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CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado Senate 2026 Legislative Day 112 May 6th, 2026
Colorado Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We did um conduct a native plant study.
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pollinating a few years ago the native pollinating a few years ago the native - <01:51:02.239>
plants gallons a month because native plants gallons a month because native - So we are trying to increase the availability of native plants in Colorado.
- So we are trying to increase the availability of native plants in Colorado.
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum, approved the previous day’s journal, and received several committee reports and conference committee permissions. It also adopted a Senate resolution recognizing the 125th anniversary of Western Colorado University (SR 8) by a 35-0 vote, with remarks highlighting the university’s history, workforce role, mountain rescue team, athletics, and ties to Gunnison and the Western Slope. The resolution was adopted and co-sponsors were added.
The chamber then took up third reading and final passage on several bills. Senate Bill 152, concerning automated vehicle identification systems, was amended on the floor with a technical correction and passed 32-3. House Bill 1322, creating civil actions related to conversion therapy efforts, prompted emotional testimony from Senator Mullica about his mother and passed 23-12. House Bill 1123, addressing sexual abuse prevention in jails, passed 27-8 after a technical amendment. House Bill 1226, reducing emissions from certain electric generating units, passed 22-13. House Bill 1076, modifying transportation statutes, passed 28-0, and House Bill 1207, requiring employer disclosure of demographic workforce data, passed 23-12.
Senate Bill 115, a postconviction relief measure for certain older incarcerated people, was amended and debated at length. Supporters described it as narrowly tailored to a small number of eligible inmates and emphasized victim-rights protections and exclusions for serious offenses; opponents remained opposed. The bill ultimately passed 18-17. The Senate then approved a Committee of the Whole report advancing Senate Bill 181 and several House bills—1338, 1344, 1336 as amended, 1227, 1314, 1028, 1282, and 1317 as amended—to third reading and final passage, and later adopted the consent-calendar bills in special orders without objection.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Chamber Meeting Feb 3rd, 2026 at 11:09 am
New Mexico House Floor Meeting
Bills:
HB34, HM7, HM8, HM17, HM3, HM11, HM14, HM15, HM21, HM25, HM34, HB95, HB111, SB1, HJR1, HM4, HM22
Keywords:
HB34, school nurse, school nurses, nurse licensure, licensure, charter school, charter schools, school district, public education, Department of Health, Public Education Department, registered nurse, RN, mentorship, evaluation, competency, teacher salary parity, minimum salary, level one license, level two license
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Apr 10th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- academic and field settings, focused on expanding habitat networks and building capacity within the native
- the increase will be to support research and partnership with Ifas to help establish a more robust native
- seed industry in Florida with more resources for this research, they can work to reduce the cost of native
- wildflower seeds and bring down the cost of planning native wild flowers for everyone.
- But most importantly, this will allow the Department of Transportation to incorporate more native wild
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm a native of Lubbock.
- ordinance, and I've got direct knowledge and experience in the value of preserving selective Texas native
- property rights, but are deeply concerned that this allows unrestricted removal of Astrinomper, which is native
- We promote and advocate for bird-friendly spaces and habitat, including native trees.
- It's not native. They don't grow well here. Should have been an ash juniper. Thank you very much.
Bills:
SB434, SB844, SB898, SB1177, SB1214, SB1454, SB1920, SB1927, SB1935, SB1965, SB2010, SB2046, SB2068, SB2073, SB2183, SB2260, SB3034, SB907
Keywords:
SB 434, Harris County Hospital District, hospital district police, peace officers, commissioned officers, law enforcement authority, Health and Safety Code, Code of Criminal Procedure, public safety, hospital security, county hospital district, local government, Texas criminal procedure, district police, armed security, SB 898, low income housing tax credits, LIHTC, affordable housing, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, I'm a native of Lubbock.
- In the value of preserving selective Texas native trees.
- rights, um, but are deeply concerned that this allows unrestricted removal of ash juniper, which is native
- We promote and advocate for bird-friendly spaces and habitat, including native trees, um, and tree landscape
- It's not native. They don't grow well here. Should have been an ash juniper. Thank you very much.
Bills:
SB 434, SB 844, SB 898, SB 1177, SB 1214, SB 1454, SB 1920, SB 1927, SB 1935, SB 1965, SB 2010, SB 2046, SB 2068, SB 2073, SB 2183, SB 2260, SB 3034, SB 907
Keywords:
SB 434, Harris County Hospital District, hospital district police, peace officers, commissioned officers, law enforcement authority, Health and Safety Code, Code of Criminal Procedure, public safety, hospital security, county hospital district, local government, Texas criminal procedure, district police, armed security, SB 898, low income housing tax credits, LIHTC, affordable housing, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- from the donation of the beneficent creator; that through ignorance and brutish violence of their native
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of Peter Warner Prince Whipple natives of Peter Warner Prince Whipple natives - <01:58:03.880>
countrymen <01:58:04.880>and <01:58:05.199>by of their native - countrymen and by of their native countrymen and by Sinister<01:58:05.960>
Designs <01:58:06.719 - country where though ignorance native country where though ignorance and<01:58:25.320>
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NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate Chamber Jan 29th, 2026 at 11:10 am
New Mexico Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- She is the new CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters, and she is a New Mexico native with over 27 years of
- Roseanne Boscus is a native Los Cruces, has third. like to introduce my guests first.
- Roseanne Boscus is a native Los Cruces, has 30 years experience in the nonprofit sector, and somebody
- She is the new CEO of Big Brothers, Big Sisters, and she is a New Mexico native with over 27 years of
- And Native American students, their literacy proficiency has gone up more than any other group.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate Chamber Feb 19th, 2026 at 08:53 am
New Mexico Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- designation on their driver's license and identification cards after providing documents proving Native
- So if you go to a government employer, and we have this tribal or Native American preference form, I
- tribal members wanting to have this designation, because we've had instances in other states where native
- We heard debate last night about what we are doing to protect Native people in this state.
- much about it but there's something turning in the mind that is trying to, in a way round up the Native
Keywords:
SB273, appropriations, general fund, hold harmless, local government finance, municipal revenue, county revenue, correctional facility, jail contract, private prison, detention facility, immigration detention, revenue bonds, clawback, child welfare, juvenile justice, protective services, school improvement, New MexiCare, aging services
MS
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, House Bill 1761 is the Native Winery bill that's been brought forward.
- It eliminated some of the repealers and it allows our native wineries to have some tasting rooms across
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our some of the repealers and it allows our some of the repealers and it allows our native - 51.600>
to <00:10:51.760>have <00:10:51.920>some <00:10:52.079>tasting native - wineries to have some tasting native wineries to have some tasting rooms<00:10:53.200>
across
Summary:
The committee first considered a committee substitute that would allow on-premises retail or permit holders to let patrons bring wine onto licensed premises for consumption with a meal, if a corkage fee is charged, while continuing to prohibit outside alcoholic beverages other than wine. The substitute also changed wine shipment reporting from quarterly to semiannual for total wine sold and shipped into or within the state, and included a reverse repealer. The motion to report the bill out as amended passed.
House Bill 671 was then explained as clarifying when a package retailer’s responsibility ends in alcohol deliveries: the retailer’s duty is satisfied once it transfers possession to a delivery service permit holder or delivery driver, with additional language allocating responsibility between the permit holder, driver, and delivery entity. The committee also heard House Bill 750, which extends the repealer date for a SMART Act tax credit for companies partnering with research institutions to 2029, and House Bill 1219, which allows a fee for non-recording of insurance in lieu of the usual filing process, capped at the actual filing fee so borrowers are not charged more.
House Bill 1385, requested by the Department of Revenue, was described as cleanup language reflecting that most applications are electronic and reducing references from quadruple to triplicate; the committee adopted an amendment deleting the words “applications for” on lines 442-443 after a question from Senator Simmons. House Bill 1620 created the Bayou Casad industrial zone in Jackson County and barred annexation of land within that industrial zone. House Bill 1633 expanded site development grants to include energy sources such as electricity and gas serving an industrial site, and the committee adopted a cleanup amendment changing a statutory reference to Chapter 503, Laws of 2025.
Finally, House Bill 1761, the Native Winery bill, was taken up with a strike-all amendment replacing the House bill with Senate Bill 2915. The sponsor explained that the House version only extended repealer dates to 2029, while the Senate version also eliminated some repealers and allowed native wineries to have tasting rooms in certain economic projects. The strike-all amendment and the bill as amended were adopted, and the committee then voted to rise and report.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate - Tax, Business and Transportation Feb 17th, 2026 at 05:06 pm
Senate Tax, Business & Transportation
Transcript Highlights:
- House Bill 20 relates to identification and amends the existing New Mexico law to allow Native American
- The bill requires that the Motor Vehicle Division of the Taxation Revenue Department to include a Native
- promotes accurate and reliable identification while Respecting the cultural identity and privacy of Native
- By allowing voluntary, nonspecific Native American designations on the state-issued driver's license
- House Bill 20 strengthens trust between law enforcement and Native communities and supports fair, respectful
FL
Florida 2026 4th Special Session
January 27, 2026 - 09:30 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- I hear there is debate around the native status of flamingos, so I wanted to try to clarify some of that
- Let's begin with the ecological definition of what it means to be native.
- A native species is defined as one that occurs naturally in the area without human introduction, whether
- I am privileged to work on the bill as a non-native with a non-native to Florida along with the great
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Transportation Apr 1st, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- academic and field settings, focused on expanding habitat networks and building capacity within the native
- the increase will be to support research in partnership with Ifas to help establish a more robust native
- seed industry in Florida with more resources for this research, they can work to reduce the cost of native
- wildflower seeds and bring down the cost of planning native wildflowers for everyone.
- But most importantly, this will allow the Department of Transportation to incorporate more native wild
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- attended Mass at the Cathedral, I saw something I hadn't seen before: the Archbishop had incorporated Native
- Whereas Lorelai Chavez, a Native American Studies teacher...
- Whereas Lorelai is the first Native American Teacher of the Year.
- Whereas Lorelai received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Native American Studies with a minor in History
- Whereas Lorelai began her career in education, working as a substitute teacher, then moved into a Native
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Resources, Recreation and Development (01/21/2026)
Resources, Recreation and Development
Transcript Highlights:
- the native wildlife that we have. the native wildlife that we have.
- The native population should not be excluded.
- The native population should not be excluded.
- Native Americans, including the Abanaki. Native Americans, including the Abanaki.
- document the devastation of Native document the devastation of Native Americans<02:59:08.000>
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- He is a board-certified emergency medicine physician and an Arizona native who earned his bachelor's
- He is a board-certified emergency medicine physician and Arizona Native who earned his bachelor's degree
- and medical degree from the University. and Arizona Native who earned his bachelor's degree and medical
- Kelly McDermott is here, a North Central Phoenix native and resident.
Summary:
The Arizona House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, approval of the March 18, 2026 journal, and recognition of Doctor of the Day Dr. Bradley Butler, an Arizona emergency physician and Navy Reserve captain. Members also introduced visiting carpenters, local officials from Show Low, World Down Syndrome Day advocates, and Giffords Courage Fellows. The House read and adopted a proclamation designating March 19, 2026 as ALS Awareness Day, with remarks from Representative Selina Bliss and testimony from ALS patients and advocates about the disease’s impact and the need for research, care, and support.
The House then adopted House Resolution 2007 honoring Sheila “Ginger” Mattox, with family and friends present and members speaking about her community service and problem-solving work in Phoenix’s FQ Story neighborhood. The resolution was adopted unanimously, followed by a moment of silence. The chamber also announced committee assignments and received Senate messages listing several bills on first and second reading.
The House resolved into Committee of the Whole to consider HB 2680, which received a Commerce Committee amendment and a floor amendment before being recommended do pass as amended. The House adopted the Committee of the Whole report and referred HB 2680 to engrossing. Later, HB 1004 was withdrawn from the Education Committee and additionally referred to Judiciary. The House recessed, made several announcements, and then adjourned until 1:30 p.m. on Monday, March 23, 2026.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate - Indian, Rural and Cultural Affairs Feb 10th, 2026 at 10:06 am
Senate Indian, Rural & Cultural Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- This funding strengthens accountability, improves coordination with tribes, and helps protect Native
- I'm from the Pueblo of Cochiti, and I serve as Assistant Secretary for Native American Early Education
- Of the MMIP Task Force, and it's not only a public safety issue; it directly impacts our Native children
- This bill is about accountability, visibility, and justice for Native families who have been ignored
Keywords:
rural libraries, education, cultural funding, library services, community resources, contaminated sites, environmental cleanup, uranium mining, state funding, abandoned sites, tribal affairs, Indian Child Welfare Act, appropriation, children, youth, compliance, field liaison, Indigenous rights, missing persons, law enforcement
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Hearing Higher Education Committee and Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee Aug 26th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- They are natives. They are AI natives, so to speak. And so they're very... With AI.
- They are natives. They are AI natives, so to speak.
- So I tried to prompt it to create an image of a Native American person in the sciences, okay, scientists
- Native American person in the sciences, okay, scientists, right?
- . ...of Filipino, African-American, Native American children who are in the sciences, one in high school
Summary:
The Assembly Committee on Higher Education and the Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee held an oversight hearing on the California State University’s AI-empowered initiative, including the systemwide rollout of ChatGPT EDU and broader AI integration across CSU campuses. Opening remarks emphasized both the promise of AI for student success, workforce preparation, and access, and the need to address risks such as bias, privacy, misinformation, environmental impacts, and mental health harms. CSU representatives said the initiative grew out of Academic Senate recommendations and a systemwide generative AI committee, and that the goal was to provide equitable access, training, governance, and workforce alignment across the 23-campus system.
CSU officials described systemwide contracts for AI tools, the AI Commons training hub, and faculty grant programs supporting AI-related curriculum innovation. They said more than 93,000 ChatGPT EDU accounts had been activated, over 4,300 faculty had taken voluntary training, and $3 million had been awarded to 63 faculty-led projects from more than 400 submissions. San Jose State University highlighted its own AI-focused programs, courses, orientation training, faculty fellows, student ambassadors, and interdisciplinary efforts to build AI literacy and responsible use into instruction and co-curricular programs. CSU also said it was tracking metrics on adoption, academic outcomes, workforce outcomes, and environmental impacts.
Faculty, staff, and student representatives welcomed the educational potential of AI but raised concerns about the rollout, saying it had moved quickly and without enough consultation or consistent systemwide policy. They urged stronger protections for academic freedom, intellectual property, privacy, equity, and worker input, and warned about bias, surveillance, job displacement, and the environmental cost of AI. Legislators pressed CSU and OpenAI representatives on training requirements, data privacy, bias reporting, discipline for misuse, liability, sycophancy, and safeguards against harmful uses such as non-consensual imagery or self-harm-related interactions. CSU said interactions in the licensed tool are private, data are not used to train models, and campuses retain their own conduct processes; members also asked CSU to follow up on systemwide training, policy consistency, and additional safeguards.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/26/2026 - House Rural Economic Development #1
Transcript Highlights:
- father, my late father, Rod Lewis, who was the first attorney for our community, the first attorney, Native
- American that was bar-certified, and the first Native American to argue a case all the way up to the
- Supreme Court, ...fighting the first Native American to argue a case all the way up to the U.S.
- One that had, we have a significant land area, and Native American reservations cover 27% of Arizona's
- Approximately one in six Native American households on the Navajo Nation operate completely unbanked,
Summary:
The committee began with a series of presentations highlighting tribal communities as part of rural economic development. Representative Mae Peshlakai described Legislative District 6, emphasizing its large geographic size, the eight tribal nations within it, and the cultural and scenic importance of the Navajo Nation and other tribes. Governor Stephen Roe Lewis then presented on the Gila River Indian Community, focusing on its history, Hohokam heritage, water rights, the MAR-5 aquifer recharge project, cultural traditions, and the importance of collaboration with state lawmakers. Members praised the presentations and noted the need for greater attention to tribal issues in the legislature.
The committee then took up SB 1016, with a strike-everything amendment that moved the property-owner petition requirement earlier in the process for municipal improvement districts and allowed certain notice and protest requirements to be waived. Supporters, including the mayors of Camp Verde and Clarkdale, said the change would improve transparency, reduce financial risk for small towns, and help rural communities build needed infrastructure such as wastewater systems, water lines, and housing-related improvements. The committee adopted the strike-everything amendment and passed SB 1016 on a 5-0 vote, with one member present and one absent.
Next, the committee considered SB 1401, the Workforce Housing Accelerator Act, using a strike-everything amendment that would allow municipalities to create expedited plan review and permitting for qualified workforce housing projects and exempt project proceeds from the state portion of the prime contracting sales tax. Habitat for Humanity representatives said the measure would lower carrying costs and help build more affordable homes, while one member noted the tax exemption would reduce general fund revenue but supported the bill as a targeted tradeoff to address housing shortages. The committee adopted the amendment and passed SB 1401 by a 5-1 vote.
The meeting concluded with Representative Myron Sosec’s presentation on barriers to economic development on the Navajo Nation and other tribal lands. He discussed lower workforce participation, higher unemployment and poverty, limited access to capital, trust-land financing barriers, dual taxation, infrastructure deficits, and delays caused by federal and tribal review processes. He also highlighted Navajo economic strategies such as loan guarantees, renewable energy development, and tourism investments, and urged state action on tax reform, matching funds, and annual tribal field hearings. The committee then adjourned.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
- She's a proud Lexington native.
- He is a senior this year at the University of Kentucky, but is a native of Louisville.
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a University of Kentucky, but is a is a University of Kentucky, but is a is a native - <00:03:14.159>
So, <00:03:14.319>I'm <00:03:14.560>so native um to Louisville - So, I'm so native um to Louisville.
Keywords:
Meeting Start: 00:00
Attendance Roll Call: 00:25
HB 309 Discussion: 00:49
HB 308 Roll Call Vote: 11:34, 958, all
Summary:
The House Agriculture Committee met with a quorum and first introduced legislative interns before taking up House Bill 309, sponsored by Representative Ryan Dodson and co-sponsored by Representative Scott Sharp. The bill would ban lab-grown meat in Kentucky, with the sponsor arguing it was needed to protect Kentucky’s cattle, livestock, and broader agricultural industries, and citing uncertainty about the long-term effects of cultured meat. Supporters also said the state should defend traditional animal agriculture and that the bill had backing from livestock interests and the Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture.
Members raised several concerns, including whether labeling rather than a ban would be a better approach, whether the bill could conflict with the dormant commerce clause, and whether it might hinder emerging research or business opportunities in Kentucky. Some members compared the proposal to existing regulation of other products, while others said they supported the intent but were uneasy about a total ban. The sponsor responded that Kentucky should act to protect its farmers and that the issue could be revisited later if new research emerged.
After discussion, the committee took a roll call vote. The bill received enough support to advance, with the chair announcing that House Bill 309 passed with favorable expression and should also pass on the House floor. Several members explained yes, no, or pass votes, reflecting a mix of support for Kentucky agriculture and concern about overbroad regulation and possible legal issues. The meeting then adjourned.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Environment and Natural Resources Dec 2nd, 2025
Environment and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- Non-native plants can take over a natural landscape, destroying habitat and displacing native animals
- These projects also improve habitat and create destroying habitat and displacing native animals.
- projects in the country, thousands of acres have been transformed from former timberland back to its native
- Invasive species eradication—what I call non-native. So we have great weather here in Florida.
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resources convened with a quorum present and took up SB 302 by Senator Garcia, which would promote nature-based solutions for coastal resilience. Garcia said the bill would direct DEP to adopt statewide guidelines, encourage local restoration projects through existing grant programs, streamline permitting for green and hybrid infrastructure, support workforce training, and require a study on flood-risk and insurance benefits. Senator Harrell asked about implementation, existing statutory authority, and possible fiscal impacts. The committee adopted an amendment clarifying that hybrid infrastructure need only combine green and gray elements, not prove superiority over either alone.
The committee heard supportive testimony on SB 302 from Katie Bauman of Surfrider Foundation, who said nature-based approaches such as dunes, wetlands, and mangroves are cost-effective and protective, and several organizations waived in support, including the Environmental Defense Fund of Florida, the Florida Shore and Beach Preservation Association, and 1,000 Friends of Florida. Senator Harrell said she supported the concept but remained concerned about the breadth of rulemaking and the fiscal implications of workforce funding. After closing remarks from Garcia, the committee voted to report CS for SB 302 favorably.
The remainder of the meeting consisted of informational presentations on land management. Brian Bradner of DEP reviewed Florida State Parks management, including prescribed fire, invasive species removal, hydrologic restoration, cultural resource preservation, visitor use, and budgeted land-management activities. Melissa Tucker of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission described wildlife management areas, emphasizing habitat restoration, wildlife monitoring, ranch infrastructure, public access, and the economic value of the system. Rick Dolan of the Florida Forest Service outlined state forest management funded through a $20 million appropriation, including road and facility work, recreation upgrades, invasive species control, reforestation, habitat restoration, prescribed burning, and boundary marking. Senators praised the agencies’ work and noted the ongoing cost of managing state lands. The committee then adjourned without further action.