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AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- in the state.
- I signed in, the AACJ signed in as against this, but actually we are not completely against this in that
- Lesko in 2016.
- We think that's fair. We need to have some skin in the game.
- And I don't think it's fair for one town that has a lot of money and a lot of rich people living in it
Bills:
SB1046, SB1317, SB1376, SB1416, SB1448, SB1471, SB1493, SB1498, SB1502, SB1504, SB1538, SB1544, SB1550, SB1579, SB1581, SB1584, SB1624, SB1673
Keywords:
telecommunications, broadband, internet infrastructure, critical infrastructure, cybersecurity, national security, foreign adversary, China, Chinese equipment, supply chain security, network equipment, microchips, Arizona Corporation Commission, telecommunications provider, communications infrastructure, Huawei, ZTE, state-owned enterprise, sanctions, infrastructure security
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Local Government Jan 22nd, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- in when we're living in cities, that we can have these facilities.
- I didn't realize there were 75 ports in Washington. We have 11 ports in Grant County.
- So that's still built in.
- in infrastructure.
- It's in your hands. All those in favor say aye. Opposed nay? Nay.
Bills:
SB6132, SB6181, SB6154, SB6189, SB5903, SB6037, SB5983, SB5995, SB6016, SB5820, SB6064, SB6077, SB6101, SB6013, SB6066
Keywords:
indebtedness limits, inland port districts, federal funding, infrastructure improvements, economic development, city incorporation, local governance, municipalities, state law, government structure, culvert replacement, fish passage, hydraulic project approval, Department of Fish and Wildlife, stream crossing, bank stabilization, flood control, erosion control, emergency permit, expedited permit
Summary:
The committee heard several local government bills. Senate Bill 6181 would let county legislative authorities in certain large western Washington counties file city incorporation petitions without first gathering resident signatures, if the proposed area is fully within an urban growth boundary and has more than 25,000 people. Senator Conway and Pierce County officials said the change would give dense unincorporated areas like South Hill another path to a public vote on incorporation, while opponents argued it bypasses the 10% signature threshold and that the bill lacks details on boundaries and other incorporation issues. No action was taken during the hearing.
Senate Bill 6132 would give the Port of Moses Lake additional bonding authority tied to a tax increment financing area so it can finish a rail project and preserve federal funding. Senator Warnick and port representatives said the bill is narrowly tailored to one port and needed because costs have risen. Senate Bill 6154 would let local governments seek exceptions from hydraulic project approval timelines and allow emergency culvert repair dollars to be redirected to higher-priority fish passage projects elsewhere in a watershed. Thurston and Snohomish county officials, along with city public works staff, supported the bill as a way to maximize fish habitat benefits and manage limited resources, while one remote commenter objected to the underlying fish habitat rationale.
The committee also heard Senate Bill 6189, which extends from July 1, 2026 to July 1, 2028 the deadline for certain cities and counties to create an additional public facilities district for regional aquatics and sports facilities. Olympia, Tumwater, and regional supporters said more time is needed to complete feasibility, financing, and interlocal work for a regional aquatic center. In executive session, the committee did not act on SB 5820 or SB 6064, but advanced SB 6037, SB 5983, SB 5995, SB 6013, and SB 6066 with proposed substitutes or amendments as applicable, sending them to Ways and Means, Rules, or Transportation as noted.
NV
Transcript Highlights:
- It is now in a money committee in the second house.
- AB 375 modernizes Nevada's liquor laws in a way that's both responsible and fair.
- In opposition here in Carson City, in Las Vegas, and on the phone lines, please.
- We'll go to neutral here in Carson City, in the phone lines, and in Las Vegas, please.
- There were no comments in support, one comment in opposition, and no comments in neutral.
Bills:
AB102, AB108, AB117, AB213, AB220, AB221, AB251, AB259, AB331, AB336, AB375, AB379, AB409, AB475, AB476, AB550, AB575, AB594, SB466
Keywords:
emergency medical services, ambulance, licensing, health district, paramedic, training requirements, outdoor education, recreation, grant program, environment, funding, special license plates, vehicle registration, custom plates, state revenue, transportation, public works, prevailing wage, custom fabrication, nonstandard materials
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- A sexual assault intake has come in.
- I encourage you to talk to your DAs in your county to have this law in place.
- solution is to have law enforcement mitigate the situation out in the field.
- Reasonable efforts to try to mitigate the situation in the best interest of the child.
- You have a legal remedy in civil court and you have a legal remedy in criminal court.
Keywords:
human organs, criminal penalties, physician license, medical ethics, illegal trade, SB 826, Texas, DWI, driving while intoxicated, intoxicated driving, school crossing zone, school zone, reduced speed limit, traffic safety, child safety, pedestrian safety, felony DWI, state jail felony, Penal Code Section 49.04, Transportation Code Section 541.302
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm in favor of House Bill 5380, and I'm in favor of Vice Chairman Wally.
- In closing, HB 5380 ...
- In protecting these rights.
- I think that is a fair word to use when it comes to what's happening in our state regarding housing.
- This has been done in Austin, as mentioned, and it's done in Houston in certain areas. ...circumstances
Bills:
HB407, HB871, HB882, HB2011, HB3572, HB3578, HB4038, HB4866, HB4897, HB4978, HB5380, HB5555, HB5668, HB5670, HB5674, HB5676, HB5679, HB5688, SB673
Keywords:
solar energy, residential construction, building code, municipal regulations, energy compliance, building codes, interconnection, education, funding, teacher support, student resources, school infrastructure, municipal requirements, environmental sustainability, municipalities, construction, agricultural operation, International Code Council, county regulations, construction fees
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The concept has already been used very successfully in a number of our cities, including right here in
- So in my opinion...
- Village incorporation in 1954.
- , the community buy-in, the residents buy-in, the people who vote for all of us, right?
- Josephine is one of the fastest-growing cities in Texas. In 2010, our population was just 800.
Bills:
HB407, HB871, HB882, HB2011, HB3572, HB3578, HB4038, HB4866, HB4897, HB4978, HB5380, HB5555, HB5668, HB5670, HB5674, HB5676, HB5679, HB5688, SB673
Keywords:
solar energy, residential construction, building code, municipal regulations, energy compliance, building codes, interconnection, education, funding, teacher support, student resources, school infrastructure, municipal requirements, environmental sustainability, municipalities, construction, agricultural operation, International Code Council, county regulations, construction fees
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Especially in critical sectors in our state economy.
- a way where we're being thorough and fair when it comes to, you know, the people that are in this case
- It's in the immigration clinics in this state.
- In conclusion, this bill's broad and punitive nature raises concerns about fairness, privacy, and the
- We work on in infrastructure in the colonias.
Bills:
HB 256, HB 1308, HB 1554, HB 1743, HB 2308, HB 2351, HB 2858, HB 3676, HB 3784, HB 4312, HB 4552, HB 4823, HB 4852, HB 5007, HB 5010, HB 5520, HB 5524, HCR 19
Keywords:
E-verify, employment verification, illegal employment, state contracts, government entities, license suspension, immigration compliance, state grant funding, E-Verify, compliance, penalties, immigration, government contracts, employee status, state contractors, E-verify program, legally present, employment practices, legal services, public money
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Public Safety Committee Meeting - 2025-04-01
Public Safety Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- to present it in.
- In just a short number of months in St.
- Emergency managers play a key role in recovery, mitigation, and preparedness.
- In regards to mitigation, natural hazard mitigation saves, on average, an average of $6 for every $1
- Should this funding initiative be approved, it would be used, in my case, for planning and mitigation
Keywords:
public safety, school safety, active shooter, active shooter drill, violence prevention, threat reporting, anonymous tip line, See It, Say It, Send It, Minnesota Fusion Center, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, BCA, officer-involved death, missing person, endangered missing person, criminal background check, national background check, FBI fingerprint check, adult entertainment license, massage license, correctional facilities
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 4/1/25
Public Safety Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- In just a short number of months in St.
- In just a short number of months in St.
- </c><00:09:36.000><c> others</c> legislation in hope in hopes that others legislation in hope in hopes
- Emergency managements play a key role in recovery, mitigation, and preparedness.
- In regards to mitigation, natural hazard mitigation saves on average $6 for every $1 spent on federal
Keywords:
public safety, school safety, active shooter, active shooter drill, violence prevention, threat reporting, anonymous tip line, See It, Say It, Send It, Minnesota Fusion Center, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, BCA, officer-involved death, missing person, endangered missing person, criminal background check, national background check, FBI fingerprint check, adult entertainment license, massage license, correctional facilities
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Except the true-up mechanism is not going to, in the MISO case, result in large changes.
- Now, to be fair, there will also be new cost items that Entergy has that are not in their current inventory
- I have over 15 years of experience in teaching and administration. ...serving in education.
- I've worked with many people who are in the pipeline or in the process of becoming certified surveyors-in-training
- in terms of what the...
Bills:
SB483, SB522, SB783, SB1239, SB1254, SB1255, SB1259, SB1341, SB1664, SB1762, SB1856, SB1877, SB1977
Keywords:
utility, proprietary information, customer data, data protection, electric service, customer information, emergency communication, electric utility, privacy, certification, public accountants, interstate licensing, accounting, regulatory amendment, energy efficiency, construction regulations, building codes, Texas, sustainability, cost-effectiveness
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Health and Human Services Mar 12th, 2025
Health & Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- their being more hesitant to participate in the process in some counties.
- I know back in the day, members, he testified a lot in public health in the Texas House.
- I'm in support.
- Like, in the simplest form. In the simplest form that...
- I'm speaking in opposition to the bill in its current form.
Bills:
SB 53, SB53, SB125, SB315, SB379, SB457, SB541, SB599, SB896, SB921, SB963, SB1038, SB1084, SB1330, SB1461
Keywords:
voter registration, election procedures, provisional ballot, change of address, residence requirements, mental health, court proceedings, notice requirements, legal filings, electronic documents, autologous blood donation, direct blood donation, blood bank, hospital, Health and Safety Code, physician order, preoperative blood donation, patient blood reserve, transfusion, surgery
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Appropriations Apr 8th, 2025 at 08:30 am
Appropriations
Transcript Highlights:
- we have tried in the past to figure out a way to make people pay for their own stay in prison.
- Grand Forks has had issues, whether it's discharging weapons in bars, hotels, or in homes.
- each condition, there are actually negative impacts in terms of what's going on in prison.
- Not in addition to the previous $20 million line of credit that was passed in the prior session.
- This is in Section 5504.
Bills:
HB1603
Keywords:
Native American, grave protection, repatriation, cultural heritage, tribal compliance, 908, all
Summary:
The Appropriations Committee met with a quorum and announced it would begin meeting at 8 a.m. for the rest of the week to work through a growing bill list. The committee first approved House Bill 1603, a companion to the Historical Society budget dealing with NAGPRA, including a $500,000 matching grant to be divided among North Dakota’s five tribes and a committee to address repatriation of human remains and cultural items. The vote was unanimous, 15-0.
The committee then considered House Bill 1225, which would increase penalties for reckless endangerment involving a firearm and create a mandatory prison term. After debate over public safety concerns versus the bill’s fiscal note and prison costs, the committee adopted a do not pass recommendation by a 9-6-1 vote. Members also discussed House Bill 1018, the State Historical Society budget, and approved an amendment that adjusted one-time funding items, including NAGPRA compliance, museum exhibits, military gallery funding, local historic grants, and line-of-credit repayment. The amended bill then received a due pass recommendation by a 14-2 vote.
The committee next approved House Bill 1468, a behavioral health facility grant for St. Hayes, which supporters said would expand in-state access to acute and adolescent behavioral health care and reduce the need to send patients out of state. The bill passed 14-1. It then amended and passed House Bill 1485, increasing the personal needs allowance for certain Medicaid recipients by $15 and indexing it to inflation; the amendment and the bill as amended both passed 14-2. Finally, the committee approved House Bill 1016, the Adjutant General/National Guard budget, after adopting an amendment that funded disaster relief, response equipment, IT and website costs, and staffing changes for the watch center; the amended bill passed 14-2. The committee adjourned after completing six bills and planned to resume the next morning at 8 a.m.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 4/15/26
Commerce Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- The most mature programs in the country are in Gulf Coast states.
- in selling in those markets.
- And I think most insurance companies are fair. And so it was that industry that I made a living in.
- They come in, they get paid, they're in and out.
- that in many areas.
Keywords:
healthcare, insurance, regulation, financial institutions, prescription drug affordability, consumer protection, restitution account, financial compensation, attorney general, distributions, property insurance, homeowners insurance, fire and allied lines, hail insurance, appraisal clause, loss adjustment, alternative dispute resolution, insurance claims, claim valuation, actual cash value
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Committee Jun 25th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- And I think it's fair to say that they did not achieve the cost savings in the last budget that they
- I've been involved in the last 30 years of developing energy codes in America, Canada, as well as in
- So just want to be fair to everybody in terms of time.
- So who can live on that in Sonoma County? Who can live on $48,000 in any county in California?
- So, for all of you who live in the rural north and also in the Central Valley, and in urban areas when
Summary:
The Assembly Budget Committee held an informational hearing on the final three-party budget agreement and related trailer bills, with the Department of Finance outlining the major budget bill and omnibus measures. Finance described a package built around balancing the state budget amid economic uncertainty, preserving core health and safety-net programs, and making significant ongoing reductions in some state programs. The budget bill included major items such as shifting $1 billion from the General Fund to the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund for Cal Fire, funding universal transitional kindergarten, deferring some UC and CSU funding, supporting foster care and homelessness programs, providing Proposition 36 implementation funding, and achieving Medi-Cal savings through changes to benefits and eligibility. The committee also heard that votes on the budget bills were expected later in the week and the following Monday.
Finance then walked through the trailer bills, including health, human services, early learning, education, resources, energy, transportation, labor, housing, tax, public safety, courts, general government, cannabis, and energy-related measures. Notable provisions included a Medi-Cal enrollment freeze for certain adults, new premiums and benefit changes for some immigrants, child care COLA changes, education funding for literacy, teacher support, universal meals, and community college student support, as well as resource and climate measures affecting Cal Fire staffing and energy permitting. The housing trailer bill drew the most discussion, with provisions on CEQA streamlining, a vehicle miles traveled mitigation banking program, a renters’ credit trigger, and a six-year moratorium on new residential building standards. Members also discussed a film tax credit expansion, cannabis enforcement funding, a tribal police pilot program, and changes to tax policy, including military retirement income exclusions and wildfire settlement payment exclusions.
Committee members largely praised the staff and the budget process, but several raised concerns and asked detailed questions, especially about the housing trailer bill’s new wage standards, tribal consultation provisions, and possible effects on prevailing wage protections. Finance explained that the housing language was intended to set wage floors for market-rate projects receiving CEQA streamlining, with different county-based tiers and a notwithstanding clause preserving existing prevailing wage laws. Members also questioned the size and timing of funding for the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative, Clean Cars for All, Proposition 36, and the film tax credit expansion. Other members highlighted support for public safety, veterans’ tax relief, child care providers, housing production, and higher education, while some expressed concern that the budget’s policy changes were being negotiated too quickly or without enough stakeholder input.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee Jul 16th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- This morning, we are in Room 437 in the Capitol. The hearing room is open for in-person attendance.
- the Central Valley and 109 degrees in the East Coachella Valley. ...in 3 degrees in the Central Valley
- Specifically in Five Points in Fresno County, many residents work in the fields during extreme heat and
- Because I visited several prisons in the last year in California in the summer.
- Hi, I'm Sheree Dimmerling with the NCW as well as the Fair Housing Council in strong support.
Summary:
The Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee heard several housing-related bills and moved most of them forward. SB 655 (Stern) would establish a state policy that residential units should be able to maintain a safe maximum indoor temperature, with supporters citing extreme heat deaths and the need for statewide guidance. Members raised concerns about the lack of a specific temperature standard and possible impacts on the electric grid, but the bill passed the committee 8-0 as amended to Appropriations.
The committee also heard SB 634 (Perez), which would bar state and local governments from adopting or enforcing ordinances that punish people or organizations for providing basic survival services to unhoused people. Supporters, including people with lived experience and homelessness advocates, argued that criminalizing food, water, blankets, and outreach prolongs homelessness and harms vulnerable residents; opponents from some cities and counties warned about limits on local control. The bill passed 8-2. SB 772 (Cabaldon) would continue and expand the Infill Infrastructure Grant Program by better supporting walkability, transit, and climate-resilient infrastructure for infill housing; it passed 8-0.
The committee also considered SB 838 (Dutraslo/DeRazzo), which would keep the Housing Accountability Act focused on housing by excluding transient lodging from housing streamlining protections. Supporters said some developers have used housing laws to fast-track hotel projects instead of homes, while opponents worried the bill could be too broad and limit mixed-use financing. After discussion about possible clarifying amendments, the bill passed 8-2 to Local Government. Several consent items—SB 484, SB 489, SB 686, and SB 724—also passed unanimously.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, December 11, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- They are asking for a fair shot, and we should be investing in their future, not abandoning them.
- shot, and we should be asking for a fair shot, and we should be investing<00:16:50.160><c> in</c><00
- This includes mitigation proposals in different watersheds than impacts, mitigation options that do not
- This includes<02:04:00.960><c> mitigation</c><02:04:01.520><c> proposals</c><02:04:02.080><c> in</c>
- includes mitigation proposals in includes mitigation proposals in different<02:04:02.800><c> watersheds
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee Apr 8th, 2026
Utilities and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- No requirement in last year's law or this year's law to require that they file a fire mitigation plan
- could not account for $2.5 billion of the $6 billion in two-year, 2019 to 2020 wildfire mitigation plan
- If utilities know they're being watched, they're more likely to spend wildfire mitigation funds in effective
- And the way the spend was looked at was at a point in time when the wildfire mitigation plan and the
- The spend was looked at at a point in time when the wildfire mitigation plan and the GRC did not line
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- And here in the forest, in the communities, and in the individual hardening, the uniform standard we're
- For the homes that don't have it, we're introducing a fair plan bill, which requires mitigation.
- Once you get in the fair plan within a year and hopefully. grants for people who can't afford it, and
- This type of mitigation strategy is nothing new in the fire service.
- And again, that's why we're trying to put the insurer of last resort in the Fair Plan bill to cover the
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- This makes sure that all that money is coming in in FY 26 and then it can go out in 26, 27, and 28.
- A couple of things in the budget, you know, I came in.
- Uh, $37 billion in funds sitting in somewhere in our banks, as far as we're at. Mr.
- in bonding.
- I think it's more than fair for them to pick up what they're not getting in gas.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- All in favor say aye. Opposed?
- Right now there’s a fair amount of things in agriculture that we have that are tax exempt, and this would
- in your in your and and the Waters um in your in your area<00:52:58.680><c> but</c><00:52:59.119><c>
- the buffer legislation basic fairness the buffer legislation passed<01:14:08.360><c> in</c> passed in
- in in statute and law that was already in in statute and and<01:19:42.159><c> so</c><01:19:42.360><c