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TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Sunset Review?
- We had to put the river authorities under sunset to make some of that reminder very clear.
- Your sunset review that was sparked by the events of 2021, where they pulled your sunset review up, I
- So you went under Sunset 22, 23... Legislative session. So you went under Sunset 22, 23.
- Sunset usually does a follow-up a year after. Has Sunset done that with PUC? Yes, they have.
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Nominations held its final nomination hearing of the session and considered three nominees: J.B. Goodwin for the Texas Real Estate Commission, Courtney Yaltman for the Public Utility Commission of Texas, and Thomas Gleason as PUC chairman. Goodwin described his long career in real estate and charitable work, and senators questioned him extensively about the Real Estate Commission’s self-directed, semi-independent status, housing affordability, institutional homebuyers, property insurance costs, disclosure issues, and the Burnett v. National Association of Realtors case. Yaltman and Gleason were questioned about PUC oversight of ERCOT, post-Winter Storm Uri reforms, utility resilience and vegetation management after Hurricane Beryl, water and telecommunications oversight, staffing and transparency, and rising infrastructure and utility costs.
Much of the discussion focused on housing and utility affordability, with several senators urging the nominees to keep consumer protection and public trust at the forefront. Goodwin said housing affordability and large-scale investment purchases were not within the Real Estate Commission’s direct purview, though he supported further study. Yaltman and Gleason said the PUC had increased oversight of ERCOT, improved communication and accountability with utilities, and was working on resiliency plans, rate-setting issues, and infrastructure planning while trying to avoid overburdening ratepayers.
The committee first voted to favorably report nominees left pending from the May 5 agenda by a 6-0 roll call vote. After public testimony was opened and closed, the committee then voted on the nominees heard that day and favorably recommended all three to the full Senate for confirmation by a 7-0 vote. The committee then recessed subject to the call of the chair.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Greg Stevens: ...with significant progress in implementing our sunset bill.
- Greg Stevens: ...that were required under Sunset. We're getting those in now.
- Greg Stevens: ...under Sunset. We're getting those in now.
- According to Sunset, TDCJ is so critically understaffed issues that was raised during the last Sunset
- According to the Sunset staff report in fiscal year 2023, TDCJ spent $277 million on CO and sunset staff
Bills:
SB1
Keywords:
campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards
Summary:
The committee heard a Legislative Budget Board presentation and then testimony from the Department of Public Safety on the Article 5 public safety budget. LBB said DPS’s 2026-27 recommendation totals $3.7 billion, down from the prior base, while FTEs rise by 856.7. Major items included increased funding for driver license services and customer support, new trooper funding and recruit schools, crime lab operations, border security, and reductions tied to one-time facility, vehicle, and aircraft spending. The committee also discussed new riders, including one to lapse unused trooper funds and require reporting after recruit schools.
Members focused heavily on driver license operations, questioning why prior staffing increases and a prior efficiency study had not solved long wait times, high call abandonment, and appointment delays. DPS and LBB said the agency receives about 22,000 calls per day, answers only about 9 percent, and is seeking more staff plus technology upgrades such as automation, kiosks, and better online processing. Senators also raised concerns about rural access, REAL ID document requirements, and whether the department should rethink its processes rather than simply add employees.
DPS leadership then described needs for the Williamson County training academy, additional troopers, Capitol and Alamo security, border operations, aircraft and vehicle replacement, and regional headquarters in El Paso and San Antonio. Members asked about Operation Lone Star costs, overtime, pursuit safety, border crime, oilfield theft, and sexual assault kit and toxicology backlogs. DPS said border deployments remain focused on criminal threats, that overtime is partly driven by deployments and staffing shortages, and that the sexual assault kit backlog is down to 118 cases with a goal of zero by April. The committee later recessed and began the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission budget presentation, where LBB outlined a $115.1 million recommendation and noted ongoing costs for the AIMS technology project.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 4 on Climate Crisis, Resources, Energy, and Transportation Apr 9th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- I'd just like to eliminate the sunset.
- I just don't know that we'll get around to doing it if we don't have a sunset.
- Other members have any opinion on sunset?
- But if we put it in perpetuity and we don't have a sunset, there's no way to revisit it.
- did that because we had the sunset.
Summary:
The hearing was an informational budget session on energy agency proposals, with no votes taken. Early discussion focused on Proposition 4 climate bond implementation, including funding for demand-side grid support, offshore wind development, and transmission financing. The Department of Finance said the budget includes allocations for demand-side grid support and offshore wind, but not yet for the $325 million transmission financing piece pending a required study. The Legislative Analyst’s Office urged the Legislature to consider whether to wait on offshore wind funding, whether to keep shifting funds into demand-side grid support, and how to direct future transmission financing. Members also raised concerns about local technical assistance for offshore wind, Salton Sea priorities, and the need for more information before final decisions.
The California Energy Commission and CPUC then reviewed the broader energy package. The CEC highlighted the demand-side grid support program’s growth, distributed energy backup assets, long-duration storage, hydrogen grants, and the SIRP clean energy reliability program. CPUC testimony emphasized affordability, wildfire mitigation costs, rooftop solar cost shifts, and efforts to reduce rates while maintaining reliability and clean energy goals. Members questioned CPUC staffing, delays in proceedings, coordination with the CEC and CAISO, and the impact of rate increases on customers. The agencies also discussed the AB 3264 transmission financing study, with CPUC saying work on the study had already begun and was on track for the July 1 deadline.
Several trailer bill and implementation items were also discussed. The committee reviewed a proposal to extend the Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program surcharge, with members split over whether it should be handled in budget trailer bill language or policy legislation; the administration said the surcharge supports a critical program serving about three-quarters of a million Californians. The committee also heard a CPUC data-sharing proposal to allow nondisclosure agreements for transmission and reliability data, which members generally supported as a technical fix. DWR explained a proposal to clarify language for the Electricity Supply Strategic Reliability Reserve so it can potentially sell three gas-fired units it owns, and the CEC presented a federal transmission grant proposal tied to grid-enhancing technologies and ratepayer cost recovery. Finally, the committee discussed California Lifeline and possible broadband pilot reforms in light of uncertainty around federal Universal Service Fund support, with CPUC saying it is exploring a statewide standalone broadband option for eligible customers.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- Basically, what this amendment is doing is putting a sunset on it and a cap.
- Now speaking about long term, I noticed that you're eliminating a sunset.
- So let's not get too excited about sunsets in bills because we know what happens with sunsets.
- The other thing, I know there's not sunsets in here.
- This bill does remove a sunset that is in place, so it's just one, but there is one sunset that it would
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- So when you do it when they came before sunset, that was not a part; they didn't show up at sunset. >
- show up at sunset. show up at sunset.
- "Well, what you find, you know, on Sunset..." "Oh, yeah. I served on Sunset.
- "Well, what you find, you know, on Sunset once you..." "Oh, yeah. I served on Sunset.
- I served on Sunset. I learned a lot on Sunset." "Yeah, exactly.
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, members, what you have before us today is sunset.
- And just to know that the bill went through Sunset.
- you know, by by the Sunset Committee. you know, by by the Sunset Committee.
- . sunset. sunset.
- Um, these Sunset bills take a year-round approach.
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 015 Jan 29th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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Summary:
The House convened, led the pledge, and completed a roll call showing a quorum with 55 members present and 10 excused. The journal from Tuesday, January 27, 2026, was approved as corrected. The Speaker then moved into announcements and introductions, with several members briefly joking about the sign-up process and fines for failing to sign up in advance.
Announcements highlighted a range of visiting groups and upcoming committee meetings. Members recognized the Colorado Council of Authorities/911 communications officials, Rooted Christian Academy sixth graders, physical therapy advocates, CASE Member Day at the Capitol, and community college representatives. Several members also announced committee schedules, including Judiciary hearing sunset bills and House Bill 1058, a DORA sunset hearing, a capital development committee meeting, and a Health and Human Services SMART Act hearing. There were also invitations to a Colorado Mesa University reception and a Treasury open house for unclaimed property.
At the end of the session, the Speaker announced appointments to the House ethics committee: Representatives McCormick as chair, Soper as vice chair, Woodrow, Mabrey, and Garcia Sander. The Majority Leader then moved that the House stand in recess until later in the day, and the motion carried.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Families and Children (10-22-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- It could have been some of the changes in the federal law around reauthorization of the child care and
- It could have been some of the changes in the federal law around reauthorization of the child care and
- It could have been some of the changes in the federal law around reauthorization of the child care and
Summary:
The committee first approved the minutes from its September 24 meeting after a motion and second. It then heard a presentation from New Mexico Early Childhood Education and Care Secretary Elizabeth Gragensky on that state’s early childhood system and planned universal child care rollout. She described how New Mexico consolidated multiple prenatal-to-age-five programs into a cabinet-level department, expanded pre-K to a longer day, and uses a cost model to set reimbursement rates intended to cover true provider costs, including wages, benefits, occupancy, food, and reserves. She also said the state created an Early Childhood Trust Fund and secured a constitutional amendment to dedicate 0.60% of the land grant permanent fund to early care and education, with the department’s budget growing from about $400 million in 2021 to just under $1 billion this year.
Gragensky said families can begin applying for universal child care on November 1, with participation voluntary for both families and providers. She reported that New Mexico is aiming to expand capacity by adding 1,000 registered home providers, 120 group homes, and about 55 more centers, supported in part by a $13 million low-interest loan fund and a request for an additional $20 million. She said the state has seen growth in early childhood professionals, including a 64% increase over the last three to four years, and pointed to reported outcomes such as a 21% increase in literacy and a 75% kindergarten readiness rate, while noting that some measures are new and baseline comparisons are still being developed.
Members asked about the funding sources, provider profitability, workforce development, and measurable outcomes. Gragensky said the program is designed to support provider sustainability through rates tied to true cost and includes allowances for sick leave, vacation, benefits, and reserves. She also said maternal labor force participation is 10% higher than the national rate and attributed that in part to child care access. The committee then moved to a separate presentation by Department for Community Based Services Commissioner Lisa Dennis and Division of Family Support Director Roger McCann on anticipated cuts to TANF and SNAP, beginning with an overview of TANF as a federal block grant with a fixed annual Kentucky allocation of about $180.7 million.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Texas Ethics Commission Jun 12th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Yes, again, you know, Sunset recommended several changes to the sworn complaint process.
- The sunset bill would have required rulemaking to sort of reform the sworn complaint procedures.
- And although the Sunset review of TC sworn complaint files revealed no abuse of discovery process, Sunset
- Yeah, and in concert with Sunset, Sunset recommend this as well, but, uh, we have to do it every 4 years
- The sunset bill would have changed this to something we had to do every 10 years.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 4 on Climate Crisis, Resources, Energy, and Transportation Apr 9th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- So why don't we just get rid of the sunset? That's my concern. I appreciate that.
- Without a sunset, we may never get around to reviewing that charge. Your thoughts? Sure, yes.
- Do other members have any opinion on sunset?
- I support the position of the... ...and we inadvertently did that because we had the sunset.
- having the sunset take place.
UT
Utah 2025 Regular Session
Government Operations Interim Committee - November 19, 2025
Government Operations Interim Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- My concern here is the sunsetting of the manual signatures, because we...
- You have stated, Representative Miller, the sunset date you think is premature.
- Sunset and proof of concept. And proof of concept. All right. Any other input from the committee?
- I'm just not confident yet that having this sunset date means folks are going to be at that point.
- It's also based on the fact that we're... ...between now and when that sunset date hits.
VT
Transcript Highlights:
- It's a reminder we are on House Bill 527, an act relating to extending the sunset of 30 V.S.A. chapter
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- could<00:31:40.400>
accelerate Or a one-year sunset could accelerate Or a one-year sunset
Summary:
The House first debated House Bill 527, extending the sunset of 30 V.S.A. chapter 248A, which governs telecom tower siting. Members discussed a Senate proposal of amendment that would require a mandatory local hearing with the developer and the Department of Public Service present. Supporters said the change would improve public participation and local control, especially for rural towns, while opponents argued it could either stall telecom development or speed it up with less input. Several members also raised concerns about health effects of RF radiation and cited scientific studies and court actions, while others said they had not seen evidence of the harms claimed and emphasized the importance of connectivity. A proposed further amendment to shorten the sunset to one year was defeated by roll call, 52-89, and the House then concurred in the Senate proposal of amendment by roll call, 122-14.
The House then took up House Bill 686, relating to expanding identification of certain lobbying advertisements. After suspending rules, members heard a summary of the Senate’s strike-all amendment, which broadened the definition of lobbying communications and required clearer identification and reporting for paid lobbying ads, while avoiding duplicate reporting where campaign finance disclosures already apply. The Government Operations and Military Affairs Committee reported a 10-1-1 straw poll in favor, and the House concurred in the Senate proposal of amendment.
Next, the House considered Senate Bill 326, miscellaneous amendments to motor vehicle laws. The Transportation Committee described the changes as largely technical, including provisions related to hands-free cell phone use for commercial drivers and to mufflers, motorcycles, and annual inspections. After testimony from Legislative Council and the Department of Motor Vehicles, the committee recommended concurrence on a 9-1-1 straw poll, and the House concurred and then voted to message its action to the Senate forthwith. The chamber also took up the conference report on House Bill 642, youthful offender proceedings, with the conference committee restoring House language allowing victims to attend and present impact statements at both hearings and making several technical cross-reference corrections; the report was presented for House consideration.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Is to sunset those regulations and it took a long time to do it.
- I'm the executive director of the Sunset Advisory Commission.
- So what is Sunset?
- There is a Sunset Commission decision meeting and that's when Sunset Commission will decide to either
- But we may need to sunset, sunset. No, I digress. I joke.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Judiciary Committee Jul 8th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- We believe that the law should sunset.
- I think that the sunset proved what the goal was at the time.
- I actually don't think that the sunset date makes sense without it.
- I don't think that the bill works, at least the sunset, right?
- You put in a sunset date to kick the can down the road and just, you know, in a...
Summary:
The committee heard several bills, with most drawing support after amendments or ongoing stakeholder negotiations. SB 29, by Senator Laird, would extend a sunset on the law allowing pain-and-suffering claims to survive a plaintiff’s death; supporters, including a family member describing a medical negligence case, labor groups, consumer advocates, and disability and elder organizations, argued it prevents defendants from running out the clock, while hospitals, medical groups, and business organizations warned of higher costs and added liability. After extensive debate about data collection, settlement reporting, and the impact on health care access, the bill passed to Appropriations on a divided vote.
SB 294, by Senator Reyes and presented by Senator Laird, would require employers to notify a worker’s emergency contact if the worker is arrested or detained and would create a template to inform employees of state and federal labor rights. Labor and worker advocates said the bill would help workers understand and enforce their rights amid weakened federal enforcement; there was no opposition on file, and the bill passed unanimously to Appropriations. SB 697 would modernize water-rights adjudication by allowing the State Water Board to use technology instead of requiring in-person field investigations; with no opposition, it also passed unanimously.
The committee also advanced SB 37 on attorney advertising, SB 645 on peremptory challenges in civil cases, SB 303 on bias-mitigation trainings in public workplaces, and SB 464 on expanding pay-data reporting for specified state workers. SB 37 drew support from consumer and legal groups but concerns from Walker Advertising about joint advertising; members said negotiations were ongoing, and the bill passed. SB 645 would extend anti-bias jury-selection rules to certain civil rights cases; criminal-defense and defense groups said they were close to agreement, and the bill passed. SB 303 and SB 464 were both amended to narrow scope and moved forward after several opponents shifted to neutral or removed opposition. The committee also approved a consent calendar of additional bills, all sent to Appropriations.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Yes, again, you know, Sunset. I recommended several changes to the sworn complaint process.
- The Sunset bill would have required rulemaking to reform the sworn complaint procedures.
- Although the Sunset Review of TC sworn complaint files revealed no abuse of the discovery process, Sunset
- Yeah, and in concert with Sunset, Sunset recommended this as well.
- The sunset bill would have... ...change this to something we had to do every 10 years.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate - 03/26/25
Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate
Transcript Highlights:
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I that we would sunset the program. I that we would sunset the program. - The cheaper the to sunset the program.
- I don't think we should sunset it, but let's talk about it.
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the department feels a move to sunset the department feels a move to sunset
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Delivery of Government Efficiency Mar 5th, 2025
Delivery of Government Efficiency
Transcript Highlights:
- On the next slide, what is Sunset?
- State government looks different today due to the sunset process. Since sunset was created in 1977.
- At that meeting, the Sunset Commission can decide to adopt. opt not adopt or modify sunset staff recommendations
- Sunset review criteria and recommendations.
- When our Sunset Commission meets.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 3/12/26
Energy Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- So, a sunset date of June 30th, 2015.
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Keywords:
utilities, rate cases, cost recovery, reporting requirements, gas infrastructure, 1183, house
AL
Alabama 2026 1st Special Session
Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Mar 31st, 2026
Ways and Means General Fund
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate Bill 143 basically removes the sunset from the assessment tax to nursing homes.
- Senate Bill 143 basically removes the sunset from the assessment tax to nursing homes.
- So once we remove that sunset, then it'll be there from now. >> Motion for favor. >> Have a motion in
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calls providers assessment sunset calls providers assessment sunset calls removed - sunset on our our ambulance providers. sunset on our our ambulance providers.
Bills:
SB146, SB143, SB144, SB145, HB224, SB152, SB153, SB154, SB162, SB226, SB146, SB143, SB144, SB145, HB224, SB152, SB153, SB154, SB162, SB226
Keywords:
supplemental appropriation, FY2025 budget, general fund, Alabama State Board of Public Accountancy, Unified Judicial System, court automation, advanced technology and data exchange, judiciary funding, transportation debt service, highway bonds, bridge bonds, Alabama Department of Transportation, ALDOT, public highways, federal matching funds, state appropriations, bond principal and interest, special funds, budget amendment, SB143
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 027 Feb 10th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We ask for a no vote. instead of um this bill just sunsetting instead of um this bill just sunsetting
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this is the right time to sunset this is the right time to sunset this program - the department's 2025 Sunset Report. the department's 2025 Sunset Report.
- 2025 Sunset Report. 2025 Sunset Report.
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Summary:
The House convened, established a quorum, and approved the journal of Friday, February 6, 2026. Members then proceeded out of order to consider Senate Joint Resolution 8, honoring Colorado’s 2026 Winter Olympians and Paralympians. The resolution was read at length, and members spoke in support of Colorado athletes, training communities, families, and facilities. An amendment correcting an athlete’s state affiliation was adopted, and the resolution passed 63-0 with two excused. Representative Bottoms then asked to co-sponsor the resolution.
The chamber also set several bills as special orders for February 9, 2026. It then considered House Bill 1020, concerning colorimetric field drug tests in drug possession cases. Sponsors said the bill addresses unreliable field tests and had support from the Judiciary Committee and stakeholders. The committee report and the bill both passed without opposition.
House Bill 1040, concerning the sterilization rights of a person with intellectual and developmental disabilities, was also taken up. Sponsors said the bill seeks to undo a historical harm by removing language that allowed sterilization against a person’s wishes. Two amendments to the committee report were adopted: one narrowing language around an imminent threat to life or health, and another adding a petition clause. The committee report and the bill then passed.
Finally, the House considered House Bill 103, which modernizes the Colorado Small Business Recovery and Resiliency Loan Fund. Sponsors said it would better support small businesses facing higher costs and access-to-capital challenges. One amendment to direct 30% of funding to rural counties, veteran-owned businesses, and minority-owned businesses was debated but failed after the sponsor urged a no vote, saying the bill already included distribution metrics and that a fixed percentage was not workable in statute. The bill itself was then discussed further, with concerns raised about state lending programs and the use of the term “equitable,” but the transcript cuts off before final action on the bill is shown.