apply the credit card, then just, you know, the bank, your whole, you know, the credit. and
- Please imagine when this bill, you know, the, you know, the... become the fact, so that, you know, how
Bills:
HB17 , HB34 , HB41 , HB 118 , HB 119 , HB 127 , HB 128 , HB 129 , HB 130 , HB132 , HB133 , HB17 , HB41 , HB118 , HB119 , HB127 , HB128 , HB129 , HB130 , HB132 , HB133
Keywords:
foreign ownership, real estate, national security, designated countries, Texas property law, lobbying, foreign adversaries, compensation prohibition, transparency, civil penalties, higher education, foreign adversary, research security, trade secrets, academic partnerships, HB 128, sister city, sister-city agreement, international exchange, municipal diplomacy
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- Just imagine if it's your child, your grandchild, your neighbor's child going hungry.
- Just imagine if it's your child, your grandchild, your neighbor's child going hungry.
- our our children have enough food to<00:31:26.519><c> eat</c> to eat to eat just<00:31:29.240><c> imagine
- ><c> it's</c><00:31:30.000><c> your</c><00:31:30.279><c> child</c><00:31:30.880><c> your</c> just imagine
- if it's your child your just imagine if it's your child your grandchild<00:31:32.039><c> your</c><00
Committee:
House Finance
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- I can't imagine<01:33:18.480><c> a</c><01:33:18.800><c> police</c><01:33:19.040><c> officer</c><01:33
- :19.600><c> talking</c><01:33:19.920><c> to</c> imagine a police officer talking to imagine a police
- Imagine that a team of adversaries, just five people, who are our adversaries, are willing to swap off
- Imagine that a team of second offense.
- Imagine that a team of adversaries<02:19:38.880><c> of</c><02:19:39.519><c> just</c><02:19:39.920><c>
Committee:
Senate Judiciary
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- It's very helpful support, and I know that it's expensive, and as you can also imagine, the needs of
- </c><00:19:33.960><c> you</c><00:19:34.039><c> can</c><00:19:34.240><c> also</c><00:19:34.480><c> Imagine
- </c> expensive and as you can also Imagine expensive and as you can also Imagine the<00:19:34.919><c>
- what</c><01:30:39.000><c> that</c><01:30:39.199><c> does</c><01:30:40.159><c> um</c> which you can imagine
- what that does um which you can imagine what that does um for<01:30:40.639><c> teachers</c><01:30:41.119
Committee:
House Education Finance
Keywords:
education funding, nonpublic schools, counseling services, guidance services, transportation for students, HF921, tax increment financing, TIF, excess tax increment, school district aid, levy adjustment, property tax levy, education finance, Minnesota education aid, decertification, local government finance, school funding formula, state aid reduction, referendum equalization aid, debt service equalization
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Education Policy and Administration (04/13/2026)
Education Policy and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- that they did the work >> I would imagine that they did the work to<03:17:23.359><c> figure</c
- </c><04:16:13.120><c> would</c><04:16:13.439><c> happen</c> So, I what I would imagine would happen So
- I can't imagine that you would just kick out a student. >> I understand and appreciate the fact that
- I I I can't imagine<04:22:53.840><c> that</c><04:22:54.080><c> you</c><04:22:54.239><c> would</c><04:
- that you would just kick out a imagine that you would just kick out a student. student. student.
Committee:
House Education Policy and Administration
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- most of us bought because I imagine most of us bought houses<02:04:59.040><c> years</c><02:04:59.360
- If, as I said, like with this little $230,000 house up to $12,000, can you imagine maybe a $4 million
- </c> you imagine uh maybe a $4 million house? you imagine uh maybe a $4 million house?
- So I imagine, I'm not an expert there.
- They have plenty of both of imagine.
Committee:
House Ways and Means
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety (01/14/2026)
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- My hit rate, you can imagine situations.
- Or imagine waking up on a quiet Saturday morning to a missed call from your child.
- And imagine getting a phone call from And imagine getting a phone call from law<01:20:21.840><c> enforcement
- </c><01:20:28.960><c> Or</c><01:20:29.120><c> imagine</c> but by a fellow student.
- Or imagine but by a fellow student.
Committee:
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- I just know we're saying this for a year, but it's going to be—I would imagine it's going to be hard
Committee:
All JBC-SPECIAL LANGUAGE
Summary:
The Special Language subcommittee met with a quorum and reviewed several governor’s letters containing special language for appropriations bills. Members heard housekeeping about the subcommittee’s call-based schedule and its role in reviewing only special language, not appropriations or personnel items. The committee then considered amendments affecting the Department of Finance and Administration, Department of Correction, Department of Education, Department of Agriculture, Department of Public Safety, shared administrative services, Commerce/Workforce Services, and Environment and Quality.
Key items included language directing DFA to limit administrative costs for pregnancy help organizations to 25% of awards; removing conflicting language so county jail reimbursement funds can only receive transfers in, not out; updating code to assign child nutrition responsibilities to the Department of Agriculture; implementing Act 909 of 2025 changes for school district EBD employer contributions and teacher equalization funds; and allowing the state CFO to waive a 3% central services fee for agricultural promotion boards to keep more funds in the industry. Members also discussed using Camp Robinson facility revenues for maintenance, allowing shared services billing under the Arkansas Forward Initiative, designating Arkansas Rehabilitation Services as the state unit for vocational rehab grants, and capping used tire program reimbursement rates at $2.31 starting July 1, 2026.
There was brief discussion on the agriculture fee waiver, with questions about its purpose, duration, and possible precedent; agency officials said it was a discretionary, point-in-time waiver meant to help the farm sector during a crisis. Another question addressed reporting on crisis pregnancy center grants, with DFA noting no grant funds had yet been distributed this fiscal year. Each amendment was adopted by voice vote, item 9 was skipped because it was superseded by item 10, and the meeting adjourned after all agenda items were completed.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/03/2026 - Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology
Transcript Highlights:
- Now imagine what is going to design the roads. It's got to last in the cars.
Summary:
The Committee on Appropriations, Transportation and Technology heard a presentation on advanced air mobility, including a video and remarks describing AAM as a new transportation system for drones and future passenger/cargo aircraft. Speakers highlighted potential uses such as medical delivery and rescue, emphasized safety, low noise, and coordination among industry, government, NASA, DOT, and FAA, and mentioned a planned display of a Pivotal aircraft on the Senate lawn later in March.
The committee then considered House Bill 2148, which would give the Legislature authority to appropriate non-constitutional federal monies and require the purposes of those funds to be specified, with a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027. Supporters framed it as a transparency and separation-of-powers measure, while opponents argued that federal funds often flow through the executive branch for program administration and that the bill could disrupt existing systems. The bill received a do-pass recommendation on a 6-4 vote.
The committee also heard House Bill 2993, which appropriates $6.4 million from the Consumer Protection and Consumer Fraud Revolving Fund to the Department of Public Safety and exempts DPS from the prohibition on employing outside legal counsel without authorization. The Arizona State Troopers Association supported the funding as an emergency need to avoid cuts to recruit classes, overtime, Arrive Alive Arizona, and patrol car purchases, while several members objected to combining the appropriation with the legal-counsel policy change. The bill likewise received a do-pass recommendation by a 6-4 vote. The meeting ended with announcements about upcoming video presentations and an aircraft display, then adjourned.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/03/2026 - Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology
Appropriations, Transportation and Technology
Transcript Highlights:
- Now imagine what is going to design the roads. It's got to last in the cars.
Keywords:
federal funding, state budget, appropriation, block grants, noncustodial funds, legislative authority, Arizona attorney general, Department of Public Safety, DPS, consumer fraud revolving fund, consumer protection fund, gang and immigration intelligence team enforcement mission fund, public safety appropriation, supplemental appropriation, outside counsel, state agency legal representation, legal services, state settlement proceeds, general fund, A.R.S. 41-192
NV
Transcript Highlights:
- And that became very unmanageable, as you can imagine.
Committee:
Assembly Education