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FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Community Affairs Jan 20th, 2026

Community Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • It aims to enhance certainty and speed for development.
  • Gary Hunter, Florida Association of Community Developers, waves in support. Thank you.
  • community.
  • We recently had a county that had inadvertently collected impact fees from a developer in a 55-plus community
  • This is more on the front end, even obviously before it's been constructed or developed.
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.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

PBS Info Briefing - Mon Apr 20, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • communication, and water. communication, and water.
  • . communities. communities.
  • information out to the community. information out to the community.
  • communities in time of need. communities in time of need.
  • >> community >> community >> community reports<02:07:29.360> are<02:07:29.480
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

House Chamber - Mon Apr 20, 2026, 12:00PM HST - Day 47

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Item number four, Senate communications. Mr. Clerk, are there any Senate communications?
  • We're in receipt of a communication informing the House that the Senate has disagreed to the amendments
  • We're in further receipt of a communication informing the House that the Senate has appointed conferees
  • We're in further receipt of a<00:12:46.720> communication<00:12:47.360> informing<00:12
  • house that a communication informing the house that the<00:12:48.600> Senate<00:12:48.920>
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships Apr 22nd, 2025 at 02:04 pm

S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships

Transcript Highlights:
  • Strong families make strong communities.
  • I believe this affects many different communities, not just the veteran community, but also the LGBT
  • community and several others as it applies within the family.
  • I believe this affects many different communities, not just the veteran community, but LGBT and several
  • other different communities as it applies. but obviously within the family.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships Apr 22nd, 2025

S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships

Transcript Highlights:
  • Strong families make strong communities.
  • Strong families build strong communities, and strong families require strong fathers.
  • I believe this affects many different communities, not just the veteran community, but LGBT and several
  • other different communities as it applies. but obviously within the family.
  • You heard stories from the public, your community, and your constituents about parental rights.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Human Committee Meeting - 2026-04-09

Human Services Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • . communities. communities.
  • community once she has what she needs. community once she has what she needs.
  • Every I mean, we can every community.
  • <01:08:41.120> training collaboratives, and developing training collaboratives, and developing
  • safety and wellness in our communities. safety and wellness in our communities.
Summary: The Human Services Finance and Policy Committee approved the April 8, 2026 minutes and then heard House File 1767, as amended by the DE4 amendment. Representative Garande explained that the bill, originally intended to codify Integrated Community Supports (ICS), was being redirected because of concerns about fraud vulnerability and program integrity. The DE4 would create a smaller legislative study group to redesign ICS, pause DHS changes for about six months while the group develops a transition plan, continue DHS fraud investigations and enforcement, and ultimately terminate ICS as currently structured. Testimony in support came from Mr. Buck and Zania Harut of the Residential Providers Association of Minnesota, both of whom argued that ICS is unstable, inconsistently implemented, and in need of a new statutory foundation. They said the current system mixes different service models under one rate framework, lacks clear codification, and has shifting policy guidance that creates compliance problems for providers and risks to people receiving services. They emphasized that the bill would preserve oversight and enforcement while allowing time to build a replacement service with clearer rules, documentation standards, and guardrails. Members asked about effects on counties, providers, data, audits, and fraud enforcement. Representative Curran and Mr. Berg said the bill would not change funding structures or DHS’s existing authority to audit, request documentation, investigate fraud, or sanction bad actors, and that the study group would use existing data to identify where problems are concentrated. Vice Chair Gillman supported the study-group approach as a bipartisan, public process and raised concerns about whether the bill would prevent DHS from acting on known fraud; Curran responded that the language was intended to preserve those enforcement actions. The discussion ended without a final vote on the bill in the portion provided, beyond adoption of the DE4 amendment.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Commerce and Tourism Jan 21st, 2026

Commerce and Tourism

Transcript Highlights:
  • The first part relates to the Florida Small Cities Community Development Block Grant Program.
  • Current law is outdated, overly prescriptive, and cumbersome, slowing community and economic development
  • Chair and committee, this will help accelerate community and economic development by simplifying program
  • Florida's rural economic development initiative already is designed to help rural communities access
  • This will give small, distressed, unincorporated communities fair access to state rural development tools
Summary: The Committee on Commerce and Tourism heard and advanced several bills focused on economic development, consumer protection, workforce issues, and technology. SB 1076 would raise Florida’s research and development tax credit cap from $9 million to $50 million beginning with the 2027 allocation, and it was reported favorably. SB 1266, as amended, creates a cybersecurity experiential internship and clearance-readiness program with Cyber Florida and was also reported favorably. SB 554, a Florida Bar-backed update to the not-for-profit corporations statute, was approved without opposition. SB 1004, aimed at protecting buyers of dogs and cats from deceptive sales practices and predatory financing at retail pet stores, received supportive testimony from animal welfare advocates and was reported favorably. SB 1074, which sets rounding rules for cash transactions if pennies are unavailable, also passed favorably. The committee also considered SB 998, the Department of Commerce package, which combines updates to the Small Cities CDBG program, clarification of rural community eligibility, an exemption from a reverter clause for military-related land conveyances, and revisions to E-Verify enforcement. The E-Verify portion drew the most debate, with questions about employer cure periods, treatment of current investigations, and whether the bill creates a loophole for independent contractors. Senator Smith opposed the bill, arguing it creates unequal enforcement between employers and immigrant workers, while Senator Wright supported the military-related provisions. SB 998 was reported favorably on a divided vote. SB 214, which expands the rural community definition to include special districts in rural counties, was reported favorably. The committee then took up SB 482, an artificial intelligence consumer-protection bill that creates an “AI bill of rights” covering companion chatbots, parental controls for minors, data privacy, de-identified data, unauthorized use of likeness, and enforcement by the Attorney General, with a limited private cause of action for minors. The bill drew extensive testimony both in support and in opposition, including concerns about privacy, age verification, and enforcement, but it was reported favorably. Finally, the committee approved SPB 7030, a public-records exemption tied to Department of Legal Affairs investigations under the AI bill, and adjourned after members requested to be recorded on certain votes.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 4/16/26

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • In 2022, the city's parks and recreation department sought community feedback to develop a parks master
  • And with your blessing, I'd like to turn it over to Todd Peterson, our community development coordinator
  • My name is Todd Peterson, and I'm the community development coordinator for the city of Rozell.
  • <00:34:10.800> development Todd Peterson, our community development Todd Peterson, our community
  • Todd Peterson and I'm the community Todd Peterson and I'm the community development<00:34:20.720
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • there are impeding development. there are impeding development.
  • development.
  • <01:55:58.159> development.
  • <01:55:58.719> The housing and community development.
  • The housing and community development.
Summary: The joint public hearing covered several housing-related bills and one building-code measure. HB 1719 would make manufactured homes a permitted use by right on residentially zoned lots in the urban district, HB 1742 would authorize self-contained relocatable housing units with restrictions, and HB 1737 would clarify that a farm dwelling in an agricultural district may include an accessory employee housing structure. Testimony on these bills was overwhelmingly supportive from groups including Hawaii Realtors, Grassroot Institute of Hawaii, Housing Hawaii’s Future, the Modular Building Institute, the Hawaii Farmers Union, and others, with a few agencies offering comments. No one testified in opposition on HB 1719 or HB 1742, while HB 1737 drew one opposition and one comment in addition to broad support. No votes were taken during the hearing segment provided. A major portion of the hearing focused on HB 2049, which restructures the conveyance tax into a marginal-rate system and changes how the revenue is allocated, including funding for the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and the rental housing revolving fund, while also affecting the legacy land conservation fund. Supporters, including DHHL, Hawaii Appleseed, Aahu Youth Action Board, Hawaii YIMBY, and others, argued the bill would help Native Hawaiian housing and, for most transactions, function as a tax cut. Opponents, including NAP Hawaii, Hawaii Realtors, Hawaii Land Trust, Mhai Land Trust, and the Tax Foundation of Hawaii, objected to using conveyance tax as a revenue-generating tool and raised concerns about higher upfront costs and reduced funding for other housing uses. Committee members and staff discussed the bill’s revenue estimates, the reduced percentage but higher cap for the land conservation fund, the effect on rental housing funding, and the bill’s cost-of-living adjustment language; staff said a line-by-line comparison of the current and proposed tax structure would be provided before decision-making. The hearing also took up HB 1725, which would extend the state building code adoption cycle from two years to six years, apply the IRC to triplexes and fourplexes, allow counties to adopt more or less stringent amendments, and appropriate funds for code adoption work. Most testimony supported the bill, with advocates saying the current process is unmanageable, too resource-intensive, and creates confusion because state and county codes can diverge; supporters said a longer cycle would improve clarity and allow more focused review. The International Code Council and the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers opposed the measure, warning that delaying adoption could have negative consequences and urging the committee to let an existing statewide code-adoption strategy proceed first. Members asked about sequencing, county implementation, and whether the longer cycle would create catch-up problems, but no action was taken in the excerpt provided.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • Resources Development with comments. Resources Development with comments.
  • Finance and Development Corporation. Finance and Development Corporation.
  • :51:14.000> a This requires developers developing a This requires developers developing a housing
  • They all add to the community.
  • Finance and Development Corporation. Finance and Development Corporation.
Summary: The House Housing Committee met on February 4 and heard testimony on several housing measures, beginning with HB1721, which clarifies insurance, indemnification, and certificate-of-occupancy requirements for expedited permits. Testimony on HB1721 was uniformly supportive from the American Council of Engineering Companies, the Grassroot Institute, and individual testifiers, who said the bill would fix insurance issues for design professionals and encourage more participation in the expedited-permit program. No opposition was heard and no questions were raised. The committee then heard HB1714, which would raise salary caps for the executive director and deputy executive director positions at the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation and allow more autonomy in personnel matters, including employment contracts. HHFDC supported the bill, saying greater flexibility is needed to recruit and retain staff and that current pay ceilings are not the main issue because the agency lacks operating funds to reach them. The Department of Human Resources Development offered comments and raised concerns about autonomous personnel authority and employment contracts, saying state personnel matters are governed by existing statutes and collective bargaining rules; the Hawaii Public Housing Authority also offered comments, and one board member and one individual opposed the measure. Members questioned whether performance-based pay or existing incentive policies could address retention instead of statutory salary changes. The committee also heard HB1718, which would make permanent county authority to facilitate mixed-use developments and issue county bonds for low- and moderate-income housing projects. Support came from OPSD, HHFDC, the City and County of Honolulu’s Department of Housing and Land Management, and Housing Hawaii’s Future, all emphasizing that permanent authority is needed to finance long-term mixed-use and transit-oriented projects. A member asked whether the sunset provision would make bonding impractical, and the city representative agreed that temporary authority would make financing difficult because development takes time. Later, the committee took up HB1732, establishing the Kamina Homes program to fund counties’ purchase of voluntary deed restrictions from eligible buyers. The Department of Taxation and several groups, including HHFDC, AARP Hawaii, the Tax Foundation of Hawaii, Hawaii Realtors, Holomua Collaborative, and others testified, with most supporting the bill as a way to help local families remain in Hawaii and age in place. Holomua said a recent survey found 75% of 3,200 working families were considering moving, and argued the bill could preserve housing for local residents. Members asked about the bill’s 8% cap on deed-restriction cost and why the program focuses on residency rather than resale restrictions; the bill’s proponents said the cap allows flexibility for county negotiations and that the measure is aimed at workforce preservation rather than land-trust-style appreciation limits. Finally, the committee heard HB1740, which would modify a prior HHFDC housing pathway by reducing the qualified-resident requirement from 100% to 80% and allowing more flexibility for long-term rental instead of owner occupancy. HHFDC and Holomua Collaborative supported the change, saying the earlier 100% requirement had produced no developments or applicants and that the revised standard would make projects more feasible while still preserving housing for local residents. The committee did not take final votes on these measures during the portion of the hearing provided.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development May 12th, 2026

Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is the meeting of the Senate Committee on Ag, Forestry, and Rural Development.
  • And what I mean by that is there's an economic development aspect to what you guys do, right? Yes.
  • In Louisiana right now, we're trying to look at expanding economic development into a lot of new areas
  • It has implications that put us in a situation we don't want to be in, and with the development that
  • our state is looking at across the sectors, not only in ag, but in economic development and that end
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • development in support. development in support.
  • Avalon Development in support. Avalon Development in support.
  • water for your development. water for your development.
  • Yamamaica. development. Um development.
  • Development in support. Development in support.
Summary: The House Housing Committee heard testimony on a series of housing-related Senate bills. SB 2190 SD2 on inclusionary zoning drew support from HHFDC, Hawaii YIMBY, Grassroot Institute, Housing Hawaii’s Future, and Hako Seed Center, with opposition from OHA and Aloha Independent Living Hawaii. SB 2338 SD1, dealing with housing agency personnel authority, received comments from the Attorney General cautioning that the bill should be clarified to avoid conflicts with civil service and collective bargaining laws and recommending removal of a provision limiting employment contracts; HHFDC said its comments addressed those concerns and supported the measure. SB 2424 SD1, concerning HHFDC, received broad support from housing, business, and community groups, with one opposition. Testimony focused on changing the definition of “qualified resident” so people who already own an HHFDC-assisted unit could later purchase another if their housing needs change; HHFDC said the current rule forces people to sell before buying again and that the bill would help people move up the housing ladder and encourage more housing development. SB 2356 on parking also drew broad support from state agencies, housing advocates, business groups, and local officials, with Unite Here Local 5 in opposition. SB 2981 on land use had strong support from many organizations and 67 individuals, with Unite Here Local 5 opposing. SB 3028 SD2 on property conveyance generated the most detailed policy debate. Supporters, including Catholic Charities Hawaii, Hawaii Children’s Action Network, Indivisible Hawaii, and others, backed restructuring the conveyance tax into a marginal rate system and urged changes to revenue allocations, including dedicated funding for homeless services, DHHL, and the rental housing revolving fund. The Tax Foundation of Hawaii supported the marginal-rate concept but opposed dedicated special-fund allocations and criticized the bill’s blank sections. Committee members questioned the historical purpose of the conveyance tax, and the Tax Foundation explained it was originally a modest tax tied to property-value tracking when the state still ran the property tax system. The committee also heard SB 3187 SD2 on off-site construction, SB 2378 SD2 on housing permitting, and SB 2398 SD2 on residential housing utilities. OPSD supported SB 3187 but said it preferred the House version and wanted clarification that off-site certification should apply to factories in Hawaii, not out of state, to avoid outsourcing labor; it also suggested starting with a small scope. SB 2378 SD2 drew support from engineering, housing, and labor groups, with testimony that the House version included needed fixes to make the program insurable. On SB 2398 SD2, the Board of Water Supply opposed the bill, saying it could require disclosure of sensitive infrastructure information beyond ordinary water-availability assessments and raise critical-infrastructure and cybersecurity concerns; developers and housing groups supported the measure. No votes or final actions were taken in the portion of the hearing provided.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Apr 30th, 2025

Ways and Means Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • But we need them to move and invest their time in our community.
  • Their economic development authority just put money into it.
  • The ones that occur in our communities are by people who live in our communities who People who live
  • With an abatement, nothing stops when you sign a development agreement.
  • I think you mentioned it was the economic developer. ...mentioned it was the economic developer or the
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Capital Investment Committee 3/25/25

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • It allows us to develop single-family homes, including on community land trusts, and it allows us to
  • It's a significant issue that we see in many communities, and the development of that infrastructure,
  • of<00:28:54.039> that communities and the development of that communities and the development
  • development agency and County community development agency and I<00:40:59.119> am<00:40:59.240
  • The loan would also be used to develop or rehabilitate housing to meet community needs, and that housing
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Rules Feb 13th, 2026 at 09:19 am

Senate Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • My community had a mass shooting of teenagers killing teenagers at Young Park last year.
  • working with communities hand in hand.
  • We've been very aggressive in developing a smarter grid.
  • We're very focused on long-range plans for our community.
  • investments across our state, including in our tribal and Pueblo communities.
Bills: SM20, SM9, SJR6, HB124