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FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Governmental Oversight and Accountability Jan 20th, 2026
Governmental Oversight and Accountability
Transcript Highlights:
- If you're not aware, we have the technology for people to live stream it now.
- Once conditions allow, calls for service are prioritized.
- Once conditions allow, calls for service are prioritized.
- Palm Beach County alone answered over 1.2 million calls for service last year.
- If enrolled after July 1, 2011, a retiree must have completed at least eight years of service in the
Summary:
The Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability met and first heard Senate Bill 774, which would extend workers’ compensation coverage for mental or nervous injuries, without a physical injury, to 911 public safety telecommunicators. The bill sponsor and multiple dispatchers, counselors, and association representatives testified in support, describing repeated exposure to traumatic calls, staffing shortages, and the need for mental health treatment and retention support. Senators praised dispatchers’ work and emphasized that they are first responders in practice. SB 774 was reported favorably by roll call vote, with one senator later recording an affirmative vote on the bill.
The committee then considered SPB 7028, a retirement bill setting Florida Retirement System employer contribution rates beginning July 1, 2026, without changing the 3% employee contribution rate. It also allows certain elected officers to receive a DROP payout under specified conditions and provides an alternative cost-of-living adjustment for special risk retirees meeting service requirements. Firefighters, police, and sheriffs’ association representatives supported the measure as a recruitment and retention tool. The committee voted to submit SPB 7028 as a committee bill and reported it favorably.
Finally, the committee took up SPB 7024 and SPB 7026, both government records exemption bills. SPB 7024 repeals the current public records/public meeting exemption for cybersecurity information and consolidates agency-specific cybersecurity exemptions into one agency-wide exemption. SPB 7026 does the same for trade secret records held by agencies. Neither bill drew questions or testimony, and both were submitted as committee bills and reported favorably. The meeting then adjourned.
VA
Transcript Highlights:
- and reliability and energy affordability between certain cooperatives and generation-transmission service
- This bill passed. ...and transmission service providers, system owners, and wholesale power providers
- requires the SCC to develop and publish a notification form by September 1 of this year for electric service
- It requires the Commission to conduct a technology demonstration program for long-duration storage resources
- and initiate a proceeding to determine if such technology is viable and that the targets in the bill
Committee:
House Labor and Commerce
NY
New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Agriculture - 02/25/2026
Agriculture
Transcript Highlights:
- Science, again: higher per-tree taphole productivity, reverse osmosis technology, and a strong focus
- Reverse osmosis technology and a strong focus on quality.
- I say we're always here to be of service to you, but I want to give you just a couple talking points
- Never hesitate to reach out if I may be in any way, and thank you for letting us be of service to the
- So we have a statutory mission to be New York State's land-grant, to be of service to New York State.
Committee:
Senate Agriculture
Summary:
The Senate Agriculture Committee met and first took up five bills. It reported S.593 (land used in agricultural production), S.879A (the Garden Protection Act), S.3277 (transfer-on-death beneficiaries for farming implements), and S.4754 (creating an Office of Urban Agriculture). S.1529A, the Carbon Farming Act, was moved to the Finance Committee. The committee briefly discussed S.4754, with Senator Borrello asking about its status and members noting strong support for urban agriculture and food-system resilience; the bill was then reported to Finance by voice vote.
The committee then heard from Julie Suarez, Associate Dean for Land Grant Affairs at Cornell CALS, who described Cornell’s role in research, extension, and public service across New York agriculture. She highlighted Cornell’s economic impact, growth in FFA participation including new urban chapters, dairy investment, and the potential of the maple industry, while emphasizing the need for continued agricultural science funding to address climate change, invasive species, and market challenges. She also pointed members to Cornell programs supporting food entrepreneurs, soil health, small farms, veterans entering agriculture, and community integrated pest management.
Members asked questions about tick increases, with Suarez attributing them to deer, rodents, climate change, and invasive species, and said Cornell’s community IPM program offers landscaping and prevention guidance. She also explained Cornell’s land-grant and contract-college structure, including its statutory mission and state support. The meeting ended after members expressed interest in further outreach and informational sessions, and the committee adjourned.
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Education Policy Committee Feb 26th, 2025
Education Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- I’d like to say thank you for your service, and um, second thing, Madam Chairman, at your appropriate
- Where everything just about was technology, from smartboards to tablets, where the kids were interacting
- all of those things because, unfortunately, we live in... ...because, unfortunately, we live in a technology
- There's a lot to consider, and this isn't to say that technology is bad by any means whatsoever.
- Once again, this isn't saying that technology is bad whatsoever, but when it's compromising... ...but
Committee:
House Education Policy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Conference Committee on HF4188 5/16/26
Transcript Highlights:
- services are not covered?
- </c> human services budget. human services budget.
- </c> health services? Commissioner? health services? Commissioner?
- It lists private duty nursing as completely different services than home health care services.
- different services than home health<00:19:07.840><c> care</c><00:19:08.240><c> services.
Summary:
The conference committee on House File 4188 met on May 16, 2026, with a quorum present and indicated it was intended to be the final meeting. The main issue discussed was an amendment to the 62J language concerning home care nursing services for children with complex medical needs. Chair O'Driscoll said the amendment would direct the Departments of Commerce and Health and Human Services to review the fiscal impact on the state, families, and health plans, and to develop possible legislation for 2027. Supporters described the proposal as a pause to allow more review, while also acknowledging it was not a complete solution.
Senator Bolden and others testified strongly against allowing the coverage changes to stand, saying the issue affects roughly 200 to 250 families statewide, many of them children who need hospital-level care at home. They warned that capping or denying private coverage would shift costs to Medicaid waivers, strain family waiver budgets, increase state costs, and potentially force more children into hospitals, reducing critical care capacity. Committee members also questioned Commerce Commissioner Grace Arnold and department staff about the distinction between home care nursing and home health services, statutory definitions, billing units, essential health benefits, waiver budgets, and the effect of enforcement actions involving HealthPartners.
The committee adopted the A30 amendment by voice vote, and the motion prevailed. Members then took up another provision, described by staff as the meat raffle/paddle wheel language, and adopted an amendment to add the game of Haus und Pfeffer before approving the provision as amended. In final remarks, members from both chambers praised the committee’s work and professionalism, but several expressed regret that the home care nursing issue was not resolved in the conference report and said it would need further work next session. They also noted other items that did not make it into the bill, including reinsurance and certain other policy provisions.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- We're grateful for his life and his service.
- So, thank you all for your service. The chair recognizes Mr.
- It's to each of you for your District 49 service.
- Services Department Manager Mike Blackwell and staff.
- Can you put any actual numbers for like 10 years of service or eight years of service?
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 2/20/25
Energy Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- However, that market has matured and technology has advanced.
- </c> that market has matured and technology that market has matured and technology has<00:13:17.800><
- People with solar and battery backup have better resilience than similar oil and gas technology.
- People with solar and battery backup have better resilience than similar oil and gas technology.
- At the very least, we would request a cost-of-service study to work with data.
Bills:
HF845
Committee:
House Energy Finance and Policy
Keywords:
net metering, distributed generation, solar energy, rooftop solar, renewable energy, utility rates, electric cooperatives, municipal utilities, public utilities, Public Utilities Commission, net billing, bill credits, cost of service study, standby charge, qualifying facility, energy policy, clean energy, customer generation, interconnection, Minnesota Statutes 216B.164
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (04/14/2025)
Science, Technology and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> would otherwise take default service would otherwise take default service supply.<01:06:54.720><
- How much do you have service price.
- </c> different in every utility service different in every utility service territory,<05:41:34.958><c
- Large customer generators receive just the default service rate and the default service rate without
- </c><05:55:07.040><c> rate</c> receive just the default service rate receive just the default service
Committee:
House Science, Technology and Energy
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs (01/30/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:25:42.159><c> I</c> just as far as the fee for service I just as far as the fee for service I
- It is an emerging technology.
- I like the fee-for-service phrase, but there is a fee for service that is added to the cost of that paint
- </c><00:48:48.760><c> one</c> it's an emerging technology there is one it's an emerging technology there
- </c><00:48:59.880><c> isn't</c> the most part that technology isn't the most part that technology isn't
Summary:
The committee held a public hearing on House Bill 451, which would create a postconsumer paint stewardship program in New Hampshire. Prime sponsor Representative Karen Ebel described the bill as a bipartisan, broadly supported model based on PaintCare programs used in other states. She said consumers and businesses could drop off leftover paint at participating retailers or municipal household hazardous waste sites, with the paint then collected and recycled by the stewardship organization. She emphasized that the program is intended to reduce landfill disposal, improper dumping, and contamination of groundwater and soil, while also helping municipalities save on hazardous waste handling costs.
Members asked several questions about how the program would work and how it would be funded. Ebel explained that the program would be financed by a small fee charged at the point of sale on paint products, not a general sales tax, and that retailers could either list it separately or roll it into the price. She said the fee would cover the Department of Environmental Services’ administrative costs, which were described as minimal, and that the program’s structure was developed with DES and industry input. Questions also addressed whether cans would be recycled and how collected paint would be processed; Ebel said the ACA and PaintCare representatives could provide more detail, but that the paint and containers would be handled through recycling or other approved disposal methods rather than landfilled.
Representative Judy Aron, a co-sponsor and chair of the House Environment and Agriculture Committee, testified in support, saying the bill had been developed over several years with stakeholders and would keep toxic paint out of landfills while saving municipalities and taxpayers money. Representative Peter Bixby, the ranking member of Environment and Agriculture, also supported the bill, saying his committee had heard it many times and that it had strong bipartisan enthusiasm. No vote was taken during the hearing.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee Jun 8th, 2026
Business, Professions and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- Like I said, about 10% of our services are provided in a language other than English.
- About 10% of our services are provided in a language other than English, providing services in over 20
- The amendments talk about how the original intent... ...used specifically for the service.
- A range of reproductive health care services in California today.
- I'm a certified nurse midwife and the co-director of the Reproductive Health Service Corps.
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
WAM, WAM-EDT, WAM-WLA, WAM, WAM Public Hearings 03-05-2026
Transcript Highlights:
- So I I sent a cutting vital services.
- Um, the money is essential services.
- We oppose the repeal of the renewable energy technologies income tax credit.
- We oppose the repeal of the renewable energy technologies income tax credit. Thank you.
- We oppose the repeal of the renewable energy technologies income tax credit. Thank you.
Summary:
The committees took up several measures, with most action focused on SB 3125 relating to income tax changes. The chair explained a proposed SD1 that would preserve standard deduction increases and keep tax relief for working- and middle-class households while removing future bracket adjustments for higher-income filers. The Department of Taxation estimated roughly a $122 million gain from the bracket changes, about a $600 million loss from extending certain credits, and about $145 million in claimed credits under the repeal provisions, for a rough net gain of about $250 million. Testimony was mixed: the Governor’s office and DOTAX supported the intent with technical corrections; the Hawaii State Energy Office and several advocates supported the revenue approach; while Grassroots Institute and others opposed rolling back promised tax relief. Renewable energy and solar representatives opposed repeal of credits affecting their industries, and nonprofit witnesses urged preserving state capacity to fund housing, education, food security, and other services. The chair recommended adoption of the proposed SD1 with additional amendments, and the recommendation was adopted with reservations noted by some members.
The committees also acted on SB 3169 relating to coastal resilience, SB 2001 relating to the Banyan Drive Community Development District, and SB 3334 concerning deputy superintendent positions. SB 3169 was amended to incorporate Oceanit’s recommendation regarding native burrow sites, make technical changes, and delay the effective and repeal dates; the recommendation passed. SB 2001 was recommended to pass with HCDA amendments, a July 1, 2050 effective date, and additional technical changes, with the committee report to note continued desire for community engagement from descendants; one member expressed concern that lineal descendants should have a more direct role, and the measure was adopted with reservations. SB 3334 was reconsidered to add a blank general fund appropriation to establish two FTEs in the superintendent’s office for deputy superintendent positions; members raised reservations about the role of the Board of Education in evaluations, but the recommendation was adopted.
Several other bills were moved with little or no discussion. SB 2338, SB 2431, SB 2438, SB 2593, and SB 2671 were each recommended to pass unamended and were adopted. SB 2662 was recommended to pass with technical amendments based on SPO testimony, with the committee report reflecting concerns raised by the Attorney General and ERS; it was adopted. SB 2563 was deferred indefinitely after testimony from the Statewide Office of Homelessness and Housing Solutions said similar existing programs could address the bill’s concerns and the measure was not needed at this time. SB 3296 was deferred because a House bill on the same subject was already moving over.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session May 18th, 2026
California Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- , arts, entertainment, and public service.
- Thank you, Senator. ...from politics, from religion, social services, community services, anti-poverty
- JFCS serves all communities, providing meals, mental health services, senior services, services to refugees
- , and healthcare services.
- Services to refugees, health care services, and so I tell these stories to highlight something critical
Summary:
The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, guest recognitions, and several ceremonial presentations. Members welcomed Jack and Jill of America’s Far West Region and a large education bus trip from Senate District 15. The body also adopted SCR 151 designating May 2026 as ACL Injury Awareness Month, SR 105 declaring May as National Tennis Month, SCR 175 recognizing Behavioral Health Awareness Month, SCR 176 designating May as Small Business Month, and SCR 178 recognizing Jewish American Heritage Month. These resolutions drew broad support, with many senators speaking to the health, civic, economic, and cultural themes in the measures, as well as concerns about anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, and solidarity across communities.
The Senate also confirmed three gubernatorial appointees unanimously: Siva Gunda to the California Energy Commission, Tony Sertich as Executive Director of the California Housing and Finance Agency, and Craig Snellings to the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board. In addition, the chamber approved a motion to suspend Joint Rule 62(a) so the Committee on Local Government could hear AB 1768, after debate over the procedure and a roll call vote.
On legislation, the Senate passed a series of bills on unanimous or near-unanimous votes, including SB 922 on local cost recovery for street damage from public service operations, SB 932 on litigation transparency, SB 1311 on updates to consumer affairs boards and licensing rules, SB 1143 on access to forensic interview recordings in child abuse cases, SB 1307 on clearing forged real estate documents, SB 1177 on high-speed rail reporting, SB 971 on community networks for older adults, SB 1400 on Alameda Health System governance, SB 1228 on existing outdoor advertising displays in former redevelopment areas, SB 997 on lien authority for a groundwater sustainability agency, SB 1115 on public cemetery district governance, SB 1088 on advance care planning forms, SB 1242 on family participation in CARE Court, SB 1364 on parental rights in rape-related custody cases, SB 993 on protecting mental health professionals’ identifying information, SB 1094 on prescription drug biosimilar use, SB 1117 on ADU fee calculations, SB 1244 on broker compensation disclosures for public agency health plans, SB 1315 on automated driving system software update reporting, and SB 1398 on recognizing Green Globes as an equivalent state building certification. Earlier, a motion by Senator Strickland to withdraw SB 1035 from committee failed on a 22-22 vote.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- We have Senate Bill 610 from the Health and Human Services Committee removed by Senator Rocheford.
- ,</c><00:23:42.880><c> Senate</c> In Health and Human Services, Senate In Health and Human Services,
- In an era where technology<02:03:19.760><c> makes</c><02:03:20.080><c> counterfeiting</c> technology
- So, um you know, I think services we do.
- </c> light industrial or technological light industrial or technological facilities<03:22:55.680><c>
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
JT Business, Trade & Economic Development w/State Government & Tribal Relations Jul 22nd, 2026 at 03:30 pm
Transcript Highlights:
- Columbia River Mental Health Services.
- The Columbia River Mental Health Services... ...and behavioral health.
- And we since worked with them to help maintain their mental health services.
- We also partner with the tribe's health and human services department as well.
- So by incorporating our practice, ...and human services department as well.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- Moving on to the Division of Public Health Services.
- home visiting services to qualified families.
- Substance Abuse Services.
- Mental Health Services has a couple of line item requests.
- It includes 12 limited-service FTPs.
Committee:
Senate Health and Welfare
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Office of the Foster Youth Ombudsperson powers 3/17/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- another, I guess, situation of why it's so important that we finally get some modernization in the technology
- in the technology that we have at the in the technology that we have at the state.<00:01:38.400><c> Uh
- c> need</c><00:02:41.760><c> to</c> Access to the information they need to provide the best uh uh service
- c><00:03:32.319><c> more</c><00:03:32.640><c> difficulty</c> The lack of direct access to social services
- ,</c><00:16:04.560><c> the</c><00:16:04.800><c> complications,</c><00:16:06.079><c> uh,</c> some service
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Education Policy and Administration (04/13/2026)
Education Policy and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> those services. those services. >> Okay. >> Okay.
- </c> that piece of assisted technology. that piece of assisted technology.
- Thank you for looking for services. looking for services.
- that the services student needs services that the services would<01:19:56.080><c> be</c><01:19:56.239
- Um, so that was my first... your town services. So, your town services.
Committee:
House Education Policy and Administration
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Governmental Oversight and Accountability Jan 20th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- If you're not aware, we have the technology for people to live stream it now.
- Once conditions allow, calls for service are prioritized.
- Palm Beach County alone answered over 1.2 million calls for service last year.
- To be eligible, a retiree must have completed six years of service in the special risk class if initially
- If enrolled after July 1, 2011, a retiree must have completed at least eight years of service in the
Summary:
The Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability met and first took up SB 774, which would extend workers’ compensation coverage for mental or nervous injuries, without a physical injury, to 911 public safety telecommunicators. The sponsor and several dispatchers, a behavioral health clinician, and communications directors testified in support, describing repeated exposure to traumatic calls, chronic understaffing, and the cumulative mental health impact of the job. Members from both sides praised telecommunicators and emphasized their role as first responders. The bill was reported favorably, with Senator McLean later recorded as voting yes on the measure.
The committee then considered SPB 7028, a retirement bill setting Florida Retirement System employer contribution rates beginning July 1, 2026, without changing the 3% employee contribution rate. The proposal also allowed certain elected officers to receive a DROP payout under specified conditions and provided a 1.5% alternative cost-of-living adjustment for eligible special risk retirees. Representatives from firefighters, law enforcement, police chiefs, sheriffs, and fire chiefs supported the bill as a recruitment and retention tool. The committee voted to submit SPB 7028 as a committee bill and reported it favorably.
Finally, the committee heard SPB 7024 and SPB 7026, both Governmental Oversight and Accountability proposals to consolidate and update public records/public meeting exemptions. SPB 7024 would repeal the current cybersecurity information exemption and create a consolidated agency-wide exemption for cybersecurity, information, and operational technology information. SPB 7026 would similarly consolidate agency-held trade secret exemptions into one agency-wide exemption. Neither bill drew testimony or debate, and both were submitted as committee bills and reported favorably by unanimous votes.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Press Conference: End of Special Session DFL Media Availability - 06/10/25
Transcript Highlights:
- there have been many times when we've balanced the budget and people have lost access to certain services
- and people have lost access<00:03:07.040><c> to</c><00:03:07.280><c> certain</c><00:03:07.680><c> services
- </c><00:03:08.319><c> And</c><00:03:08.560><c> there</c> access to certain services.
- And there access to certain services.
- And when I think ahead about a modern economy and what we're doing with technology and data, one of the
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