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AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/18/2026 - House Judiciary

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • Well, I'll ask the question anyway because you're probably familiar. Mr.
  • Chair, I asked that question so that I can answer that question as well.
  • Well, I have this habit of not clicking on the links.
  • Well, you knew I was or wasn't at that point in time.
  • It's pretty much what we had sent yesterday as well.
Committee: House Judiciary
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Science, Technology and Energy (05/05/2026)

Science, Technology and Energy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Well, it it's great from a now. Okay.
  • Our founding members, uh, well, let me back up.
  • </c> incredibly well-resourced university. incredibly well-resourced university. it's<01:19:27.840><c
  • Well, thank you.
  • And there will be a tour there as well.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/21/2026 - House Appropriations

House Appropriations Committee of Reference

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's when you would find—well, a good point.
  • I think it could well be using AI.
  • I don't know if you were as well when Mr.
  • Well, obviously, the 10-year bond, yeah.
  • Well, obviously, the 10-year bond, yeah.
Summary: The Committee of Appropriations met on January 21, 2026, and first considered House Bill 2116, which would appropriate $1 million in fiscal year 2027 to the Colorado River Litigation Fund. The sponsor and Arizona Department of Water Resources both supported the bill, describing it as a backup measure to protect Arizona’s Colorado River entitlements if post-2026 negotiations among the basin states fail. Members discussed how the bill relates to the governor’s separate Colorado River Protection Fund proposal, and staff clarified the two funds serve different purposes. The committee approved HB 2116 on a 17-1 roll call vote. The committee then took up House Bill 2053, which would provide $100,000 for updated stormwater recharge mapping and expand the work beyond state trust lands to private lands. An amendment in the chair’s name was adopted to extend the coordination timeline, broaden the agencies involved, and revise language about mapped sites and appropriable surface water. The sponsor said the bill is intended to identify more places to capture stormwater for recharge rather than letting most rainfall evaporate. ADWR testified neutrally, supporting the mapping effort but raising a concern about language that could be read as requiring the department to determine whether water is appropriable, which it said is a legal question for the courts. The amended bill passed 11-7. House Bill 2148, as amended, was then heard and approved 11-7. The bill would give the legislature authority to appropriate non-custodial federal monies and set requirements for those appropriations. The chair’s amendment excluded federal research grants to universities, university employees, and the Arizona Board of Regents. The sponsor framed the bill as a transparency measure, saying the legislature should know how federal funds are being spent. No outside testimony was offered, and the committee approved the measure after debate about legislative oversight of federal funds. After the bills, the committee received a lengthy JLBC presentation comparing the executive budget with the JLBC baseline. Discussion focused on revenue forecasts, tax conformity, sports betting, lottery and tourism revenue assumptions, SNAP administrative costs and error-rate penalties, developmental disability and Access caseload growth, and K-12 enrollment and ESA spending. Members repeatedly questioned the executive budget’s use of one-time funding for ongoing costs, especially for SNAP administration and DES staffing, and expressed concern about rising supplemental needs and the lack of long-term budget capacity. No votes were taken on the presentation.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/21/2026 - House Appropriations

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • state as well, so there's that.
  • I think it could well be using AI.
  • I think it could well be using AI.
  • I don't know if you were as well when Mr.
  • Well, obviously, the 10-year bond, yeah.
Bills: HB2053 , HB2116 , HB2148
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • So on Senate Bill 1280, it protects Oklahomans from the danger of abandoned wells. It is tax.
  • It is an extension of that tax to get us to work on those abandoned wells to provide safety for our commons
  • We'll be talking about the underground utility Work and hope.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

October 7, 2025 - 03:30 PM

Transcript Highlights:
  • GONE TO RURAL AREAS OF THE STATE. 106 PROJECTS FOR DEPLOYMENT HAVE BEEN FUNDED THROUGH THIS FUND AS WELL
  • WITH THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE MOVING TO FLORIDA CAPACITY ISSUES IN URBAN AREAS IS A CONCERN AS WELL.
  • THE PANHANDLE AS WELL.
  • JOHN'S AREA AND ALSO NOW SCATTERED THROUGH THE PANHANDLE REGION AS WELL.
  • THEN INTO THE RURAL AREAS AS WELL OVER IN CALHOUN COUNTY.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Labor & Commerce Feb 3rd, 2026 at 10:30 am

Labor & Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • Well, actually, the amendment G1 I plan to withdraw at this time.
  • Well, I appreciate the proposed substitute. I will support it today.
  • Well, I appreciate the proposed substitute. I will support it today.
  • Well, we're concerned about the arbitrary cap that's set.
  • Well, we'll work on it.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Financial Services Committee Apr 9th, 2025

Financial Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Well, let me back up. A number that struck me several years ago is that...
  • Well, I found out since I talked to Miss Fiddler that by and large our...
  • Yes, Those legitimate transfers as well? Yes, sir.
  • Well, you know, we passed a bill here recently...
  • Well, you can certainly make an amendment. Yeah. Well, it won't be me.
Bills: HB297
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Commerce Committee Meeting - 2025-04-01

Commerce Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Well, everybody's very sleepy this morning, it would seem. No member questions.
  • All right, well, great job, everybody.
  • Paul already has this, as well as Eden Prairie.
  • We just thought she was super obedient, and she had been such a well-taught dog.
  • who are involved in this commerce are being treated well and protected as well.
Bills: HF2543 , HF2566 , HF2627
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Senate May 31st, 2026

Louisiana Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Families, all the staff, the security, and everyone that touch or have something to do with the well-being
  • It's a statewide initiative focusing on improving children and family wellness through the three E's:
  • All right, well, all right, we'll temporarily pass over that one.
  • Well, yes, but that's always been the case, but you can't accept money up front.
  • Again, this would seem to be mostly technical, and then they made a technical change as well.
Summary: The Senate met with 29 members present, heard a prayer and national anthem presentation, and approved the journal without objection. The chamber then received multiple messages from the House on conference committee reports and concurrence actions, and took up a long calendar of Senate resolutions and House/Senate bills returned from the House with amendments. Several resolutions were adopted without objection, including commendations and requests for reports or studies, while others were left over or returned to the calendar. The Senate concurred in or adopted amendments on a series of bills covering registrar compensation (SB 25), broadband administration and reimbursement (SB 80), school safety master key boxes (SB 132), dental coverage for cancer treatment (SB 155), paid parental leave for educators (SB 157), election supervisor compensation days (SB 202), water utility service line replacement funding (SB 228), weight management services through the Office of Group Benefits (SB 250), medical debt protection (SB 414), Medicaid coverage of weight-loss medication (SB 443), and design-build authority for vertiport facilities (SB 513). It also adopted a House concurrent resolution urging backup motors for the St. Claude Avenue Bridge (HCR 32). One bill, SB 479 on removal of certain judges, had its amendments rejected and was sent to conference. The chamber then considered conference committee reports on several measures. Reports were adopted on SB 312 (labor organization dues and fees), SB 208 (veterans services and VA-related restrictions), SB 382 (workers’ compensation advisory council and reimbursement schedule timing), SB 389 (agent and athlete registration and fee review), and multiple House bills including HB 359 (party primary qualifying rules), HB 368 (New Orleans historic preservation lien procedures), HB 468 (wholesale residential real estate definitions), HB 552 (DWI-related responsive verdict language), HB 732 (motor vehicle fines/fees and hybrids), HB 870 and HB 1236 (pharmacy benefit manager and insurance provisions), and HB 1117 (prescription period issues). HB 210 on retroactivity was also adopted after debate. Several conference reports were temporarily passed over or returned to the calendar, including HB 953, and the Senate adjourned to reconvene the next morning for final work.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Senate May 31st, 2026

Louisiana Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Families, all the staff, the security, and everyone that touch or have something to do with the well-being
  • It's a statewide initiative focusing on improving children and family wellness through the three E's:
  • All right, well, all right, we'll temporarily pass over that one.
  • Well, yes, but that's always been the case, but you can't accept money up front.
  • Again, this would seem to be mostly technical, and then they made a technical change as well.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs May 12th, 2025

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Well, do you need to see if it was a family member?
  • Well, there you go.
  • I know Dean well.
  • Very well. Public testimony is closed. Chair recognizes Senator Hinojosa as present.
  • Well, don't invite her. We'll be here until 10 o'clock. SB 2850. Explain the bill. Mr.
Bills: HB630 , HB685 , HB1318 , HB2692
Summary: The Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs met with no quorum at the start, but later reached quorum and took up several bills. House Bill 2692, codifying the San Antonio River Authority’s enabling legislation and making non-substantive modernization changes, received brief supportive testimony from the River Authority and was left pending before later being voted out favorably. House Bill 685, which would prevent municipalities from charging higher water or sewer rates to tax-exempt entities than comparable customers, also drew support and was reported favorably. House Bill 1318, clarifying compensation issues when a municipality decertifies part of a retail water utility’s service area, was heard without opposition and passed out of committee. House Bill 630, exempting certain older outboard motors from title requirements, likewise passed and was placed on the local and uncontested calendar. The committee spent the most time on Senate Bill 2497, relating to filtration systems for certain public drinking water systems. Senator Zaffirini described the bill as a response to ongoing secondary water quality complaints, while TCEQ testified that such contaminants are aesthetic rather than health-based and that the water remains safe to drink if primary standards are met. The Texas Rural Water Association opposed the bill as written, arguing filtration may not solve most water quality problems and could be costly for small systems, while a consumer witness from Floresville supported it and described repeated rate increases and brown water after a filtration system was removed. Members discussed narrowing the bill through a committee substitute and emphasized the need for flexibility and technical expertise; the committee substitute was adopted and the bill was reported favorably, with Senator Kolkhorst later asking to be recorded as voting no. The committee also heard Senate Bill 2850, which would create a pollinator task force to study habitat loss, public education, and best practices for protecting bees and other pollinators. Senator Menendez and invited witness Erica Thompson of Texas BeeWorks highlighted major colony losses and the economic importance of pollinators to Texas agriculture, and Environment Texas and the Texas Beekeepers Association supported the measure. Members discussed monarch butterflies, native grasses, milkweed, and conservation efforts, and the bill was reported favorably and sent to the local and uncontested calendar. After testimony, the committee also voted out several pending items, including House Bill 5560 with a committee substitute addressing water-loss penalties and infrastructure improvements, and then recessed subject to the call of the chair.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • Sergeant, if you could please alert the absent members, as well as the authors.
  • Well, good afternoon, Chairwoman and members of the committee.
  • It is supported by all three coastal counties in my district, as well as local governments.
  • Well, and I, too, Senator, will just thank you for your work on this.
  • So that's a bill that we have moving forward as well.
Summary: The Assembly Committee on Utilities and Energy met without a quorum at first and began as a subcommittee, then later established quorum and heard several measures. The main policy bills discussed were SB 24, which would restrict investor-owned utilities from using ratepayer funds for political advertising, lobbying, and efforts against municipal utilities, and SB 283, the Clean Energy Safety Act of 2025, which would strengthen safety standards for battery energy storage facilities after the Moss Landing fire. The consent calendar also included SB 80, SB 491, SB 593, SB 804, and SCR 25, which were taken up without debate. SB 24 drew strong support from consumer and environmental advocates, who argued that ratepayer money should not be used for political or promotional activity and that current rules lack meaningful consequences. Opponents from the utilities and business community said the bill was too broad, could interfere with shareholder-funded advocacy and legal work, and might unintentionally affect public service communications and expert consulting. Several committee members shared support for the bill’s goal but raised concerns about its breadth, especially around legal fees and communications; the author said he was willing to work on amendments, including on consultant fees, and accepted committee amendments. SB 283 received broad support from firefighters, local governments, utilities, labor, and business groups. Supporters said the bill would improve fire safety, require fire authority consultation and inspections, and prevent battery storage from being sited in unsafe indoor combustible facilities. The author described the Moss Landing fire and said the bill would add standards based on NFPA guidance while preserving local governments’ ability to adopt stricter rules. No opposition testimony was presented. The committee voted SB 283 out 16-0, and SB 24 was also approved after a roll was held open and later closed, ultimately passing 11-1. The consent calendar passed 16-0, and the meeting adjourned after the final roll calls were completed.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Health Committee Jun 24th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • Well, thank you, Madam Chair, members.
  • Well, first, if I may, with respect to the issue of whether health providers should be asking people's
  • We are an active conversation with DOJ on this and you will continue to work with them and as well as
  • Well, we'll open up for add-ons for the consent calendar. Aguirre-Curry? Flora? Flora, aye. Patel?
  • Well, good afternoon, everyone. Good afternoon, Madam Chair and members of the committee.
Summary: The Assembly Health Committee heard several Senate bills focused on health care access, privacy, and public health data. SB 81 (Arreguín) would require health care facilities to create nonpublic areas and bar immigration enforcement from entering without a judicial warrant or court order, while also protecting disclosure of immigration-related information in medical records. The bill drew strong support from labor, immigrant-rights, health care, and patient advocacy groups, with committee members emphasizing patient safety and privacy; one member raised implementation concerns about how the restrictions would work in practice. The committee voted the bill out on a due pass motion to the Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee, with one no vote recorded. SB 250 (Ochoa Bogh) would add skilled nursing facilities to DHCS’s managed care provider directory so Medi-Cal beneficiaries can more easily identify covered facilities. Supporters said the change would help seniors and people with disabilities avoid confusion and rushed placement decisions, especially during hospital discharge, and would make existing information easier to use. The committee passed the bill to Appropriations on a unanimous vote. SB 717 (Richardson) would formally recognize California’s three regional cancer registries in state law to help preserve federal funding and support cancer surveillance data collection. The author and supporters said the measure would protect more than $15 million in annual federal support and strengthen cancer research and tracking; the committee approved it unanimously to Appropriations. SB 504 (Laird) would allow health care providers to disclose personally identifying information about previously reported HIV infections to state or local health officials when needed for disease control or care coordination. The author described the bill as a modernization of reporting and coordination practices, and supporters from the California Medical Association and Planned Parenthood backed it. The committee sent the bill out as amended to the Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee on a unanimous vote. The meeting also included routine consent-calendar action and multiple add-on votes, with the committee repeatedly holding the roll open to record additional members’ votes.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Science, Technology and Energy (01/27/2025)

Science, Technology and Energy

Transcript Highlights:
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  • Well, I don't want to make...
  • It covers other things as well.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
NH
Transcript Highlights:
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  • well as the<04:20:19.000><c> underground</c><04:20:19.520><c> storage</c> systems<04:20:24.239><c> when
  • And then we also have a private well initiative, which I mentioned, where we do sample a lot of wells
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The Environment and Agriculture Committee held an introductory orientation for members, many of whom were new or newly assigned to the committee. Leadership emphasized that the committee is intended to operate in a nonpartisan, collaborative way, and members introduced themselves and described their backgrounds in farming, gardening, food service, environmental work, water and waste issues, veterinary work, and related fields. Several members noted personal ties to homesteading, livestock, orcharding, food security, landfill concerns, and animal welfare, while others said they were eager to learn the committee’s work. The chair then reviewed committee procedures and expectations. Members were told the committee would generally meet on Tuesdays, with hearings starting around 10 a.m. and often running until about 4:30 p.m., and that absences, substitutes for executive sessions, and email communications would be handled through House rules and the committee’s email system. The chair also covered decorum rules for live-streamed meetings, including professional dress, limiting food and drink at the table, and giving full attention to witnesses. Members were reminded that legislative emails are subject to public records laws and that the committee may soon transition to a new email domain. The chair also explained logistics such as bill folders, committee room storage, and emergency procedures for evacuation or shelter-in-place. No bills were debated or voted on in this meeting, but the chair noted that the committee already had roughly two dozen bills pending, including animal welfare, landfill, policy, and cat-and-dog related measures. Members were told to expect a broad mix of topics beyond agriculture, including solid waste and animal-related legislation.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
  • An administrative fee will be assessed of $1,100 as well.
  • It just has to be done manually. >> Uh, well, you can run a generator.
  • It just has to be done manually. >> Uh, well, you can run a generator.
  • . well. well.
  • >> Well, I think it's the process of coming down.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
Summary: The Long Range Capital Planning and Utilization Committee first approved the March 16, 2026 minutes, then took up several Department of Transportation property actions. The committee approved a Greenland access point sale for a cell tower site to Wakefield Investments for $132,800 plus a $1,100 administrative fee, and approved disposal of two Epsom parcels to the town at no cost, with the town assuming demolition of the former depot and the committee waiving the fee. It also approved a Milton access point sale to Jeremy West Champney and Cameron McDermott for $90,000 plus the fee, with conditions requiring permits and other approvals. During the DOT items, members asked about appraisals, access restrictions, and where the administrative fee goes; staff said the fee generally offsets agency administrative costs and may go to a dedicated fund or the general fund depending on the project. The committee then considered three Department of Environmental Services requests for utility easements to bring power to dams so gates can be operated more efficiently and potentially remotely. It approved an easement with New Hampshire Electric Co-op for Pine River Dam in Wakefield, an easement with New Hampshire Electric Co-op for Sunset Lake Dam in Alton, and an easement with Eversource for Suncook Lake Dam in Barnstead. Members discussed whether to waive the $1,100 administrative fee on these items, with some questioning the fee’s purpose and where it is deposited. The committee ultimately approved the DES items as requested, including the fee waivers, while asking staff to research the fee’s history, sufficiency, and use for a future report. Finally, the committee received informational items from the New Hampshire Council on Resources and Development. Members briefly discussed a property at Bloody Point in Newington and the related Sullivan Bridge demolition, and DOT staff said the property had been tabled previously and is now being worked on with Fish and Game for a possible transfer of management and future water access use. No votes were taken on the informational items.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

Transportation Apr 1st, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • That's been perhaps hanging on a poll for 10 or 20 years or some very the underground Bice, my spending
  • Well, actually say we want to limit enrollment because of traffic or limit enrollment because of stacking
  • whenever a charge, whatever public school opens up, a charter school should be able to open up as well
  • Well, we do have one. It is from advocate for the Florida Wildflower Association.
Keywords: 999, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Legacy Finance Committee 2/12/25

Legacy Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Well, welcome to the Legacy Committee.
  • </c><00:23:07.320><c> uh</c> things for surface waters very well uh things for surface waters very well
  • We also have a new program, uh, to provide free well testing for nitrates for every private well user
  • </c><00:49:05.760><c> to</c> Woodberry which has done very well to Woodberry which has done very well
  • Well, first, a city like St.
Keywords: 1183, house
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Taxes - 03/18/26

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> of a 27,000 foot indoor wellness center. of a 27,000 foot indoor wellness center.
  • </c> it as well. it as well.
  • They will contribute as well.
  • I had asked it as well. explanation. I had asked it as well.
  • </c> um well, uh we have the city manager. um well, uh we have the city manager.
Committee: Senate Taxes
Keywords: 1187, senate, all