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FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Environment and Natural Resources Dec 2nd, 2025
Environment and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- Also requires a statewide study to evaluate how nature-based solutions can reduce flood risk, lower insurance
- premiums, and improve community ratings under the National Flood Insurance Program.
Committee:
Senate Environment and Natural Resources
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resources convened with a quorum present and took up SB 302 by Senator Garcia, which would promote nature-based solutions for coastal resilience. Garcia said the bill would direct DEP to adopt statewide guidelines, encourage local restoration projects through existing grant programs, streamline permitting for green and hybrid infrastructure, support workforce training, and require a study on flood-risk and insurance benefits. Senator Harrell asked about implementation, existing statutory authority, and possible fiscal impacts. The committee adopted an amendment clarifying that hybrid infrastructure need only combine green and gray elements, not prove superiority over either alone.
The committee heard supportive testimony on SB 302 from Katie Bauman of Surfrider Foundation, who said nature-based approaches such as dunes, wetlands, and mangroves are cost-effective and protective, and several organizations waived in support, including the Environmental Defense Fund of Florida, the Florida Shore and Beach Preservation Association, and 1,000 Friends of Florida. Senator Harrell said she supported the concept but remained concerned about the breadth of rulemaking and the fiscal implications of workforce funding. After closing remarks from Garcia, the committee voted to report CS for SB 302 favorably.
The remainder of the meeting consisted of informational presentations on land management. Brian Bradner of DEP reviewed Florida State Parks management, including prescribed fire, invasive species removal, hydrologic restoration, cultural resource preservation, visitor use, and budgeted land-management activities. Melissa Tucker of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission described wildlife management areas, emphasizing habitat restoration, wildlife monitoring, ranch infrastructure, public access, and the economic value of the system. Rick Dolan of the Florida Forest Service outlined state forest management funded through a $20 million appropriation, including road and facility work, recreation upgrades, invasive species control, reforestation, habitat restoration, prescribed burning, and boundary marking. Senators praised the agencies’ work and noted the ongoing cost of managing state lands. The committee then adjourned without further action.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Joint Legislative Budget Commission Sep 12th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- So after you do the shares, as we typically see them for insurance, for federal government, As we typically
- see them for insurance, for federal government, for what individual families bear out of pocket, the
Summary:
The Legislative Budget Commission met with a quorum present to hear the constitutionally required Long-Range Financial Outlook and consider a series of budget amendments. Amy Baker of the Office of Economic and Demographic Research presented the outlook, describing Florida’s continued population growth, strong wage growth, an aging population, housing-market softening, and low consumer sentiment. She said the general revenue forecast was largely unchanged from March, but the state’s funds available had improved because of legislative actions in 2025 that increased the balance forward. She also noted strong reserves, a projected current-year Medicaid deficit of about $125 million, and a three-year outlook that remains positive in the first year but turns negative in years two and three. She highlighted the risk of co-occurring catastrophic events, using a normalized Great Miami Hurricane scenario to illustrate potential state losses. The outlook was adopted after brief comments from House and Senate members emphasizing fiscal restraint and efficiency.
The commission then approved multiple budget amendments, mostly without objection. The Agency for Health Care Administration received amendments to realign funding for Florida KidCare based on estimating conference results, to provide $85 million in budget authority for disproportionate share hospital payments, and to adjust Medicaid and long-term care appropriations, including placing surplus funds into reserve. The Department of Health received $6.3 million in additional authority for newborn screening. The Department of Corrections and the Department of Management Services each received $2.2 million in Private Inmate Welfare Trust Fund authority for repair invoices and pending projects. The Department of State was authorized to release $2.5 million in nonrecurring general revenue for cultural and museum grants and America 250 commemorative grants. The Department of Transportation received approval for a project roll-forward and for work program changes, including advancing I-95 widening in Duval County and the I-4 corridor in Polk and Osceola counties. The meeting ended with a motion to adjourn.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Republican Media Availability following adjournment of 2025 session 5/19/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- One of the things that you know is going to be a little bit more contentious is that, um, insurance for
- It just stops Minnesota taxpayers from footing the bill for the insurance for that.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- However, a handful of intangible assets, such as the stock values of insurance companies and savings
- Well, like we noted, stock values of insurance companies and savings and loan associations.
Bills:
SB250 , SB375 , SB536 , SB845 , SB1633 , SB1944 , SB1957 , SB2081 , SB2137 , SB2262 , SB2299 , SB2419 , SB2452 , SB2522 , SB2549 , SB2594 , SB2605 , SB2631 , SB2639 , SB2675 , SB3029 , SJR60 , HB22 , HB1392 , HB2525 , HB22
Committee:
Senate Local Government
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Apr 2nd, 2025
Ways and Means Education
Transcript Highlights:
- allow taxpayers to claim a state income tax credit, a financial institution excise tax credit, an insurance
- you recall that this applies to state income tax credit, financial institution excise tax credit, insurance
Committee:
House Ways and Means Education
Keywords:
workers' compensation, public education, employee injury, insurance trust fund, on-the-job injury, administrative procedures, HB176, Alabama sales tax, use tax, sales and use tax exemption, optical aids, eyeglasses, contact lenses, prescription glasses, vision care, optometrist, ophthalmologist, optician, medical devices, local option tax exemption
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- prediction and adaptation and mitigation strategies, hopefully helping us with some discounts on insurance
- prediction and adaptation and mitigation strategies, hopefully helping us with some discounts on insurance
Committee:
Senate Rules
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Rules met with a quorum present and took up a series of bills, beginning with SB 108 on administrative procedures. That bill, as amended, would require agencies to review all rules on a five-year cycle, submit regulatory plans and annual reports, publish intended agency action within 90 days of new rulemaking authority, improve public access to incorporated materials, and streamline rule publication and correction procedures. After brief testimony from the Florida Bar’s Administrative Law Section and support from Americans for Prosperity and the James Madison Institute, the committee adopted two amendments and reported CS for SB 108 favorably.
The committee then approved several other measures, including the Senate veterans package (CS for CS for SB 116), which made technical changes and was supported by veterans and advocacy groups; SB 118 on presidential libraries, which preempts local barriers while preserving state and federal law and building codes; CS for SB 126 allowing mail distribution of prescription hearing aids after a Florida-licensed professional examination; CS for SB 150, “Trooper’s Law,” making it a third-degree felony to abandon restrained animals during declared disasters; SB 294 limiting collaborative pharmacy practice expansion for complex cardiac conditions; SM 314 urging Congress to increase Florida National Guard force structure; CS for SB 322 creating a nonjudicial process to remove unauthorized persons from commercial property; CS for SB 348 on ethics, addressing false military rank claims and delinquent ethics fines; SB 356 designating January 27 as Holocaust Remembrance Day; CS for SB 160 expanding CPA licensure pathways and clarifying administrative outsourcing; and CS for SB 50 promoting nature-based coastal resilience measures. Most of these bills received supportive testimony and were reported favorably.
The committee also considered and reported favorably the annual reviser bills SB 36, SB 38, SB 40, and SB 42, which adopt the 2025 Florida Statutes, conform statutory names, remove expired provisions, and clean up obsolete language and cross-references. Throughout the meeting, members asked questions on a few bills, but no roll-call votes were recorded as opposed; each measure was approved and reported favorably. At the end of the meeting, senators requested that a few missed affirmative votes be recorded, and the committee adjourned without objection.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- As an insurable item. Thank you. The earlier we know, the more we can do. Technology has changed.
- Last session and expanded that law to include all tests for the purpose of. detection as an insurable
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Agriculture Feb 18th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- THEY ARE GOOD AND THEY HAVE BEEN USED EFFECTIVELY ON WATERMELON AND THEIR USE AS AN INSURANCE POLICY
- THEY USE THEM AS INSURANCE POLICIES BUT IT'S EVEN MORE COMPLEX THAN THAT BECAUSE OF THE SCIENCE OF INTEGRATED
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Agriculture, Acequias And Water Resources Feb 4th, 2025
House Agriculture, Acequias And Water Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- If that was the case, if that's the case today, how do we insure our crops?
- And then not get a production, well then it would kick it out of ag status, and we couldn't insure the
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, April 21, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Costs for everything are going up: health insurance, car insurance, appliances, gasoline, you name it
- ,</c> insurance, car insurance, appliances, insurance, car insurance, appliances, gasoline, gasoline,
- Groceries, medicine, car insurance, health insurance, you name it, it's all gone up.
- Groceries, medicine, car insurance, health insurance, you name it, it's all gone up.
- , medicine, car insurance, Groceries, medicine, car insurance, health<06:27:45.200><c> insurance,</c>
Keywords:
H.Res. 1202, HR1202, House resolution, committee assignment, standing committee, House Committee on Homeland Security, Homeland Security Committee, committee membership, committee ranking, seniority, Ms. Mejia, Mr. Walkinshaw, House organization, procedural resolution, internal House rules, congressional committee, hydropower, construction, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, license extension
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, April 28, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It says FICA, federal insurance contribution. You have paid for this benefit.
- It says FICA, federal insurance contribution. You have paid for this benefit.
- </c> FICA federal insurance contribution. FICA federal insurance contribution.
- But what about those among us insurance.
- insurance program for people with limited incomes.
Bills:
SB146 , HR973 , HR859 , HR906 , HB2449 , HB2399 , HR866 , HB2482 , HB2444 , HB2458 , HB1721 , HB2480 , HB1479 , HB1442 , HR1402 , HR617 , HR452
Keywords:
nonconsensual, visual depictions, digital forgery, intimate content, online platforms, privacy, protection, harm prevention, John F. Kennedy Center, Donald J. Trump, Federal arts funding, memorial designation, cultural institutions, Congressional authority, public arts programs, Hampden-Sydney College, anniversary, higher education, civic responsibility, liberal arts
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (01/14/2025)
Science, Technology and Energy
Committee:
House Science, Technology and Energy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - Part 2 - 03/24/26
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Child care as a field is experiencing a major insurance crisis with very few insurers left on a national
- scale even willing to insure child care providers. budget.
- crisis with very few major insurance crisis with very few insurers<03:11:40.400><c> left</c><03:11:40.720
- Child care as a field is experiencing a major insurance crisis, with very few insurers left on a national
- scale even willing to insure child care providers.
Committee:
Senate Health and Human Services
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- where there's an only um a insurance where there's an only um a narrow<01:37:12.639><c> open</c><01:
- Moreover, I think in terms of we're really running like an insurance company, and to not know that we
- </c> we're really running like an insurance we're really running like an insurance company<01:43:12.320
- So, um, did the House take into account that there's probably going to be extra insurance premium tax
- Insurance does have available to them.
Committee:
Senate Finance
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 069 Mar 24th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> division of insurance. division of insurance.
- </c> insurance, American Indian affairs. insurance, American Indian affairs.
- The Colorado Health Insurance Exchange Oversight Committee.
- So it came down to the insurance carriers would give the normal electronic notice they do twice.
- </c><03:11:43.760><c> carriers</c> came down to the insurance carriers came down to the insurance carriers
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session Mar 9th, 2026 at 05:40 pm
Washington House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I can tell you that my insurance has gone up, my property taxes have gone up, my electricity has gone
- There are insurance agents that make pieces of money off of a transaction fee.
- And so, on top of all the increases in insurance, in regulations, document recording, property tax, on
- my district to find a primary care provider who's taking any insurance, let alone patients who are on
- High-risk pool insurance for their kids.
Keywords:
behavioral health, emergency services, health insurance, provider access, mental health funding, premium assistance, funding, healthcare, subsidies, juice grapes, agriculture, commerce, state regulation, market access, fire safety, insurance incentives, best practices, community protection, voluntary measures, mortgage modification
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations - Room 210; 21 January, 2026: 1:30 PM
Appropriations
Transcript Highlights:
- The biggest part of it is our flood insurance, National Flood Insurance Program.
- By virtue of that, they get a discounted flood insurance rate.
- Even though insurance doesn't pay for cleanup, as we know, other than $500. insured but yet they have
- a ding on them insured but yet they have a ding on them when<01:27:01.840><c> it</c><01:27:02.080><c
- </c> you got this many insured you got this many insured so<01:27:10.800><c> we're</c><01:27:11.040><
Committee:
Joint Appropriations
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee 5/5/25
Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- And we had unemployment insurance in here from DEED, and it was interesting that presentation.
- in here from deed unemployment insurance in here from deed and<01:23:30.560><c> it</c><01:23:30.800>
- So, unemployment insurance, number.
- So, unemployment insurance, which<01:24:19.760><c> of</c><01:24:19.920><c> course</c><01:24:20.080><c
- </c> money out of unemployment insurance money out of unemployment insurance fraudulently.<01:24:32.880
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
MS Senate Floor - 12 March, 2026; 10:00 AM
Mississippi Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Also included were PERS, the PERS increase, and health insurance costs. With that, Mr.
- Also included were PERS, the PERS increase, and health insurance costs. With that, Mr.
- obesity management, remote patient monitoring, cancer screenings for individuals without health insurance
- obesity management, remote patient monitoring, cancer screenings for individuals without health insurance
- House Bill 1911 is the Department of Insurance. Senate action was $42,252,776.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 3/10/26
Public Safety Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Our homeowners insurance was denied coverage because the residue was considered a pollutant.
- Our homeowners insurance was denied coverage because the residue was considered a pollutant.
- Our homeowners insurance remediation.
- Our homeowners insurance was<00:12:55.040><c> denied</c><00:12:55.519><c> coverage</c><00:12:55.920><
- And then to deal with the insurance issues, there's a separate bill in the Commerce Committee.
Committee:
House Public Safety Finance and Policy