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TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Appropriations - S/C on Articles VI, VII, & VIII Feb 27th, 2025
Appropriations - S/C on Articles VI, VII, & VIII
Transcript Highlights:
- We currently don't have an online filing capability for gas utility annual reports.
- “This project will provide a new, more user-friendly and efficient online filing system that enables
- being key stroked in 118 this project will provide a new, a more user friendly and efficient online filing
- inactive wells, meaning those wells we know who the operator is generally; we should, and they also file
- We have absolutely could manage that; that would require an inspection for us and paper filing.
Summary:
The committee met with a quorum present to hear Article VI Natural Resources agency budget recommendations, beginning with the Railroad Commission. LBB staff summarized the commission’s 2026-27 base recommendation at $458.7 million, down from the prior biennium, with an increased FTE cap. The presentation highlighted reduced federal IIJA funding, volatility in oil and gas regulation account 5155, continued support for IT modernization, and rider changes. The commission’s major exceptional items were then presented, including requests for produced water and injection data reporting, an authorized pit registration system, regulatory filing/permitting upgrades, an underground injection well investigation team, site remediation support, and especially $100 million for orphan well plugging. Members asked about biennium-to-biennium comparisons, salary biennialization, the scale of orphan well risks, federal funding delays, bonding, and whether the state should rely more on industry or general revenue for plugging costs. Commission leadership explained that orphan wells can threaten water and public safety, that plugging costs have risen sharply, and that current funding is insufficient to keep up with emergency wells and the backlog; they also said the agency is moving to cloud-based systems with cybersecurity protections and that the proposed performance measure may need adjustment if funding does not increase.
The Railroad Commission testimony was followed by LBB and agency testimony for the Texas Animal Health Commission. LBB described a $42 million recommendation for 2026-27, an increase overall, but with a reduced FTE cap due to turnover and salary reallocation. The recommendation maintained funding for cattle fever tick work, chronic wasting disease, lab testing through an MOU with Texas A&M’s veterinary diagnostic lab, and a new $5 million spay-and-neuter pilot program, while deleting a capital budget rider and adjusting riders tied to entry point inspection stations and clinical trials. Agency leadership then outlined the commission’s mission to protect livestock health and the state’s $22 billion animal industry, and described major disease threats including highly pathogenic avian influenza, cattle fever ticks, New World screwworm, and chronic wasting disease. Their exceptional items focused on recruiting and retaining veterinarians, replacing fleet vehicles, creating an ectoparasite identification lab, adding field staff and IT support, improving records and epidemiology reporting, strengthening central administration, supporting secure food supply planning, expanding chronic wasting disease work, and staffing the new spay-and-neuter program. Members asked about field identification of ticks, the use of disinfectants and PPE, fleet management, the scale of cattle fever tick risk, and chronic wasting disease; the agency explained its current inspection and lab-confirmation process, its reliance on field disinfecting and biosecurity, and the need for more staff and better data systems to keep pace with growing workloads and disease threats.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2025-02-13 (9:00AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Clerk: Late file amendment bar code 885906 by Senator Pizzo between the lines 325 and 326 concerning
- Clerk: Late file amendment barcode 682278 by Senator Pizzo. Delete lines 1152, insert amendment.
- Secretary: Late filed amendment bar code 700-8450 by Senator Pizzo. Line 752 insert amendment.
- The 11 bills filed in the 2025 session, the majority of that content is nowhere in this bill.
- That we should increase the fine up to $75,000 for the person I filed a complaint against.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Each year, to answer your question, it seems like there's just a bill that's filed, and then we work
- with whatever bill is filed that they determine will move forward.
- We try to not engage on these items until we get an actual bill filed, until we can see something on
- If you have your email on file, a phone number, we want you to have your ballot counted.
- So on your voter file it doesn't have one signature.
Committee:
Senate Ethics and Elections
Summary:
The committee heard a presentation from several county supervisors of elections and the Florida Supervisors of Elections Association on the 2024 election cycle and priorities for the 2025 session. They described very high turnout in the presidential election, major operational planning needs, and the heavy reliance on seasonal workers, list maintenance, ballot-on-demand systems, and secure chain-of-custody procedures. They also discussed the impact of recent legislative changes on voter-roll maintenance, including inactive voter removal, and said Florida’s election administration has improved to what they called a “platinum standard.”
The supervisors outlined several legislative requests: allowing more than one non-government “wild card” early voting site to improve access and emergency flexibility; requiring newly naturalized citizens to update driver’s license information so voter records match DHSMV data; exempting home addresses of certain election workers and ballot transporters from public records to improve safety and recruitment; restoring a checkbox on vote-by-mail return envelopes so voters can stay on the vote-by-mail list for the next cycle; aligning base salaries for supervisors, property appraisers, and clerks with other constitutional officers; and reducing ballot length by removing precinct committee races from the ballot. They also said they expect a committee bill to carry some of these proposals.
Members questioned the panel about ballot transport security, signature verification, vote-by-mail expiration, public records transparency, and the petition process for constitutional amendments. The supervisors said ballots are transported under detailed county plans with tamper-evident seals, chain-of-custody logs, trained workers, and in some cases two-person transport teams. On petitions, they said the process is labor-intensive and expensive, that fraud has occurred in some cases, and that they favor reforms such as requiring more personal identifying information and having initiative sponsors mail petitions to voters rather than making supervisors handle the mailing. They also said signature mismatches can be cured within 72 hours after Election Day and that voters are notified when possible. After the supervisors’ presentation, the committee also heard brief public testimony from Kathleen Griffiths, who urged adoption of commercial-style risk management standards in election systems and referenced several election-related bills her group supports.
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
MS House Floor - 10 February, 2026; 10:00 AM
Mississippi House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Um if um leave a constantly filing them.
- </c> >> for those who have filed taxes. Sure. >> for those who have filed taxes. Sure.
- a UCCCI filing.
- </c><06:29:09.520><c> those</c> and if the time for filing those and if the time for filing those petitions
- that petition. file RITs when the time the time frame file RITs when the time the time frame has<06:
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Motor vehicle registration tax calculation change 3/25/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, Representative Anderson will move House File 3562 to Ways and Means. >> Mhm. I think...
- Um, I move House File 3562 to Ways and Means. Do we...
- Um, I move House File 3562 to Ways and Means. Do we...
- So this bill, House File 3562, does exactly that.
- So this bill, House<00:10:07.920><c> File</c><00:10:08.280><c> 3562,</c> House File 3562, House File
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate Bills 1351, 1364, 1370, 1303, 1337, and 1339 were filed on the first reading calendar.
- House Bill 843 was filed for the second reading calendar. March 13, 2026, Mr.
- Excuse me, House Bill 843 will be filed for the second reading calendar. March 13, 2026, Mr.
- House Bill 872 will be filed for the second reading calendar. March 13, 2026, Mr.
- House Bill 832 from Education was filed for the second reading calendar.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- This is a bill from the Secretary of State, and it has to do with candidate filing.
- Just real quick, for the 2006 election cycle, Idaho has moved to entirely online candidate filing.
- We all know that; we experienced it... ...moved to entirely online candidate filing.
- We all know that; we experienced it a week or two ago when we all filed.
- court, it removed more... ...filed a lawsuit against protesters in district court.
Committee:
Senate State Affairs
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Special Committee on Redistricting Feb 25th, 2026
Special Committee on Redistricting
Transcript Highlights:
- I have a file. Just, I'll use my own stuff, for example.
- think that’s a noble cause, but nothing with citizenship that is so pressing that it caused you to file
- You strike me as somebody who comes from a family that keeps a file box with everything in it.
- Perhaps there's other bills filed.
- Perhaps there's other bills filed.
Committee:
House Special Committee on Redistricting
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs May 23rd, 2025
Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- And once the bill got filed, now they've had multiple meetings that we've had with stakeholder groups
- April when a bill is filed. So, let's be clear.
- My point is, we can't be expected to file a bill every session.
- Ask Bill Arthur to explain the difference in substitute and filed versions.
- Bill filed in seven. Thank you, Mr. Chair, members.
Committee:
Senate Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- I will say this bill has been filed in the past.
- Our previous colleague, Senator Whitmer, had filed this bill.
- It has been filed by Republicans in the past, so this is a bipartisan conversation that's been ongoing
- In Tarrant County, where I'm from, last year, we filed 5,100. plus cases of DWI.
- Thank you, Chairman Flores, for filing what I would submit to you, this very piece of legislation.
Bills:
SB 476 , SB 664 , SB 745 , SB 826 , SB 989 , SB 1080 , SB 1171 , SB 1320 , SB 1437 , SB 1727 , SB 1809 , SB 2289 , SB 2320
Committee:
Senate Criminal Justice
Keywords:
education, funding, school infrastructure, public schools, teacher support, intoxication manslaughter, criminal penalties, ignition interlock devices, youth offenders, vehicular homicide, Texas courts, judicial officers, associate judge, magistrate, master, referee, hearing officer, court administration, Government Code Chapter 54, Government Code Chapter 54A
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Criminal Justice convened to address pressing issues surrounding oil field crime and safety on Texas highways. The meeting was initiated by Chair Flores, who emphasized the need for improved tools to combat repeat offenders having committed intoxicated driving, alongside tackling oil field theft that has escalated due to organized criminal activities. The committee heard public testimonies and engaged with various stakeholders, including law enforcement and industry representatives, who highlighted the complexities and dangers associated with these crimes. Notably, a significant focus was placed on Senate Bill 1320, which aims to establish a dedicated unit within the Department of Public Safety to investigate and address thefts specific to the oil and gas industry. This initiative seeks to strengthen coordination among various law enforcement agencies and improve training for local officers to combat these sophisticated theft operations more effectively.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- thank you for considering your support in this important legislation and for Chairman Geehan for filing
- Uh, I think, I think we'd have to go to the, they, they're filed with the Water development board and
- And so you file this plan, and what do they do with it? Um, I'm not sure what they do with it.
- So, You, you file the plan, but I mean, what's the objective of the plan?
- And I'd like to thank Representative Z Weiner for filing this legislation.
Bills:
HB24
Committee:
House Land & Resource Management
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Last session, I filed HB4445 on behalf of my constituents who have been significantly impacted by major
- Has this bill been filed in previous sessions? Correct.
- So I appreciate we're filing the bill and happy to answer any questions about it.
- to be done, so I would appreciate your consideration for that comment, and I've got that in the PDF file
- . file that I turned in.
Committee:
House Natural Resources
Keywords:
water audit, water loss, water loss mitigation plan, municipally owned utility, municipal utility, water conservation, Texas Water Development Board, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, water leakage, leak detection, billing data accuracy, utility validation, water audit validation, water scarcity, water management, infrastructure, public utility, conservation plan, administrative penalty
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Natural Resources Committee Mar 24th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- File item 3, AB 66, Tangipa. Motion is due pass to Appropriations. Absent members: Davies, aye.
- File item 12, AB 436, Ransom. Oh, that's out, 13 votes. File item 13, AB 439, Rogers.
- File item 15, AB 491, Connolly. The motion is due pass as amended to Appropriations.
- File item 15, AB 491. Connolly. The motion is due pass as amended to Appropriations.
- File item 16, is motion is due pass as amended to Water, Parks and Wildlife.
Summary:
The committee heard and advanced a series of natural resources and climate-related bills. AB 70 would codify a definition of pyrolysis and allow procurement credit for projects using organic waste to generate pipeline biomethane; supporters said it would help divert organic waste from landfills, reduce methane, and support energy reliability. AB 30 would authorize E15 fuel sales in California, with supporters arguing it could lower consumer fuel costs and emissions, while opponents from boating and marine groups raised concerns about engine damage and the need for clear labeling and continued E10 availability. AB 66 would create a CEQA exemption for emergency evacuation routes in high fire-risk areas; supporters emphasized wildfire evacuation safety, while some members worried the bill lacked sufficient guardrails and environmental review. AB 399 would let the Coastal Commission consider blue carbon sequestration in coastal permitting and authorize blue carbon demonstration projects; environmental groups supported it, while business groups objected to new costs and regulatory uncertainty. AB 491 would codify California’s nature-based solutions climate targets for lands and wetlands, with supporters citing climate and adaptation benefits and the Farm Bureau opposing statutory targets. AB 580 would extend Metropolitan Water District authority related to the Colorado River Aqueduct, and AB 43 would make permanent state authority to protect federally designated wild and scenic rivers if federal protections are weakened. The committee also considered AB 436 to streamline siting and permitting of composting facilities and AB 539 to streamline certain Coastal Act procedures and reporting. Most measures received due-pass recommendations and were reported out on roll calls, with several bills also moving on consent; AB 404 was pulled at the author’s request.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
March 18, 2025 - 09:00 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- First of all, I would recommend no one ever file a bill that has a title, Emergency.
- Chair, with your permission, I filed a strike-all amendment last night, and I'd like to just, if I could
- Some new things that we're adding in the strike-all as compared to the bill as filed is requiring DEM
- Some new things that we're adding in the strike-all as compared to the bill as filed is requiring DEM
- Out for you and your county, what was in the bill as filed and what we've added in the strike-all.
Summary:
The Natural Resources and Disaster Subcommittee heard and acted on several bills related to wetlands, emergency management, fishing licenses, disaster recovery, the Florida Keys, brownfields, wastewater treatment, and spring protection. HB 1175 on mitigation banking drew the most discussion, with supporters saying it would create more predictable release of mitigation credits and help address shortages, while opponents warned it could weaken watershed-based wetland protection and allow credits to be used farther from the impact site. The committee adopted a strike-all amendment making the changes prospective after July 1, 2025, and then reported the bill favorably with committee substitute by a 12-3 vote.
The committee also considered HB 1535, a broad emergency management strike-all that would expand local storm-preparedness information, debris removal coordination, shelter planning, permitting procedures after storms, limits on post-storm fee increases and moratoria, and changes to election procedures after disasters. Members raised questions about FEMA coordination, shelter standards, impact fees, and the 100-mile post-storm land-use restrictions. After adopting the strike-all, the bill was reported favorably with committee substitute on a 17-0 vote. HB 673, which would extend the same fishing-license convenience to freshwater guides that saltwater captains already have, and HB 705, which extends a public-records exemption for disaster recovery assistance applicants, were both reported favorably without amendment.
Later, the committee approved HB 995 for the Florida Keys, which combines affordable-housing incentives, a Habitat for Humanity bond exemption, an extension of the Florida Keys Stewardship Act, and a modest increase in hurricane evacuation time to allow additional residential permits; it was reported favorably on a unanimous vote. HB 733 on brownfields received a technical strike-all and was also reported favorably. HB 645 creating a general permit for distributed wastewater treatment systems passed unanimously, and HB 691 on a reclaimed-water project tied to Outstanding Florida Springs passed 16-1 after concerns were raised about cost, water quality, and whether the bill could broaden the intent of existing spring-protection law. The meeting adjourned after all agenda items were completed.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs Mar 3rd, 2025
S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Our claims benefit advisors help veterans and their survivors file disability claims with the VA.
- We represent veterans to file disability claims with. The U.S.
- By federal law, for a veteran who files a claim, they should... should use and need to use an accredited
- So just a little background by federal law for an organization to represent veteran with the VA to file
- There have been bills that have been filed in this building, and we have probably testified before y'all
Committee:
House S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Ethics and Elections Feb 4th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- We do have a bill filed on the base pay alignment by Senator Burgess last year's last 2 years.
- whatever bills filed that they determine will move forward. >> Senator Polsky, you're recognized.
- We try to not engage on these items until we get an actual bill filed to.
- If you ever e-mail on file a phone number, we want you to have your ballot counted.
- So your voter file doesn't have one signature.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Joint Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions, May 22, 2026 - AM
Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, as you know, filing election.
- Senate file 29 SV 29 SF, excuse me.
- 12:32.400><c> Purity</c><02:12:32.719><c> and</c> Senate File 108, Election Purity and Senate File 108
- Next bill is Senate File 29.
- Next bill for our consideration is Senate File 33. >> Senate File 33, Political Parties County Central
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session (Full Formal with Calendar) Jul 23rd, 2026
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The Senate also leads on cutting back burdensome filing fees for small businesses.
- We appreciate the work of the Healey-Driscoll administration and the bill that the governor filed based
- Amendment 55, filed by the Senator from Norfolk, Senator Keenan, the clerk will read.
- Amendment number 196, filed by the Senator from Hampshire, Hampden and Worcester, Senator Oliveira, which
- Attorneys General in four states, including Massachusetts, have filed lawsuits against crypto ATM operators
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Public Service Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Public Service
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm here to testify on a bill I filed, House 2980, an act relative to retirement benefits.
- Paul Tucker... ...filed in the 191st General Court by former State Representative Paul Tucker on behalf
- We are categorized as caretakers by DPPC and can be filed on if we fail to supervise the individuals
- I want to thank Representative James O'Day, Representative Brady, for leading on this and filing this
- graduating, not due to academics, but because my original field placement site abruptly closed after filing
Committee:
Joint Joint Committee on Public Service
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on several retirement and workforce-related bills. House Bill 2980 would place county correctional nurses and certain medical staff into Group 4 retirement. Representative Trino, Middlesex Sheriff Peter Koutoujian, and nurse manager Leanne Cameron argued that correctional nurses work in dangerous, high-stress settings with frequent contact with incarcerated people, high rates of mental illness and substance use in the jail population, and significant workplace violence, and that the change would help recruitment and retention with limited statewide fiscal impact.
The committee also heard Senate Bill 210, which would create a commission to study additional regular compensation and annual expenses for members of the General Court. Senator John Keenan said Massachusetts has high leadership stipends compared with other states and argued the current structure can affect independence and public trust. Representative O'Day testified on House Bill 2928 to extend Group 2 retirement to additional Department of Children and Families social workers, and SEIU 509 witnesses described frequent transport of children, crisis response, threats, assaults, and other high-risk duties that they said match Group 2 work.
Additional testimony supported House Bill 2943 for DDS service coordinators and supervisors, with witnesses describing home visits in unsafe conditions, transport of vulnerable individuals, direct care during staffing crises, and exposure to violence. House Bill 2899 drew support from the Association of Social Work Boards for social work field placement grants, incentives for supervisors, and expanded retirement benefits for DCF social workers. The committee also heard Senate Bill 2613, a local retirement bill for Salem police officer Kathleen Roachville, who described a severe line-of-duty injury during an arrest involving a combative person in a mental health crisis. Finally, Susan Smith Campbell testified for reclassifying certain DYS administrative officers into Group 2 because of their direct involvement in restraints, assaults, and crisis management. After testimony concluded, the committee adjourned without taking any votes.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Appropriations Committee May 14th, 2026
Appropriations
Transcript Highlights:
- And there are 637 of them on the suspense file today.
- keep those constraints top of mind as we reviewed the 637 bills that were referred to the suspense file
- Later this afternoon, following today's hearing, the committee will post the results of the suspense-file
- this afternoon, following at today's hearing, the committee will post the results of the suspense file
- Do pass as amended to require the applicant to pay a higher filing fee to cover court costs.
Committee:
House Appropriations