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NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Conservation Feb 18th, 2026 at 10:07 am

Senate Conservation

Transcript Highlights:
  • So if you'll notice, in the FIR, the State Ethics Commission did not say to not support this program.
  • I've written a lot of times that these kinds of bills have a sunset. And I didn't see a sunset.
  • So, one is That there is, at this point, a finite amount of funds, and so that's a natural sunset.
  • So, just to get back to the sunset, so there's a finite Amount of money, and there is an extension.
  • Do you think we should have a sunset?
Keywords: 996, all
FL

Florida 2026 5th Special Session

Community Affairs Mar 11th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • And as someone as noble as you who have served on the county commission, I don't think you.
  • And we hold them to the standard that they are to sunset when they are supposed to sunset.
  • I have in my previous county commission district a city called West Park.
  • But our intent in Broward County is to sunset them when they're supposed to sunset and not extend them
  • I do agree that the CRAs should sunset when their purpose is concluded.
Summary: The Committee on Community Affairs met and took up a long agenda of bills, beginning with SB 262 on trust law technical changes. Senator Berman explained four clarifications involving trust decanting, successor trustee actions, ademption by satisfaction, and homestead/community trust definitions; a technical amendment was adopted and the bill was reported favorably. The committee also approved SJR 174 and SB 176, which together would prevent certain homestead tax assessment increases when owners elevate flood-prone homes, and SB 180, a hurricane preparedness and response bill that included a strike-all amendment addressing FEMA reimbursement, mutual aid, hazard mitigation, and post-disaster rebuilding issues. Supporters from emergency management, beaches, counties, and local business groups testified in favor of SB 180, and it was reported favorably. Members then approved SB 608, which renames the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America in Florida statutes, despite questions about cost and an appearance in opposition. SB 1002, dealing with utility service restrictions and local government limits on energy-related policies, drew opposition from Earthjustice and Florida for All over possible unintended consequences and fossil-fuel favoritism, but was still reported favorably. SB 466 on the Florida Museum of Black History generated extensive testimony, with strong support from St. Augustine, Florida Memorial University, pastors, local officials, and the museum foundation for locating the museum in St. Johns County; one witness argued for Eatonville instead, but the bill was reported favorably. The committee also passed SB 1128 on building permits for single-family dwellings after an amendment clarified local zoning review and added insurance and liability protections for design professionals. SB 582, increasing penalties for unlawful demolition of historic buildings and structures, was reported favorably with support from preservation advocates. SB 1202, extending family health insurance premium benefits to firefighters permanently disabled during training exercises, also passed without opposition. Finally, SB 1242 on community redevelopment agencies prompted the most debate: supporters argued CRAs can be valuable tools for affordable housing and redevelopment, while opponents warned the bill would effectively end all CRAs by 2045 and block new projects; after extensive discussion, the bill was reported favorably. At the end, senators recorded additional votes on several tabs, and the committee adjourned.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Ways and Means (10/06/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • There's no sunset clause.
  • please find a way to sunset this. please find a way to sunset this.
  • made a note uh to add a sunset clause. made a note uh to add a sunset clause.
  • We've had commissions that topic.
  • study commission is done, but um Mr. study commission is done, but um Mr.
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The committee first took up HB 155, which drew a lengthy debate over an amendment to delay implementation until tax year 2027. Supporters said the delay would give lawmakers time to see whether projected revenues materialize and to reconsider the policy if needed; opponents argued it would reduce money available to services and local governments at a time of tightening revenues. Members also discussed broader revenue trends, including tobacco, rooms-and-meals, real estate transfer, and lottery revenues, and disagreed over whether tax cuts tend to increase revenue. The committee adopted amendment 2025-2983H on an 11-9 vote, then voted 11-9 to report HB 155 ought to pass as amended. The bill was sent to the consent calendar, with a majority and minority report to be filed. The committee then considered HB 224, with members expressing concern that the bill would redirect money collected for one purpose to another and should receive more study. A motion for interim study was made and seconded, and the committee approved interim study unanimously, 20-0, sending HB 224 to the consent calendar. Next, the committee took up SB 83, which the Lottery described as a vehicle for technical corrections to gaming law. The Lottery requested changes to remove a bond cap, reconcile inconsistent free-play/promotional-play language, redirect problem-gambling funds to the Commission on Addiction Treatment and Prevention, and revise background-check language after the FBI declined to conduct checks under the existing wording. The committee adopted amendment 2025-2984 unanimously, 20-0, then voted 20-0 to report SB 83 ought to pass as amended and placed it on the consent calendar. Finally, the committee began work on HB 524, a bill to repeal the New Hampshire Vaccine Association. Representative Yuli said members had received many emails and calls both supporting and opposing the program and that he had questions about transparency and the dollars involved. The transcript cuts off before any vote or further action on HB 524.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Retirement Apr 29th, 2026

Retirement

Transcript Highlights:
  • This bill is to sunset a practice that was dealing with the way we used to fund COLAs.
  • They referenced the Civil Service Commission.
  • Commission.
  • the State Police Commission.
  • And at that point in time, it's already sunset for Margaret, as she described.
Keywords: 965, house, all
Summary: The Retirement Committee met with a quorum and heard a series of retirement-system bills, mostly described by sponsors and system directors as cleanup measures, technical corrections, or changes to funding and re-employment rules. Early bills included SB 22, which made the constable position for the Second City Court of New Orleans eligible for membership in the Municipal Employees Retirement System, and SB 17, which created a funding deposit account for cost-of-living adjustments for registrars of voters’ employees. The committee also advanced SB 455 and SB 456, addressing employer participation in the Parochial Employees Retirement System and compensation for assigned retired judges, respectively. The committee then took up a group of State Police and teacher-retirement measures. SB 8 added the Louisiana Access Management Pool as a participating employer in MERS. SB 10, SB 11, and SB 12 adjusted State Police retirement funding and actuarial treatment, including changes to COLA funding, benefit increase funding, and administrative definitions. SB 16 reduced annual trustee education requirements for retirement boards from 16 hours to 12. SB 13 made similar actuarial-funding changes for the Teacher’s Retirement System, and SB 14, developed from a study group, consolidated and simplified TRSL return-to-work rules while expanding some re-employment options for retirees. Later bills focused on re-employment and system funding. SB 18 repealed a special exception allowing certain MERS retirees to return to part-time work while collecting full benefits, while protecting current participants. SB 20 and SB 21 updated actuarial gain and loss handling for the School Employees’ Retirement System and LASERS, respectively, to align with newer COLA funding structures. SB 416 expanded re-employment options for retired Department of Public Safety and Corrections employees in critical shortage positions, prompting discussion about staffing needs and cross-gender strip-search issues in prisons. SB 477 clarified the retirement status of the Chairman of the Louisiana Gaming Control Board as a full-time state employee. All bills discussed were reported favorably, and the chair announced the committee’s next meeting would be moved from Monday to Tuesday.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Appropriations Committee Aug 29th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • SB 86, McNerney, sales tax exclusion program, do pass as amended to shorten the sunset date extension
  • SB 388, Padilla, California Latino Commission, do pass as amended to shorten commissioner terms to two
  • SB 616, Rubio, Community Hardening Commission, do pass out with Republicans not voting.
  • SB 616, Rubio, Community Hardening Commission, do pass out with Republicans not voting.
  • SB 775, Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development, Sunset Review, Psychology Board
Summary: The Assembly Appropriations Committee held its August 29, 2025 suspense hearing on Senate bills, with the chair emphasizing the state’s ongoing budget constraints and the need to make difficult choices among 261 bills on the suspense file. After establishing a quorum, the committee began taking action bill by bill, with many measures receiving do pass or do pass with amendments recommendations, while others were held in committee or designated as two-year bills. The chair noted the agenda was organized alphabetically by author and that results would be posted later on the committee website. The hearing covered a wide range of topics, including insurance and claims data, wildfire relief and prevention, water planning, energy and utility regulation, housing and land use, health care, labor and employment, criminal justice, education, environmental policy, and election-related measures. Several bills were amended before passage, often to narrow scope, remove sections, adjust definitions, delay implementation, or clarify funding and enforcement provisions. Some notable actions included moving bills on AI regulation, transit-oriented housing, paid family leave, wildfire mapping, chemical hair relaxers, and pharmacy benefit managers, while other bills on subjects such as controlled substances, high-speed rail, and certain education or housing proposals were held. The committee also took formal roll-call votes on selected bills, with some passing on A roll calls and others on B roll calls; a number of measures were advanced with Republicans not voting. One highlighted vote was SB 79 by Senator Wiener, which passed after amendments and a recorded roll call. At the end of the hearing, the committee reported that 190 bills were moved to the Assembly Floor, either as do pass or do pass with amendments, concluding the suspense hearing for the session.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • With that, we will begin with the Public Utility Commission, LBB presentation.
  • is Jeb Bell, and I'll be laying out the summary of budget recommendations for the Public Utility Commission
  • The deletion of the agency's sunset contingency rider and the deletion of Rider Six, House contingency
  • Madam Chair, for the record, Thomas Gleason, Chairman, Public Utility Commission of Texas.
  • It kind of came out of sunset, and you pulled away from Health and Human Services.
Bills: SB1, SB 1
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Senate in Special Session F Jun 2nd, 2026

Florida Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The sunset clause is approximately five calendar years.
  • And our amendment puts a sunset clause on that that says that it will expire...
  • That is why a sunset provision is so important.
  • They call their county commission.
  • We are not doing it through a commission. We could have been studying this all year.
Keywords: 999, senate, all
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

House Chamber - Mon Apr 21, 2025, 11:30AM HST - Day 54

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • We have numerous other task forces moving, and there's numerous task forces and commissions that all
  • have sunset dates because to have every working group and every task force and every commission that
  • that all these force and commissions that all these members<01:16:53.520> who<01:16:53.760>
  • date and that's why we without a sunset date and that's why we should<01:17:35.679> generally
  • and etc should groups and commissions and etc should have<01:17:40.719> sunset<01:17:41.199><
Keywords: 910, house, all
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate County and Municipal Government Committee Feb 4th, 2026

County and Municipal Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • Now, back to sunset again.
  • Now, back to sunset again.
  • Now, back to sunset again.
  • Now, back to sunset again. necessary. Now, back to sunset again.
  • >> Good question. >> Um, Sunset. So, in the Sunset Committee, right?
CO

Colorado 2026 Regular Session

Colorado Senate 2026 Legislative Day 099 Apr 23rd, 2026

Colorado Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Members of the Underground Damage Prevention Safety Commission, effective January 2, 2026, for terms
  • Members of the Underground Damage Prevention Safety Commission, effective January 2, 2026, for terms
  • Members of the Underground Damage Prevention Safety Commission, effective January 2, 2026, for terms
  • Members of the Underground Damage Prevention Safety Commission, effective January 2, 2026, for terms
  • 2025 sunset report. 2025 sunset report. >> Senator<01:23:47.120> Kulk.
Keywords: 981, all
Summary: The Senate convened, established a quorum, approved the previous day’s journal, and received several committee reports and House messages. Committee reports advanced a number of bills and appointments, including Senate Bill 163, House Bill 1320, Senate Bill 160, House Bill 1210, and several board and commission appointments recommended for the consent calendar. The chamber also received House action on multiple bills, including concurrence in Senate amendments to House Bills 1239, 1262, and 1110, a request for a conference committee on House Bill 1084, and transmission of several other measures to the Revisor of Statutes. The Senate then took up Senate Joint Resolution 22, designating July 12-18, 2026, as Plastic Pollution Awareness Week. Senator Cutter spoke in support, arguing that plastic pollution harms environmental and human health, disproportionately affects vulnerable communities, and cannot be solved by recycling alone. The resolution was adopted on a 25-9 vote, with several senators recorded in opposition, and co-sponsors were noted. The chamber also recognized guests from the Colorado Society of Enrolled Agents and the National Association of Tax Professionals, as well as visitors from the Colorado School of Mines and former Senator John Evans. Later, the Senate considered special orders on the consent calendar, including House Bills 103, 1026, and 1051, and adopted the committee reports and the bills. House Bill 1026 was amended and House Bill 1051 was advanced to third reading and final passage. The Senate also took up Senate Bill 117, concerning permissible methods for the sale of lottery tickets. Senator Bridges explained that the bill was intended to respond to lottery rules allowing online sales and credit card purchases, but said the measure had been narrowed in committee and then raised constitutional concerns under Colorado’s prohibition on slot machines outside limited gaming areas. The transcript ends during that debate, before final action on Senate Bill 117 is shown.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee Mar 18th, 2026

Finance and Taxation Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:07:09.360> Uh<00:07:09.599> there Commission on Higher Education.
  • Uh there Commission on Higher Education.
  • Uh, there wasn't a sunset an amendment.
  • the sunset on it. So okay, it's fine. the sunset on it. So okay, it's fine.
  • there's a a sunset on line<00:28:12.159> 585960.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Education REVISED Apr 7th, 2026 at 10:00 am

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • So the tax commission is favorable to this cleanup bill. And with that, I yield for questions.
  • So we're gonna use federal Poverty level instead, and that is something the tax commission did welcome
  • So that was also something that the tax commission welcomed.
  • Chairman, House Bill 3006 is an extension of the sunset for the Oklahoma Advisory Council on Indian Education
  • But it's just an extension of the sunset. He waves. Will there be additional questions?
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

TRS-EIG, TRS Public Hearings 02-05-2026

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Leia Laramie from the Climate Change Mitigation Adaptation Commission.
  • Leia Laramie with the Climate Change Mitigation Adaptation Commission.
  • Climate Change<00:01:35.360> Mitigation<00:01:36.240> Adaptation<00:01:37.280> Commission
  • :49.280> in<00:01:49.600> support<00:01:50.240> um<00:01:50.399> on Commission
  • We stand in support um on Commission. We stand in support um on our<00:01:50.799> testimony.
Summary: The committees heard testimony on several transportation-related measures. SB 2356, relating to parking, drew support from the Office of Planning, the Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission, Appleseed Center, Realtors, and the Hawaii Bicycling League. Members discussed the bill in the context of the planned stadium-area mixed-use development, with questions about whether parking would be built in structures rather than as large surface lots. Senators expressed support and noted the measure’s broader housing and parking-reduction goals, but no vote was taken during the hearing. The bulk of the hearing focused on SB 2699, which would create a fare-free youth transit program, a special fund, annual evaluations, and appropriations tied to the environmental, energy, and food security tax. The Attorney General’s office raised technical concerns about whether the special fund met statutory requirements. The Department of Education and Department of Health supported the bill, as did the City and County of Honolulu DOT, Appleseed Center, Hawaii Youth Transportation Council, Public Health Institute, Hawaii Children’s Action Network, Hawaii Bicycling League, Our Children’s Trust, and numerous youth testifiers. Supporters emphasized reduced family transportation costs, better school attendance, improved health and mobility, and environmental benefits. One senator raised emergency-planning concerns about how children using free transit would be handled during events like tsunamis; DOT and DOE responded that emergency procedures are being developed. The chair said the committee would work on language changes, including a delayed effective date to July 2027, and defer decision-making until the 12th. The final measure discussed was SB 2470, which would require leading pedestrian intervals, accessible pedestrian signals, and other safety improvements at state-controlled intersections, and create a process for community requests for accessible pedestrian signals. Appleseed Center, the Hawaii Association of the Blind, and the Disability Rights Center supported the bill, citing pedestrian safety, reduced collisions, and the need for audible cues for blind and low-vision pedestrians. Testifiers urged a phased-in approach that prioritizes high-traffic intersections. The hearing ended with the bill still under consideration and no final vote announced.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session May 25th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The State Commission on Judicial Conduct is the commission in Texas created to protect the public vote
  • This commission?
  • Right, so if the Commission and the membership of the Commission finds that this judge is in a situation
  • The Lottery Commission was under sunset this session.
  • Contrary to OAG and Sunset Commission advice, the Texas Lottery has experienced sharp declines in year-over-year
Bills: SB835, SB3070, SB22, SJR59, SB926, SB1494, SB251, SB456, SB500, SB1307, SB2615, SB2995, SB2321, SB973, SB974, SB865, SB506, SB781, SB1522, SB1558, SB510, SB667, SB763, SB2073, SB1858, SB1660, SB505, SB2900, SB1433, SB1540, SB1964, SB1300, SB1644, SB2217, SB2373, SB2431, SB1758, SB2480, SB3039, SB3047, SB3073, SB2920, SB2781, SB826, SB766, SB2460, SB527, SB1946, SB2885, SB1243, SB2610, SB2595, SB857, SB37, SB8, SB10, SB227, SB261, SB12, SB15, SJR27, SB552, SB835, SB3070, SB22, SJR59, SB25, SB57, SB127, SB293, SB441, SB3059, SB512, SB241, SB1718, SB140, SB2055, SB2075, SB2018, SB1534, SB1567, SB785, SB1233, SB1580, SB1663, SB413, SB447, SB519, SB467, SB1579, SB1191, SB1021, SB1838, SB2807, SB2835, SB546, SB2121, SB2167, SB2035, SB2024, SB1032, SB1049, SB1266, SB1400, SB1302, SB401, SB1596, SB1281, SB1242, SB1343, SB310, SB1346, SB2753, SB2703, SB2221, SB1719, SB2177, SB800, SB790, SB748, SB571, SB1957, SB1923, SB1896, SB1760, SB1335, SB2368, SB2477, SB2587, SB2972, SB2986, SB2965, SB1563, SB1467, SB1164, SB1137, SB614, SB705, SB961, SB918, SB955, SB869, SB850, SB863, SB1610, SB1055, SB2206, SB457, SB2337, SB1362, SB926, SB1494, SB251, SB456, SB500, SB1307, SB2615, SB2995, SB2321, SB973, SB974, SB865, SB506, SB781, SB1522, SB1558, SB510, SB667, SB763, SB2073, SB1858, SB1660, SB505, SB2900, SB1433, SB1540, SB1964, SB1300, SB1644, SB2217, SB2373, SB2431, SB1758, SB2480, SB3039, SB3047, SB3073, SB2920, SB2781, SB826, SB766, SB2460, SB527, SB1946, SB2885, SB1243, SB2610, SB2595, SB857, SCR9, HB5560, HB762, HB 107, HB 114, HB300, HB138, HB4386, HB2495, HB581, HB3348, HB5323
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Appropriations Committee Apr 9th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • The commission was created by statute in 1967 and has only been amended once since 1982.
  • The commission plays a prominent role in helping the California Table Grape Commission grapes around
  • With me today on behalf of the California Table Grape Commission is Taylor Triffel.
  • Taylor Triffel, on behalf of the California Table Grape Commission, in strong support.
  • The Department of Fish and Wildlife enforced the act from January 2020 to its sunset in January 2025.
Summary: The Assembly Appropriations Committee met on April 9, 2025, with a large regular-order agenda and a consent calendar. The committee first approved a set of unanimous consent bills, then heard and acted on several measures, generally with authors describing them as having minor or absorbable fiscal effects. Bills discussed included AB 439 on Coastal Act streamlining, AB 322 on school-based health and mental health reimbursement participation, AB 679 on state park land acquisition exemptions, AB 482 updating the California Table Grape Commission law, AB 681 increasing the Dream Loan Program cap, AB 40 clarifying emergency services include reproductive health care, AB 454 making the California Migratory Bird Protection Act permanent, AB 572 creating protections for families of people killed or seriously injured by peace officers, and AB 639 narrowing the definition of dams to avoid extra regulation for certain water operators. Testimony was largely in support of the bills. Supporters included representatives from the University of California, the California Table Grape Commission, Audubon California, Sempervirens Fund, emergency physicians, health equity groups, water districts, and several impacted family members and advocacy organizations on AB 572. AB 572 drew especially emotional testimony from family members describing police-involved deaths and the need for transparency and protection from coercive questioning. No organized opposition was raised on most of the bills heard in committee, though AB 439 drew no-votes from some Republicans, and AB 572 and other measures were framed as low-cost or cost-neutral. The committee reported the bills out on roll calls after motions and seconds, with several measures passing on B-roll calls and AB 482 passing on an A-roll call. After the hearing on presented bills, the committee also approved the suspense calendar and accepted brief public comment on bills not heard that day, including opposition to AB 339 and support for AB 335. The meeting then adjourned.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

PSM-HWN Informational Briefing 04-15-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:01:20.320> administrator um Oversight Commission administrator um Oversight Commission
  • Um, so, the commission can definitely go back further, but the commission has been tracking at least
  • Oversight Commission is pursuing in Oversight Commission is pursuing in order<00:40:49.600> to
  • Um the Commission has serious issues.
  • , department and the oversight commission, department and the oversight commission, as<00:46:47.760
FL
Transcript Highlights:
  • The sunset provision may not exceed five years unless otherwise required by existing statute.
  • The problem with the addition of a SUNSET PROVISION IS SECTION 120.543(5) FLORIDA STATUTES WHICH SAYS
  • THERE IS NO PROVISION IN CHAPTER 120 TO SUNSET.
  • By definition, the sunset provision effectively terminates the statute or rule unless some action is
  • The sunset of one rule may affect all the other rules within chapter.
Keywords: 999, senate, all