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MO
Transcript Highlights:
- At the end of the day, we all vote on those codes and reach a general consensus.
- We're talking about the next generation of homes that you're going to end up buying 20 years.
- This contributes massively to air pollution and generates the largest amount of greenhouse gases.
- But we'll try to make this bill as good as we can for the general public, for everybody at large.
- Well, they generally work on a much smaller piece of land.
Committee:
House Commerce
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations - Room 210; 14 January, 2026: 3:30 PM
Appropriations
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> general funds. general funds.
- So again, general support and facilities.
- On the general support side, that's made up of three different areas.
- So again, general support and facilities.
- /c><00:35:37.359><c> cuts</c><00:35:37.680><c> that</c> general of the general fund cuts that general
Committee:
Joint Appropriations
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, September 8, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- May his life of service inspire future generations to lead with the same humility and strength.
- Barrett: H.R. 3424, the SPACE Act, directs the Administrator of the General Services Administration,
- REQUIRE THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION TO COLLABORATE WITH FEDERAL TENANTS
- My family has been in New Mexico for 17 generations.
- MY FAMILY HAS BEEN IN NEW MEXICO FOR 17 GENERATIONS.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- General Counsel, Cynthia Hernandez. Cynthia Hernandez. Okay.
- If we take the doctor out, I'm speaking generally.
- So, okay, I heard the general counsel say...
- I do want to ask the General Counsel, because this is all...
- I guess I need to ask the bill author or general counsel.
Committee:
House Public Health
Keywords:
youth camp, safety regulations, advisory committee, child welfare, health standards, summer camp, camp safety, child abuse reporting, child neglect, mandatory reporting, background check, criminal history check, sex offender registry, CPR training, first aid, public health, child protection, camp operator, camp counselor, Health and Safety Code
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- General counsel of the Texas Animal Health Commission, Dr.
- Uh, there's a very foul odor associated with the wound and you talk to the generations that have dealt
- Today, income generated from wildlife management is important to rural economies and property owners.
- In Texas, 753,000 deer hunters generate 4.6 billion in annual economic output.
- Uh, we do have a general New World screw worm informational document.
Committee:
House Agriculture & Livestock
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- Was it general? I do not.
- Was it general? I do not.
- Was it general? I do not.
- Was it general? I do not.
- Was it general? I do not. If source was? Was it general? I do not.
Committee:
Senate Finance
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 3/27/25
Commerce Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- So if you want it referred to Judiciary, or you want it to go to the general register and then if it
- register and then we'll take the general register and then we'll take the amendment<00:16:03.000><c>
- Would you like to move HF 2027 before the committee to be placed on the General Register?
- </c> 2027 and to be referred to the general 2027 and to be referred to the general register<01:14:01.719
- </c> amended be placed on the general amended be placed on the general registry<01:15:38.120><c> all<
Committee:
House Commerce Finance and Policy
Keywords:
financial institutions, insurance regulation, insurance holding company, group capital calculation, liquidity stress test, NAIC, National Association of Insurance Commissioners, insurer solvency, affiliate transactions, groupwide supervision, internationally active insurance group, lead state commissioner, policyholder protection, hazardous financial condition, deposit or bond, contract for deed, conventional loan, cooperative apartment loan, mortgage interest rate cap, average prime offer rate
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Appropriations Feb 12th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- You could certainly ask the Attorney General for that. Okay. But there's follow-up.
- What do you believe to be, generally speaking, not holding you to a number?
- It's just about the whole general thing.
- It generates about $15 million a year for Florida universities, mostly.
- Let's make sure the next generation has that same opportunity.
Summary:
The Senate Appropriations Committee met to hear SB 2-C, a major immigration enforcement bill sponsored by Senator Gruters and co-introduced by Senator Fine. The sponsor described the bill as a response to federal immigration priorities and said it replaces a single immigration officer with a State Board of Immigration Enforcement, expands local-federal cooperation, increases penalties for crimes committed by unauthorized immigrants, requires detention in certain cases, broadens information sharing, funds detention-bed expansion and law-enforcement training, and ends in-state tuition waivers for undocumented students. The bill also includes provisions related to sanctuary policies, voter fraud, transport of unauthorized aliens, and driver’s license-related offenses. The sponsor said the bill appropriates roughly $300 million overall, including $250 million for grants and $48 million for the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services for interdiction and border-related enforcement work.
Committee members questioned the bill’s scope, costs, and implementation. Senators focused heavily on the tuition-waiver repeal, asking how many students would be affected and whether the bill would harm students who have long lived in Florida. They also pressed on whether the bill should include stronger E-Verify provisions, how sanctuary-policy enforcement would work, whether local officials could be penalized for policy choices, and how immigration status would be verified in court and jail settings. The sponsor and Senator Fine said the tuition waiver would be removed for undocumented students, that the bill does not address E-Verify, and that the measure is intended to make immigration status a factor in detention and sentencing. Questions also addressed detention-bed capacity, reimbursement rates, and whether corrections staff would receive bonuses or salary increases; sponsors said bonuses are included for participating law enforcement, while broader salary issues would be handled in the regular budget process.
Public testimony was sharply divided. Supporters and information-only witnesses, including Sheriff Bob Gualtieri and former officials, said the bill would help Florida coordinate with federal authorities, expand bed space, and close loopholes in existing immigration enforcement. Opponents from the Southern Poverty Law Center, ACLU of Florida, Florida Policy Institute, labor groups, and immigrant advocates argued the bill is unconstitutional, likely to trigger litigation, and harmful to families, schools, and the economy. They warned that the pretrial detention provisions could lead to wrongful detentions and that the tuition changes would reduce access to higher education and cost the state tuition revenue. No final vote is reflected in the transcript excerpt, but the committee continued through public comment and extended the meeting to complete the agenda.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services (01/27/2026)
Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
Transcript Highlights:
- We're being generous.<02:05:38.880><c> Representative</c><02:05:39.360><c> Pratt.</c> generous.
- c> the</c><02:06:37.440><c> Department</c> I'm general counsel for the Department I'm general counsel
- </c> with me is uh the department's general with me is uh the department's general counsel<03:53:55.359
- ,</c><03:56:19.840><c> um,</c> change with the attorney general, um, change with the attorney general
- </c> general under those circumstances. general under those circumstances.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, June 4, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Petraeus and came to know General Mattis.
- Petraeus and came to know General Mattis.
- Petraeus and came to know General Mattis.
- General Petraeus and General Mattis would be a little bit more like Nick Saban.
- After general the respective design.
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 113 May 6th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> States does not secure a general States does not secure a general immunity<00:51:27.000><c> from
- </c><01:44:12.960><c> in</c> that money that might be generated in that money that might be generated
- :13:30.600><c> have</c><02:13:30.760><c> a</c> in the General Assembly have a in the General Assembly
- </c><02:44:40.760><c> fund</c> cutting both general fund cutting both general fund and<02:44:42.040><
- Um lead generations marketplace.
VT
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:51:53.440><c> Affairs</c> Development, Housing and General Affairs Development, Housing and General
- </c> Housing and General Affairs as amended. Housing and General Affairs as amended.
- But if we do, by the board of the General Assembly, when the General Assembly is not in session, the
- Might be on a special specialty drug that's very expensive, might go to a generic.
- </c><02:12:33.040><c> Affairs</c> Development Housing and General Affairs Development Housing and General
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 3/26/25
Transportation Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- I'd like to move House File 1520 to the General Register. This is the DPS policy bill.
- Chair Kosnik, I believe the motion is to send this to the General Register.
- I have Matt Moore, General Counsel for PeopleForBikes. Welcome to the committee.
- </c> um taken out of our budget or general um taken out of our budget or general fund<00:48:44.720><c
- </c> services account this is not general services account this is not general fund<01:16:01.719><c>
Committee:
House Transportation Finance and Policy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 03/03/25
Jobs and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- Winik, when you talked about the number of people served, were you giving us a general number of the
- Winik, when you talked about the number of people served, were you giving us a general number of the
- Winik, when you talked about the number of people served, were you giving us a general number of the
- Winik, when you talked about the number of people served, were you giving us a general number of the
- They also received general fund money in fiscal year 2024-25 of $1 million in one-time funding.
Committee:
Senate Jobs and Economic Development
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> you to respond to to that just generally you to respond to to that just generally and and and then
- Allison K., Deputy Attorney General, on behalf of the Department of the Attorney General.
- </c><01:18:32.120><c> at</c> okay next up we have attorney general at okay next up we have attorney general
- </c> the Attorney General uh we submitted the Attorney General uh we submitted written written written
- Chair, hi, Alison C., Deputy Attorney General.
Committee:
House Water & Land
Summary:
The Committee on Water and Land heard testimony on several measures, beginning with HB 347 relating to goats. The Department of Land and Natural Resources offered comments and said its Division of Forestry and Wildlife was available to answer questions. Testimony on the bill was largely opposed, with speakers arguing it would amount to a “free-for-all” rather than game management and urging deferral. DLNR responded that bag limits can be adjusted by area and game management unit under adaptive management rules, and that hunters typically take out their catch. No vote was taken in the portion provided.
The committee then took up HB 1278, on which DLNR testified in support. The record in the excerpt does not include discussion of the bill’s substance beyond the department’s support, and no action or vote is shown.
A substantial portion of the hearing focused on HB 144, relating to the Mauna Kea Stewardship and Oversight Authority and proposed exemptions from Sunshine Law requirements during the transition period. The authority’s vice chair testified that the body is a startup agency with a complex transition from the University and needs to be able to discuss strategic planning, operational formation, and other day-to-day matters with more than two members present. Opponents, including the Public First Law Center, Hawaiʻi Environmental Alliance, and community members, argued the bill would cut the public out of the deliberative process, allow decisions to be hashed out in private, and set a poor transparency precedent. One testifier also raised cultural and environmental concerns about Mauna Kea. Committee members questioned whether existing law and narrower guardrails could address the authority’s concerns, and the authority said it had already proposed a narrower alternative but the bill returned in similar form. The excerpt ends before any final committee action on HB 144 is shown.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 01/22/25
Jobs and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- The two places that are given credit for starting the general-purpose computing, as you know, is the
- AI the creative ity that you generative AI the creative ity that you sort<00:26:59.399><c> of</c><00
- This is the—sometimes people will call it generative AI, sometimes people call it Gen AI.
- </c> in our Medtech Hub and in AI in general in our Medtech Hub and in AI in general and<01:30:01.719
- </c><01:36:27.040><c> and</c> about is number one AI in general and about is number one AI in general
Committee:
Senate Jobs and Economic Development
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Energy and Natural Resources (02/04/2025)
Energy and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- Three agencies are funded by a special assessment on utilities, not by the general fund.
- I want to just let the commission know generally that I am in support of House Bill 535.
- </c><01:37:11.960><c> um</c> the project moving forward generally um the project moving forward generally
- </c> threshold for the Construction general threshold for the Construction general permit<02:05:14.800
- </c><02:09:55.960><c> permits</c> we we um C certify our general permits we we um C certify our general
Committee:
Senate Energy and Natural Resources
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
WAM-AEN, WAM-JDC Informational Briefings 01-09-2026
Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- from a special to a general.
- </c> for basically the folks the general for basically the folks the general public<02:11:41.120><c>
- </c><02:52:33.680><c> litigation</c> base for our general litigation base for our general litigation
- </c> is generally the same. is generally the same.
- . generally. generally.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Lowering Energy Costs Through Innovation / Improving Housing Affordability and Fraud Protections May 29th, 2026
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We have not built the clean energy generation as fast as we would like, but with the 2040 100% clean
- </c><00:03:27.600><c> as</c> built the clean energy generation as built the clean energy generation as
- Or is there some new form of energy generation?
- Or are we form of energy generation?
- when it's the says, "Let's generate when it's the lowest<00:14:08.320><c> cost,</c><00:14:08.680><c>
Summary:
The program focused first on Minnesota’s energy and affordability agenda, with Senator Nick Frentz discussing the state’s clean-energy leadership, rising electricity demand, and the Senate’s 100% clean energy framework. He said Minnesota’s clean energy growth supports jobs, lowers costs for ratepayers, and includes recent wins such as sustainable aviation fuel tax treatment in the supplemental budget. Frentz also said the Senate passed an energy omnibus bill that continues clean-energy permitting reforms, promotes conservation and demand response, and includes a nuclear study rather than lifting the nuclear moratorium.
Frentz spent much of the interview defending data centers as both a challenge and an opportunity. He said large hyperscale projects can create major construction jobs and substantial local property-tax revenue, while a 2025 law requires data-center companies to contribute to low-income energy assistance and report water use. He pointed to the Google data center planned for Pine Island as an example, saying it is air-cooled, will pay $5 million a year, and will fund 1,600 MW of clean energy at its own expense, which he argued could save Xcel ratepayers money over time. He also said climate change is already driving higher costs through homeowners insurance and storm damage.
The second segment highlighted Senator Zach Duckworth’s housing and banking bills. Duckworth said Senate File 4168 would make it easier to finance investment properties by giving buyers more flexibility to roll closing costs and lender fees into payments, while keeping strong protections in place for primary residences. He emphasized that the bill is not about predatory lending and is intended to expand options for informed investors. He also described Senate File 4652 as an anti-fraud, no-cost measure that lets bank customers name a trusted contact so banks can alert someone if suspicious activity is detected. Duckworth said both bills passed unanimously in both chambers, and he credited quick action and good working relationships across the aisle for their success.
The program closed with a broader reflection on the end of session and the Senate’s political climate. It noted that 15 senators are retiring and two are leaving for higher office, and that final floor votes often split along party lines, including one bill passing 34-33. Several retiring senators used farewell speeches to urge civility, compromise, and putting people first, while the segment emphasized that despite partisan conflict, quiet bipartisan cooperation still produced much of the session’s enacted legislation.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Human Services Committee Apr 20th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- I am a second-generation family child care educator. I am located in Rosemont, California.
- I am a second generation family child care educator. I am located in Rosemont, California.
- I was a little more lax because we only had one lead witness, but generally that portion is kind of just
- Just generally supporting older folks is not only currently critical, but it's going to be increasingly
- General Vice President's office, we're in strong support.
Summary:
The committee first adopted a 4-0 consent calendar for SB 1345, SB 1410, and SB 1421. It then heard SB 1200 on child care, which would redefine infant and toddler age categories so providers could count 18- to 24-month-olds as toddlers without changing ratios. The author and family child care providers said the bill would better reflect child development, improve reimbursement, increase capacity, and help keep family child care businesses open; there was no opposition, and the bill passed 4-0 to Appropriations.
The committee next approved SB 971, a permissive framework for counties to offer senior education and technology training through local public health systems and community partners. Supporters said it would help older adults with digital literacy, fraud awareness, health, and social connection, while remaining optional and locally tailored. There was no opposition, and the bill passed 4-0 to the floor. The committee also passed SB 1234, which requires fentanyl to be included in court-ordered drug testing in dependency cases when drug testing is already ordered. The author, an angel family member, and a sheriff’s office witness described child deaths and fentanyl exposure risks; the bill passed 4-0 to the floor.
SB 1109, dealing with oversight of short-term residential therapeutic programs in small rural counties, drew substantial testimony. Supporters from Alpine County argued that two facilities there strain local emergency response and that annual review should be triggered by repeated serious citations or placement in counties lacking basic infrastructure. Opponents said the bill was too broad and could destabilize needed placement capacity. After discussion, the author accepted committee amendments, and the bill passed 4-0 to Appropriations as amended. The committee also passed SB 961, which would notify financial aid applicants that they may be eligible for CalFresh; students and advocates said it would reduce food insecurity and improve college success, with no opposition, and it passed 4-0 to Appropriations.
Later, SB 1099, clarifying local governments’ authority to provide state or local public benefits to all residents under federal PRWORA exemptions, was heard and supported by local government attorneys; it was held on call after a 2-0 roll. SB 1190, creating licensing and safety rules for youth transport companies used in out-of-state residential placements, was supported by survivors and advocacy groups, with some support-if-amended testimony; it passed 4-0 to the Public Safety Committee. Finally, SB 1325, a narrow San Diego County measure to allow Feeding San Diego to participate in Cal Food under specific conditions, drew support from the author and Feeding San Diego but opposition from the California Association of Food Banks, which argued it would shift limited resources and add administrative burden. The transcript ends during committee discussion on SB 1325, before a final vote is shown.