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FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
April 15, 2025 - 10:30 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- MEETING I REQUESTED APPROVAL OF THE AUTHORITY TO REVIEW ADDITIONAL UNSOLICITED PROPOSALS AND MAKE AN ASSESSMENT
- BOARD THE TIME AND THE LACK OF SUPPORT THAT WE HAD SO I WOULD THEN HAVE THE APPROVAL AUTHORITY TO ASSESS
- I WAS ADVISED AND RECOMMENDED BY COUNCIL TO TAKE A VOTE TO GET OUR AUTHORITY SO WE CAN REVIEW AND ASSESS
- TO PERFORM A GAP ASSESSMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS AND PUT ALL OF THOSE TO ACHIEVE COMPLIANCE OF WHATEVER
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session-Day 7, February 17, 2026-PM
Wyoming House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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- </c><00:22:58.080><c> And</c><00:22:58.240><c> as</c> returned to practice in Wyoming.
- And as returned to practice in Wyoming.
- In fact, they strongly prefer that the state do this because it's more responsive, more practical, and
- , and more familiar with the practical, and more familiar with the realities<04:11:17.359><c> on</c><
KY
Transcript Highlights:
- throat], coroners are an essential part of local, state, and federal government, which should be assessed
- throat], coroners are an essential part of local, state, and federal government, which should be assessed
- throat], coroners are an essential part of local, state, and federal government, which should be assessed
- throat], coroners are an essential part of local, state, and federal government, which should be assessed
- as a priority by their state assessed as a priority by their state and<00:36:53.119><c> local</c><00
Committee:
Joint Local Government
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House County and Municipal Government Committee Feb 4th, 2026
County and Municipal Government
Transcript Highlights:
- between the parties, the local government then is able to file that agreement along with placing an assessment
- placing</c><00:04:48.720><c> an</c> agreement along with placing an agreement along with placing an assessment
- 50.400><c> on</c><00:04:50.720><c> the</c><00:04:50.960><c> property</c><00:04:51.440><c> to</c> assessment
- and lean on the property to assessment and lean on the property to ensure<00:04:52.160><c> that</c><
- There is an assessment of a financial institution's excise tax in Alabama on all financial institutions
Committee:
House County and Municipal Government
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- Life-cycle assessments done on the industry, including one done just a few years ago for Hawaii County
- Life-cycle assessments done on the industry, including one done just a few years ago for Hawaii County
- Life-cycle assessments done on the industry, including one done just a few years ago for Hawaii County
- Life-cycle assessments done on the industry, including one done just a few years ago for Hawaii County
- Life-cycle assessments done on the industry, including one done just a few years ago for Hawaii County
Committee:
Senate Hawaiian Affairs
Summary:
The committees first heard Senate Bill 151 relating to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and geothermal development on Hawaiian homelands. DHHL and Ulupono Initiative testified in strong support, saying the measure would help advance clean energy goals, create economic opportunities, and support DHHL’s mission. Fine Electric also supported the bill. Several members of the public testified in opposition, raising concerns about consultation with beneficiaries, water impacts, land issues, and the scale of the proposed spending. In response to questions, DHHL staff explained slimhole drilling, the permitting distinctions between water exploration and geothermal exploration, and said prior studies and geophysical testing had been done. The chair then recommended passage with amendments, including SMA technical amendments, a directive to establish a permitted interaction group to study geothermal options, removal of the appropriation language, and a new effective date. The committees adopted the recommendation and passed SB 151 with amendments, with one senator voting no and several excused.
The joint committees then took up Senate Bill 371 on property damage to critical infrastructure facilities. The Department of the Attorney General supported the bill with amendments, recommending broader critical infrastructure language to cover systems such as transportation, gas, power, water, and oil, and suggesting additional changes to improve prosecution. Utility and other supporters also testified in favor. The chairs proposed adopting the AG’s amendments except one, and further expanding the bill to make manslaughter explicit when a death results from disruption of critical infrastructure, and to add water as a covered infrastructure category. The committees adopted the amended recommendation and passed SB 371 with amendments.
Finally, the Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs committee heard Senate Bill 585 on special purpose revenue bonds for Bana Pacific. The Attorney General noted a possible issue with the company’s entity status and the bill title, but Bana Pacific stated it was in the process of converting from an LLC to a corporation and was satisfied with the title. The State Energy Office supported the concept, and Bana Pacific described the project as an integrated biogas and green hydrogen facility that would support energy security, create jobs, and reduce emissions. The committee then moved on to Senate Bill 964 on waste-to-energy, where the State Energy Office offered supportive comments but many testifiers opposed the measure, arguing incineration is costly, polluting, and inferior to recycling. Written testimony showed more opposition than support, and public testimony focused on environmental and cost concerns.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, April 9, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It's a good, prudent practice.
- It's a good, prudent practice.
- And as a It's a good, prudent practice.
- Resolution 18 that would dismantle important protections against predatory overdraft practices.
- Thank you very much. violations, deceptive practices related violations, deceptive practices related
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- First, ACHA would be required to employ the most cost-effective purchasing practices and, for the first
- And I'm looking at the practicality of this. So if that individual was going...
- My lovely wife has practically raised these five boys while I was out of the year.
- You carried a message of recovery to others, and you practice the principles in all your affairs.
- And, you know, I've listened and I've tried to make an honest assessment.
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.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2026-03-06 (10:00AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- First, ACHA would be required to employ the most cost-effective purchasing practices and, for the first
- And I'm looking at the practicality of this.
- My lovely wife has practically raised these five boys while I was out of the year.
- You carried a message of recovery to others, and you practice the principles in all your affairs.
- And, you know, I've listened and I've tried to make an honest assessment.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> >> so we are as deputy shared uh we are >> so we are as deputy shared uh we are assessing
- where we are we're moving assessing where we are we're moving forward<01:27:51.199><c> with</c><01:27
- And through that, all of the concerns with the three-hour practice times, the fundraising, and a lot
- And through that, all of the concerns with the three-hour practice times, the fundraising, and a lot
- "And through that, all of the concerns with the three-hour practice times, the fundraising, and a lot
Committee:
Senate Education
Keywords:
telecommunication devices, student use, public schools, student engagement, educational outcomes, confiscation policy, mental health, statewide policy, community literacy, education, Title I funding, reading proficiency, underserved communities, family engagement, tutoring, literacy support, adult education, community education, literacy programs, workforce development
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Under current law, the commissioner has the authority to require this, and it has been required in practice
- 00:23:59.440><c> been</c><00:23:59.600><c> required</c><00:24:00.000><c> in</c><00:24:00.240><c> practice
- </c> um and it has been required in practice. um and it has been required in practice.
- So that is a grant to the city of Minneapolis to provide homeowners who receive special assessments from
- The grant is for homeowners who receive special assessments from the city of Minneapolis for the removal
Committee:
House Taxes
Keywords:
local government debt, municipal bonds, county bonds, capital improvements, public financing, bond issuance, public hearing, notice period, bond guarantee, Minnesota Public Facilities Authority, volume cap, private activity bonds, housing finance, residential rental bonds, LIHTC, low-income housing tax credits, redevelopment, courthouse financing, jail financing, law enforcement center
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division II (02/05/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- You were talking about how... ...I'm just wondering what does this mean in practicality for, in terms
- ><01:01:47.760><c> this</c><01:01:47.920><c> mean</c><01:01:48.200><c> in</c><01:01:48.480><c> practicality
- </c><01:01:49.119><c> for</c> what does this mean in practicality for what does this mean in practicality
- those conversations was that you all wanted the Department of Education to do a state facilities assessment
- Schools work with the Department of Homeland Security to have a security assessment.
Summary:
The Finance Committee Division II met with the New Hampshire Department of Education to review school nutrition programs and related funding. Department staff Melissa White and Kelly Rambo walked through a packet covering the National School Lunch Program, Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, Community Eligibility (CEP), After School Snack Program, Child and Adult Care Food Program, and Summer Food Service Program, explaining that these are federally funded USDA programs, with some state supplemental funding in certain areas. They also reviewed reimbursement rates for lunch, breakfast, child/adult care, and summer meals, noting that summer rates follow calendar-year timing while most others follow the state fiscal year.
Members asked several questions about how the funding works, especially the difference between federal reimbursements and the state match. Staff explained that the state lunch line in the budget is a fixed match amount tied to federal participation, while breakfast funding is broken out by meal type and reimbursement category. They also discussed why FY 2022 federal spending was much higher during COVID, when USDA covered meals at the free rate for all students, and why FY 2023 and FY 2024 dropped as normal income-eligibility rules returned. A committee member also asked about the “severe need lunch” two-cent rate, and staff said they did not know USDA’s formula.
A substantial portion of the meeting focused on summer meals and the distinction between the Summer Food Service Program and Summer EBT. Staff explained that SFSP provides meals at approved sites, which can be open or closed sites, while Summer EBT is a separate DHHS-operated benefit program that provides funds to families. They said some schools or sites may not qualify under USDA rules, but eligible children can often use another nearby open site, and the department posts an interactive map and phone line to help families find locations.
The committee also discussed the Community Eligibility Provision. Staff said New Hampshire currently has three CEP schools, that the eligibility threshold had recently been lowered from 40% to 25% identified students, and that the program allows participating schools to offer free meals to all students while the local district covers the non-federal share. Members asked whether any districts in the 25% to 40% range had joined; staff said no. The department offered to provide the eligibility report in Excel and noted that the CEP intent is to reduce application burden, though the lower threshold can make the local cost share harder for some districts to absorb.
FL
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Senator Nichols asked for a clarification on the process for assessing property values.
- "These changes could lead to significant shifts in how we view property value assessments," she said,
Committee:
Senate Local Government
Keywords:
Senate Committee, local government, SB2183, SB2046, committee substitute, legislative measures
Summary:
The meeting of the Senate Committee on Local Government was characterized by the passage of several significant bills, including SB2183, SB2046, SB434, and others with recommendations for further consideration. Discussions involved voting on committee substitutes and the implications of various legislative measures. Senator Paxton and other members provided insights and moved bills forward with emphatic support, leading to their successful passing out of committee. Importantly, the bills addressed various local government concerns, showcasing the committee's focus on practical legislative solutions.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- information of policyholders, underwriting, personnel, payroll, consumer claim information, risk assessment
- Risk assessment, summary reports, corporate governance disclosures, and information received from the
Committee:
Senate Banking and Insurance
Summary:
The committee met with a quorum present and temporarily postponed SB 480 before taking up four bills. SB 282, relating to home service warranty association finance requirements, was explained as aligning Florida’s home warranty solvency rules with the framework already adopted for motor vehicle extended warranties. Two amendments were adopted: one correcting a cross-reference tied to the $100 million net worth option and another making a technical title change. A representative of the Florida Service Agreement Association waived in support, and the bill was reported favorably.
The committee then considered two proposed committee bills preserving public records exemptions. SB 7008 would continue the exemption for certain records held by the Office of Financial Regulation related to financial technology sandbox applications, with staff explaining the exemption is narrow and intended to protect proprietary information. SPB 7010 would continue the exemption for sensitive records held by the Department of Financial Services when acting as receiver for an insolvent insurer, including policyholder personal information, claim data, and trade secrets; staff said the exemption mirrors existing protections and allows consumers to request their own information. Both measures were moved as committee bills and reported favorably.
Finally, SB 592 revising the My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program was heard. The bill narrows eligibility to certain condominiums, changes owner approval from unanimous consent to 75%, and clarifies eligible roof mitigation techniques. Two amendments were adopted: one requiring the grant work to match the initial inspection report and comply with inspection requirements, and another limiting grants to work that results in a mitigation discount. Testimony was supportive, including from home inspectors and AARP Florida, and senators praised the program’s benefits for hardening homes and lowering insurance costs. SB 592 was reported favorably, and the committee adjourned.
WV
West Virginia 2026 Regular Session
WV Senate Judiciary Committee in Session Mar 11th, 2026 at 03:59 pm
Judiciary
Transcript Highlights:
- Without any deference to FDA's ongoing post-market assessment of existing ingredients in the food supply
- replica I mean I guess it didn't plow new territory there because that's what those are current practices
- bill: what was kind of the origin story or the need for this, because I haven't found that in my practice
- That would certainly be a policy consideration for the body as to the practical effect of that.
- This is something— The practical effect of that.
Committee:
Senate Judiciary
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Select Committee on Electric Vehicles and Charging Infrastructure Nov 20th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- We have a very practical, useful-solution attitude, and we have been educating a lot of the OEMs on how
- We're doing a best practices study.
- We are eager to continue working with you and our agency partners on practical solutions.
- We're eager to continue to work with you and our agency partners on practical solutions.
- EVCA members operate in these settings daily, and we stand ready to help the state identify practical
Summary:
The joint informational hearing of the Select Committee on Electric Vehicles and Charging Infrastructure focused on California’s EV market, charging infrastructure, and the effects of recent federal actions. The chair opened by emphasizing California’s progress on EV adoption and charging reliability, but also noted ongoing challenges with affordability, access, interoperability, heavy-duty electrification, and federal headwinds. She highlighted interest in technologies such as inductive charging and thanked host organizations and staff before moving to the first panel.
State agency witnesses from Go-Biz, CARB, and the California Energy Commission described current programs and priorities. Go-Biz outlined its role in coordinating agencies, supporting permitting, and advancing the state’s ZEV market development strategy and equity action plan. CARB discussed federal attacks on its clean vehicle regulations, litigation to defend waiver authority, and the importance of incentives and regulatory programs such as Advanced Clean Trucks, Advanced Clean Fleets, Clean Truck Check, HVIP, and Clean Cars for All. The CEC detailed its funding and regulatory work on charging and fueling infrastructure, charger reliability, payment methods, roaming, and statewide planning, while stressing the need for more charging in multifamily housing and more public DC fast charging. All three agencies said federal rollbacks and permitting delays are major obstacles, but that California remains committed to expanding ZEV adoption.
The second panel featured advocates, local government, utility, and research perspectives. CalETC urged continuous state funding through the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund and emphasized the low-carbon fuel standard, multifamily charging, and managed charging. An EV advocacy group proposed a conquest-style state incentive for new and used EV buyers and argued that multifamily housing is a major untapped market, while also favoring Level 2 charging over Level 1 for most home and apartment settings. Los Angeles County and LADWP described large-scale local deployment of chargers, fleet electrification, workforce training, and the need for sustained funding, agency coordination, and streamlined permitting and grid interconnection. UCS recommended prioritizing replacement of older high-emitting vehicles, using fuel policy revenues to support cleaner cars, and expanding bidirectional charging. The chair closed by asking for more discussion on Level 1 versus Level 2 charging and noted the importance of education, affordability, and practical deployment strategies.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session 4/27/26 - Part 2
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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- </c><00:04:27.320><c> if</c> into rural Minnesota, into practice if into rural Minnesota, into practice
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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Student career pathways framework established 2/26/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, yeah, because we certainly would want the bill would come back for us to be able to assess from a
- Uh, yeah, because we certainly would want the bill would come back for us to be able to assess from a
- Uh, yeah, because we certainly would want the bill would come back for us to be able to assess from a
- </c><00:26:35.039><c> from</c><00:26:35.200><c> a</c> for us to be able to assess from a for us to be
- able to assess from a financial<00:26:35.760><c> perspective</c><00:26:36.240><c> and</c><00:26:36.320
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Education (3-3-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- And then the final is the annual assessment of school nutrition in the district.
- And then the final is the annual assessment of school nutrition in the district.
- And then the final is the annual assessment of school nutrition in the district.
- And then the final is the annual assessment of school nutrition in the district.
- And then the final is the annual assessment of school nutrition in the district.
Summary:
The Senate Standing Committee on Education met with a quorum and first took up Senate Bill 68, which was presented by Kentucky Department of Education staff as a cleanup measure to reduce duplicative or outdated reporting requirements. The bill, as amended by a committee substitute, would streamline reporting on local wellness policies, school breakfast programs, school budgets, audits, and school nutrition assessments, while preserving existing requirements to adopt wellness and physical activity policies and maintain audit obligations. Members asked whether removing reporting on physical activity and related topics would weaken oversight; KDE responded that districts would still have to adopt the policies and be reviewed under federal nutrition monitoring, but the state reports were often incomplete, hard to compare, and not especially useful. The committee adopted the substitute and passed SB 68 unanimously.
The committee then heard Senate Bill 207, the School Innovation Act, sponsored by Senator West. The bill would create an optional program allowing school districts to apply to the Kentucky Board of Education for waivers from certain administrative regulations and establish three-year “schools of innovation,” potentially with third-party partners, to give struggling schools more flexibility and a fresh start. Senator West said the model was inspired by a visit to a school of innovation in South Carolina and by examples from South Carolina and Indiana, and he argued that the bill would let districts try new approaches without mandating participation. He also said existing “district of innovation” language in statute is a relic and that the bill would replace it with a school-based model.
Committee members asked about fiscal impact, eligibility, and whether the bill was limited to failing schools. Senator West said the fiscal note was indeterminate because participation is voluntary and could range from none to many districts, but he expected little direct budget change and possible outside philanthropic funding if a district chose to participate. He said the bill does not limit participation to the bottom 5% of schools and would be left to local district discretion. Members also raised whether high-performing or specialized schools could use the model; West said yes, if a district chose. Supportive testimony emphasized that the bill could reduce burdensome oversight and allow schools more flexibility to innovate. The discussion ended with continued questions and no final action recorded in the excerpt.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Education Funding (03/04/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- He was continuing to test how the 80% floor would operate in practice. than zero the floor right now
- /c><03:52:01.720><c> cost</c> reasonably um arrived at uh cost reasonably um arrived at uh cost assessment
- for this now I want to talk assessment for this now I want to talk about<03:52:05.000><c> the</c><03
- There are three criteria used to track EFA success in our state: national tests, statewide assessments
- </c><04:04:09.520><c> and</c> Statewide assessments and Statewide assessments and portfolios<04:04:11.359
Summary:
The committee met in executive session on HB 563, which revises the adequacy education grant formula, including differentiated aid for free and reduced-price meals, English language learners, and special education, and also restores fiscal capacity disparity aid. Members explained that for FY 26 the formula largely stays the same with the usual 2% increases, while FY 27 would raise the base cost and several aid categories, including a substantial increase in special education differentiated aid. Supporters said the bill recognizes higher special education costs and separates fiscal capacity disparity from the extraordinary needs grant, which they argued better targets property-poor communities.
A major point of discussion was the fiscal capacity disparity aid component. Some members asked for more detail on how the formula affected individual towns and how much money was being allocated. The sponsors said the spreadsheet showed the impacts and estimated the fiscal capacity disparity portion at about $13.3 million, benefiting roughly 40 communities, with Manchester the only municipality expected to receive less under the new approach. They also said the change partially rebalances money that had shifted heavily toward larger cities under the extraordinary needs grant and that the special education increase is new money, not taken from the hold harmless or extraordinary needs funds.
Several members supported the amendment as a good-faith step and a bipartisan compromise, while others expressed frustration that they did not have enough time or information to review the spreadsheets in detail before voting. After extended debate, the committee recessed for lunch to allow the spreadsheet to be distributed and reviewed, with the understanding that the bill would continue later in the day and then move on to the other bills on the docket.