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HI
Transcript Highlights:
- So we believe that it's inappropriate to utilize the legislative process to address matters which the
Keywords:
reimbursement, public employees, travel costs, government travel policy, finance management, job title, administrative assistant, executive assistant, state personnel, civil service, modernization, employment standards, DAGS, Department of Accounting and General Services, comptroller, civil service exemption, collective bargaining exemption, public works special project branch, specialized public works, information technology modernization
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- The bill implements the Commission on Ethics' recommendations for clearly mandating that reporting individuals
- Form 10 is the number of the form the ethics commission uses, rather than electronically, also Form 1
- Carrie Stillman, the executive director of the Ethics Commission, is here. Ms.
Bills:
S0964
Summary:
The committee convened with a quorum present and Senator Polsky excused. The main bill heard was Senate Bill 964, sponsored by Senator Wright on behalf of Senator Stewart, which revises financial disclosure reporting requirements for certain gifts and honoraria. The bill is intended to conform the filing process for Ethics Commission Form 10 by clarifying that it is filed with the Commission, rather than attached electronically to financial disclosure forms, and to allow the Commission to update its rules accordingly.
Carrie Stillman, executive director of the Ethics Commission, testified in support of the bill, saying it clarifies the filing location and reflects current practice. There was no debate, and the committee voted unanimously to report SB 964 favorably.
The committee then took up confirmation hearings for appointments listed in Tabs 2 through 15. No appointee was requested to be heard separately, and the committee approved all of the nominees in one vote. The meeting concluded after a motion to rise was adopted.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House State Government & Tribal Relations Feb 4th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
State Government & Tribal Relations
Transcript Highlights:
- This amends the state constitution to eliminate directional limitations on regular legislative sessions
- This would remove the creation of the task force and instead require the Joint Legislative Audit and
- And again, I'm asking for a yes vote on this piece of legislation.
Keywords:
HB 2514, global war on terror, GWOT, war on terror memorial, Capitol campus memorial, Washington veterans, fallen service members, military memorial, post-9/11 veterans, Iraq War, Afghanistan War, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation New Dawn, veterans memorial, capitol grounds, state memorial, Secretary of State, Capitol Committee, Department of Veterans Affairs
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
LMG Public Hearing - Mon Mar 23, 2026 @ 2:30PM HST
Legislative Management
Transcript Highlights:
- This is our 2:30 committee hearing on Legislative Management.
- apply to members of the judiciary or staff or employees of the judiciary, as well as members of the legislative
- branch, including, for example, the Ombudsman's office, the Auditor's office, the State Ethics Commission
Bills:
SB2661
Keywords:
nepotism, transparency, public officials, accountability, government ethics, 910, house, all
Summary:
The Legislative Management committee met to hear Senate Bill 2661 SD1, which addresses nepotism. The bill’s sponsor said it would create a uniform state standard covering the judiciary, legislative branch, and related offices such as the Ombudsman, Auditor, and State Ethics Commission, and would include a good-cause exception to allow for unique circumstances, especially in rural areas. The sponsor emphasized the value of a consistent public standard and said the measure was intended to be transparent and broadly applicable.
A member asked whether the bill would apply prospectively and how it would affect current employees. The sponsor responded that it would apply prospectively but would still affect existing supervisory relationships involving related or household members, unless a good-cause exception or grandfathering provision were added. The sponsor noted that the current bill does not contain a grandfather clause and described how, in the executive branch, similar situations were handled by changing supervision or temporarily delaying enforcement to work through transitions.
The committee then moved to decision-making and recommended passing SB 2661 SD1 with amendments, including changing the effective date to July 1, 3000. The acting chair, vice chair, Representative Morikawa, and Representative Matsumoto voted in favor; Representative Quinlan was excused. The recommendation was adopted and the meeting adjourned.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Governmental Oversight and Accountability Jan 26th, 2026
Governmental Oversight and Accountability
Transcript Highlights:
- In short, this legislation was passed during the 2023 legislative session, which created a Black History
- In short, this legislation was passed during the 2023 legislative session, which created a Black History
- And Senator Leak, I'm sorry we didn't get to have a longer conversation today about this legislation.
- Okay, tab 5, Senate Bill 572 on ethics for public employees.
- What this bill does is simply modernize Florida ethics statutes to update the definition of relative
Keywords:
open government, sunset review, aquaculture, public records, exemption, Florida Museum of Black History, cultural heritage, education, Board of Directors, local governance, cybersecurity, data breach, data privacy, information security, local government, county, municipality, vendor contracts, third-party service provider, liability shield
Summary:
The committee heard and voted on several measures. SB 308 on the Florida Museum of Black History was explained as implementing a prior task force recommendation by designating St. Johns County as the museum site, creating a board, and coordinating with a supporting nonprofit; it passed favorably. SB 692 on cybersecurity standards and liability was amended to bar local governments from imposing cybersecurity requirements on vendors beyond generally accepted best practices, and after testimony both for and against, it was reported favorably as a committee substitute. SB 572 updated ethics law to include legally recognized foster parents and foster children in the definition of relative; after a technical amendment and support from the Ethics Commission, it passed unanimously. SB 1442 revised the long-range program plan to require more specific performance metrics and agency-specific measures; it also passed favorably.
The committee also approved SB 1106, as amended by a strike-all, to require state agencies and certain educational materials to use “Judea and Samaria” instead of “West Bank,” despite opposition arguing it would impose political language and conflict with federal and international terminology. SB 7020 reenacted a public records exemption for certain aquaculture and shellfish production records and passed with support from the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. SB 474 expanded military leave and related benefits for public employees and officials, including members of the Coast Guard and Florida State Guard, and added three amendments before being reported favorably. SB 350, dealing with public records protections for crime victims and certain law enforcement victims, was heavily amended to add time-limited confidentiality for an officer’s name in some cases and then passed favorably after discussion about balancing transparency and safety.
Finally, the committee approved SPB 7032 as a committee bill to shift more fleet management responsibilities from DMS to individual agencies, while still requiring data reporting to DMS for legislative oversight. SB 1650 by Senator Gates was temporarily postponed. At the end of the meeting, members recorded votes on selected bills, and the committee adjourned.
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Ethics and Campaign Finance Committee Apr 2nd, 2025
Ethics and Campaign Finance
Bills:
SB165
Keywords:
candidates, economic interests, disclosure, ethics, transparency, public officials, 1136, house, all
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 3/26/26
State Government Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
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- Legislative Administration. Legislative Administration.
Keywords:
Melissa Hortman, Mark Hortman, memorial park, state park, working group, Minnesota Historical Society, Capitol Area Architectural and Planning Board, Saint Paul, Department of Natural Resources, Department of Administration, Legislative Coordinating Commission, general fund appropriation, park planning, interpretive services, public engagement, state memorial, land use, natural resources, commemorative legislation, HF4470
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Legislation that's been considered? No. You're not aware of that discussion?
- With that context, are you aware of concerns that referencing or amending the 1925 ban in new legislation
- could inadvertently revive that legislation?
- I share the same concern, which would certainly not be the intent of the legislation.
- And it's interesting you mention that, because I filed legislation last session, and again this session
Keywords:
biological sex, government information, definitions, sex-based distinctions, public health, flags, display, state law, municipalities, government buildings, drug enforcement, local control, home rule, municipal charter, county policy, ordinance preemption, state preemption, attorney general enforcement, civil penalties, mandamus
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Whatever the parent, the mom, would be impacted by this legislation and will be charged under this legislation
- We should not be legislators.
- You're a good legislator. I'm trying, man. Good job.
- Legislation should focus on real threats to women.
- It's like trying to legislate that the Earth is flat.
Keywords:
HB 229, Texas, political subdivision, local government, county dues, county association, state association of counties, lobbying, lobbyist, public funds, taxpayer lawsuit, injunctive relief, attorney's fees, Government Code Chapter 556, Local Government Code Section 89.002, legislative advocacy, municipal government, county government, city government, special district
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- Van Laningham has already touched on, I'd like to address concerns that the legislation could force hospitals
- So, I'd like to start by addressing what's happened in states that have already enacted similar legislation
- To date, none of those hospitals in those states have had to close as a result of this legislation.
Keywords:
immigration, law enforcement, fingerprints, DNA collection, illegal aliens, Alabama state law, SB80, Buddy Sharpless Education Institute, Alabama Local Government Training Institute, county commissioner training, local government training, ethics training, State Ethics Commission, county commissioners, Association of County Commissions of Alabama, local emergency management director, public officials, municipal officials, Alabama Code Title 11, Alabama Code Title 31
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Commerce and Small Business Committee Apr 29th, 2025
Commerce and Small Business
Transcript Highlights:
- Ten years ago, I sponsored and passed legislation that worked for a while. It was very successful.
- Under the proposed legislation, it would become an eight-member board with one appointed by the mayor
- Regarding local legislation, what is good for the goose is good for the gander.
- There is clearly a local issue that should have been discussed and voted on by local legislators.
- Um, and so those are legislation. Um, and so those are some really, really concerns me.
Bills:
SB330
Keywords:
water management, regional boards, municipal governance, ethics compliance, public utility, 1136, house, all
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Senate County and Municipal Government Committee Apr 22nd, 2025
County and Municipal Government
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you to the committee for allowing me to come speak about this legislation and the important work
- But the issue that I see as a legislator or senator is that there is an asset, this water board, that
- Members, it was 10 years ago that I prepared and sponsored legislation... ...prepared and sponsored legislation
- Legislation. Senator, may I please? Hold on, Senator Roberts. Thank you so much, Senator.
- But yet this piece of legislation that you knew every Democrat Legislation that you knew every Democrat
Bills:
SB330
Keywords:
water management, regional boards, municipal governance, ethics compliance, public utility, 923, senate, all
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Texas Ethics Commission Dec 10th, 2025 at 09:12 am
Transcript Highlights:
- 2 3 Chair calls this meeting of the Texas Ethics Commission at 9-10 p.m.
- He authored and passed a complete revision of the Texas Ethics Law.
- In the last legislative session, the General Appropriations Act gave the Ethics Commission the authority
- Yeah, and the legislation didn't put a cap, so I don't...
- The Texas Ethics Commission adjourns at 1.17 p.m.
Keywords:
Texas Ethics Commission, HB18, SB12, political contributions, civil penalties, Attorney General, criminal election offenses, legislation
Summary:
In the latest meeting of the Texas Ethics Commission, significant discussions centered around newly passed legislation, specifically HB18 and SB12. HB18 introduces a civil penalty for members who accept political contributions while absent from the state, addressing potential obstructions to legislative actions. Senators and commissioners engaged in an in-depth dialogue about the implications of this bill, with many expressing concerns regarding enforcement and compliance. In contrast, SB12 expands the jurisdiction of the Attorney General to prosecute criminal election offenses, further tightening the oversight of election activities. The meeting concluded with acknowledgement of the efforts put forth by previous commission chairs, highlighting their contributions to the commission's success.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, Select Aug 5th, 2025
Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, Select
Transcript Highlights:
- This legislation, House Bill 19, seeks to require public and private...
- Since before filing this legislation, my office has met with numerous...
- I believe this legislation takes a balanced approach to campground safety.
- I think that would be permissible under this legislation.
- There's an old saying that the legislative process and passing...
Keywords:
emergency communication, interoperability, grant program, first responders, state council, disaster response, emergency management, mass fatality, justices of the peace, training programs, emergency manager license, volunteer management, justice of the peace training, criminal history checks, state health services, broadband, public safety, disaster preparedness, funding, flood disaster plan
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- permanent legislative committees, and the legislative department.
- in June, legislation required that we had that done.
- Within the legislation, the legislation required us to have a work group established before the end of
- Outlined in the legislation.
- But I think that this legislation is actually working.
Bills:
HB1
Keywords:
feed bill, legislative appropriations, legislative branch, New Mexico Legislature, general fund, legislative council service, legislative finance committee, legislative education study committee, house chief clerk, senate chief clerk, per diem, mileage, session expenses, interim committees, district staff, capitol complex, capital outlay data system, legislative processing system, redistricting, census redistricting
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Jan 22nd, 2026 at 02:01 pm
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm with the Legislative Finance Committee and with the Department of Health.
- And one thing that we as legislators do is we go to a lot of meetings.
- I'm Ruby Ann Iskebel with the Legislative Finance Committee.
- We have our director of legislative and executive affairs, Lindsay Bachman.
- staff and legislators.
Bills:
HB1
Keywords:
feed bill, legislative appropriations, legislative branch, New Mexico Legislature, general fund, legislative council service, legislative finance committee, legislative education study committee, house chief clerk, senate chief clerk, per diem, mileage, session expenses, interim committees, district staff, capitol complex, capital outlay data system, legislative processing system, redistricting, census redistricting
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Chamber Meeting Jan 22nd, 2026 at 11:06 am
New Mexico House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Speaker, I move we go to that order of business: introduction of legislation.
- . ...offices looking to meet their representatives and legislators.
- biennium equally between two regular legislative sessions, not to exceed 4, Legislative biennium equally
- session and the permanent legislative committees and the legislative department.
- And with that, I would... ...and the permanent legislative committees and the legislative department.
Bills:
HB1
Keywords:
feed bill, legislative appropriations, legislative branch, New Mexico Legislature, general fund, legislative council service, legislative finance committee, legislative education study committee, house chief clerk, senate chief clerk, per diem, mileage, session expenses, interim committees, district staff, capitol complex, capital outlay data system, legislative processing system, redistricting, census redistricting
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- And in the chart on this page, you can see for the legislative projects expenditures and balances on
- So you Received a draft list of local requests from legislative council earlier this week, and they have
- I think on the legislative.
- Is it permissible right now for me, just to go as an individual legislator, bundle that up into 10 million
- convinced me, and I said yes to put that there, it would be my responsibility as an individual legislator
Bills:
HB1
Keywords:
feed bill, legislative appropriations, legislative branch, New Mexico Legislature, general fund, legislative council service, legislative finance committee, legislative education study committee, house chief clerk, senate chief clerk, per diem, mileage, session expenses, interim committees, district staff, capitol complex, capital outlay data system, legislative processing system, redistricting, census redistricting
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Jan 20th, 2026 at 04:16 pm
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- permanent legislative committees and the legislative department.
- For example, next year's session preparations, interim legislative expenses LCS operations, the legislative
- And then section five addresses the Legislative Finance Committee Section six, the Legislative Education
- for the Legislative Council Service, and it Is customary, maybe up to once a year, where the Legislative
- this legislation if it receives.
Bills:
HB1
Keywords:
feed bill, legislative appropriations, legislative branch, New Mexico Legislature, general fund, legislative council service, legislative finance committee, legislative education study committee, house chief clerk, senate chief clerk, per diem, mileage, session expenses, interim committees, district staff, capitol complex, capital outlay data system, legislative processing system, redistricting, census redistricting
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Delivery of Government Efficiency Apr 16th, 2025
Delivery of Government Efficiency
Transcript Highlights:
- In the past I've been a legislator like yourselves in the House and Senate in Iowa and served as as the
- I would urge you to push for legislation to please return those back to the public record.
- As you probably know, the Legislative Budget Board has given a report that confirms this.
- It could be a legislative session. So, although notice, it would be nice.
- to produce clarifying legislation going forward.
Bills:
HB3146, HB3719, HB3895, HB3923, HB4748, HB4751, HB4936, HB4952, HB4990, HB4991, HB5061, HB5196, HB5238, HB5246, HB5487
Keywords:
State Office of Administrative Hearings, SOAH, administrative hearings, contested case, contested case hearing, administrative law judge, ALJ, final decision, proposed decision, agency hearing, hearing continuance, rescheduling, Texas administrative law, Government Code Chapter 2001, workers' compensation, Department of Human Resources, Texas Labor Code, Transportation Code, Agriculture Code, Insurance Code