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FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Senate in Special Session D Apr 29th, 2026
Florida Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- , an argument, or a plan that would support such a contention.
- There is nothing supporting... ...me to violate that oath.
- Don't support this map. No regard... ...don't support this map.
- But we're moving forward. don't support this map.
- And the job is to support the people who elected us to represent them.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- the last few years in the environment committee, there's a constant need for maintenance and for support
- for that kind of uh support for that kind of uh funding<00:08:06.440><c> so</c><00:08:06.639><c> to<
- for those projects and it might support for those projects and it might not<00:27:08.200><c> make</c
- These projects are extremely important to folks all around the state, and I would urge support.
- I believe a roll call has been requested. support well thank you represent support well thank you represent
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Juvenile Justice Oversight Council. (2-6-26)
Transcript Highlights:
- And as far as trying a 14-year-old as an adult, I'm not saying I would support this.
- And as far as trying a 14-year-old as an adult, I'm not saying I would support this.
- And as far as trying a 14-year-old as an adult, I'm not saying I would support this.
- And as far as trying a 14-year-old as an adult, I'm not saying I would support this.
- And as far as trying a 14-year-old as an adult, I'm not saying I would support this.
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Meeting Start: 00:00:00
Agency Updates: 00:01:45
26RS SB 125: 00:02:10
26RS SB 101: 01:14:58, 958, all
Summary:
The Juvenile Justice Oversight Council met on February 6, 2026, took roll, approved a motion to convene, and heard agency updates from materials in the packet. The council then took up Senate Bill 125 out of order because Senator Carol was present. The bill was presented as a collaborative effort focused on creating a secure, state-run high-acuity mental health facility for justice-involved youth who need specialized psychiatric care and cannot be appropriately served in detention or by private hospitals. Speakers said the facility would fill a gap in services, improve safety and treatment outcomes, and be designed with trauma-informed, medically equipped spaces rather than a jail-like setting.
The presenters also outlined other parts of the bill, including a placement process in which DJJ and CHFS would evaluate youth and provide recommendations before the judge makes the final decision, with certain hospital-declination provisions to be delayed until the new facility is operating. They described payment incentives for hospitals treating high-acuity youth, confidentiality and escape-related disclosure provisions, and contracts with a public teaching university for clinical services. The proposed facility was described as a 24-bed center at Central State, with staffing to include mental health professionals and juvenile detention staff receiving enhanced training. Dr. Clark Lester said staffing needs would vary by youth and could include one-to-one supervision for some patients.
The bill also addressed female juvenile detention capacity. Speakers said the number of detained girls has risen sharply since 2024, peaking at 51 in 2025, and that current facilities cannot meet the separation requirements for boys and girls or high- and low-level youth. The proposal would build two female detention centers, with possible locations discussed in central Kentucky and western Kentucky, and a third or fourth center could be added if population data show the need. Members asked about hospital placement authority, staffing, and average length of stay for girls; the presenters said the current court-order process would remain until the new facility is built and that they would provide additional data later. No vote was taken during the portion of the meeting provided.
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Senate in Special Session D Apr 29th, 2026
Florida Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- There is nothing supporting... ...me to violate that oath.
- Passed by Florida voters with more than 63% support. They didn't whisper it.
- If anything, it demonstrates that race has not overridden broader electoral dynamics.
- Don't support this map. No regard. Don't support this map.
- And the job is to support the people who elected us to represent them.
Summary:
The Senate convened in special session and took up Senate Bill 8D, later substituted with House Bill 1D, both establishing Florida’s congressional districts. The sponsor, Senator Gates, explained that the Governor had transmitted a proposed redistricting plan on short notice and argued that mid-decade congressional redistricting is legally permissible, citing population growth and the Governor’s view that race-based provisions in the Fair Districts Amendment are unconstitutional. He repeatedly said the Legislature was not being asked to prove the Governor’s legal theory, only to consider the proposal, and noted that no amendments were offered.
A lengthy question-and-answer period followed, with senators raising concerns about the rushed process, lack of statewide public hearings, and the map’s effects on minority communities, compactness, communities of interest, and partisan fairness. Senators questioned whether the map cracked Latino and Black communities, whether partisan data was used, whether the Governor’s office had outside consultants, and whether the plan complied with the Florida Constitution, the Fair Districts Amendment, and the Voting Rights Act. Gates generally deferred on legal conclusions, said the Governor’s representatives had testified the map was race-neutral and used political data only as one factor, and emphasized that any constitutional challenge would be for the courts.
After a motion to temporarily postpone failed by a recorded vote of 12 yeas to 23 nays, the Senate continued debate. Senators Rouson, Bernard, and others spoke in opposition, arguing the proposal was rushed, partisan, and harmful to communities of interest and minority voting power. Gates maintained that the Governor had a constitutional prerogative to propose the map and that the Legislature could accept, reject, or amend it. The House companion bill was then substituted for the Senate bill, read a third time, and the chamber moved into final debate on the congressional redistricting plan.
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
FL House Floor Session - 2026-04-29 (10:00AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- There is nothing supporting Me to violate that oath.
- If anything, it demonstrates that race has not overridden broader electoral dynamics.
- The governor's lawyer agreed that his case supporting the map depended on these two ifs.
- Don't support this map. No regard. Don't support this map.
- And the job is to support the people who elected us to represent them.
Summary:
The Senate convened in special session and took up Senate Bill 8D / House Bill 1D, which would establish Florida’s congressional districts. The sponsor, Sen. Gates, explained that the Governor had transmitted a redistricting plan two days earlier and argued that mid-decade redistricting is legally permissible, citing population growth and the Governor’s view that race-based districting is unconstitutional. Much of the floor time was spent in extended questioning about the process, the lack of public hearings compared with prior redistricting cycles, the use of population estimates from the Census/EDR/ACS, compactness scores, and whether the Governor’s office used partisan data or outside consultants. Gates repeatedly said he was relaying the Governor’s proposal and legal theory rather than offering his own legal opinion, and he said any constitutional challenge would be for the courts.
A major portion of the debate focused on the U.S. Supreme Court’s newly issued Calais decision and its implications for the Fair Districts Amendment and the Voting Rights Act. Senators questioned whether the decision struck down Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, whether it affected Florida’s constitutional ban on partisan gerrymandering, and whether the Legislature should postpone action to review the ruling. A motion to temporarily postpone the bill failed by voice vote and then by recorded vote, 12 yeas to 23 nays. Senators also raised concerns that the proposed map cracked minority communities, including Latino and Black populations in Central Florida and Tampa Bay, and that it would produce a heavily Republican-leaning map despite the state’s voter registration mix.
After debate on the Senate bill, the chamber substituted the identical House companion bill, read it a third time, and proceeded to final debate. Opponents argued the map was an illegal partisan gerrymander, was based on assumptions rather than verified data, and would likely lead to litigation. Supporters maintained that the Governor had authority to propose a congressional map, that the plan was race-neutral, and that the Legislature could accept, reject, or amend it. The transcript ends during continued debate on House Bill 1D, with no final vote shown in the excerpt.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> It's a market-based workforce support It's a market-based workforce support policy.<00:17:00.399
- So, I rise in support of this.
- </c> support of HB1 1433. support of HB1 1433.
- With that, I would just say that the DES supports this. We support the advisory committee.
- </c> again to support public schools. again to support public schools.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- support rate modifications Wes Bloom and support rate modifications Wes Bloom and Rick<00:24:31.480><
- </c> spectrum of services needed to support spectrum of services needed to support our<00:42:30.280><
- </c> memory screens and supporting memory screens and supporting caregivers<00:50:07.400><c> the</c><
- caregivers</c> support our work supporting caregivers support our work supporting caregivers reveals<
- Investing in... fact that that there's no supports there fact that that there's no supports there and
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Agenda Jan 14th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- from the special session, we added $330 million to public schools, which significantly increased the support
- finally, we'll talk about some of the forecast assumptions we made and how the data is or is not supporting
- So if one of these does tip, there may be other parts of the economy that help support continuation of
- it with Idaho Power and not only Idaho Power, but the Idaho Public Utilities Commission strongly supports
- As of Q3 2025, about 2,712 establishments were either crop and animal production, support activities,
Summary:
The committee was convened to review Idaho’s economic outlook and general fund revenue projections, with members instructed to complete and submit individual “homework” revenue projections for fiscal years 2026, 2027, and 2028 by noon the next day. Chairmen explained the binder materials, the committee’s constitutional charge, and the plan to compile member projections into an average and median for deliberation and a recommendation to JFAC. They also noted the meeting was being broadcast publicly and thanked staff and presenters.
Keith Bybee of Legislative Services Office outlined the state’s general fund budget picture, emphasizing structural imbalance between revenues and expenditures, the impact of statutory spending growth, and the need to decide whether to address the gap through spending cuts, cash balances, or other policy changes. He highlighted major budget drivers such as Medicaid expansion, public defender costs, IT consolidation, public school funding changes, and water resources spending, and discussed available cash reserves, including the budget stabilization fund. Committee members asked about Medicaid’s net cost, the treatment of the $330 million school funding adjustment, the Millennium Fund, and whether rainy-day funds or interest earnings were being used in the governor’s budget.
Aaron Phipps of the Division of Financial Management presented the executive revenue forecast and explained changes in reporting for sales tax and the tax relief fund, including how certain transfers would now be treated as accrued general fund revenue. She described a sharp but likely temporary drop in corporate income tax collections tied to federal tax changes and taxpayer behavior, especially the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and the SALT workaround, and said the overall income tax forecast remained relatively steady. Robert Spindlove of Zions Bank described national conditions, including lower Fed rates, a re-steepening yield curve, higher tariffs, mixed inflation signals, slowing but not contracting labor markets, and continued consumer spending, and said 2026 looked like a rebuilding year. Sam Wilkenhauer of the Idaho Department of Labor reported that Idaho’s labor market remained strong, with low unemployment, steady job growth, balanced industry expansion, and wage growth moderating from the overheated post-pandemic period; he forecast continued but more sustainable growth over the next two years.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Public Pension Oversight Board (1-27-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- of this approach we we're supportive of this approach we think<00:14:45.279><c> it's</c><00:14:45.399
- </c> will uh consider supporting will uh consider supporting [Music] [Music] [Music] it<00:14:58.839>
- I think they have to demonstrate the need for reimbursement on that, and it's a process that exists today
- Chairman, and Senator Higdon, I appreciate the bill, support it last year, and look forward to supporting
- Chairman, and Senator Higdon, I appreciate the bill, support it last year, and look forward to supporting
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Meeting Start: 00:02
Attendance Roll Call: 00:49
Approval of Minutes: 01:55
CERS Retiree Health Subsidy Proposal: 02:14
SB 58: 24:05
TRS Sick/Annual Leave Proposal: 32:53
Adjournment: 48:00, 958, all
Summary:
The committee first approved the prior month’s minutes after a roll call established a quorum. It then heard testimony on a draft proposal from Senator Robbie Mills to increase CERS retiree health subsidies for members retiring on or after July 1, 2003. The bill would raise the non-hazardous subsidy from $14.63 to $40 per month per year of service and the hazardous-duty subsidy from $21.94 to $50, with employee contribution rates adjusted based on the health trust’s funded status. Supporters from sheriffs, firefighters, police chiefs, and the Kentucky League of Cities said the change would improve recruitment and retention, better align the subsidy with the cost of a single health plan, and preserve the system’s financial footing through shared employer-employee costs and funding triggers.
Committee members asked about the fiscal impact, the effect of funding levels above 150%, and how the subsidy would work for rehired retirees or employees who later take private-sector jobs. Mills and other witnesses said preliminary actuarial work was still forthcoming, that the bill was intended to be revenue-neutral or close to it, and that the subsidy would continue to be paid monthly; they also noted existing 2008 rules for rehired retirees and said the benefit would still be available even if a retiree later had other insurance. One member suggested looking at stable accounts as an additional option for special-needs planning in a later bill.
The committee then heard Senate Bill 58 from Senator Robin Webb, which would allow state employees to designate a Special Needs Trust as a beneficiary for retirement benefits. Webb said the measure would help employees provide for disabled dependents without jeopardizing SSI or Medicaid eligibility, and that the bill follows federal special-needs trust rules. He said the proposal could be revenue neutral, but actuarial analysis was still pending and KPPA had asked for electronic rather than paper transfer provisions. Members questioned whether the authority already exists, how the trust would work, and whether stable accounts should also be considered; Webb said he would follow up with additional information.
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
WAL Public Hearing - Tue Feb 3,2026 @ 9:00 AM HST
Transcript Highlights:
- . support. support.
- I just saw it right now and I fully support<01:08:29.679><c> this.</c> support this. support this.
- . support. support.
- </c> >> It's a support. >> It's a support.
- Still support. support. support.
Summary:
The Committee on Water and Land met on February 3, 2026, and heard testimony on several bills, with the chair emphasizing a two-minute limit and noting that bills would die if the hearing ran past noon. For HB 1848, the Commission on Water Resource Management and the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development both supported the measure with technical, non-substantive amendments. Testimony focused on requiring early consultation about water availability in district boundary amendment petitions, with water officials explaining that the petitioner should submit a written statement reflecting consultation and that the goal was to identify water constraints earlier in the development process. The Land Use Commission’s representative opposed the bill, arguing that water availability is already addressed through existing environmental review and agency consultation, that the issue had been raised and rejected before, and that the proposal could create unnecessary delay or litigation.
The committee then heard HB 1728 on rainwater catchment systems. The Commission on Water Resource Management said it acknowledged the bill’s intent but deferred to counties and other regulatory agencies, including the Department of Health, on regulatory implications. Hawaii Realtors testified in support. No vote was taken during the portion of the hearing shown.
For HB 1652 on storm water management systems, the Hawaiian Lifeguard Association opposed the bill, arguing it would weaken protections created by Act 281 (“Sharkey’s Law”) and increase drowning risk for children by exempting certain water features from safety requirements. The American Council of Engineering Companies of Hawaii supported the bill, saying the language clarifies and better balances child safety with practical green stormwater infrastructure, including depth-based limits and exemptions for certain agricultural ponds. The Hawaii Farm Bureau also supported the agricultural pond exemption, saying such ponds are used for irrigation, livestock, and fire control and are generally away from the public. A private testifier, Allison Schaers, opposed the bill and described her daughter’s drowning in a detention basin, arguing that poor maintenance can turn stormwater features into dangerous hazards. The hearing ended without any recorded committee action or vote in the excerpt provided.
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs May 28th, 2026
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- We do support any clarification needed, specifically on the public benefit that we We do support any
- This was a support tool.
- We will support their families.
- What about saving the lives of the troops that we have and supporting them and supporting their families
- What about saving the lives of the troops that we have and supporting them and supporting their families
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 3/6/25
Higher Education Finance and Policy
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs (04/21/2026)
Commerce and Consumer Affairs
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- , provider support.
- </c><00:52:42.560><c> It</c><00:52:42.680><c> is</c> county support, provider support.
- It is county support, provider support.
- But I just want to express my support for this proposal that demonstrates truly the endearing commitment
- I just want to express my support for this proposal that demonstrates truly the endearing commitment
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Minnesota lawmakers hear proposal to eliminate cash bail, permit universal pretrial release 4/28/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- their financial circumstances while still allowing courts to detain those who pose a clear and demonstrable
- are a member of the Pre-Trial Justice Coalition, and I am here to talk to you today about why we support
- So, I urge your support of, at some point in the future, this constitutional amendment so that the voters
- We have seen bipartisan support for moving towards a risk-based system around the country.
- We have seen bipartisan support for moving towards a risk-based system around the country.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection - 03/24/26
Commerce and Consumer Protection
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> Maddie, in support of SF 4502. Maddie, in support of SF 4502.
- </c> speak in support of Senate File 4444. speak in support of Senate File 4444.
- It also has supports the bill.
- </c> the organizations that are supporting the organizations that are supporting this<01:44:17.160><c
- </c> made by the supporters of this bill. made by the supporters of this bill.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/25
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- We ask for your support of House File 40.
- </c> the business we ask for your supportive the business we ask for your supportive house<01:12:55.400
- I'm here to testify on behalf of, or in support of, this bill 110%.
- And with that, I'll close with: I support this bill 100%.
- </c><01:38:20.639><c> this</c> submitted a letter uh supporting this submitted a letter uh supporting
Keywords:
HF1621, CelluComp, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, appropriation, grant, commercialization, fiber-based barrier packaging, packaging materials, PFAS, perfluoroalkyl substances, polyfluoroalkyl substances, plastic reduction, sustainable packaging, environmental health, materials innovation, bio-based packaging, food packaging, agriculture finance, one-time grant, state subsidy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - Part 2 - 04/17/26
Judiciary and Public Safety
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 2/20/25
Energy Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:13:49.160><c> for</c> consideration and I do urge support for consideration and I do urge support
- </c><00:19:55.480><c> of</c> who will test find support of who will test find support of alternative<
- </c><01:29:31.480><c> emotion</c> would ask you would you support emotion would ask you would you support
- It's my understanding it does have bipartisan support.
- :33:38.880><c> has</c> it does have bipartisan support it has it does have bipartisan support it has
Bills:
HF845
Keywords:
net metering, distributed generation, solar energy, rooftop solar, renewable energy, utility rates, electric cooperatives, municipal utilities, public utilities, Public Utilities Commission, net billing, bill credits, cost of service study, standby charge, qualifying facility, energy policy, clean energy, customer generation, interconnection, Minnesota Statutes 216B.164
MD
Transcript Highlights:
- The bill is supported by the described.
- So, I strongly support the amendment. County. So, I strongly support the amendment.
- So, I strongly support support County.
- So, I strongly support support the<01:50:36.600><c> amendment.</c> the amendment. the amendment.
- There's nothing that demonstrates that.