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FL
Florida 2026 4th Special Session
February 11, 2026 - 09:00 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm not aware of any penalty that would be assessed to this state or any other state in the union, other
- And so what we've seen in other states, such as Texas, Ohio, and New Hampshire, many states are rapidly
- The state could put in.
- And I would just be amiss if I didn't want my state, the state of Florida, which is the best state in
- From a comparison standpoint, tourism, out-of-state spending by tourists coming into the state, $135
Summary:
The Insurance and Banking Subcommittee met to hear and vote on several bills, with all measures reported favorably. The first major item was PCS for HB 175 on payment stablecoins, which would create a Florida regulatory framework aligned with the federal GENIUS Act so issuers can choose state regulation instead of federal licensing. Members asked extensive questions about how stablecoins differ from other digital assets, whether Florida would need federal approval, and what impact the bill would have on the Office of Financial Regulation; the sponsor and OFR said the state framework would mirror federal standards and that any workload increase was currently indeterminate. The PCS passed unanimously after testimony from OFR and the Florida Blockchain Business Association in support.
The committee then approved CS for HB 961, which streamlines electronic signature requirements for salvage titles and certificates of destruction, and HB 1415, a DFS stablecoin pilot program allowing certain stablecoins to be used for licensing and regulatory fees. HB 1415 was amended to remove authority for a Florida coin, limit the pilot to established stablecoins with at least $1 billion market cap, and require secure custody through a public depository or custodial bank. Members discussed how any interest or revenue would be used, with sponsors saying the pilot was still exploratory and intended mainly to cover program costs. Both bills passed favorably.
HB 1039, establishing a state cryptocurrency reserve, also passed after a strike-all amendment moved administration of the reserve from the CFO’s office to the State Board of Administration and tightened eligibility to cryptocurrencies with a $100 billion market cap over the prior 12 months. Supporters argued the bill would create a framework for future diversification and investment in established digital assets, while several members raised concerns about volatility, reporting frequency, and the meaning of new terms such as qualified liquidity provider and secure custody solution. The committee also passed CS for HB 951 on penny rounding for cash transactions, with an amendment clarifying cash transaction definitions and treating money orders and gift cards like credit-card transactions for rounding purposes.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Education Finance Mar 5th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- There is land that is ready for building on, as we speak.
- And that's important because it gives the state a buffer.
- If I may, just real brief, I did want to state for the record, Aaron Adedia, on behalf of the State Superintendent
- I appreciate the going after those states. I think that's a state priority and also a need.
- Seven across the state. Most of them are small.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- cities you can't ignore the state law.
- And if the state has to go in there, Senator, then text, say, text.
- cities you can't ignore the state law.
- And what I mean by that, yes, they're expected to follow state law.
- With no funding help from the state of Texas. That's correct.
Summary:
The Senate opened with a quorum, an invocation, and routine motions to excuse Senator King and dispense with the reading of the previous journal. Members then took up several ceremonial resolutions and recognitions, including honoring Duncanville High School’s boys basketball state championship, recognizing the city of Palestine, welcoming the Texas African American Lawyers Foundation and Barbara Jordan Leadership Institute, acknowledging the Cibolo Chamber of Commerce, and designating Texas County Treasurer’s Day and Mesquite Day. A memorial resolution for Clyde Vance Dunham of Waco was adopted, with multiple senators speaking in tribute to his long legal career and community service; the Senate agreed to adjourn in his memory.
The chamber then considered a series of bills, most of which were advanced on expedited motions. Senate Bill 1948, concerning fire prevention standards for certain agricultural facilities, passed after suspension of the rules and the three-day rule. Senate Bill 1394, updating weight and tire-load rules for ready-mix concrete trucks, passed unanimously. Senate Bill 1814, creating an electronic database to provide information to certain veterans, also passed unanimously. Senate Bill 241, tightening enforcement of the public camping ban and authorizing state enforcement and reimbursement mechanisms, drew questions about impacts on unhoused people but ultimately passed. Senate Bill 1147, withdrawing Texas from the Interstate Mining Compact, passed unanimously.
The Senate also passed Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 921 on Medicaid ex parte renewals after a narrower vote, and Senate Bill 609, requiring school districts and charter schools to comply with legally required policies, after rejecting an amendment by Senators Menendez and Perry that would have added a good-faith/resource-limitation safeguard for districts. Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 660, requiring bollards or similar barriers near certain hospital emergency rooms, passed with rural exemptions and exceptions for existing protections. Senate Bill 2155, a cleanup bill returning veterinary board authority from TDLR to the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners, passed with amendments. Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 1209 on election dates and Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 1396 prohibiting national sex education standards in public schools also passed. The Senate then received first-reading bills and adjourned until the next day.
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 055 Mar 9th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- owned</c><03:27:34.560><c> by</c> the um state um any buildings owned by the um state um any buildings
- this</c> if it's a state building, and so this if it's a state building, and so this would<03:54:36.479
- </c> historic buildings and state-owned historic buildings and state-owned buildings<03:57:11.439><c>
- </c> states. We're excluding state buildings. states. We're excluding state buildings.
- 19:40.640><c> a</c> not state buildings, not leading as a not state buildings, not leading as a state
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee 12/17/25
Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Please state your name for committee. Please state your name for the<00:32:33.200><c> record.
- </c> Medicaid businesses in this state. Medicaid businesses in this state. Right?
- . state. state.
- </c> licensed Medicaid programs in the state. licensed Medicaid programs in the state.
- And it makes me sad to see what's happening to our state. This was a great state.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Executive Departments and Administration (04/15/2026)
Executive Departments and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- The language does not say variances, but it matches the code lingo in the state building code.
- He said they often find that he can issue a state fire code variance, but then the building code requires
- code in in code lingo in the building code in in our<01:32:00.880><c> state</c><01:32:01.120><c> building
- Um, we often our state building code.
- </c> the authority under the building code. the authority under the building code.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Education Finance May 20th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Delaying the program would reduce state... ongoing state costs, but it would still leave districts with
- Turning to page one of that handout, the state constitution, Proposition 98, is silent on how the state
- And then as the state builds a new alternative methodology for funding child care and preschool providers
- The State Library had proposed eliminating state support for the Institute because it has access to other
- Good afternoon, Rebecca Wendt, Deputy State Librarian at the California State Library.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- , Building Code Rules, Temporary Rule.
- Rules of Building Safety, Building Code Rules, Temporary Rule. Mr.
- Safety, the Building Code Rules, to July 1, 2026.
- Rules of Building Safety, Building Code Rules. Mr.
- Motion to approve Pending Rule Docket 24-3930-2501, Rules of Building Safety, Building Code Rules.
Committee:
House Business
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> promulgate a state rental application. promulgate a state rental application.
- </c> as it aligns with state law. as it aligns with state law.
- state land.
- state of New Hampshire.
- </c><04:29:14.159><c> uh</c><04:29:14.239><c> just</c> build some build a factory uh just build some
Committee:
House Housing
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- State Senate.
- So I'm going to say on behalf of all of us who live in the middle of the state and the rest of the state
- Current building code standards impose a hard cap of three patients for office surgery suites based solely
- This three-patient limit is an arbitrary number embedded in the building code and applies uniformly regardless
- Instead, it simply directs the Florida Building Commission and the Florida State Marshal to develop alternative
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- All other support and opposition can be stated at this standing mic when called upon to simply state
- All other support and opposition can be stated at this standing mic when called upon to simply state
- council representative for CTA.
- council representative for CTA, and also a teen suicide survivor.
- To state your name, affiliation, and position on the bill.
Committee:
House Health
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- And it is alumni day here in the state Senate.
- Working person in this building.
- And when I ran for State Senate in 2023, when I filed for State Senate in 2023, the first person who
- He's traveled the entire state for that issue.
- No election in the United States, not presidential, congressional, state legislature, or municipal election
Summary:
The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several introductions, including a resolution honoring the late Bob Graham and a moment of silence for firefighter Roger Timmy Miley. The chamber also adopted a resolution designating August 9, 2026, as Bob Graham Day in Florida. Later, the Senate adopted a memorial-style recognition of the Florida Channel’s 30 years of legislative coverage. Several bills were temporarily postponed, including measures on health care coverage, veterinary licensure, and affordable housing.
The most extensive debate centered on CS/CS/SB 1758, a public assistance/Medicaid and SNAP reform bill. The sponsor described five major changes: stronger anti-fraud authority, a Medicaid work requirement for able-bodied adults, expanded behavioral health services through a waiver, pharmacy program changes to reduce costs, and a SNAP fraud-reduction plan with photo ID and work requirements. Democrats offered amendments to condition the work requirement on Medicaid expansion and to add protections for SNAP photo ID use by caregivers, seniors, disabled people, and domestic violence survivors; both amendments failed. Senators then questioned implementation details, exemptions, and eligibility impacts. The bill was placed on the calendar for third reading. The Senate also passed CS/HB 7031 on taxation, substituting it for the Senate bill and adopting a technical amendment, by a vote of 34-0.
The chamber passed a series of other bills, generally after substituting House companions and adopting technical amendments. These included a computer science education bill adding digital literacy and AI instruction, a Parkinson’s disease registry bill and related public records exemption, a bill designating the SS American Victory as Florida’s official flagship, a local government electronic payments bill, a legal tender bill repealing a sunset on gold and silver recognition, public records exemptions for gold/silver custodians and stablecoin-related entities, a stablecoin pilot program, local government spending transparency requirements, a digital voyeurism bill expanding privacy protections to private fenced yards, an insurance licensing bill allowing high school students to complete insurance/personal finance coursework, and a medical freedom bill addressing vaccine information, conscience exemptions, ivermectin access, and the mRNA mandate sunset. Most of these measures passed with little or no opposition, with recorded votes ranging from 31-3 to 34-0.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- That's the way that it works in the state of Florida.
- And most of the newspapers in the state opposed us.
- He's traveled the entire state for that issue.
- No election in the United States, not presidential, congressional, state legislature, or municipal election
- All of these professions are important to this state.
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum, opening prayer, Pledge of Allegiance, and several introductions and recognitions, including a resolution honoring Bob Graham and a moment of silence for firefighter Roger Timmy Miley. The chamber then moved through a special-order calendar with multiple bills, many of them paired with House companions and amended before final passage. Early action included adoption of a tax conformity bill tied to federal changes in the Internal Revenue Code, with a 34-0 vote.
The most extensive debate centered on CS/CS/SB 1758, a Medicaid and SNAP reform bill. The sponsor described provisions to strengthen fraud enforcement, impose work requirements for able-bodied adults, expand behavioral health services through a waiver, modernize Medicaid drug purchasing, and require a SNAP fraud-reduction plan and photo ID on EBT cards. Democrats offered amendments to delay work requirements until Medicaid expansion and to add protections for SNAP users such as caregivers, seniors, disabled individuals, and domestic violence survivors; both amendments failed. Senators also questioned implementation details, exemptions, and potential effects on vulnerable populations. After debate, the bill was placed on the calendar for third reading.
The Senate also passed bills on technology education and AI instruction, a public records exemption and related Parkinson’s Disease Registry measures, designation of the SS American Victory as the state flagship, electronic payments for local governments, repeal of the sunset on legal tender recognition for gold and silver, public records protections for financial and digital-asset custodians, a Florida stablecoin pilot program, local government budget transparency, digital voyeurism, insurance customer representative licensing, and a medical freedom bill with amendments on vaccine-related materials and anti-kickback provisions. Most of these measures passed with little or no opposition, though the public records bill for gold/silver custodians and the legal tender repeal drew a few dissenting votes.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Transportation (02/11/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- State somewhere laws specifically state State somewhere that<00:19:31.159><c> the</c><00:19:31.440><c
- </c><02:10:57.559><c> would</c> state decides and who in the state would state decides and who in the
- It's safety for everyone that lives in the state and from out of state.
- </c><04:42:14.480><c> of</c><04:42:14.600><c> New</c> the state police and the state of New the state
- that</c> other uh State Police and State that other uh State Police and State that don't<04:45:11.798
Summary:
The Transportation Committee held a public hearing on HB 249, which would allow bicycles, and in the bill’s language human-powered vehicles and e-bikes, to treat stop signs as yield signs and red lights as stop signs when safe. The bill sponsor, Rep. Seth Miller, said the measure is intended to improve cyclist safety and traffic flow at no cost to the state, citing Idaho and Delaware as examples where similar laws were associated with fewer crashes or injuries. He emphasized that the bill would remain optional, would not let cyclists ignore cross traffic, and would help riders avoid the unstable “wobble” that comes from repeatedly stopping and starting, especially on cargo bikes or other heavier bicycles.
Committee members raised concerns about predictability, liability, and whether the proposal creates a special class of vehicle. Rep. Crawford asked why the bill also addresses left turns on red for one-way streets; Miller said that provision is meant to address situations where bicycles do not trigger signal equipment and could otherwise be stranded at a light. Rep. Gannon questioned the lack of explicit liability language, and Miller said he did not know of a separate provision but would be open to an amendment if the committee wanted clearer language. Rep. Hill and Rep. Emble expressed concern that other drivers would not know what cyclists intend to do and that the bill could create special rules; Miller responded that cyclists would still be required to yield and that the law would not change right-of-way rules.
Several witnesses testified in support. Michael Frank, a Spofford cyclist and League cycling instructor, said the bill would help him safely commute and carry heavy groceries by reducing the effort and exposure involved in restarting after a full stop. Tim Blagden, former head of the Bike Walk Alliance of New Hampshire, said the bill reflects how many people already ride, saves energy and time, and would still require cyclists to stop at red lights unless the intersection is clear. He also noted that traffic signals often do not detect bicycles. No vote was taken during the hearing.
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- We don't currently have building code in a county.
- So it's probably not the purpose of this bill to inadvertently create a building code in a county.
- The purpose of this bill is just to not— ...inadvertently create a building code in the county.
- While Missouri no longer has in-state home-building plants, retailers employ people locally and hire
- homes. ...versus having the building code, as he mentioned, with the modular homes, and then the HUD
Committee:
House Commerce
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- HB 132 amends the Department of the Attorney General's pilot project for state-initiated expungement
- </c><00:02:30.239><c> initiated</c> pilot pro project for State initiated pilot pro project for State
- with um six other states and this is<00:04:25.520><c> really</c><00:04:25.880><c> important</c><00:04
- aware of is coding.
- </c> in cash and the a get uh te to the state in cash and the a get uh te to the state after<00:26:31.279
Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Summary:
The Judiciary Committee heard testimony on several bills covering criminal justice, elections, and wildfire-related settlement funding. HB 103 would raise the age cutoff for life-without-parole eligibility from 18 to 21; supporters included the Public Defender and others, while prosecutors and some others opposed it. HB 11 would allow civil claims against people or businesses profiting from sexual exploitation or sex trafficking; it drew mostly support but was not ready for a vote and was deferred for further questions. HB 132 would expand a state-initiated expungement pilot to include possession of any Schedule V substance; the Public Defender, ACLU, and oversight groups supported it, with one opponent, and committee questions focused on what substances and how many cases would be affected. HB 145 would require the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center to transmit expungement orders to the Judiciary to implement Act 159; the Judiciary and Public Defender supported it, and members discussed technical issues involving multiple defendants and multiple charges. HB 369, a campaign finance housekeeping bill on excess cash contributions, and HB 408, which aligns voter registration-by-mail deadlines with current law, both received support and no opposition of note.
The committee also heard HB 1175, which creates appropriations and a trust fund for Maui wildfire settlement claims; the Attorney General’s office, Maui County Council, and Tax Foundation supported it, while one senator said he would vote no because of concerns about House leadership. HB 386, which conforms drug possession thresholds for methamphetamine, heroin, morphine, and cocaine, was supported by law enforcement and prosecutors. HB 134 would require electronic filing of nomination papers; the Elections Office supported it but asked that any convenience fee be authorized in statute, while one witness opposed it over security and cost concerns. After testimony and questions, the committee took up decision-making and passed HB 103 with amendments, deferred HB 11, and passed HB 132, HB 145, HB 369, HB 408, HB 1175, HB 386, and HB 134, with HB 134 amended to clarify no additional charge for electronic filing.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Finance and Policy Committee 3/12/25
Health Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- There will be no cost to the state of Minnesota, and I repeat, there will be no cost to the state of
- There will be no cost to the state of Minnesota, and I repeat, there will be no cost to the state of
- There will be no cost to the state of Minnesota, and I repeat, there will be no cost to the state of
- </c> being done in many other States being done in many other States including<00:23:41.720><c> North
- </c> the end of last year recently as stated the end of last year recently as stated Minnesota<00:42:
Committee:
House Health Finance and Policy
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- a state building code or fire code.
- a state building code or fire code.
- a state building code or fire code.
- a state building code or fire code.
- a state building code or fire code.
Committee:
Senate Commerce
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Human Services - 03/11/26
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, so assistance through the state.
- </c><00:58:52.160><c> summary</c> looking at the Senate Council summary looking at the Senate Council
- Muhammad. >> The state?
- Muhammad. >> The state?
- c> for</c><01:14:46.680><c> Medicaid</c> Then they said, "States for Medicaid Then they said, "States
Committees:
Senate Health and Human Services , Senate Human Services
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention - 02/27/25
Housing and Homelessness Prevention
Transcript Highlights:
- Percentage of how many of them are from the state of Minnesota and how many of them are from out of state
- Court to get a permit to build it.
- Court to get a permit to build it.
- Opportunity to build trust, not to build conflict, because the conflict already exists in my checkbook
- </c> to show you this Madam chair to build to show you this Madam chair to build Goodwill<01:59:22.960
Committee:
Senate Housing and Homelessness Prevention