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FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Senate in Special Session E May 29th, 2026
Florida Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- President Pro Tempore Brodeur, Chair of the Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and
- Other items within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services include over $132.2 million for
- It adds a certain compost derived entirely from agricultural activity and regulated by the Department
- of Environmental Protection to the list of qualifying agricultural purposes eligible for agricultural
- So I find that that is encouraging, considering these statistics lately.
Summary:
The Senate convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then moved to the conference report on House Bill 501E, the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2026-27. Budget chairs presented the major spending areas, describing a $114.5 billion overall budget that they said was fiscally responsible and below the prior year’s spending. Highlights included pay increases and retirement adjustments for public safety employees, education funding for K-12, higher education, health and human services, criminal justice, transportation, environmental programs, and agriculture/regulatory agencies.
Members then questioned chairs on several items. In education, senators discussed K-12 declining enrollment funding, teacher salary set-asides, private school scholarship spending, mental health funding, preeminence funding for universities, the Hamilton Center at UF, and charter school PICO funding. In health and human services, questions focused on the iBudget waiver waitlist, provider rates, ADAP/HIV funding and the return of Biktarvy to the formulary, KidCare, rural health funding, SNAP-related IT and error reduction efforts, and the IDD managed care program. In criminal justice, senators asked about correctional officer pay, prison staffing and infrastructure, air conditioning in prisons, juvenile justice facilities, law enforcement recruitment, and court system funding. Environmental and transportation questions covered Florida Forever, water quality, state parks, water projects, housing, elections funding, and emergency management.
Several specific actions and explanations were given during debate: the budget includes $8.8 million for state attorney competitive area differentials but no funding for public defender CAD requests; assistant state attorneys will start at $70,000 and assistant public defenders at $65,000; the battery disposal issue was described as a temporary study/preemption approach; and the Senate said the budget does not fund Medicaid expansion, preeminence funding, or the SunBucks Summer EBT state share. Senators also noted that some proposals discussed in committee did not make it into the final budget. The transcript ends with debate statements from members praising the budget process and Chair Hooper, while also expressing concerns about public schools, health care access, affordability, and the lack of funding for certain priorities.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session - part 2 May 12th, 2025
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- There are statistics that are available to everyone to look at that are on the website for DHS, and I
- The statistics have not improved.
- But I mean, let's just look at some of the statistics, some of the health statistics.
- Members, this is a statistic that we do not want to have. According to the Minneapolis St.
- This is a terrible statistic for us to have, and many people are questioning expanding their families
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- I just came from water, agriculture, and rural affairs. where we have before us SCR 13 talking about
- And tries to do trend analysis and treatments and statistical research and stuff.
- Yes, my statistic comes from Interact, it's an intersex advocacy organization.
- That's just statistically impossible. So I think this is a very good bill.
- The evidence shows suicide rates. statistically unchanged or even slightly increased.
Committee:
Senate State Affairs
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Chair, your Committee on Land, Agriculture and Rural Affairs has under consideration House Bill 2159
- Chair, your Committee on Land, Agriculture and Rural Affairs has under consideration House Bill 2171
- Chair, your Committee on Land, Agriculture and Rural Affairs has under consideration House Bill 2497
- Chair, your Committee on Land, Agriculture and Rural Affairs has under consideration House Bill 2762
- Chair, your Committee on Land, Agriculture and Rural Affairs has under consideration House Bill 2791
Summary:
The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, approval of the prior journal, and several guest introductions and proclamations, including recognition of Dr. Victoria Tannenbaum as Doctor of the Day, Lutheran Day at the Legislature, a veterans treatment court judge, and Adrian Ace Stubbs Day. Attendance was recorded at 56 present, one absent, and three excused. The chamber then moved through communications, committee reports, and first/second readings before beginning a long third-reading calendar.
Members considered and voted on a wide range of bills covering tax administration, groundwater and water rights, licensing timeframes, homicide, school employee transparency, mining, retirement system cleanup, utility regulation, AI and digital privacy, sexual extortion, adult protective services, salvage vehicles, veterinary board changes, geological survey reorganization, court fees, real estate licensing, probation, and several education-related appropriations and policy measures. Many bills passed on largely party-line votes, while others passed overwhelmingly or unanimously. Several members explained votes on issues such as superintendent contract transparency, ESA administration funding, mining reclamation, water supply and drought policy, motorcycle safety, AI and adult-content verification, and abortion-pill coercion.
The House also passed multiple concurrent resolutions and memorials, including measures on election administration, Judea and Samaria, Route 66, and a memorial to rename State Route 69. Election-related debate was especially pointed, with supporters arguing for precinct-based voting and opponents warning of cost, reduced access, and logistical burdens. The chamber then moved into Committee of the Whole to begin consideration of measures on Calendar No. 1, starting with HB 2174 and related amendments.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- This is work done in tandem with the Department of Agriculture.
- Item eight is the agricultural water. Conservation fund or AWCF.
- Not only the state's $22 million animal agriculture industry, but also the health of 30 million Texans
- The next item is the Agricultural Conservation Fund and the program that is funded through that fund.
- That's according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Thank you. Thank you.
Committee:
Senate Finance
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- property cost-based and expense; SB 2105, agricultural property inspection notice; SB 2111, driver license
- property cost-based and expense; SB 2105, agricultural property inspection notice; SB 2111, driver license
- So I know I'm throwing a lot of statistics at you, but we know that speed cameras So I know I'm throwing
- a lot of statistics at you, but we know that speed cameras are verified to deter speeding and its impact
- One good statistic is about reduced repeat offenders.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Legislative Session Day 29 (2-18-26)
Kentucky House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The Agriculture Committee has met and reports House Bill 111 should pass with House Committee Substitute
- >> The<00:06:22.160><c> Agriculture</c><00:06:22.720><c> Committee</c><00:06:22.960><c> has</c>
- <00:06:23.199><c> met</c><00:06:23.360><c> and</c> >> The Agriculture Committee has met and >
- ;> The Agriculture Committee has met and reports<00:06:24.000><c> House</c><00:06:24.240><c> Bill<
- After moving to Washington, D.C. in the 1940s, she took night courses in statistics and economics while
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
TRN Public Hearing - Tue Mar 24, 2026 @ 9:00 AM HST
Transcript Highlights:
- Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity in support.
- <00:25:48.880><c> Bio</c> >> Department of Agriculture and Bio >> Department of Agriculture
- We stand agriculture and bio security.
- </c> preferential rates for agricultural preferential rates for agricultural customers.<00:54:13.599>
- You know, agriculture people, which I think Chair Kila brought up.
Summary:
The committee heard SB 2694 SD2, which would authorize the Public Utilities Commission to create automatic adjustment mechanisms for water carriers, including a water carrier inflationary cost index, and to waive certain requirements under the Hawaii Water Carrier Act. Testimony was sharply divided. The Department of Transportation, Young Brothers, and several shipping, harbor, labor, and business-related supporters argued the bill would modernize regulation, reduce the need for large catch-up rate cases, and help keep rates aligned with rising costs. Young Brothers said its current rate-setting process is expensive and delayed, and that annual adjustments with guardrails such as a 5% cap and periodic full reviews would support sustainable operations and the state’s supply chain. Some supporters also said the company’s less-than-container-load service and required inter-island routes create costs that are not fully covered by current rates.
Opponents, including the Consumer Advocate, the Maui Chamber of Commerce, Hawaii Food Industry Association, restaurant and chamber groups, and other businesses, argued the bill would lead to higher costs for consumers and businesses and should not move forward. Several testified that shipping costs already significantly affect pricing and that automatic increases would worsen the cost of living. The Consumer Advocate said Young Brothers should focus on cost control and implementing its business plan rather than automatic rate increases. The Maui Chamber and others pointed to a recent PUC decision that imposed a two-year stay on rate increases and said the bill would undermine that protection. Some opponents urged the committee to defer to the PUC’s regulatory authority.
The PUC explained that it regulates water carriers as public utilities under existing statute and said it had recently approved a temporary rate increase while imposing a two-year stayout period on further increases, with emergency relief still possible. PUC members said they were still examining whether they have authority to adopt the proposed WICI mechanism by rule and wanted legislative clarity. In response to questions, the PUC said it prefers the current two-year stayout as reflected in its order. Young Brothers also clarified that it serves less-than-container-load cargo, that some routes and services are cross-subsidized because they are not profitable, and that an independent observer is being put in place to monitor implementation of its updated business plan. The transcript ended with the committee still taking questions; no final vote or disposition on the bill was shown.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, January 14, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- of science and technology. agricultural exposition in the country, agricultural exposition in the country
- Troy Aught, Dean of Agriculture and Dr.
- </c> of Penn State's College of Agriculture of Penn State's College of Agriculture Science<00:25:20.880
- </c> scientific, medical, and agricultural scientific, medical, and agricultural research<04:50:04.480
- </c> deaths, that is a statistic. deaths, that is a statistic.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session 5/13/26 - Part 2
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The message act relating to agriculture.
- </c> 91, an act relating to agriculture 91, an act relating to agriculture allowing<00:48:54.880><c>
- Um so one couple couple status points um statistical points, excuse me.
- </c><02:39:20.000><c> Infant</c> statistical points, excuse me.
- Infant statistical points, excuse me.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Joint Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs Committee, May 4, 2026 - PM
Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Department of Agriculture coordinates that in each state.
- industry, agriculture, utilities, industry, agriculture, utilities, emergency<01:27:04.640><c> services
- And then slide 13, just some statistics from our system.
- </c> >> And then slide 13, just some statistics >> And then slide 13, just some statistics
- ,</c><03:04:09.000><c> some</c> some statistical, some some statistical, some statutory<03:04:11.280>
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- President, your Committee on Finance, having had under consideration SB 1290, relating to agricultural
- President, your Committee on Finance, having had under consideration SB 1290, relating to agricultural
- SB 1291: An act amending Section 42-12155, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to agricultural property
- So in this case, this is about agricultural properties.
- In the time from October 24 to October 25, here are some statistics to consider.
Summary:
The Senate convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then approved the journal and received House messages and first-read bills. The chamber moved through multiple Committee of the Whole calendars, considering a range of measures on solar energy, public safety, insurance, health care, agriculture, gaming, education, child welfare, and real property. Several bills were retained on calendar, while many others were advanced with committee amendments and floor amendments.
On Calendar 2, SB 1419 on solar energy inspection contractors drew the most debate. A floor amendment by Sen. Sundareshan sought to require utilities to protect ratepayers from costs associated with large energy users such as data centers; supporters argued it would help keep electricity affordable, while opponents called it a hostile amendment. After a division vote, the amendment failed 12-15, and SB 1419 was reported do pass as amended. SB 1498 (DPS appropriation) and SB 1502 (unlawful flight/reckless endangerment) also advanced. The Committee of the Whole report was adopted, but a later attempt to add the failed Sundareshan amendment to the report on SB 1419 was defeated 13-14.
On Calendar 1, the Senate advanced SB 1165, SB 1206, SB 1212, SB 1215, SB 1290, SB 1291, and SB 1347, mostly with committee amendments. SB 1178 on naturopathic physicians and prescription drug pricing saw a contested Sears floor amendment aimed at stopping price gouging on essential generic drugs; supporters said it would lower drug costs, while the sponsor objected that it was not germane. The amendment failed, and the bill passed as amended. SB 1186 on document retention and donations also drew a Sundareshan amendment on transparency and implementation; it failed, and the bill passed as amended. SB 1286 on veterinary visits and electronic prescriptions advanced after a proposed Kavanagh floor amendment was defeated on division. The Senate then adopted the Committee of the Whole reports and moved on to additional calendars.
On Calendar 4, the chamber passed SB 1004 on ESA students and interscholastic activities, SB 1116 on AHCCCS access/behavioral health, SB 1162 on health care institution licensing complaints, SB 1179 on developmental disability/health monitoring, SB 1475 on school district governing boards and eligibility, SB 1821 on DCS training and child placement, and SCR 1012. A request to hold SB 1475 for a reinstatement process was rejected. The Senate also took up an additional Committee of the Whole for SB 1077, SB 1479, and SB 1566; SB 1077 advanced with a Payne floor amendment, SB 1479 advanced with a Carroll amendment classifying certain forged real-property recordings as a class five felony, and SB 1566 began consideration with a Petersen amendment to remove part of a prior amendment. Throughout, the chamber repeatedly adopted committee reports and advanced the bills for further action.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- It also adds statistical analysis of the case processing times of the judge.
- Statistically, only about 15% of lithium batteries are collected.
- The Environment and Agriculture Committee knows this.
- </c> environment and agriculture committee. environment and agriculture committee.
- </c> just a statistic or set of numbers. just a statistic or set of numbers.
SC
South Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session
House of Representatives Jun 25th, 2026
South Carolina House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Speaker, I move to commit the bill to the Agriculture Committee. Mr.
- Voting on the board to table, I mean, commit the bill to Agriculture Committee.
- By a vote of 58 to 37, the House commits this bill to the Agriculture Committee.
- Referred to the Agriculture Committee.
- Referred to the Agriculture Committee. Is that it? All right, Mr.
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- , but also lead with purpose. agriculture, but also lead with purpose. agriculture, but also lead with
- Okay. 191 192. of workforce statistics. Okay. 191 192. of workforce statistics. Okay. 191 192.
- and with Department of Agriculture and with Department of Agriculture and public health as well as some
- if it's imported and then of Agriculture if it's imported and then of Agriculture if it's imported and
- You were talking about agriculture. about agriculture. about agriculture.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 3/4/26
Transportation Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Today, as Executive Vice President of Agriculture and Research, my primary area of responsibility is
- focused upon the research and production aspects of the agricultural arena.
- These statistics<00:42:29.119><c> are</c><00:42:29.359><c> highly</c><00:42:29.680><c> encouraging</c
- ><00:42:30.000><c> and</c> statistics are highly encouraging and statistics are highly encouraging and
- , agriculture, aviation, and advanced<00:56:59.200><c> mobility</c><00:56:59.760><c> systems.
Committee:
House Transportation Finance and Policy
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/02/2026 - Senate Military Affairs and Border Security
Military Affairs and Border Security
Transcript Highlights:
- Just looking up some statistics because this isn't about immigration or immigrants; it's about asylum
- These walls protect our cattle, our people, our agriculture, our landowners, citizens of Arizona that
- Agriculture, our landowners, citizens of Arizona that feed the people in this room.
Committee:
Senate Military Affairs and Border Security
Keywords:
immigration, public benefits, asylum, verification, Arizona Revised Statutes, appropriation, public safety, detention, unauthorized aliens, local government funding, border security, fencing, appropriations, southern border, local government, immigration enforcement, probation, law enforcement, court notification, civil rights
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- Speaker, we, the Committee on Agricultural Affairs, report that we have had under consideration House
- The statistics have proven that states that have passed legislation like this have less accidents.
- I'll let the sponsor of the bill close, I hope, with the rest of the statistics, but we're losing focus
FL
Florida 2026 4th Special Session
February 10, 2026 - 09:00 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- town to install a sign on Representative Gottlieb: wholly owned town property which is zoned for agricultural
- I just want to lay out the fact that when I mentioned the history of Assata Shakur, statistically in
- And that was about Black women, Black women who are statistically the highest, the most educated demographic
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Seventeen - Monday, February 9
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We cannot ignore these studies and these statistics.
- We cannot ignore these studies and these statistics.
- My education on the bill path of how we got to sunsets really didn't start until I sat on the Agriculture