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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Advancing Education in Minnesota – Senator Steve Cwodzinski Apr 7th, 2025
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The opportunity is large, but...
- I appreciate the opportunity. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
- I want to thank you for the opportunity to support Chairman Landgraf's bill.
- But thank you so much, Chairman, for the opportunity to testify.
- Chairman and members for the opportunity.
Committee:
House Energy Resources
Keywords:
carbon sequestration, environmental policy, Texas, energy, climate change, regulatory council, geothermal energy, workforce development, education and training, energy industry, apprenticeship, energy production, energy policy, renewable energy, state council, administrative law, public information, transparency, government accountability, judicial process
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you for the opportunity to address the committee.
- Thank you for the opportunity to address the committee.
- Thank you for the opportunity to address the committee.
- We didn't take questions on the bill as amended, but I'm sure you would have taken the opportunity.
- We didn't take questions on the bill as amended, but I'm sure you would have taken the opportunity.
Committee:
Senate Regulated Industries
Summary:
The committee began by postponing SB 1742 on condos until the following week, then took up SB 1298 on building construction. Senator Simon said the bill would require continued education for long-licensed building professionals, clarify interagency sharing of building officials, limit residential inspectors to one- and two-family homes, revive a paid internship for residential planning examiners, modernize permit signatures, and clarify contractor responsibility when work changes hands. The bill drew supportive waivers and was reported favorably.
Members then considered SB 940 on third-party restaurant reservation platforms. A delete-everything amendment was adopted to target bots and unauthorized resale of restaurant reservations, while preserving direct restaurant-platform relationships and requiring consumer contact information when reservations are made through noncontractual platforms. The Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association and Booking Holdings supported the measure, and CS/SB 940 was reported favorably. SB 638 on home inspectors also passed after the sponsor explained it would raise education requirements from 120 to 200 hours, add instruction on building code, wind mitigation, four-point and insurance inspections, and require $300,000 in errors-and-omissions coverage; it was reported favorably.
The committee next approved SB 960 on elevator accessibility, allowing additional shorter support rails while keeping the existing 42-inch rail requirement. SB 196 on foods containing vaccines or vaccine materials was amended to address mRNA language and cosmetics safety standards, with the committee adopting amendments and then reporting the bill favorably. SB 1418 on heated tobacco products was amended to clarify the definition of heated tobacco products and exclude other forms such as hookah; it also passed favorably. The committee also recommended confirmation of a block of board and commission appointees.
Finally, SB 1262 on construction contracting was amended to add contractor continuing-education topics, strengthen penalties for unlicensed activity, create a standardized disciplinary reporting system, and require timely refunds and project completion standards; it was reported favorably with support from the Florida Home Builders Association. SB 1304 on solar facilities was then approved after extensive testimony from rural county commissioners and local officials who argued that utility-scale solar on agricultural land has grown without sufficient local oversight and that decommissioning rules are needed to protect farmland and communities. The bill would repeal the current by-right treatment of solar facilities on ag land and authorize counties to adopt decommissioning ordinances; it was reported favorably after a technical amendment.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Judiciary Committee Mar 11th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- It gives them an opportunity to achieve justice. This also serves the broader public interest.
- We found too many of our survivors lost the opportunity to file because we needed more time.
- Chair and members, for giving me the opportunity to present AB 373.
- And so we're going to get to work early and work hard, make sure everyone has the opportunity.
- Make sure everyone has the opportunity to present their bills and the witnesses the chance.
Summary:
The Assembly Judiciary Committee heard three bills. AB 250 by Majority Leader Aguiar-Curry would extend a limited window for survivors of sexual assault to seek civil recourse against perpetrators and entities that allegedly covered up abuse. The author and supporters, including survivor Maya Alexander and Equal Rights Advocates, said many survivors need years before they can come forward and that the bill would improve accountability and public safety. One member raised concerns about the bill’s application to private employers and the exclusion of public employees, but the bill was advanced on a motion to Appropriations and later placed on call until additional votes were added.
AB 373 by Assemblymember Rubio would require appointed counsel for non-minor dependents in extended foster care to represent the young adult’s expressed wishes rather than substitute the attorney’s judgment. Supporters from California Youth Connection and the Children’s Law Center said 18- to 21-year-olds in foster care are legal adults and should have their voices fully respected in court. Members discussed how the bill would work in practice and whether it applied only to appointed counsel; the bill was moved to Human Services and later cleared after additional votes were added.
AB 387 by Assemblymember Alanis, as amended, would exempt probation officers from criminal jury service. The author and supporters argued probation officers are deeply involved in the criminal justice process, often get dismissed anyway, and should be focused on supervision and court-related duties rather than jury duty. The Judicial Council opposed the bill, warning that categorical exemptions shrink the jury pool and set a bad precedent. After debate over fairness, precedent, and the role of probation officers, the committee voted the bill out on a do pass motion.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Judiciary Jan 14th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- It is an equal opportunity.
- What suggestions, thoughts, opportunities for improvement?
- They have an opportunity to try to deal with themselves.
- This litigation privilege creates an opportunity for litigants to file false and damaging allegations
- Thank you. again for the opportunity to present the workgroup's findings and recommendations.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> haven't had the opportunity to see it. haven't had the opportunity to see it.
- So, I think there's a real opportunity here.
- </c> think there's a real opportunity here. think there's a real opportunity here.
- We have other bills that opportunities.
- </c> really provide an equitable opportunity really provide an equitable opportunity uh<04:42:11.600>
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 01/21/25
Environment, Climate, and Legacy
Transcript Highlights:
- She also said she had the opportunity this fall to visit Hawaii, where her son has decided to attend
- </c> provide outdoor recreation opportunities provide outdoor recreation opportunities and<00:35:24.560
- So it's really a transformational opportunity.
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- </c> federal to State funding um opportunity federal to State funding um opportunity is<02:10:37.679>
Committee:
Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you for the opportunity to make this presentation with respect to HB 1026.
- So there's different angles that we're approaching this from, but I really like the opportunity to be
- Chairman and members, thank you for the opportunity to present this bill.
- we're in a perfect spot, sweet spot of being able to address Carrizo Springs needs, as well as an opportunity
- Thank you for the opportunity. As for your favorable consideration of this piece of legislation.
Committee:
House S/C on International Relations
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you for the opportunity to make this presentation with respect to HB1026.
- So there's different angles that we're approaching this from, but I really like the opportunity to be
- Chairman and members, thank you for the opportunity to present this bill.
- we're in a perfect spot, a sweet spot, of being able to address Carrizo's needs, as well as an opportunity
- Thank you for the opportunity. I ask for your favorable consideration of this piece of legislation.
Committee:
House S/C on International Relations
Keywords:
transportation, Farm-to-Market Road, highway designation, Texas Transportation Commission, state highway system, SCR 37, Senate Concurrent Resolution, Panama Canal, Texas ports, port infrastructure, maritime trade, shipping lanes, supply chain resilience, global commerce, exports, LNG, liquefied natural gas, crude oil, refined petroleum, agriculture
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you, Lord, for the opportunity to be here today.
- Thank you, Lord, for the opportunity to be here in front of everyone from Texas and representing everyone
- This session, we have the opportunity to ensure that all Texans and their faith traditions are celebrated
- So it is simply an opportunity to get up and stand up and visit about things on your heart and what's
- If you would like to take the opportunity to visit with me, please contact Page to schedule a time to
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee 5/13/26
Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- What a missed opportunity.
- Um, this is a real missed opportunity. Thank you. serious problem more seriously.
- What a missed opportunity. disappointed. What a missed opportunity.
- > these</c><00:53:25.520><c> robust</c> opportunity to do these robust opportunity to do these robust
- </c> but we have given them every opportunity but we have given them every opportunity to<00:54:54.720
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- I think the operative word is we're trying to identify opportunities to improve, really.
- I think there's a phenomenal opportunity here.
- And I'm glad we're able to vet out some of those opportunities.
- I think there's a phenomenal opportunity here.
- And I'm glad we're able to vet out some of those opportunities.
Committee:
House Ways & Means
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 5 on Corrections, Public Safety, Judiciary, Labor and Transportation May 28th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- warrant or subpoena, including a gag order, so that California would neither know nor have any opportunity
- we're going to move forward to the actual vote on the items, and then at the end we'll have an opportunity
- And I'm going to start off, and then each member will have the opportunity to share any comments that
- For example, hospitality training academy, training Angelenos for unionized careers; California Opportunity
- development with programs that are the responsibilities of other budget committees to expand the job opportunities
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Committee on Economic Development, Growth, and Household Impact Apr 21st, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- The goal of AB 2516 is really to take those challenges and create an opportunity.
- And as the member said, challenged opportunity, the intervention to bring down the cost of supply chain
- equipment is an opportunity to build the higher-road jobs that we lost in a prior generation.
- But the opportunity that Chair Petrie-Norris identified is really the interesting and great thing about
- And if we approach this strategically, there really is an opportunity for us to make these investments
Summary:
The Assembly Committee on Economic Development, Growth, and Household Impact heard AB 2516 by Assemblymember Petrie-Norris, which would create the California Grid Manufacturing Initiative within GO-Biz. The author and supporters said the bill is intended to address supply chain delays and rising costs for critical grid equipment, speed clean energy deployment, improve reliability, and encourage in-state manufacturing and high-road jobs. Support came from labor and industry representatives including UAW, IBEW, the California Labor Federation, CWA District 9, BlueGreen Alliance, California Labor for Climate Jobs, TURN, and Ingersoll Rand; no opposition was registered. Committee members raised affordability concerns, and the bill was moved to Appropriations and passed 7-1.
The committee also heard ACR 173 by Assemblymember Carrillo, which would formalize a sister-state relationship between California and Jalisco, Mexico. Carrillo emphasized cultural, economic, and demographic ties, cooperation on issues such as agriculture, labor, technology, and education, and immigrant protections. There were no witnesses in opposition, and the resolution was adopted.
The consent calendar included AB 2163 by Gonzalez and ACR 164 by Bains and ACR 166 by Avila Farías, all of which were approved. After quorum was established, the committee took roll, recorded multiple aye votes from absent members, and then adjourned after reporting all items out.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you for the opportunity to testify in support of Senate File 2373.
- Thank you for the opportunity to testify in support of Senate File 2373.
- Thank you for the opportunity to testify in support of Senate File 2373.
- Thank you for the opportunity to testify in support of Senate File 2373.
- Thank you for the opportunity to testify in support of Senate File 2373.
Committee:
Senate Labor
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- So I love it, and I'm so thankful for this opportunity to be here. So thank you. Thank you, Kaylin.
- This past June, Idaho had a great opportunity to work with Beef.
- They just don't have the opportunity to go out to a fancy place to go to dinner before prom or homecoming
- So another opportunity that we had was an Albertsons training event.
- So I think this is a model that will continue to work on to provide producers with those opportunities
Committee:
House Agricultural Affairs
Summary:
The committee began by approving the minutes from February 18, 2026, and welcomed a new page, Kaylin Short, who briefly introduced herself. The sponsor then presented House Bill 662, explaining that it would allow additional milk quality parameters, including potential bacteria-related testing, to be addressed in rule. He noted the bill would let the department create a new category and establish rules for how such testing would be handled, and he asked for a due pass recommendation.
A motion was made and the committee voted unanimously to send House Bill 662 to the floor with a due pass recommendation. The sponsor was excused after agreeing to carry the bill on the floor. The committee then received an informational presentation from the Idaho Beef Council on its checkoff-funded work, including consumer promotion, research, education, beef quality assurance training, Spanish-language training, and food insecurity efforts through Beef Counts.
Council representatives described recent marketing campaigns such as “Real People, Real Stories,” an Albertsons training partnership, and a “hero” video highlighting Idaho ranching and sustainability. They also discussed collaboration with University of Idaho Extension on BQA training and noted an online BQA option through NCBA. No action was taken on the presentation, and the chair adjourned the meeting after noting two supporters of House Bill 662 had not been given time to testify.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- So I love it, and I'm so thankful for this opportunity to be here. So thank you. Thank you, Kaylin.
- This past June, Idaho had a great opportunity to work with Beef.
- They just don't have the opportunity to go out to a fancy place to go to dinner before prom or homecoming
- So another opportunity that we had was an Albertsons training event.
- So I think this is a model that will continue to work to provide producers with those opportunities.
Committee:
House Agricultural Affairs
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Early Learning & Human Services Feb 3rd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- I appreciate the opportunity to work with DSHS on reimagining themselves.
- get a chance to work with state agencies to make things streamlined and better, that's a great opportunity
- we get a chance to work with state agencies to make things streamlined and better that's a great opportunity
- we'll have a couple of yeses on this side and a couple of noes, and thank you very much for the opportunity
- we'll have a couple of yeses on this side and a couple of noes, and thank you very much for the opportunity
Summary:
The House Early Learning & Human Services Committee met in executive session on three bills. House Bill 2200, concerning JLARC review of safety and stability outcomes for DSHS developmental disabilities clients and a DSHS public reporting requirement, was amended with a technical correction (House Amendment 799) and then reported out with a do pass recommendation. Supporters said the substitute shifts from a dashboard to an annual downloadable report, delays the timeline, and asks JLARC to recommend a methodology for future data collection; one member raised concerns about possible stigma and impacts on providers, but the bill passed 9-2.
House Bill 2468, which updates DSHS statutory references to reflect agency restructuring and makes related technical changes, was advanced without amendment after the substitute reinstated the Dementia Action Collaborative expiration date and the requirement for two permanent employees to review the no-paid-services caseload. Members described it as a non-substantive cleanup bill to streamline and harmonize agency law. It was reported out unanimously, 11-0.
House Bill 2660, authorizing courts to order conditions to keep a child under age five safe in the home after a shelter care hearing, had several proposed amendments withdrawn before action. The remaining amendment, Wickham 848, was adopted; it adds that the conditions must be the least restrictive necessary, reviewed every 30 days, and consistent with state and federal Indian Child Welfare Act requirements. The substitute bill then passed 9-2, with supporters saying it responds to recent critical incidents and opponents noting concerns but acknowledging shared commitment to child safety. The committee then adjourned and noted there would be no meeting the following day.
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Commerce and Small Business Committee Apr 29th, 2025
Commerce and Small Business
Transcript Highlights:
- can add language that makes the individual that gives the city council or the city of Moody the opportunity
- Number two, will taxpayers have the opportunity to vote on this matter and will there be any public hearings
- or opportunities for any public hearings or opportunities for input from taxpayers?
- Thank you for allowing me this opportunity to speak. My name is Terricia Huffman.
- Under this bill, the public is completely shut out from any opportunity to comment.
Bills:
SB330
Committee:
House Commerce and Small Business
Keywords:
water management, regional boards, municipal governance, ethics compliance, public utility, 1136, house, all
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session Mar 27th, 2025
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We thank you for the privilege of serving the people of Minnesota. and for the opportunity to work together
- Dear Speaker Damath, I respectfully request the opportunity to address a joint meeting of the 94th State
- This is an opportunity to give them the resources to help them.
- But I would be remiss not to take the opportunity to talk a little bit about this bill and the impact
- Thank you, Madam Speaker, and members for the opportunity to bring forward House File 1295.