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Transcript Highlights:
  • That's what studies call them when they study how first responders get care.
  • Um, they study police and fire and EMTs and all of that, but they don't study lifeguards and what happens
  • uh, let me just say it's great to see a couple of familiar faces. and all of that, but they don't study
  • and all of that, but they don't study lifeguards<00:11:40.240> and<00:11:40.360> what<
Bills: HCR112
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/12/26

Human Services Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • House File 3174 addresses an issue with Minnesota's background study system that affects individuals
  • Minnesota's background study process exists for an important reason: to protect vulnerable populations
  • background study system that affects<00:01:24.320> individuals<00:01:24.720> who<00:01
  • with the state's background study with the state's background study process<00:05:28.240> and
  • aside like other background study aside like other background study disqualifications disqualifications
Bills: HF3174, HF3800
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources Committee, February 17, 2026

Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • <01:26:38.480> be that that additional studies be that that additional studies be performed
  • looking for the opportunity to study looking for the opportunity to study more<01:26:51.280>
  • how we're looking at this uh this study. how we're looking at this uh this study.
  • We believe that $500,000 is probably more appropriate for this level of study for a two-year study.
  • Thanks, and I'll take any questions. data gained in the study, we can better data gained in the study
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Appropriations Committee, February 11, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Studies have shown that prevention work such as forest management reduces the severity of wildfires and
  • When we think about areas that have burned off, we are finding in studies that the snow isn't staying
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Appropriations Committee, February 11, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:26:37.679> the<00:26:38.320> uh four-year study uh assessing the uh four-year study
  • > helps<00:43:29.359> provide doing these studies, it helps provide doing these studies
  • <00:46:46.240> and the the the results of the study and the the the results of the study and
  • so we can help and say look the study so we can help and say look the study shows<00:46:57.680><
  • This is the one I'll call it study.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Conservation Jan 27th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Senate Conservation

Transcript Highlights:
  • That's what this study enables.
  • I hope the study will help find a solution.
  • I was wondering if they had any studies that they had done. I don't.
  • I think that this study would be very, very helpful.
  • In these studies, I don't know exactly.
Bills: SB38, SB46, SB18
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/10/2026 - Senate Natural Resources

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • The bill establishes the study committee on coal-impacted communities and outlines study committee membership
  • The bill establishes the study committee on coal-impacted communities and outlines study committee membership
  • So that's what the basis of this workforce study is. I stand for questions.
  • I think it deserves even more than a study, but I'll take it.
  • With every application we get, there are environmental assessments, feasibility studies, and financial
Summary: The committee took up several appropriations and policy bills, beginning with SB 1488, which would provide $600,000 for a workforce development study on coal-impacted communities in northern Arizona, including areas affected by the closure of the Navajo Generating Station. The sponsor and supporters said the study is intended to help communities transition economically, diversify, and support new jobs; the bill received a do-pass recommendation on a 7-0 vote. SB 1523, appropriating $340,000 to the Navajo Nation for the Ganado waterline pipeline project, was also advanced after testimony that the project would bring clean drinking water to about 235 homes and that the remaining funding gap had been reduced to the requested amount; it passed 7-0 with one member not voting. The committee then approved SB 1041, which would appropriate $500,000 to the Arizona Trail Fund. Supporters described the Arizona Trail as a statewide recreational and cultural asset that needs maintenance and continued support, and the bill received a do-pass recommendation on a 7-0 vote. SB 1445, which would allow smaller cities and towns to use approved on-site bacteriological testing equipment and limit how often ADEQ may require sampling, drew concern from one member about whether the language could be read as restricting sampling during discharge events, but supporters said it would save small towns money; it passed 5-3. Members also advanced SB 1580, a $2.545 million appropriation for fire incident management software and hardware for fire and law enforcement agencies. Fire officials said the platform would improve accountability, information sharing, drone integration, and interoperability during incidents; the bill passed 5-3. SB 1363, which would create additional rural dispensary licensing opportunities for underserved areas, drew support from rural advocates and opposition from the dispensary industry over the number of licenses and transferability language; it passed 8-0. SB 1418, which would streamline siting for small modular nuclear reactors in certain counties, was supported by proponents who argued it would help Arizona meet future energy demand and opposed by counties and environmental groups concerned about local zoning, public review, and waste; it passed 5-3. Finally, SB 1419, a rooftop solar consumer-protection bill requiring added disclosures and inspections, was supported by county officials and some consumer advocates but opposed by solar industry representatives and environmental groups who said it could discourage rooftop solar and restrict speech; it passed 6-2. The committee then began hearing SB 1447, which would extend the groundwater withdrawal fee moratorium and related fund deadlines for Pinal County water projects, with supporters saying the extension is needed to continue well rehabilitation and infrastructure work after Colorado River and CAP-related cuts.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Community Affairs Jan 20th, 2026

Community Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • It creates a definition for extraordinary circumstances, requires a plan-based study to establish the
  • One of them being that we want to clarify that the plan-based study approach in the bill is tied specifically
  • to extraordinary circumstances and doesn't limit a county's flexibility to use a consumption-based study
Summary: The committee met with a quorum present and took up a series of local claims, public records, growth management, permitting, and nuisance bills. It first heard and approved SB 16, SB 14, and SB 24, all uncontested claims bills providing relief related to injuries or settlements involving the City of St. Petersburg and Miami-Dade County. The committee also approved SB 288 on rural electric cooperatives, which narrows statutory language to protect co-op decisions on generation and power purchases while preserving consumer protections, and SB 830, which creates a public records exemption for certain personal information of county and city managers and their families due to reported threats against local officials. Members then considered SB 1138 on qualified contractors and development review, which would create a registry of licensed professionals to help local governments process pre-application reviews and plats more quickly. Local government groups raised concerns about preemption and preserving quasi-judicial authority, while private-provider supporters backed the bill; Senator Sharief voted no, and the bill was reported favorably. The committee also approved SB 168, expanding public nuisance law to include gambling houses and increasing penalties, and SB 686 on agricultural enclaves, which revises the enclave process, adds a public hearing path, limits it to certain residential projects in urban service areas, and was amended to change a date to June 30, 2026 before being reported favorably. The committee next approved CS for SB 548 on growth management and impact fees, which clarifies plan-based methodology, extraordinary circumstances, interlocal agreements, and refund procedures for improper fee collections. Testimony reflected support for clearer standards but also concerns about fee increases and refund administration. Finally, SB 1234 on building permits and inspections was reported favorably; it would extend permit validity, exempt some low-value work from permitting, create a statewide residential permit form, speed review timelines, and expand private-provider use, drawing opposition from a Miami-Dade building official who argued for continued local oversight and support from private-provider advocates. Senator Jones requested to be recorded as voting affirmatively on several tabs and negatively on tab 9, and the committee adjourned after all bills were disposed of.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Appropriations and Finance Jan 22nd, 2026 at 02:01 pm

House Appropriations & Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • The State Personnel Office comp and class study that was conducted missed our office.
  • And so we hope that you guys can help us get this study done.
  • I hope that you guys can help us get this study done.
  • Chair, Representative Silva, I don't have a specific study. We have talked about it a lot.
  • Chair, Representative Silva, I don't have a specific study. We have talked about it a lot.
Bills: HB1
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Chamber Meeting Jan 22nd, 2026 at 11:06 am

New Mexico House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • There was recently a study commissioned by the New Mexico Commission of Educational Leaders, and 29 school
  • According to a 2004 economic impact study, the Santa Teresa industrial base is contributing more than
  • the Workforce Solutions Department, providing division duties, requiring reports, and requiring a study
  • limiting attorney fees in malpractice claims, requiring the Health Care Authority to conduct cost studies
  • limiting attorney fees in malpractice claims, requiring the healthcare authority to conduct cost studies
Bills: HB1
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Higher Education May 13th, 2025

Higher Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • So it wouldn't require all study abroad. Programs or components to offer that instruction.
  • And depending on the program or the component of study abroad and how intensive or in-depth it was, I
  • think these programs can really vary from a six-week study abroad. abroad, all the way to a year-long
  • study abroad.
  • Senate Bill 1534 would create a study to help prevent workforce shortages in this critical field.