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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 4/7/26

Public Safety Finance and Policy

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  • our public safety system. our public safety system.
  • programs in Dakota County. programs in Dakota County.
  • programs do. programs do.
  • It creates a grant program through the Department of Public Safety to support dedicated teams of police
  • I think that's important for public<01:25:34.760> safety. public safety. public safety.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/17/2026 - Senate Natural Resources

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • was published by the National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians and the CDC.
  • was published by the National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians and the CDC.
  • We have the experts in the room that are talking with other state groups as public meetings.
  • All right, we will go into public testimony. Yeah, we've got a few. Go ahead.
  • program.
Summary: The Senate Natural Resources Committee first considered two nominations. Jessica Manuel was introduced as a nominee to the Arizona Game and Fish Commission, where testimony emphasized her science background and experience working with agencies and stakeholders. Members asked about wolf management and her qualifications, and the committee voted 8-0 to recommend her confirmation. Stephen Williams was then introduced for the Arizona Livestock Loss Board, with discussion focused on his livestock and State Land Department experience and how the board handles wolf-related livestock losses. The committee also voted 8-0 to recommend his confirmation. The committee then took up several bills. SB 1785, which would codify ADWR’s one-mile safe-harbor policy for recovery wells near groundwater storage facilities, passed 5-3 after ADWR said it largely reflected current practice but requested clarifying language. SB 1082, requiring sanitation measures and signage for petting zoos and similar animal encounter exhibits, drew strong testimony from a parent advocate describing severe E. coli/HUS cases and opposition from fair/agriculture representatives who argued the bill was too broad and unnecessary; after amendment, it failed 4-4. SB 1336, extending the State Land Department and creating a temporary oversight committee with a broad amendment on lease holdovers, notice periods, and committee membership, passed 6-2 after significant debate over the committee’s composition and scope. Later, SB 1200, which would require ADWR to revisit certain Phoenix AMA assured water supply applications using older groundwater models, passed 5-3 despite opposition from CAP and ADWR over added replenishment obligations and concerns about relying on outdated models. SB 1335, requiring the Arizona Water Banking Authority to post its annual report online, passed 7-1. SB 1559, creating rural groundwater management work groups in each basin to report to ADWR, passed 5-3 after supporters said it would improve basin-level coordination and opponents argued it created new bureaucracy without enforcement tools. SB 1761, appropriating $47.7 million to the University of Arizona for the Yuma Center of Excellence for Desert Agriculture, Cooperative Extension, and the Experiment Station, passed 7-1 amid broad support but some concern about funding levels. Finally, SCM 1007, urging Congress to divest and improve the San Carlos Irrigation Project electric system, passed unanimously.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Health and Public Affairs Feb 13th, 2026 at 04:01 pm

Senate Health & Public Affairs

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  • That's contrary to New Mexico public policy and access to the judicial system.
  • So with that, we have ended public comment. And stop the timer.
  • Public comment has ended, and we'll go to any questions or comments from committee members.
  • Charter schools are part of our public school system, so their nurses are part of this bill.
  • And as one of the public speakers urged this committee to do, we need to move into a public health approach
Bills: HB10, HB12, HB34, SB130, SM21
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Appropriations Committee, February 13, 2026

Appropriations

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  • If not, we'll move to public comment. If not, we'll move to public comment. >> Okay.
  • That's immigration, to 287G program.
  • It was essential to justice, to healing, and to public safety.
  • In my to healing, and to public safety.
  • > comment<01:21:00.560> and I will close public comment and I will close public comment
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Appropriations Committee, February 13, 2026

Appropriations

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  • only had a penalty provision on public only had a penalty provision on public officers.<00:05:22.720
  • >> Other<00:10:51.279> public<00:10:51.600> comment, >> Other public comment
  • <00:21:02.559> safety could undermine critical public safety could undermine critical public
  • keeping a close eye on our public keeping a close eye on our public benefits<00:32:32.799> and
  • the public? the public? >> Oh,<00:37:00.480> sorry,<00:37:00.880> Mr.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama Senate Tourism Committee Feb 11th, 2026

Tourism

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  • There's also on like your phone, you can download certain programs or apps that allow you to identify
  • There's also on like your phone, you can download certain programs or apps that allow you to identify
  • like your phone, you can download on like your phone, you can download certain<00:04:40.400> programs
  • > apps<00:04:41.280> that<00:04:41.520> allow<00:04:41.840> you certain programs
  • or apps that allow you certain programs or apps that allow you to<00:04:42.960> identify<00:04
Bills: HB393, HB61, SB234, SB234
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Consumer and Public Affairs Feb 10th, 2026 at 06:48 pm

House Consumer & Public Affairs

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  • Do you respond to some of the public comment?
  • , a good public policy to keep on the books.
  • We also had someone who gave public testimony, Dr.
  • We have established a structured and accountable program, including a public website that explains the
  • So without state action to repeal the program sunset, the program will be eliminated permanently in 2030
Bills: HB25, SB38, SB101, HB199
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development Committee Jan 14th, 2026

Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development

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  • Now, because we're rolling this into public health, would that automatically go away, or should we tweak
  • But since this is being rolled into public health, which is a good thing, because now it would really
  • allow them to expand their scope working on the public health departments, where they can also go to
  • health which is a good thing into public health which is a good thing because<00:09:11.519> uh
  • the public health through the public the public health through the public health<00:09:17.279>
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Education May 13th, 2025

Public Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • The purpose is for us to hear from the public.
  • DEI policies in our public schools.
  • The students attending our program say that gender-based programming makes them feel safe because it
  • . programs and activities out of fear.
  • The passing of SB 12 will remove programming like Girls on the Run from public schools because of the
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Feb 27th, 2025

Alabama Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • programs page 17 public programs page 17 public programs page 21 community events page 21 community
  • 3,321 public program this this what the this part of program this this what the this part of program
  • about the public about the public program all right you had 34 public program all right you had 34 public
  • program all right you had 34 public programs presented total 41 programs presented total 41 programs
  • attended a live public program 1,833 viewers of the f25 programs 1,833 viewers of the f25 programs recordings
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Feb 27th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • changes and provisions that make it appear at best. that the Lottery Commission has enabled a private-public
  • The legislature let out... very strict and intelligible principles to protect the public from fraud and
  • That is stealing millions of dollars from the public.
  • after the executive director and three commissioners under oath we also had sustainable development programs
  • Fund for Veterans Assistance out of the Texas lotto since its inception. $262 million for veterans programs
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

WAL Public Hearing - Tue Feb 10, 2026 @ 9:00 AM HST

Water & Land

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  • public for this? No. Anybody on Zoom? public for this? No. Anybody on Zoom?
  • Um, you mentioned public input.
  • Um, you mentioned public input.
  • Um, you mentioned u public office. Um, you mentioned u public input. input. input.
  • environmental review program of OP. environmental review program of OP.
Summary: The committee on Water and Land met on February 10, 2026, with Chair Mark Hashem outlining strict testimony rules and noting a time constraint because of later hearings and floor session obligations. The committee then took up several bills, hearing mostly supportive testimony on HB 1881 relating to land use, HB 2218 relating to DLNR/community management, and HB 1956 relating to freshwater waves, while HB 1845 relating to the Land Use Commission drew legal concerns and opposition. HB 2151 relating to building materials had no substantive testimony presented in the excerpt, and the committee moved through it quickly. On HB 1881, testimony focused on protecting North Shore lands from overdevelopment. A supporter described the area as valuable precisely because it remains largely undeveloped, and a member asked whether the bill’s restrictions on “finculars” would affect existing or future private residential installations; the response suggested the bill was aimed at future commercial uses and that grandfathering or personal-use exceptions might be possible, but the exact wording would need legal refinement. HB 2218 received broad support from OHA, DLNR, Kua, Sierra Club, Hui Maka Aana, the Honlay Initiative, and others, who said the measure would expand community-based co-management across DLNR divisions, build on existing park partnerships, and produce real benefits such as better stewardship, safer access, local jobs, and stronger community trust. Members asked about the bill’s five-year review structure, how multiple community groups would be handled, and whether the model could apply to ocean or nearshore areas; DLNR said the board would retain authority, agreements would be non-exclusive and subject to review, and the department was still working through how the approach would function across different divisions and marine settings. For HB 1956, the Attorney General offered technical comments, urging clearer definitions of “residing” and “freshwater way,” clearer timing for citations and arrests, and more explicit procedural safeguards and agency roles. On HB 1845, the Attorney General and Land Use Commission raised concerns that the bill could conflict with constitutional protections for important agricultural lands and could not be reconciled with existing voting requirements; the LUC also said commissioners cannot vote by proxy under sunshine law and warned that the bill could allow too few commissioners to approve major boundary changes. Members questioned how the bill would work in counties without designated important agricultural lands, and the LUC explained that Kauai is the only county to have completed the IAL process, while the broader statutory process remains county-driven and has been the subject of litigation. No votes or final committee actions were taken in the excerpt.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee Jan 28th, 2026

Finance and Taxation Education

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  • So, I am our public school system.
  • involved in her turnaround program.
  • and it's and her turnaround program and it's and her turnaround program provided<00:16:47.199>
  • was involved in her turnaround program. was involved in her turnaround program.
  • >> I feel for our public education >> I feel for our public education um<00:50:06.880>
Bills: HB245, SB16, SB59, SB62, SB79, SB88
TX
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  • public school.
  • Public testimony is now closed.
  • It's a great program.
  • We also have high school internship programs and high school summer camp programs that our association
  • Hearing none, public testimony is closed. We will record yours in. Public testimony is closed.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Criminal Jurisprudence Apr 3rd, 2025

Criminal Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • , or what the former witness referred to as the OmniBase program.
  • Beyond the economic toll, these crimes pose a public safety risk.
  • Could you clarify how this law would apply to public sidewalks and other public areas that happen to
  • And then secondly, how this would affect normal public use of public spaces?
  • And it's not that we want to illegalize that person carrying a firearm in public.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Feb 20th, 2025

Alabama Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • If we're going to do that, we might as well be inclusive of our public schools as critical access...
  • ...our public schools as critical access.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • waiting chart it's all been made public waiting chart it's all been made public uh<00:19:13.520>
  • , veterinary medical programs, and veterinary technology programs; remove the optional alternate pathway
  • <00:32:18.880> licensed of a narcotic treatment program licensed of a narcotic treatment program
  • Nathan Goan, Justice and Public Safety Cabinet Office of Legal Services.
  • Jennifer Bart, Public Safety Branch Manager.
Summary: The subcommittee met with a quorum, approved the minutes, and welcomed new members before taking up Council on Postsecondary Education regulations 13 KAR 2:120 and 13 KAR 2:130. The regulations, as amended by staff and agency amendments, update public university and KCTCS performance funding models to conform to 2024 Senate Bill 191 and the performance funding work group’s recommendations. Changes discussed included replacing the underrepresented minority metric with an underrepresented students metric defined as first-generation students, adding an adult learner metric, increasing the low-income degree premium, adjusting small-school and nonresident credit-hour weights, revising data aging and progression metrics, and adding STEM+H criteria in 13 KAR 2:120. Travis Pal of the Council on Postsecondary Education explained that the changes reflect the work group’s three-year review process and that the work group ultimately voted to define underrepresented students as first-generation students and to apply half-weighting between research and comprehensive universities for the new metric. Michael Frasier of the Kentucky Student Rights Coalition and Eastern Kentucky University student government opposed 13 KAR 2:120, arguing that the regulation improperly applies weights where the statute does not clearly authorize them and that the funding changes disadvantage comprehensive universities and vulnerable students. He asked the committee to find the regulation deficient or, alternatively, recommend legislative clarification and a revised fiscal analysis. Pal responded that weighting has been part of the model since 2017, that CPE was following the statute and work group recommendations, and that the model could be changed by future legislation. Members asked about the timing of the broader performance funding review, and Pal said the full model is reviewed every three years, with the next work group cycle beginning in 2026. No motion to find the regulation deficient was made, and the committee allowed the regulations to proceed to the committee of jurisdiction. The committee then approved a staff amendment to Teachers’ Retirement System regulations 102 KAR 1:195 and 102 KAR 1:340, which require annual reporting of accumulated sick leave, leave policies, and salary schedules to TRS and make technical changes to the final average salary calculation and related definitions.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations REVISED Feb 18th, 2026 at 10:00 am

Appropriations

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  • I've got 33 school sites and had been public schools.
  • It seems to have been a very successful program.
  • Because this is essentially a new program, so that was the beta.
  • So, would it be an appropriation to OwRB under their program guidelines?
  • , kind of an evergreen loan program.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/18/2026 - Senate Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency

Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency

Transcript Highlights:
  • The special fund is waived, and the ICA is required to prepare and file a notice of public information
  • So it's not a surprise to the public members. Suite to be watching over it.
  • So it's not a surprise to the public members when they're choosing that these are really student care
  • So the kinds of exactions that a city makes are generally things like public safety requirements, so
  • They should be knowable to both the public, to the applicant, and to the city.
Summary: The committee approved the minutes and then heard Senate Bill 1668, which would extend the deadline for funeral establishments or responsible persons to submit required documentation from seven calendar days to 14 business days and make related changes involving disposition of unborn or stillborn children, minors, and abortion clinic forms. Funeral industry testimony said the current timelines are difficult to meet and create stress for grieving families, while a mother described problems caused by requiring an ex-spouse’s signature after her child’s death. The bill passed on a 4-3 vote, with some members supporting the timing and family-law fixes and others objecting to the abortion-clinic provisions. The committee then took up Senate Bill 1286, on veterinary telemedicine prescriptions. An amendment shortened the telemedicine prescription period for non-antimicrobial drugs from 60 days to 30 days, allowed antimicrobial prescriptions for up to 14 days based on an electronic exam, and barred further antimicrobial prescriptions without an in-person exam. Veterinarians and the Arizona Veterinary Medical Association moved to neutral on the amended bill but warned about safety, overprescribing, and the limits of telemedicine; supporters argued it would improve access for rural, elderly, and low-income pet owners. The committee adopted the amendment and then passed the bill as amended on a 4-3 vote. Senate Bill 1235, creating the emergency services personnel licensure interstate compact, passed unanimously after sponsor testimony that it would improve reciprocity for EMTs and paramedics and help military personnel. Senate Bill 1446, which would change dialysis-center social worker documentation from monthly to quarterly, also passed unanimously, with DeVita Dialysis Services saying the change would reduce paperwork and align Arizona with federal and most-state practice. Senate Bill 1515, a cleanup bill for the Industrial Commission of Arizona that renames positions, removes outdated duties, and changes publication of fee schedules, passed after an amendment and supportive agency testimony. The committee also heard Senate Bill 1678, which would require direct-care staff in certain facilities to complete patient information forms and reestablish the Vulnerable Adult Systems Study Committee. An amendment removed the form requirement and instead required DHS to investigate complaints from EMS personnel about missing DNR orders; first responders and provider groups supported the revised approach, though some members wanted minority-party appointments added to the study committee. The bill passed as amended on a 6-0-1 vote. Finally, the committee began hearing Senate Bill 1747 on social media protections for minors, with the sponsor framing it as a child-safety measure and opponents from NetChoice, TechNet, and Meta warning about privacy risks, age-verification problems, constitutional concerns, and the possibility that teens would evade restrictions; supporters argued parents need stronger controls and pointed to app-store-based alternatives, but no vote was taken in the portion provided.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Community Affairs Feb 3rd, 2026

Community Affairs

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  • And that is all public. “...of counties, waves in support, and that is all public appearances that we
  • It seems to be that we want the public to know as much as possible. to be that we want the public to
  • What about a local public health program that's premised on racial disparities, given that 98% of cases
  • A local public education program targeted to gay and bisexual men, who account for approximately two-thirds
  • So my concern last year was really, you know, the SBA has loan programs, SBA 7(a) programs where they
Summary: The committee heard several housing, local government, utility, and transparency bills. SB 1342 on transportation infrastructure and land development regulations, by Sen. Rouson, was presented as a housing-affordability measure modeled on the Live Local Act for transit corridors. After adopting an amendment that removed the bill’s compelling-governmental-interest language in enforcement provisions, the committee heard testimony from local-government and housing interests both supporting and opposing the bill’s zoning preemption approach. The bill was reported favorably. The committee also reported favorably CS/SB 1614, by Sen. Leek, which was amended to remove stormwater and code-enforcement spending provisions and to tighten restrictions on local governments seeking state appropriations after audits or without required affirmations. SB 1548, the next Live Local Act iteration by Sen. Claddie Ude, was also reported favorably; it expands where Live Local projects may be located and adds fair-housing protections. SB 968 on home backup power systems, by Sen. McLean, was reported favorably after testimony from builders and energy-related stakeholders, with the sponsor noting he was still working on amendments to refine permit provisions. The committee then approved CS/SB 698, by Sen. Martin, which allows building permits for single-family homes to be issued before septic permits are finalized if application has been made, while still requiring septic approval before occupancy. Builders testified that septic permit delays were causing lengthy project delays and contract cancellations. The committee also reported favorably SB 1320, by Sen. Martin, requiring county tax-increase referenda to include a Department of Financial Services spending analysis if available; the sponsor said the goal was to give voters more standardized fiscal information, while opponents argued existing law already provides similar transparency. SB 484, by Sen. Avila, on data centers, was reported favorably after an amendment adding a knowledge requirement to the foreign-country-of-concern service prohibition; the bill addresses local planning authority, nondisclosure agreements, utility tariff requirements, and water-use limits for large data centers. The committee also reported favorably SB 1118, by Sen. Avila, creating a one-year public-records exemption for data-center location and proprietary information, with testimony split between economic-development supporters and transparency concerns. Finally, the committee took up SB 706, by Sen. Mayfield, preempting naming of major commercial service airports to the state and designating Palm Beach International Airport as Donald J. Trump International Airport subject to federal and trademark conditions; it was reported favorably after questions about local input and airport naming. The committee then heard extensive public testimony on SB 1134, by Sen. Yarbrough, which would prohibit counties and municipalities from funding, promoting, or taking official actions related to DEI and would create penalties and a private right of action for residents. The sponsor argued the bill was aimed at preventing taxpayer-funded DEI programs and cited examples from Jacksonville and other jurisdictions; opponents said the bill was vague, overbroad, and would chill local programs, public education, and civil-rights-related activities. The transcript ends during continued public testimony on SB 1134, with no final committee action shown in the excerpt.