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FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Ethics and Elections Feb 23rd, 2026

Ethics and Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • But I'd like to pursue, if I could, the value-based payment arrangements that you're working on.
  • So yes, our focus and goal there is to move away from volume-based billing and move towards high-value
  • And so I am voting on this nomination based on the time that I've been a senator to now.
  • I'm voting for this confirmation based on personal and professional interaction.
  • Conversation you had earlier about the value-based approach to health care.
Summary: The committee met to consider a large slate of appointments, with the main discussion centered on the confirmation of Chavon Harris as Secretary of the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA). Harris testified about her background in state service and outlined agency priorities including Medicaid financial accountability, transparency, managed care oversight, behavioral health redesign, rural health access, workforce recruitment, and use of technology and AI. Senators questioned her extensively about the Hope Florida/Medicaid settlement controversy, opioid settlement-funded advertising campaigns tied to marijuana prevention and the 2024 Amendment 3 election, public records compliance, abortion reporting and enforcement under the Heartbeat Protection Act, managed care denials, value-based purchasing, and Medicaid funding pressures. After debate, the committee voted to recommend her confirmation, with Senator Polsky voting no. The committee then considered Anna Ortega and Robert Payne for the Florida Public Service Commission. Ortega, a current PSC commissioner and former staff advisor, discussed utility regulation, data center load issues, ratepayer protections, transparency in PSC decisions, and lessons from other states. Payne, a former legislator and longtime utility co-op employee, emphasized his technical background and the need to balance utility returns with consumer affordability. Both nominees were confirmed by unanimous or near-unanimous votes and recommended favorably to the full Senate. Next, the committee heard from Jeffrey Aaron for reappointment to the Public Employees Relations Commission. Aaron described PERC’s role in public-sector labor disputes and said his work had been upheld in appellate courts without reversal. Senators questioned him about his law firm’s state contracts, his role as chairman of Attorney General James Uthmeier’s PAC, and his connection to the Hope Florida Foundation matter; he declined to discuss the pending investigation. Public testimony included opposition from Florida Voice for the Unborn. The committee nevertheless recommended his confirmation, with several no votes. Finally, the committee approved the remaining appointees on tabs 5 through 46 in a single vote, postponing Dr. John Littell and DCF Secretary Hatch, and then adjourned.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Ways & Means Mar 9th, 2026 at 10:00 am

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • So it's not a great system, but it's the system we have, and it's entity-based. So I... thank you.
  • The WCC base subsidy rates must achieve the 85th percentile of market, and these base rates are adjusted
  • to a prospective enrollment-based system.
  • Substitute House Bill 2689 modifies the attendance-based reimbursement.
  • And so it would be effectively changing the rules of the game in the middle of the game because we can't
Bills: HB2487
Committee: Senate Ways & Means
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • I want to thank him for bringing this bill because based on last Friday night at an auction, we're My
  • community members find their children who never came home. seeing children that I see at the football games
  • and the soccer games, including the soccer games my daughter played. from seventh grade all the way
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Chamber Meeting Feb 13th, 2026

New Mexico House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Transplant Games.
  • Transplant Games.
  • Arizona, they are paid a base of $24,000, which was previously amended in 1999, so that amount was based
  • We have in South Dakota $16,000 base salary.
  • And everywhere I've worked, salaries were based on performance.
Bills: HB145 , HB164 , HJR6 , HR1 , HB20 , HB65 , HB66 , HB80 , HB166 , HB295 , HB306 , SB29 , SB37 , HB99 , HB206 , HB213 , HB270 , HJR5 , SB104 , SB193 , HJM2 , HJM3 , HJM1 , HM7 , HM17 , HM4 , HM22 , HM23 , HM24 , HM26 , HM2 , HM16 , HM32 , HM13 , HM47 , HM20 , HM51 , HM1 , HM31 , HM35 , HM36 , HM46 , HM53 , HM54 , HM39 , HM11 , HM14 , HM21 , HM34 , HM50
Summary: The House of Representatives held an African-American Day celebration recognizing the second Friday in February as required by state statute and honoring the contributions of African Americans in New Mexico and nationally. The program included the national anthem, “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” the Pledge of Allegiance, an invocation, and remarks from Representative Janelle Anyanoru and others. A central feature was recognition of the “Talented 10,” ten African American women leaders in New Mexico, including officials and community leaders in city government, education, the judiciary, business, and public service. The chamber also recognized numerous guests and community leaders, including Senator Harold Pope, the first African American elected to the New Mexico Senate, and concluded the celebration with a musical performance and closing remarks about diversity and inclusion. After the celebration, the House moved into announcements and then messages and committee reports. Members recognized guests and community efforts, including organ donation awareness, the New Mexico Community Foundation, and a Beclavito Chapter House delegation. The House received a Senate message transmitting Senate Finance Committee substitute for Senate Bill 241, the Child Care Assistance Program Act, which was referred to the House Appropriations and Finance Committee. Several committee reports were adopted, including House Bill 132, House Bill 199 via a committee substitute, Senate Bills 38, 101, and 58 as amended, House Bill 38 via a committee substitute, House Memorial 59, House Bill 256, House Memorial 43, Senate Bill 64 as amended, House Bill 93, House Bill 254 as amended, and House Memorial 29. The chamber then began third reading debate on House Joint Resolution 5, a proposed constitutional amendment to provide legislative compensation tied to New Mexico’s median household income. Supporters argued it would modernize the legislature, broaden access to working people, and improve accountability; opponents questioned the timing, amount, and fairness of paying legislators while many constituents struggle economically. The debate continued with no final vote shown in the transcript excerpt.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health Finance and Policy Committee 1/22/25

Health Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • We are the throbbing heart of any community, open 24/7 with our mission-based, not-for-profit service
  • We are the throbbing heart of any community, open 24/7 with our mission-based, not-for-profit service
  • diagnosis rather than based on what the costs of care are for that patient.
  • diagnosis rather than based on what the costs of care are for that patient.
  • </c><00:49:01.440><c> nursing</c> times I'll speak to the skilled nursing times I'll speak to the skilled
Keywords: 1183, house
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 2/13/25

Commerce Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • The skills that the agents have are really excellent and are a great addition to this larger unit at
  • </c><00:06:39.000><c> that</c> and I'll just say that the skills that and I'll just say that the skills
  • They have great employees with unique skills and experience working on fraud.
  • </c> great employees they have unique skills great employees they have unique skills and<00:09:15.839
  • </c><00:26:30.640><c> upon</c> premiums that they are paying based upon premiums that they are paying
Keywords: 1183, house
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs (Part I) Apr 28th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Automated posts by bot accounts can sway public opinion based on deliberately false information, while
  • There's very, very high-level skills involved that make it difficult for people to understand.
  • Based upon my committee hearing, while the Alamo is a state asset, there is a balance between the city
  • Being told that I have forfeited my freedom of speech simply because I am a realtor, especially based
  • That may offend someone based on sexual orientation, gender identity, or even an insult.
Summary: The Committee on State Affairs heard several bills, mostly on alcohol regulation, ethics procedures, the Alamo, and free speech in professional associations. SB 2633 would let the City of Garland hold local option elections on alcohol sales within designated zones and use zoning/land-use rules for alcohol-selling businesses; Senator Johnson and Garland officials said it would reduce the burden of the petition process and support economic development. SB 2637 would require social media platforms to disclose when posts are made by bot accounts and allow Attorney General enforcement; supporters framed it as consumer protection against misleading automated content, while members raised questions about how platforms would identify bots and how enforcement would work. SB 2334 would allow airlines with passenger transportation permits to store sealed alcoholic beverages within five miles of an airport in the same county, which the sponsor and an American Airlines witness said would improve logistics without changing permits, taxes, or alcohol sourcing. The committee also heard SB 2781 and SB 2782, both related to Texas Ethics Commission procedures. SB 2781 would cap civil penalties tied to certain campaign contribution violations by former legislators who later lobby, and SB 2782 would require TEC to adopt discovery control plans and align discovery rules more closely with the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure to limit costly, open-ended discovery. Both bills were left pending after no public testimony. SB 3059 would transfer oversight of the Alamo from the General Land Office to a new Alamo Commission beginning in 2027; Senator Campbell said it would provide long-term stewardship and transparency, while Senator Birdwell questioned the need for a change and the commission’s structure, and GLO witnesses said they were not aware of any problem prompting the shift. HB 1130, a House companion to a previously passed Senate bill, would provide liability protections for cavern entities that post warning signs, and it was also left pending. A major portion of the meeting focused on SB 2713, which would bar professional or trade associations from denying membership or access based on protected characteristics or lawful speech and assembly. Senator Middleton and invited witnesses described disciplinary actions by realtor associations against members for social media posts, sermons, or political speech, arguing that the National Association of Realtors’ ethics rules were being used to punish private expression and threaten livelihoods through loss of MLS access. Committee members and witnesses discussed whether the bill should be narrowed to avoid affecting religious organizations, how association discipline works, and whether the measure should address existing penalties or only future conduct. The bill was left pending after extensive invited testimony and committee discussion.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Taxes - 03/27/25

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> to be at one of the games this weekend. to be at one of the games this weekend.
  • </c> base back to stabilization. base back to stabilization.
  • The retail will stay at the base.
  • </c> where you'll keep retail at the base. where you'll keep retail at the base.
  • I mean, uh, Madame Chair, as base.
Committee: Senate Taxes
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 01/29/25

Jobs and Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, is that true, first of all, and based on what you know?
  • on what you know and secondly as I based on what you know and secondly as I look<00:21:45.559><c> at
  • It helps increase the tax base, and I believe over the life of the program has helped leverage around
  • Those industries are tech, healthcare, construction, skilled trades, education, and manufacturing.
  • Those industries are tech, healthcare, construction, skilled trades, education, and manufacturing.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
NH
Transcript Highlights:
  • I just wonder what games towns will play.
  • I just wonder what<00:07:47.120><c> what</c><00:07:47.520><c> games</c><00:07:48.080><c> towns</c><00
  • </c><00:07:49.199><c> Oh,</c> what what games towns will play. Oh.
  • Oh, what what games towns will play. Oh.
  • on initial planning alterations based on initial planning board<00:32:40.559><c> review.
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The subcommittee on SB 170 opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and then worked through the bill section by section, focusing first on a housing-related provision that would prohibit municipalities from requiring occupants to be related by blood or marriage. The chair proposed adding “school enrollment status” as a protected class to prevent towns from limiting where students may live, especially in Durham. Members debated whether that phrase was too vague and whether “educational status,” “enrollment status,” or “school enrollment status” was the best wording. Public testimony raised concerns that adding a new protected class could have broader implications under the state’s anti-discrimination law and could also affect municipal zoning authority, while supporters argued the bill was aimed at preventing local rules that restrict student housing and group living arrangements. The subcommittee did not take a final vote on that language during the discussion. The committee then turned to land-use and subdivision provisions. The Department of Environmental Services testified that its test-pit and related land-development rules are already protective of groundwater and surface water, and that municipalities sometimes impose stricter setbacks or other requirements locally. Builders and housing advocates argued that more stringent local requirements for test pits, well siting, and related approvals add time and cost and can impede housing development, while some municipal concerns were raised about aquifer and wellhead protection overlay districts and local groundwater safeguards. Public testimony also supported making state standards uniform across municipalities, though one speaker noted that local and state review processes can differ and that the bill could simplify approvals. The subcommittee also discussed a road-length provision, with one member supporting limits on municipal caps that could impede development and another suggesting a possible water-and-sewer-capacity qualifier. Additional sections were explained as allowing utilities and infrastructure to be placed in subdivision open spaces or perimeter buffers, and requiring municipalities to act quickly on plan changes after initial review. The chair indicated support for several of the sections as drafted, and the discussion ended with the committee moving through the remaining provisions without recorded final votes in the transcript.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee Apr 7th, 2026

Natural Resources and Water

Transcript Highlights:
  • Based on my experience, it would create significant public safety risk.
  • Yeah, and we'll say that we'll agree that this is based on doesn't have.
  • Yeah, and we'll say that we'll agree that this is based on doesn't have the lien provision that's in
  • Okay, so there was earlier talk about a more broad-based set of exemptions, basically providing none
  • So we've, there was a, there was an earlier talk about a more broad-based set of exempt, of, you know
Keywords: 987, senate, all
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Special Session 2026 May 8th, 2026

Alabama Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Yeah, we play these partisan games. Yeah, we play these partisan<00:37:03.760><c> games.
  • </c> standards based on what Cala said. standards based on what Cala said.
  • </c> based on the numbers that Congress have. based on the numbers that Congress have.
  • </c> year we did it based on a 1% deviation. year we did it based on a 1% deviation.
  • I said they were based upon race-based. I said they were based upon the<01:16:23.679><c> partisan.
Keywords: 920, all
Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the pledge, and a roll call establishing a quorum of 35 senators. The journal was adopted without objection, absent senators were excused, and there were no house messages, committee reports, motions, or resolutions before the first bill was called. The main item of business was House Bill 1, described as a conditional measure to set a process for electing U.S. House candidates in Alabama’s congressional districts 1, 2, 6, and 7 if a federal court order lifts current injunctions. The sponsor said the bill would only take effect if the court order is issued and would allow quick compliance with federal rulings. Debate centered on whether the bill was truly responsive to the court or instead an attempt at mid-decade redistricting; opponents argued it would violate Alabama’s constitutional limits on elections and ignore the court’s redistricting orders, while supporters said they were trying to comply with the court and that the issue was partisan rather than personal. Much of the discussion focused on Allen v. Milligan, the Voting Rights Act, and the meaning of the court’s injunctions. One senator argued the bill would dilute Black voting strength and was being driven by national Republican politics, while the sponsor and others insisted the legislature was acting only conditionally and that the court had not ordered the specific action being debated. The exchange became lengthy and contentious, but no final vote or other action on HB1 was taken in the portion provided.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/17/2026 - Senate Natural Resources

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • This legislation... ...and in the long game are looking for water supplies.
  • They're based on the East Coast.
  • This is based on how much they want to remove annually of 33...
  • There is also a technical issue in how income-based valuation works.
  • Cook: That based upon replacement cost.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Transportation Committee Aug 25th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • that they drive and not based on the amount of fuel they use.
  • The mileage-based fee versus the annual flat one? Yeah, great question.
  • Okay, so it is based on basically a dispute.
  • They pay based on their weight and the amount that they drive in the state.
  • The discretion comes from the pilot-based user fee program that we have.
Summary: The Assembly Transportation Committee first took up three highway naming resolutions on its consent calendar: ACR 109, SCR 78, and SCR 90. The committee approved the consent calendar with 11 aye votes and no no votes, then adjourned the bill-hearing portion. Members also recognized committee science fellow AJ Mendeola for his service, noting his contributions to bill analysis and staff support. The committee then held an informational hearing on alternatives to the gas tax, focused on the projected decline in fuel-tax revenue and the need for a more sustainable transportation funding model. The chair and invited experts described how inflation, improved fuel efficiency, and growth in electric and other alternative-fuel vehicles are eroding gas-tax revenues. Presenters from the National Conference of State Legislatures and the University of California discussed state options such as higher or indexed gas taxes, EV registration fees, road usage charges, delivery fees, public EV charging fees, transportation network company fees, and managed lanes, emphasizing tradeoffs among revenue adequacy, fairness, administrative cost, and public acceptance. Committee members raised concerns that mileage-based fees or EV fees could function as new taxes on commuters and lower-income drivers, especially if the gas tax is not repealed. Presenters responded that road usage charges are generally intended as replacements for the gas tax, not additions, and argued that mileage-based systems better preserve the user-pays principle while being less tied to vehicle fuel efficiency. They also noted that flat EV registration fees are easy to administer but can be less equitable because they are not linked to actual road use. Officials from Hawaii, Utah, and Oregon described their state programs and policy choices. Hawaii said its new road usage charge began July 1, 2025, for EVs, offers a choice between a per-mile charge and a flat annual fee through 2028, and will transition to mandatory EV participation before expanding to all light-duty vehicles by 2033. Utah described its voluntary EV road usage charge program, quarterly reporting, privacy protections, and legislative scenarios for removing the cap or making participation mandatory. Oregon outlined its constitutional cost-responsibility framework and broader transportation funding challenges, including reliance on user fees and limited use of general-fund support.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York State Senate Session - 03/23/2026

New York Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • On August 28, 2013, while stationed at a forward operating base in Afghanistan, Staff Sergeant Ollis
  • ON AUGUST 28, 2013 WHILE STATIONED AT FORWARD OPERATING BASE IN AFGHANISTAN, STAFF SERGEANT OLLIS DISPLAYED
  • Every night before a game, the girls shared, 'Sleep well, dream big.
  • And on game day, you're a winner.'
  • AND ON GAME DAY, YOU'RE A WINNER.
Keywords: 993, senate, all
Summary: The Senate convened, approved the prior day’s journal, and then took up a series of previously adopted resolutions recognizing individuals, communities, and state traditions. The chamber honored Staff Sergeant Michael Ollis posthumously after his Medal of Honor recognition, with remarks from Senator Scarcella-Spanton and others praising his sacrifice and welcoming his parents. Senators also celebrated New York maple producers and Maple Weekends, Bangladesh Independence Day and the contributions of Bangladeshi New Yorkers, York Middle/High School girls varsity volleyball for winning a state championship, Pavilion/York Air Rifle for winning the state invitational championship, and Tartan Day. These resolutions were adopted, and the sponsors opened them for co-sponsorship. The Senate then moved through the regular calendar and passed multiple bills, including measures on environmental conservation, personal property, agriculture and markets, insurance, state law, executive law, workers’ compensation, election law, correction law, public health, and parks/historic preservation. Most passed with broad support, though some drew a handful of negative votes. One bill on election law, allowing certain 17-year-olds to vote in primaries if they will be 18 by the general election, prompted supportive floor debate from several senators and passed 43-17. Another bill on correction law also passed after debate. A notable controversy arose over Calendar 227, a Public Authorities Law bill related to school energy planning and electric buses. Senator Borrello challenged an amendment as nongermane, the Chair ruled against it, and the Senate voted 22-0 to sustain the ruling. The underlying bill then passed, despite criticism from senators who argued the state should repeal the electric bus mandate and instead study safer, more practical alternatives for school districts. The Senate then completed its business and adjourned until March 24 at 3:00 p.m.
OR
Transcript Highlights:
  • Psychiatric care, medical care, psychosocial treatment, skill building, et cetera, with our population
  • It's a state hospital that's been under a great deal of scrutiny, and these are the base requirements
  • This is what is required as the base... ...thought up here in Oregon, this is what is required as the
  • base level for any psychiatric hospital in the country that's certified.
  • So it is, again, too soon to tell that that increase there is an actual trend based on this particular
Keywords: 907, all
Summary: The joint Senate and House Behavioral Health committees held an informational meeting focused first on the Oregon State Hospital (OSH). OHA Director Sajal Hathi introduced the hospital’s incoming permanent superintendent, Sean Murphy, and praised interim superintendent Jim Deagle for stabilizing operations, restoring CMS compliance, and helping drive a culture change centered on safety, accountability, and transparency. Deagle and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Amit Bavon described OSH’s role as the state’s highest-level forensic psychiatric hospital, the patient populations it serves, its partnerships with courts, counties, jails, hospitals, and advocates, and recent leadership changes across the hospital. They also reported improved accreditation and regulatory status, including Joint Commission accreditation and CMS compliance, and said the hospital is now using daily safety huddles, incident review meetings, stronger escalation procedures, and revised seclusion/restraint practices to reduce risk and improve oversight. Members pressed hospital leaders on past seclusion practices, asking how prolonged seclusions could have occurred under federal standards. Leaders said they could not explain past decisions but emphasized that current leadership has changed processes, training, reporting, and oversight so that seclusion and restraint are reviewed in real time and cannot be normalized. Questions also covered staffing, falls, and future planning. OSH said it is generally staffed to budget, though it still has RN and mental health technician vacancies and is working on recruitment, training, and better staffing distribution. Hathi said the hospital is building a public dashboard with key performance and safety metrics, including workforce data, and described the long-term goal as a consistently safe, disciplined, high-functioning institution that responds quickly to mistakes and remains accountable to the public. The committee then shifted to an informational overview of civil commitment. Oregon Judicial Department representative Chanah Newell explained the civil commitment process, including who can initiate it, the role of community mental health providers and courts, the five-day timeline to hearing, and the standards for danger to self, danger to others, and inability to meet basic needs. She summarized changes made in House Bill 2005, including revised statutory language and new provisions allowing a second diversion period, but cautioned that the data are too early to show clear trends. Testimony from NAMI Oregon’s Chris Bonif and psychiatrist Dr. Stephanie Lopez argued that Oregon still relies too heavily on jails and state hospital commitments because the broader community system lacks enough treatment, housing, and less restrictive alternatives. They urged the legislature to focus on upstream services, supported housing, and possible outpatient commitment tools so people can receive treatment before reaching crisis. The meeting ended with acknowledgment that additional reports and follow-up discussions are expected, including on residential treatment capacity and related behavioral health system reforms.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 4/8/26

Human Services Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • The benefit is intended to reimburse participating providers for various evidence-based treatment modalities
  • to help kids use, develop, and maintain skills.
  • programs can lead to overuse of health care services as well as increased program costs. evidence-based
  • treatment modalities, kids, news develop and maintain skills in 2024. approximately 5,600 individuals
  • It's based on sanctions and money to recovery to.
Keywords: 1183, house
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Education Feb 2nd, 2026 at 08:32 am

House Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • I could not be in graduate school if it wasn't for the fact that UNM provides health care for me based
  • Short-term control does not create long-term change; skill building does.
  • It affirms that crisis situations should be handled with skill, care, and restraint, not isolation and
  • So based on that... when you look at this HB 120, what kind of training do we give our teachers?
  • So this need that we've created is based on what we believe the students need.
Bills: SB106 , SB171 , SB179
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Human Services Jan 28th, 2026 at 05:45 pm

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • state agencies that are relevant, people with lived experience, all kinds of different communities-based
  • Many of these already qualify based on domestic violence or other factors.
  • The family went twice weekly to join her for therapy and skill building.
  • The family went twice weekly to join her for therapy and skill building.
  • Perigee Fund is a Washington-based national philanthropic organization with a focus on parent mental
Bills: SB5979 , SB6308 , SB6319
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

Criminal Justice Mar 25th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • program, a supplement crisis intervention team training to equip law enforcement officers with the skills
  • And this bill requires the objective for guidelines to be based on the seriousness of the offense and
  • >> That was just a number based on venues where this could be an issue. Anything smaller.
  • Nasa on the Langley Air Force Base where I worked in the unsteady aerodynamics branch has an applied
  • I was trained to build my students analytical and critical thinking skills and to educate them about
Keywords: 999, senate, all