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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Health and Human Services - 04/10/25

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Hope springs eternal that there will be some funding in the future. Member questions about the A1.
  • command structure of the armed forces. command structure of the armed forces.
  • the<00:59:45.280> branch<00:59:45.520> of<00:59:45.680> the<00:59:45.760> army
  • <00:59:46.000> or<00:59:46.240> the<00:59:46.319> armed the branch of the army
  • or the armed the branch of the army or the armed service<00:59:46.799> if<00:59:47.040> it's
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Environmental Quality Committee Jun 24th, 2026

Environmental Quality

Transcript Highlights:
  • EPA, is that the immunotoxicity reviews are waived at the U.S.
  • Since I came to the U.S., I've worked as a gardener.
  • If California is going to meet its climate goals, we need to look to the future.
  • As a former regional administrator for U.S.
  • He was one of the recent incident commanders on the GK&G Garden Grove facility.
Keywords: 987, senate, all
FL
Transcript Highlights:
  • Dollars for Terrorist Act, which would require the federal government to implement a strategy to prevent U.S
  • Dollars for Terrorist Act, which would require the federal government to implement a strategy to prevent U.S
  • This memorial is to formally urge Congress to pass H.R. 260 to stop U.S. financial assistance from reaching
  • Korean War, the SS American Victory repatriated 260 casualties, including three fallen Floridians: Army
  • Korean War, the SS American Victory repatriated 260 casualties, including three fallen Floridians, Army
Summary: The Senate Committee on Military, Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security met with a quorum present and took up several measures. The committee first heard SM 1714, urging Congress to pass the federal No Tax Dollars for Terrorist Act to prevent U.S. funds from benefiting the Taliban; after brief explanation and no testimony or debate, it was reported favorably. The committee then considered SB 1512 on Space Florida, which expands certain sales and use tax exemptions for qualifying tangible personal property and allows Space Florida to bypass competitive bidding for certain purchases when state funds are not used; support was noted from Space Florida and the Florida Chamber of Commerce, and the bill was reported favorably. The committee also passed SB 1656, designating the SS American Victory as Florida’s flagship, with discussion focused on the ship’s World War II and later service, museum role, and lack of known fiscal impact; it too was reported favorably. The committee next approved SM 1186, which urges Congress and the National Guard Bureau to increase the Florida National Guard’s force structure, with the sponsor citing Florida’s population, emergency history, and outdated allocation levels; one senator voiced support and the memorial was reported favorably. The committee then considered SB 1602, creating the Homes for Veterans Property Management Incentive Pilot Program in selected counties to help landlords house veterans through vacancy relief and risk mitigation trust funds; two amendments were adopted, including technical and clarifying changes, and the bill was reported favorably as amended. Finally, SB 1604 created the related vacancy relief and risk mitigation trust funds within the Florida Housing Finance Corporation to support the pilot program; one technical amendment was adopted and the bill was reported favorably as amended. The meeting concluded with no further business and adjournment.
FL

Florida 2026 5th Special Session

Judiciary Feb 3rd, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • activated in a future crisis to impose leverage or create chaos.
  • I've spent the past three decades working in U.S. foreign policy, primarily on U.S.
  • , are well documented by the U.S.
  • So, Senator, the U.S.
  • I'm a policy consultant with a master's degree from American University, and I'm a former U.S.
Summary: The Judiciary Committee heard a long agenda of bills, beginning with several probate, civil rights, and claims measures. Senators Burgess’s SB 326 on curators of estates was explained as a modernization of probate law; an amendment narrowing the bill was adopted, and the committee reported the bill favorably 10-0 after limited public testimony, including opposition from Ray Contreras. Burgess’s SB 1096, clarifying filing deadlines under the Florida Civil Rights Act, also passed unanimously 11-0. The committee then approved several claims bills, including SB 28 for Reginald Jackson against the City of Lakeland, SB 6 for a child injured after DCF’s handling of abuse allegations, SB 18 for the estate of McKenzie Navarre against the Broward County Sheriff’s Office, SB 26 for the estate of Mark Legata against FDOT, and SB 2 for the estate of Daniel Maudsley against DHSMV, with votes ranging from 10-1 to 11-0 and mostly no debate or opposition. The committee also took up trust and family-law related bills. Leader Berman’s SB 786 created a nonjudicial process for closing uncontested trusts and discharging trustees; after a technical amendment and testimony from Ray Contreras raising notice concerns, it passed 11-0. President Gates’s SB 50 expanded veterans’ courts statewide, drew broad support from veterans’ groups and advocacy organizations, and was reported favorably 11-0. Senator Simon’s SB 538 standardized extracurricular participation rules for public, private, virtual, and homeschool students; after multiple amendments on homeschool eligibility, fees, and coach compensation, it passed 11-0 with support and opposition from education-related groups. President Gates’s SB 1004, aimed at consumer protections in the sale of dogs and cats, also passed unanimously after testimony from humane organizations. The committee then considered broader policy bills. President Pro Tem Brodeur’s SB 1366 on claims against the government proposed raising sovereign immunity caps and adding CPI adjustments; local government, hospital, and school representatives supported the Senate’s lower-cap approach while warning against the House version, and the bill was reported favorably 11-0. Senator Jones’s SB 178 on athletics in public K-12 schools, as amended, would let head coaches provide limited personal support to student-athletes and require reporting of assistance; it passed 10-0. Senator Grohl’s SB 1178 on foreign influence and foreign countries of concern drew extensive supportive testimony from national security witnesses and was reported favorably 11-0 after a technical amendment and withdrawal of another amendment. Finally, SB 1632 on ideologies inconsistent with American principles prompted substantial debate and public testimony over domestic terrorism designations, Sharia law references, due process, and free speech concerns; the committee had not yet completed final action on that bill when the transcript ended.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • about at the end uh for future about at the end uh for future legislation.<00:04:36.000> So,<
  • So, look for that in the future.
  • And then the last thing in the future.
  • So, I don't know how many of you have done business with the Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S.
  • So I didn't realize the Army Corps of Engineers owns the water and the U.S.
Summary: The committee first took up an update from the Kentucky County Clerks Association on the transition to electronic recording and land records modernization. Testimony explained that legislation from the 2021 task force created funding and deadlines for counties to provide online search portals and complete a 30-year property record search, with a later move to a 60-year standard. Speakers said the money has been awarded to counties, but much of the work is still in progress because records must be scanned, indexed, and manually verified. They said only a handful of counties are fully compliant with electronic recording so far, while many are still working through staffing and vendor issues. They also noted that the 60-year standard may ultimately be easier and more efficient to complete than the 30-year standard, and that compliance is expected to improve by next summer. The clerks’ representatives also raised related issues, including deed fraud, the county document storage fee, and KDLA digitization grants. They said online recording can make deed fraud easier to attempt, so they expect to seek legislation next session to address it. They described an existing notification service available in many counties that alerts property owners when a document is recorded, which can help detect suspicious activity quickly. They also said the storage fee and separate county account structure has generally worked well, but that two recent KDLA grant cycles have not released money for clerks, limiting support for digitization work. Another topic was whether, once records are fully digitized and verified, some permanent records should remain publicly accessible or be moved to a safer archive under KDLA control. Members asked about the balance in the KDLA fund, what the General Assembly could do to help lagging counties, and how much of the $25 million modernization funding had been spent. Witnesses said they did not have the current fund balance but would try to get it, that the main obstacle now appears to be staffing rather than additional money, and that the funds have been awarded but not fully expended because work is still ongoing. They emphasized that counties are helping one another and asked members to alert association leadership if any county is struggling. The committee then heard a presentation from Dan London, executive director of the Lincoln Trail Area Development District, who described area development districts as regional staff extensions and technical resources for cities and counties, and highlighted their role in coordinating regional services and partnerships across county lines.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • City bombing, providing relief and support in the aftermath of the worst domestic terrorist attack on U.S
  • We vow to teach our children and all future generations that love toward their creator, themselves, and
  • Because we choose a different future, moving forward, we see what balance, we see what violence brings
  • And so I lift up those words today, the command of those words that we should all seek to be repairs
  • That is the command that we need to hear and consider for ourselves today.
Bills: HR1046, SB1733, SB1439
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Criminal Jurisprudence Mar 18th, 2025

Criminal Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • And if, just for future...
  • That also includes those that are U.S. citizens, in fact, U.S. citizens that are smuggling.
  • U.S. Army. So, 22 years in the military. Okay.
  • There are many U.S. citizens who entered that without status who are now U.S. citizens.
  • The U.S.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

PSM Public Hearing 03-05-2025

Public Safety and Military Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • He is truly someone that cares deeply about his community and those under his command.
  • He is truly someone that cares deeply about his community and those under his command.
  • He is truly someone that cares deeply about his community and those under his command.
  • Thank you for your past service and your future service. You're welcome.
  • I was accepted into the honors program and was sent directly to the U.S.
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The committees heard advice-and-consent testimony on several gubernatorial nominations, beginning with GM 644 for Steven Logan to serve as Adjutant General of the Department of Defense through December 7, 2026. Testimony from multiple state officials and others was strongly supportive, citing Logan’s military leadership, service during the COVID-19 period, and coordination during the fireworks-related patient transfer. Logan described his 44 years of military service, 22 years with the Honolulu Police Department, and his approach of “unity of effort,” including how he would help operationalize the Office of the State Fire Marshal by coordinating with county fire chiefs, the State Fire Council, and emergency management to pursue funding and implement recommendations. The committee then took up GM 621 and GM 623 for the Correctional Industries Advisory Committee. Shante Asuda of Hawaii Correctional Industries supported both nominees and said the board is important for evaluating private-sector joint ventures that can provide work skills for incarcerated people. Carla Kashiwa said she wanted to help improve outcomes through public-private partnerships and vocational rehabilitation opportunities for people reentering society. Lee Shinato, however, gave a less prepared presentation, offering broad ideas such as crafts, lunch wagons, and ukulele-making, and acknowledged he was not fully clear on the board’s scope or goals. Committee members expressed concern about the lack of preparation and clarity around the board’s mission, and the administrator later explained that the board’s role is to review business plans for viability, return on investment, sustainability, and whether they provide marketable skills for inmates. The final item discussed was GM 568 for Aris Banag to serve on the Advisory Board of Veteran Services. Supporters described him as community-minded and deeply committed to veterans. Banag said he has over 30 years of service, has worked as a mental health therapist and veterans resource coordinator at the University of Hawaiʻi Maui College, and helped create the first veteran service center there. In response to questions about federal VA cutbacks and veterans nearing retirement, he said the board must be a strong independent voice for veterans, advocate against reductions in benefits, and help service members plan for post-military life, including disability benefits, retirement, and financial planning. No votes or final committee actions were stated in the portion provided.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Judiciary Feb 11th, 2026 at 05:05 pm

House Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • might be, and this provides that future... ...the future medicals might be.
  • And this provides that future, and there's a requirement, of course, that future medicals be paid.
  • It will shape how our future leaders will look and make an impact on our future.
  • It will shape how our future leaders will look and make an impact on our future.
  • It will shape how our future leaders will look and make an impact on our future.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Water and Natural Resources Aug 20th, 2025

Water & Natural Resources Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • Help our communities in the future if that's the reality of our water supplies.
  • In the event of a continued hotter, drier future.
  • I think technology will help us, you know, into the future.
  • U.S. Supreme Court decision.
  • And particularly, excuse me, waters that are not Waters of the U.S.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

January 14, 2025 - 03:30 PM

Transcript Highlights:
  • And so I'm really looking forward to how we can shape some of that in the future. Thank you.
  • And so I'm really looking forward to how we can shape some of that in the future.
  • This is an area that I've failed retirement twice, once from the Army and once as a judge.
  • Additionally, we will be hearing from one of these agencies today and others in future meetings so that
  • And the establishment of a work group to shape the future of child protection and funding in Florida.
Summary: The Human Services Subcommittee held its first meeting of the term and heard introductory remarks from the chair, vice chair, ranking member, and members, who broadly described their interest in child welfare, mental health, aging services, homelessness, and agency accountability. The chair then outlined the subcommittee’s jurisdiction, including child welfare, mental health and substance abuse safety net services, domestic violence, developmental disabilities, elder services, and child support, and introduced the Department of Children and Families (DCF) as the first agency panel for the term. DCF presented an implementation update on HB 7089, a 2024 law aimed at increasing accountability and transparency for community-based care (CBC) lead agencies that deliver most child welfare services under contract. The department said the bill was prompted by forensic examinations that found problems such as noncompetitive procurement, related-party transactions, excessive executive compensation, and weak financial oversight. DCF described new contract requirements and monitoring tools covering board governance and annual training, conflict-of-interest disclosures, financial penalties for noncompliance, fidelity bond requirements, limits on direct service provision by lead agencies, related-party procurement rules, procurement thresholds, real-property approvals, compensation caps, expanded public reporting, and a new Future of Child Protection and Funding Work Group. DCF reported that some lead agencies had completed required board training, others were still on schedule, and two agencies exceeding the direct-service threshold had been referred to the Auditor General. Members asked DCF about the reasons for the bill, the impact on children, the work group’s regional representation, aging-out youth, the Embrace Families transition, board training requirements, and whether enforcement actions had been taken. DCF said the bill was intended to protect funds for children and families and improve oversight, and clarified that the Central Florida lead agency contract was awarded through competitive procurement rather than an absorption. DCF also said the board training was designed to be meaningful but not overly burdensome, with timing left partly to lead agencies as they implement the new requirements. The committee then heard from two CBC leaders, who generally supported the accountability goals of HB 7089 and said their agencies had already addressed most of the new governance and disclosure requirements. They reported that board training had been completed or was being scheduled, but both agencies said the fidelity bond requirement has been difficult or impossible to obtain in the market as written, though they were able to secure the separate performance bond. The CBC witnesses also warned that recruiting providers is increasingly difficult, especially for higher-acuity children and group-home placements, due to limited provider supply, regulatory burden, insurance costs, and rising risk. They said these pressures are contributing to budget deficits in some areas and urged lawmakers to consider the funding model, insurance and indemnification issues, and the risk of overregulation reducing provider participation.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/19/2026 - House Government

Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • And in the future, during crossover week, we will continue to have presentations and information for
  • And in the future, during crossover week, we will continue to have presentations and information for
  • And in the future, during crossover week, we will continue to have presentations and information for
  • Yeah, it's in the future. That's our department right now.
  • There was a case in 1989 from a U.S. Supreme Court decision of DeShaney v.
Keywords: 1182, all
Summary: The committee opened with remarks framing the meeting as a bipartisan effort to improve Arizona’s child welfare system, especially DCS oversight, accountability, and child safety. The chair said the committee would focus on reforms based on Auditor General findings and hear bills and testimony from youth, advocates, foster parents, and attorneys. Roll was taken, and the committee then began considering several child-welfare bills. HB 2611, dealing with group foster home safety, employee drug screening, resident rights, training, and advocates in congregate care, drew extensive testimony. Supporters, including current and former foster youth, described bullying, unsafe staff behavior, drug use in homes, trafficking concerns, and the need for posted rights, mental health services, and stronger accountability. The sponsor and members discussed an amendment that would require quarterly drug-screening results to be submitted, require removal from child contact pending confirmatory testing after a positive result, and give the DCS director more discretion. The amendment was adopted, and HB 2611 as amended received a do-pass recommendation by a 5-1 vote, with some members voting present or expressing procedural concerns but supporting further work on the bill. HB 2035, which expands kinship placement requirements by adding extended family members to search and notification duties and presuming kinship placement is in the child’s best interest, also received substantial testimony. Advocates argued kinship care reduces trauma and improves stability, while several witnesses described cases where children were not placed with available relatives and instead ended up in congregate care. The committee discussed whether the bill duplicated existing law and whether DCS was already required to search for kin; the sponsor said the bill strengthens existing policy and adds written documentation requirements. HB 2035 was given a do-pass recommendation by a 4-2 vote. The committee then heard HB 4049, which would authorize DCS to employ legal counsel or incur legal expenses, along with an amendment that would require the Attorney General or appointed counsel to represent the state’s interests independently in certain cases and not be subject to DCS retaliation for taking a different position. Testimony split between those who argued the current structure creates a conflict of interest and allows DCS narratives to go unchallenged, and those who said the AG’s office already has separate divisions and that keeping representation centralized preserves consistency and oversight. Discussion continued on whether the current system is structurally broken and where counsel would be housed if the arrangement changed; the transcript ends while that debate is ongoing, without a recorded final vote on HB 4049.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • The U.S.
  • Army Corps of Engineers as a robust and effective empowered us to successfully engage with the U.S.
  • Army Corps of Engineers.
  • According to the U.S.
  • I helped set up EPA, U.S. EPA.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The hearing covered a broad set of environmental and water-related bills, with much of the testimony focused on blue economy and circular economy proposals, drought management, drinking water safety, flood resilience, and water infrastructure funding. Supporters of bills such as H. 987 and H. 988 described grant programs for blue economy workforce development, research, small businesses, and public education about a circular economy. Other speakers backed measures on coastal erosion research, recreational boating dredging, cranberry water-right transfers, sand mining oversight, and a voucher program for home water filtration in PFAS-impacted communities. Several elected officials and advocates also urged passage of bills to require private well testing, improve school drinking water safety, and address sand mining pollution and PFAS contamination. Water supply and drought issues drew extensive testimony. Senator Eldridge and others supported legislation to let the state, through DEP and the drought management task force, impose regional water-use restrictions during droughts and make the task force permanent in statute. Advocates from watershed groups, farms, and environmental organizations said the current town-by-town approach is inconsistent and ineffective, and they described drought impacts on rivers, farms, private wells, and wildfire risk. A related bill on private wells was supported as a way to help homeowners test and remediate contaminated wells, especially in rural areas without public water. The committee also heard testimony on a bill to allow the Lynnfield Water District to join the MWRA, with local officials saying the move would help address PFAS and other contamination and improve supply reliability. Another major panel supported a water infrastructure funding bill, arguing that aging drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater systems need major new investment, including support for PFAS treatment, sewer rate relief, biosolids research, and regional interconnections. Members asked about costs, funding sources, and the relationship to existing revolving loan funds; witnesses said the bill would need to be paired with future bond funding and new revenue ideas. No votes were taken during the hearing, and the chairs repeatedly invited written testimony and noted the large number of speakers.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Session (06/05/2025)

New Hampshire House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • the future. the future.
  • The federal budget that's now in the U.S.
  • <04:51:52.878> And command respect, that's authority.
  • And command respect, that's authority.
  • So in the future, for a year from now.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Yet, you could have commanded a legion of angels to comfort you, and confront your enemies on that day
  • The future looks bright for the role of nuclear energy. Energy and Texas's energy portfolio.
  • I just want to welcome all the folks here that are helping advance the future. of nuclear energy.
  • And we have a U.S. Customs and Border Protection, correct? That's correct.
  • It's just about coordination, consolidation. and centralized command, so to speak.
Summary: The meeting focused on several crucial pieces of legislation, notably Senate Joint Resolution 40, which proposed a constitutional amendment to clarify the powers of the governor, the legislature, and the Supreme Court during emergencies. Senator Birdwell presented the resolution, emphasizing the need for legislative involvement during prolonged crises. It garnered broad support, passing with 29 votes in favor and only 1 against. Following this, Senate Bill 871, considered the enabling legislation, was also moved for discussion, with the aim of reinforcing the legislature's authority during emergencies while establishing clear guidelines for the governor's powers.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

06/12/2026 - Senate Floor Session

Arizona Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • the U.S. military, and very, very diverse.
  • It is intended to deter any future legislative or citizen-led reforms.
  • But this amendment would let today's voters permanently tie the hands of future voters.
  • legislation, and nullify the will of future voters in Arizona, and I vote no.
  • Some point in the future could ever trump a constitutional amendment.
Summary: The Senate met, opened with prayer and the pledge, and then handled a series of messages and floor actions. The chamber transmitted a large group of Senate bills to the governor and Senate Concurrent Memorial 1004 to the Secretary of State. It also received House requests to return Senate Bills 1175 and 1198 for reconsideration, which were granted without objection. The Senate then moved into Committee of the Whole to consider several House concurrent resolutions. On H.C.R. 2001, a constitutional referral on election requirements, senators debated a Judiciary Committee amendment and a Hoffman floor amendment that would require voter ID, allow election-day tabulation of early ballots at polling places, and require legislative funding for implementation. Supporters said the measure would improve election security, voter confidence, and speed up results; opponents argued it was vague, could undermine mail voting, and lacked clear implementation details. The amendment was adopted, and after further debate the Committee of the Whole gave H.C.R. 2001 a do-pass recommendation by a 15-12 vote. Later, on third reading, the full Senate passed H.C.R. 2001 by a 16-12 vote and transmitted it to the House. The chamber also considered H.C.R. 2003, a referral on student athletics and biological sex. Senator Ortiz offered a floor amendment to replace the blanket ban approach with rules based on athletic ability and inclusion; supporters said it would preserve fairness while avoiding discrimination, while opponents said it would gut the measure and weaken protections for girls’ sports. The Ortiz amendment failed 11-16, and H.C.R. 2003 then received a do-pass recommendation in Committee of the Whole and later passed third reading. H.C.R. 2044, a referral on prohibiting preferential treatment and discrimination, also received a do-pass recommendation without recorded controversy. The Senate then adjourned after completing the remaining procedural motions and votes.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - New Mexico Finance Authority Oversight Sep 9th, 2025

New Mexico Finance Authority Oversight Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • These include documents for the U.S.
  • This is an investment—investing in the future of our youth.
  • This means more careers and more futures for our children.
  • Is that something we can see continually in the future?
  • But even the upgrades that were made in the U.S.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Criminal Jurisprudence May 19th, 2026

Criminal Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • But I think that that is a path to create for future lawyers.
  • Significantly, the Army would then pay for my JD degree and my LLM.
  • The difference is that this is not currency the same way that U.S. currency has a value.
  • So if somebody that U.S. currency has a value. This is really more of a commodity.
  • So I've talked to the U.S.
Keywords: 1184, house, all
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Health Committee Apr 2nd, 2025

Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • punishes licensed hemp growers like myself and processors and retailers who have invested in Alabama's future
  • Well, all that changed in 2018 with the U.S. Congress's passing of the Farm Bill.
  • I just talked with a sponsor in the U.S. Senate earlier this... ...sponsor in the U.S.
  • But I do want to point out an experience of working with the head of our commander of our multi-jurisdictional
  • ... ...commander of our multi-jurisdictional task force in Shelby County in relation to drugs and things
Bills: HB441, HB445, HB477, HB441, HB445
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Apr 17th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • down his life for us. and rising again on the third day, and before he died, he said, I give you commandment
  • The organization not only supports survivors, it actively works to prevent future harm.
  • U.S. Representative Sheila Jackson Lee, HR 275 by Jones of Harris, Judge Zinina Burns. knee.
  • It's actually one of the Ten Commandments.
  • Speaker, and I hope that future generations will forgive us for this vote. Chair recognizes Mr.