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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Task Force on Homeowners and Commercial Property Insurance 9/10/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I think the functionality of the insurance in the safety net programs, um, is going to be an important
- So, I'd add that safety net scale to our discussion topic as well. >> And then you have a follow-up?
- nets for these think about uh the safety nets for these markets<00:58:04.000><c> or</c><00:58:04.240
- So, I'd add that safety<00:58:54.319><c> net</c><00:58:55.200><c> scale</c><00:58:55.599><c> to</c><00
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FL
Transcript Highlights:
- And more importantly, or just as importantly, this is a bill for public safety.
- Getting treatment and long-term stability for these individuals is a public safety bill.
- Florida National Guard tuition assistance is at $7.2 million, and the Department of Highway Safety and
- The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles funding to address the driver's license backlog in
- We require that each nursing home conduct a patient safety culture survey at least biannually and, if
Summary:
The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several gallery introductions before taking up Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 168, the Tristan Murphy Act, on mental health. Senator Bradley explained that the bill is intended to divert clinically appropriate defendants with mental illness from jail to treatment, create pretrial mental health diversion programs, expand grant uses for mental health and substance abuse reinvestment, require evaluations and treatment follow-up in certain probation and prison settings, add Hillsborough County to a forensic hospital diversion pilot, and establish a Florida Behavioral Health Data Repository. Senators from both parties spoke in support, emphasizing treatment over incarceration, public safety, and the Murphy family’s role in the bill. The Senate passed the bill 37-0 and then recorded 37 co-sponsors.
The chamber then moved into presentations on SB 2500, the 2025-26 General Appropriations Act. Chair Hooper said the Senate budget totals $117.4 billion, reduces overall spending from the prior year, maintains reserves, keeps employee health contributions level, and includes major investments in water quality, transportation, education infrastructure, and nearly $1 billion in education capital outlay. Committee chairs outlined their portions of the budget, including increased funding for K-12 schools and scholarships, higher education workforce programs, Medicaid and health services, corrections and courts, transportation and housing, and environmental restoration such as Everglades and water quality projects.
Members then asked extensive questions, especially about education funding, school choice, AP/IB and accelerated programs, the Family Empowerment Scholarship, and the FEFP calculations. Senator Burgess repeatedly explained that scholarship funding is being moved “below the line” to improve tracking and that the Senate position is to preserve funding while giving districts more flexibility. Senators also questioned the APD wait list for disability services, opioid settlement spending, arts funding, the My Safe Florida Home condo pilot, and proposed IT and agency restructuring. Several chairs said some issues would be resolved in conference, and no final vote on the budget was taken in the portion provided.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- And I would also like to discuss this issue in the context of safety.
- In the case of a serious and imminent danger to safety, the responsibility falls to the Campus Threat
- Assessment Team to take care of it. take the necessary steps to maintain safety.
- Beyond this, it put children's safety at risk.
- If you care. your child's safety, you will oppose SB 13.
Bills:
SB12 , SB1565 , SB13 , SJR12 , SB686 , SB371 , SB204 , SB609 , SB112 , SB400 , SB813 , SB 12 , SB 13
Committees:
Senate Education , Senate Education K-16
Keywords:
parental rights, education, social transitioning, diversity, equity, inclusion, school policy, student clubs, school district, grievance procedure, public education, diversity and inclusion, funding penalties, school libraries, library advisory councils, library materials, educational content, challenging materials, constitutional amendment, school choice
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- everything we can just to put out the guidelines for the campaigns to use is here's how to maintain safety
- </c> to use is here's how to maintain safety to use is here's how to maintain safety in<00:04:13.120>
- It led to an internship safety together.
- The task force is explicitly charged with protecting free speech while ensuring public safety.
- HP 1277 is safety of our printers.
Committee:
House Election Law
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Commission on Data Practices 12/11/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And this approach to surveillance, this approach to public safety, it is just building a record of all
- So, um so clearly protect public safety.
- , um it is it's just to public safety, um it is it's just building<00:32:26.080><c> a</c><00:32:26.320
- </c><00:56:36.880><c> So</c><00:56:37.760><c> um</c> the safety of its citizens.
- So um the safety of its citizens.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
HSH Info Briefing - Fri Nov 7, 2025 @ 1:30 PM HST
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Um providing food uh social safety net.
- So there's no safety net there.
- So there's no safety net there.
- So there's no safety net there.
- So there's no safety net there.
Summary:
The House Committee on Human Services held an informational briefing on the impacts of federal funding cuts, inflation, labor shortages, and chronic underfunding on Hawaii’s nonprofit social safety net. Hawaii Community Foundation opened with a story about a federal worker family relying on food pantry support, then described a “perfect storm” facing human services nonprofits: historically high demand, rising costs, staffing challenges, federal cuts, and state and county contracts that do not cover true service costs. The foundation said it has reactivated its Hawaii Resilience Fund, launched strengthened service grants, and is tracking policy changes and data to help nonprofits respond.
Trey Gordner of UHERO presented research on the vulnerability of Hawaii’s nonprofit sector, explaining a framework that assessed political, financial, and structural risk. He said about 8,200 501(c)(3) nonprofits are active in Hawaii, but only about 200 receive direct federal funds; 74 grants to 59 organizations were flagged as politically at risk, totaling about $126 million in unpaid obligations. He said about 68 of the direct-funding recipients rely on federal funds for more than 20% of annual revenue, and that human services nonprofits are among the most exposed subsectors because they serve vulnerable populations and depend heavily on federal support.
Catholic Charities Hawaii and the Hawaii True Cost Coalition said community-based organizations were already under strain before the current crisis, with most contracts not covering full costs and many groups depending on private philanthropy to fill gaps. They reported that half of surveyed organizations expect to reduce programs, more than a third may decline future contracts, and some are waiting months for reimbursements. Examples included reduced shelter admissions, fewer case management hours, and cutbacks in kūpuna services. The coalition urged higher contract rates, regular inflation and cost-of-living reviews, and timely reimbursement; no votes or formal actions were taken.
Partners in Development Foundation described the loss of Native Hawaiian education funding as especially damaging, saying the federal Department of Education has zeroed out support that creates a roughly $46 million gap, including about $20 million for early childhood programs. The speaker shared a family story from the Nā Pono program to illustrate how early learning services support both children and parents, and warned that the organization’s federal funds make up 72% of its budget. The briefing ended with a call for continued emergency funding and longer-term structural changes to sustain nonprofits statewide.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
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- And the spaces are updated to allow safe treatment of wild animal animals, both for the animal safety
- </c><00:08:41.080><c> it</c> is also contained for animal safety it is also contained for animal safety
- </c><00:09:31.839><c> as</c> animal um both for the animal safety as animal um both for the animal safety
- This is about critical health and safety needs. This is about elevators that aren't reliable.
Committee:
Senate Capital Investment
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Executive Departments and Administration (10/01/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- So there is a track record of safety.
- any statistical or scientific evidence that there's a safety problem here.
- issue or safety problem here?
- So, so I'm going to safety problem here.
- issue or safety problem here?
Summary:
The subcommittee first took up House Bill 525, which would have transferred administration of the program for the deaf and hard of hearing and the related board to OPLC. The chair said the sponsor was no longer interested in moving forward, and Representative Schmidt moved ITL. The motion passed 14-0 with two members absent, and the bill was placed on the consent calendar.
The committee then considered Senate Bill 182 on the maternal mortality review committee. The chair described a narrower amendment that would keep the name change, clarify operations so recommendations are returned to the appropriate entities, and expand contact with family members and close contacts, while dropping a proposed addition of a Department of Corrections member. The amendment was adopted unanimously, and the bill was then moved ITL and placed on the consent calendar.
Senate Bill 185, dealing with OPLC investigations and backlog reduction, received an update from OPLC General Counsel Nicholas Fry. He described efforts to improve public communication, clear the complaint backlog, standardize intake and expert review, add automated responses and website updates, use weekly legal-viability reviews, create preliminary investigation protocols, and establish a process for law-enforcement referrals. Members asked about board involvement and criminal-conviction cases; Fry said boards are kept informed and that such matters can proceed either through complaints or application/background-check processes. Representative Groa requested a follow-up update in January, and the committee agreed to an oral report then if needed. The bill was then voted ITL unanimously and placed on the consent calendar.
Finally, the committee heard House Bill 349 on optometrists performing ophthalmologic laser procedures. Dr. Angelique Sawyer testified in support, saying the amendment adds more specific proctoring and qualification requirements, based on language requested after earlier hearings, and that similar systems exist in other states. Representative Sers confirmed that the new sections were the key additions, while Representative Schmidt said he remained open to the concept but wanted a thorough review and asked about a subcommittee. The discussion was still ongoing when the transcript ended, with no vote recorded on HB 349.
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Agenda Feb 19th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Currently, Idaho's benefits system for public safety officers has a heartbreaking inconsistency.
- Public safety employees have always been diligent to make sure they, as employees, cover the cost of
- I think the public safety people do just a fantastic job of protecting the pension plan.
Summary:
The committee first agreed to hold House Bill 640 in committee after a motion and voice vote. It then heard House Bill 641, which would require employers offering sick leave to allow employees to use accrued leave without retaliation, while still complying with applicable federal FMLA and ADA provisions. The sponsor described it as a light-touch measure to prevent employers from disciplining workers for using earned sick leave. Testimony from workers and labor representatives supported the bill, describing cases where employees were disciplined or feared discipline for using sick time for illness or family medical needs. Some members raised concerns about referencing federal law in state statute, but the committee passed the bill on a roll call vote, 10-2, with a do-pass recommendation.
The committee next heard Senate Bill 1221, which changes language from “irrigation district” to “irrigation or drainage entity” in a PERSI-related exception so the seasonal work allowance applies more consistently. The sponsor said the change was intended to clarify and align the law for eligible entities. With no substantive opposition, the committee passed the bill by voice vote and sent it to the floor with a do-pass recommendation.
Finally, the committee considered House Bill 642, which expands death benefits for EMS workers, firefighters, and police officers killed in the line of duty. The bill would provide a $500,000 lump-sum benefit and an annual pension for surviving spouses, or a lump-sum benefit for children if the worker was unmarried, and it applies retroactively to July 1, 2021. Testimony from law enforcement, PERSI, and public safety representatives strongly supported the measure and emphasized that the benefit changes were funded without adding a state burden. After a brief clarification of the pension amount, the committee unanimously passed the bill with a do-pass recommendation and then adjourned.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- Do we want to be last in child safety among the 50 states?
- Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Bureau of the New Mexico State Police Division of the Department of Public Safety
- on United States Highway 491, from maintenance to environmental conditions and the need to improve safety
Summary:
The Senate debated and passed Senate Bill 241, a child care assistance measure. Opponents raised concerns about the bill’s education requirements, residency definitions, sustainability if oil and gas revenues decline, fraud and misuse of funds, staffing needs for unannounced inspections, liability insurance, and whether the state would be left covering costs in a shortfall. Supporters argued the bill reflects the reality of working families, would expand access to child care, and includes guardrails and a five-year funding plan. After debate, the Senate passed the Senate Finance Committee substitute for SB 241, as amended, by a vote of 25-15.
The chamber then received House messages announcing passage of several House bills and referred them to committees: HB 63 on water project funding to Senate Conservation, HB 64 on appropriations to Senate Finance, HB 165 on industrial revenue bond lease assessments to Senate Tax, Business and Transportation, HB 285 on disabled veteran property tax exemptions to Senate Tax, Business and Transportation, HB 184 on the Conservation Legacy Permanent Fund to Senate Finance, and HB 291 on a range of tax and revenue changes to Senate Tax, Business and Transportation. Senate Memorial 30, requesting a study of safety and maintenance issues on U.S. Highway 491, was introduced and referred to Senate Rules.
During announcements, members outlined upcoming committee meetings, including Rules, Tax, Business and Transportation, Education, Finance, Conservation, and others. The Senate also discussed the upcoming 100th Bill Party and related social events. The body then recessed until 11 a.m. the next day.
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Agenda Feb 11th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- bill to make sure, again, we're striking a good balance between transparency when it comes to public safety
- transparency on other aspects of investigations, including factors that may have public health and safety
- know, we're trying to balance transparency and accountability, the interests of public health and safety
Summary:
The Senate Judiciary and Rules Committee approved the January 28, 2026 minutes and then heard Senate Bill 1250, which would amend the Public Records Act to exempt photos of deceased individuals from public disclosure while allowing access for family members as defined in the bill. Senator Wintrow said the measure was developed with input from coroners, law enforcement, counties, domestic violence advocates, and the press, and was intended to balance transparency with privacy and dignity for decedents and their families.
Public testimony was largely supportive but raised concerns about drafting details. A private citizen argued the bill should better protect existing family rights and questioned the use of discretionary "may" language and potential due process issues. County and coroner representatives, including the Idaho Association of Counties, the Idaho State Association of County Coroners, and Canyon County prosecutors, supported the bill but urged caution, especially about whether access should be mandatory or discretionary, how next-of-kin would be verified, and whether the bill should more clearly address sensitive images involving minors or violent crime scenes. The Idaho Press Club also supported the bill, saying it struck a reasonable balance.
During committee questions, members focused on the meaning of "may" versus "shall," how next-of-kin would be determined in complicated family situations, and whether the bill would affect investigative records or only decedent photos. Senator Wintrow and a coroner witness explained that the bill targets decedent photos, not broader crime scene records, and that the next-of-kin order follows a set hierarchy. The committee then voted unanimously to send Senate Bill 1250 to the floor with a do pass recommendation, and the sponsor thanked the committee as the meeting adjourned.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- bill to make sure, again, we're striking a good balance between transparency when it comes to public safety
- transparency on other aspects of investigations, including factors that may have public health and safety
- know, we're trying to balance transparency and accountability, the interests of public health and safety
Committee:
Senate Judiciary and Rules
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- Representative Pickett: As you are aware, if there's a situation that exists related to safety, whatever
- But the state can come in on their own and submit a plan to the council and take care of those safety
- for, but the state can come in on their own and submit a plan to the council and take care of those safety
Committee:
House Education
Summary:
The committee first took up Senate Bill 1225, which would codify a more standardized, partially public process for university and higher education presidential searches. The bill requires a search committee, periodic public updates, and a 10-business-day public comment period after a sole finalist is named, while aiming to protect applicants’ current employment from being jeopardized by early disclosure. The sponsor said the bill passed the Senate 34-0. The Idaho Press Club testified in opposition, arguing the measure reduces transparency under the Public Records Act, though it acknowledged the search committee structure itself was reasonable. Members discussed whether alternative approaches, such as releasing multiple finalists, might preserve more public input, but the sponsor said that would still deter applicants. The committee then voted to send the bill, as amended, to the floor with a do pass recommendation.
The committee also received an informational update from Dawn Hall, executive director of IDEAL, Idaho’s 529 education savings program. She reviewed the program’s history, tax advantages, investment options, recent app updates, and expanded uses under federal changes, including broader K-12 and credentialing expenses. Hall said IDEAL accounts are growing, new accounts were up 11% over the prior year, and the program is working to increase awareness, employer participation, and contributions statewide. Members asked about the relationship between savings accounts and later educational attainment, and Hall said the accounts help start family conversations about higher education and are especially valued by lower-income families.
Finally, Representative Pickett presented RS 33205, a cleanup bill for the public school facilities cooperative fund. He said the proposal would clarify interest calculations, update language about when the state can step in on unsafe school buildings, and ensure any remaining funds are properly returned or redirected. A member asked who would pay a state-appointed district supervisor’s salary and whether the district would have input, but Pickett said he had not researched that specific point and would follow up. The committee voted to introduce the RS.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- officer from 1994 until 2003, where she supervised inmates and assisted in maintaining order and safety
- It's prioritizing public safety in our infrastructure at the Milner Dam.
- Also today, in the Lincoln Room from 12 to 1, there's going to be an internet safety and education opportunity
Summary:
The Senate convened with 34 members present, approved the previous day’s journal, and heard an opening prayer and Pledge of Allegiance. The chaplain’s prayer focused on drought, low snowpack, and asking for rain and conservation, and the Senate also noted Senator Woodward’s absence due to his son’s injury. Senator Den Hartog outlined the day’s plan, including gubernatorial appointments and several water-related concurrent resolutions.
The Senate confirmed David Dean to the Idaho Endowment Fund Investment Board and Amy Anderson to the Commission of Pardons and Parole after committee reports and brief debate highlighting Dean’s financial and business background and Anderson’s 30 years with the Department of Corrections. The chamber also received House Bill 559 and introduced several Senate bills, including measures on state budget limits, rural health transformation, chiropractic prescribing, mental health detention, blindness reporting, and child protection.
The main policy action centered on water resolutions. SCR 117, supporting Water District 4 projects such as managed aquifer recharge, cloud seeding, infrastructure modernization, and the Upper Snake River Study, passed after debate. SCR 118, supporting Water District 3 projects in the Magic Valley, including Milner Dam work, the Little Wood River Channel project, and canal improvements, also passed by roll call despite several senators voting no over cloud seeding language. SCR 119, supporting Water District 2 projects including Treasure Valley recharge, the Mountain Home Air Force Base water conveyance project, and Anderson Ranch Dam work, was adopted by voice vote. The Senate then moved through second-reading business, referred SB 1232 to the 14th order for possible amendment, and adjourned until 11:00 a.m. the next day.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Representative Blackman will temporarily replace Representative Taylor on the Committee on Public Safety
- Speaker Pro Tem, I proudly announce that the Public Safety and Law Enforcement Committee will be meeting
- Speaker Pro Tem, I proudly announce that the Public Safety and Law Enforcement Committee will be meeting
Summary:
The House convened, opened with prayer and the Pledge, approved the prior journal, and recognized the Doctor of the Day, Dr. Timothy Beger. Members also introduced several guests and groups in the gallery, including rare disease advocates, community leader Roberto Apodaca Revelez, Lucid Motors representatives, and a pediatrician visiting for Pediatrics Day at the Capitol. Attendance was recorded at 55 present, 0 absent, and 5 excused.
In Committee of the Whole, the House considered HB 2022, HB 2122, and HB 2138. HB 2022, dealing with election procedures, was amended to extend the overseas military voter deadline fix and clarify that party observers may be present at all voting locations; it received a do pass recommendation. HB 2122, a technical reciprocity correction for engineers, also received a do pass recommendation. HB 2138, a cleanup bill clarifying that firefighters are covered under workers’ compensation alongside police officers, was amended and recommended do pass.
On third reading, the House passed HB 2022 as an emergency measure by 56-0, HB 2046 on probation by 56-0, and HB 2116 appropriating $1 million to the Colorado River Litigation Fund by 56-0. Members speaking on HB 2116 emphasized protecting Arizona’s Colorado River water rights and described the fund as a bipartisan effort. The chamber also heard commemorative remarks recognizing Notre Dame Prep’s hockey championship, proclaiming February 2 as Mexican American Heritage Day, and honoring Mary Green as an early Black pioneer in Arizona.
After recess, the House received committee and first-reading reports, announced several temporary committee replacements, and then adjourned until 1:15 p.m. Tuesday, February 3, 2026.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- I have with me Julie Subject from the Division of Youth Safety and Permanency, who can speak more in
- Subject introduced herself as Julie Subcheck, a program manager with Youth Safety and Permanency.
- I'm a program manager with youth safety and permanency. Mr.
Committee:
House Health and Welfare
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- the Senate, outside the Senate, one of my goals is to pray for all of you and your families, for safety
- And as these public servants travel between home and duty, grant them safety on every road and in the
- consideration of each case and focuses on rehabilitation to produce lasting improvements in public safety
Summary:
The Senate convened with 31 members present, establishing a quorum, and opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance. The journal was approved as corrected, and the chamber moved through routine orders, including referral of Senate Concurrent Resolution 115, which supports consolidating the Soil and Water Conservation Commission into the Department of Water Resources, to Judiciary and Rules for printing. Committee reports also advanced Senate Bills 1222 and 1225, and House Bills 491 and 492 were received from the House and referred for introduction.
The Senate then considered several gubernatorial appointments. By voice vote, it adopted committee reports confirming Scott Smith to the Commission of Pardons and Paroles, Megan Ronk to the Idaho Commission on Human Rights, Salvador Cruz to the Treasurer’s Investment Advisory Board, Dylan Hobson to the Commission of Pardons and Paroles, and Cynthia Fairfax to the Idaho Health Insurance Exchange Board. Senators speaking in support emphasized each nominee’s professional experience and qualifications, particularly in corrections, finance, human rights, and health care.
The chamber also adopted Senate Joint Memorial 107, which urges support for the permitting process for reopening the Delamar Mine in Owyhee County. Supporters highlighted the mine’s potential economic benefits, including jobs and tax revenue, and argued for a timely federal permitting process. During first reading, Senate Bills 1232, 1233, and 1234 were introduced and referred to Judiciary and Rules, along with House Bills 491 and 492. The Senate then moved to miscellaneous business, heard announcements, and adjourned until the next day.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- from the Senate, outside the Senate, one of my goals is to pray for all of you and your families—for safety
- And as these public servants travel between home and duty, grant them safety on every road and in the
- consideration of each case and focuses on rehabilitation to produce lasting improvements in public safety
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Corrections and Public Institutions Jan 12th, 2026 at 12:00 pm
Corrections and Public Institutions
Transcript Highlights:
- Representative Philip Buller King: Another one is that it promotes public safety and reduces recidivism
- documentation before they are released, this bill reduces the likelihood of reoffense and improves community safety
- Representative Philip Buller King: This bill is a common-sense, evidence-based reform that strengthens public safety
Committee:
House Corrections and Public Institutions
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill relates to measures for ensuring public school safety, including the commissioning of peace
- The composition of the Board of Directors of the Texas School Safety Center, public school safety and
Committees:
Senate Education , Senate Education K-16