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TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Health Apr 7th, 2025

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • Each was enacted at different times in history and each uses slightly different languages language for
  • Would you still support the bill without the language change? Which language?
  • It's got 19th century language, early 20th century language, that that does not allow abortion except
  • Do you have that language? Can you share that language with our officers? Absolutely, I can.
  • I haven't seen this language.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • This debt can be issued in forms of bonds or loans and is often held by foreign and U.S. investors.
  • These bonds or loans are often held by foreign and U.S. investors, banks, and private creditors.
  • This debt can be issued in forms of bonds or loans and is often held by foreign and U.S. investors. forms
  • External debt issued by foreign nations, or sovereign debt, is typically governed by New York or English
  • We basically rely on the language of the rule, which is the reasonableness and necessity standard.
Summary: The Senate Business and Commerce Committee met with a quorum and first took up pending business, voting out several bills. Senate Bills 1697, 1569, 1202 as substituted, 1029, 1364, 1185, 924, 1008 as substituted, 264, 1376, and 1358 as substituted were reported favorably, with some sent to the local and uncontested calendar. The committee also adopted a substitute for SB 1202 and later corrected votes on several measures. SB 924 and SB 1376 drew some opposition, while the rest of the pending bills were reported without dissent or with limited nays. The committee then heard testimony on SB 1856, which would create an annual capacity-cost recovery rider for Entergy Texas customers in the MISO region. The author and Entergy argued the bill would better match rates to actual capacity costs and improve transparency, while the Texas Association of Manufacturers and the Public Utility Commission raised concerns about the short 10-day review period, rider proliferation, and the preference for full rate cases over piecemeal adjustments. The bill was left pending. The committee also heard and left pending SB 522 on CPA reciprocity, SB 1664 requiring TDUs to provide clearer, standalone rate-change disclosures, SB 1877 expanding OPUC’s access to market data, SB 1254 and SB 1255 as TDLR cleanup bills on professional employer organizations and mold assessors, SB 1341 updating manufactured housing rules, SB 1239 on sovereign debt and Texas governing law, and SB 1259 streamlining the surveyor-in-training licensing process. Additional bills discussed included SB 1977, which would cap recoverable legal expenses in electric, water, and sewer rate cases; OPUC and some consumer advocates supported the idea as a way to reduce ratepayer costs, while utility representatives warned it could discourage participation and increase rate shock. The committee also heard SB 1762 clarifying that geothermal energy conservation wells are not battery resources, and SB 783 allowing SECO to proceed with future energy-code rulemaking for state-funded buildings. Both drew supportive testimony from industry and environmental groups. All remaining bills heard during the meeting were left pending, and the committee recessed subject to the call of the chair.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Judiciary (04/24/2025)

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • language that I'm I'm referring to. language that I'm I'm referring to.
  • <00:28:40.159> It's foreign entity, a foreign company.
  • It's foreign entity, a foreign company.
  • <02:00:03.599> or<02:00:03.840> foreign concern of foreign entities or foreign concern
  • like it to apply to foreign countries. like it to apply to foreign countries.
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Mar 20th, 2025

Alabama House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Well, foreign national is an individual Well, foreign national is an individual Well, foreign national
  • the bank if it's written on a foreign the bank if it's written on a foreign from a foreign bank cuz
  • So you're you're not out soliciting foreign national soliciting foreign national soliciting foreign national
  • But when I look at uh foreign national when I look at uh foreign national when I look at uh foreign national
  • Uh but that uh that is language that is that uh that is language that is that uh that is language that
Keywords: 1136, house, all
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session May 22nd, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And is it true that section two of your bill would amend this language?
  • Or, I guess the language of the bill is encouraging them to refrain from prayer.
  • So based on the language of your bill, a teacher could offer bonus points to students who pray.
  • It just cleans up the language.
  • Senate Bill 2514 defends against hostile foreign adversaries by creating a specialized Hostile Foreign
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Mar 18th, 2025

Alabama Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • So there were some language that mental health wanted included in... ...language that mental health wanted
  • This bill involves foreign drivers' licenses. Give me one second, Mr. President.
  • go to the polling location to vote only having a foreign national license.
  • But whenever they show that ID that says "foreign national license," it creates... ...that says "foreign
  • license right in... ...foreign driver's license right in Alabama.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • five of the bill and we do have language five of the bill and we do have language um<00:32:39.480
  • We'll work on adding language to limit unintended harm to farmers.
  • various restrictions regarding foreign various restrictions regarding foreign ownership<01:16:18.520
  • category that would limit foreign category that would limit foreign ownership<01:16:24.440> based
  • <01:17:05.400> that do know that we do have foreigners that do know that we do have foreigners
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The joint committees heard testimony on several measures, beginning with SB 1480 on transportation and road usage charging. Supporters included the Department of Transportation, the Hawaii State Energy Office, county representatives, and the Tax Foundation, while an automotive industry witness opposed the bill, arguing it would be unfair to rural drivers and those with longer commutes. Committee discussion focused on equity, rural impacts, and whether the measure should be tied to future rail funding. The committees ultimately recommended SB 1480 pass with amendments, including broadening allowable uses of funds, clarifying language on infrastructure and safety, addressing motor scooters, and striking a proposed new subaccount; the recommendation was adopted by both committees, with one no vote in TCA. For SB 970 on taxation, the Tax Foundation said the employer transit tax credit would be more efficient as a direct subsidy program, and the Department of Taxation recommended several changes, including a sunset date of December 31, 2030, anti-double-benefit language, deletion of certain reporting requirements, and an effective date of December 31, 2025. The department estimated the bill would reduce revenues by about $11.6 million over the four-year period it would be in effect. The committees moved SB 970 forward with amendments to include bike share in the credit and add a defective date, leaving the department’s suggested changes for later consideration; the recommendation was adopted. The committees also advanced SB 1008 on parking and SB 1088 on electric vehicle charging infrastructure without amendments. DCAB strongly supported SB 1008, saying it would help counties enforce accessible parking design requirements, and noted a related bill without the EV portion. SB 1088 drew broad support from the Public Utilities Commission, State Energy Office, county and advocacy groups, and individuals; one question raised whether the bill should sunset, but the response was that Hawaii still lacks sufficient EV charging infrastructure and the measure expands eligibility for affordable housing. Both bills were recommended to pass unamended and the recommendations were adopted. The Transportation and Culture and Arts committee then heard SB 1011 on the Hawaii Leadership Awards Program, with testimony in strong support from individuals and the State Archivist, who suggested preserving award recipients’ archives, photos, oral histories, and clippings. The committee also heard SB 441 on the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra, with support from the Democratic Party of Hawaiʻi, the Hawaii Theatre Center, musicians, and others emphasizing cultural value, workforce stability, and statewide access to the arts. The transcript then moved to SB 1581 on the Hawaii Japan Pacific Peace Monument and SB 1577 relating to the State Foundation on the Arts; on SB 1577, the Attorney General warned that using the Works of Special Art Fund for operating purposes could jeopardize the tax-exempt status of related bonds and recommended deleting section five, while also pointing to the Performing Arts Special Fund as an alternative.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, May 7, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Many colleges and universities have accepted CCP funding, hoping to simply expand their foreign language
  • Today, foreign language and cultural exchange programs thrive in my state of Colorado without the influence
  • hoping to simply expand their foreign hoping to simply expand their foreign language<04:28:40.479
  • Today, foreign<04:29:06.880> language<04:29:07.199> and<04:29:07.439> cultural<04
  • :29:07.920> exchange foreign language and cultural exchange foreign language and cultural exchange
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part I) Apr 10th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Members, this is the enabling language to the previous SJR that we just passed.
  • And you have some tough language in here, and I actually support it.”
  • And I think the original bill had some pretty tough language.
  • As the threats from foreign and domestic... Where exactly those facilities are located.
  • Hold. hate Texas, and they've actually been designated foreign hostile nations.
Summary: The Senate convened with an invocation, received a House message that H.B. 422 had passed the House, and heard gubernatorial nominations for the Council on Sex Offender Treatment. The chamber also recognized the Doctor of the Day and several visiting groups and adopted a resolution designating June 20, 2025, as Texas Nuclear Legislative Day. Members then considered and passed several bills and resolutions, often by suspending the regular order and the constitutional three-day rule. SB 311 passed to final passage on the Texas Supreme Court’s writ power. SB 883, on off-label prescription access for COVID-19 treatment, passed to engrossment. SB 1706, creating an Open Meetings Act exception for certain defense, military, and aerospace deliberations, passed despite concerns from Sen. Eckhardt that the bill’s use of “deliberate” could weaken open-government protections. CS SB 1677, directing a study on diabetes-related amputations, passed with support from Sen. Menendez. SB 1967 expanded flood infrastructure fund eligibility to certain multipurpose projects, and SB 1255, a cleanup bill on mold assessor and remediator regulation, passed unanimously. The Senate also approved CS SJR 40 and CS SB 871, which would change emergency and disaster law to require legislative involvement after prolonged or widespread emergencies and to limit gubernatorial suspension powers, with Sen. Eckhardt questioning whether the bill could slow urgent business closures during a disaster. Additional measures passed included SB 1426 transferring management of the First Capital State Historic Site to the Texas Historical Commission, SB 249 requiring TxDOT to fund memorial markers for fallen peace officers, SB 1592 centralizing collection of hotel occupancy taxes from accommodation intermediaries, SB 1271 allowing concurrent jurisdiction on military installations for certain juvenile matters, SB 745 creating a higher penalty for intoxication manslaughter involving multiple deaths, SB 365 shortening the academic fresh start waiting period at public colleges, and SB 1171 adjusting compensation and standards for certain Texas Juvenile Justice Department inspector general employees. CS SB 36, creating a Homeland Security Division within DPS, passed after questions about its relationship to federal homeland security and its focus on border security and critical infrastructure. The latter part of the session focused heavily on CS SB 38, a major eviction and squatter-related bill. Sen. Bettencourt described widespread squatter cases and argued the bill, with a Moody amendment, would clarify notice and eviction procedures while balancing property-owner and tenant rights. Sen. West said he supported addressing squatters but worried the broader eviction changes could harm vulnerable renters, especially single mothers, and said he would vote present not voting. The discussion continued with additional testimony from Sen. Kolkhorst about the need for a balanced eviction process.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs (02/07/2025)

State-federal Relations and Veterans Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • beneficial foreign beneficial foreign investment<00:33:46.279> areas<00:33:46.600> of<
  • benefit from job creating foreign benefit from job creating foreign investment<00:34:07.519>
  • > investment investment so as with foreign investment investment so as with foreign investment in
  • <00:35:10.480> built foreign built foreign built ships<00:35:12.760> so<00:35:12.920>
  • <00:35:25.119> ship compete with foreign ship compete with foreign ship Builders<00:35:27.000
Keywords: 1189, house, all
US
Transcript Highlights:
  • Congress, all of us, overwhelmingly supported designating cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.
  • I agree with Senator Kim that illicit activities by drug cartels, foreign terrorist organizations and
  • We really cannot give our enemies that type of leverage. such an action by a foreign adversary could
  • We've done a lot. on foreign issuers.
  • So, this amendment adds language to Section 7. It requires a report to Congress, and it's simple.
Bills: SB875
Summary: This meeting focused on the markup of the Genius Act and the FIRM Act, two significant pieces of legislation addressing stablecoin regulation and the financial industry's regulatory framework. The Chairman noted the importance of providing clarity to the digital asset community and protecting American consumers, while also promoting innovation and competition within the financial sector. Members of both parties expressed varying viewpoints, with some highlighting concerns related to national security and the potential risks associated with stablecoins.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

April 8, 2025 - 03:00 PM

Transcript Highlights:
  • John Lewis, Veterans of Foreign Wars, waiving in opposition.
  • Bill Helmick, I'm here on behalf of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion.
  • My name is Eric King with the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
  • You know, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the American Legion— Much simpler, you know, the Veterans of
  • Language would be more appropriate in a bill that addresses the capital complex.
Summary: The Budget Committee met with a quorum and considered eight bills. The first major item, House Bill 1467 on gambling, drew extensive debate and strong opposition from veterans organizations and related groups, who warned the bill’s language could unintentionally criminalize raffles and gaming machines used by American Legion and VFW posts for charitable fundraising. The sponsor said the bill would strengthen gambling penalties, authorize fantasy sports contests, preempt local enforcement, and require more reporting on illegal gambling, and he said he was open to amendments later. Despite concerns from several members about unintended consequences and local preemption, the committee passed the bill favorably on a roll call vote. The committee then heard and passed House Bill 711, creating a statewide “spectrum alert” for missing autistic children and requiring FDLE training for law enforcement; House Bill 1335, allowing Medicaid coverage for blood-based colorectal cancer screening; House Bill 843, making clarifying changes to Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission trust funds; House Bill 1371, strengthening protections for law enforcement and first responders, including penalties for attacks on officers and measures related to false reports and blood-borne pathogen exposure; House Bill 1405, revising youth prevention services for status offenders; House Bill 1053, updating FDLE-related statutes and adding support for retired police dogs; and House Bill 751, expanding health insurance protections for law enforcement and their families after catastrophic injury or death and clarifying fraud penalties. Several bills were amended before passage, including HB 1371, which adopted an amendment removing a section to avoid fiscal impact, and HB 1053, which removed proposed changes to the capital complex definition. Most measures received supportive testimony from law enforcement, health, or advocacy groups and passed with little opposition. The committee concluded by reporting all of the listed bills favorably and then adjourned.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Senate Executive Departments and Administration (01/21/2026)

Executive Departments and Administration

Transcript Highlights:
  • one of our foreign adversaries. one of our foreign adversaries.
  • proponent of watching our foreign proponent of watching our foreign adversaries.<00:03:12.000>
  • Um the CCP we our foreign adversaries.
  • foreign adversaries. foreign adversaries.
  • and approving this this language and approving this language<00:23:33.919> would<00:23:34.240>
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:26:49.080> adversary there this is a uh foreign adversary there this is a uh foreign adversary
  • adversaries will come in and say foreign adversaries will come in and say just<00:29:20.360> for<
  • He said he has never understood why a foreign entity can come into the country and buy ag land, that
  • allowed to loan money to these foreign allowed to loan money to these foreign adversaries<00:37:
  • Representative Moore said the objection is not to the bill itself but to the language.
Summary: The House Agriculture Committee first spent much of the meeting recognizing the large number of 4-H and FFA students and guests in attendance, with members from several counties introducing their groups and praising the programs for developing future agricultural and civic leaders. Comments emphasized the value of youth involvement in agriculture, leadership, and public speaking, and several members noted their own 4-H or FFA backgrounds. The committee then took up House Bill 356, and adopted a committee substitute before hearing testimony on the revised measure. House Bill 356, sponsored by Representative Carney, would create the Kentucky Urban Youth Agriculture Initiative, expanding the original urban farming concept into broader agricultural education, agribusiness, advocacy, and work-ready skills. The substitute removed the requirement that participants have access to farmland, lowered the age floor from six to five, broadened participation, and established a pilot program with implementation left to Cooperative Extension. Supportive testimony came from a 4-H student and Kentucky 4-H representatives, who described how the program helps youth explore many interests and removes barriers for urban students. Members from both parties praised the bill as a way to reach more youth and strengthen agricultural education. The committee approved House Bill 356 as amended by the committee substitute on a roll call vote, with all members present voting yes. The committee then heard House Bill 315 from Representative Sharp, a foreign adversary land bill intended to limit certain foreign entities’ ability to purchase Kentucky land. Before member questions, Tim Shank of the Kentucky Bankers Association testified in opposition to one section of the bill, saying banks already screen borrowers through federal systems and that Section 8’s reference to an Attorney General lien for “actual costs” was too vague. He warned the language could create uncertainty for mortgage holders and potentially affect credit availability for farmers. Representative Sharp said he had just learned of the concern and may need to work with the Attorney General’s office to address it. He also said the bill was largely the same as last year’s version, except for the removal of a leasing-related paragraph, and the committee began discussion of the bill after that testimony.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Ways and Means Committee 5/7/25

Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • And then it also inserts a final language for the Meyers food bill.
  • <00:04:23.919> for<00:04:24.080> the it also inserts a final language for the it also
  • inserts a final language for the Meyers<00:04:24.800> food<00:04:25.120> bill.
  • Does that make in the bill language. Does that make sense?
  • licensing requirements for foreign licensing requirements for foreign medical<00:10:37.200> school
Bills: HF2436, HF2435
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Apr 9th, 2025

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • We don't need to add hostile foreign nations to that list.
  • But America stopped caring what foreigners think in 1776.
  • I don't think foreigners need to have any law enforcement ability here because if they're a foreigner
  • I believe I needed to read the substitute language. Is that correct?
  • Additional language is needed to clarify.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Education K-16 (Part I) Apr 16th, 2025

Education K-16

Transcript Highlights:
  • And so by striking that language, it makes these private institutions eligible to participate.
  • And so by striking that language, it makes these private institutions eligible to participate.
  • Yeah, I'm trying to understand why the language is... You do want an answer though, correct?
  • This language is vague. It's not clear what would amount to public support.
  • This bill deals with our foreign adversaries.
Summary: The Senate Education K-16 Committee heard several bills before recessing to the floor, with most measures left pending subject to the call of the chair. SB 2986 would allow public schools and universities to permit after-hours facility use by religious groups on the same terms as other nonprofits, and SB 1032 would open the Governor’s University Research Initiative to private and independent universities; both had committee substitutes adopted and were left pending after brief testimony. Supporters of SB 1032 from Rice and Baylor said the change would help Texas recruit top researchers and strengthen the state’s research economy. The committee also heard SB 2058, which would require the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to publish annual data on nursing clinical training sites to improve placement coordination, and SB 2683, which would bar public colleges from giving benefits or recognition to student organizations that receive support from foreign entities of concern; both were left pending after testimony. A large portion of the meeting focused on SB 2233, which would require public institutions of higher education to adopt policies prohibiting students or employees on nonimmigrant visas from publicly supporting terrorist activity or organizations, with enforcement through investigations, reporting to Homeland Security, and possible Attorney General action and fines. The author said the bill was intended to reinforce existing federal definitions and campus safety, while senators questioned the bill’s scope, the definition of terrorist activity, and the clause tied to U.S. policy or practice. Public witnesses, including civil rights advocates, law students, and others, argued the bill was vague, overbroad, unconstitutional, and likely to chill protected speech and increase surveillance of international students and Black and brown communities; several Jewish witnesses also said the bill misused Jewish safety concerns and could be used for viewpoint discrimination. SB 2233 was left pending after public testimony. The committee then took up SB 735, which builds on prior Holocaust education legislation by funding optional age-appropriate and bilingual curriculum, museum field trips, teacher preparation partnerships, annual reporting, and regional collaboration with Holocaust museums and education service centers. The author and invited witnesses said the bill responds to survey findings showing uneven Holocaust instruction and a need for better teacher training and accountability. A fifth-grade teacher and the director of the Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio testified in support, emphasizing the need for accurate, age-appropriate instruction and professional development. The committee recessed before finishing the agenda, and SB 735 was set to resume after the floor session.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

CPN-AEN Informational Briefing 04-15-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • c> and<00:30:47.320> interstate It regulates uh foreign and interstate It regulates uh foreign
  • into the state from to foreign movement into the state from foreign,<00:32:10.840> um<00:32:11.040
  • <00:32:19.080> So, foreign countries. So, foreign countries.
  • You could also try Oh, foreign imports.
  • for us for foreign entered goods. for us for foreign entered goods.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • We do have a committee substitute for this one as well that is ready, and it just incorporates language
  • And there's some more explicit language that I'm not including.
  • labeled as foreign adversaries by the federal government.
  • lobbying activities. conducted on behalf of foreign adversaries.
  • adversaries," "foreign adversary clients," and "foreign adversary political parties."
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • But what I wanted to add is we would request that the original title and language of the bill be put
  • I am the second vice president, minister of foreign affairs, and minister of commerce for the Nation
  • I am the second vice president, minister of foreign affairs, and minister of commerce for the Nation
  • > affairs,<00:17:36.320> and minister of foreign affairs, and minister of foreign affairs
  • <00:27:53.279> to replace and include the language to replace and include the language to
Keywords: 910, house, all