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AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/03/2026 - Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

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  • In 2008, the funding for this critical program was cut.
  • Third, community engagement and youth programs.
  • Third, community engagement and youth programs.
  • Third, community engagement and youth programs.
  • Third, community engagement and youth programs.
Summary: The committee approved the January 27, 2026 minutes and held SB 1138 for further changes. It then heard SB 1035, which appropriates about $34 million from the General Fund for a 5% pay increase for Arizona Department of Corrections sworn officers and civilian employees, with an amendment extending the raise to private prison employees under contract. Supporters said DOC pay is not competitive and vacancies are high; opponents questioned paying private prison staff and raised concerns about private prison incentives. The committee adopted the amendment and gave SB 1035 a do pass recommendation on a 6-3 vote. The committee also approved two memorials to rename highways: SCM 1002 for L.F. Quinn Memorial Highway and SCM 1006 for PFC Michael Nolan Memorial Highway. Both measures drew emotional testimony about the honorees’ public service and military sacrifice, and both received do pass recommendations, with SCM 1002 passing 9-1 and SCM 1006 passing 9-1 after members discussed tribal jurisdiction and agreed to follow up with a letter to the tribe. SB 1065, which would appropriate $3.64 million for the Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Military Veterans Fund, was supported by the sponsor and researchers who said the treatment can help veterans with PTSD, traumatic brain injury, pain, and related conditions. Some members objected that the FDA has not approved HBOT for many of the claimed uses and questioned prior unspent funding, but the bill still received a do pass recommendation on a 6-4 vote. SB 1248, which clarifies funding and attendance-count rules for county jail and juvenile detention education programs, also passed unanimously. Later, the committee approved SB 1204, a $5.5 million General Fund appropriation to design and analyze improvements to the U.S. 60/Loop 303 interchange, after testimony from local officials and residents about severe congestion, crashes, and public safety delays; it passed 8-1. SB 1207, a $150,000 study on financing mechanisms for development-related infrastructure along the same corridor, also passed 7-1. Finally, SB 1001, which restores $1 million for the Older Individuals Who Are Blind program, passed 9-0 after testimony from blind seniors and advocates about long waitlists and the program’s role in preserving independence. The committee then began SB 1274, a police foundation specialty license plate bill, with sponsor and foundation testimony describing wellness, remembrance, and youth programs funded by plate revenues, but the transcript cuts off before any vote on that measure.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Community Affairs Jan 20th, 2026

Community Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • used to challenge co-op decisions on generation, power purchases, demand response, and efficiency programs
  • used to challenge co-op decisions on generation, power purchases, demand response, and efficiency programs
  • And we understand the purpose of creating a qualified contractor program and registry as a way to supplement
  • review capacity and improve coordination. ...contractor program and registry as a way to supplement
Summary: The committee met with a quorum present and took up a series of local claims, public records, growth management, permitting, and nuisance bills. It first heard and approved SB 16, SB 14, and SB 24, all uncontested claims bills providing relief related to injuries or settlements involving the City of St. Petersburg and Miami-Dade County. The committee also approved SB 288 on rural electric cooperatives, which narrows statutory language to protect co-op decisions on generation and power purchases while preserving consumer protections, and SB 830, which creates a public records exemption for certain personal information of county and city managers and their families due to reported threats against local officials. Members then considered SB 1138 on qualified contractors and development review, which would create a registry of licensed professionals to help local governments process pre-application reviews and plats more quickly. Local government groups raised concerns about preemption and preserving quasi-judicial authority, while private-provider supporters backed the bill; Senator Sharief voted no, and the bill was reported favorably. The committee also approved SB 168, expanding public nuisance law to include gambling houses and increasing penalties, and SB 686 on agricultural enclaves, which revises the enclave process, adds a public hearing path, limits it to certain residential projects in urban service areas, and was amended to change a date to June 30, 2026 before being reported favorably. The committee next approved CS for SB 548 on growth management and impact fees, which clarifies plan-based methodology, extraordinary circumstances, interlocal agreements, and refund procedures for improper fee collections. Testimony reflected support for clearer standards but also concerns about fee increases and refund administration. Finally, SB 1234 on building permits and inspections was reported favorably; it would extend permit validity, exempt some low-value work from permitting, create a statewide residential permit form, speed review timelines, and expand private-provider use, drawing opposition from a Miami-Dade building official who argued for continued local oversight and support from private-provider advocates. Senator Jones requested to be recorded as voting affirmatively on several tabs and negatively on tab 9, and the committee adjourned after all bills were disposed of.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Community Affairs Jan 13th, 2026

Community Affairs

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  • At this point in time, they are not included in the housing affordability programs that we have, the
  • housing assistance programs that we have in Florida.
  • So what this bill does is put them into those programs; it includes them.
  • It also would include them in programs where homeowners are currently eligible for funds to rehabilitate
  • We're not giving them anything automatically, but this way they would be eligible for these programs
Summary: The committee took up several bills related to public safety, housing, disaster recovery, construction, and land use. SB 330 clarified the heart disease presumption for firefighters, law enforcement, and correctional officers, aligned the definition of heart disease with medical practice, and allowed a transferring law enforcement officer to rely on a prior physical if the new agency does not provide one. An amendment stating the act serves an important state interest was adopted, and the bill passed unanimously after supportive testimony from law enforcement and fire groups. SB 594 expanded local housing assistance eligibility to residents of mobile home communities, including SHIP rental assistance for lot rent and rehabilitation/emergency repair programs for the home itself; it also passed unanimously after support from manufactured housing advocates. SB 840 revised the hurricane-related land use limits enacted in prior legislation by sunsetting certain temporary restrictions on June 30, 2026, narrowing the affected area from 100 miles to 50 miles from a storm track, and exempting certain planning, water, wastewater, stormwater, and flood-related decisions. The sponsor said the bill was intended to fix unintended consequences of prior hurricane recovery legislation, and the measure was reported favorably on a unanimous vote. SB 526 addressed commercial construction projects by prohibiting “no damages for delay” clauses in public construction contracts, directing the Florida Building Commission to create a uniform commercial permit application, requiring permit fee reductions when private providers are used, and adding mitigation to product approval categories; county representatives raised concerns about implementation and fees, but the bill passed favorably. The committee also approved SB 504 and SB 506, both by Senator Burgess, creating a framework for code inspector body camera use and a related public records exemption for recordings. Both were described as optional for local governments and were reported favorably without opposition. Finally, the committee considered CS/SB 354, a major “blue ribbon projects” bill creating a framework for very large developments that would reserve at least 60% of land for conservation, agriculture, recreation, utilities, and related uses in exchange for streamlined approval and state preemption over local land use controls. The bill drew extensive testimony both for and against, with supporters emphasizing housing supply and land preservation and opponents warning about local control, sprawl, infrastructure costs, and weak conservation protections. Two amendments were adopted to define reserve areas more specifically and address conservation easements, and the committee reported the bill favorably on a divided vote, with Senator Passidomo voting no.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Apr 23rd, 2025

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm excited that we're talking about the Made in Texas program.
  • Do you have an update on the program or how that's going so far? Yes.
  • To really launch this program, we believe that "Made in Texas" is a very powerful global brand.
  • It's an exciting program for small businesses.
  • Thank you so much; I'm looking forward to seeing the program. Thank you.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Apr 23rd, 2025

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

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  • There are reasonable compensation requirements that are allowed.
  • So they receive tokens for using the program, in a lot of cases.
  • That includes understanding what existing programs there are in the state, learning best practices, and
  • I run peer centers and after school programs in Fort Bend County.
  • care providers innovated rapidly to adapt to new health care regulations and virtual educational programs
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Apr 8th, 2025

Alabama House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This program is currently being piloted at program is currently being piloted at program is currently
  • Our next big program is our GI dependent Our next big program is our GI dependent Our next big program
  • Currently, if scholarship program. Currently, if scholarship program.
  • We've got 16,000 program. It's great. We've got 16,000 program. It's great.
  • And workman compensation has been a idea workman compensation has been a idea workman compensation has
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Apr 8th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Marble Falls Highland Lake area chamber of commerce is ensuring that the members of this select program
  • from business and industry, tourism, arts, and education. time y'all graduate from this rigorous program
  • HB number. 912 by Moody relating to the compensation of distributed renewable generation of owner in
  • This has to do with the fact that when we want to think through different compensation rates for our
  • . allow El Paso Electric to do is to go to the PUC if there is another method of compensation. that they
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Feb 18th, 2025

Alabama Senate Floor Meeting

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  • for it, or you know... to get compensated for it, or you know, students might just haul off and hit
  • Of a standard, and I think that's something we've got in the workers' compensation law.
  • I did not know at the time as a teacher that we did not have any kind of worker's compensation.
  • She had no idea that we didn't have workers' compensation in our public school system.
  • She's like, "What do you mean we don't have workers' compensation and coverage?"
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

House Chamber - Wed Feb 11, 2026, 12:00PM HST - Day 13

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

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TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session May 8th, 2025 at 10:05 am

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Members, this is a pediatric subspecialty preceptorship program for medical students.
  • HB 5646 by Wilson, relating to in-state tuition for certain students in military-related programs.
  • HB 3745 by Manuel relating to crime victims compensation. Chair recognizes Mr.
  • SB 1490 by Bettencourt relating to adult high school charter program funding.
  • SB 1490 by Bettencourt relating to adult high school charter program funding. Mr. Gertes.
Summary: The House convened with a quorum, received the invocation and pledges, and heard several announcements and recognitions before moving into floor action. Members honored the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley chess team for winning a share of the 2025 President’s Cup, recognized educator Jessica Lopez, and paid memorial tribute to Jennifer Maddenly, along with recognitions for Jeanette Valdez Duran’s food pantry work, TAMACC’s 50th anniversary, and Bernardine Steptoe’s retirement from WFAA. The House also granted permission for committees to meet while the House was in session, set a local consent calendar, and suspended posting rules for a Public Health Committee hearing on SB 2721. The chamber then considered a long series of Senate and House bills, with many passing on record votes. Measures addressed local law enforcement authority (SB 906), veterans highway designation (SB 1229), foster care medical billing (SB 855), massage therapy trafficking safeguards (SB 703), tax ballot language (SB 1025), occupational licensing for people with convictions (SB 1080), lien deadlines (SB 929), liquor sales complaints (SB 1355), higher education application fee waivers (SB 2231), utility data access (SB 1877), pediatric preceptorships (SB 1998), and several House bills on bond forfeiture notice, health workforce coordination, indigent civil commitment representation, consumer transaction cancellations, bird dispersal rules, theft venue for digital property, military grant applications, AI cancer-detection grants, cybersecurity contract language, in-state tuition for military-related programs, utility capital recovery, energy waste advisory oversight, gas utility rate recovery, psychedelic therapy study, teacher retirement funding transparency, pension changes, tax payment plans, and voter registration security. Some measures drew notable debate or amendments, including HB 5247, where a ratepayer-credit amendment failed, and HB 2298, HB 4014, HB 510, HB 561, HB 1128, HB 1904, HB 30, HB 200, HB 3045, and HB 5111, which all passed after recorded votes with varying margins. A major point of contention was SB 2420, the app store age-verification bill, which prompted extended debate over whether the bill should also require app developers to verify users’ ages. Representative Bryant offered an amendment to preserve developer verification obligations, arguing the bill would otherwise shift responsibility away from app makers; the author opposed it, saying the bill’s approach was more workable and raised concerns about First Amendment issues. Multiple points of order were raised and withdrawn during the debate, and the amendment discussion remained unresolved in the excerpt. The House also postponed further consideration of SB 17, SB 552, and SB 2420 at different points, and recessed for lunch after completing a large block of third-reading votes.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

House in Session Apr 23rd, 2025

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Programs are embedded in this bill.
  • programs following implementation of the program.
  • Programs and professional education competency programs following implementation of the program.
  • They have good athletic programs, and if you want to go to their athletic program, like you want to go
  • prep program.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Apr 23rd, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • She was instrumental in expanding early college programs.
  • Mary's opened the Blank Shepard Innovation Center, launched a new nursing program. and expanded degrees
  • Compensation by certain state agencies. Chair recognizes Mr. Wally to explain the bill.
  • and the Rural Prosecutors Office Salary Assistance Grant Program. explain the bill.
  • and Rural Prosecutors Office Salary. grant program.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Mar 26th, 2025

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • And I think my concern is, from the landowner's perspective, is what sort of access do they have to give
  • Historically designated by the Texas Historical Commission Preservation Program, there are 2,300 sites
  • As expressed, there is the Office of Court Administration's free TCRIS program, it's the Texas Court
  • Remote Interpreter Service program that judges can schedule ahead of time for 30 minutes or less for
  • I think we could expand that program, and I'm sure in every other place, but they keep track of how many
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  • libraries and library professionals provide to communities across Oklahoma, from early literacy programs
  • and student support to workforce development, digital access, research assistance, and community programming
  • One of the things I asked her that she enjoyed about high school the most was the fine arts program.
  • This isn't marijuana that qualifies under the state's marijuana medical program. Even though the?
  • medical marijuana program.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • Angela worked in the reading program back when Janet Brii was Superintendent, and we did great things
  • of the House and Thompson of the Senate, an act relating to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
  • of the House and Thompson of the Senate, an act relating to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
  • Speaker, members, Senate Bill 1344 creates the insulin access and feasibility program at the Health Department
  • So I'd appreciate it, and so would my son who's running the program.
NE

Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session

Legislative Morning Session Apr 8th, 2026

Nebraska Unicameral Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Prenatal Plus Program is a program that provides enhanced services to at-risk pregnancies for folks
  • When we first implemented the program, When we first implemented the program, Senator Clements wisely
  • It's a pilot program. It's a model program. We've got five years with the funding.
  • program. ...pilot program, donate some money to the schools on behalf of this pilot program so the funds
  • program. pilot program donate some money to the schools on behalf of this pilot program so the funds
NE

Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session

Legislative Afternoon Session Apr 8th, 2026

Nebraska Unicameral Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Supplemental reading intervention programs, $60,000 per year.
  • Supplemental reading intervention programs, 60,000 per year.
  • and saying this is what we want to base our programming on.
  • With her, they had a very avid reading program.
  • This is just like we do with other programs.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Apr 23rd, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • to H-2B visa worker programs becomes H.C.R. 82.
  • , and relative to the fund, program awards, annual reporting, and appropriations, with amendments.
  • , relative to the fund, program awards, annual reporting, and appropriations, with amendments.
  • , provided relative to the fund, program awards, annual reporting appropriations with amendments.
  • It supports the program. It's employer-led, market-driven.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Apr 23rd, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Department of Homeland Security to authorize the state of Louisiana to establish a pilot program relative
  • to H-2B visa worker programs becomes H.C.R. 82.
  • Burrell, provides relative to workforce development; creates the Bayou Growth Opportunity Workforce Program
  • ; provides relative to the fund, program awards, annual reporting, and appropriations.
  • ; provides relative to the fund, program awards, annual reporting, and appropriations, with amendments
Summary: The House convened with a quorum, opened in prayer, and adopted the journal. Members received messages from the Senate on several House bills and Senate bills, and a number of House resolutions were introduced or laid over. The chamber also suspended rules to allow committees to continue meeting while the House was in session. Several local and ceremonial resolutions were taken up, including measures on public health data, carbon sequestration property rights, declining school enrollment, and commendations and condolences. The floor then considered a series of local bills and Senate bills, many of which passed with little or no opposition. Among the House bills approved were measures creating or adjusting local districts and utility-related authorities in Orleans and Jefferson parishes, including bills on the Regency Park Town Home Crime Prevention Security District, Sewage and Water Board procurement and lien authority, the Foulberg-New neighborhood improvement district, and temporary parish burn bans. The House also passed bills on broadband cable price notices, state finance limits, toll exemptions for school board-owned leased vehicles, prestige license plates, and a brain injury designation on driver’s licenses. Senate bills passed included measures on workers’ compensation evidence rules, recreation of the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, a soybean grain research board name change, incumbent worker training, interdict estate planning, and recreational alligator hunting. The most extensive debate centered on Senate Bill 256, which would consolidate Orleans Parish’s separate civil and criminal clerk of court offices into a single Orleans clerk. Supporters argued the change would align Orleans with the rest of the state, improve efficiency, and reduce costs, while preserving employees and services. Opponents raised concerns about the timing, the lack of broader legislative and public involvement, the impact on the recently elected criminal clerk, and possible disruption to court operations and constitutional rights. After lengthy questioning, the bill passed 89-8. The House also heard a personal privilege statement recognizing a school choir visiting the Capitol and later continued with additional Senate bills, including one on workers’ compensation medical review evidence and another on the Department of Agriculture and Forestry.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Natural Resources Mar 5th, 2025

Natural Resources

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  • Um, to help us grow those programs.
  • So the further we can get into the school programs, we do a lot of educational programs, a lot of the
  • We have programs in each program.
  • We have used the Water Development Board programs to help us supplement under low cost interest programs
  • This program has become wildly successful.