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FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
November 5, 2025 - 03:30 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- I THINK THERE'S PLENTY OF BRAIN POWER HERE, YOU'RE ALL GREAT PEOPLE AND I KNOW I DON'T THINK ANYONE HAS
- LAW SCHOOL HAS FRIED MY BRAIN, WHAT IS THE TIME FOR SERVICES REIMBURSED FOR EACH DIVISION?
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/26
Transportation Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> system operated by Metro Transit. system operated by Metro Transit.
- </c> actually operates. actually operates.
- and operations authority.
- and operations authority.
- and operations authority.
Committee:
House Transportation Finance and Policy
Keywords:
Safe at Home, address confidentiality, domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, harassment, victim privacy, survivor protection, confidential address, protected address, secret address, identity protection, residential confidentiality, program participant, nondiscrimination, court disclosure, protective order, service of process, driver's license, state ID
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Working Group on Omnibus Human Services Appropriations - 05/22/25
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:32:52.000><c> fund</c> behavioral health fund behavioral health fund modifications.<00:32:54.080
- This is the operating adjustment 976.
- </c> cost item to the department of health. cost item to the department of health.
- So this is a governor's proposal for an operating adjustment for the ombudsman for mental health and
- </c><00:59:19.760><c> house</c> covers mostly uh mental health house covers mostly uh mental health house
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Senate Committee on Business and Commerce Jul 29th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- It's going to continue to operate.
- But the message that’s being sent to that homeowner or convenience store operator or oil and gas operator
- We also have oil and gas operations.
- It affects the entire operation of the ranch.
- The PPA... ...is lower operating costs.
Summary:
The Senate Business and Commerce Committee held its third interim hearing on Texas electric grid reliability and 765 kV transmission lines/private property rights. Chair Schwertner opened by noting record ERCOT summer demand of 91,089 MW and emphasized the committee’s focus on managing rapid load growth, ensuring adequate generation, and protecting homeowners, businesses, landowners, and ratepayers. The committee also adopted strict two-minute limits for public testimony and planned to hear invited witnesses first, then public testimony.
PUC Chairman Thomas Gleeson, ERCOT CEO Pablo Vegas, and OPUC Chief Counsel Benjamin Barclay testified on Senate Bill 6 implementation, large-load interconnection, transmission cost allocation, and market design. Gleeson said the PUC has adopted or is finalizing rules on net metering/co-location, large load interconnection standards, and a transmission cost recovery rule that would move from 4CP to 12CP, lengthen the interval to 30 minutes, and add a minimum demand charge to better allocate costs to large loads. Vegas explained ERCOT’s new batch process for large loads, saying it provides year-by-year capacity allocations, clearer financial obligations, and a transmission plan; he reported 205 GW eligible for Batch Zero, with 65 GW classified as baseload, 25 GW in an intermediate category, and 114 GW as allocated load. Barclay supported the changes as better protection for residential and small commercial customers, while warning that the minimum demand charge may need an exit-fee concept to address stranded costs if large loads leave.
Members pressed witnesses on whether additional market changes are needed to attract dispatchable thermal generation and whether DRS/DRRS Plus could become a capacity-market substitute. Gleeson and Vegas said the current market still favors solar, batteries, and other low-variable-cost resources, and that more incentives may be needed for gas and other thermal generation; Gleeson said the commission’s reliability standard assessment will begin this year and conclude next year with a 2029 outlook. They described DRS as an ancillary service for intraday reliability and DRS Plus as a proposed real-time revenue mechanism for thermal resources during scarcity, not a forward capacity market. Senators also questioned whether 12CP could still be gamed, whether curtailment authority under SB 6 should be expanded from EEA 2 to earlier stages, and whether the batch process should be bifurcated so traditional industrial loads are handled differently from data centers. Witnesses said the batch process is intended to prevent speculative projects from driving transmission costs, that most large-load projects are data centers, and that future rules may need to better distinguish among types of large loads.
SC
South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session
House of Representatives Jun 25th, 2026
South Carolina House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- That's a legal operating business.
- Republicans usually allow free market principles to operate.
- Further, taxpayers are going to spend another million dollars on the Behavioral Health and Developmental
- having access, just like to alcohol, to products like this, because, biologically speaking, their brains
- We don't want our kids getting a hold of some of these products that can be detrimental to their health
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2026-03-10 (10:00AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And that operation ended up being one of the biggest and most important military operations in American
- And as he's done that, recently through your health.
- A bill to be entitled An act relating to health care coverage.
- Are they going to provide health care navigators from the Department of Health to help these patients
- They're helping connect them to the county health department.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Forty Two - Thursday, March 26
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- They provide access to health care.
- This concludes the Departments of Mental Health, the Department of Health, and the Department of Health
- This includes the state public health lab. This includes the state public health lab.
- But again, this does include the appropriations for the Department of Mental Health, Department of Health
- , and Department of Health and Senior Services.
Summary:
The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, approval of the prior day’s journal, and numerous introductions of visiting groups and guests, including schoolchildren, Republican women’s organizations, county commissioners, and family members of legislators. Members also suspended House Rule 98 to allow baseball apparel in celebration of opening day, with the motion passing 118-22.
The chamber then took up the state budget bills. House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2002, covering elementary and secondary education and child care, drew the most debate. Supporters said it maintained record funding for the foundation formula, transportation, and early childhood programs, while critics argued it still fell short of fully funding the formula and underfunded child care subsidies by about $51 million. After extended debate over statutory obligations, school funding, and child care policy, the bill passed 85-70. House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2003, the higher education and workforce development budget, also prompted substantial debate over a proposed shift to an FTE-based funding model for colleges and universities. Supporters called it a fairer, more equitable system that follows students and encourages efficiency, while opponents warned it would sharply reduce funding for some institutions, including community colleges and regional universities. The bill passed 83-66.
The House then passed House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2004, covering revenue and transportation, 91-50, despite objections over a public transit cut and constitutional concerns raised about MoDOT appropriations. House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2005, the Office of Administration and employee benefits budget, passed overwhelmingly after members discussed state worker compensation, deferred compensation, and benefits funding. House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2006, covering agriculture, natural resources, and conservation, passed 133-17 after members highlighted restored funding for agriculture business development and food insecurity grants, while others criticized cuts to natural resources and parks funding. The chamber then moved on to House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2007, covering economic development, commerce and insurance, and labor and industrial relations, with the budget chair introducing the bill and outlining its major departmental appropriations.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- House Bill 230L clarifies that public health officials may make regulations related to public health.
- </c> in the committee regarding health in the committee regarding health officers<01:07:46.960><c> who
- </c> there's rodents, things that a health there's rodents, things that a health officer<01:08:16.000
- </c><01:08:22.960><c> officers</c> make sure is that our health officers make sure is that our health
- </c><01:44:01.119><c> and</c> requires the Department of Health and requires the Department of Health
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- At least that would contribute to the health of Texans.
- I am also a behavioral health specialist. I am against SB 7.
- SB 7 will harm trans and LGBTQ youth and adult mental health.
- And when a crime is committed, they use mental health as an excuse.
- care; universal health care; free or subsidized maternal care; free mental health coverage; and free
Committee:
Senate State Affairs
Keywords:
gender designation, civil penalties, private civil rights, multiple-occupancy spaces, Texas Women's Privacy Act, law enforcement, confidentiality, personnel files, employee records, misconduct, abortion, civil liability, abortion-inducing drugs, qui tam actions, Texas Citizens Participation Act, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, healthcare regulations, impact fees, water conservation, reuse projects
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention - 03/20/25
Housing and Homelessness Prevention
Transcript Highlights:
- health issues, and dependency and mental health issues, and um<00:32:30.159><c> a</c><00:32:30.399><
- Trees are extremely important to our health. Trees are extremely important to our health.
- extremely important to our health.
- </c><01:15:11.120><c> my</c> diminish my ability to operate my diminish my ability to operate my business
- So, it's it's health and safety.
Committee:
Senate Housing and Homelessness Prevention
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- And all of the research and everything suggests that a child's brain is really not fully developed until
Committee:
House State Affairs
Summary:
The House State Affairs Committee first heard RS 33104, a proposal to revise temporary rule procedures. The sponsor said it was the same concept as a bill from the prior session that passed the Senate 35-0 but did not finish the process, and explained that the measure would require a statement of necessity for temporary rules and limit repeated reissuance after legislative rejection. The committee moved to introduce RS 33104 and approved that motion without objection.
The committee then considered RS 32976 C1, a bill aimed at protecting minors from harmful effects of social media. The sponsor argued that addictive platform features contribute to youth mental health problems, including suicide and bullying, and said the bill is intended to let parents control children’s online access while surviving First Amendment challenges. Members asked about the age threshold in the draft, and the sponsor explained the original choice of 15 as a child age benchmark tied to driving age and other Idaho law.
Representative Mickelson moved to introduce the bill with all references to age 15 changed to 16, and several members spoke in support, saying the state has protected children physically but not adequately in the cyber world. The sponsor described the bill’s mechanics as requiring large social media platforms to verify a child’s age and use their targeting technology in a way that protects minors. The committee approved the motion to introduce RS 32976 C1 with the age changes, and then adjourned.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- And all of the research and everything suggests that a child's brain is really not fully developed until
Committee:
House State Affairs
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Commerce and Economic Development Feb 3rd, 2025
House Commerce & Economic Development Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- on my desk or desk abrasives, you know, actual firearms, safety storage, which is kind of where my brain
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- really get a full understanding of our teaching staff experience, and one of the problems was their health
- And once we did, after a few months, we were able to secure better health insurance at a reduced cost
- that their staff is getting the best possible premiums and that they're not overpaying for their health
- that their staff is getting the best possible premiums and that they're not overpaying for their health
- This may involve escalating discipline, mental health interventions, or peer-to-peer counseling.
Committee:
House House Education Committee of Reference
Summary:
The committee began with brief announcements, including an invitation from Chad Heinrich of the University of Phoenix to an upcoming lunch-and-learn on artificial intelligence and education, and then members and staff exchanged end-of-session धन्यवाद and appreciation. The committee then took up several education-related bills, hearing sponsor presentations, public testimony, and member questions before voting on each measure.
SB 1497 would require larger school districts that operate self-insurance programs to obtain quotes for coverage and services at least every four years and to receive certain information from providers in advance. Supporters said the bill would increase competition, transparency, and cost savings for school employee health benefits; it passed 10-0. SB 1711 would direct the State Board of Education and ADE to compile and post age-appropriate resources on preventing and recognizing inappropriate contact, and to make those resources available to schools and families. Supporters framed it as a voluntary, parent-facing safety tool, while opponents argued it should include stronger evidence-based and trauma-informed requirements; it passed 7-3.
SB 1798 would create a FAFSA awareness program recognizing schools that designate a FAFSA point person and promote financial aid completion. Supporters said it would help students access postsecondary funding, especially given Arizona’s low FAFSA completion rate and unclaimed federal aid; it passed 8-2. SB 1143 would require schools and districts to submit federal civil rights data to ADE and would require ADE to publish an annual school safety report. Supporters said it would improve transparency for parents, while opponents called it duplicative and raised privacy and scope concerns; it passed 7-3. SB 1684, as amended, would create a private cause of action against public schools for serious physical injury caused by bullying after a prior report and school negligence, with an amendment limiting the claim to bullying on school property or at school events and requiring written reports. The committee adopted the amendment and then passed the bill 6-3, after debate over litigation risk, school discipline, and whether the bill should also cover private schools.
The committee also passed SB 1754, which would require ADE’s special education division to help complete incomplete complaints, post redacted complaint reports, and adopt related procedures; members emphasized transparency and privacy protections, and the bill passed 9-0 after an amendment extending the posting timeline and clarifying report contents. SB 1423, continuing the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education until 2036, passed 8-1, with one member objecting to the long sunset extension. Finally, SB 1763, dealing with school district “additional monies” funds and financial reporting, was discussed with an amendment to remove unemployment-compensation transfers and require board approval for expenditures, but the transcript cuts off before the final vote on that bill.
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> and uh other uh model components, health and uh other uh model components, health insurance<00:41
- </c><02:34:02.560><c> come</c> charter school operating board come charter school operating board come
- </c><02:44:29.040><c> for</c> position as director of operations for position as director of operations
- We contract with the Department of Health.
- </c> contract with the Department of Health. contract with the Department of Health.
Committee:
Joint Appropriations
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
FL House Floor Session - 2026-03-09 (1:00PM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And have a better opportunity and no mental health illness. There they are, right up there.
- We know that... ...used to operate the detention camp in the Everglades.
- Representative, would a public health emergency be something we could spend money on?
- So currently this would operate as what we call... Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
- Kentucky to Sarasota, Florida to escape coal country because of health concerns.
Summary:
The House convened with prayer, a moment of silence for former Judge John Carlin, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a recognition of FSU Police Officer Cody Popple for his actions during the April campus shooting. The Speaker also outlined the final week of session, noting the House would focus on Senate bills and returning messages, and that the 2026-27 budget would not be completed by the end of the week. The chamber then adopted the special order calendar for the day.
The House passed several technical and open-government bills, mostly on strong bipartisan votes. These included SB 100, SB 104, and SB 102 on the Florida Statutes and reviser changes; SB 7006, SB 7014, SB 7002, SB 7012, SB 7024, SB 7016, SB 7026, SB 7008, SB 7000, and SB 7004, which extended or preserved various public records or meeting exemptions involving the Public Service Commission, social media investigations, military affairs, highway safety investigations, cybersecurity, small business loan records, trade secrets, emergency shelter locations, and conviction integrity units. Members asked questions on several of these bills, especially about the scope and purpose of the exemptions, but the bills generally advanced with little opposition.
The chamber also took up more substantive measures. SB 7040 recreated the emergency preparedness and response trust fund and drew extended debate over whether the fund had been misused for the Everglades detention facility; an Escamani amendment to let the fund expire failed, while a Griffiths amendment adding limits and oversight was adopted, and the bill ultimately passed 82-25. CS/CS/SB 302 on coastal resiliency passed unanimously after supporters highlighted nature-based shoreline protection and a Biscayne Bay provision. CS/CS/SB 984 on firefighter cancer benefits passed after a House amendment aligned it with the House version. CS/SB 474 on military affairs passed unanimously after an amendment allowing local governments to extend Guard leave. SB 488 on the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles was debated extensively over vehicle registration requirements, license plate frames, and I-94 documentation, with amendments including one for disabled veterans and another on dealer allocation; the transcript cuts off before final disposition of that bill.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The Chair calls Fred Carice from Parkland Health.
- They can't operate those hospitals... ...behavioral health, a new behavioral health hospital, if they
- It is very much a dimension operation.
- This is how businesses operate.
- The operational cost to operate that facility will exceed our budget limits.
Committee:
House Intergovernmental Affairs
Keywords:
HB26, law enforcement contracts, sheriff, constable, county commissioners court, commissioners court, private security, special law enforcement district, property owners association, POA, municipal utility district, school district, junior college district, local government, contract policing, supplemental police services, large counties, population over 3.3 million, Texas Local Government Code, Harris County
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- of us started, there was just a lot of things that were coming up that we were trying to wrap our brain
- ><c> inspections,</c> consumer health uh inspections, consumer health uh inspections, pool<00:34:40.800
- In fact, I believe the Department of Health has submitted some draft legislation for you to consider
- </c><00:45:10.160><c> The</c><00:45:10.400><c> other</c> the Department of Health.
- The other the Department of Health.
Committee:
Joint Appropriations
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm worried about a lot more of my lawyer brain thinks of a lot more problems for prosecutors preparing
- When law enforcement operates openly and officers are held responsible for misconduct, it makes all of
- When law enforcement operates openly and officers are held responsible for misconduct, it makes all of
- Thank you to our excellent Senate team that keeps things going and operating smoothly, keeping everyone
Committee:
Senate State Affairs
Keywords:
gender designation, civil penalties, private civil rights, multiple-occupancy spaces, Texas Women's Privacy Act, law enforcement, confidentiality, personnel files, employee records, misconduct
Summary:
The Committee on State Affairs took up Senate Bill 14, which would create a confidential department file for law enforcement officers and jailers and limit public access to records involving unsubstantiated misconduct, while preserving access for hiring agencies, TCOLE, and certain criminal justice uses. TCOLE’s Gretchen Grigsby explained the current rollout of law enforcement recordkeeping reforms, including the distinction between the public personnel file and the confidential G-file, and answered questions about when TCOLE would request files during investigations. Senator Perry and other members focused on how the bill would interact with existing personnel-file rules, public transparency, and criminal discovery obligations.
Public testimony was largely opposed. Critics argued the bill was drafted too broadly, could sweep in records beyond misconduct files, and would reduce transparency for the public, journalists, oversight bodies, and families seeking answers in cases such as Uvalde and jail deaths in Tarrant County. Several witnesses said the bill could allow small or single-officer agencies, including elected constables, to shield their own records, and some warned it could chill reporting and oversight. Supporters, including law enforcement representatives, said the bill would protect officers from false or unsubstantiated allegations, align agencies without civil-service protections with those that already have G-files, and preserve confidentiality for records that should not be public. Dallas County prosecutors and Harris County deputies supported the general policy but asked for clarifying amendments, especially to separate language they said could affect the Michael Morton Act and to preserve existing protections through in-camera review or protective orders.
Committee members spent significant time questioning witnesses about how substantiated versus unsubstantiated allegations would be handled, whether body camera footage and case files would remain public, and how the bill would affect discovery in criminal cases. After hearing all registered witnesses, the chair closed public testimony. Senate Bill 14 was left pending, and the committee recessed.
VA
Transcript Highlights:
- me with the job of circulating several of their sign-up sheets for the commending the veterans of Operation
- Children born with Trisomy 13 often face profound medical challenges, such as heart defects, brain and