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ID
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- House Environment, Energy, and Technology Committee will not meet Tuesday, January 20th, Barbieri, Chairman
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Press Conference: High Speed Rail Apr 28th, 2025 at 09:04 am
Transcript Highlights:
- We've spent a lot of energy in the Texas Senate talking about the scourge of communism, being number
Keywords:
House Bill 483, high-speed rail, transportation network, Texas, public testimony, rail connectivity, economic development
Summary:
The meeting was a press event in support of House Bill 483 and its Senate companion, SB 424, which would repeal the current state ban on high-speed rail investment and direct TxDOT to partner with a private entity to develop a Dallas-Austin-San Antonio rail line along the I-35 corridor. Rep. John Bucy, County Judge Andy Brown, Rep. Rafael Anchia, Rep. Ray Lopez, and Sen. Sarah Eckhardt all argued that Texas’ population growth and highway congestion make passenger rail a necessary transportation alternative and a long-term economic development tool. They emphasized benefits such as reduced commute times, improved mobility, lower congestion and emissions, stronger workforce access, and better connections between major metro areas.
Testimony focused on the Texas Triangle as a strong candidate for high-speed rail because of its population density, flat geography, and existing growth patterns. Speakers cited examples from other places, including Florida’s Brightline and rail systems in other countries, to argue that Texas is behind and could catch up through public-private partnerships. They also discussed transit-oriented development, last-mile connections through local systems like DART and Austin’s Project Connect, and the possibility of future expansion beyond the initial corridor. In response to questions, Bucy said the bill would allow TxDOT to seek bids and keep costs flexible, that the line would likely require dedicated high-speed track, and that express service could reduce Austin-San Antonio travel time to roughly 30 minutes and Austin-Dallas to under an hour and a half, though no launch date was set.
No formal vote or committee action was taken in the transcript. The event ended with Bucy saying the bill was a positive step and could become a bipartisan effort to build a more connected Texas.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- As we begin this session, may there be abundant energy and motivation to face what needs to be done.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Energy resources.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Feb 10th, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- He then took that technical expertise from the United States Navy and joined Puget Sound Energy in the
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- He said it always feels like the first day of school and there is a lot of great energy.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 03/23/26
Jobs and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- > to</c><00:37:22.079><c> build</c><00:37:22.400><c> businesses</c><00:37:22.880><c> that</c> and energy
- to build businesses that and energy to build businesses that support<00:37:23.440><c> their</c><00:37
- Senate File 3977 is a bill that will bring a lot of energy into Minnesota's economy.
- Senate File 3977 is a bill that will bring a lot of energy into Minnesota's economy.
- </c><02:14:14.000><c> into</c> uh bring a lot of energy into uh bring a lot of energy into Minnesota's
Committee:
Senate Jobs and Economic Development
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - Part 2 - 03/19/26
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- shift in ownership and control of long-term care facilities by for-profit entities, including private equity-backed
- , Bethany, that was up and running wonderfully for years and then started going down this private equity
- :01.120><c> private</c> then started going down this private then started going down this private equity
- 02.800><c> piece</c><02:20:03.120><c> and</c><02:20:03.359><c> then</c><02:20:03.520><c> they</c> equity
- firm piece and then they equity firm piece and then they eventually<02:20:04.880><c> had</c><02:20:05.280
Committee:
Senate Judiciary and Public Safety
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
JHA Public Hearing - Tue Feb 24, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST
Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- It's a matter of public health, equity, and basic human dignity.
- It's a matter of public health, equity, and basic human dignity.
- It's a matter of public health, equity, and basic human dignity.
- It's a matter of public health, equity, and basic human dignity.
- It's a matter of public health, equity, and basic human dignity.
Committee:
House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs
Summary:
The House Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs heard testimony on HB 1875, which would expand Hawaii’s existing protections to include gender-affirming health care, clarify permitted disclosures of protected health information, and bar certain adverse actions by malpractice insurers and health carriers against providers of lawful reproductive or gender-affirming care. The Insurance Division of DCCA supported the bill with a technical amendment, suggesting language tied to actuarial analysis rather than the phrase “actuarially sound.” The Office of Information Practices also provided comments.
Most testimony was strongly in support. State agencies and advocacy groups, including the Hawaii State Youth Commission, State Health Planning and Development Agency, Commission on the Status of Women, Hawaii Civil Rights Commission, Hawaii Public Health Institute, Stonewall Caucus, ACLU of Hawaii, PFLAG Oahu, Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates, the Healthcare Association of Hawaii, and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, said the bill would protect patient privacy, reduce chilling effects from out-of-state litigation, and help retain providers in a state already facing shortages. Several testifiers said gender-affirming care is medically necessary, evidence-based, and life-saving, and emphasized that Hawaii should protect its own health care decisions from outside political pressure.
A few individuals testified in opposition, arguing the bill was unnecessary or that it protected providers more than opponents of the bill, but these views were not echoed by most of the testimony. The chair repeatedly reminded testifiers to keep comments brief and maintain decorum. The transcript provided does not include a final committee vote or disposition on the bill.
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- Oversight Committee, the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Senate Efficiency, the Joint Committee on Energy
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- I have submitted the business and commerce bundle, the energy and agriculture bundle, and we also have
Bills:
HJR1088 , SB1280 , SB1316 , SB1433 , SB1455 , SB1456 , SB1457 , SB1459 , SB1461 , SB1463 , SB1465 , SB1466 , SB1721 , SB1280 , SB1316 , SB1433 , SB1455 , SB1456 , SB1457 , SB1459 , SB1461 , SB1463 , SB1465 , SB1466 , SB1721 , HJR1088
Committee:
House Administrative Rules
Keywords:
education rules, administrative rules, joint resolution, Oklahoma State Department of Education, higher education, State Regents for Higher Education, Teachers' Retirement System, charter schools, Statewide Charter School Board, career and technology education, CTE, OEQA, rule approval, legislative oversight, permanent rules, school governance, teacher retirement, education agencies, excise tax, oil tax
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- relating to a report of high-performing schools and teachers, relating to school building design and energy
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
November 5, 2025 - 10:30 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- syndromes, also known as MDDS, which is a group of rare, often fatal genetic disorders that affect energy
Summary:
The Health Professions and Program Subcommittee met with a quorum present and received a briefing from Melissa Jordan, Assistant Deputy Secretary for Health and chair of the Florida Rare Disease Advisory Council (ARDAC). Jordan explained that rare diseases affect fewer than 200,000 people each individually, but together impact an estimated 2.3 million Floridians. She reviewed ARDAC’s structure, its three subcommittees, and its 2025 legislative report recommendations, which focused on expanding Florida-specific data, disaster preparedness, state agency coordination, insurance oversight, provider education, faster diagnostic tools, research collaboration, and establishing centers of excellence. She also highlighted ARDAC’s work with other states and its effort to build an online repository of resources for families and providers.
Jordan discussed the Andrew John Anderson Pediatric Rare Disease Grant Program, funded at $500,000 annually, which supported research awards at Florida State University and the University of Miami in 2024 and another University of Miami project in 2025. She also described House Bill 907 and the Sunshine Genetics Act pilot program, which created the Florida Institute for Pediatric Rare Diseases at FSU and a newborn whole-genome sequencing pilot to screen volunteer infants for hundreds of conditions beyond traditional newborn screening. The institute will include research, training, clinical care, a diagnostic lab, genome editing capacity, and a sequencing pilot overseen by a board, consortium, and steering committee.
Members asked about interstate collaboration, the scope of data collection beyond Medicaid, how the council reduces family financial burdens, how families and providers can learn about available resources, and how ARDAC measures effectiveness. Jordan said Florida has learned from other states’ survey-based approaches and instead is using administrative data sources such as Medicaid, hospitalizations, emergency department visits, birth and death certificates, with more clinical data to be added over time. She said success is tracked through annual reports, ongoing work plans, and quarterly research reports that measure progress, patient enrollment, treatment outcomes, and potential follow-on funding. The meeting concluded after the presentation and questions, and the subcommittee adjourned without further business.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Mar 21st, 2025
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- There's an energy, enthusiasm, and beauty surrounding low riders that this bill celebrates across New
Committee:
House House Appropriations & Finance
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
TCA DEFER, TCA Public Hearings 03-20-2025
Transcript Highlights:
- House Draft 1, relating to transportation, which was previously heard jointly with the Committee on Energy
Summary:
The committee first took up HB 229 HD1, a transportation measure previously heard jointly with another committee. Members recommended passing it with amendments. The amendments would shift the left-lane restriction from a speed-based standard to apply to vehicles over 10,000 pounds and vehicles towing another vehicle or trailer on roads with three or more lanes in the same direction. The committee also indicated the Judiciary Committee would handle the penalty amounts, while preserving exemptions for passing, left turns, public transit, school buses, and emergency vehicles, and keeping the bill limited to counties with populations over 500,000. The motion was adopted without discussion.
The committee then considered HB 1 HD2 relating to the HCDA and transit-oriented development financing. The proposed amendments would give HCDA authority to develop parcels outside community development districts, allow community facilities districts within TOD zones, authorize CFD bonds and HCDA bonds to finance infrastructure, especially transit infrastructure, and incorporate the structure and intent of SB 1669, along with technical changes. The committee recommended passage with amendments, and the measure was adopted.
Later, the committee heard HB 1167 HD1, an emergency appropriation to the Department of Transportation. DOT testified in support and clarified that the requested appropriation was $1 million from state highway funds. The committee recommended passing the bill with amendments, including changing the defective date to July 1, 2025 and noting the $1 million request in the committee report for further consideration by Ways and Means. The motion passed, with the chair, Senator Kanuha, and Senator Dort voting in favor and the vice chair excused.
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Economic Development and Tourism Committee Mar 19th, 2025
Tourism
Transcript Highlights:
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Department of Energy have also acknowledged
Committees:
House Tourism , House Economic Development and Tourism
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- So, for example, they might send notice to Austin Energy that you need to... need to shed X megawatts
Committee:
Senate Business & Commerce
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Health and Human Services (04/15/2026)
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- So it sounds like there's maybe been some renewed energy around the council, as if I took that away from
- Sounds like there's been some apathy on there, but according to what you say, there's some new energy
- <00:58:11.440><c> there's</c><00:58:11.760><c> some</c><00:58:11.920><c> new</c><00:58:12.079><c> energy
- </c><00:58:12.720><c> coming</c> you say, there's some new energy coming you say, there's some new energy
- > really</c><00:58:38.319><c> step</c><00:58:38.559><c> up</c><00:58:38.799><c> their</c> the new energy
Committee:
Senate Health and Human Services
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, February 12, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- . >> For the past year, Republicans have done nothing to address rising grocery prices, rising energy
- Prices, rising energy prices, and rising health care prices.
- IRS, we hire more people for the Department of Commerce, we hire more people for the Department of Energy
- IRS, we hire more people for the Department of Commerce, we hire more people for the Department of Energy
- So that is to say that if there energy.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Health and Human Services (02/18/2025)
Health and Human Services
Committee:
Senate Health and Human Services