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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Elect Committee Meeting - 2026-03-11

Elections Finance and Government Operations

Transcript Highlights:
  • , is to focus on economic development, is to focus on economic development, land<00:02:00.000>
  • /c><00:04:45.759> of developed a comprehensive framework of developed a comprehensive framework
  • support of house file 4077. support of house file 4077.
  • the developments will look like. the developments will look like.
  • will come to House File 3886. will come to House File 3886.
Bills: HF4077, HF3798, HF3886
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Intergovernmental Affairs Apr 8th, 2025

Intergovernmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • housing units on those properties.
  • House Bill 158 will be left pending at this time. The chair lays out House Bill 3509.
  • and issues tax-exempt bonds to fund its housing. ...housing initiatives.
  • House Bill 714 will be left pending at this time. The Chair lays out House Bill 714.
  • I'm in favor of House Bill 3948.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Intergovernmental Affairs Apr 8th, 2025

Intergovernmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • I believe House Bill 4313...
  • It's the cost associated with the houses and the developments, ultimately affecting affordable housing
  • So if you build into your development, you know, you're putting in X number of houses, you use a...
  • Infrastructure development needs directly contribute to more affordable housing.
  • They're permitted through the developer. So the developer would go to TCEQ.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 3/23/26

Elections Finance and Government Operations

Transcript Highlights:
  • c><01:13:58.960> two<01:13:59.199> former housing in Duth to develop two former housing
  • challenges we have with housing challenges we have with housing development.<01:14:20.320> Taking
  • be developed for single family housing. be developed for single family housing.
  • We utilize creative zoning applications for a number of housing developments to a planned unit development
  • We utilize creative zoning applications for a number of housing developments to a planned unit development
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

EIG Public Hearing 02-05-2026

Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • The technology ensures that access to clean energy is not limited by housing status.
  • One, amend the bill to ensure plug-in solar is accessible across housing types, not just condominiums
  • <00:04:08.080> In<00:04:08.319> addition,<00:04:08.720> plug-in housing status
  • In addition, plug-in housing status.
  • <00:04:24.000> types,<00:04:24.320> not<00:04:24.479> just across housing types
Bills: SB2671, SB2902
Summary: The Senate Committee on Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs heard two measures. SB 2671, relating to essential permitting positions, drew no oral testimony beyond written comments from the Department of the Attorney General and the Office of Planning. The chair said the bill was intended to make government more efficient and reduce red tape in the permitting process. SB 2902, relating to renewable energy, received testimony from the Division of Consumer Advocacy, the Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission, the Public Utilities Commission, Kauai Island Cooperative, Bright Saver, and 350 Hawaii. Supporters described the bill as a way to expand access to plug-in or balcony solar, lower electricity bills, improve resilience, and broaden access for renters and apartment residents. Several testifiers urged amendments to avoid limiting the measure to condominiums, to remove condominium board approval language, and to eliminate utility or PUC registration requirements. The PUC said registration could help with safety, linemen protection, and circuit hosting-capacity concerns, and noted that improper installation or oversizing could create problems. After a brief recess, the committee voted to recommend both bills for passage with amendments and deferred each to April 19, 2042. The recommendations were adopted without objection.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

House Chamber - Tue Mar 24, 2026, 12:00PM HST - Day 33

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • the Hawaii House of Representatives. the Hawaii House of Representatives.
  • your House of Representatives. your House of Representatives.
  • House of Representatives. Mahalo. House of Representatives. Mahalo.
  • House of Representatives. House of Representatives.
  • stand and welcome to the State House. stand and welcome to the State House.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Workforce Development Committee Meeting - 2026-04-09

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:01:24.880> File<00:01:25.280> 3217 House File 3217 House File 3217 to<00:01:27.200>
  • House File 2252. House File 2252. >> Thank<00:15:44.240> you.
  • MBA supports House File 2252.
  • housing allocation today. housing allocation today.
  • > the<00:40:28.320> housing available for house, the housing available for house, the housing
Bills: HF3217, HF2252
Summary: The committee first approved the prior day’s minutes as amended, correcting the meeting number from the 46th to the 45th meeting. It then took up House File 3217, which would restore funding for the Minnesota Bioincentive Program. Representative Kisha argued the state should honor commitments made to companies that met program requirements and had not received full reimbursement. Testifiers from the Great Plains Institute and Minnesota Biofuels Association said the program has supported bioeconomy investment, reduced greenhouse gas emissions, and generated strong economic returns, but has been underfunded, leaving unpaid claims. Members raised questions about whether the bill was retrospective and whether it should be reviewed by another committee; the bill was laid over for further consideration without a vote. The committee then heard House File 2252, a proposal to modernize Minnesota’s private activity bond volume cap by shifting unused allocation from the small issuer/manufacturing bucket to the public facilities bucket while leaving the overall cap unchanged. The bill’s public finance testifier said the current allocation formula is outdated, housing would remain the top priority, and the change would be budget neutral. Testifiers from the Minnesota Milk Producers Association and Minnesota Biofuels Association supported the bill, saying it would better align financing with rural infrastructure, clean water, manure management, renewable natural gas, dairy processing, and low-carbon fuel projects, and could lower borrowing costs for those sectors. Members questioned whether the bill fit the committee’s jurisdiction and noted it might be more appropriate for another committee; the bill was also laid over for further consideration.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Committee Meeting - 2026-04-09

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
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  • House File 4077 puts people first. House File 4077 puts people first.
  • information businesses need to develop. information businesses need to develop.
  • We are here today in opposition to House File 4077, a bill which would inhibit economic development in
  • houses going in. houses going in.
Summary: The Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee approved the minutes from March 25 and March 26, then took up House File 4077, a bipartisan bill authored by Representatives Greenman and Roach. The bill would prohibit municipalities from entering into non-disclosure agreements with private entities that restrict disclosure about land development, economic development, or publicly funded projects, while preserving existing Chapter 13 data practices rules and trade secret protections. The authors argued the bill is needed to prevent secret agreements and backroom decision-making that undermine public transparency, and they moved that the bill be re-referred to the general register. Several local officials and residents testified in support, including a St. Louis County commissioner, the mayor of Lonsdale, and residents from Farmington and Hermantown. Supporters said NDAs had been used in connection with data center and other development projects to keep elected officials and the public in the dark, eroding trust and limiting community input. They described the bill as a common-sense transparency measure and said existing law already protects legitimate trade secrets. Opposition came from the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce and the Minnesota Business Partnership, which argued that NDAs are often necessary in early-stage economic development discussions to protect sensitive business information and remain competitive with other states. They warned the bill could discourage investment, jobs, and tax growth, and said it would impose a one-size-fits-all state mandate that limits local discretion. Committee members then debated whether the bill was too broad and whether it should be narrowed to data centers; supporters responded that the issue extends beyond data centers to other forms of economic development. A roll call vote was requested on the motion to re-refer the bill to the general register, but the final vote result was not stated in the transcript excerpt.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Community Affairs Jan 27th, 2026

Community Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Housing developments.
  • I think the reality of the housing situation in South Florida is there’s not enough housing for the residents
  • And that allows us to build housing that's accessible to people who are first starting out with housing
  • or for infill development.
  • My intent is that there are places that we could continue to develop that just have not been developed
Summary: The committee took up a series of land use, housing, local government, and public notice bills, along with a firefighter cancer bill and a bill on temporary door locking devices. SB 984 on firefighter cancer benefits and prevention was explained as clarifying access to death benefits and a one-time cancer payment for firefighters; it was reported favorably. SB 1612 required local governments to accept electronic payments online; it also passed favorably. SB 1180 created a recall framework for elected community development district board members and, through a strike-all amendment, also addressed synthetic turf enforcement and expanded compact urban mixed-use district definitions; the amendment was adopted and the bill was reported favorably. SB 936 allowed temporary door locking devices above the finished floor and directed the Building Commission to add standards to the Florida Building Code; it passed favorably. The committee also considered SB 380 on legal notices, which would let certain local government entities publish notices on their own websites or other designated sites instead of relying on newspapers in more cases. The Florida Press Association, Common Cause, and newspaper representatives opposed the bill, arguing it would fragment public notice access and make notices harder to find and verify, while supporters said it would modernize and reduce costs. The bill’s amendment clarified which agencies were covered, and the committee reported the bill favorably. SB 962 on affordable housing narrowed prior zoning preemption language so working farms and farm operations would not be unintentionally captured by Live Local-style rules; it passed favorably. SB 1444 on state preemption and religious expression, private clubs, and minor home construction drew support from religious freedom advocates and opposition from cities and counties, which warned of vague terms and overbroad preemption; it was reported favorably. The committee then approved SB 218, which would limit the reach of last session’s hurricane recovery land-use preemption to counties actually damaged by hurricanes and restore normal local land-use authority in unaffected counties. SB 1434 on infill redevelopment would streamline zoning and subdivision approvals for environmentally impacted parcels in certain urban counties to encourage housing on contaminated or underused land; counties and local-government groups opposed it as an overbroad preemption and raised concerns about the environmental threshold and density provisions, but the bill was reported favorably. SB 1020 on chickees prohibited local ordinances from blocking chickee construction if setback requirements are met and made unauthorized attempts to circumvent the building code a misdemeanor; it passed favorably. Finally, SB 948 on local government land development regulations and orders, as amended, proposed a statewide starter-home framework with lot-split and zoning changes to increase housing supply; local-government and planning groups warned it would function as a rigid statewide zoning code and could drive overdevelopment, while housing advocates supported it as necessary state action. The committee reported the bill favorably after extensive debate.
TX
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

AEN Public Hearing 03-23-2026

Agriculture and Environment

Transcript Highlights:
  • On House Bill 1953, House >> Yep. Got it.
  • Bill 2548, House draft 1, >> on House Bill 2548, House draft 1, passing<00:19:13.360> with
  • >> on house bill 2549 house draft one >> on house bill 2549 house draft one passing<00:20
  • >> On House Bill 2551, >> On House Bill 2551, House<00:20:47.760> draft<00:20:48.240
  • >> On House Bill 2216, House draft 2 of the >> On House Bill 2216, House draft 2 of the four
Summary: The committee heard several agriculture-related bills. HB 1953 would create a two-year conservation and environmental stewardship pilot program in the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity (DAB); testimony from Agriculture Stewardship Hawaii supported investing in conservation agriculture and farm practices that protect waterways and native species. HB 248 would establish a climate-resilient food systems grant program, with DAB explaining the types of equipment and processing investments such grants could support, such as coffee roasting, packaging, harvesting equipment, and other value-added infrastructure. HB 2246 would create a grant administration program and revolving fund to help DAB manage grants; DAB said the bill would help leverage federal, state, county, and private funding by retaining part of the indirect cost recovery to meet matching requirements. HB 2549 would create a clean plant program to produce and distribute disease-free plant material, and reforestation advocates said it would support large-scale reforestation efforts. HB 2551 would fund an area fruit fly suppression program; DAB described sterile fruit fly technology and said the program could help reduce fruit fly populations statewide. HB 2216 would authorize DAB to package and sell part of its loan portfolio to third parties, and HB 2152 would clarify liability and penalties for dog attacks on livestock, with the Hawaii Sheep and Goat Association discussing proposed language and the Hawaiian Humane Society’s suggested amendment on euthanasia procedures. Testimony was largely supportive across the measures, with DAB, Hawaii Farm Bureau, and other agriculture and conservation groups generally backing the bills. There was some discussion on funding levels and implementation details, including DAB’s estimate of about $750,000 for three clean plant stations and a question about the appropriations needed for the fruit fly suppression program. For HB 2152, the chair noted an amendment incorporating Hawaiian Humane Society language that would require surrender of a dog found to have caused livestock loss or damage for humane euthanasia within 24 hours. In decision-making, the committee voted to pass all of the measures discussed, most with technical amendments or date-defect amendments to July 1, 2050. HB 1953, HB 2548, HB 2549, HB 2551, HB 2216, and HB 2152 were all adopted unanimously by the members present, and HB 2246 also passed with technical amendments. The chair’s amendment to HB 2152 was specifically adopted to include the humane euthanasia language.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

AEN-HHS, HHS Public Hearings 03-23-2026

Agriculture and Environment

Transcript Highlights:
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  • Yeah, we have all kinds from inside the house to outside the house and then concerning the leach field
  • of this bill, House Bill 1749. of this bill, House Bill 1749.
  • said the economic value of a house said the economic value of a house with<00:22:03.560> an
  • . housing. housing.
Summary: The committee heard testimony on several cesspool-related measures. HB 1730 HD2 would create a cesspool conversion implementation working group to help the Department of Health review rules and practices and develop changes to make conversions more affordable. DOH and DLNR stood on written testimony, while environmental and wastewater advocates strongly supported the bill, emphasizing the need for dedicated staffing, technical expertise, and smaller, more focused advisory groups. Members discussed the high cost of upgrades and the need for new technologies that reduce excavation and leach field costs. The bill was passed with amendments, including clarifying the DOH director’s discretion over the size of the working group, and the committee noted DOH’s appropriation request for consideration. HB 1985 HD1 would extend certain cesspool conversion deadlines and authorize funding for consultants, while also advancing outreach and education. Testimony split sharply: advocates supported the education component but opposed deadline extensions as premature, arguing the state still has many years before the 2050 mandate and should not weaken the conversion timeline. The committee agreed to amend the bill to delete the deadline-extension portion, keep technical changes, and note DOH’s position request. HB 1749 HD2 would require sellers to disclose cesspools to buyers before a real estate purchase contract is executed and direct DOH and the Real Estate Commission to create a standardized form. Realtors supported the intent but asked to avoid duplicative statutory form requirements, and advocates stressed that disclosure should be prominent and not buried in paperwork. The committee adopted amendments removing the standardized-form mandate and passed the bill. HB 1921 HD2 would allow certain existing cesspools in priority level three areas to continue serving dwellings with additional bedrooms under conditions. DOH brought the measure, and supporters from the real estate and environmental sectors discussed innovative wastewater technologies, retrofits, and composting toilets as ways to reduce costs while improving treatment. The committee amended the bill to require DOH director-approved wastewater technology using solid waste separation for bedroom-count increases and to clarify priority-level determinations using block-level data from the Hawaii cesspool prioritization tool, then passed it. The committee also heard HB 2310, an emergency appropriation for the Department of Human Services to restore funding used to keep SNAP benefits flowing during the federal shutdown; DHS, public health, children’s advocates, and others supported it, and members questioned why it was not handled through the budget. The discussion clarified that the bill sought new money to move quickly for ACA-related premium support. No final vote on HB 2310 was shown in the excerpt.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • It will allow for new affordable housing developments in all areas and help residents find high-quality
  • If this rigid rule remains, it will continue to hinder the development of affordable housing in areas
  • On this bill, currently, TDHCA cannot allocate housing tax credits to an affordable housing development
  • In particular, many cities, housing advocates, and affordable housing developers have noted that the
  • We appreciate his leadership in exploring ways to promote the development of affordable housing while
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • It is a companion to House Bill 1630 by Representative Janie Lopez.
  • House Bill of the session. Imagine you snagging that.
  • A lot of Senate bills got caught up on the House local calendar.
  • Well, actually, in this case, for once, no, it was House bills that got caught up on the House local
  • In fact, it will hurt economic development.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Local Government (Part I) Apr 28th, 2025

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • It is a companion to House Bill 1630 by Representative Janie Lopez.
  • Income housing, I guess. Yes sir. Yes sir.
  • For once, no, it was House bills that got caught up on the House calendar. It would seem so.
  • In fact, it will hurt economic development.
  • We need to focus on public safety and economic development.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 02-25-2026 11:30am

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • On page two, House Communication Number 4 transmits House Bill 9, House Draft 1, which passed third reading
  • in the House for first reading and referral to committee.
  • President, I move that House Bill 9, HD1, pass first reading by title and be referred to committee.
  • on the fourth floor from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., and it's being hosted by the Senate AEN and the House
  • AEN and the House A committees and<00:16:33.440> organized<00:16:33.920> by<00:16:34.079
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 02-24-2026 11:30am

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • and development for legislators and legislative<00:03:59.280> staff<00:03:59.599> throughout
  • His work includes guiding professional development initiatives, supporting leadership trainings, and
  • Communication number three transmits House Bill 2240, House Draft 1, which passed third reading in the
  • House for first reading and referral to committee. >> Senator Wakai. >> Mr.
  • President, I move that said House Bill 2240 HD1 pass first reading by title and be referred to committee