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KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Senate Standing Committee on State and Local Government. (1-28-26)

State & Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • So this legislation would just allow us that additional protection.
  • Safe Sport uh and allow us to uh follow Safe Sport uh and allow us to uh follow the<00:03:34.560>
  • Uh what that does is allows at the park.
  • to allow the city the incentive to allow the city the discretion<00:07:30.720> to<00:07:30.880
  • These minimum and maximum ordinance.
Summary: The Senate State and Local Government Committee met and first took up Senate Bill 68, sponsored by Senator Maize Bledsoe. The bill would give the Kentucky Horse Park authority to bar or restrict participation by individuals sanctioned by the U.S. Center for SafeSport, with supporters saying it would help protect young athletes, adult athletes, and visitors at the multi-use state facility. Testimony from the Horse Park and the U.S. Equestrian Federation emphasized that the measure would have no fiscal impact and would be implemented through existing horse mounted police operations, without actively checking every visitor against the sanction list. The committee then considered Senate Bill 20, sponsored by Senator Maiden and presented with the Kentucky League of Cities. The bill would amend the city training incentive program statute to let cities set different incentive amounts for appointed and elected officials and remove the current statutory minimum and maximum amounts, giving local governments more discretion by ordinance. Senator Maiden said the measure is intended to encourage training for city officials and improve local government operations, and noted it had passed the Senate unanimously the previous year in similar form. Both bills were approved by the committee without opposition. Senate Bill 68 passed 10-0 with favorable expression, and Senate Bill 20 passed 9-0 with favorable expression. During the vote on Senate Bill 20, Senator Elkins explained his aye vote, saying he appreciated that the bill used permissive language and did not create an unfunded mandate. The committee then moved toward adjournment.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Finance - 03/12/26

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • Provides financial support to dairy farmers when between milk prices and feed costs is low.
  • Provides financial support to dairy farmers when between milk prices and feed costs is low.
  • Provides financial support to dairy farmers when between milk prices and feed costs is low.
  • Um, and then it sets out that cost share distribution, and then we do receive checks.
  • some of the are provisions that allow some of the startup<00:56:01.560> costs<00:56:01.880>
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Education Finance - 04/02/25

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • complex formula with a flat rate maximum complex formula with a flat rate maximum of<00:03:23.440
  • It also allows awarded to candidates.
  • So we're taking a phased-in approach, allowing maximum flexibility for uses right away, keeping the amount
  • Our transportation costs are ...
  • <01:36:04.000> associated aware of is uh is the costs associated aware of is uh is the costs
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • The difference between the cost for breakfast and lunch is that lunch costs more to create.
  • <00:20:33.919> to cost uh if we were to raise the cost to cost uh if we were to raise the
  • I do know that there are additional costs associated with food costs that have gone up.
  • So that would be an added cost.
  • So that would be an added cost.
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 707 on the College Savings Program. Members discussed a suggested amendment from the Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities to include the Hawaii ABLE Savings Program. The chair said the Department of the Attorney General advised there was no title problem, so the bill could be broadened to cover both the College Savings Program and the ABLE program. The committee also noted technical, non-substantive changes and a defective date of July 1, 3000 for further discussion. HB 707 HD1 was then voted on and the recommendation to pass with amendments was adopted unanimously by the members present, with two members excused. The committee then heard House Bill 424, which would provide free breakfast and lunch beginning the next school year to students who currently qualify for free and reduced-price meals. The Department of Education supported the measure, and testimony in favor came from teachers, public health and food security advocates, and several organizations. Supporters described students being denied meals because of unpaid balances, said school meals should not depend on family debt, and argued that the bill would reduce stigma and help hungry students learn. Committee questions focused on meal pricing, the impact of raising prices on families who pay full price, and whether portion sizes could be increased; DOE said breakfast costs less than lunch, full-price students would bear any increase, and portion sizes must follow USDA rules. Hawaiʻi Public Health Institute and Hawaiʻi Children’s Action Network said many families above the free/reduced thresholds still cannot afford meals, citing estimates that the DOE collects about $20 million a year in meal payments and that federal reimbursement totals are much larger. The committee then heard House Bill 757, the universal free school breakfast and lunch bill. DOE and the Department of Health supported it, and testimony was overwhelmingly in favor from county officials, teachers, students, food banks, advocacy groups, and community organizations. Witnesses argued that universal meals would eliminate stigma, reduce paperwork and debt collection, and ensure students do not fall through the cracks because of income cutoffs, language barriers, or administrative hurdles. Several students from Castle High School described classmates asking for food and families struggling to keep meal accounts funded, while teachers said they regularly see negative meal balance notices and hungry students. Advocates also said the bill is the better equity vehicle because it avoids means testing and reaches students who are not currently receiving meals despite needing them. The hearing on HB 757 was still ongoing at the end of the transcript, and no final vote on that bill was shown.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • That was not allowed in the previous law. It is now allowed with this one.
  • The penalty has been reduced from a maximum of $1 million to a maximum of over $20,000. ...been reduced
  • from a maximum of $1 million to a maximum of only $25,000, although there are other remedies available
  • And I understand it might not be a direct cost to the hospitals, but it could increase the cost of the
  • But then if the officer may be out, but the city who allowed the use of the county who allowed the use
Summary: The committee heard several AI- and consumer-protection-related bills, with extensive testimony from authors, supporters, and industry opponents. SB 53 by Senator Wiener would create transparency requirements for large AI developers, including disclosure of safety and security protocols, reporting of critical safety incidents, whistleblower protections, and the CalCompute public cloud. Supporters said it is a narrower, transparency-based follow-up to last year’s vetoed AI safety bill, while opponents argued it still relies too much on company size, could expose trade secrets, and should be narrowed further. The committee approved SB 53 on a do-pass-as-amended vote to Appropriations, with the roll held open for absent members. SB 766 by Senator Allen would codify the FTC’s Cars Rule and create a three-day cooling-off period for certain used-car purchases, along with stronger disclosure rules on pricing, add-ons, and government affiliation claims. Supporters said it would save consumers money and time and help buyers avoid bad deals, while dealer and industry groups said amendments addressed many of their concerns. Several former opponents moved to neutral, and the committee passed SB 766 unanimously as amended to Appropriations. SB 7 by Senator McNerney would regulate automated decision-making systems in employment by requiring notice, human review for discipline and termination, and limits on predictive behavior analysis. Labor and consumer advocates supported the bill as a safeguard against biased or overly automated workplace decisions, while employer and industry groups raised concerns about scope, notice burdens, and the predictive-analysis ban. The committee passed SB 7 to Appropriations on a 4-2 vote, with the roll held open. SB 833, also by Senator McNerney, would require human oversight of AI used in critical infrastructure, along with training and system assessments; it drew limited opposition focused on scope, and the committee passed it as amended to Appropriations on a 5-0 vote, also holding the roll open. Later, the committee took up SB 11, which would address AI-generated voice, image, and video cloning and deepfakes by clarifying likeness protections, requiring consumer warnings, and addressing misuse and evidence tampering. Supporters framed it as a targeted response to nonconsensual deepfakes, while industry groups said recent amendments improved the bill but still had concerns about penalties and warning language. The committee also heard SB 720, the Safer Streets Act, which would let cities opt into a revised red-light camera system that shifts from driver to owner liability, removes facial identification, makes violations civil rather than criminal, and directs revenue toward transportation safety projects; the author presented the bill, but the transcript ends before any final action on SB 720.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

April 16, 2025 - 08:00 AM

Transcript Highlights:
  • allows coastal fiscally constrained counties to use funds for certain capital improvements.
  • It allows VAB hearings to be conducted electronically by video conference or telephonically.
  • That section does not allow for a blanket open-ended funding of all lifeguards.
  • It did not, that section does not allow for a blanket open, you can't fund all lifeguards.
  • Supply is a huge reason why the cost is so high for out around it.
Summary: The Ways and Means Committee met on April 16, 2025, with one agenda item: PCB WMC-2502, the committee’s tax package. Chair Duggan presented the bill as a broad tax measure covering sales tax, tourist development taxes, ad valorem/VAB procedures, affordable housing property tax changes, tangible personal property, special assessments, fuel taxes, communication services taxes, corporate income tax updates, pari-mutuel/card room taxes, local incentives, and a redistribution of horse industry trust fund money. He also noted emergency rulemaking authority for the Department of Revenue and estimated a recurring state impact of $34.6 million in FY 2025-26. Members questioned several provisions, including the aviation fuel tax repeal, the delay of the natural gas fuel tax, the extension of the local communication services tax freeze, the charitable trust corporate income tax clarification, the reduction in card room taxes, and the affordable housing changes tied to the Live Local Act. Public testimony included support from airlines, UPS, child care management, and others, while the Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association opposed the lifeguard/TDT change, the Florida Association of Counties and Florida League of Cities opposed the missing-middle exemption changes, and local government representatives raised concerns about revenue impacts and the loss of local opt-out authority. The committee also adopted Amendment 1 by Representative Rizzo, which limits certain special assessments on RV parks when based on square footage. During debate, members split on some provisions but generally supported the package, with comments focused on aviation competitiveness, preschool assessment relief, lifeguard funding, affordable housing, and the horse industry funding shift. Representative Duggan closed by emphasizing that the bill was only the beginning of the process and would continue through conference and floor consideration. The committee then voted 16-1 to report PCB WMC-2502 favorably, with Representative Alvarez voting no.
ND
Transcript Highlights:
  • And then you have your indirect costs and induced costs after that.
  • And then you have your indirect costs and induced costs after that.
  • The cost-share policy is the State Water Commission's.
  • And so we were not allowed to drain.
  • They're being allowed by water boards, both Ramsey and Nelson County.
Summary: The meeting began with approval of the prior minutes and opening remarks from NDSU President David Stewart, who emphasized NDSU’s land-grant mission of statewide service through teaching, research, and extension. He highlighted the university’s role in agriculture, water, soil health, and community outreach, and pointed to examples of research commercialization such as Lilac Agriculture’s work on nitrogen-fixing microbes for crops. He also said he is still early in his tenure and intends to spend time listening and learning across the state. The committee then received a detailed presentation on a state irrigation and drainage study from Tom Bodine on behalf of Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring. The study estimated that North Dakota could develop about 1.3 million additional irrigated acres, with major potential in counties such as McLean, Williams, Sargent, Burleigh, Mountrail, McKenzie, McIntosh, Dunn, and Bottineau. Testimony stressed the economic benefits of irrigation for crop yields, value-added processing, dairy, and potato production, while members also discussed water availability, aquifers, downstream water use, and the need for more flexible permitting. The drainage portion of the study found significant economic benefits from legal drains, and staff explained that the impacts were calculated through increased productivity and related input purchases. Greg Lardy then gave NDSU’s required agriculture update, saying agriculture accounts for more than $41 billion in annual economic activity, one in five jobs, and about 25 percent of state GDP. He reviewed the role of SBAR, the statewide research-extension network, new crop varieties, virtual fencing, AI and weather-network tools, and Extension’s county partnerships and youth programs. He also outlined NDSU’s priorities for the next session: restoring proposed budget cuts, increasing operating support, and addressing deferred maintenance. Members asked about storage shed construction, NDSU’s relationship with Grand Farm, and whether NDSU could help with water-related research tied to drainage and aquifers. The committee also heard from the North Dakota Water Resources Research Institute and a professor on water and data centers, who described graduate fellowships, a water workforce certificate program, and research on data center cooling, water use, and “Legendary Harvest” concepts that would reuse waste heat for greenhouse or aquaculture production. Questions focused on whether the cooling systems were closed-loop, who would own any related production facilities, and whether the project was still only a feasibility study. Finally, North Dakota AgTech described its NSF-funded “engine” project, saying it has brought millions in federal investment to the state, supported startups and on-farm trials, and is focused on commercialization, workforce development, and helping producers lower input costs and improve profitability.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs May 13th, 2026

Commerce, Consumer Protection, and International Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • So in essence, you could harvest it without, and I know that would come at a cost.
  • In essence, you could harvest it without, I know that would come at a cost.
  • Maybe it would come at a cost to the parish that this is happening in.
  • Many of these ATV costs, as you all know, cost as much as a car these days—some of them $30,000, $40,000
  • Small local systems are left dealing with the cost and a disruption.
US
Transcript Highlights:
  • Grassley that the moment he shows up in deference to his seniority here, we will suspend the hearing and allow
  • But when Senator Grassley gets here, we will suspend the proceedings and allow him to make a few remarks
  • To my colleagues on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, I want to say thank you for allowing me to
  • Now, this is a low overhead cost organization.
  • And it's going to cost taxpayers more money if we have to pay those contracts with interest.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Finance Division III (03/28/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • There is a maximum amount that CMS allows for, but it is a program that's already existing, but we could
  • There is a maximum amount that CMS allows for, but it is a program that's already existing, but we could
  • There is a maximum amount that CMS allows for, but it is a program that's already existing, but we could
  • There is a maximum amount that CMS allows for, but it is a program that's already existing, but we could
  • There is a maximum amount that CMS allows for, but it is a program that's already existing, but we could
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The Division 3 work session focused largely on amendment 1176 to HB 2, which would have incorporated the substance of HB 548FN, a House-passed bill creating a direct-pay or membership-based model for health care facilities. Representative Mlan described the proposal as a way to increase competition in health care by extending the direct-care model used in primary care to facilities, arguing it could encourage innovation and that concerns about widespread harm to critical access hospitals were overstated. He pointed to Oklahoma’s long-standing Surgical Center model as evidence that the approach had not spread broadly or displaced hospitals there. Several members and witnesses raised concerns. Representative Stringham questioned whether the model would shift profitable services and patients away from existing hospitals, potentially worsening their finances and affecting Medicaid-related funding. David Ross, speaking for county nursing homes, opposed the language because it also removed moratoriums on nursing home, skilled nursing, inpatient rehabilitation, and self-pay beds, warning that it could increase pressure on Medicaid rates and undermine community-based care. Ben Bradley of the New Hampshire Hospital Association said the proposal appeared to create a separate regulatory framework for direct-pay facilities and raised concerns about patient safety, CMS participation rules, and a separate patient bill of rights. The chair concluded that, because HB 548 was already moving through the Senate, the HB 2 process was not the best vehicle for the policy and that the issue should be left to the Senate’s more deliberative committee process. Representative Ferski moved to not accept or remove amendment 1176 from the agenda, and the committee approved the motion by roll call, 9-0, withdrawing the item from HB 2.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Appropriations and Finance Jan 15th, 2026 at 01:32 pm

House Appropriations & Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • We're not looking for jobs at any cost.
  • costs from our actuarial reports.
  • 83% of medical plan costs.
  • holds personnel costs flat.
  • and the building costs.
Keywords: 996, all
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Transportation Apr 16th, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • So with that, thank you, members, for allowing me to lay out Senate Bill 1013.
  • Those are the costs, and this comes, Mr.
  • The previous language allowed for a variety of uses.
  • The previous language allowed for a variety of uses.
  • , while Georgia and Florida ports have $500,000 maximums.
Summary: The Senate Transportation Committee heard several bills focused on transportation infrastructure, public safety, and local commemorations. SB 2841 would clarify the overweight corridor designation for the Port of Brownsville so all three statutorily approved bridges are treated uniformly for northbound and southbound overweight traffic; the Port of Brownsville testified in support, and the bill was left pending. SB 39 would restore the commercial motor vehicle “admission rule” framework in collision cases; Senator Birdwell explained the committee substitute, and the bill was later reported favorably. The committee also heard and later advanced SB 682, SB 1369, and SB 1422, which rename stretches of highway or a bridge in honor of fallen firefighters and military service members, with no opposition testimony and all left pending before final votes. The committee also heard SB 2366, which would create a grant program for short-line railroad projects through rural rail transportation districts for track, bridge, capacity, and restoration work. Senator Hughes and several witnesses from rural rail districts and rail advocacy groups supported the bill, while TxDOT explained current rail funding is limited and that the bill would be the first such grant program for Class 3 short lines; members discussed that the bill would need a floor amendment because state funds cannot be paid directly to railroads. SB 1013 would expand crosswalk protections under the Lisa Torrey-Smith Act to include certain driveway curb cuts along sidewalks; it was supported by the author and left pending before later being reported favorably. The committee also considered SB 2080, which would modernize port and navigation district rules by easing records and procurement requirements, exempting certain security and cybersecurity discussions from recording, and expanding some operational authority. Port Houston and the Texas Ports Association supported the bill, while the City of Corpus Christi raised concerns that the language could expand port economic-development authority beyond navigation purposes and affect local tax bases; the Port of Galveston also noted concerns about the filed version but supported the bill as presented, and the committee substitute was later reported favorably. SB 2001 would create specialty license plates and related parking/toll benefits for permanently disabled peace officers; SB 2705 would codify registration exemptions for certain farm equipment and some specialty plates. Both were supported by witnesses, adopted with committee substitutes where applicable, and reported favorably. Final votes on the reported bills were largely unanimous or near-unanimous, and the committee recessed after leaving some motions open briefly.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session May 4th, 2026

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And I think that the public deserve maximum transparency.
  • This bill would allow secrets as we're trying to secure funding.
  • One that allows the Inspector General to keep these secrets.
  • The bill's needed because we need these cost-saving measures.
  • It's about maximum transparency, maximum accountability.
Keywords: 988, house, all
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Health Insurance Affordability Task Force, June 17, 2026 - AM

Health Insurance Affordability Task Force

Transcript Highlights:
  • it costs. it costs.
  • . cost. cost.
  • Boley, >> Um, during a sequestration, it was reduced to 99% of allowable costs. >> And then for non-critical
  • allowable costs. allowable costs.
  • . costs. costs.
Keywords: 916, all
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/09/2026 - Arizona Off-Highway Vehicle Study Committee

Arizona Off-Highway Vehicle Study Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chairman, for allowing me to make some comments.
  • The cost of the decal is $25 per year, and it's valid for one year from the date of purchase.
  • It costs $15, and they can be obtained in an office.
  • The permit allows the individual to operate their off-highway vehicle on-road.
  • In statute, we don't allow them to be— you don't get a sticker for being over 2,500 pounds.
Keywords: 1182, all
NH
Transcript Highlights:
  • > management allowing poolled risk management allowing poolled risk management programs<00:23:
  • <01:05:00.000> I insurance costs go up every year. I insurance costs go up every year.
  • Every year the cost goes up. up. Yeah. Every year the cost goes up.
  • additional cost to the general public. additional cost to the general public.
  • And I allow our model to exist.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
Summary: The subcommittee took up the pooled risk management program bill and reviewed a new amendment drafted with input from the Insurance Department and Legislative Services. Department witnesses explained that the proposal would move oversight of pooled risk management programs from the Secretary of State’s office to the Insurance Department, add a licensure requirement, preserve the programs’ non-insurer status, and exempt them from third-party administrator licensure. They also described a series of solvency tools in the draft, including financial reporting, risk-based capital standards, minimum capitalization, investment limits, commissioner examination and enforcement authority, rulemaking authority, merger and affiliate-transaction review, confidentiality protections, and a separability clause. A major theme of the discussion was that pooled risk management programs differ from commercial insurers because the risk remains with the member local governments rather than being backed by a state guarantee fund. Witnesses said the bill is designed to emphasize solvency over return of premium and to give the Insurance Department a regulatory “toolbox” to prevent insolvency, including a proposed $5 million excess or stop-loss coverage benchmark, optional accessible policies, and a requirement that boards vote on dividends or premium returns when capital exceeds 600% of risk-based capital. Members questioned how this approach differed from the original Secretary of State bill and whether assessments on towns would still be possible; the department responded that the new framework would allow more flexible oversight and alternatives to immediate court action. The committee also discussed why the statute should continue to say the programs are not insurers, with the department explaining that this preserves their autonomy and avoids applying unrelated insurance laws and premium taxes. Members asked about the department’s workload and were told the department believed it could absorb the new duties without additional funding. No vote or final committee action was taken in the portion provided.
ND
Transcript Highlights:
  • And they've determined that we are currently running at maximum capacity.
  • The intention, of course, is to recoup much of the cost.
  • But we have more than recouped the state's costs in, I think, record time.
  • If they take you off, that's a cost of doing business for them.
  • If they take you off, that's a cost of doing business for them.
Summary: The committee met to review the Attorney General’s budget and related agency operations, beginning with Legislative Council staff walking members through compliance reports and a blue-sheet base budget document. Staff highlighted current-biennium items such as FTE changes, one-time appropriations, litigation funding, opioid settlement receipts, continuing appropriations, and major special and federal funds. Members asked for clarification on items including the Missing Indigenous People Grant Fund, the Internet Crimes Investigation Fund, and the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit grant funding. Assistant Attorney General Clare Ness then gave an overview of the office’s structure, staffing, and budget pressures. She emphasized the office’s broad statutory duties, the value of its legal services to state and local government, and concerns about attorney pay lagging behind other agencies. Members discussed whether attorney compensation should be benchmarked more consistently across state government and whether some legal work could be consolidated within the AG’s office. Ness also addressed questions about AG opinion turnaround times, boards-and-commissions training, the new-and-vacant FTE pool, operating expense cuts, office leases, and the state’s criminal justice information systems. The crime lab presentation drew significant attention. Director Jennifer Penner described severe space, safety, and infrastructure problems at the current lab, including cramped work areas, glycol leaks, outdated fire and burglar alarms, air-handling limits, and equipment failures that have delayed toxicology work. She said the 2024 study projected a much larger facility would be needed and that the preferred location would be near the current health department site, but in a new building. Members asked about possible evidence risks, backlog status, and whether the proposed building would solve the current problems; Penner said it would and noted backlogs have improved overall, though some delays remain. The committee also heard from the new Medicaid Fraud Control Unit director, who described the unit’s civil and criminal work, federal-state funding split, and examples of fraud such as billing for services not provided or upcoding. The gaming division reported continued growth in charitable gaming and e-tabs, with members expressing concern about large trust-account balances, site competition, and possible misuse of proceeds. Finally, BCI outlined its caseload, cybercrime work, missing Indigenous persons task force, and the surge in CSAM cyber tips; members asked about AI-generated CSAM, and the AG’s office noted that last session’s law increased penalties and expressly allowed AI-generated CSAM to be prosecuted like other CSAM. No formal votes or actions were taken beyond approval of the minutes.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session May 4th, 2026

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And I think that the public deserve maximum transparency.
  • This bill would allow secrets as we're trying to secure funding.
  • The author absolutely invoked cost savings as to why we needed to pass the bill.
  • We're going to allow this to happen. We understand what Mr. Flora is saying.
  • It’s about maximum transparency, maximum accountability, thank you.
Summary: The Assembly convened after a quorum call, prayer, and Pledge of Allegiance, then approved a procedural motion by a 41-17 roll call to re-refer AB 2690 and AB 1863 to Appropriations and to allow guests for the Latino Spirit Awards ceremony. House Resolution 92, recognizing Cinco de Mayo Week, was adopted after supportive remarks from members of several caucuses, and the chamber then held the 2026 Latino Spirit Awards ceremony honoring 11 individuals and organizations in higher education, human rights, philanthropy, health and science, advocacy, business, environmental justice, journalism and media, culinary arts, and a legacy award for Los Tigres del Norte. After the ceremony, the Assembly resumed business with guest introductions and moved through the daily file, passing or retaining a number of bills and resolutions. Among the measures taken up, the Assembly passed AB 1657 on domestic violence restraining order procedures (64-0), AB 2042 on civil procedure and service of process (66-0), AB 1660 on probate and public guardians (45-10), AB 1917 on criminal procedure and reinstatement of dismissed charges (43-15), AB 2148 clarifying that public school employees are human beings in the context of AI (69-0), AB 1647 protecting juvenile statements at transfer hearings (63-0), AB 1555 expanding community college access in Siskiyou County (66-0), AB 1608 on High-Speed Rail Inspector General oversight and reporting (45-18), AB 1803 requiring anti-hate speech training in workplace harassment prevention (50-9), AB 2128 protecting tenants in subsidized housing from certain federal work requirements and time limits (44-16), AB 2576 as a land-use cleanup bill protecting historic resources (61-0), AB 2601 allowing concurrent review for certain housing projects, and AB 2764 on extended foster care eligibility (60-0). Several items were passed and retained on file, and AB 2601 was interrupted by a call of the house before later business continued. The chamber also adopted ACR 159 on indigent defense after adding 59 coauthors, then heard guest introductions from chief public defenders from multiple counties. ACR 179, designating Wildland Urban Interface Preparedness and Resilience Day, was adopted with 65 coauthors after remarks on wildfire risk and forest management. Later, ACR 183 establishing Black Health Equity Advocacy Week was presented with extensive testimony from members of multiple caucuses emphasizing racial health disparities, maternal mortality, life expectancy gaps, and the need for systemic change; the debate continued beyond the excerpt provided. Throughout the session, members repeatedly used guest introductions to recognize visiting groups and individuals, including Delta Sigma Theta Sorority members, UAW President Shawn Fain, California Women in Agriculture, and others.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Transportation - 04/02/25

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • This change in definition allows the maximum flexibility for the movement of freight and people in Minnesota
  • :20.560> the<01:15:20.800> maximum change in definition allows the maximum change in definition
  • allows the maximum flexibility<01:15:22.000> for<01:15:22.239> the<01:15:22.400> movement
  • systems and are creating a social cost systems and are creating a social cost to<01:26:55.840>
  • The Insurance auto insurance costs.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

Senate in Session Mar 19th, 2025

Florida Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • IT ALLOWS US TO WORK WITH NATURAL INSTEAD OF...
  • The President has maximum flexibility constructing the library. Senator Polsky for a question.
  • And so new ordinances and no pre-existing ordinance would be allowed. Is that correct?
  • The Florida National Guard and allow an increase to its force structure.
  • That is, you allowed staff; you completely turned loose on staff the summer.
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