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FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2026-02-20 (9:00AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- They have spent incredible hours doing that, and I'm very thankful that they're part of the budget team
- Consumer Services include over $100 million for the Florida Forest Service and $10 million for the fuel
- Read the next bill: Senate Bill 2506, a bill to be entitled an act relating to fuel taxes.
- Senate Bill 2506 revises the distributions of fuel sales tax proceeds. Thank you, Mr. President.
- Read the bill third time: Senate Bill 2506, a bill to be entitled an act relating to fuel taxes.
Summary:
The Senate took up the 2026-2027 budget and related implementing bills. Appropriations Chair Hooper presented a $115 billion General Appropriations Bill, saying it reduces overall spending from the prior year, preserves reserves, and includes a 3% raise for state employees and 5% raises for state law enforcement, firefighters, correctional officers, and park rangers. Committee chairs then outlined major budget areas, including K-12 education, higher education, health and human services, criminal and civil justice, transportation/tourism/economic development, and environmental/agricultural agencies. Highlights included increased funding for school safety, teacher and scholarship funding, workforce education, Medicaid and kid care, corrections operations, judgeships, affordable housing, hurricane recovery, Everglades and water quality projects, and arts and cultural grants.
Members asked detailed questions about several items. Senators discussed the Emergency Management Trust Fund, cultural arts grant allocations, Florida Forever land acquisition versus conservation easements, teacher salary support, charter school capital outlay funding, Bright Futures and EASE funding, New College funding, DOC deficits and inmate health care/food service costs, the ADAP HIV drug program, Medicaid reductions for non-critical access hospitals, and the use of opioid settlement and COVID relief funds. Chairs explained that some apparent reductions reflected shifts below the line or reclassification, that the ADAP appropriation would only cover about six months, and that some vacant positions were being removed as part of a right-sizing effort. Questions also covered lottery staffing, concealed weapons permit processing, elections security funding, and arts grant selection and proviso language.
The Senate then substituted House bills for the Senate budget and implementing measures, amended them into the Senate posture, and passed them. HB 5001 (the appropriations bill), HB 503 (implementing bill), HB 5201 (collective bargaining), and HB 5205 (retirement) all passed 36-0 and were sent to conference. Other budget-related bills also passed, including SB 2506 on fuel taxes, SB 2508 on the state agency law enforcement radio system surcharge, SB 2510 on court trust funds, SB 2512 creating 13 circuit and 12 county judgeships, SB 2514 on K-12 education, SB 2516 on higher education, and SB 2518 on health. Most of these passed unanimously, with the Senate requesting the House either pass the Senate versions or include them in budget conference.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- They have spent incredible hours doing that, and I'm very thankful that they're part of the budget team
- Consumer Services include over $100 million for the Florida Forest Service and $10 million for the fuel
- Read the next bill: Senate Bill 2506, a bill to be entitled an act relating to fuel taxes.
- Senate Bill 2506 revises the distributions of fuel sales tax proceeds and caps the distribution of funds
- Senate Bill 2506, a bill to be entitled an act relating to fuel taxes. Debate on the bill.
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
CPC Public Hearing - Thu Apr 9, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST
Consumer Protection & Commerce
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm not saying that we add fuel and all kinds of other fuel increases and everything like that in there
- I'm not saying that we add fuel and all kinds of other fuel increases and everything like that in there
- I'm not saying that we add fuel and all kinds of other fuel increases and everything like that in there
- I'm not saying that we add fuel and all kinds of other fuel increases and everything like that in there
- I'm not saying that we add fuel and all kinds of other fuel increases and everything like that in there
Committee:
House Consumer Protection & Commerce
Summary:
The committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce met on April 9, 2026, and heard testimony on several measures. SB 3302 SD1 HD1, dealing with homemade food products, would require the Department of Health to adopt rules for farm kitchens producing homemade food products that are no more stringent than rules for home kitchens. The Department of Health said it supported the bill with technical amendments, and the Hawaii Food Industry Association and Grassroot Institute of Hawaii also supported it. No opposition was heard.
A lengthy discussion focused on SB 2061 SD2 HD1, which concerns a 99-year leasehold residential condominium project and HCDA’s rules for sales, income restrictions, and buyback pricing. HCDA supported the bill and said the House draft clarified unclear provisions and would help move the project to pre-sales. Testimony and committee questions centered on whether the project should remain owner-occupied in perpetuity or allow investor purchases after an initial sales period. HCDA explained that the bill was revised to make the project feasible in the market, that 60% of units would be income-restricted for buyers at or below 140% of area median income, and that the remaining units could be sold without owner-occupancy restrictions. Some members and testifiers expressed concern that the bill had shifted away from the original owner-occupancy vision and could become an investment property model, while others argued the changes were necessary for the project to pencil out and compete with fee-simple developments. No vote was taken during the discussion shown.
The committee also heard SB 2050 SD1 HD1, which would allow chiropractic students in accredited programs to engage in clinical practice beginning July 1, 2028. The Hawaii Board of Chiropractic and the Hawaii State Chiropractic Association supported the measure, and one testifier described personal experience with student chiropractic care in California. Members questioned why the board requested delaying implementation until 2030, and the board said it needed more time to develop rules because it meets only a few times a year and rulemaking is lengthy. Finally, SB 2102 SD2 HD1, on industrial hemp in commercial feed, was introduced; the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity offered comments, the Department of Health raised concerns about regulating pet food and possible jurisdictional conflict, and a farmer testifying in support suggested narrowing the bill to federally approved livestock feed rather than pet food.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Friday, May 15, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We owe it to the American people that their tax dollars are spent in a manner strengthening American
- We owe it to the American people that their tax dollars are spent in a manner strengthening American
- We owe it to the American people that their tax dollars are spent in a manner strengthening American
- because of the straight of jet fuel because of the straight of hormuse,<00:39:00.560><c> like</c><00
- </c><02:10:58.159><c> cost</c> load to make up for the high fuel cost load to make up for the high fuel
Bills:
HB8469
Keywords:
military construction, veterans affairs, VA appropriations, Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Defense, military housing, family housing, veterans health care, veterans benefits, medical services, community care, toxic exposure fund, burn pits, women veterans, suicide prevention, Veterans Crisis Line, electronic health record modernization, EHRM, barracks, telehealth
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- You know, I've spent a lot of time around dogs, and I love dogs.
- It was only when someone bought the pony and took it home and spent $250 to euthanize it that that animal
- So, but right now, obviously with the war and everything, the price of fuel has just—oil has just gone
- So, but right now, obviously with the war and everything, the price of fuel has just—oil has just gone
- So I was fortunate to go with them this year, so we spent last week in Washington, D.C.
Committee:
House Agricultural Affairs
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Land Grant Oct 7th, 2025
House Rural Development, Land Grants And Cultural Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- I spent my time with Henrietta Christmas.
- I spent hours writing documents within our board to discuss our movement.
- From my perspective, the bottom line is we have way too much fuel, and we have people that have a need
- are really designed to reimburse them for the cost of some of that stewardship work, whether it's fuel
- I spent 10 years getting $5 million to replace that, to actually make improvements to it.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
HF748 approved in House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 3/12/25
Transcript Highlights:
- So upon returning... ...back to the Transportation Committee where I spent 6 years in the first part
- I've spent the last two years learning the leading causes of crashes and what we can do as a collective
- I've spent the last 2 years learning the leading causes of crashes and what we can do as a The third
- You can't—you have to address the fuels you use and the distance you travel. You need to do both.
- You can't you have to address the fuels you use and the Dietrich, the amount you travel you need to do
Summary:
The committee took up House File 748, a bill revising Minnesota’s transportation greenhouse gas and vehicle miles traveled (VMT) impact assessment requirements for trunk highway projects. The chair first moved and adopted the A2 author’s amendment and then the A3 amendment, which was described as adding implementation time and project exemptions when federal dollars are available. The bill author explained that the measure responds to concerns from stakeholders that the current law can force costly mitigation, delay or stop safety and capacity projects, and create uncertainty because key implementation details are still being developed by a technical advisory committee.
Testimony was split. County and city engineers, county commissioners, the Minnesota Transportation Alliance, and the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities generally supported the bill, arguing that the current requirements can add 20% to 40% or more to project costs, are difficult to administer, and could jeopardize critical safety improvements, congestion relief, and federal funding. They cited examples such as Scott County and Trunk Highway 65, and said VMT mitigation is especially hard to quantify and fund. Opponents, including Move Minnesota and Sierra Club, argued that safety and climate goals are not in conflict, that reducing driving can save lives and reduce pollution, and that the bill would weaken an important tool for cutting transportation emissions. Members also asked about how GHG and VMT are measured, whether the required assessment was ready, and who would be responsible for mitigation assets and costs.
After discussion, the committee held a roll call vote. The bill, as amended, passed 8-7 and was moved to the General Register.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Health Care Affordability, Select May 1st, 2026
Health Care Affordability, Select
Transcript Highlights:
- I walked away from my career a few months after that, and I spent the last several years trying to help
- So in other words, of every dollar that you take in, 80% or greater has to be spent on direct patient
- One is that it fuels consolidation within the insurance marketplace because it's easier to hit those
- Of communicating, including where it's being spent, where it was spent, to the extent you had it, you
- But I think for our purposes, we need just the total funds spent in each of those buckets in each of
Committee:
House Health Care Affordability, Select
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - 04/13/26
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development
Transcript Highlights:
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- </c> To date, end of the March, we have spent To date, end of the March, we have spent about<00:44:15.680
- Taxpayer dollars well spent. Uh, Senator Westrom, Mr.
- </c><00:57:17.680><c> Uh</c><00:57:17.800><c> members,</c> spent. Thank you for that.
- Uh members, spent. Thank you for that.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, March 17, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- This is Shane's bill, a bill inspired by his life and the families he has spent years fighting for.
- prestigious flight chief air award at Shepard Air Force Base, placing among the top 5% of aircraft fuel
- From that small act in 1946 grew the City Rescue Mission, an institution that has spent eight decades
- United States spent an hour an hour at United States spent an hour an hour at lunch<02:24:45.920><c>
- </c> relaxing restrictions on our fuel mix. relaxing restrictions on our fuel mix.
Keywords:
rules resolution, special rule, House procedure, floor consideration, lead ammunition, lead tackle, fishing tackle, hunting, wildlife management, federal lands, federal waters, Department of the Interior, Department of Agriculture, immigration and nationality act, inadmissible, deportable, public benefits fraud, fraud against the United States, alien deportation, law enforcement animals
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- And then, within the manager selection itself, there's a lot of time spent on diversity... ...selection
- There's a lot of time spent on diversity issues and other issues with how the companies run.
- It goes on and on and had never spent a night in jail until there were mass homicides and dead bodies
- Blackstone, roughly 85% of its energy portfolio is fossil fuels.
- They are seeing a lucrative opportunity to own data... ...fossil fuels.
Committees:
Senate Senate Rules , Senate House Rules & Order Of Business
Keywords:
youth violence, violence prevention, violence intervention, community violence intervention, credible messengers, peer support, restorative justice, violence interrupters, juvenile justice, at-risk youth, high-risk youth, public safety, Department of Health, New Mexico, statewide summit, data collection, reporting, interagency coordination, community-based organizations, law enforcement
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Energy and Natural Resources (01/15/2026)
Energy and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- We've spent a considerable amount of time through my other work.
- where I knew and CISA knew that every system could use $50,000 without this money could easily be spent
- c><01:02:22.240><c> could</c><01:02:22.400><c> easily</c><01:02:22.720><c> be</c><01:02:22.880><c> spent
- </c><01:02:23.680><c> so</c> know this money could easily be spent so know this money could easily be
- spent so that<01:02:24.400><c> really</c><01:02:25.119><c> showed</c><01:02:25.520><c> the</c><01:02
Committee:
Senate Energy and Natural Resources
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
LGBT Aging Commission Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Transcript Highlights:
- In between those two jobs, I spent almost a decade at the Boston Foundation, where I oversaw...
- I spent almost a decade at the Boston Foundation, where I oversaw the health portfolio there and worked
- And right up to the point that I took a break and spent, ironically, the last three months with my aging
- She spent many years at GLAD as their development director. She's now at the Rose Art Museum.
- So at this point in life, what fuels me is community, freedom, care, cultural humility, integrity, and
Summary:
The Massachusetts Commission on LGBTQ Aging opened its March quarterly meeting by welcoming Alison Bauer as its first full-time director, effective March 30. Bauer briefly introduced her background in law, social work, public health, state government, philanthropy, and teaching, and said she planned to meet one-on-one with each commissioner. The commission then approved the December quarterly meeting minutes by motion and vote.
The main portion of the meeting was a workshop led by Adriana Boulin on diversity, equity, inclusion, power, belonging, and intersectionality. Boulin defined key terms, guided participants through reflection exercises on personal values and conditions that support or undermine power, and discussed the history of intersectionality. Commissioners and guests shared examples of DEI work, including listening sessions, inclusive trainings, equitable hiring, LGBTQ+ aging advocacy, and community programs. Participants also reflected on how the commission has felt powerful, citing the strategic plan, the hiring of an executive director, the website, listening sessions, and passage of the LGBTQI+ and HIV long-term care bill of rights.
The group then focused on how to apply an equity lens to the commission’s strategic priorities, especially improving representation and inclusion. Commissioners discussed the need for more racial, ethnic, trans, immigrant, and other marginalized representation, as well as barriers such as recruitment challenges, the size of the commission, and CORI/background-check concerns for some governor-appointed seats. They also explored whether an advisory board or expanded outreach to community organizations could help broaden participation. No formal votes or final actions were taken beyond approving the minutes, but the meeting ended with agreement to continue the equity work and with the next quarterly meeting scheduled for June.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
LGBT Aging Commission Mar 10th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- In between those two jobs, I spent almost a decade at the Boston Foundation, where I oversaw...
- I spent almost a decade at the Boston Foundation, where I oversaw the health portfolio there and worked
- And right up to the point that I took a break and spent, ironically, the last three months with my aging
- She spent many years at GLAD as their development director. She’s now at the Rose Art Museum.
- So at this point in life, what fuels me is community, freedom, care, cultural humility, integrity, and
Summary:
The Massachusetts Commission on LGBTQ Aging opened its March quarterly meeting by welcoming its first full-time director, Alison Bauer, who introduced her background in state government, public health, philanthropy, teaching, and LGBTQ family advocacy. Commissioners approved the December meeting minutes and then turned to the main presentation, a DEI workshop led by Adriana Boulin of Fenway Health and Boston Pride for the People.
Boulin guided members through an interactive “power flower” exercise to define diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, and power, and to reflect on personal values, identities, and the conditions that support or diminish power. Commissioners and guests shared examples of successful DEI work in their lives and in the commission’s work, including listening sessions, inclusive trainings, targeted recruitment, the strategic plan, the commission website, and passage of the LGBTQI+ and HIV long-term care bill of rights. The discussion also included the history of intersectionality and how multiple identities can create both barriers and advantages.
The group then applied an equity lens to the commission’s strategic priority on representation and inclusion. Members discussed the need for greater racial, ethnic, gender, trans, immigrant, and regional diversity, as well as barriers such as limited seats, appointment procedures, and the challenge of recruiting people who would otherwise be the only person of their identity in the room. Participants explored possible approaches including expanding seats legislatively, using advisory structures, and building relationships with organizations and potential appointers to broaden participation. The meeting ended with appreciation for the workshop and a reminder that the next quarterly meeting will be held in June.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
LGBT Aging Commission Mar 10th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- In between those two jobs, I spent almost a decade at the Boston Foundation, where I oversaw...
- I spent almost a decade at the Boston Foundation, where I oversaw the health portfolio there and worked
- And right up to the point that I took a break and spent, ironically, the last three months with my aging
- She spent many years at GLAD as their development director. She's now at the Rose Art Museum.
- So at this point in life, what fuels me is community, freedom, care, cultural humility, integrity, and
Summary:
The Massachusetts Commission on LGBTQ Aging opened its March quarterly meeting by welcoming its first full-time director, Alison Bauer, who introduced her background in state government, public health, philanthropy, teaching, and LGBTQ family advocacy. Commissioners approved the December quarterly meeting minutes, then turned to a presentation by Adriana Bullen on diversity, equity, inclusion, power, belonging, and intersectionality. Bullen led an interactive workshop using reflection, anonymous polling, and discussion to connect DEI concepts to the commission’s work, including examples from participants’ personal and professional lives and a brief history of intersectionality rooted in Black feminist scholarship and the DeGraffenreid v. General Motors case.
The group then applied the discussion to the commission itself, identifying examples of successful DEI work such as listening sessions across the Commonwealth, targeted recruitment, inclusive trainings, the strategic plan, the commission website, and advocacy that helped pass the LGBTQI+ and HIV long-term care bill of rights. Participants also named conditions that support the commission’s power, including collaboration, commitment, openness, empowerment, persistence, and strong relationships, while noting barriers such as invisibility of older adults, limited racial and ethnic diversity, and lack of trans elder representation. Several commissioners emphasized the need for more Black, Latino, immigrant, and trans voices, and discussed recruitment challenges, including the difficulty of asking marginalized people to be the only one in the room.
Bullen concluded by introducing an equity-lens tool for evaluating decisions and actions, using the commission’s strategic priority on representation as an example. Commissioners discussed whether to expand membership, create an advisory board, or use a broader network of organizations to cultivate future commissioners, noting that some changes would require legislative or procedural action. The meeting ended with appreciation for the workshop and a commitment to continue the work, with the next quarterly meeting scheduled for June.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 3/6/25
Energy Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- That was an area that I spent a lot of time calling on dairy farmers, and if you look at how close those
- was an<00:07:50.599><c> area</c><00:07:50.800><c> that</c><00:07:50.919><c> I</c><00:07:51.000><c> spent
- c> a</c><00:07:51.319><c> lot</c><00:07:51.440><c> of</c><00:07:51.560><c> time</c> an area that I spent
- a lot of time an area that I spent a lot of time calling<00:07:52.039><c> on</c><00:07:52.199><c> Dairy
- We have been subsidizing fossil fuels since 1913, so I'll put that aside.
Committee:
House Energy Finance and Policy
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, January 14, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Kansas innovators help fuel our economy.
- Kansas innovators help fuel our nation.
- Kansas innovators help fuel our economy.<00:07:07.280><c> Kansas</c><00:07:07.759><c> service</c><00:
- That was a before we spent money.
- </c> millions of people, and fueled millions of people, and fueled terrorism,<07:51:30.798><c> repression
Keywords:
appropriations, national security, foreign aid, transparency, democracy, House Resolution 992, H.Res. 992, HR 992, rule resolution, procedural rule, Rules Committee, Committee of the Whole, previous question, motion to recommit, waiver of points of order, closed rule, structured rule, FY2026 appropriations, consolidated appropriations, federal spending
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate - 03/18/26
Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate
Transcript Highlights:
- Just to say that just goes to prove how reliable fossil fuels are.
- So, we should reliable fossil fuels are.
- And I, you know, the other thing about fossil fuels, they are dependable.
- Give me a comparison between uh fossil fuel natural gas versus doing this on this building.
- Give me a comparison between fossil fuel natural gas versus doing this on this building.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, July 15, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- He was spent time in Newton, New Jersey.
- </c> reduces desperation that fuels violence. reduces desperation that fuels violence.
- </c><03:14:06.479><c> on</c> to ensure taxpayer dollars are spent on to ensure taxpayer dollars are spent
- </c><03:19:31.760><c> instability,</c> the conditions that fuel instability, the conditions that fuel
- We know how to clear hazardous fuels.
Keywords:
appropriations, State Department, foreign aid, foreign assistance, diplomacy, embassy security, consular services, passport backlog, visa wait times, international broadcasting, Fulbright, Peace Corps, Millennium Challenge Corporation, foreign military financing, security assistance, counterterrorism, nonproliferation, democracy promotion, human rights, global health
MD
Transcript Highlights:
- So, then the guy putting fuel in the plane knocks on the door.
- First, the guy with the fuel tank should not be charged with this.
- </c> First, the guy with the fuel First, the guy with the fuel tank<00:20:53.960><c> should</c><00:20
- 31:06.840><c> 969,</c><00:31:07.520><c> electric</c><00:31:08.000><c> vehicle</c><00:31:08.400><c> fuel
- </c> House Bill 969, Electric Vehicle Fuel Sold at Retail, Equipment Requirements, Units of Measure,