Transcript Highlights:

• But even so, we have problems with developers and builders building on top of our aggregate sources,
• and uh Builders building on developers and uh Builders building on top<00:58:54.039><c> of</c><00:58
• </c> governments consider how development governments consider how development impacts<01:04:37.400><
• </c><01:25:20.360><c> new</c> looking to develop new looking to develop new regulations<01:25:22.480>
• </c> resources we just seek to develop resources we just seek to develop thoughtful<01:27:51.520><c>

Committee: Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:15:53.880><c> projects</c><00:15:54.639><c> and</c> assess proposed development projects and
• assess proposed development projects and their<00:15:55.000><c> potent</c><00:15:55.360><c> and</c><00
• solutions to very stakeholders develop solutions to very difficult<00:17:55.360><c> problems</c><00:
• And so developing a product approach is really important.
• um but the way it's way AI is developing um but the way it's developing<00:41:18.760><c> Now</c><00:

Committee: Senate State and Local Government

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• to to develop its own ordinance<00:04:18.519><c> around</c><00:04:19.519><c> uh</c><00:04:19.880><c>
• </c> that we have 97b 318 that was developed that we have 97b 318 that was developed in<00:04:37.479>
• </c><00:05:45.919><c> there</c><00:05:46.039><c> was</c> that uh statute was developed there was that
• or some other type of development on top of it.
• [Music] develop the legislation but uh all of us develop the legislation but uh all of us really<01:59

Committee: Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> to adopt amend repeal rules to develop to adopt amend repeal rules to develop an<00:23:05.799><c
• Next we have Agribusiness Development Corporation. Thank you.
• SB 1657 SD2, relating to the Agribusiness Development Corporation, authorizes the Agribusiness Development
• ><c> egg</c> developing developing a diversified egg developing developing a diversified egg economy<
• </c> then bring them in so again developing then bring them in so again developing some<01:53:34.360>

Committee: House Agriculture & Food Systems

Keywords: 910, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> back big corporate housing developers back big corporate housing developers who<00:34:54.599><c>
• </c> she helped startup companies develop she helped startup companies develop groundbreaking<01:53:19.520
• Well, that's fine if you can develop the fuel and it's a better fuel. Let's look at it.
• They're being forced upon the industry that's trying to develop a way to make it better.
• </c> having uh done the research development having uh done the research development to<02:56:16.160>

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, February 27, 2025, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• needs must also identify infrastructure barriers that may constrain the feasibility of housing development
• The bill establishes that a development agreement between a local government and an RTA may set forth
• development standards that vary from applicable development regulations, and the bill exempts the division

Summary: The Senate Local Government Committee held its last Senate bill hearing before cutoff and then moved into executive session. The chair announced several bills were being removed from the executive calendar, including SB 6181, SB 6154, SB 6242, and SB 6279. Staff then summarized the remaining bills: SB 6211 would create uniformity for how GMA-planning cities implement real estate excise tax, with no amendments; SB 6234 would regulate sewage grinder pumps for new residential buildings, with a proposed substitute narrowing the bill to single-family residences, adding public utility districts, clarifying conditions for installation, and assigning maintenance responsibilities; SB 5633 would change subdivision and preliminary plat procedures, with a proposed substitute and a large Commerce fiscal note; SB 6291 would extend from two to four years the period a non-certified person may work on on-site wastewater treatment systems under supervision; SB 6274 would require housing and transportation planning to identify infrastructure barriers and review street and frontage standards; and SB 6309 would allow regional transit authorities more flexibility to apply for permits and construct facilities, with a proposed substitute expanding permit application authority and adjusting subdivision exemptions. In executive session, the committee adopted the proposed substitutes for SB 6234, SB 5633, and SB 6309. SB 5633 drew a no vote from one member, who cited concerns about the fiscal note and public input. The committee then voted do pass on SB 6211, SB 6234, SB 6291, and SB 6274, sending them to Rules. SB 5633 and SB 6309 were sent to Ways and Means after adoption of their substitutes. All measures were reported as passed subject to signatures.

Transcript Highlights:

• I did have my economic developer reach out to me; that was one of the things that he was... ...foreign
• Have you had anyone call you from Economic Development or anything like that?
• ...Development or anything like that?
• I don't think I've ever been in your Urban Ral Development Committee. Good committee.

Bills: HB68 , HB140 , HB168

Committee: House Urban and Rural Development

Keywords: foreign investment, agriculture, property rights, critical infrastructure, sanctions, HB140, private sewer systems, wastewater utilities, Public Service Commission, PSC jurisdiction, utility regulation, rate setting, rate consolidation, affiliated systems, common ownership, private utilities, sewer rates, wastewater management, Alabama utilities, Jefferson County Board of Health

Transcript Highlights:

• The idea here is for when developers have a project and they need DES permits.
• to help develop a high-grading system, I think that we can get there.
• Typically, the developer would still need to work with Fish and Game as well.
• Developments happening over the water blocking their views and things like that.
• Could we just, you know, we have good engineers; they develop plans.

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee heard a presentation from the Department of Environmental Services on proposed changes in House Bill 2 and related technical changes in House Bill 1 tied to the governor’s permitting realignment initiative. The proposal would move environmental review staff from Fish and Game and DNCR to DES to create a more centralized “one-stop shop” for applicants needing DES permits, especially for wildlife and natural heritage reviews. DES said the goal is to speed permitting, support a 60-day review clock, and improve coordination among agencies while keeping the substantive review work in place. Members asked about staffing impacts, the scope of the transferred duties, and whether the change would create redundancy or weaken the other agencies. DES said most of the affected staff work primarily on these reviews, though Fish and Game staff also handle other state and federal reviews, which is why the proposal was adjusted to keep one of the four Fish and Game positions there and move three to DES, along with two positions from DNCR. DES also described a new supervisory position in HB 2 to manage the transferred staff within its land resources bureau. Officials said the reviews would still be done by specialists, but under DES supervision, and that the agencies would continue to coordinate recommendations on species impacts and mitigation. The committee also discussed fee increases intended to offset costs, including a 50% increase in wetlands fees and a 100% increase in alteration-of-terrain fees, with the department saying the changes would cover the new positions. Members raised concerns about impacts on private homeowners, possible incentives to work without permits, and whether fines should be used more as a revenue source or for mitigation. DES said wetlands permits are roughly split between homeowner-related and commercial projects, that permit-by-notification already creates a two-tier structure for smaller projects, and that enforcement relies partly on public complaints and online permitting systems. The department also said most fines currently go to the general fund and vary widely year to year, with about $75,000 budgeted, and that the proposal would also create permit-by-notification authority for alteration-of-terrain projects between 100,000 and 150,000 square feet, mirroring language in Senate Bill 110. No vote or final committee action was taken in the portion provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• by health and by developed by health and by PCA<00:40:15.359><c> have</c><00:40:15.560><c> many</c><
• authorities all across the Development authorities all across the state<00:53:43.200><c> um</c><00:53
• block grant uh we are uh the Development block grant uh we are uh the recipients<01:09:05.199><c> of
• </c> Community Planning and Development Community Planning and Development Republican<01:09:52.279><c
• </c><01:10:09.600><c> re</c> council's office policy development re council's office policy development

Committee: Senate Capital Investment

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> again, which is part of DPS, to develop again, which is part of DPS, to develop a<00:37:09.359><
• I think the onus is primarily on the School Safety Center to develop the model policies, and I think
• And if the 4.15 to 4.16 does create an appropriation specifically to the development and distribution
• </c> the School Safety Center's development the School Safety Center's development of<01:01:22.840><c
• They will develop model policies that I think then each school district could take and use and maybe

Committee: Senate Education Finance

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• the systems put in place, some developed the systems put in place, some of<00:56:15.360><c> the</c><
• If you go to subdivision 5, the language is the commission has developed in the last 12, going on 13
• If you go to subdivision 5, the language is the commission has developed in the last 12, going on 13
• </c><01:26:05.040><c> I</c> development of today's hyperscalers.
• I development of today's hyperscalers.

Committee: Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• , individuals who are working developers, individuals who are working on<00:07:22.800><c> projects</c
• </c><01:09:49.120><c> uh</c> reference when they are developing uh reference when they are developing
• Is this something you guys developed? Thank you, Madam Chair. So, uh, I'm Thank you, Madam Chair.
• The form was developed, I want to say, around 2015, 2016.
• , that that form is developed or No, that that form is developed<01:21:04.480><c> by</c><01:21:04.719

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee first heard Senate Bill 74, which would require state agencies, especially the Department of Environmental Services and other permitting agencies, to report more detailed data on permit applications, approvals, denials, pending applications, and permits taking longer than 90 days. The sponsor’s representative and a lawyer who helped draft the bill argued that the legislature needs comprehensive permitting data to evaluate whether current timelines are reasonable and whether regulatory delays are burdening property owners and economic activity. They said the information should already be tracked within existing budgets, despite a fiscal note claiming additional staff would be needed. A Business and Industry Association representative supported the bill, saying better data is needed to understand actual permitting timelines and to help streamline the process, especially in light of housing and development concerns. Members asked whether the bill was simply collecting data without a clear next step, and the response was that the data would allow lawmakers to judge whether existing deadlines, extensions, and exemptions are justified and whether changes to permit timelines are needed. Several members agreed the information would be useful and that agencies should already be tracking it. The committee then voted to pass Senate Bill 74 on a roll call, with the motion approved and the bill placed on consent for further consideration, with a note that it would go to finance for review of the fiscal note. The committee then took up Senate Bill 196, which would raise the threshold for certain in-house construction projects handled by the Department of Military Affairs and Veterans Services and two other departments from $500,000 to $1 million, described as an inflationary update. The sponsor said the department’s existing staff can handle these smaller renovation-type projects and that the bill should not require new positions; the deputy adjutant general later confirmed the department does not need additional staff and said the projects are typically roof, boiler, and similar repairs. Members asked about a fiscal note suggesting new positions and about revenue/expenditure impacts, and the sponsor explained that the fiscal note language appeared to reflect an earlier draft and that the budget effect is largely a shift in where the work is performed. The committee recessed briefly for the deputy adjutant general’s arrival, then continued discussion of the bill.

Transcript Highlights:

• in the area it uh it also development in the area it uh it also one<00:06:46.240><c> lane</c><00:06:
• This is supported by project development environmental documentation and accelerated the final design
• </c><00:07:46.120><c> of</c> experiencing significant development of experiencing significant development
• development environmental documentation and<00:09:26.800><c> accelerated</c><00:09:27.360><c> the</c
• </c><00:13:07.160><c> pressures</c> see uh growth and development pressures see uh growth and development

Committee: Senate Transportation

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• transcript segment] [Unintelligible / empty transcript segment] Welcome to the Committee on Economic Development
• We need to ignite more opportunities for locally developed stories, projects of all kinds, particularly
• So, above the line is your creative people, the creatives that either develop and write.
• </c> how we're marketing and developing how we're marketing and developing business<00:38:34.079><c>
• and write uh in that either develop and write uh in television<00:40:19.280><c> it's</c><00:40:19.480

Committee: House Economic Development & Technology

Keywords: 910, house, all

Summary: The committee on Economic Development and Technology heard testimony on several measures, beginning with SB 1343, which would amend quorum requirements for the Small Business Regulatory Review Board. The board chair testified in support, saying it has been difficult to fill all seats and that using active seats for quorum would help the board function more effectively. No opposition or questions were raised, and the committee moved on. The committee then heard SB 1578, which drew mixed testimony. DBEDT supported the measure and the Attorney General suggested inserting preamble language from HB 1025 to provide historical context on the East-West Center. Austin Martin of the Libertarian Party of Hawaiʻi opposed the bill, arguing it could invite improper behavior, create loosely regulated satellite offices, increase foreign influence, and add competition for land ownership. The committee took no vote during the hearing. The bulk of the meeting focused on SB 1641, a measure to establish a Hawaiʻi film commission/authority and related funding and governance structure. DBEDT supported the intent and offered friendly amendments to clarify the distinction between film and media industries, while the Honolulu Film Office and labor representatives from IATSE, Teamsters, and Pride at Work supported the bill but urged changes. Their concerns centered on conflicts of interest, especially having producers on the commission, and they asked for more labor representation and clearer oversight rules. The Attorney General raised constitutional and special-fund concerns, saying the grant standards and special-fund language needed work. Committee members discussed renaming the entity as a Hawaiʻi Film Authority, broadening its scope beyond cultural production, adjusting the commission makeup, and clarifying funding sources, including the existing film and creative industries fund and the 0.2% rebate contribution. No final vote was taken in the portion provided, but members indicated the bill would need substantial revisions and an HD1.

Transcript Highlights:

• ><c> system</c><01:15:35.920><c> too</c> responsible development, our system too responsible development
• You can't develop. You be innovative. You can't develop.
• </c> actually be able to develop a project. actually be able to develop a project.
• ,</c> block renewable energy development, block renewable energy development, recreation,<02:26:23.760
• </c> bodies are still developing. bodies are still developing.

Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Thursday, December 18, 2025, 1012, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• When I am noticing a pattern develop, I do think we need to do even more to make sure that when we're
• The trauma recovery center model was developed at UCSF nearly 25 years ago with bipartisan legislative
• But that is my understanding of why it was developed in the way.
• So, yeah, there's a couple of steps that we've been working on, developing the statement of work for
• The bug affected one to three transfers a day, and we developed a patch for that.

Summary: The subcommittee met to hear budget-related updates from the Judicial Branch and the Office of Emergency Services, with no votes taken. The Judicial Council supported the Governor’s proposed budget, highlighting $70 million for increased trial court operating costs, additional funding for court-appointed counsel, Court of Appeal case processing, and courthouse construction and facilities. Trial court representatives emphasized staffing retention problems, especially in counties like San Bernardino, and said stable funding is needed to avoid delays and maintain access to justice. Members also discussed the branch’s remote proceedings program, which has been used in more than 6 million hearings statewide since 2022 and was described as especially important in rural areas and for vulnerable litigants; several members urged making the authority permanent rather than extending it temporarily. A major portion of the hearing focused on Proposition 36 implementation. Finance said the Governor’s budget maintains the $130 million provided in the 2025 Budget Act for court workload and pretrial services, but adds no new Prop. 36 court funding. Judicial Council staff reported nearly 35,000 felony Prop. 36 filings in 2025, with most cases still pending and only a small share of treatment-mandated cases already dismissed after treatment. Witnesses said courts are using the funds for staffing, coordinators, clerks, and treatment-court operations, but that workload varies widely by county and that data collection is limited because courts report aggregate information rather than case-level outcomes. The LAO raised a technical concern about the Department of Finance’s Prop. 47 savings estimate and recommended revising the methodology at May Revision. The committee also reviewed the Orange Central Justice Center facility modification project, where the Judicial Council explained that hidden construction deficiencies and fire-life-safety issues caused costs to rise substantially after demolition began. The LAO said the project itself was supportable but recommended that the Legislature set an ongoing funding level for court facilities, require a long-term facilities plan, and consider more oversight of facility modification projects. Finance said it continues to fund courthouse projects individually and through the State Public Works Board, while acknowledging project delays and cost increases. Finally, Cal OES and advocates discussed victim services funding. Cal OES said it administers about $315 million annually for victim service programs, including VOCA-funded services, but federal VOCA allocations have fluctuated sharply and the state has used one-time General Fund backfills to maintain services. Trauma recovery center advocates warned that an 85% reduction in funding would sharply reduce services for survivors of violent crime, while human trafficking advocates urged reauthorization of the Human Trafficking Victim Assistance Program before funding reverts to pre-pandemic levels in July 2026. Members asked about federal and state funding stability, referral pathways, and the long-term value of these programs in preventing worse outcomes and reducing public costs.

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• HDCs, or the Human Development Centers, which is housed in our DDS budget.
• I'll give you an example in Arkadelphia at the human development center.
• Just a quick question about the human development centers.
• But it allowed school districts to develop salary schedules on their own.
• Maybe you haven't got your plan developed, but what's your thoughts on that? Sure.

Committee: All JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE

Summary: The committee heard a series of Arkansas Department of Human Services budget presentations and questions, beginning with the Secretary’s Office and then the Division of Aging, Adult and Behavioral Health Services. Staff described the divisions’ appropriations, funding sources, and major programs, including senior centers, Meals on Wheels, mental health grants, substance abuse treatment, community alcohol safety, the Medicaid tobacco settlement program, and crisis stabilization units. Members raised concerns about flat or limited funding for senior services, the use and tracing of federal block grants, the lack of a funding source for the veterans’ mental health grant, and the mechanics of the community alcohol safety and treatment programs. The committee also discussed patient benefits funds at state facilities, transportation for senior center clients, and whether some special-language appropriations or fund balances should be revisited. Executive recommendations were adopted for the divisions considered. The committee then reviewed the Division of Children and Family Services and the Division of County Operations. Questions focused on foster care growth, adoption subsidies, professional fees tied to staff training and onboarding, vacancies, the Children’s Trust Fund, and TANF subgrants. Members asked about the reduction or elimination of TANF funding to child advocacy centers and other subgrantees, and DHS explained that prior reserves had been spent down and that the department was now trying to live within the annual TANF block grant and rebuild reserves. County operations questions also covered summer EBT, SNAP employment and training, the farmers’ market program, and the expected impact of a federal SNAP administrative match change, which DHS estimated would increase state costs by about $24 million annually, with roughly $18 million affecting the current year because the change begins October 1. Executive recommendations were again adopted. Finally, the committee heard from the Division of Developmental Disability Services and the Division of Medical Services. DDS testimony covered vacancies, staffing shortages, human development center construction and repairs, the reopening of the Boonville work training program, and funding for infant infirmary and child/family life programs. Medical Services testimony covered the Medicaid program, the current FMAP rate, the Our Kids B CHIP program, Medicaid payments to schools, nursing home distress funding, and large appropriation lines used to provide flexibility for claims and potential facility closures. Members asked for more detail on school Medicaid payments, reserve balances, and why some appropriations were much larger than actual spending. In each division, the committee moved and adopted Executive REC after questions concluded.

Transcript Highlights:

• But it would also give them money to develop that water.
• Arons, so when this was developed, were other stakeholders that Ms.
• What stakeholders were included in developing this legislation?
• It was never developed at the onset.
• There's nothing wrong with developing this type of thing.

Committee: House House Natural Resources, Energy & Water Committee of Reference

Summary: The committee began by announcing that House Bill 2094 would be held and not heard that day, then received a lengthy update from Arizona Department of Water Resources Director Tom Buschatzky on Colorado River negotiations and post-2026 operating rules. He described Arizona’s legal position, the basin’s water allocations, current shortages, conservation efforts, and the state’s view that the Upper Basin should share more of the reductions and move more water from reservoirs above Lake Powell to Lake Mead. Members asked about tourism, recreation, tribal water rights, public outreach, and the role of the state’s delegation and the federal government. Buschatzky said Arizona has already made major conservation cuts and that further reductions are likely, whether by agreement or federal action, and emphasized ongoing negotiations and public meetings. The committee then heard House Bill 2758, which would expand McMullen Valley groundwater transfer rules to allow eligible entities, including private water companies, to withdraw and transport groundwater under specified conditions, with ADWR oversight and reporting requirements. Supporters argued the bill would provide a lawful, regulated way to move water for urban growth and housing needs, while opponents from La Paz County and rural advocacy groups said it would accelerate aquifer depletion, harm private wells, and benefit a New York hedge fund at the expense of local residents. After debate over guardrails, stakeholder outreach, and the impact on rural communities, the committee adopted the Griffin amendment and passed HB 2758 as amended on a 6-4 due-pass vote. Finally, the committee took up House Bill 2098, which revises bonding authority and public hearing notification requirements for county water augmentation authorities and allows such authorities to enter into local repayment agreements with WIFA. Pinal County officials and related stakeholders testified in support, saying the changes would help the Pinal County Water Augmentation Authority finance future water and infrastructure projects, including possible augmentation efforts tied to Bartlett Dam, and would clean up statutory language to match the authority’s needs. The transcript ends during testimony on HB 2098, before any committee vote on that bill is shown.

Transcript Highlights:

• There was another major reform to the tourism development tax, not the one that we voted on here, but
• In terms of economic development, In terms of economic development, compared to our original bill, the
• Representative Schof: Questions of Representative Schof and the transportation and economic development
• , Port. informational last night that the workforce development portion of our silo was reducing our
• We're already cutting our funding for affordable housing and for workforce development, and now with

Summary: The House convened on the final day of session, observed a moment of silence for the Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, and for Representative Rosenwald’s father, then swore in and seated new members Boyles and Hodgers. The Speaker also outlined the chamber’s end-of-session priorities, including action on the budget and related conforming bills. The House then took up H.J.R. 5019, a constitutional amendment to expand Florida’s budget stabilization fund by raising the cap, requiring annual transfers, and allowing withdrawals for critical state needs. After sponsor explanations and questions about what would qualify as a critical need and how the fund might respond to possible federal funding cuts, the House adopted an amendment that added more flexibility for suspending transfers and withdrawals. The joint resolution then passed on final passage. Members next considered HB 7031, the tax package conference report. The bill repeals the business rent tax and aviation fuel tax, delays the natural gas fuel tax, creates or extends several sales tax exemptions and holidays, and makes changes affecting property taxes, local taxes, pari-mutuel taxes, and revenue distributions. Debate focused heavily on the new permanent exemption for ammunition and hunting-related items, the elimination of recurring housing trust fund and transit-related distributions, and the shift of some funding from recurring to nonrecurring status. Supporters argued the package provides tax relief and preserves annual budget flexibility, while opponents criticized the ammunition exemption and the reductions in recurring housing and transit support. The conference report was adopted and the bill passed. The House then passed HB 5017, which creates a debt reduction program funded by a recurring transfer from general revenue to retire state bonds early, and HB 5015, the state group insurance conforming bill, which directs DMS to develop a formulary management plan and codifies the administrative health insurance assessment. Finally, the chamber began explanation and questions on the General Appropriations Act conference report for fiscal year 2025-26, described as a $115.1 billion budget that is down from the current year and includes more than $12 billion in reserves. Subcommittee chairs summarized major budget areas, including K-12 education, health care, transportation and economic development, agriculture and natural resources, higher education, state administration, justice, and information technology, highlighting funding for school choice, Medicaid, housing, transportation infrastructure, Everglades restoration, workforce programs, cybersecurity, and technology modernization.

Transcript Highlights:

• development of, you know,<00:14:10.160><c> the</c><00:14:10.480><c> the</c><00:14:10.720><c> bills</
• So, well, they came about through different development processes.
• So, well, they came about through different development processes.
• Um, they were developed by different stakeholder groups who had insight into their own belief on how
• So it's more just how the bill is developed, not an effort to exclude or, you know, duplicate.

Committee: Senate Taxes

Keywords: 1187, senate, all