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FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
FL House Floor Session - 2026-01-14 (4:00PM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The bill requires SFOs to return funds as a result of audit findings.
- and require them to establish user-friendly operating...
- Performance requirements and require them to establish user-friendly operating procedures.
- That's the essence of the business plan that would be required. Senator Davis.
- That's the essence of the business plan that would be required. Senator Davis.
Summary:
The Senate convened with a prayer, pledge, and several recognitions, including Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority’s Founders’ Day, a visiting debate student, and later Palm Beach County Day at the Capitol. The chamber then took up committee reports and confirmed a slate of 52 executive appointments by a 39-0 vote.
On special order, senators considered SB 250 on rural communities. The bill, described as a “Rural Renaissance” package, would create an Office of Rural Prosperity, establish a Renaissance Grant Program, increase housing and transportation support, and direct new funding to rural education and health care. Two amendments were adopted to update rural health funding and hospital estimates. Members from both parties spoke in support, while raising questions about eligibility and access to grants for certain rural areas. The bill passed 39-0.
The Senate then debated CS/SB 318 on educational scholarship programs. The bill responds to Auditor General concerns by separating scholarship funding from public-school funding, requiring student identification and enrollment verification, reducing administrative fees for scholarship funding organizations, tightening payment and audit procedures, and creating a stabilization fund for scholarships. Three amendments were adopted to remove a district declining-enrollment provision from the bill, adjust private-school documentation timing, and clarify withdrawal form and parent-attestation procedures. Senators from both parties supported the measure while noting concerns about oversight, school quality, and future conforming legislation. The bill passed 38-0, and both SB 250 and CS/SB 318 were certified to the House before adjournment.
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Licensing & Administrative Procedures May 6th, 2025
Licensing & Administrative Procedures
Transcript Highlights:
- If you require assistance in registering or testifying, please contact committee staff.
- Remember, this is Representative King's bill relating to elevator inspection requirements in buildings
- This bill will also require that all staff be trained in basic water rescue and first aid.
- TABC has a training course that they require. It's good for 2 years.
- SB 1184 addresses this limitation by lowering the age requirement from 20 years to 10 years.
Bills:
SB 28
Committee:
House Licensing & Administrative Procedures
Keywords:
groundwater, groundwater conservation district, Water Code, Water Development Board, modeled available groundwater, aquifer, water permit, groundwater transfer, export groundwater, out-of-district transfer, management area, desired future conditions, well permit, retail public utility, potable water, emergency interconnect, subsidiary, controlled entity, aquifer management, water resources
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- If you require assistance registering, please reach out for help. Minutes per witness.
- Members, this is Representative Van Deaver's bill requiring a guide for solar devices.
- I do think we found a way that is literally not requiring them to do anything extra.
- We require them to...
- And so any change in the view corridors requires approval by the legislature.
Bills:
HB246 , HB796 , HB 1056 , HB1544 , HB1846 , HB2001 , HB2618 , HB2625 , HB2869 , HB2898 , HB3069 , HB3114 , HB3157 , HB3228 , HJR98 , HB246
Committee:
House State Affairs
Keywords:
federal directives, state authority, Tenth Amendment, government enforcement, local governance, gold standard, legal tender, currency, transactional currency, financial transactions, electronic payment systems, state finance, regulatory compliance, electric trucks, charging infrastructure, advisory council, transportation, sustainability, criminal penalties, official information
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Feb 11th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- He may not necessarily have the previously required bachelor's degree, including those with military
- And I would also say the enhanced minimum requirements and changing the requirements or enhancing the
- They require intensive support and services to meet their needs.
- Sometimes requiring one on one or 2 on one staff to child ratios.
- Those who did not qualify or do not require inpatient psychiatric treatment, but require more intensive
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- state or the federal government, we were not going to require it.
- Again, the requirements must be met.
- We have a state requirement.
- We've updated graduation requirements.
- I don't, the NAEP test would not satisfy the requirements.
Committee:
Senate Education
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Agenda Jan 22nd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- And these bold states do not have owner-occupancy requirements that would require the property owner
- When the requirement for two staircases was adopted, apartment construction was much less safe than it
- But in light of these safety improvements, some of the previous requirements in the code have not been
- That would require state action.
- Their lot size requirement was reduced from 5,000 square feet, which is already pretty small, down to
Summary:
The Local Government and Taxation Committee met on January 22, 2026, to hear presentations on housing affordability and supply. Emily Hamilton of the Mercatus Center discussed how zoning and building code reforms in places like Minneapolis, Buffalo, Houston, Montana, and other cities have increased housing supply and moderated rent growth. She emphasized that reducing parking requirements, legalizing accessory dwelling units, allowing smaller lots and more flexible density, and revisiting building code rules such as single-stair apartment limits and residential code thresholds can lower construction costs. She also said ADU reforms tend to have gradual, neighborhood-level impacts and that new housing can be fiscally neutral or beneficial when local costs are properly matched to development.
Committee members asked about local government concerns, including infrastructure, parking, neighborhood character, and the fiscal effects of density. Hamilton said permit fees should reflect actual service costs, that parking reform should be paired with street-parking management, and that infill development often shares existing infrastructure efficiently. She also said more housing supply would reduce scarcity that can attract large institutional investors. Members discussed Idaho’s housing shortage, with Hamilton citing a roughly six-to-one ratio of median home price to median income in Idaho, compared with about three-to-one in Houston.
Chris Cargill and Maddie Clark of Mountain States Policy Center presented Idaho poll results and housing supply data. They reported strong public concern about affordability, broad support for allowing smaller homes and ADUs, and substantial support for permit “shot clock” deadlines, while support for duplexes, triplexes, and quadplexes was more mixed. Clark described housing as an “attainability” problem driven by both limited supply and incomes that have not kept pace, and argued for streamlining regulation, expanding land availability, avoiding policies that favor one housing type over another, and improving demand-side conditions through economic growth. No votes were taken, and the meeting ended after the chair noted that housing proposals would likely come before the committee later in the session.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- The bill requires... ...holding large sums of taxpayer money in their own accounts.
- The bill requires SFOs to return funds as a result of audit findings.
- and require them to establish user-friendly operating... ...performance requirements and require them
- Or organization, and then establish a specific contract with performance requirements.
- That's the essence of the business plan that would be required. Senator Davis.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- First, it requires all voting equipment to be kept in a locked room. Controlled access.
- Then, the registrars will be required to submit monthly reports to the Secretary of State.
- And then Additionally, hash validation is required on all of those components.
- We required the parts to be posted on the county website in a timely manner.
- The bill also adds a requirement to test the electronic poll books.
Committee:
House Elections
Keywords:
Texas elections, Election Code, uniform election date, November election, local elections, political subdivisions, general election date, election administration, municipal utility district, county elections, local government, ballot scheduling, candidate filing, voter turnout, election calendar, HB 3097, early voting, electronic application, mail-in ballot, voting accessibility
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Licensing and Occupations (3-27-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- The U.S. health care system is different; that's a needed requirement.
- Does anything in here add additional training requirements to become a physical therapist?
- Does anything in here reduce the amount of training required to become a physical therapist?
- We're just allowing the board to have that out if they undergo requires at least three to six months
- And one of the other requirements is if you are doing an out-of-state supervised practice, it requires
Summary:
The Senate Standing Committee on Licensing and Occupations met on March 27, 2025, with a quorum present and first took up House Bill 255, relating to physical therapy. The bill sponsor and representatives of the Kentucky Board of Physical Therapy and APTA Kentucky said the measure is mainly a cleanup and modernization bill that updates outdated statutory language, changes PTAs from “certified” to “licensed,” gives the board authority to purchase liability insurance, moves fee and fine caps into regulation without changing current fees, renames temporary permits as provisional licenses, and creates a pathway to more easily recognize some internationally trained physical therapists already practicing in other states. Senators asked whether the bill changed training, scope of practice, Medicaid, or supervised practice standards; witnesses said it did not, and that supervised practice requirements remain in place with out-of-state practice accepted only when equivalent or more stringent. The committee approved HB 255 with favorable expression.
The committee then considered House Bill 618, an alcoholic beverages measure with a Senate committee substitute. The bill was described as having three parts: allowing restaurants to buy limited quantities of alcohol from retail outlets to meet customer demand while keeping the three-tier system intact and requiring quarterly reporting; creating a temporary auctioneer license to auction previously retail-sold alcohol in original packaging, such as estate or bourbon collections; and giving quota bar license holders the same opportunity restaurants already have to sell barrel picks by the bottle. Testimony supported the bill as a way to help restaurants, auctioneers, and bars, while a senator raised a question about sales tax on auction sales and another noted that nonprofit or church-related alcohol auctions already require permits under existing law. One senator suggested future guardrails to encourage local purchasing, but no amendment was adopted. The committee passed HB 618 with favorable expression.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
March 24, 2025 - 04:00 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- Currently, a paper supervised protocol is required to be signed off by a physician in order for a CRNA
- So currently, CRNAs are required to have malpractice insurance; the physicians are not. Follow-up?
- Should this pass, CRNAs wouldn't be required to have a written protocol in place.
- Second, it requires emergency departments to conduct training on the policies and procedures.
- Therapies that require early identification to work.
Summary:
The Health and Human Services Committee heard a lengthy agenda of health care and public health bills. The first major item was HB 649, which would remove the paper supervision protocol for certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) and allow autonomous practice. The sponsor and supporters argued it would improve access, especially in rural areas, address workforce shortages, and reduce costs, while opponents from the medical community raised patient safety concerns and argued it would weaken physician oversight. After extensive testimony and debate, the committee reported the bill favorably by a vote of 18-7.
The committee then unanimously advanced several other measures. HB 259, creating a special observance for fentanyl awareness and education, passed 23-0. HB 791, which codifies infant safety devices as an option for surrendering newborns and amends safe-haven law, passed as amended 25-0. HB 355, allowing schools to use FDA-approved emergency opioid antagonists rather than only naloxone, passed 26-0. HB 1119, requiring hospitals with emergency departments to adopt pediatric readiness policies, training, coordination, and assessment requirements, also passed 26-0 after two amendments. HB 431, changing the date for level-two background screening of athletic coaches to July 1, 2026, passed 26-0.
Later, the committee approved CS for HB 907, the Florida Institute for Pediatric Rare Diseases or “Sunshine Genetics Act,” which would establish an opt-in newborn genome sequencing program at FSU and a statewide consortium for rare disease research; supporters emphasized earlier diagnosis and cost savings, and the bill passed 25-0. CS for HB 519, aligning state law with federal law on controlled substances for paramedics, passed 25-0. Finally, CS for HB 723, requiring the Department of Health to provide early-detection materials for type 1 diabetes to families of young schoolchildren, passed as amended 26-0. The meeting adjourned after all bills were reported favorably.
PA
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill provides requirements for equine sold by a dealer. Will the House agree?
- We might only be talking about cents here, but I think under no circumstances should you be required
- It must be substantially equivalent to our requirements, Pennsylvania's background check requirements
- , and all the other requirements we have here in the Commonwealth.
- It requires us to pass a bill, and to date we have run zero bills. It requires us to pass a bill.
Summary:
The House convened, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, welcomed numerous guests and interns to the chamber, and established a quorum with 202 members voting on the master roll call. The House then received committee reports on several bills and a resolution, including measures from Consumer Protection, Finance, Communications and Technology, Rules, and Appropriations, and agreed to the reports. House Bill 1877 was reported as passed by the Senate without amendment and was signed by the Speaker for presentation to the Governor.
The chamber adopted House Resolution 363, as amended, directing the Joint State Government Commission to study Pennsylvania’s early childhood education system, including the role of public and private equity in child care and recommendations to improve access and affordability. The House also advanced several bills on final passage, including House Bills 2551, 75, 76, 426, 1127, 2234, and 1585. These measures addressed issues such as banning government text-message collection of fees and tolls, medical licensing for physician assistants and physicians, native habitats at Commonwealth facilities, joining the dental and dental hygienist compact, a spent grain donation tax credit, and restrictions on mugshot removal fees. Most passed with broad support, though House Bill 1127 drew opposition over concerns about licensing standards and the compact structure.
Members also considered House Bill 2650, creating the Governor’s Responsible Infrastructure Development Certification for data centers, and House Bill 2496, establishing a temporary pause on data center proposals while local ordinances are reviewed. Both bills were amended several times. Debate on HB 2650 focused on data center impacts on electricity costs, water use, noise, community benefit agreements, and farmland protection; one farmland-protection amendment was tabled, while other amendments on closed-loop cooling and enforceable local criteria were adopted. Debate on HB 2496 centered on preserving local control and home rule authority for municipalities, with amendments clarifying that local governments could continue curative amendment procedures and retain zoning powers. The House agreed to both bills as amended.
The House also re-reported several bills from Appropriations and Rules, reconsidered and re-accepted a prior committee report on House Bill 2359, and announced caucus and committee meetings. At the end of the session, the House moved several bills to Appropriations, removed Senate Bill 1058 from the table calendar to the active calendar, and adjourned until Wednesday, June 24, 2026, at 11 a.m., unless recalled sooner.
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Louisiana Public Defender Oversight Board Jun 18th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- The division administration requires it. The state requires it.
- The division administration requires it. The state requires it.
- The state requires it.
- that were required to do by the state, us taking it.
- we were required to do by the state, us taking it over.
Summary:
The Louisiana Public Defender Oversight Board met on June 18, 2026, established a quorum, and adopted the agenda. Public comment took up most of the meeting, with numerous district defenders and chief defenders speaking in support of State Public Defender Remy Starns. Speakers from several districts said the system is more unified, communication with the state office has improved, and local offices feel better supported than in the past. Several also credited Starns with visiting districts, helping with local issues, and improving coordination on capital and non-capital work. One speaker, Richard Thompson, emphasized Starns’ background and training under Sam Dalton, and another noted that a recent staffing decision in St. John the Baptist Parish ultimately proved beneficial for mentorship and resource sharing.
Starns then gave his state public defender report. He said the system has improved over the last seven years and argued that public defense still needs a stable, renewable funding source comparable to other parts of the criminal justice system. He discussed legislative changes affecting public defense, including a cleanup bill, a law eliminating filing fees for writs and appeals, and a new procedure related to expert-fee claims after a recent Louisiana Supreme Court decision. He also described ongoing efforts to integrate capital and post-conviction work into district offices, expand the laws/writs program, and use local and state resources more efficiently. He thanked the board, the Public Defenders Association, and the late Mike Ginnart, whom he praised for his leadership and service.
The board then considered and adopted proposed bylaws. Members discussed the need for a vice chair and a secretary, the role of special committees, and whether committee meetings should be public and limited to less than a quorum. The bylaws were adopted with the understanding that a committee would review and refine them later; volunteers were named for that committee. The board then elected a vice chair and designated the Office of the Public Defender, with staff assistance, as secretary for recordkeeping. Finally, the board heard a presentation on the strategic plan, which was described as largely unchanged from FY25 except for updates to reflect current law, accessibility requirements, training, compliance, and communication goals. The strategic plan was adopted by resolution, and the meeting adjourned.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- and under the Administrative Procedure Act that is what is required.
- I can only speak to what is required by law, and under the APA, that is what is required. Chairman.
- But, again, that's what the APA requires.
- It is a relatively new requirement.” Ms.
- It removes the requirement to obtain experience at a specific system classification.
Committee:
Senate Health and Welfare
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- in state law and it's not required in federal law, we're not going to ask you to do it.
- And so we spent our summer last year and into the fall going through all of those requirements.
- Requirements.
- What are things that the federal government is requiring us to do, whether it's reporting...
- So the federal government doesn't require that we test K-1-2, and our state requirement is K-1-2-3.
Committee:
House Education
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Civil Rights & Judiciary Jan 23rd, 2026 at 10:30 am
Civil Rights & Judiciary
Transcript Highlights:
- Interments in a family burial ground may be made by persons who are not required to be related to each
- Helena, I am curious: if I buy property owned by family X that has a burial ground, am I required after
- Am I required after I acquire the property to honor their barrier ground?
- So the bill does require the property owner to notify.
- Seventh, the original bill required is expanded to include roadway shoulders.
Committee:
House Civil Rights & Judiciary
Keywords:
interment, location choices, remains, Washingtonians, funeral services, condominium, housing, warranty, property rights, construction, public safety, vulnerable users, pedestrians, protected classes, transportation, corporate filings, secretary of state, business entity filings, annual reports, foreign corporation
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Pensions, Investments & Financial Services May 5th, 2025
Pensions, Investments & Financial Services
Transcript Highlights:
- If you require assistance in registering or testifying, please contact the committee staff.
- Members, this requirement may have at one point been aimed at consumer protection.
- In Texas, there is no location requirement to close on a home.
- Uh, accordingly, there should be no location requirement to close on a home equity loan.
- I just, I have, um, I just, what are debt collectors already required to do?
Bills:
HJR40
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Transportation Apr 1st, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- It creates a costly unfunded mandate because it requires local governments to cover the full expense
- And I want to look at the language as it pertains to us in the requiring local governments, requiring
- So why do local... ...governments require these now? Mr. Chairman, thank you.
- apply and to install the appropriate signage advising motorists of these requirements.
- Appointees are not required to be in attendance.
Summary:
The Transportation Committee took up several bills and amendments related to traffic safety, utilities, schools, and motor vehicle administration. Senator Pizzo’s SB 1782, as amended, expanded reckless driving per se to include certain high-speed behaviors; the late amendment removed impound language but kept mandatory court appearance, and the bill was reported favorably. Senator McLean’s SB 818 on utility relocation was amended to include an important state interest finding; after testimony from county groups opposing the cost shift to local governments and Charter Communications supporting the bill, it was also reported favorably.
The committee also approved SB 1644 on emergency vehicles, after a delete-all amendment broadened warning-signal use for volunteer firefighters, medical staff, and related vehicles. Senator Trumbull’s SB 1348 on DHSMV services was amended to streamline local delivery of motor vehicle services and remove certain fines, waiting periods, and CDL retesting provisions; it passed favorably with support from Florida Tax Collectors. Senator McLean’s SB 1188 on local governing authorities and charter schools drew the most debate, with supporters arguing local governments were using traffic and site-plan rules to block charter schools and opponents warning the bill would tie the hands of local governments and create a blanket preemption; it was reported favorably.
The committee then passed SB 636, which limits use of the far-left lane on high-speed roads except for passing, exiting, move-over compliance, or traffic conditions, and requires FDOT signage. Senator Arrington’s SB 1152 increased the Florida Wildflower specialty plate fee from $15 to $25 to raise more money for wildflower research and habitat programs; it was reported favorably. Finally, the committee unanimously recommended confirmation of multiple appointments to the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority, Central Florida Expressway Authority, Jacksonville Port Authority, Jacksonville Transportation Authority, and Florida Transportation Commission, and then adjourned.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Mar 4th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- No filing fee or attorney representation required in 2021, the law was improved with help of the elder
- This bill addresses the strain on the child welfare workforce by requiring DCF to run a CPI and case
- Additionally, the bill requires DCF to convene a case management workforce work group.
- The bill also requires DCF to contract for a bed capacity study for residential treatment.
- Every lead agency is actually required to be.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Public Service Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Public Service
Transcript Highlights:
- unique certifications, trade knowledge, ...technical and diverse roles, many of which require unique
- On paper, this looks like a small change, shifting requirements from two years to one. ...looks like
- a small change, shifting requirements from two years to one year of cadet service before appointment.
- I'm here today to support Bill 2995, an act to amend the training requirement for the fire department
- She would now be required to pay that $720.
Committee:
Joint Joint Committee on Public Service
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Public Service heard testimony on a wide range of bills affecting public employees, retirees, and public safety personnel. Early testimony focused on House Bill 2859, which would make Massachusetts Department of Correction industrial instructors permanent civil service employees after years of provisional status, and House Bill 2995, which would reduce the Boston Fire Cadet Program service requirement from two years to one year. Supporters of the Boston fire cadet bill argued it would improve equity, expand opportunities for Boston residents, and help diversify the Boston Fire Department; committee members asked about the current makeup of academy classes and the effect of a hybrid model, and the Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association was described as neutral on a separate age-related police bill.
The committee also heard several proposals related to post-retirement earnings and civil service rules for police and fire retirees. Testimony supported bills including H. 2903 and H. 2966, which would loosen earnings limits for retired public safety workers returning to work, and related measures affecting civil service exemptions and professional services for retirement boards. Speakers argued the current limits are confusing, discourage experienced workers from filling needed municipal jobs, and can create safety issues on public works and construction sites. One witness from Worcester Police supported raising the police academy age limit from 32 to 39 to improve recruitment, especially in BIPOC communities, while Boston City Councilor Gabriela Coletta Zapata supported a separate bill to raise the Boston Police Academy age cap from 39 to 45.
A substantial portion of the hearing was devoted to H. 2812 and S. 1817, which would increase the pension COLA base from $13,000 to $18,000 and freeze certain retiree health insurance contribution rates, with additional testimony about capping out-of-pocket health costs for some retirees. Educators and union representatives said the current COLA structure has eroded pension value and leaves retirees struggling with rising costs, while one witness described long delays and confusion in navigating retiree health coverage. The committee took no substantive votes on the bills during the hearing and adjourned after hearing all testimony.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Members, I just want to make sure everyone knows that this would require the Secretary of State, who
- Expands the Arizona State Land Department's cataloging requirements far beyond national monuments.
- It requires hyper-deafirm. requirements far beyond national monuments.
- This is completely voluntary and also requires the parents to sign off on it.
- This is completely voluntary and also requires the parents to sign off on it.