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AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/05/2026 - House Rural Economic Development

Rural Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • really change the score, this bill, you should all should know, and probably do, that the tax credit generated
  • single-family homes; they felt trapped in those homes and into supportive housing... ...with wraparound services
  • things I would add: I rent a bill, HB 2949, to ensure that data centers are paying for their own generation
Bills: HB2388, HB2804, HB2926
Summary: The committee began with short presentations highlighting historic sites in Prescott, including the Arizona Pioneer Home and the First Territorial Governor’s Mansion/Charlotte Hall Museum, framed as ways to showcase rural districts and Arizona history. Members discussed the importance of using committee time to feature district-specific projects and tourism assets before moving to legislation. The main action was on HB 2804, a bill creating a state rural development and housing tax credit tied to the federal low-income housing tax credit for projects in counties under 800,000 population. Supporters, including the sponsor, the mayor of Flagstaff, housing developers, and other local officials, argued the credit would help finance affordable housing for seniors, veterans, and low-income residents in rural areas where projects are otherwise not feasible. Opponents, including the Arizona Free Enterprise Club, argued the program is inefficient, difficult to police, and disproportionately benefits intermediaries and developers. After extended questioning and debate about whether the bill truly helps veterans and seniors, the committee passed HB 2804 on a 7-0 vote. The committee then heard HB 2388, which directs the Arizona Commerce Authority to study the economic benefits of small modular reactors and data centers and report findings to the governor and legislature. The sponsor described it as a data-gathering measure to inform future policy, while supporters said it could help assess energy and job impacts, especially for Hispanic workers. One member suggested adding information on utility-rate impacts and waste/storage issues through amendment. The bill passed on a 6-1 vote, and the committee adjourned.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs May 19th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • card abuse, defined as the unauthorized use of a physical card or its details to obtain property or services
  • So thank you, Judge, for your service. Thank you for the information. God bless you, sir.
  • Failure to comply means that the provider forfeits the right for payment for the service.
  • Fairty to comply means that provider forfeits the right for payment for the service.
  • We also oppose the addition of any service member honorary The addition of any service member honorably
Bills: HB46, HB272
Summary: The Senate Committee on State Affairs heard several House bills and took no final votes, leaving each bill pending after testimony. HB 272 would align venue and evidentiary rules for fraudulent use or possession of credit/debit card information with existing credit card abuse law; the sponsor said it would improve prosecutions, and the Texas Financial Crimes Intelligence Center supported it. HB 1661 would increase penalties for certain election-related offenses, including failure to distribute election supplies and early release of election results; no substantive opposition was heard. HB 551 would protect the residential addresses of people who receive campaign expenditures on public Texas Ethics Commission reports, similar to donor privacy protections, and a witness from Texas Eagle Forum later indicated support for the privacy change. The committee also heard HB 2820, which would raise the amount charitable bingo organizations may keep in operating capital from $50,000 to $100,000. The sponsor and a Texans for Charitable Bingo representative said inflation and operating costs have made the current cap too low and that the bill would help charities maintain stable operations without expanding gaming. HB 3181 would impose stronger consequences for repeated denial of court-ordered child possession and access, including limiting probation and requiring attorney’s fees after multiple contempt findings; a family court judge and a parent testified in support, while another witness argued the bill should be paired with stronger criminal enforcement and that parents already face high costs. HB 4157 would update Texas law for commercial spaceflight by recognizing liability waivers and preserving workers’ compensation rights; no one testified against it. The committee also heard HB 4145, which would let health care providers satisfy a timely billing requirement by sending bills to a patient’s legal representative in a personal injury case, closing what supporters described as a loophole in letter-of-protection situations. Finally, HB 46, relating to the Texas Compassionate Use Program, drew the most extensive discussion: supporters said it should expand access for legitimate medical cannabis patients and add more delivery methods and conditions, while opponents warned against broader marijuana expansion and questioned adding chronic pain and other conditions. The sponsor said he still supports the program and wants a balanced, regulated expansion, but noted the bill is still being worked on. All bills were left pending at the close of the hearing.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

State Affairs May 7th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • an abortion assistance entity or abortion provider for the procurement of an abortion or related services
  • Uh, that's, that service there that she stopped to have. Absolutely not.
  • to ensure a better life for future generations.
  • They're supporting residents with services grounded in public health, compassion, and dignity.
  • And so, uh, that's generally, I, I think, how it would be set up. OK, thank you. So.
Bills: SB 6, SB 11, SB 33
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs May 7th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • an abortion assistance entity or abortion provider for the procurement of an abortion or related services
  • Whenever, despite the Attorney General getting involved in suing them, they have decided to designate
  • Would that ensnare... that service there that she stopped at? Absolutely not.
  • They're a first-generation.
  • And so, that's generally how it would be set up. Okay, thank you.
Bills: SB6, SB11, SB33
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs May 7th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • response services.
  • We have developed capabilities to generate our own power when grid service is unavailable.
  • Also, with some ancillary services backed up behind that, regulation services will still be there.
  • And so that's why our group urges any type of service-oriented, contracted service-oriented response.
  • So data centers utilize backup generation. That backup generation is largely diesel.
Bills: SB6, SB11, SB33
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Appropriations - Education and Environment Division Apr 11th, 2025 at 09:30 am

Appropriations - Education and Environment Division

Transcript Highlights:
  • we have one FTE, which we added to the School of the Blind, which I believe is for that technology service
  • It's carryover funds, continued for the 23, 25 deposit, Departments, Operating Fund, General Funds.
  • Otherwise it would go to the general fund.
  • Yeah, otherwise it would go to the general fund.
  • I'm with the Office of Management and Budget Shared Services Division.
Bills: HB1540
Summary: The committee first took up amended bill 10-13, a school funding and education appropriations measure. Senator Schaible walked through the final version, which included changes to foundation aid, transportation grants, free and reduced-price meals funding, paraprofessional and teacher support programs, Native American education items, library and school facility projects, and several one-time grants. Members discussed removing the science center grant funding, and Senator Meyer objected to that removal, arguing that Grand Forks had raised matching private and local funds and that other cities had received similar state support. The committee also agreed to adjust regional education association funding to reflect six centers rather than seven, reducing that line to $600,000. The committee then adopted the amendment to 10-13 unanimously and passed the bill as further amended on a unanimous roll call, with Senator Shively designated as carrier. After a brief recess, the committee turned to bill 1540, but no formal action was taken. Bank of North Dakota and OMB representatives raised concerns that the draft included policy changes and procurement/IT exemptions that needed further discussion. Members agreed the bill would be delayed until Monday so the Bank, OMB, and NDIT could confer and work through the mechanics and policy issues before the committee moved it forward.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Jurisprudence Mar 26th, 2025

Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • for To file a lawsuit to ask the court to order the parent to do services for whatever reason.
  • So we've done, I am also a GrandVoice member for Generations United in Washington, D.C.
  • So we've done, I am also a GrandVoice member for Generations United in Washington, D.C.
  • We think possibly the Attorney General could do it administratively without utilizing the court.
  • I've got a defense; county defends me, Attorney General defends me in cases.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Jurisprudence heard several family-law and probate bills. Senate Bill 2052 would codify a rebuttable presumption that a parent acts in the best interest of a child and require clear and convincing evidence to overcome that presumption in disputes involving non-parents; the author and several witnesses supported the bill as a clarification of existing case law, while one witness suggested refining the modification language. Public testimony was closed and the bill was left pending. The committee also heard Senate Bill 1923, which would allow child support to follow a child placed temporarily with kin or fictive kin under a parental child safety placement or authorization agreement; the bill’s author and a grandparent caregiver testified in support, while one witness suggested the Attorney General could handle the change administratively. That bill was also left pending. Senate Bill 1838 would standardize fee schedules and compensation rules for attorneys ad litem and related court-appointed counsel in DFPS child-protection cases. The author said the bill would clarify unclear current law, and witnesses from the Texas Indigent Defense Commission and family-defense bar supported it, though one asked that expert-witness expenses be expressly included. Senate Bill 387 would raise the bond requirement for county judges handling guardianship proceedings to at least $500,000; the author described it as a refiling of a prior bill that passed unanimously but was vetoed, and a statutory probate judge testified in support. Senate Bill 1839 would require original or paper wills to be delivered to the transferee court when probate proceedings are transferred; the committee substitute broadened the delivery methods, and the district clerk witness supported the change. All three bills were left pending. The committee also took up Senate Bill 1536, which had previously been voted out with the wrong committee substitute; members reconsidered the vote, adopted the corrected substitute, and then voted 3-0 to report the bill favorably to the full Senate, with local and contested calendar certification. Finally, Senate Bill 1940 would create a transfer-on-death mechanism for manufactured homes classified as personal property, similar to existing tools for real property and vehicles; the author and an estate-planning attorney testified that it would streamline transfers and reduce probate costs. A non-substantive committee substitute was still being prepared, and the bill was left pending.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Veterans and Military Affairs Division 4/15/26

Veterans and Military Affairs Division

Transcript Highlights:
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  • So yes, a Lutheran Social Services.
  • I knew a career and war generation.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Elections Apr 24th, 2025

Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • It is generally known or can be determined from a reliable source.
  • I'm a first-generation immigrant born and raised in Iran.
  • Thank you for coming, thank you for your service, and thank you for being here today.
  • But then the attorney general comes out and says, well, you never actually proved it.
  • Well, that's dealing with the authority of the Attorney General.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

WAM Public Hearing 02-19-2026

Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • and more generations to come.
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  • we can generate more energy. we can generate more energy.
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Summary: The Committee on Ways and Means met for decision-making only and adopted recommendations on a long list of Senate bills, with no oral testimony taken. Early actions included SB 99 to pass unamended, SB 585 to pass with a date correction to 2015, SB 2060 to pass with amendments involving public project lists, legislative approval for fund transfers, and removal of certain appropriations, and SB 2069 to pass with amendments extending a sunset date and requiring transit-oriented development zoning. The committee also advanced several other measures, including SB 2110, SB 215, SB 2259, SB 2382, SB 2442, and SB 2485 unamended, while SB 2152, SB 2315, SB 2446, SB 2919, SB 2577, SB 2580, and SB 2861 were moved with various amendments, mostly date changes, appropriation blanks, or technical clarifications. A substantial portion of the meeting focused on SB 2211, where Department of Human Services officials explained how the department was covering costs by using restricted funds and shifting Med-QUEST funding, and noted a need for $14 million plus support for $16.5 million in ACA enhanced tax credit subsidies. The chair indicated the bill would move forward with amendments, including blanking the appropriation pending more information on lapses, and the recommendation was adopted. SB 2544 was also amended to remove a specific appropriation and replace it with a blank cap on funds from DUR, and SB 2342 was amended to require projects to be in transit-oriented development zones and to reflect prior committee concurrence. The most extended debate was on SB 3326, which would address utility restructuring. One senator opposed the bill, arguing it could raise rates, worsen reliability issues, and disrupt an existing utility without a clear plan, especially given island-specific conditions. Supporters argued the bill would separate generation from transmission and distribution, create competition, protect union jobs, and respond to aging infrastructure and financial weakness in the utility sector. After recesses and discussion of the Public Utilities Commission’s role, the chair changed the recommendation from pass unamended to pass with amendments requiring the PUC to conduct a study, provide an interim report before the next session, and a final report the following session. That amended recommendation was adopted, and the meeting then adjourned with no further business.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Local Government (Part I) Apr 28th, 2025

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • area median family income, eligible professionals are corrections officers, firefighters, emergency service
  • Generally, Senate Bill 845 would add licensed social workers to the Homes for Texas Heroes loan program
  • license social shortage to this program at no cost to the state whatsoever with no cost coming from general
  • bill sets a consistent baseline for eligibility across the municipalities that operate under civil service
  • and service delivery.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Apr 24th, 2025

Alabama House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • We also welcome her service dog, Wyatt. her service dog, Wyatt. her service dog, Wyatt.
  • So the uh Alabama attorney general, the sheriff's association, general, the sheriff's association, general
  • Those are the Youth Services. Those are the Youth Services. Those are the categories.
  • Well, as you know, the the general ETF. Well, as you know, the the general ETF.
  • But we have general parameters, general general parameters, general general parameters, general understandings
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

House in Session Apr 24th, 2025

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is a generational change that will help.
  • If the City of Homestead does not offer the services, they are not going to have these services.
  • IT SERVES 39 MUNICIPALITIES IN THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
  • By the Health and Human Services Committee, Human Services Committee, and Representative Gonzalez Pittman
  • By the Health and Human Services Committee, Human Services Subcommittee, and Representative Gonzalez
Summary: The Florida House of Representatives conducted legislative business including prayer, pledge, and voting on multiple bills. Key legislation included HB 1105 expanding Florida Bright Futures Scholarship eligibility, HB 443 on charter school regulations (passed 83-23), and HB 1539 on materials harmful to minors (passed 81-29) after extensive debate about book challenges in schools. Other bills addressed education funding, law enforcement benefits, parole guidelines, and various local issues. The Speaker announced budget negotiations with the Senate have stalled, with disagreements over spending levels and tax cuts. The House will not meet this weekend as originally planned. Session adjourned until tomorrow at 10 AM.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Apr 24th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • providing health care services to rural counties.
  • Attorney General, because isn't the Attorney General charged with defending the state against unconstitutional
  • It does not undermine the attorney general at all.
  • The perception of Texans, it would allow us as Texans in this generation and in future generations. is
  • to a local intellectual and development disability authority for service services, or public benefits
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

House in Session Apr 25th, 2025

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It is an application of general law with general effect to address the situation that we have talked
  • Or any debt service.
  • In order to provide the services.
  • voluntary mental health services, involuntary substance abuse services.
  • Awareness in the next generation.
Bills: HB 118, HB 388, HB 114, HB 205, HB 2789, HB 2791, HB 499, HB 2960, HB 3163, HB 3135, HB 2427, HB 1618, HB 1672, HB 1722, HB 1338, HB 787, HB 2618, HB 879, HB 1126, HB 4134, HB 3513, HB 718, HB 1536, HB 1445, HB 1640, HB 1893, HB 1734, HB 3229, HB 3306, HB 1276, HB 3272, HB 3276, HB 3516, HB 4145, HB 1585, HB 4810, HB 2989, HB 2558, HB 3014, HB 2742, HB 1695, HB 29, HB 125, HB 145, HB 171, HB 255, HB 50, HB 363, HB 116, HB 491, HB 1495, HB 368, HB 1285, HB 1905, HB 2002, HB 917, HB 2723, HB 2067, HB 1238, HB 745, HB 1188, HB 1606, HB 2003, HB 2147, HB 2355, HB 2546, HB 2495, HB 2818, HB 2249, HB 3228, HB 3240, HB 1507, HB 658, HB 1748, HB 1851, HB 1922, HB 2798, HB 107, HB 1587, HB 3684, HB 118, HB 388, HB 114, HB 205, HB 2789, HB 2791, HB 499, HB 2960, HB 3163, HB 3135, HB 2427, HB 1618, HB 1672, HB 1722, HB 1338, HB 787, HB 2618, HB 879, HB 1126, HB 4134, HB 3513, HB 718, HB 1536, HB 1445, HB 1640, HB 1893, HB 1734, HB 3229, HB 3306, HB 1276, HB 3272, HB 3276, HB 3516, HB 4145, HB 1585, HB 4810, HB 2989, HB 2558, HB 3014, HB 2742, HB 1695, HB 609, HB 630, HB 420, HB 767, HB 1708, HB 1404, HB 2457, HB 140, HB 227, HB 913, HB 2198, HB 2763, HB 1261, HB 1135, HB 1318, HB 2358, HB 2765, HB 2735, HB 3307, HB 1242, HB 2842, HB 333, HB 201, HB 694, HB 2415, HB 155, HB 272, HB 405, HB 519, HB 1136, HB 1275, HB 1437, HB 1532, HB 1675, HB 1868, HB 1888, HB 1990, HB 2286, HB 2523, HB 3129, HB 3251, HB 3354, HB 3479, HB 3803, HB 3804, HB 3805, HB 3806, HB 3887, HB 4163, HB 4238, HB 1240, HB 1842, HB 2029, HB 2622, HB 3255, HB 654, HB 4643, HB 4945, HB 3611, HB 3724, HB 3623, HB 3810, HB 4127, HCR 78, HCR 12, SB 767