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NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Resources, Recreation and Development (02/05/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- Ski craft are very limited to the bodies of water they can access.
- </c> a learning key or learning mode to limit a learning key or learning mode to limit the<01:07:30.920
- What's the policy behind limiting the tax increase to waterfront owners?
- What's the policy behind limiting the tax increase to waterfront owners?
- Do you say a bond being created where then you can use some of this money and it pays off bonds?
Summary:
The committee first discussed scheduling and notice for upcoming executive sessions on a larger slate of bills, including plans to take up eight bills in the morning and possibly the last three bills in the afternoon, with caucus time provided if needed. The chair emphasized advance notice, publication, and flexibility if more bills are added later. The hearing then opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and proceeded to HB 568, a bill allowing local planning boards to request water supply studies for subdivisions to ensure water adequacy as housing density increases.
Representative Kat McGee, the prime sponsor, said HB 568 was developed after constituent concerns about private wells being affected by nearby development. She described the bill as narrowly tailored, non-mandatory, and intended to preserve local control while clarifying that planning boards may request studies under local regulations. She noted bipartisan support, an exclusion for community water systems and larger groundwater withdrawals regulated elsewhere, and said the bill would help prevent water shortages and related problems for new and existing homes. Questions from members focused on whether the bill should specify that it applies to subdivisions of four or more lots, since that language had been in an earlier version.
Testimony on HB 568 was mixed. Bob Quinn of the New Hampshire Association of Realtors opposed the bill, arguing it lacked a definition of “water supply study,” could lead to expensive hydrology studies, and might raise housing costs; he suggested more work with DES or a study committee. DES administrator Brandon Kernin said the department had worked from a 2010 groundwater commission report, that such problems arise only intermittently in certain areas, and that the bill would make explicit local authority to adopt such ordinances. He also said DES data and homeowner surveys can help identify problem areas and that more robust wells could be considered in the long term. The committee noted 10 online submissions in favor and 3 opposed, plus blue-sheet testimony of 2 in favor and 1 neutral, and then closed the hearing on HB 568.
The committee immediately opened HB 582, a bill on safety requirements for operation of personal watercraft. Representative Darby, the sponsor, said the bill responds to the speed and maneuverability of modern personal watercraft, which he described as more like motorcycles on water than traditional boats, and cited a fatal accident on Lake Monomonac as an example of the risks. He said the bill is not intended to restrict ordinary recreation or wake surfing, but to update safety standards for a newer class of larger, quieter three-person PWCs. The hearing began with Darby’s presentation, and no vote or final action was taken in the portion provided.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- He added that, absent that, at least limiting the ability of regulated utilities to dump millions or
- He added that, absent that, at least limiting the ability of regulated utilities to dump millions or
- He added that, absent that, at least limiting the ability of regulated utilities to dump millions or
- He added that, absent that, at least limiting the ability of regulated utilities to dump millions or
- </c> Whether or not there is a large bonded Whether or not there is a large bonded project<01:59:41.280
Committee:
House Election Law
Summary:
The committee first held a public hearing on CACR 30, a constitutional amendment that would make Public Utilities Commission members elected rather than appointed. Representative Thomas Opel testified in support, arguing that rising energy costs and the utility rate-setting structure make the PUC too insulated from ratepayers, and that elected commissioners would be more accountable. He also said the proposal should ideally include a ban on contributions from regulated utilities to PUC campaigns, and acknowledged the draft had errors and needed work. Representative Lane questioned whether a contribution ban would be constitutional, and Opel said there may be ways to structure one to survive legal challenge. The hearing closed with five online supporters and two opponents reported, and no one else testified.
The committee then went into executive session on House Bill 1062, authorizing the Secretary of State to conduct random audits of voters’ citizenship qualifications. Representative Newsome offered an amendment to clarify how voters with no evidence either way would be treated and to require a public report on audit results, including referrals, costs, and databases used. Representative Aqua opposed the amendment, saying the bill should pass as written. The amendment failed 9-7, and after further debate over privacy and the purpose of audits, the committee voted 9-7 to recommend ought to pass on HB 1062. Representative Barry was assigned the majority report and Representative Newsome the minority report.
The committee next considered House Bill 1388, which would clarify the form of ballots for constitutional amendments. Representative Weary said the bill simply provides clarity for voters and imposes no hardship on the Secretary of State’s office. The committee unanimously voted 17-0 to recommend ought to pass and placed the bill on the consent calendar.
Finally, the committee opened a public hearing on House Bill 1125, enabling school districts to adopt partisan school district elections. Representative Weary said partisan labels would help voters understand candidate positions and address low turnout in local elections. He emphasized the bill is enabling, not mandatory. Members questioned why the change was needed if few municipalities have used existing authority, and whether it would increase divisiveness. Weary said many voters are unaware of the option and that partisan labels would give them more information. The hearing closed with five online supporters and 184 opponents. The committee then began executive session on House Bill 1187, concerning the filing deadline for special-election candidates for state representative, but discussion was still ongoing in the transcript.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Friday, June 27, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Rising interest rates, limited housing supply, and increasing costs are making it harder for Americans
- <00:09:25.200><c> supply,</c> interest rates, limited housing supply, interest rates, limited housing
- it comes to limitations ought to be when it comes to deportation<00:43:21.119><c> policy.
- Bond markets are recognizing this. There was a headline in the Financial Times today.
- markets are going to oh man, the bond markets are going to freak<02:44:49.040><c> out.
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- legislation directly impacts victims, especially those with mobility, medical, or trauma-related limitations
- In November of 2025, you guys might remember, the man who was arrested, released on a $2,500 bond, went
Committee:
Senate Judiciary C
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations Revised Apr 22nd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- President Trump has released some executive orders around research on this drug, which would be very limited
- increasing the financing caps, you'll see that the ODFA is oversubscribed, and so they're ready to put bonds
Summary:
The committee considered and advanced a series of bills, beginning with House Bill 3834, which creates a revolving fund at the Department of Health for ibogaine research. The author said the measure is limited to clinical trials, has support from several tribal nations, and would not have an immediate fiscal impact, though retirement-related costs were discussed as roughly $1 million based on prior estimates. HB 3834 passed 20-0. House Bill 3940, updating Oklahoma Military Department provisions, National Guard retirement benefits, and some Uniform Code of Military Justice language, also passed after questions about the same estimated retirement cost and the effect of changing the date for implementation; it passed 21-1.
Members then approved House Bill 4346, with an amendment aimed at addressing fraud concerns in agricultural sales tax exemptions. The bill would extend reciprocity to holders of ag sales tax exemption cards from Texas and other surrounding states, allowing them to use those exemptions in Oklahoma border communities. Opponents argued the change would place too much burden on retailers to verify out-of-state cards and could increase liability, but supporters said it would help rural businesses. The bill passed 17-4. House Bill 2947, allowing clinical interns and accredited behavioral health graduate programs to bill Medicaid for supervised services, passed 21-0, and House Bill 3257, extending state benefits for 100% disabled veterans to those similarly disabled due to negligence at a VA hospital, also passed 21-0.
The committee next passed House Bill 3264, which adds domestic abuse by strangulation to the list of 85% crimes. Supporters emphasized the seriousness of strangulation and its connection to later homicide risk, while questions focused on prison population growth and costs; the bill passed 21-0. House Bill 4326, dealing with Oklahoma Promise homeschool language and the definition of certified classroom personnel, was amended to remove unrelated T-SET restructuring language and then passed 19-2. House Bill 4421, “Leo’s Law,” which requires fentanyl testing in child welfare drug screens when fentanyl use is suspected, drew emotional testimony about a child’s death and had its fiscal estimate discussed as dropping from $125 million to about $16 million; it passed 22-0.
Finally, the committee approved House Bill 3944, a State Finance Act cleanup and modernization measure, after questions about reporting dates and public finance oversight, and House Bill 3979, which raises financing caps under the Oklahoma Economic Development Finance Pool, after an amendment to add an effective date and emergency clause; both passed 21-0. House Bill 4118, updating the family caregiver tax credit and raising the maximum credit while keeping the annual cap unchanged, passed 20-1. The meeting ended with thanks to members and staff and adjournment.
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
MS Senate Floor - 2 April, 2026; 10:00 AM
Mississippi Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Small Municipalities and Limited Population Counties Fund, $10 million.
- the last couple years where we've had some excess ability to do these projects and pay cash and not bond
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- This MOF is revised to be up to $142.2 million dollars, and they also have added that they will use bond
- extension of the contract through October of 2026, which will take the contract to its seven-year limit
Committee:
All ALC-REVIEW
Summary:
The committee first considered an $88,000 used tire program contract for District 4 with LTR Intermediate Holdings. Senators raised concerns that the tire district’s revised business plan had not yet been approved and that the contract could worsen cash flow before funding was confirmed. Questions were also raised about procurement language in the RFP that excluded bidders under corrective action plans. After discussion, a motion was made and approved to hold the contract until next month so the tire board could appear and answer questions.
Members then reviewed a large slate of methods of finance, alternative delivery projects, and discretionary grants. These included capital projects at ASU Mid-South, Arkansas Tech, Ozarka, UA Fayetteville, UA Little Rock, UAMS, and UCA; a new UCA multi-purpose arena project estimated at $75.5 million; and DHS and Department of Health grants for aging services, substance abuse prevention, mental health, nutrition, hearing-loss follow-up, HIV services, and rural hospital quality improvement. All of these items were reviewed without objection.
The committee also heard a ratification request from UAMS for a Family and Medical Leave Act outsourcing contract with FMLA Source. UAMS said an amendment had been prepared but never submitted for review, and payments continued after expiration; members expressed frustration and asked UAMS to review whether other contracts had similarly lapsed. The committee then reviewed numerous construction-related, intergovernmental, out-of-state, and in-state contracts, including airport economic impact study work, parking guidance technology at the University of Arkansas, veteran nursing services, and multiple DHS service contracts. Most items were reviewed without objection, and the meeting adjourned after reports of routine contract amendments and minor contracts were presented for information.
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- This MOF is revised to be up to $142.2 million, and they also have added that they will use bond proceeds
- extension of the contract through October of 2026, which will take the contract to its seven-year limit
Committee:
All ALC-REVIEW
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- instance, we had federal surplus helicopters that we've taken out of service because they're very limited
- We're also not sure how this language would correspond with the lien law and the bond laws that are already
Committee:
Senate Agriculture
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Agriculture received a presentation from Florida Forest Service Director Rick Dolan on the agency’s wildfire response, forest management, and emergency support roles. He described the service’s four regions and 14 districts, its year-round wildfire response, use of bulldozers, helicopters, and drones, and the current high fire danger due to drought conditions. Dolan also highlighted prescribed burning, fuels mitigation, state forest management, the pine seedling nursery, and the agency’s role in hurricane response and incident management. Members asked about equipment loans and whether more prescribed burning could reduce wildfire impacts; Dolan said Florida already leads the nation in prescribed fire and emphasized public education and fuels reduction.
The committee then considered and unanimously reported favorably Senate Bill 386, which creates a farm-equipment consumer protection process similar to a lemon law, allowing purchasers to seek repair or replacement of defective major farm equipment at no cost. The committee also took up Senate Bill 290, the Agriculture and Consumer Services omnibus bill. The bill would modernize fair association rules, preempt local bans on gas- and diesel-powered farm and landscape equipment, allow surplus of certain state-owned lands for bona fide agricultural use while excluding parks, forests, and wildlife lands, create a veterinary loan repayment program, make Farmers Feeding Florida permanent, expand Forest Service training opportunities, criminalize signal-jamming devices, increase penalties for CDL and English-proficiency exam cheating, restrict certain door-to-door solicitation, protect food safety inspectors, clarify biosolids rules, and add criminal and vendor-list penalties for contractors who fail to pay subcontractors. The committee adopted three amendments to align dates and technical language and to authorize native seed research and marketing through the Florida Wildlife Foundation. Testimony on SB 290 included support from several industry groups, concerns from the Home Builders Association about the new contractor-payment criminal penalties, and opposition from a citizen worried about the new surplus-land process for conservation lands. Despite concerns, CS/SB 290 was reported favorably.
Finally, the committee unanimously recommended confirmation of the appointees listed on tabs 4 and 5, and then adjourned.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- to you know build a bigger jail that's a that's a big tax bill right i mean because they got issue bond
- located, and that includes Texas. data that we can use to help estimate some of the costs, but that's a limited
Bills:
SB825
Committee:
Senate Border Security
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 03/04/26
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- And so this so uh with limited security.
- Currently, the limit is $10,000. We are asking to increase the limit to $20,000.
- Um, but we are limited in the data.
- </c> that's incurred over the $10,000 limit that's incurred over the $10,000 limit at<01:31:42.480><c
- What what are we Is there any limit?
Committee:
Senate Judiciary and Public Safety
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Energy and Natural Resources (04/15/2025)
Energy and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- um expansion potential at uh do limit um expansion potential at existing<00:59:01.520><c> landfills.
- Um, landfills are limited to pressure and time, and they're not causing the groundwater issues that we
- There's not a limit on that.
- Putting a limit on out-of-state trash is not a problem, said the Department of Justice.
- Well, and in aggregate, when you take all that together, [whether] a new landfill would be sited, and
Committee:
Senate Energy and Natural Resources
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 04/10/25
Environment, Climate, and Legacy
Transcript Highlights:
- Those years of fighting to extend the musky slot limit and then how much just it was painful now to hear
- Those years of fighting to extend the musky slot limit and then how much just it was painful now to hear
- </c><00:20:09.360><c> in</c><00:20:09.679><c> their</c> discharge limitations in their discharge limitations
- County, Dodge County, Dakota County to pass an ordinance after public notice and public hearing to limit
- Counties already have the authority to limit discharge of weapons under, uh, Chapter 477 or something
Committee:
Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- Witnesses are asked to limit their testimony to two minutes to ensure the committee is able to complete
- Witnesses are asked to limit their testimony to two minutes to ensure the committee is able to complete
- effective ways to achieve upward mobility, creating more opportunities and removing barriers that limit
- Additionally, private nonprofits are excluded from transfer entitlements, limiting opportunities for
- County offices of education are responsible for stewarding limited public resources.
Committee:
Senate Education
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 7 on Accountability and Oversight Apr 23rd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- We'll talk about and the limitations from that.
- The report does not limit the rights of childhood sexual assault survivors.
- Or limit in any way their remedies from public agencies, and of course the report wouldn't limit anyway
- But it doesn't make any recommendations to limit their rights or their remedies.
- There are also limits on each tranche of insurance.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- It permanently removes the cost for student station limits.
- We also put serving limits and packaging limits, both on edible, ingestible products at five per serving
- So we need to limit what they can ingest and what they can purchase.
- And that, Need to limit what they can ingest and what they can purchase.
- And here's the irony: the bill won't limit hemp retailers. It will limit the alcohol players.
Committee:
Senate Fiscal Policy
Summary:
The Committee on Fiscal Policy considered several bills and reported all of them favorably. SB 70-24, on state planning and budgeting, was presented as a modernization of the long-range planning program to simplify reporting, remove outdated measures, and focus on key data points and outcomes; it passed without opposition. CS/SB 166, on administrative efficiency in public schools, made broad changes to school accountability and operations, including lowering the stakes of certain student assessments, giving districts more flexibility on evaluations, contracts, certification, calendars, facilities, and VPK oversight. Two amendments were adopted: one clarifying that Title I funds may be used for STEM services, and another refining how advanced degrees count on salary schedules. The bill passed favorably after testimony both supporting and opposing the changes, with supporters emphasizing flexibility and opponents raising concerns about teacher evaluation and instructional practice.
CS/SB 164, on vessel accountability, was described as a measure to address derelict and at-risk vessels by improving owner identification, creating a free long-term anchoring permit program, increasing penalties, and authorizing grants for local governments in the FWC prevention program. It received support from marine industry groups and was reported favorably. CS/SB 472, on education and correctional facilities for licensed professions, would allow inmates to receive credit toward licensure for qualifying coursework; a strike-all amendment added coordination with DBPR and professional boards. The bill drew support from criminal justice, business, and policy groups and passed unanimously.
The committee spent the most time on CS/SB 438, on food and hemp products. Senator Burton and co-sponsor Senator Davis argued the bill was needed to regulate intoxicating hemp products, restrict child-appealing packaging and signage, ban synthetic hemp products, cap THC content in edibles and beverages, and require hemp beverages to be sold through alcohol-style distribution channels. Supporters, including alcohol distributors and some public safety advocates, said the bill would improve testing, labeling, and consumer protection. Opponents, including hemp retailers, farmers, and libertarian advocates, argued it would harm small businesses, reduce consumer choice, and push sales to the black market. After extensive debate, the bill was reported favorably. At the end of the meeting, senators requested to be recorded as voting in the affirmative on tab five, and the committee adjourned.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
WTL Public Hearing 03-14-2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Just a reminder, we ask that the testifiers stand on your written testimony as well, or limit the oral
- Just a reminder, we ask that the testifiers stand on your written testimony as well, or limit the oral
- So we believe that that is going to give some reassurance to folks that there will be a limit to the
- We currently have our own existing special fund, and we do have some concerns about issuing GEO bonds
- </c> some concerns about issuing Geo bonds some concerns about issuing Geo bonds but<00:43:15.599><c>
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on several water, land, and conservation measures. HB 86, which would fund a permanent DLNR Makai Watch coordinator position, drew strong support from DLNR and community advocates. Testifiers said the coordinator is needed to connect community-based nearshore monitoring groups with government, support training and reporting, and provide stable civil-service funding instead of relying on grants and philanthropy. The committee discussed the position’s duties and cost, estimated at about $110,000 with fringe benefits, and noted broad support from organizations including Kuaʻulu, The Nature Conservancy, OHA, and others.
HB 36, relating to state water code penalties, was also supported in principle by DLNR, but the agency proposed amendments to create two tiers of violations, distinguish first-time/non-harmful violations from repeat or harmful ones, and give the commission discretion on whether each day counts as a continuing violation. DLNR said the bill is intended to address egregious cases such as Red Hill while avoiding undue impact on small farmers and others without malicious intent. Testifiers from the Board of Water Supply, Lono Initiative, and others supported stronger penalties and transparency, while Earthjustice raised concerns about broader structural issues and the risk of penalties being applied unfairly.
The committee then heard HB 316, which appropriates funds to continue the Green Jobs Youth Corps program. DLNR, the Hawaiʻi State Energy Office, Kōkua, The Nature Conservancy, and other groups testified in support, describing the program as a workforce pipeline that places young professionals in communities, builds trust, and helps recruit future state employees. Supporters said the program has expanded capacity in watershed and reef management and has drawn extensive public backing.
Finally, HB 506, funding equipment for the Oʻahu branch of DOCARE, received support from DLNR and others. DOCARE said recent recruit classes are moving through training, that the new positions will expand patrol capacity, including nighttime enforcement, and that the Oʻahu-specific funding is tied to priorities such as the Māʻili Bay herbivore rules. The committee also began hearing HB 510 on water shortage and emergency declarations. DLNR proposed limiting shortage declarations to 90 days unless extended, capping groundwater reductions at 20% for lower-priority permits, removing climate-crisis language as a standalone criterion, and moving the process into rulemaking for more public input. The Board of Water Supply supported the bill and the proposed changes, while Earthjustice urged deferral absent broader Water Commission reforms. No votes or final actions were taken in the portion provided; the chair indicated the committee would be decision-making after the hearing on items on the agenda.
MN
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- district has built districts get that charters do not just as a frame of reference that's the that's bond
- money that's the bond that's not classroom money that's correct and then and then and then there's federal
- So bond money can only be used to pay for buildings, M&O.
- There's a limit to how much money is going into that, right, so that's not a system for every child.
Committee:
House Public Education
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Education Policy and Administration (01/30/2026)
Education Policy and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- long because we used to do, uh, we would, the state would kick in its portion over the life of the bond
- long because we used to do, uh, we would, the state would kick in its portion over the life of the bond
- long because we used to do, uh, we would, the state would kick in its portion over the life of the bond
- </c><04:06:56.160><c> for</c> sometimes seek out a municipal bond for sometimes seek out a municipal
- bond for parts<04:06:56.880><c> of</c><04:06:57.120><c> their</c><04:06:57.760><c> building</c><04:06
Committee:
House Education Policy and Administration