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FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Rules Jan 27th, 2026

Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • If he had put that on the verdict form, they could have bumped that 15-year felony to 30 years, and then
  • I appreciate your support last year.
  • SB 624 on batterers' intervention program activities.
  • Having been involved in promoting legislation 25 years ago to start the batterers' intervention program
  • I work for thousands of subcontractors over the years.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Rules met with a quorum present and considered a long agenda of bills, many of which were reported favorably. Early action included CS for SB 62 on candidate qualification, which would create an enforcement mechanism for party-affiliation qualification requirements, and CS for SB 156, the Officer Jason Raynor Act, which would clarify resistance-to-officer language and add mandatory life imprisonment for manslaughter committed against a law enforcement officer. SB 156 drew strong support from the City of Daytona Beach and law enforcement groups, while the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers opposed parts of the bill, arguing it removed useful limits on force and imposed overly rigid sentencing. The committee also approved several open-government sunset review bills, including measures extending exemptions for social media platform investigations, small business loan program records, Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles investigatory records, emergency shelter recipient information, Department of Military Affairs records, conviction integrity unit reinvestigation information, Public Service Commission records and meetings, and Florida Gaming Control Commission records and meetings. The committee also advanced CS for SB 624, allowing batterers’ intervention programs to offer optional faith-based activities, with supporters saying faith-based counseling can help reduce domestic violence and no participant would be required to take part. Other approved measures included HB 167 on former phosphate mining lands, which limits certain liability claims if notice and survey requirements are met; CS for SB 48 on housing, which requires local governments to allow accessory dwelling units and was amended to remove hearing and variance requirements and clarify local ordinance obligations; SB 288 on rural electric cooperatives, described as a negotiated glitch bill preserving co-op authority over generation and power purchases; and CS for SB 364 on public accountancy, which creates additional CPA licensure pathways and mobility provisions. The committee also approved SB 292 creating a public records exemption for appellate court clerks and their families, despite some opposition votes. Later, the committee passed CS for SB 296 and CS for SB 298, which expand protections for victims of domestic violence and dating violence by creating a feasibility study for a secure web-based 911 alert platform and extending address confidentiality and public records protections to dating violence, stalking, and aggravated stalking victims. SB 386 on farm equipment, described as a “lemon law” for tractors and similar equipment, also passed. Additional open-government bills were approved for emergency shelter recipients, military affairs records, conviction integrity unit materials, PSC records, and gaming commission records. SB 168 on public nuisances was reported favorably as well. One bill, CS for CS for SB 290 on the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, was temporarily postponed after extensive stakeholder testimony; the chair allowed public comment but no vote was taken, and the sponsor indicated ongoing discussions and possible changes. At the end of the meeting, senators recorded several individual votes for the record, and the committee adjourned.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Ways and Means Education Committee Jan 20th, 2026

Ways and Means Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • last year for passing it.
  • For the fourth year in a row, we've had the hospital rural investment, but thank you so much last year
  • I think much last year for passing it.
  • What we've learned is half and half.
  • If continue your program as you see fit.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Rules Jan 15th, 2026

Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • my new, our new Rules staff director, Shasta Cruz, who has been in the Rules suite for a couple of years
Bills: S0100, S0102, S0104
Summary: The Senate Committee on Rules met with a quorum present and heard three housekeeping/statutory revision bills. Chair Passidomo introduced the committee’s new staff director, and the committee proceeded quickly through the agenda with no public appearance forms, questions, or debate on any of the bills. SB 100, the Adoption Act, prospectively adopts the 2026 Florida Statutes as an official document and adopts the statute materials passed by the 2025 regular session as official state statute law. SB 102 deletes statutory provisions that were previously repealed or expired and are now without effect. SB 104 is the General Reviser's Bill, which removes obsolete language, updates cross-references, and corrects grammatical and typographical errors in the Florida Statutes. Each bill was reported favorably by roll call vote. After the votes, several senators asked to be recorded as voting favorably on tabs 1 and 2, and the committee adopted that request without objection. The meeting then adjourned, with members reminded that the committee would meet again on Thursday.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Higher Education May 6th, 2025

Higher Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • This program was created in 2015 by Senator Schwartner, and now 10 years later, we're looking to make
  • The Act maintains funding for the loan repayment program at the same levels as last year.
  • Through Texas Tech University, a program was inaugurated, I guess, five or six years ago.
  • As mentioned before, this repayment program was created 10 years ago and the legislature has chosen to
  • years to identify programs with low enrollment that may require consolidation. or even eliminations.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Transportation (Part II) Apr 9th, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • following the tax year.
  • They were putting about $100 million to $120 million a year, year after year after year, into those non-toll
  • And that's because it changes year to year. It is not, as it was claimed, a linear process. Okay.
  • I just, $200,000 a year is a far cry from $9 million a year. That's all I'm saying, Mr. Chairman.
  • What year was that, Wayne? So hang on. Last year, under the Open Records Act.
Summary: The Senate Transportation Committee reconvened on SB 2722, as substituted by Senator Bettencourt, which would redirect a portion of Harris County Toll Road Authority surplus revenues to the City of Houston and impose audit and tax-rate penalty provisions. Houston Police Chief Noe Diaz and Fire Chief Thomas Munoz testified in support, arguing that Houston bears a large share of toll-road public safety burdens, citing thousands of police and fire responses on toll-road property and the need for compensation for emergency services. Bill King, testifying neutrally, said the toll authority generates large excess revenues and urged stronger oversight and clearer controls on how the money is spent. Opponents, including Harris County officials, business and neighborhood representatives, and toll-road critics, argued the bill would divert transportation dollars, create a precedent for taking toll revenues for general municipal use, and could worsen project delivery and incentives; several also questioned the accuracy and interpretation of the revenue figures and the lack of comparable audit requirements for the city. The committee took extensive testimony but left SB 2722 pending without a vote. The committee then heard SB 2129, which would increase fines for motorists who disregard railroad crossing gates or flaggers, and SB 2323, which would redact railroad crew members’ personal information from public accident reports. Both bills were presented as safety measures, with railroad labor testimony in support, and both were left pending after brief public testimony. The committee also heard SB 2141, a Zaffirini bill concerning specialty license plates for judges, with the substitute aimed at reducing security risks by changing how judges are identified on plates; it too was left pending. Finally, the committee heard SB 2439, another Zaffirini bill, described as a TDLR cleanup measure related to ATV and off-highway vehicle safety certification. The bill would abolish the current training and certification program, which supporters said was burdensome and underused given the small number of approved instructors statewide. With no significant opposition on the record, the committee closed testimony and left SB 2439 pending as well.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee Apr 2nd, 2025

Finance and Taxation Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's an update of a memo that I requested several years ago.
  • three years because we think it's good practice to bid more often.
  • on 30 years, 25 and 20.
  • Mackey or Connor, is there a system that we have with our schools, a program... we have a program that's
  • We're using it to fidelity, and that was rebid last year.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Apr 2nd, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Same as last year time you mean for the filing of the amendments? Yes.
  • He began volunteering for the fire department in Del Rio in 1970. 74, one year before I was born.
  • During the course of his 31 years of service with the Sheriff's Office, Mr.
  • For starting with this tax year 2025, is that right? It'll be on the ballot in November.
  • . 12 consecutive years as a member of the Texas Senate, since 14 consecutive years, referred the committee
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/25

Agriculture Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • <01:19:30.960> I in mind 10 years ago 15 years ago I in mind 10 years ago 15 years ago I don't
  • What this does is $3.5 million a year for two years as a pilot program to, anytime a horse that is Minnesota-bred
  • And so what this does is $3.5 million a year for two years as a pilot program to, anytime a horse that
  • <01:31:52.040> anytime<01:31:52.480> a years as a pilot program to uh anytime a years
  • Furong Learning is a program at Canterbury Park that provides tutoring and other educational opportunities
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs (Part I) Mar 20th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Constitution, many years ago, set up a bifurcated system, equal but separate.
  • The Constitution many years ago set up a bifurcated system, equal but separate, and it's been upheld
  • The Court of Criminal Appeals was created primarily to relieve the Supreme Court over 100 years ago,
  • And that constitutional provision dates from 1891, which was the year that the current structure of our
  • The legislature in recent years has taken extraordinary steps to clarify what historically has been an
Summary: The Senate Committee on State Affairs met and heard several bills related to legislative process and court jurisdiction. Senate Bill 1386, by Senator Huffman, would change compelled legislative testimony from blanket transactional immunity to testimonial immunity, allowing compelled statements or documents to be used against a witness in criminal prosecution only if not derived from the compelled testimony, while preserving protection against perjury and false statements and retaining the right to counsel. No public witnesses testified, and the bill was left pending. The committee then heard Senate Bill 1470, by Chairman Hughes, which would require DPS to share existing data on cross-state driver’s license cancellations with the Secretary of State for voter-roll maintenance. Hughes said the bill does not create new data collection and is intended to improve list maintenance. A DPS resource witness was present, there was no substantive opposition, and the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 1210, also by Hughes, would address conflicts between the Texas Supreme Court and the Court of Criminal Appeals on constitutional questions by making the Supreme Court the final arbiter in limited circumstances. Chris Hilton supported the bill, but Allen Place, Jack Rohde, and Philip Furlow opposed it, arguing it was unconstitutional, unnecessary, and could create practical problems in criminal post-conviction litigation. The bill was left pending after testimony. The committee also heard Senate Bill 311, which would conform the Government Code to the Texas Constitution by clarifying the Supreme Court’s original writ authority against lower courts and officials other than the governor. Justice Evan Young and Chris Hilton supported the bill as a clarification of existing authority, while no one testified against it; the bill was left pending. The committee then recessed to allow the chamber to rearrange for the Senate session.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 3/19/25

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • That's what our programs do. And they're local level programs.
  • provided, which we created um, program provided, which we created last<00:03:08.879> year<00:
  • ,<00:03:10.720> last last year um, or not last year, last last year um, or not last year,
  • , the following year, 90% of them did not reoffend and were referred to the program because they offended
  • c> 100 years old just a couple years ago 100 years old just a couple years ago and<00:25:12.320> Sister
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 3/17/25

Transportation Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:14:08.279> felony would make it a uh a five-year felony would make it a uh a five-year
  • <00:26:18.279> that an incredibly um um popular program that an incredibly um um popular program
  • <00:28:11.679> uh to cancel the ebik tax rebate program uh to cancel the ebik tax rebate program
  • rebate made more than $100,000 in income per year.
  • <00:35:07.599> or with a lot of uh assistance programs or with a lot of uh assistance programs
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Feb 25th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • and offers 50 doctoral programs.
  • The director of the program is Dr.
  • Fifteen years ago...
  • Fifteen years later, he's risen to be the CFO of my company. Last year fall, my daughter...
  • Eva's Heroes has continued to advocate for programs that are going to improve the overall learning environment
Summary: The meeting was marked by significant resolutions recognizing various contributions to Texas and celebrating community initiatives. Key discussions included the adoption of resolutions commemorating Texas Hispanic Judges Day and highlighting the 100th anniversary of Memorial Park. Senators expressed appreciation for the judges' dedication and legacy, with notable mentions of individual judges and their impact on the community and legal landscape in Texas. The Senate also honored students and organizations contributing positively to their communities, showcasing the interconnectedness of public service and the legislative process.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Feb 25th, 2025

Alabama Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Space and Rocket Center more than 50 years ago.
  • As Marshall Space Flight Center celebrates 65 years this year of being a proud home of Alabama, thank
  • ago. ...played basketball together many years ago.
  • I did that for two years, and then I... ...Washington.
  • I see kids 15 years old and 16 years old with a gun strapped on the side.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Feb 19th, 2025

Ways and Means General Fund

Transcript Highlights:
  • Yeah, you've got to put... ...$80,000 a year.
  • Her take-home pay is $600 a week, or $31,200 a year.
  • Year that they can work. So, this bill...
  • Is this something that we dealt with last year?
  • I was not the sponsor last year, sir, so I do think that it came up last year.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • The program I'm familiar with operates in several states.
  • My other question is, this program has been morphing over the last several years.
  • in and year out to let the monopoly continue, and is... ...that we continue year in and year out to
  • We started last year; we started floating this around. We pushed this bill last year.
  • Last year. This is the bottom.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session May 29th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Some years passed, and now it's a redistricting year.
  • Surviving the year.
  • House Bill 2 contains $677 million for early learning programs to improve the quality of education. of
  • learning for our youngest students in the most critical years of their education.
  • Right, six years ago.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Feb 13th, 2025

Alabama Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • We won two more, yeah, year after year.
  • So, I hope we can get it this year. Yeah, I watched you, I guess it was two years ago.
  • And then next year we went to the finals and lost in that fifth year, but was that...
  • And so I learned a trick; it only took me seven years, but I learned a trick yesterday afternoon.
  • but 150 days a year.
Bills: SJR 2, SB 4, SJR 36, SJR 2, SB 4, SJR 1, SJR 5, SB 9, SB 40, SJR 2, SB 4, SR 98, SJR 40, SJR 41, SJR 42, SJR 43, SJR 44, SJR 45, SJR 46, SJR 47, SCR 13, SB 6, SB 13, SB 21, SB 826, SB 827, SB 828, SB 829, SB 830, SB 831, SB 832, SB 833, SB 834, SB 835, SB 836, SB 837, SB 838, SB 839, SB 840, SB 841, SB 842, SB 843, SB 844, SB 845, SB 846, SB 847, SB 848, SB 849, SB 850, SB 851, SB 853, SB 854, SB 855, SB 856, SB 857, SB 858, SB 859, SB 860, SB 861, SB 862, SB 863, SB 864, SB 865, SB 866, SB 867, SB 868, SB 869, SB 870, SB 871, SB 872, SB 873, SB 874, SB 875, SB 876, SB 877, SB 878, SB 879, SB 880, SB 881, SB 882, SB 883, SB 884, SB 885, SB 886, SB 887, SB 888, SB 889, SB 890, SB 891, SB 892, SB 893, SB 894, SB 895, SB 896, SB 897, SB 898, SB 899, SB 900, SB 901, SB 902, SB 903, SB 904, SB 905, SB 906, SB 907, SB 908, SB 909, SB 910, SB 911, SB 912, SB 913, SB 914, SB 915, SB 916, SB 917, SB 918, SB 919, SB 920, SB 921, SB 922, SB 923, SB 924, SB 925, SB 926, SB 927, SB 928, SB 929, SB 930, SB 931, SB 932, SB 933, SB 934, SB 935, SB 936, SB 937, SB 938, SB 939, SB 940, SB 941, SB 942, SB 943, SB 944, SB 945, SB 946, SB 947, SB 948, SB 949, SB 950, SB 951, SB 952, SB 953, SB 954, SB 955, SB 956, SB 957, SB 958, SB 959, SB 960, SB 961, SB 962, SB 963, SB 964, SB 965, SB 966, SB 967, SB 968, SB 969, SB 970, SB 971, SB 972, SB 973, SB 974, SB 975, SB 976, SB 977, SB 978, SB 979, SB 980, SB 981, SB 982, SB 983, SB 984, SB 985, SB 986, SB 987, SB 988, SB 989, SB 990, SB 991, SB 992, SB 993, SB 994, SB 995, SB 996, SB 997, SB 998, SB 999, SB 1000, SJR 40, SJR 41, SJR 42, SJR 43, SJR 44, SJR 45, SJR 46, SJR 47, SCR 13, SB 6, SB 13, SB 21, SB 826, SB 827, SB 828, SB 829, SB 830, SB 831, SB 832, SB 833, SB 834, SB 835, SB 836, SB 837, SB 838, SB 839, SB 840, SB 841, SB 842, SB 843, SB 844, SB 845, SB 846, SB 847, SB 848, SB 849, SB 850, SB 851, SB 853, SB 854, SB 855, SB 856, SB 857, SB 858, SB 859, SB 860, SB 861, SB 862, SB 863, SB 864, SB 865, SB 866, SB 867, SB 868, SB 869, SB 870, SB 871, SB 872, SB 873, SB 874, SB 875, SB 876, SB 877, SB 878, SB 879, SB 880, SB 881, SB 882, SB 883, SB 884, SB 885, SB 886, SB 887, SB 888, SB 889, SB 890, SB 891, SB 892, SB 893, SB 894, SB 895, SB 896, SB 897, SB 898, SB 899, SB 900, SB 901, SB 902, SB 903, SB 904, SB 905, SB 906, SB 907, SB 908, SB 909, SB 910, SB 911, SB 912, SB 913, SB 914, SB 915, SB 916, SB 917, SB 918, SB 919, SB 920, SB 921, SB 922, SB 923, SB 924, SB 925, SB 926, SB 927, SB 928, SB 929, SB 930, SB 931, SB 932, SB 933, SB 934, SB 935, SB 936, SB 937, SB 938, SB 939, SB 940, SB 941, SB 942, SB 943, SB 944, SB 945, SB 946, SB 947, SB 948, SB 949, SB 950, SB 951, SB 952, SB 953, SB 954, SB 955, SB 956, SB 957, SB 958, SB 959, SB 960, SB 961, SB 962, SB 963, SB 964, SB 965, SB 966, SB 967, SB 968, SB 969, SB 970, SB 971, SB 972, SB 973, SB 974, SB 975, SB 976, SB 977, SB 978, SB 979, SB 980, SB 981, SB 982, SB 983, SB 984, SB 985, SB 986, SB 987, SB 988, SB 989, SB 990, SB 991, SB 992, SB 993, SB 994, SB 995, SB 996, SB 997, SB 998, SB 999, SB 1000