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NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Executive Departments and Administration (03/05/2025)

Executive Departments and Administration

Transcript Highlights:
  • He also said septic system capacity can become an issue too if it's not on water and sewer, and so you
  • might want a contingency for them to increase the number of bedrooms for their septic.
  • <00:38:23.400> system<00:38:23.760> capacity additionally um septic system capacity
  • additionally um septic system capacity can<00:38:24.319> become<00:38:24.560> an<00:38
  • <00:38:31.440> um number of bedrooms for their septic um number of bedrooms for their septic
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

April 2, 2025 - 04:00 PM

Transcript Highlights:
  • these buildings, and due to our statute's lack of enforcement there is not a method in the criminal system
  • And one in five of those deaths are due to systemic reasons, meaning preventable reasons: lack of care
  • your child or whether or not, regardless of whether the pregnancy is planned or not, you will go septic
  • desert and you don't have a car because you're living in poverty, you know, maybe there's no bus system
  • This bill ensures the safety and integrity of the judicial system by protecting court officials from
Summary: The Judiciary Committee took up a long agenda of 20 bills, beginning with CS/HB 1173 on the Florida Trust Code, which clarified that the Florida Attorney General is the only public official with standing to enforce charitable trusts administered in Florida; it was amended and reported favorably. The committee also unanimously or near-unanimously approved several claims and relief bills, including HB 6507 for Marcus Button, HB 6523 for Darlene Engerville and J.R., HB 6525 for Eric and Jennifer Miles, HB 6529 for J.N., and HB 6519 for the estate of Beniel Hambier, all involving settlements or compensation for injuries or wrongful death. Other measures reported favorably included CS/HB 213 on commercial squatters, CS/HB 1447 on trespass at large-scale ticketed events, CS/HB 515 updating the Uniform Commercial Code for virtual currency and related technologies, CS/HB 1007 on gift card fraud, CS/HB 1049 on protection of court officials, CS/HB 1219 on non-compete and garden leave agreements, CS/HB 399 on stolen valor in the ethics code, CS/HB 57 on xylazine regulation, HB 901 on court-appointed psychologists, and CS/HB 265 on enforcing terrorism-related judgments against frozen assets. Most of these bills had support from industry, law enforcement, or affected parties and passed with little or no opposition. The most contested measure was CS/HB 1517, which would expand Florida’s wrongful death statute to include parents of unborn children as survivors. Supporters argued it would allow families to recover damages when negligence causes the loss of a pregnancy, while opponents—including the ACLU of Florida, Planned Parenthood affiliates, reproductive rights advocates, and some committee members—warned it could be used to advance fetal personhood, chill medical care, and empower abusive partners or others to sue over abortion-related conduct. The sponsor said the bill remained within the wrongful death framework and included protections for mothers and lawful medical providers, but the committee still reported it favorably on a 14-6 vote. CS/HB 903, a corrections bill addressing inmate litigation, sentencing, execution methods, tracking devices, health services, and offender review appointments, also drew debate over a proposed tolling amendment and due process concerns; the amendment failed and the bill passed 16-5. CS/HB 57 on xylazine likewise saw debate over whether penalties should target users or traffickers, but the committee rejected a narrowing amendment and passed the bill 20-1. Several bills were amended in committee, often with technical or clarifying changes, including CS/HB 1219, HB 1351 on sexual offender and predator registration, and HB 901. Public testimony was generally supportive on the non-controversial bills, especially from law enforcement, business groups, and affected claimants. At the end of the meeting, Rep. Gottlieb offered a personal correction, acknowledging he had wrongly criticized FOP in a prior meeting after learning the organization had, in fact, contacted him. The committee then adjourned after completing the full agenda.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Common interest communities provisions modified 2/24/26

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm like, "No, this is systemic. This is not just a one-off." I called them.
  • I'm like, "No, this is systemic. This is not just a one-off." I called them.
  • I'm like, "No, this is systemic. This is not just a one-off." I called them.
  • I'm like, "No, this is systemic. This is not just a one-off." I called them.
  • I'm like, "No, this is systemic. This is not just a one-off." I called them.
Keywords: 919, house, all
Summary: The committee took up Senate File 1750, an HOA/common interest community reform bill, and first adopted the DE9 amendment after the chair moved it to put the bill in the form the author wanted. The bill was described by supporters as a consumer and homeowner protection measure intended to add transparency, dispute-resolution rights, conflict-of-interest rules, and limits on fees and late charges in Minnesota HOAs, which supporters said have grown rapidly and are not adequately covered by current law. Supporters, including legal aid, the Minnesota Home Ownership Center, and Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity, said the bill responds to longstanding complaints about HOA abuse, lack of transparency, escalating attorney fees, foreclosure-related problems, and management-company conflicts of interest. They argued the revised bill reflects extensive stakeholder work and would help homeowners resolve disputes without costly escalation while improving fairness and accountability. Opponents, including attorneys and representatives of HOA management interests, argued the bill is too rigid and one-size-fits-all, would raise costs for all homeowners, and could make associations harder to govern. They said fee caps, contract restrictions, procurement mandates, and dispute procedures would increase assessments, reduce flexibility, discourage board service, and create more legal and administrative burden, especially for smaller or financially strained communities. No final vote on the bill itself was taken in the portion provided; the bill was laid over for possible inclusion.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs (01/21/2026)

Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • They rely on private wells and septic systems.
  • rely on private wells and septic rely on private wells and septic systems.<04:01:41.120> Rapid
  • Currently, there are no measures in place to ensure a septic system is even working appropriately, let
  • septic system is even place to ensure a septic system is even currently<04:02:17.120> working<
  • um, the issue of overburdening a septic system<04:14:57.840> might<04:14:58.159> be<04
Keywords: 1189, house, all
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Apr 11th, 2025 at 12:30 pm

North Dakota Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill deals with on-site wastewater systems: the oversight, the inspections, design, advisory groups
  • , and anything to do with education of these systems.
  • systems and the Environmental Quality Advisory Committee; to amend and reenact Section 23 of the North
  • system within 10 years of receipt of notice of noncompliance or before the completion of the sale of
  • system within 10 years of receipt of notice of noncompliance or before the completion of the sale of
Keywords: 908, all
Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a quorum call showing 46 members present. It then took up multiple House messages and amendments, appointing conference committees on several measures, including SB 2007, SCR 4007, SB 2374, SB 233, and House bills 1029, 1218, and 1022. The chamber also considered a series of House bills on the sixth and 14th orders, often adopting committee amendments before final passage or, in some cases, rejecting the bill outright. Among the major policy items, the Senate passed HB 1524 on regional planning council grants, HB 1143 increasing a food bank appropriation to $10 million, HB 1126 modernizing cosmetology licensing and inspections, HB 1542 making student applications for admission exempt records, HB 1613 regulating law enforcement use of robots, HB 1582 directing a study on false reports and accusations, HB 1214 revising school transportation funding, HB 1448 creating a study on advanced technologies, HB 1280 on drainage project voting rules, HB 1499 protecting records related to federal judges, and several Senate bills returned from the House, including SB 2221, SB 2117, SB 2198, SB 2120, and SB 2214. The Senate also adopted amendments to HB 1541 on septic systems before rejecting it on final passage. Several high-profile bills failed after debate. HB 1566, dealing with kratom regulation, saw an amendment to convert it to a study fail on a 21-25 vote, after which the chamber laid the bill over for one legislative day rather than take final action. HB 1283, which would have eliminated cost-sharing for diagnostic and supplemental breast exams in the state employee plan, was defeated 22-24 after extensive debate over cost, precedent, and insurance impacts. HB 1527, requiring Holocaust education in statute, also failed 22-24, with supporters emphasizing the importance of the subject and opponents arguing curriculum belongs in standards rather than statute. The Senate adjourned after announcements, scheduling its next meeting for Monday, April 14, 2025.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Committee on Housing (01/13/2026)

Housing

Transcript Highlights:
  • She said larger lots are required because wells and septic systems must be placed on many of them, but
  • Just like open pit burning and how close you can put your septic system to the lake, these are things
  • <00:34:57.839> system<00:34:58.160> to<00:34:58.400> the you can put your septic
  • system to the you can put your septic system to the lake,<00:34:59.359> these<00:34:59.760>
  • You still have to have septic capacity. You still have to have septic capacity.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 02/18/25

Environment, Climate, and Legacy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Sometimes the fix of a septic system costs more than a property itself, so it's faster to resolve the
  • <01:26:23.119> systems<01:26:23.480> who who have failing septic systems who who have
  • failing septic systems who can't<01:26:23.760> afford<01:26:24.000> to<01:26:24.320>
  • <01:26:27.800> system sometimes the the fix of a septic system sometimes the the fix of a
  • We have a lot of septic systems—old systems—that are, you know, dangerously in that area that could pollute
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention - 03/24/26

Housing and Homelessness Prevention

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:20:39.160> and we start having to look at septics and we start having to look at septics
  • and that sort wells and shared septics and that sort of<00:20:42.680> thing.
  • Chair Port, Senator Draheim, and in the they on there, is that the landlord or the judicial system?
  • In the system.
  • maybe even the court system. maybe even the court system.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
VT

Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Caucus of the Whole - H.955 report - 2026-04-14 - 11:11AM

Vermont House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:03:57.760> that future education finance system that future education finance system that
  • health care costs in our school systems health care costs in our school systems was<00:18:46.040
  • These system, I really want to be clear.
  • Two more cost drivers in our education system: school facilities.
  • current finance system. current finance system.
Keywords: 926, house, all
Summary: The caucus of the whole received an update from Representative Kornheiser on House Bill 955, focusing on the Ways and Means amendment and how it aligns with Act 73 and the House Education Committee’s broader education transformation work. She said the amendment was assembled from separate pieces developed earlier in the session and covers three main areas: planned property tax updates, steps needed for the future education finance system and foundation formula, and policy changes to support collaborative education service agencies and district mergers. She emphasized that the bill is aimed at the future state of the system, with many provisions tied to later effective dates and pending reports. Kornheiser described the property tax provisions as further defining the new non-homestead/second-home classification so the Tax Department can continue form development and data collection before rates are set, and she said the bill also advances regional assessment districts and a more regular reappraisal cycle. On education finance, she said the amendment adds school construction and school debt provisions, reserve guidance, pre-K funding study language, special education funding protections, and transportation-related follow-up work so those pieces can fit the foundation formula. She also framed the bill as reducing cost drivers in the system, citing health care savings, reference-based pricing, mental health coordination, special education scale, deferred maintenance, and larger-scale school organization. During questions, members asked about merger support funding, transportation timelines, private equity ownership of school transportation, tuition restrictions for approved independent and public schools, and the timing and finality of the second-home tax definitions. Staff explained that merger support would be reimbursed through AOE for committee expenses and would not count against excess spending thresholds, that transportation and other grant categories will be addressed in future reports and decisions, and that the transportation study does not explicitly name private equity but could encompass staffing and cost issues. They also confirmed that the tuition-related provisions apply to approved independent, in-state public, and out-of-state public schools receiving tuition, but only when the foundation formula takes effect. No votes were taken during the caucus; the update was informational, with the bill noted as having been referred to Appropriations and expected to come up for action later in the week.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/19/25

Agriculture Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • He said children are really the ones at the most risk because their systems are still developing.
  • hormones so they interact with systems hormones so they interact with systems in<00:18:46.559>
  • <01:00:44.119> in Broadband infrastructure systems in Broadband infrastructure systems in
  • He adds that many rural homes have a simple septic system, and on his farm they have one that is pumped
  • <01:43:20.560> that simple septic system and you know that simple septic system and you know
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Public Works and Highways (03/25/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, the artesian well is estimated at $52,600 and the septic system is estimated at $75,000.
  • > 1.3 the energy management system and 1.3 the energy management system and 1.3 million<00:43:37.520
  • spare parts of equipment and systems spare parts of equipment and systems that<00:48:27.280>
  • :12.799> go<01:06:12.960> and university system can't just go and university system can't
  • <01:06:16.880> board fit, but the um university system board fit, but the um university system
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The committee heard testimony on proposed improvements to the New Hampshire State Police gun range and training facility. Commissioner Robert Quinn and Major Brendan Davy said the range is used for realistic, scenario-based training that cannot be replicated at a standard static range, including movement, use of cover, vehicle-based drills, elevation, and training under elevated heart rates and stress. They said the facility is important not only for state troopers but also for local and federal partners, and that it is used regularly for qualifications, requalification, and special unit training. Members asked about specific limitations and costs. Major Davy said the PSTC range is handgun-caliber only because the backstop is not rifle-rated, and local law enforcement can use the State Police range for qualification. Representative Kazinski questioned the size and cost of the project, and Public Works Director Theodore Copper then explained the estimate: $1.5 million for building and site work, plus soft costs, utilities, design, and inflation, bringing the total to $2.3 million. He said the proposed facility would include office space, two classrooms, restrooms, and heating and air conditioning, and that the estimate was reasonable. The committee also heard from Milford School District Superintendent Christy Misho in support of CTE funding. She said Milford has been working for years to secure support for an applied technology center renovation, that prior local bond efforts fell short of the required threshold, and that the district now plans a CTE-only local bond of about $4 million while seeking $10 million from the state. She argued the investment is needed to modernize outdated equipment and support workforce training, and said the district remains committed to the project. In work session action, the committee corrected a prior vote on the Pease Development Authority warehouse removal and replacement project, increasing the amount by $353,300 to $1,973,300 and raising the agency subtotal to $4,155,300. The committee also approved adding two Community College System items: $500,000 for an energy management system and $1.3 million for critical maintenance, for a total addition of $1.8 million. No objections were raised to these motions.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:00 am

Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure

Transcript Highlights:
  • It really goes through the three-tier system either way.
  • it really goes through three-tier system either way it just allow it just depends on what the state
  • House Bill 391, an act relative to regulating septic systems.
  • House 391, an act relative to regulating septic systems.
  • House 471, an act relative to the profession of hydro system material applicators.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure held a hearing on alcohol licensing, sales, and consumption issues affecting bars, restaurants, package stores, and local communities. The chair outlined hybrid hearing procedures, including three-minute testimony limits and instructions for written testimony. The committee heard a local bill for Milford, H. 4169, authorizing an additional off-premises all-alcohol license for Charlie’s Mini Mart, with the understanding that the existing wine and malt license would be surrendered if the new license is granted. A major topic was the long-running debate over happy hour. The Massachusetts Restaurant Association opposed bills such as S. 217, H. 349, and H. 443, arguing that discounted alcohol would intensify competition, create pressure on restaurants to participate, and potentially raise liquor liability and insurance costs. In contrast, Senator Julian Cyr testified in support of repealing the happy hour ban through a local-option framework, saying the bill includes safeguards such as no discounts after 10 p.m., fixed pricing during promotions, and advance posting requirements, and that it could help downtowns and seasonal businesses without creating a public health risk. The Massachusetts Package Stores Association testified on a broad package of bills, opposing measures to reinstate happy hour, allow supplier control over retail shelf space (H. 350), impose a transfer fee on licenses (H. 351), authorize alcohol coupons or discounts (H. 381 and S. 219), and permit Thanksgiving alcohol sales (H. 428). It supported bills requiring beverage alcohol training for off-premise licensees (H. 344), restricting self-checkout for alcohol (H. 366), changing Section 15 grocery-store license rules (S. 213), and several other regulatory changes. The Distilled Spirits Council supported H. 350 on private label spirits, while acknowledging concerns about disclosure and preferential treatment; package store witnesses defended private labels as lawful products they create with manufacturers, and the council argued the bill should address consumer confusion and unfair competitive advantages. The hearing concluded with Chair Chan announcing committee poll results on other bills, including a number of favorable reports and study orders, and the committee then voted to close the hearing.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Senate Standing Committee on Banking and Insurance. (3-10-26)

Banking & Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • I got septic from a kidney stone.
  • <00:05:25.200> I<00:05:25.280> got<00:05:25.520> septic<00:05:25.960> from
  • I got septic from a December of '23. I got septic from a kidney<00:05:26.840> stone.
  • They'll be able to be appointed through the judicial system. >> Want to make sure. >> Yeah.
  • <00:40:40.640> that<00:40:41.040> they're with the judicial system that they're with
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

04/28/2026 - Joint Appropriations

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • you look at the actual reality on the ground to ensure that you're not really just blowing up the system
  • What we're saying is that the system is rigged against the working families. That's what Blake has.
  • What we're saying is that the system is rigged against the working families.
  • In the next 10 years, they're not involved in the criminal justice system.
  • We support our foster care young adults who age out of the system by providing them the resources to
Summary: The committee met in a special joint appropriations session to review the FY 2027 budget package, including House Bill 4138 and Senate Bill 1831, the general appropriations or “feed” bills. Staff described the budget as including a one-time transfer of state funds, a 5% lump-sum reduction to most agencies’ discretionary general-fund budgets, continued funding for the state health insurance plan and school facilities, and various one-time restorations or reversions of prior appropriations. Members spent much of the meeting clarifying how the 5% reductions would work, noting that formula and mandatory funding such as K-12 basic aid are excluded, while the governor’s executive branch would decide how to implement the cuts within agencies. The chair repeatedly emphasized that the committee was not specifying line-item cuts and that agencies would have discretion over implementation. A large portion of the discussion focused on the practical effects of the budget on universities, public safety, health care, rural programs, and fund sweeps. Arizona Board of Regents and university representatives said the proposed reductions would amount to more than $85 million statewide and could affect programs such as the Arizona Promise Program, Teachers Academy, and tuition freezes, though no specific program cuts were written into the bill. Other testimony raised concerns about fund sweeps from encumbered balances, including university research funds, housing trust funds, utility regulation funds, and ADOT-related accounts, with some members warning about possible impacts on rural infrastructure and federal matching dollars. The committee also discussed the state employee health plan, including a $228 million general-fund infusion and proposed employee premium increases over three years, as well as questions about corrections, forestry and fire management, and rural critical access hospitals. Public testimony was largely opposed to the budget. Speakers from Opportunity Arizona, the Arizona Board of Regents, health care, and local government argued that the package would reduce support for education, housing, SNAP, health care access, and rural communities while preserving tax benefits for data centers and wealthy taxpayers. A mayor from Globe described severe flood damage and asked for state help for a flood relief fund, while a motorcycle safety advocate questioned a proposed transfer from the motorcycle safety fund. Committee members debated whether the budget’s effects should be described as speculative or as likely consequences of the broad cuts, and several exchanges became contentious over comparisons to the Great Recession and references to federal tax policy. The meeting ended with continued public testimony and no final vote taken in the portion provided, though leadership had earlier said the committee planned a mass roll-call vote on all the bills at the end.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/26 - Part 2

Public Safety Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • We've invested in exhaust systems to get that diesel exhaust out of our stations.
  • We've invested in exhaust systems to get that diesel exhaust out of our stations.
  • Welcome to the committee. systems used in other states, systems used in other states, determining<00:
  • <00:25:45.679> of transparent and effective systems of transparent and effective systems of
  • So doing a harbor system in Minnesota.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/26 - Part 1

Public Safety Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Ghost guns are dangerous in part because they can be assembled and transferred outside of regulated systems
  • During my 20-year career, I developed and instituted ATF's Crime Gun Intelligence Analytic System, which
  • defacing stolen firearms by removing their serial numbers to make it more difficult for the legal system
  • And I just want folks to highlight and note that this is how the system works. It's theater.
  • system works. system works. It's<01:20:23.280> theater. It's theater. It's theater.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Apr 1st, 2025

Ways and Means General Fund

Transcript Highlights:
  • Public Accountancy in the amount of $100,000, from the Court Automation Fund to the Unified Judicial System
  • to the Unified... ...from the Advanced Technology and Data Exchange Fund to the Unified Judicial System
  • We also did change a little bit of the language that would allow expanding the judicial system and the
  • way... ...the judicial system and the way they want to spend their funds.
  • They've got flexibility to where they put those residencies going forward, and that's within the UAB Systems
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • More women with die if you alienate other support systems from them.
  • Let's make sure we have all the information in the system.
  • Dozens of these alkaloids act on different receptor systems in the body.
  • Some of these are opioid systems, but most of them are not.
  • systems.