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TX
Transcript Highlights:
- You're absolutely right, Senator Eckhart, and excuse me, and Chairman, I guess I'll reserve some of my
Keywords:
homeland security, border security, critical infrastructure, Department of Public Safety, intelligence operations, public-private partnerships, SB 2202, firearm trafficking, gun trafficking, terrorism, foreign terrorist organization, Texas-Mexico border, United Mexican States, Mexico, DPS, second-degree felony, weapons transfer, illegal firearms transfer, arms smuggling, cross-border crime
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Chairman, subject to any questions you may have of me, I thank you for your time and, and I respectfully reserve
Bills:
HB23
Keywords:
property tax exemption, ad valorem tax, Texas Tax Code, nonprofit corporation, charitable organization, educational nonprofit, scientific nonprofit, agriculture support, youth programs, community education, county population threshold, large county, local government revenue, leasehold interest, possessory interest, county property tax, nonprofit-owned property
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- While working dispatch full time, he graduated from the basic and reserve police academies to become
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- And respectfully reserve the right to close. Any questions for Representative Spiller?
Keywords:
third-party review, property development, local government, permits, construction inspection, regulatory authority, land development, liability, occupancy certificate, municipal utility district, petition, county clerk, water code, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, traffic impact studies, bonds, road projects, eminent domain, extraterritorial jurisdiction, county authority
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- , Senator Figures, Senator Gavan, Senator Or, Senator Singleton, Senator Smithman, abstain with reservation
Keywords:
vaccination, parental consent, minors, medical consent, guardian approval, criminal procedure, split sentencing, probation, Class A felony, Class B felony, minimum confinement, HB49, Alabama criminal code, capital offense, capital punishment, death penalty, rape in the first degree, sodomy in the first degree, sexual torture, child sexual abuse
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Agriculture Mar 3rd, 2025
TX
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Artificial Intelligence and Data Center Committee Jul 15th, 2026 at 09:00 am
Artificial Intelligence and Data Center Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- The Federal Reserve met with the leading banks in an evening emergency meeting, and the White House convened
- money around or just be very disruptive to the financial system, you know, break into the Federal Reserve
- come... ...just be very disruptive to the financial system of the, you know, break into the Federal Reserve
- are other costs that can be saved if you're part of an RTO, like operating costs and margins and reserves
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Artificial Intelligence and Data Center Committee Jul 15th, 2026
Artificial Intelligence and Data Center Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- The Federal Reserve met with the leading banks.
- The Federal Reserve met with the leading banks in an evening emergency meeting, and the White House convened
- and move money around, or just be very disruptive to the financial system—break into the Federal Reserve
- are other costs that can be saved if you're part of an RTO, like operating costs and margins and reserves
Summary:
The committee held its first meeting on artificial intelligence and data centers, establishing its purpose as a study and policy-development body rather than one aimed at producing many bills. Majority Leader Hogue urged members to move quickly, focus on federal and other states’ AI laws, consider possible federal preemption, child protections, and the siting and economic impacts of data centers. Committee leadership echoed that the goal is practical, balanced governance that protects North Dakota while allowing innovation to continue.
Legislative Council staff provided a background memo and NCSL presented a detailed overview of AI concepts and the current state legislative landscape. The presentations distinguished narrow AI, generative AI, agentic AI, and theoretical AGI/ASI, and summarized major state policy themes: comprehensive AI laws in states such as Utah, Colorado, Texas, California, and Illinois; targeted laws on deepfakes, chatbots, health, education, notifications, and digital likeness; and growing use of appropriations and agency inventories. Members asked about Colorado’s repeal and reenactment, Texas’s sandbox and training provisions, oversight structures, and whether AI regulation is bipartisan; presenters said most issues cut across party lines, with broad agreement on child safety and deepfakes but more division on broader regulatory approaches.
The federal update focused on executive orders, preemption, and congressional activity. NCSL described a White House framework favoring a single federal standard, a DOJ litigation task force, Commerce Department review of state laws, and possible funding conditions tied to state AI policy, though no formal state-law challenge had yet occurred. The presentation also covered a recent executive order creating a voluntary federal vetting process for advanced frontier models after safety concerns, and congressional proposals including a failed 10-year state moratorium, Senator Blackburn’s child-safety bills, the Kids Online Safety Act, a House-passed children’s digital safety package, a Senate data center moratorium proposal, and a House ratepayer/data-center bill. The committee took no formal action beyond receiving testimony and asking questions.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- My main, I have lots of things to say, but I will reserve most of them for third read.
- especially, All members, all citizens of Arizona, especially those in rural communities and Indian reservations
- Arizona voters reserved to themselves the power to pass laws through initiatives and referendums.
- children of United States Army members in good standing, serving in regular active duty, active duty reserve
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 3 on Health and Human Services May 21st, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- In addition to maintaining a partial reserve, supporting programming that is scalable creates flexibility
- leadership has found a way to do all of this while also being mindful that we have to put more into our reserves
- to raise revenue, and how to make sure that we’re funding health care and our state’s safety net reserves
- Safety net reserves. You know, these cuts are not saving our state any money.
Summary:
The committee first heard May Revision child care and human services items. The Department of Child Support Services described two technical adjustments, which the analyst supported. The Department of Social Services then walked through child care proposals, including a reduction in federal and Proposition 64 funding absorbed through a shift from General Child Care to the Alternative Payment program, a 2.01% child care COLA, disaster-related infrastructure grants, a new administrative support cost structure for Alternative Payment agencies, the removal of prospective pay funding after a federal rule change, a reappropriation for existing infrastructure grants, and estimates of unspent child care funds. The Legislative Analyst’s Office recommended asking for more justification for shifting reductions to CAP, supported the COLA reduction but wanted consistency across programs, recommended removing prospective pay funding, opposed the administrative cost shift, and suggested further review of disaster grant alignment. Members pressed the administration on why more slots would be cut for the same savings, why the COLA was reduced, and whether the administrative percentage would grow over time. The administration said the changes were intended to avoid disrupting currently enrolled families, reflect point-in-time relinquishments and unspent funds, and stabilize contractor operations. Public commenters, including providers, advocates, and county representatives, urged full COLA funding, rejection of child care slot reductions, preservation of prospective pay, and continued investment in child care infrastructure and access. The subcommittee then recessed before moving to health items.
In Part B, the Department of State Hospitals presented its May Revision proposals, including a central utility plant replacement project at Metropolitan State Hospital, funding for a continuum electronic health record system, reduced county bed billing authority to reflect phase-in of additional LPS beds, limited contract exemption authority for online clinical subscription services, reversion of prior-year unspent operating funds, and a workforce development proposal to use Behavioral Health Services Act funds instead of General Fund for training programs. The department said the EHR would modernize records and improve continuity of care, and that the contract exemption would prevent delays in essential clinical information services. No votes were taken in the excerpt provided.
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado Senate 2026 Legislative Day 113 May 7th, 2026
Colorado Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- So just expect we'll work it into the bill and see what the implications are and reserve opportunity
- 15:49.360><c> implications</c><02:15:49.840><c> are</c><02:15:50.079><c> and</c><02:15:50.320><c> reserve
- </c> the implications are and reserve the implications are and reserve opportunity<02:15:51.679><c> if
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Minnesota House passes higher ed package that leaves $131 million aid shortfall unaddressed 5/4/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- it relates to financial aid at Minnesota's colleges and universities, that those dollars would be reserved
- 01:20:19.800><c> dollars</c><01:20:20.240><c> would</c><01:20:20.360><c> be</c><01:20:20.480><c> reserved
- </c><01:20:21.480><c> for</c> that those dollars would be reserved for that those dollars would be reserved
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 091 Apr 15th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It reflects a commitment to ensuring that opportunity is not reserved for those already positioned to
- is</c><01:30:05.280><c> not</c> ensuring that opportunity is not ensuring that opportunity is not reserved
- > those</c><01:30:06.239><c> already</c><01:30:06.719><c> positioned</c><01:30:07.679><c> to</c> reserved
- for those already positioned to reserved for those already positioned to access<01:30:08.480><c> it.
NH
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 3/26/26
Commerce Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- couple days ago that they're now putting more in their fraud provisions than they are for loan loss reserves
- provisions than they are for loan fraud provisions than they are for loan loss<00:04:08.960><c> reserves
- > meaning</c><00:04:09.880><c> they</c><00:04:10.040><c> lose</c><00:04:10.280><c> more</c> loss reserves
- , meaning they lose more loss reserves, meaning they lose more money<00:04:10.720><c> to</c><00:04:10.840
Keywords:
trusted contact, financial exploitation, elder abuse, elder financial abuse, fraud prevention, financial institution, banking, credit union, broker-dealer, account security, dormant account, consumer protection, scam, suspicious activity, protective services, law enforcement reporting, Minnesota Statutes chapter 45A, HF3388, Minnesota premium security plan, reinsurance
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/25/2026 - House Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections
House Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections Committee of Reference
Transcript Highlights:
- I am a 17-year veteran of the United States Air Force National Guard and Reserve, and I also served during
- Arizona and you are out of the state on military active duty or military duty, whether it be active reserve
- component or whatnot, Duty or military duty, whether it be active reserve component or whatnot, you
- I'll reserve my comments until after the vote. I'll just vote aye. But I forgot the vote.
Summary:
The committee heard an extended presentation and discussion on Arizona higher education research security, focused heavily on Arizona State University’s foreign funding, international partnerships, and alleged ties to Chinese military-affiliated institutions. The presenter argued that ASU and the Arizona Board of Regents had not been transparent about foreign gifts, contracts, and research collaborations, especially those involving the Chinese “Seven Sons” universities, and said the committee would pursue a congressional referral and other federal review. A strike-everything amendment to SB 1060 was described but then withdrawn; the underlying SB 1327 was then taken up as a companion measure requiring ABOR to adopt university research security policies and submit annual reports on those policies and on foreign contributions over $250,000. The committee heard testimony in support from Marina Macklin, who said the bill would help protect dual-use and defense-relevant research from being funneled to China’s military ecosystem, and she answered questions about biosecurity, semiconductors, AI model theft, and election systems. After debate, SB 1327 was approved on a 4-2 vote, with Delos Santos and Marquez voting no and Colloden, Powell, and the chair voting yes; the chair stated his support was to keep missile, armor, guidance, and other technology safe from the Chinese government.
The committee then heard SB 1803, a veterans’ consumer-protection bill regulating private companies that help veterans file disability claims. The bill would prohibit unaccredited persons from preparing, presenting, or prosecuting veterans’ benefits matters, require service agreements to be filed with the Attorney General, cap compensation, ban certain practices such as overseas call centers and in-house doctors, and create consumer-fraud enforcement authority. Sponsor Sen. Gallin said the measure was intended to add guardrails for veterans and prevent bad actors from taking excessive fees or misleading claimants. Testimony from Veterans Guardian representatives supported the bill as a way to create transparency and preserve veterans’ choice while regulating the industry; they said many veterans seek private help after unsuccessful attempts with free services and that the bill would not eliminate competition. Opponents and skeptical members questioned whether the bill would effectively legalize one business model while restricting others, whether the contingent-fee structure was consumer-friendly, and whether the companies were engaging in the unauthorized practice of law. The discussion also referenced prior federal and state litigation involving similar laws and the possibility of future federal accreditation reform. The transcript ends during continued questioning on SB 1803, before a final vote is shown.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- a simple bill that authorizes a request and a transfer from the early childhood family education reserve
- 20.120><c> education</c> the early childhood family education the early childhood family education reserve
- 22.240><c> in</c><00:36:22.400><c> the</c><00:36:22.480><c> community</c><00:36:23.000><c> service</c> reserve
- balance in the community service reserve balance in the community service fund<00:36:23.800><c> to</
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- These are roles that should be reserved for we, the people.
- ><00:31:51.560><c> that</c><00:31:51.720><c> should</c><00:31:51.800><c> be</c><00:31:51.920><c> reserved
- </c> These are roles that should be reserved These are roles that should be reserved for<00:31:52.440
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 3/4/26
Housing Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- According to reports from the Federal Reserve, Pew Charitable Trust, and reporting done by the Star Tribune
- <00:26:56.000><c> from</c><00:26:56.240><c> the</c><00:26:56.400><c> Federal</c><00:26:56.640><c> Reserve
- ,</c><00:26:57.120><c> Pew</c> to reports from the Federal Reserve, Pew to reports from the Federal Reserve
Keywords:
housing, infrastructure bonds, funding, appropriation, Minnesota Statutes, HF2687, single-family homes, corporate landlords, corporate ownership, real estate investment trust, REIT, landlord registry, landlord database, tenant transparency, housing affordability, homeownership, deed tax, transfer tax, property tax, affordable housing