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US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine interdicting illicit drug trafficking, focusing on a view from the front lines. Feb 26th, 2025 at 10:00 am
Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- And Senator Cantwell and I are now working on new legislation in this space.
- And then she and I and our governor, we've teamed up on this big campaign we launched about eight or
- When you have an unmanned aircraft and you can launch that from the flight deck of the cutter and put
- that up there, then you don't have to rely on on scarce launch... long-range aircraft from either CBP
- we do think about adding these new technologies we need to add improved Wi-Fi, different kinds of space
Keywords:
Coast Guard, maritime drug enforcement, illegal drugs, fentanyl crisis, legislative reforms, public testimony
Summary:
The meeting of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation addressed critical issues surrounding maritime drug enforcement and the Coast Guard's role in stopping the influx of illegal drugs. The chairman highlighted the alarming consequences of current policies allowing drugs to cross borders, emphasizing the need for legislative reforms, such as the Coast Guard Reauthorization Act of 2025. There was an intense discussion regarding the operational challenges faced by the Coast Guard, which has recently made significant drug seizures, indicating progress but also revealing gaps that need addressing. Several witnesses, including victims of the drug crisis, shared their compelling testimonies, which underscored the urgency for stricter controls and comprehensive support for law enforcement agencies involved in drug interdiction efforts.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Housing Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Housing
Transcript Highlights:
- But I'm So I wanted to give Benji the space to share as well.
- And others like Virginia and California have launched study commissions.
- It's common area, common space that can't be rented and can't be sold.
- When accounting for the reduced amount of living space and all the additional work to build the second
- These are all things I'd be able to do independently with the right accessible living space.
Committee:
Joint Joint Committee on Housing
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Housing opened a hybrid hearing focused on housing production bills, with Chairs Julian Cyr and Rich Haggerty emphasizing Massachusetts’ housing shortage and the need to produce more than 200,000 units over the next decade. The committee then heard testimony on a wide range of proposals, including social housing, starter homes and the “missing middle,” accessory dwelling units (ADUs), single-stair residential buildings, permanent affordability homeownership, and housing for people with disabilities. Several witnesses framed the bills as tools to expand supply, lower costs, and address racial and generational wealth gaps.
Representative Connolly testified for H. 1478 on the Massachusetts Social Housing Program, describing publicly owned, mixed-income housing financed through a revolving loan fund. Senator Feeney testified for S. 989 on missing middle starter homes, arguing for zoning changes, incentives, and affordability tools to support smaller starter homes and duplexes, triplexes, and fourplexes. Multiple witnesses, including housing advocates, real estate representatives, and local officials, supported the ADU trust fund bill and the single-stair study bill, saying they would reduce barriers, support homeowners, and enable more family-sized and infill housing. Some witnesses opposed bills they said would weaken ADU reforms or add new restrictions, while others urged broader deregulation to speed production.
A major portion of the hearing focused on H. 1576/S. 1010, the Homes for Lasting Affordability bill, which would create a permanent affordability homeownership program for low- and moderate-income buyers and support small developments with long-term affordability restrictions. Testimony from community land trust leaders, legislators, and housing advocates emphasized that permanent affordability can preserve public investment, stabilize neighborhoods, and help families build wealth over generations. Senator Miranda and Representative Worrell tied the bill to closing the racial wealth gap and expanding access to homeownership for Black and Latino residents. The committee also heard testimony on S. 971, which would reform the Housing Development and Incentive Program to require more affordability in Gateway City projects.
The committee additionally heard from Senator Kennedy and disability advocates on S. 1004, which would strengthen the Alternative Housing Voucher Program for people with disabilities by codifying project-based vouchers and aligning the program more closely with other voucher systems. Witnesses described long waitlists and the lack of accessible, affordable units as major barriers that can lead to homelessness or unnecessary institutionalization. No votes were taken during the hearing; the session was devoted to testimony and questions from committee members.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- And since its launch in 2021, Arizona's event wagering and fantasy sports operators' privilege fees total
- First, in September of 2021, Arizona launched legal event wagering just five months after passage, one
- period of rapid growth and expansion in the department's responsibilities, particularly following the launch
- Pursuant to statute, when these operators launched in 2021, it outlines that they can deduct certain
- For instance, in the gaming space, there are questions—I don't remember off the exact top of my head—but
Committees:
House Commerce , House House Commerce Committee of Reference
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Jun 26th, 2025
Legislative Health & Human Services Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- We again launched it in October 2024, so it's been in place for about seven months now.
- So again, harkening back to my experience in the emergency management space, coordination is critical
- Not all services are created equal in this space, and this is a big thing that I am committed to for
- So again, the idea is that when people are all in the same space, it just creates too much opportunity
- It's already soft launching with providers across the ecosystem.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2026-02-04 (8:30AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- . >> Senator Wright: Yesterday was Florida Space Day and it highlighted work done by various space organizations
- Florida recorded a record-breaking 109 orbital rocket launches from the Space Coast in 2025 transporting
- From Space Florida, if you will stand up, sir, CEO Rob Long.
- Next to him is Government Relations Director from Space Florida Lindsey Pierce.
- Space Astro. Thank you all very much. [Applause]. >> President: Welcome to the Florida Senate.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Natural Resources Committee Jun 22nd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- In December of 2024, Lancaster launched the first public hydrogen authority, otherwise known as FPH2,
- to add a little extra context: talking to some of our members who are in the advanced manufacturing space
- because it's my understanding that there's a lot of manufacturing currently going on in mixed-use spaces
- , you know, spaces that would no longer be allowed under this legislation.
- There is something that can seem more certain about that process than launching off on this brand-new
Summary:
The committee heard several bills, with SB 1350 by Senator McNerney presented first. The measure would expand California’s use of renewable hydrogen in the power sector by allowing renewable portfolio standard credit for power plants using green hydrogen, with supporters emphasizing grid reliability, clean-energy goals, in-state investment, and construction jobs. Support came from labor, clean-energy, municipal utility, and local government representatives; NRDC Action Fund withdrew opposition after amendments, while a few groups remained opposed or neutral. The committee later took a roll call and SB 1350 passed out on a due pass recommendation.
The committee also heard SB 1180 by Senator Allen, which would set operational rules for the Plastic Pollution Mitigation Fund created under SB 54, including clearer eligible uses, transparency, technical assistance, and access for tribes and smaller community groups. Environmental justice, ocean, conservation, and local government groups strongly supported the bill, saying it would ensure the fund addresses plastic pollution’s public health and environmental harms. Industry and manufacturing groups opposed unless amended, arguing the bill should stay tightly tied to plastic waste reduction and not broaden into source-reduction policy. After quorum was established, the committee approved SB 1180 on a due pass recommendation to Appropriations.
SB 1326 by Senator Wahab was then heard to strengthen tribal consultation and tribal cultural resource protections under CEQA by recognizing tribal registers and requiring feasible avoidance or mitigation measures when tribes identify resources. Tribal representatives and supporters said the bill would better protect sacred sites and tribal knowledge, while cities, counties, utilities, builders, and rural county groups opposed unless amended, citing implementation concerns, possible litigation, and uncertainty for infrastructure and housing projects. The committee voted the bill out on a due pass recommendation to Appropriations.
Finally, SB 954 by Senator Blakespear was presented as a cleanup of last year’s SB 131 advanced-manufacturing CEQA exemption, narrowing eligible projects and adding guardrails such as setbacks, air-quality limits, tribal consultation, labor standards, and habitat protections. Environmental and labor groups supported the bill as a needed correction to an overly broad exemption, while business, manufacturing, housing, and local-government groups opposed, warning it could make the exemption unusable and slow investment. Members debated the balance between environmental protection and manufacturing competitiveness, and the committee voted SB 954 out on a due pass recommendation to the Labor and Employment Committee; the transcript then moved on to SB 1031 on compostable plastics, which was introduced but not acted on in the portion provided.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 4 on State Administration and General Government Feb 26th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- , often local government staff, sometimes with volunteers as well, who canvass public and outdoor spaces
- aren't visible to count teams, and that is particularly true in rural areas where the geographic spaces
- The first is that the Emergency Housing Voucher program, which was launched in 2021 by HUD with ARPA
- The system is still quite young, first launched in 2021.
- But we also need to follow up in that space.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 4 on State Administration and General Government Feb 26th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- , often local government staff, sometimes with volunteers as well, who canvass public and outside spaces
- aren't visible to count teams, and that is particularly true in rural areas where the geographic spaces
- The first is that the Emergency Housing Voucher Program, which was launched in 2021 by HUD with ARPA
- The system is still quite young, first launched in 2021.
- But we also need to follow up in that space.
Summary:
The Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee 4 met to hear an oversight discussion focused on homelessness, including the state of homelessness in California, state data systems, and the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention (HAP) program. In opening remarks, the chair emphasized accountability and the need to focus on families and people at the bottom rung, while the vice chair argued that homelessness and affordability problems stem from policy choices and the state should give counties more flexibility rather than top-down mandates. The committee also announced that the one scheduled vote would be postponed and public comment would be taken later.
Dr. Ryan Finnegan of UC Berkeley’s Turner Center presented recent homelessness data, saying California’s homelessness remains high at about 187,000 people in the 2024 point-in-time count, with most still unsheltered, though the unsheltered share has declined somewhat. He explained differences between point-in-time counts and the state’s Homeless Data Integration System (HDIS), noted progress in shelter, permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, and interim housing capacity, and highlighted declines in youth and veteran homelessness. He also described persistent racial disparities, the large number of chronically homeless people, and risks from federal changes and possible reductions to programs such as Emergency Housing Vouchers and Continuum of Care funding. Members questioned the causes of recent trends, the role of Housing First, Proposition 47, Martin v. Boise, and how funding streams such as HAP and CalAIM are layered together.
The California Interagency Council on Homelessness then outlined its data systems and AB 799 implementation. Staff explained that HDIS aggregates HMIS data from all 44 continuums of care and is used to measure outcomes, disparities, and program effectiveness statewide. They said HAP 4 was cost-effective under the State Auditor’s methodology, and that new AB 799 dashboards will provide more public-facing fiscal and outcome reporting by June 2027. Members asked whether the system can better distinguish which interventions work, how self-sufficiency will be measured, how fraud is detected, and whether the council can meet the auditor’s concerns on time. Cal ICH said it has met prior statutory deadlines, that program outcome data already exist, and that fiscal reporting will be built through a web-based tool and aligned with existing departmental reporting systems.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Oct 8th, 2025
Legislative Health & Human Services Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- And then in 2015, we launched our peer-to-peer warm line.
- And we know that the federal funding is drying up in this space. We all know that.
- Representative, Senators, it's an honor to be in this space.
- And they'll be like, "I think we're going to launch in like three years."
- ACS, in July 2025, launches our bilateral response.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Commerce Committee Meeting - 2025-04-10
Commerce Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- you, Representative Reier, for this bill, and let's work on this committee to continue to make this space
- We've identified a number of... budget pieces that we think are necessary to implement our launch, which
- However, because it's one-time and it's oriented towards launch, the agency is willing to absorb the
- We've worked diligently to launch this program with accountability and equity at the center.
Committee:
House Commerce Finance and Policy
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- workforce needs, the Chamber secured funding in partnership with the Department of Workforce Solutions to launch
- program called Be Pro Be Proud, a statewide career technical education engagement program. ...to launch
- Also, while at the Chamber, I launched the New Mexico Organized Retail Crime Association, which partnered
- opportunity that we need to be aggressive in exploring because if we can continue to lead in that space
Committee:
Senate Senate Rules
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Sixty Five - Thursday, May 7
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The best thing we can do in this building is creating space for young people.
- Yeah, so in the contractor space, it's mostly out-of-town contractors that'll come in and convince a
- Arkansas launched it similar to the way we've been working on it in Missouri.
- Arkansas launched it similar to the way we've been working on it. sufficient.
- Arkansas launched it similar to the way we've been working on it in Missouri.
Summary:
The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and approved the House Journal by a 125-0 roll call vote. Members then spent a large portion of the morning recognizing special guests, interns, students, and constituents, including school groups, interns, a Savannah Bananas player, and several birthday and personal privilege announcements.
On legislation, the House agreed to conference on Senate Substitute for Senate Bill 1421. The chamber then took up Senate Substitute for Senate Bill 1000, a bipartisan measure to reauthorize the Missouri Tourism Supplemental Revenue Fund and continue support for the Division of Tourism and Missouri Film Office. Supporters from both parties emphasized tourism’s economic importance statewide; the bill passed 136-6.
The House next debated House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 1020, an omnibus Department of Revenue bill covering fee office contracting, vehicle registration penalties, Real ID document retention, and other DOR changes. The body adopted an amendment lowering late registration penalties, making document retention opt-in, and restoring a five-year plate option, followed by a second amendment removing cosmetic damage as a basis for rejecting rebuilt-vehicle inspections. The bill then passed 130-10. Later, the House began debate on a combined judiciary/civil legislation bill involving insurance assignment-of-benefits restrictions, anti-SLAPP protections, workers’ compensation and court administration changes, and expungement-related funding; members adopted a title change and several amendments, including one to make attorney-fee awards more even in anti-SLAPP motions, while also debating a proposed St. Louis police legal expense fund amendment and whether it had been properly vetted.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Committee on Economic Development, Growth, and Household Impact Jan 27th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- They also allowed us to complete interior cosmetic work and upgrades to all six spaces, work that was
- I've shared this in different spaces that it's real.
- And some of them are working in food space.
- And some of them are working in food space, so making plants grow faster to good models for human cells
- I am the founder and CEO of Primos Beverage Company, which is a company that we launched in January of
Summary:
The Assembly Committee on Economic Development, Growth, and Household Impact held an informational hearing focused on the California Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Network and its role in helping small businesses access capital, recover from disasters, and scale innovative companies. Chair Salas and Vice Chair Castillo opened by emphasizing the importance of small businesses to California’s economy and noting recent passage of AB 685, described as a small business resiliency and innovation measure. Witnesses from multiple SBDC regions and business owners testified about the network’s statewide reach, confidentiality, multilingual advising, and partnerships with universities and state agencies.
Panelists described SBDC’s work in three main areas: disaster recovery, startup and innovation support, and capital access. Testimony highlighted SBDC assistance after major disasters such as the Camp Fire, Dixie Fire, San Diego floods, and the Los Angeles fires, including help with insurance claims, grant applications, debt restructuring, and reopening businesses. Business owners from Altadena and Sacramento shared personal stories of how SBDC guidance, grants, and connections helped restore operations, preserve jobs, and navigate crises. Another panel focused on technology startups and the “valley of death,” explaining how SBDC helps founders with customer discovery, grant strategy, intellectual property, and financing; examples included a mobility-tech company and a biodegradable plastics startup that secured major grants, investment, and jobs with SBDC support.
A third panel focused on access to capital, with SBDC staff explaining lending options, state loan programs, and finance centers that package loans and match businesses with lenders. They said many small businesses need less than $100,000 and often turn to high-cost alternatives without guidance; SBDC helps them refinance and secure better terms. A beverage company founder described using SBDC to move from a failed public affairs firm to launching a tequila brand, raising capital, and building distribution. Members asked about barriers facing immigrant-owned businesses, disaster aid gaps, and regulatory burdens; SBDC representatives said their services are confidential, available to eligible businesses regardless of immigration status, and designed to connect clients to whatever public or private resources exist. No formal vote was taken at the hearing, and the meeting ended after public comment with the chair urging continued funding for SBDC and related small business support programs.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- For the past four years, Papahana O Kaiona has been operating out of a temporary space in Nanakuli, having
- In the 2023-24 school year, she partnered with the city's Department of Transportation Services to launch
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MD
Transcript Highlights:
- So, uh, while the recording is the official record of it, uh, the presence in the space is presence and
- A year later, she launched the Freedom Farm Cooperative, buying up land that Black people could own and
- With the assistance of donors, among them Harry Belafonte, she purchased 640 acres and launched a co-op
- later, she launched the Freedom Farm<00:29:45.279><c> Cooperative,</c><00:29:46.480><c> buying</c><00
- </c><00:30:01.760><c> a</c> she purchased 640 acres and launched a she purchased 640 acres and launched
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- We just surpassed last year's record in space launches. Last year, there were 93.
- And they're on track right now to have close to 150 launches this calendar year.
- So this morning in my Military, Veteran, Space, and Domestic Security Committee, you were oftentimes
- With space, we have a standalone program called the Spaceport Improvement Program. And then...
- With space, we have a standalone program called the Spaceport Improvement Program.
Committee:
Senate Transportation
Summary:
The committee held a panel discussion on micro-mobility device regulation and enforcement, focusing on e-bikes and e-scooters. Sheriff Robert Hardwick and Chief Jamie Cruz described serious injuries involving children, including crashes at high speeds, and argued that current law is outdated because it folds e-bikes into the bicycle statute. They urged a separate statewide framework with clearer age limits, licensing or training requirements, helmet rules, and penalties for modifying devices to go faster. Both also emphasized that parents should bear responsibility and that enforcement should include education, progressive discipline, and, if needed, civil citations.
FDOT District 6 Secretary Daniel Iglesias and DHSMV representative Lonnie Groner said their agencies are prioritizing education, outreach, and better data collection. They noted that micromobility devices are increasingly common, create safety and accessibility issues on sidewalks and shared-use paths, and are difficult to track because crash reports often do not identify them consistently. Members discussed whether motorized devices should be barred from sidewalks, whether riders should be licensed and insured, and how enforcement could be made uniform statewide. The panel also said manufacturers have not been meaningfully engaged and that local approaches vary widely.
The committee then heard 2026 legislative priorities from FDOT Secretary Jared Perdue and DHSMV Executive Director Dave Kerner. Perdue outlined FDOT’s large five-year work program, ongoing congestion-relief projects, investments in ports, airports, rail, workforce, heavy equipment, facilities, and cybersecurity, and the need to do more with flat revenues. Kerner summarized DHSMV’s agency bill priorities, including requiring a Florida address and proof of residence for vehicle registration, updating identification requirements, aligning tank vehicle and motor carrier rules with federal standards, improving IFTA administration, raising the crash-report damage threshold, and allowing electronic notices. No votes were taken, and the meeting adjourned after the presentations and questions.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The school is set to launch in the fall of 2027, and this four-year BSN program reflects Whitworth's
- I commend Whitworth University for launching its new nursing program, a launching its new nursing program
- And maybe it's the entrepreneur who would launch the next entrepreneur who would launch the next great
- an AI-powered satellite project aimed at improving orbital sustainability and expanding access to space
- Orbital sustainability and expanding access to space research.
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- We've launched... We've reduced opioid deaths by 31%.
- We launched with 11 birthing hospitals last month to make a difference.
- This is a program that we launched in December of 2025, that we're very excited about bringing back.
- So are we creating additional crisis units for the spaces that don't have them? Yes.
- And so in offices where we had shared lease space between Child Welfare and SNAP, it leaves us with a
Committee:
House Appropriations
Summary:
The committee first heard a budget presentation on LSU Health Care Services Division and Lallie Kemp Medical Center. Staff reviewed HCSD’s roughly $74.7 million budget, much of it tied to legacy obligations for former LSU hospital systems and support for Lallie Kemp. Committee members asked about prisoner care, risk management costs, declining admissions and emergency visits, and the hospital’s 340B drug program. Lallie Kemp officials explained that prisoner care serves multiple state and local facilities, that lower admissions largely reflect more patients being placed in observation status, and that the in-house 340B program provides major savings to patients and the prison system. Members also asked about care for unhoused patients and the hospital’s discharge practices, and the hospital said social services works to find placement when possible.
The committee then moved to the Louisiana Department of Health budget, which was presented as just under $23.5 billion, with Medicaid making up more than 90 percent of the total. The presentation covered the Office of the Secretary, Office of Public Health, Office of Behavioral Health, Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities, and Medicaid. Major items included the new Rural Health Transformation Program, the transfer of several functions from DCFS to LDH under the One Door initiative, changes to SNAP administration, and large Medicaid adjustments driven by enrollment, utilization, and federal policy changes. Testimony also highlighted the statewide crisis hub and 988, the commodity food program for seniors, women’s health and maternal outcomes, and the department’s efforts to modernize technology and reorganize services.
Members questioned LDH officials on a wide range of budget and policy issues, including the rural health grant, crisis services, Medicaid redeterminations, provider taxes, physician and hospital supplemental payments, nursing home rates, HCBS funding, and the impact of the federal One Big Beautiful Bill Act. LDH said the rural health grant would support workforce, technology, and care-delivery improvements; that the crisis hub and mobile crisis units are being expanded to improve access and reduce emergency room use; and that the department is working to keep the SNAP error rate below 6 percent to avoid a projected state cost increase. Officials also said they expect to return next year with additional funding requests for HCBS and other programs, while emphasizing that current budget changes are largely meant to realign funding with actual expenditures and new federal requirements. No votes or formal actions were taken in the portion provided.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- This was an e-bike versus car accident at high speed, and they often will get launched, well beyond the
- produced informational videos and created a trifold flyer distributed through the school district, launched
- an e-bike safety page... ...and created a trifold flyer distributed through the school district, launched
- is youth access to faster... and created a trifold flyer distributed through the school district, launched
- bit in the Black Caucus is criminal justice reform and recognizing that there's a lot to do in this space
Committee:
House Transportation
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Jan 13th, 2026 at 01:35 pm
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- With that, I'll launch into the different sheet here.
- As you can see, since our launch on December 1st, 2021, we have served increasingly more families every
- We have asked every fiscal year since the launch of this program for additional contract funding.
- we will not be able to hire a contractor to help develop the Girls Program, which we had hoped to launch
- We had many people who Unfortunately, we had to turn away because we just didn't have the space.
Committee:
House House Appropriations & Finance