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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Press Conf: DFL Leaders Speak on Vote Overturning Boundary Waters Mining Ban - 04/16/26
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- to use for our labor, on our communities, on our waters, on our land to offset their costs on us, and
- So my call on my colleagues, on Governor Walz, on our agencies, is to hold the line and to act now.
- my colleagues, on Governor So my call on my colleagues, on Governor Walz,<00:09:47.320><c> on</c><00:
- to that one cuz I think that's just on to that one cuz I think that's just good<00:32:07.600><c> government
- </c><00:32:11.560><c> more</c><00:32:11.800><c> on</c> I wanted to just comment one more on I wanted
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
JHA Public Hearing - Tue Feb 11, 2025 @ 2:00 PM HST
Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> welcome everyone to the house committee welcome everyone to the house committee on<00:09:40.040>
- c><00:15:20.160><c> testimony</c> homelands we'll stand on our testimony homelands we'll stand on our
- on Hawaiian homelands oh development on Hawaiian homelands oh okay<00:40:10.480><c> so</c><00:40:10.880
- </c> chair committee members kab buosi on chair committee members kab buosi on behalf<01:53:54.760><c
- /c> members of the committee Brian m here on members of the committee Brian m here on behalf<02:22:21.160
Committee:
House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs
Summary:
The committee heard three House bills related to the Department of Hawaiian Homelands. HB 606 would extend the Act 279 special fund to June 30, 2028, continue deposits and appropriations to help eliminate the DHHL waitlist, and require a strategic plan and annual reporting. DHHL strongly supported the measure, saying most of the initial $600 million had been used and that the need remains large, with more than 29,000 people on the waitlist. Public testimony also supported the bill, emphasizing its importance to Native Hawaiian families and concerns about Hawaiians leaving the islands because of housing costs. A member noted the bill is a priority and that the committee will keep working on how to fund another $600 million.
HB 1086 would exempt DHHL homestead lot and housing development from general excise and use taxes. DHHL supported the bill, saying any tax savings would reduce the eventual cost of housing for low-income beneficiaries. The Department of Taxation said it could administer the measure and noted it is already being implemented under the governor’s emergency proclamation, with a proposed effective date of January 1, 2026. The Tax Foundation of Hawaii offered technical comments and urged the committee to weigh existing benefits already received by DHHL beneficiaries.
HB 1307 would appropriate funds for DHHL water well development and geothermal exploration on Hawaiian homelands. DHHL said the bill is a follow-up to prior study funding and would support slim-hole drilling, site evaluation, and consultant work to identify viable geothermal resources, especially on Hawaiʻi Island. Several testifiers opposed the bill, arguing there had been inadequate beneficiary consultation, raising environmental, cultural, and safety concerns, and objecting to using $20 million for geothermal rather than housing. In response to committee questions, DHHL staff explained that the goal is to gather information for a future public-private partnership to develop geothermal electricity, and that a Chapter 343 environmental review would be required later in the process. No votes were taken during the portion of the meeting provided.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the Committee on Appropriations. We will now come to order.
- Some of the folks who are here on this committee were present for that tour.
- Some of the folks who are here on this committee were present for that tour.
- We are going to—you know, I was on a phone call just yesterday with the Department of Homeland Security
- We are going to, you know, I was on a phone call just yesterday with the Department of Homeland Security
Committee:
Senate Appropriations
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
HOU-HWN, HOU-GVO, HOU Public Hearings 01-30-2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Okay, so we'll get started with testimony on the 1:00 agenda of the Committee on Housing and the Committee
- Okay, so we'll get started with testimony on the 1:00 agenda of the Committee on Housing and the Committee
- We have myself and Senator Fevella for the Committee on Housing, and for the Committee on Hawaiian Affairs
- </c> for the committee on housing the chair's for the committee on housing the chair's recomendation<
- members of the committee this is J on members of the committee this is J on behalf<01:03:04.640><c>
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on SB 834, which would change restrictions on transfers of real property under chapter 201H, HRS, and was discussed in the context of Hawaiian homelands and HHFDC-funded projects. Supporters, including HHFDC, DHHL, and individual testifiers, said the bill would clarify that Hawaiian homelands should not be subject to the 201H buyback and appreciation restrictions, while preserving affordability requirements tied to federal mortgage and tax credit programs. HHFDC explained that the main concern was the buyback/share-appreciation provisions, especially for DHHL projects using LIHTC or similar financing, and said aligning the statute with DHHL’s program goals would not be a problem. Members questioned whether removing the restrictions could weaken affordability protections, and whether the state could still prioritize beneficiaries and workforce housing, but no vote was taken in the portion provided.
The committee then took up SB 759, which would add the DHHL chairperson or designee to the HHFDC board of directors and adjust quorum requirements. DHHL and several supporters argued the measure would give Hawaiian Homes a seat at the table, improve access to HHFDC funding sources such as tax credits, private activity bonds, and revolving funds, and help leverage limited resources to reduce the Hawaiian Homes waitlist. One testifier supported the bill but urged safeguards to prevent favoritism or abuse of power, and another raised concerns about whether a DHHL representative would need to recuse from voting on projects involving DHHL. HHFDC testified that DHHL projects still must compete under the same criteria and set-asides as other applicants, and that the board already includes multiple public and executive representatives.
Members pressed on whether DHHL could achieve the same informational goals without a voting seat, and whether the added board role would create leverage or conflicts. The DHHL witness said a nonvoting role could provide information, but a voting seat would be more useful for decision-making and advocacy. The discussion also covered DHHL’s use of LIHTC, rent-to-own models, transitional housing, and other layered financing, as well as the broader need to coordinate state housing resources. The transcript ends during continued questioning, with no final committee action or vote shown.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, April 27, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And that's why I'm calling on my colleagues to continue to support nonprofit security grants and other
- And that's why I'm calling on my colleagues to continue to support nonprofit security grants and other
- > social</c> no tax on overtime, and no tax on social no tax on overtime, and no tax on social security
- Steps that undermine the guaranteed security Americans rely on. Democrats reject that approach.
- </c><05:12:52.400><c> on</c><05:12:52.638><c> house</c> chair of our uh committee on house chair of our
Bills:
HB3317 , HCR75 , HR227 , HB7959 , HB8364 , HB6431 , HB6903 , HB5334 , HB2347 , HB5366 , HB6495 , HB7971 , HB6956 , HB4930
Keywords:
gratuity, death benefit, civil servants, line of duty, federal employees, compensation, survivor benefits, emergency appropriations, Iran, military force, War Powers Resolution, U.S. Armed Forces, hostilities, Congress, national security, agriculture, National Agriculture Day, support, industry impact, celebration
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 4/15/26
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, you know, especially sitting on the fraud committee, um, the OGM standards uh that we have at play
- </c><00:09:25.839><c> fraud</c> especially sitting on the fraud especially sitting on the fraud committee
- :58:32.160><c> is</c><00:58:32.400><c> one</c><00:58:32.480><c> of</c> security.
- Bi manufacturing is one of security.
- So, members, a bill language has been posted on the committee website that is a proposed bill to be voted
Keywords:
apprenticeship, education, teacher training, grant program, labor and industry, workers' compensation, Minnesota workers' compensation, Workers' Compensation Advisory Council, reinsurance association, Workers' Compensation Reinsurance Association, WCRA, occupational disease, presumption, first responders, firefighter cancer, PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder, police officer, paramedic, emergency medical technician
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/18/2026 - Senate Health and Human Services
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- The committee on Health and Human Services is called to order.
- So as you know, before I got here, the anesthesia and sedation committee that the board was working on
- I respectfully urge this committee to vote yes on 2729. Thank you.”
- “I respectfully urge this committee to vote yes on 2729. Thank you.” “Thank you.
- That's an attack on our economic security.
Keywords:
orders of protection, domestic violence, court procedures, legal guardian, enforcement, healthcare, licensed health aides, scope of practice, ventilator care, training standards, medical freedom, healthcare mandates, employment requirements, public health, government regulation, elderly, physical disabilities, Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, home and community based services, funding increase
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- Which one would you like to start on?
- Which one would you like to start on?
- Do you want to close on your bill, Chair? Madam Chair? Thank you so much, committee.
- Just want to go on record saying the efficiency of this committee is... Move favorably.
- I just want to go on record saying the efficiency of this committee is amazing, impeccable.
Committee:
House Civil Law and Procedure
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- I've been on a lot of legislative issues and committees over the years, and I'll be glad to answer any
- The concerns go on and on and on, and we really have not addressed them.
- Five ayes, one no, one not voting.
- Five ayes, one no, one not voting.
- Five ayes, one no, one not voting.
Committees:
Senate Finance , Senate Senate Finance Committee of Reference
Keywords:
retirement benefits, health insurance, premium payment, Arizona State Retirement System, contingent annuitant, long-term disability, benefits limitations, disability compensation, social security, retirement system, elected officials, ASRS, eligibility waiver, age 65, property tax exemption, disability, veterans, widows, income limits, Arizona Revised Statutes
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Calling to order the Committee on Education. Secretary, please note the roll. Approval of minutes.
- I will open it up to questions from the committee, but I have one now.
- the public university's website a research security policy that... ...and post on the public university's
- Last year, the House Select Committee on China identified the following issues at Arizona's flagship
- Come on up, Jean. Come on up, Jean. Chair, members of the committee, my name is Jean Woodbury.
Keywords:
foreign relations, university governance, research security, international agreements, Arizona Board of Regents, interscholastic activities, student eligibility, criminal offenses, school district, youth sports, academic participation, conduct, planned communities, homeowners association, HOA, community documents, pet restrictions, dog breed restrictions, breed-specific ban, size limits
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Does any senator wish to be recorded as voting on bills before the committee today?
- Does any other senator wish to be recorded as voting on bills before the committee today?
- No one else. Okay, any other business before the committee?
- Does any other senator wish to be recorded as voting on bills before the committee today?
- No one else. Okay, any other business before the committee?
Committee:
Senate Criminal Justice
Keywords:
unauthorized aliens, commercial motor vehicles, safety regulations, civil penalties, law enforcement, bail bond, insurance regulation, foreign insurers, financial disclosure, premium reporting, pyramid schemes, consumer protection, fraud prevention, legal affairs, penalties, justice, administrative commission, membership, state attorneys, public defenders
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/02/2026 - House Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs
Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- The Committee on Land, Agriculture and Rural Affairs is called to order.
- Let’s see—do we need a second on that one? I second it.
- I think that there's plenty of recording going on with the committee.
- I think that there's plenty of recording going on with the committee.
- , on approval to move on the projects that they have.
Committees:
House Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs , House House Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee of Reference
Keywords:
attorney general, nuisance action, consumer fraud, damages, civil penalty, public nuisance, nuisance abatement, abatement action, injunction, superior court, county attorney, city attorney, board of supervisors, obscenity, obscene materials, adult materials, pornography, schools, parks, residential district
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Transportation and Energy Committee Jan 22nd, 2026
Transportation and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> has that on their website. has that on their website.
- I got some wells on my plate. One of them dry. Certainly. And I would reiterate that Certainly.
- </c><00:06:17.840><c> the</c> that is already available on the that is already available on the website
- </c><00:06:34.240><c> One</c><00:06:34.479><c> of</c> got I got some wells on my plate.
- One of got I got some wells on my plate. One of them<00:06:35.440><c> dry.
Committee:
Senate Transportation and Energy
Keywords:
business taxes, annual reports, Alabama Tax Tribunal, tax appeals, local government, SB174, alternative energy, alternative energy wells, alternative energy facility, geothermal, geothermal energy, subsurface energy, energy storage, energy capture, energy generation, hydropower, solar energy, oil and gas well conversion, well conversion, plugging and abandonment
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- item for homeland security.
- Homeland security.
- So starting with agency one, Office of the Governor, Homeland Security, Senate second reading number
- at the first item for first page one at the first item for homeland<00:02:58.080><c> security.
- </c> was one time for local cyber security was one time for local cyber security grants.<00:03:08.480
Committee:
House Appropriations
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2025-02-13 (12:00PM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Are there reports of standing committees and subcommittees? On the desk, Mr. Speaker.
- Of standing committees and subcommittees. On the desk, Mr. Speaker. Read the report.
- None on the desk, Mr. Speaker. Are there motions relating to committee and subcommittee references?
- States Department of Homeland Security to provide guidance...
- Secretary of Homeland Security urging the United States Department of Homeland Security to provide guidance
Summary:
The House convened with prayer, a moment of silence for the Parkland shooting victims, the Pledge of Allegiance, and adoption of the special order report for the day. The chamber then moved into a special-order agenda focused almost entirely on immigration-related measures, beginning with Senate Memorial 6C urging the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to provide guidance and training for 287(g) agreements. The memorial was adopted 85-27 after brief debate, with supporters arguing Florida should help maximize federal immigration enforcement and opponents saying Congress, not the state, should fix immigration policy.
The House next took up Senate Bill 4C, an immigration bill creating new state offenses for illegal entry and reentry by adult unauthorized aliens and requiring a mandatory death sentence for an unauthorized alien convicted of a capital felony. Members debated constitutional concerns, due process, racial profiling, fiscal impacts, and whether the bill intruded on federal immigration authority. Several amendments were offered and defeated, including proposals to extend protections to Venezuelans with TPS, to remove the mandatory death penalty, to protect certain long-term immigrant workers and teachers, to expand exemptions for Haitians and humanitarian parole recipients, and to create a task force on best practices for immigration enforcement in schools and other sensitive locations. A final amendment to strip the bill as unconstitutional was also rejected. The bill then passed 85-29.
The final measure discussed was Senate Bill 2C, which creates a State Board of Immigration Enforcement led by the Governor and Cabinet, establishes grants and incentive bonuses for local law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration authorities, repeals the fee waiver for undocumented students beginning July 1, 2025, and appropriates more than $300 million for immigration enforcement. The sponsor described it as a broad enforcement package, while questions from members focused on the impact on current students who receive in-state tuition and whether the bill would remove incentives for those already enrolled. The transcript ends during that exchange, before final action on SB 2C is shown.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Refer to the Committee on Public Education, HB 509 by Busey to the Committee on Elections, HB 510 by
- on Homeland Security, Public Safety, and Veterans Affairs. relating to the increasing criminal penalty
- The Committee on Homeland Security, Public Safety, and Veterans Affairs.
- Committee on Public Education.
- to the committee on corrections.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session-Day 14, February 25, 2026-PM
Wyoming House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, before you folks, we have Senate File 71, which is on the Wyoming Department of Homeland Security
- ><c> one,</c> Speaker, your committee number one, Speaker, your committee number one, judiciary<01:01
- chair</c> of committee number one vice chair of committee number one vice chair Singh.
- </c> is on the Wyoming Department of Homeland is on the Wyoming Department of Homeland Security.<01:02
- </c> vice chairman of committee number one. vice chairman of committee number one.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security Feb 4th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- that are currently serving on a legislative committee to include myself.
- And I didn't see any participation here on this committee for our area.
- So these are just simply sheriffs that are on this committee guarantee, a grubby Tony's on other committees
- So and the whole Homeland Security exercise and evaluation program process, Security exercise and evaluation
- are that have criminal justice programs or homeland security programs.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security Feb 4th, 2025
Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security
Transcript Highlights:
- And I didn't see any participation here on this committee for our area.
- sheriffs that are on this committee.
- I guarantee you Gregory Tony is on other committees too as well.
- So I would, on behalf of the state troopers who see the product of attacks on our homeland every day,
- ... ...that have criminal justice programs or homeland security programs.
Summary:
The committee heard a series of domestic security and law enforcement presentations from the Florida Sheriffs Association, Florida Police Chiefs Association, Florida Highway Patrol, and FDLE. Sheriff Rob Hardwick outlined the sheriffs’ legislative priorities, focusing on adding xylazine to Florida’s trafficking statute and increasing penalties for luring or enticing a child under 12 from a misdemeanor to a felony. He also discussed domestic security coordination, fusion center intelligence sharing, and jail-based reentry efforts. Members asked about xylazine prevalence in Broward County and whether canine units can detect it; Hardwick said he would follow up with data and noted that dogs are not specifically trained for xylazine, though fentanyl-certified dogs may alert on mixtures.
Chief Charlie Vasquez of the Florida Police Chiefs Association presented three priorities: stronger protections for law enforcement, judges, prosecutors, public defenders, and their families when threatened because of their jobs; faster and more consistent access to blood-borne pathogen testing results after exposure incidents; and mandatory life without release for anyone convicted of murdering a police or correctional officer, reviving a version of the Jason Raynor Act. Senators asked about delays in blood testing after exposure, and Vasquez said officers can be forced to take prophylactic medication while waiting for results and that the process should be streamlined.
Florida Highway Patrol Director Dave Kerner described FHP’s domestic security role, including criminal interdiction, canine units, traffic homicide investigations, aviation, drones, border operations, and responses to threats such as human smuggling and the October 7-related security posture at synagogues and campuses. He said staffing remains constrained by vacancies and pay disparities, so he was not seeking more authorized troopers at this time. FDLE Deputy Commissioner David Binder then reviewed the state’s domestic security structure, fusion centers, critical infrastructure assessments, and grant funding, warning that federal homeland security dollars have declined sharply while threats remain high. He highlighted work on drone mitigation, radiological detection, vehicle barriers, and school security assessments, and emphasized the need for continued interagency coordination. The committee took no formal votes and adjourned after the presentations and questions.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- I move to grant the request of the Senate to appoint a conference committee. Committee on SB 2878.
- the committee discussions and on the floor.
- I call up the conference committee report on Senate Bill 1833.
- Committee report on Senate Bill 21.
- On 2778, the chair lays out the conference committee report on Senate Bill 2778 and recognizes Mr.
Bills:
HB5560 , HB2 , HB24 , HB3233 , HB1397 , HB2067 , HB3133 , HB5696 , HB5680 , HB2885 , HB3966 , HB3556 , HB3595 , HB144 , HB26 , HB2038 , HB521 , HB4 , HB 1178 , HB42 , HB 1211 , HB783 , HB3963 , HB2240 , HB1690 , HB 1234 , HB3372 , HB27 , HB4211 , HB2243 , HB2853 , HB4638 , HJR7 , HB 100 , HB 126 , HB3783 , HB5138 , HB2512 , HB5616 , HB4751 , SB17 , SB1637 , SB1833 , SB2155 , SB21 , SB2778 , SB260 , SB8 , SB12 , SB37 , SB379 , SB441 , SB1566 , SB2878 , HB4112 , HB3866 , HB4749 , HB2844 , HB150
Keywords:
groundwater, civil penalties, water conservation, drought contingency, environmental protection, public education, teacher compensation, certification, funding, school finance, educator rights, education funding, charter schools, staff compensation, state aid, retention allotment, zoning, public notice, local government, residential development