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CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee Mar 17th, 2026
Energy, Utilities and Communications
Transcript Highlights:
- In full support. Robert Perry, Natoma, Sacramento, in strong support. Dr.
- Strongly support SB. Cameron Rogers, Hayward, California, a strong support.
- Strongly support SB. Tom Edwards, Berkeley, California, strongly supports SB 868.
- And the affordability factor that we're trying to contend with and make sure that our families have support
- SVLG and our members are committed to paying the full, fair cost of service and supporting a grid that
Committee:
Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Clem specializes in family medicine. Welcome to the Florida Senate. Dr.
- Across Florida, YMCAs... ...leadership, and a commitment to public service.
- , with my family.
- And so with that, I ask for your favorable support.
- And so with that, I ask for your favorable support.
Summary:
The Senate opened with a prayer, pledge, and recognitions of guests, including YMCA youth and government participants and the Doctor of the Day, Dr. Thomas Clem. Senators also made introductory remarks honoring the YMCA’s 175th anniversary and its community service, and the chamber noted the president’s birthday.
The body then took up several bills on the special order calendar. Senate Bill 100 adopted the 2026 Florida Statutes and the 2025 regular session laws; Senate Bill 102 and Senate Bill 104 were reviser bills updating and cleaning up the Florida Statutes. Senate Bill 320, on administrative efficiency in public schools, would reduce district reporting and procedural requirements, expand teacher apprenticeship and certification options, adjust assessment and accountability rules, increase district flexibility in funding and facility planning, and shift some VPK oversight to school districts. Senate Bill 7010 would allow Roth post-tax contributions in state and local deferred compensation plans. Sponsors described each bill as improving efficiency, flexibility, or statutory clarity.
All four bills passed unanimously, 36-0, after brief debate or no debate. The Senate also withdrew Senate Bill 1720 from further consideration. At the end of the session, the chamber adopted a motion to immediately certify all bills passed that day to the House and then adjourned until the next scheduled meeting.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session - part 1 May 18th, 2025
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- . family members, friends, and communities.
- I would ask for your support.
- Supporting small farmers and laborers in agriculture is really key to supporting resilient communities
- I do support this bill.
- I also support the free market.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Arts, Entertainment, Sports, and Tourism Committee Aug 20th, 2025
Arts, Entertainment, Sports, and Tourism
Transcript Highlights:
- Start planning your family fun in the Ultimate Playground at VisitCalifornia.com.
- That they're looking in terms of support from the community.
- It is a challenge to help support these events.
- I also have family members who live in Chula Vista, so they interface with this.
- We need continued and additional support for transportation infrastructure.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee May 13th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- The same families now fighting to stay housed.
- Does Boeing compensate families after crashes? Yes, it does.
- I support that. You need to drive affordable rates.
- I don't think there's a moral equivalent between a middle-income family, low-income family, Mr. and Mrs
- Family members evacuated, many family members, and never, not a word to us. We live with that.
Summary:
The Assembly Committee on Utilities and Energy held a hearing on the California Earthquake Authority’s SB 254 report and broader options for reforming California’s utility wildfire recovery system. The chair framed the discussion around the Palisades and Eaton fires, the scale of wildfire-related costs on utility bills, and the need to weigh trade-offs among survivors, ratepayers, utilities, insurers, and taxpayers. The first panel featured wildfire survivors William Abrams and Joy Chen, who described long delays in compensation, housing insecurity, and what they viewed as a system that protects utility shareholders more than victims. They urged greater transparency, clearer accountability for utility spending and safety performance, faster and fuller compensation for survivors, and reforms such as independent audits and better alignment of utility incentives with wildfire prevention and restitution.
The second panel began with Tom Welsh of the California Earthquake Authority, who explained that the SB 254 report was intended as a broad inventory of policy pathways rather than recommendations. He described the report’s process, including stakeholder submissions, workstreams, and a convergence process, and outlined the current wildfire fund structure: utilities remain liable, the fund reimburses eligible claims after a covered wildfire, and the CPUC later determines prudency and possible reimbursement back to the fund. RAND’s Lloyd Dixon summarized compensation data, saying utilities paid about $38 billion between 2017 and 2024, with major shares going to injured parties, insurers, and public entities, while litigation costs and survivors’ own losses remain substantial. He noted that legal fees and delays reduce the amount survivors ultimately receive.
Utility and public-interest witnesses offered differing views on the report’s pathways. PG&E’s Tyson Smith said the report shows inaction is the worst outcome and argued for community wildfire risk reduction, equitable allocation of catastrophe costs, and state-led resilience tools. LADWP’s Fernando Valero emphasized the vulnerability of municipal utilities and cities, and supported inverse condemnation reform, a state-sponsored liability insurance framework, damages and subrogation limits, and stronger insurance access. Consumer Attorneys of California’s John Fisk argued that IOU-caused fires are not natural disasters but the result of negligence and sometimes criminal conduct, and opposed reducing utility liability while supporting stronger oversight and audits. The Public Advocates Office’s Nathaniel Skinner focused on affordability, saying ratepayers already bear large and growing wildfire costs and warning against shifting more costs onto bills without measurable risk reduction and tighter accountability. Committee members then began questioning witnesses about what counts as measurable mitigation, how to define full and fair compensation, and how any fast-pay process should work.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Human Services Finance and Policy Committee hears HF500 2/27/25
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm very supportive of nursing homes.
- I'm very supportive of nursing homes.
- I'm very supportive of nursing homes.
- I'm very supportive of nursing homes.
- SEIU represents nearly 70,000 essential workers across Minnesota who provide care and support for families
Committee:
House Human Services Finance and Policy
Keywords:
nursing facilities, reimbursement rates, elderly care, minimum wage, healthcare funding, nursing home, employment standards, worker rights, Minnesota Statutes, labor compensation, 919, house, all
Summary:
The committee took up House File 500, which would require the legislature to fund the Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board’s standards before they could take effect. An author’s DE2 amendment was adopted first; the amendment was described as pausing the board’s standards unless the legislature estimates and fully pays the cost for each nursing home. The bill author argued that mandates without money create serious consequences for seniors and providers, and said the measure would keep budget authority with the legislature rather than an appointed board.
Supporters, including nursing home operators and the Long-Term Care Imperative, said the board’s holiday pay and minimum wage standards would create large unfunded costs, citing estimates ranging from hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars for individual facilities and more than $200 million statewide. They argued that some facilities could face debt, reserve depletion, or reduced access to care if the standards are not funded. Opponents, including SEIU workers and union leaders, said the board has improved staffing, recruitment, morale, and worker safety, and that caregivers deserve higher wages and holiday pay. They argued the bill would weaken the board’s ability to address chronic understaffing and would shift focus away from worker protections.
Members also debated whether nursing home reimbursement rates have already risen enough to cover wages and whether the problem lies with how funds are used by providers. After public testimony closed, several members spoke in opposition and support. A roll call was requested, and the committee voted 9-7 to re-refer House File 500, as amended, to the Committee on Labor and Workforce and Economic Development Finance and Policy.
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Public Health and Welfare - Room 216, 24 February, 2026; 3:00 PM
Public Health and Welfare
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> practice of marriage and family therapy. practice of marriage and family therapy.
- He noted that line 15 says to provide installation support services to a military installation, and asked
- what all installation support services include.
- </c> support services to a military support services to a military installation.<00:19:27.840><c> What
- What what all does installation<00:19:29.520><c> support</c><00:19:29.919><c> services</c><00:19:30.480
Committee:
Joint Public Health and Welfare
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- of a tenant legal services.
- Committee on Human Services, HB 1107 by Cole relating to applicability of civil service status of an
- emergency medical services.
- and Protective Services, Board of the Committee on Human Services.
- Assistance provided by the Department of Family and Protective Services to certain parents, referred
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 2/24/25
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- I have a young family of five, with another one on the way, and our little family owns a small business
- I'm Jim Faulk, the fourth-generation operator of Family Farm in Swift County.
- I'm very much in support of this bill, and I hope you will all support the recommendations of the qualified
- </c><01:27:23.560><c> the</c> bill and I hope you will all support the bill and I hope you will all support
- </c><01:27:32.199><c> for</c> committee has provided support for committee has provided support for beginning
Bills:
HF1063
Committee:
House Agriculture Finance and Policy
Keywords:
grain buyers, grain dealer, grain elevator, agriculture, financial reporting, audit, CPA review, independent accountant, financial statement, balance sheet, cash flow, nonpublic data, licensee oversight, Minnesota Department of Agriculture, grain purchase volume, insolvency, nonpayment, warehouse chain, fiduciary duties, producer protection
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- I have to support on solid Kaka, um, a me whenever I do anything that I'm going to need support or reject
- <00:05:25.639><c> you</c> support you support you 100%<00:05:27.440><c> thank</c><00:05:27.600><c> you
- </c> commission so I welcome him I support commission so I welcome him I support him<00:23:54.440><c>
- Aloha. they're strong his family is strong over they're strong his family is strong over there<00:24:
- I support yes. The vote, okay. I support yes.
Committee:
Senate Hawaiian Affairs
Summary:
The Committee on Hawaiian Affairs heard Governor’s Message 590, the nomination of Archie Kappa Kappa Kappa to the Hawaiian Homes Commission, and received extensive testimony in support from Department of Hawaiian Home Lands staff, labor representatives, and community members. Supporters emphasized his leadership during the Maui wildfire response, his cultural standing, his long community service, and his experience with the Polynesian Voyaging Society. In his own remarks, Kappa described his background as a lifelong Lahaina resident, former lifeguard supervisor, and community organizer, and said he would prioritize commission duties while balancing his voyaging commitments.
Members questioned Kappa about attendance, his understanding of the Hawaiian Homes Commission’s responsibilities, and his views on commercialization and revenue generation. He said commission meetings would be his priority, acknowledged he could not guarantee attendance at every meeting, and explained that commercialization meant using commercial properties and leases to generate revenue for Hawaiian Homes communities. He also said he supported using land assets to reduce reliance on legislative appropriations. A senator raised Act 279 and the need to focus spending on reducing the waitlist; Kappa said the act was complex and that he did not yet know enough to speak confidently beyond what he had read. The committee did not vote on the nomination in the portion provided and said it would return to voting later.
The committee then took up Governor’s Message 591, the nomination of Lawrence Luua to the Hawaiian Homes Commission. Testimony described his background in banking, military service, Maui County planning, and long involvement with Molokaʻi homestead matters. Luua told the committee he had lived the challenges of homestead life, including housing and road issues, and said he wanted to continue the work of Prince Kūhiō by helping Native Hawaiians return to and live on the land. In response to questions, he said he began attending DHHL meetings regularly in July 2024, discussed concerns about county road obligations versus homestead responsibilities, and said he had struggled with Act 279 because he was concerned about moving funds away from other projects even though he supported its goal of reducing the waitlist. The committee then moved on to the next governor’s message and testimony for another nominee, with a SHPD representative briefly introducing the background of that nominee, but no action was taken in the excerpt provided.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- These are FFA members who are leading with service. In fact, I believe in service.
- These are FFA members who are leading with service. In fact, I believe in service.
- Service is about leaving an impact behind.
- These are family-run operations employing Idahoans, supporting communities, and paying taxes here at
- They're incentivized to provide services for those who pay for those services, and they really are not
Committee:
Senate Agricultural Affairs
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
March 6, 2025 - 01:00 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- Members, I hope I can count on your support for a bill.
- Are you waving in support? Very well. She waves in support. Thank you. We also have Mr.
- And he is waving in support. Thank you, sir.
- We just ask for your favorable support. Very well.
- Thank you very much for your service and your family service to the state of Florida.
Summary:
The Intergovernmental Affairs Subcommittee heard and voted on several local and statewide bills. HB 69, by Rep. Andrade, preempted local zoning and land-use authority to the state for presidential libraries; after an amendment clarifying the scope of preemption, it passed 13-2. HB 63, by Reps. Gerwig and Cassel, created a public-records exemption for city and county administrators and their deputies, citing threats and harassment against local administrators; it included a 10-year sunset and passed 15-0. HB 4045, by Rep. Alvarez, updated the City of Tampa firefighters’ and police officers’ pension plan, including extending the DROP period by three years; it passed 14-0 with a committee substitute. HB 4023, by Rep. Hunschofsky, tightened conflict-of-interest rules for officers and employees of the North Springs Improvement District after prior audit concerns; it passed 16-0. HB 4017, by Rep. Oliver, codified the Bermont Drainage District’s charter and corrected a statutory cross-reference via amendment; it passed 16-0 with committee substitute. HB 4009, by Rep. Kendall, renamed the St. Johns County regional airport to the St. Augustine Airport and passed 16-0. The committee also considered PCB IAS 25-01, by Vice Chair Griffiths, which would standardize county constitutional officers’ budget procedures and create an appeal process for clerks of court and supervisors of elections similar to that used by sheriffs; after testimony from the clerks and supervisors’ associations, it passed 16-0.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
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- them I give them my unwavering support them I give them my unwavering support<00:03:32.200><c> without
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- </c> we built our first eight single family we built our first eight single family homes<00:24:56.559
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- of families, including those who continue to reside in the neighborhood today, built lives grounded
- And whereas the Santa Rosa Barrio is a place That shaped not only families, but entire communities.
- There is a Health and Human Services amendment. Mr.
- There is the Health and Human Services Amendment. Mr.
- There is a Health and Human Services Committee amendment. Mr.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> support that I did. support that I did.
- their families.
- </c> and service. and service.
- ><c> families.
- </c> their families. their families.
Committee:
Senate Higher Education
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Governmental Organization Committee Apr 22nd, 2026
Governmental Organization
Transcript Highlights:
- Any other witnesses in support? Witnesses in support?
- individuals and families, which I know the author shares, all of us share, and that's why I'm supporting
- We do not have any witnesses in support or testimony in support.
- to families.
- for Immigrant Defenders Law Center, Services, Immigrant Rights, and Education, Also registering support
Committee:
House Governmental Organization
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/25/2026 - Senate Judiciary and Elections
Transcript Highlights:
- We do support this bill.
- I support House Bill 2720. Buyers of sex create a demand that supports victimization.
- There are many families who support and are fine with drag performances, given that they are simply a
- There are many families who support and are our families. many families who support and are fine with
- I am in support of this deed fraud bill, HB 2970.
Summary:
The Senate Judiciary and Elections Committee approved the minutes from its March 18, 2026 meeting and then took up a long agenda of bills and a clemency nomination. HB 2825, as amended, was heard first. The bill would replace criminal enforcement tools for nonpayment of fines, fees, restitution, and surcharges with a civil collection process, including a required summons and civil default procedures. Supporters said it would streamline restitution collection and reduce costs, while opponents argued it would weaken victims’ rights and remove effective enforcement leverage. The committee adopted the Rogers amendment and passed the bill 5-2. The committee also confirmed Neil McDowell to the Arizona Board of Executive Clemency by a 6-0 vote after hearing his background in corrections and his plans to help the board function efficiently.
The committee then passed HB 4070, as amended, 5-2. That bill bars incorporation of corporations whose officers, directors, or trustees have been convicted of sex trafficking or human trafficking, and expands civil liability to those who facilitate trafficking. Supporters framed it as a corporate accountability tool to deter trafficking, while the ACLU opposed it as overbroad and potentially sweeping in people not intended to be covered. HB 2720, which increases penalties for paying or agreeing to pay for sexual conduct and adds a fee to support anti-trafficking services, also passed, 4-3. Supporters, including survivors and law enforcement, said it targets demand and helps victims; opponents warned it could criminalize victims and lacked sufficient safeguards.
The committee heard several additional bills. HB 2047 would raise trespass penalties after eviction-related writs of restitution from third-degree to first-degree trespass; the sponsor and constables said it would improve scene safety and encourage law enforcement response. HB 2136 would create new crimes for “civil terrorism” and “subversion” and increase penalties for certain highway obstruction; the ACLU argued it would punish protest and speech critical of government. HB 2406 would make images and recordings of abused children and deceased minors confidential, limit dissemination, and impose civil and criminal penalties for misuse; supporters said it would prevent re-victimization and reduce trauma, while defense and media concerns were raised about access. HB 2415, dealing with kratom and 7-OH products, drew sharply divided testimony over whether the bill is a needed safety regulation or an overbroad ban that could push users to illicit drugs; the transcript ends before a final vote on that bill.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Select Committee on School Finance Recalibration, January 22, 2026 - AM
Select Committee on School Finance Recalibration
Transcript Highlights:
- Dina Sparks is the president. supporting that work. And then Jennifer supporting that work.
- I support this model.
- I support this model. I to the state. I support this model.
- </c> >> So support that statement. >> So support that statement.
- Chairman. $0 or $12 for a family. So, so there are $0 or $12 for a family.
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 092 Apr 16th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- ><c> for</c><02:46:47.920><c> their</c><02:46:48.080><c> family,</c> public services, care for their
- family, public services, care for their family, and<02:46:48.960><c> even</c><02:46:49.120><c> the</c
- many of us to turn to working two or even three jobs to make a living and support our families.
- </c> and support the family and community and support the family and community relationships<04:47:47.680
- c> and</c><04:48:03.040><c> community</c> Also support the family and community Also support the family
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- There should really be unanimous support or at least lopsided support for this bill from this committee
- And when funding is reduced, families often absorb those costs.
- I am not going to support this for several reasons.
- I’m going to support the motion.
- But with that, I will be supporting this motion. Senator Robbie. Mr.
Committee:
Senate Local Government and Taxation