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FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Governmental Oversight and Accountability Mar 11th, 2025
Governmental Oversight and Accountability
Transcript Highlights:
- She stated that no other president has ever changed the names of geographical bodies of water or lands
Summary:
The Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability met and reported several bills favorably. Senate Bill 7000 repealed the sunset on a public records exemption protecting site-specific location information for threatened and endangered species; Senate Bill 7006 preserved exemptions for building plans and related records showing 911, E911, public safety radio, and NG911 infrastructure; and Senate Bill 7004 extended the exemption for property photographs and personal identifying information tied to certain housing assistance programs. Each of those bills drew no questions, no public testimony, and no debate before favorable votes.
The committee also considered Senate Bill 448 on administrative procedure, which proposed broader reforms to the Administrative Procedure Act, including agency rulemaking oversight and cost-benefit analysis requirements. An amendment removed the bill’s eight-year sunset. The Florida Bar’s Administrative Law Section testified with concerns that some provisions could chill agency guidance, increase costs and delays, and create standing issues for challenges. Supportive testimony also came from Americans for Prosperity and the James Madison Institute. After debate, the committee reported the bill favorably as amended.
Senate Bill 1058, as amended, updated state references to the “Gulf of America” in geographic and instructional materials and removed the road designation of Tamami Trail. Senator Polsky objected to the change as unnecessary and wasteful, while the sponsor said the bill simply aligns materials with the new name going forward. The committee adopted the strike-all amendment and then reported the bill favorably. Later, Senate Bill 924 was heard and amended to expand state employee fertility preservation coverage beyond cancer to other medically necessary treatments, remove age limits, require coverage of standard cryopreservation services, and set storage limits. Senators Polsky and Rodriguez praised the measure as important for young patients facing infertility risks, while one senator questioned whether the state group plan was the right vehicle. The committee reported SB 924 favorably, and members later recorded additional affirmative votes on SB 448 and SB 1058 before adjournment.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2025-03-04 (9:30AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
MN
TX
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Mobile County Legislation Committee Feb 19th, 2025
Mobile County Legislation
Transcript Highlights:
- You see, when you're driving, they fill up with water.
Bills:
SB46
Committee:
House Mobile County Legislation
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Commerce and Tourism Feb 18th, 2025
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Stretching along the beautiful Gulf waters, the Coastal Bend is a place where history meets advan- cement
Keywords:
SJR 2, Senate Joint Resolution 2, constitutional amendment, homestead exemption, property tax relief, school property tax, ad valorem tax, residence homestead, school district taxes, Texas Constitution Article VIII, public school finance, homeowner exemption, elderly exemption, senior tax relief, disabled exemption, tax year 2025, voter approval, November 2025 ballot, local government, Ways & Means
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Opening of the 2025 legislative session in Minnesota House 1/14/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, June 4, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We could build 25 large dams and store enough water to grow everything we'd ever want to grow.
- We could build 25 large dams and store enough water to grow everything we'd ever want to grow.
- We could build 25 large dams and store enough water to grow everything we'd ever want to grow.
- We could build 25 large dams and store enough water to grow everything we'd ever want to grow.
- We could build 25 large dams and store enough water to grow everything we'd ever want to grow.
MD
Transcript Highlights:
- :24:35.000><c> 371,</c><01:24:36.440><c> Senator</c><01:24:36.800><c> Carosa,</c><01:24:37.480><c> water
- </c> Senate Bill 371, Senator Carosa, water Senate Bill 371, Senator Carosa, water pollution<01:24:38.240
- /c><01:24:41.120><c> feeding</c><01:24:41.480><c> operations,</c> Senate Bill 371, Senator Carosa, water
- Senate Bill 108, Chair Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee, Environment, Water Resources
- , Water Resources, and Wetlands<02:37:13.760><c> Enforcement.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Municipal and County Government (03/03/2025)
Municipal and County Government
Transcript Highlights:
- going to be established in a municipality, there's going to be cost to infrastructure, whether it's water
- Manchester also has a huge amount of its capital tied up in a major, um, uh, water sewer separation project
- Manchester also has a huge amount of its capital tied up in a major, um, uh, water sewer separation project
- a</c><02:14:09.239><c> major</c><02:14:10.000><c> um</c><02:14:10.880><c> uh</c><02:14:11.000><c> water
- </c> capital tied up in a major um uh water capital tied up in a major um uh water sewer<02:14:11.719
Committee:
House Municipal and County Government
Summary:
The Municipal and County Government Committee held public hearings on House Bill 471 and House Bill 373. HB 471 would create a temporary commission to study growth, traffic, planning, and land use issues in a group of southern New Hampshire towns, with possible recommendations on regional planning commission boundaries or coordination. Representative Perez said the bill was requested by Londonderry residents and local officials, and Eric Power of Brookline testified in support, saying the towns share corridor and development issues that cross regional planning commission lines. Several members questioned whether existing law already allows towns to form regional planning commissions under RSA 364:6, whether the bill should be broader, and whether the town list should include additional communities. The hearing closed with testimony counts reported as two in support and three opposed on remote sign-in, plus one opposed and one in support on the blue sheet.
HB 373, sponsored by Representative Diane Powers, would revise RSA 41:11-a on town property leases. Powers said current law is too restrictive because leases over five years require repeated town votes, which she argued is impractical for long-term arrangements. She cited examples from Hampton and Brookline, including long-term road and property leases, and said she had found multiple similar cases. The bill would keep select board authority for leases under one year, allow a legislative body to authorize a specific longer lease by a three-fifths ballot vote, and preserve the existing five-year blanket leasing authority with a three-fifths vote, while keeping existing leases valid if authority is later rescinded. Eric Power testified in support, describing recurring lease renewals in Brookline and saying longer terms are needed for projects such as housing, cell towers, and solar arrays. Members asked about the change from a simple town vote to a three-fifths threshold and whether the bill duplicates existing mechanisms; Powers said the higher threshold was intended because the leases involve long-term commitments. No votes were taken during the hearing portion described.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, July 15, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- <01:21:31.760><c> from</c><01:21:32.159><c> Mexico</c><01:21:33.280><c> until</c><01:21:33.840><c> water
- </c><01:21:34.400><c> owed</c> funds funds from Mexico until water owed funds funds from Mexico until
- Communities are losing access to clean water. People are losing their lives.
- , improve professionalize human resources, improve access<03:02:58.240><c> to</c><03:02:58.479><c> water
- , and digitize government access to water, and digitize government services.<03:03:01.840><c> A</c><03
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- We have coffee and water and tea if you need it.
- He uses water from the sink, and he uses some electricity to charge his phone.
- We've got coffee and water and everything.
- We've got coffee and water and everything.
Committee:
House Public Safety
VT
Transcript Highlights:
- The member from Charlotte, Representative Waters Evans, will speak for the Committee.
- The member from Charlotte, Representative Waters Evans, will speak for the Committee.
- The member from Charlotte, Representative Waters Evans, will speak for the Committee.
- The member from Charlotte, Representative Waters Evans, will speak for the Committee.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- the right safeguards from the start to ensure that we can continue to protect Minnesota's drinking water
- can continue to protect Minnesota's we can continue to protect Minnesota's drinking<00:43:34.080><c> water
- </c> drinking water. drinking water.
Committee:
Senate Finance
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, April 20, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- partner Huntington Ingalls are hard at work delivering the USS Arkansas SSN 800, which is now in the water
- PARTNER HUNTINGTON INGALLS ARE HARD AT WORK DELIVERING THE USS ARKANSAS SSN 800, WHICH IS NOW IN THE WATER
- determinants of health, the things that are going on in our communities, education, clean air, clean water
- determinants of health, the things that are going on in our communities, education, clean air, clean water
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 090 Apr 14th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Um also, Agriculture, Water, and Natural Resources Committee will be meeting at 1:30 to hear three bills
- Um<00:23:55.120><c> also,</c><00:23:55.720><c> Agriculture,</c><00:23:56.360><c> Water,</c><00:23:56.679
- ><c> and</c><00:23:56.760><c> Natural</c> Um also, Agriculture, Water, and Natural Um also, Agriculture
- , Water, and Natural Resources<00:23:57.800><c> Committee</c><00:23:58.360><c> will</c><00:23:58.560>
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/26 - Part 2
Public Safety Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- And so this is uh completely unregulated, untested waters that uh we absolutely need to have uh regulation
- 19.920><c> tested</c> uh completely unregulated, un uh tested uh completely unregulated, un uh tested waters
- 21.839><c> we</c><00:37:22.079><c> absolutely</c><00:37:22.480><c> need</c><00:37:22.640><c> to</c> waters
- that uh we absolutely need to waters that uh we absolutely need to have<00:37:23.200><c> uh</c><00:37
Bills:
HF2354 , HF3407 , HF4359 , HF4192 , HF3356 , HF3695 , HF1597 , HF3155 , HF3871 , HF4437 , HF4446 , HF3990
Committee:
House Public Safety Finance and Policy
Keywords:
medical assistance, fraud prevention, subpoena authority, criminal penalties, consumer protection, ghost guns, unserialized firearms, 3D-printed guns, 3D printer firearms, CNC milling, home-built firearms, firearm serialization, serial numbers, unfinished frame, unfinished receiver, ghost gun ban, gun control, firearm design files, CAD files, digital gun blueprints
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Select Committee on School Facilities Interim Topics Meeting, March 5, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, maybe water lines. What kind of infrastructure?
- Uh<00:44:15.360><c> maybe</c><00:44:15.720><c> water</c><00:44:16.160><c> lines.
- </c><00:44:16.800><c> What</c><00:44:17.040><c> kind</c><00:44:17.200><c> of</c> Uh maybe water lines
- What kind of Uh maybe water lines. What kind of infrastructure? infrastructure? infrastructure?
Summary:
The Select Committee on School Facilities met to satisfy its quarterly statutory requirement and to discuss interim priorities. Staff from LSO reviewed the committee’s duties: monitoring K-12 school facilities statewide, prioritizing needs for the interim, and preparing a budget request due by November 1. They also noted the ongoing litigation related to the Chapter 3, Section 8 exception process and said the committee would move forward with securing a consultant to study that issue, as previously authorized by Management Council.
A major topic was school funding formulas, especially how average daily membership (ADM) affects routine and major maintenance funding and how excess square footage is treated. Members revisited an earlier proposal to fund 135% of allowable square footage, which did not advance this session, and discussed whether some schools should instead be funded at a minimum percentage of their actual square footage. Staff explained that some districts have buildings larger than their formula allowance, and that the issue is complicated by older buildings, pools, and other unique facilities. They also noted that recent changes to the major maintenance multiplier increased funding and that some districts are still not fully covered by the formulas.
Safety and security funding was another focus. The State Construction Department reported that $10 million was appropriated this year for safety and security upgrades, with some funds expected to go toward vestibules, bollards, and design work, and the rest through a district application process. Officials said the last comprehensive safety assessment was done more than 10 years ago and suggested a new consultant-led study to update priorities, since technology and building conditions have changed. Members also discussed the role of school resource officers and whether the committee should continue leading this work rather than handing it off to the recalibration committee.
The committee also examined declining enrollment and excess capacity across the state, citing examples such as Newcastle, Shoshoni, Casper, Campbell County, and Fremont County. Officials said some districts are right-sizing by taking schools offline, while others cannot easily reduce capacity because the buildings are essential to the community. Charter school leasing was raised as a related concern, including the Mills charter school and the fact that the state pays lease costs based on ADM and allowable square footage. No formal votes were taken, but the committee agreed to continue studying these issues, likely including site visits and further data requests during the interim.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
- Sorry, I was choking on my water. Okay. The committee sub is adopted. Please proceed. >> I.
- </c><00:58:52.640><c> choking</c><00:58:52.960><c> on</c><00:58:53.119><c> my</c><00:58:53.280><c> water
- Sorry, I was choking on my water. >> Yes. Sorry, I was choking on my water.
Committee:
House Health Services
Keywords:
00:00:00 - Call to Order/Roll Call
00:01:25 - Discussion of 26RS HB 689
00:15:15 - Roll Call Vote on 26RS HB 689
00:17:02 - Discussion of 26RS HB 407
00:45:40 - Roll Call Vote on 26RS HB 407
00:49:25 - Discussion of 26RS HB 713
00:55:50 - Roll Call Vote on 26RS HB 713
00:56:54 - Discussion of 26RS HB 676
01:06:42 - Roll Call Vote on 26RS HB 676
01:08:43 - Adjournment, 958, all