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FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government Mar 26th, 2025
Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
Transcript Highlights:
- there's $94 million for the Florida facilities pool, which completes the funding for the capital windows
- So just be ready when we get done this window. Come on up. You're recognized, sir. Thank you.
Summary:
The Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government heard a presentation on its 2025-2026 budget recommendations and adopted the proposal as a recommendation to the full Senate Appropriations Committee. The chair highlighted major funding items including more than $1.2 billion for water quality and Everglades work, citrus recovery, food bank and pantry grants, wastewater and drinking water loans, beach restoration, flood and sea level rise projects, rural land protection, disaster loans, state facilities repairs, SLERS, accounting system replacement, and continued funding for My Safe Florida Home. Staff were authorized to make technical adjustments, and members were told final proviso project lists would be printed later in the week.
The committee then considered several bills and reported them favorably, including SB 796 on DEP general permits for distributed wastewater treatment systems to help local governments address failing septic-related water quality problems; SB 1162 expanding boating improvement and water access facilities programs; SB 466 implementing the Florida Museum of Black History task force’s selection of West Augustine as the museum site; SB 178 creating a FAMU agronomic study on viable crops for land taken out of production; CS/SB 678 allowing pawnbroker transaction forms to be printed or digital; and CS/SB 736 updating the Brownfields program, with a technical amendment adopted. Testimony on these bills was generally supportive, with speakers from affected industries, local governments, and advocacy groups.
The committee also took up CS/CS/SB 700, the comprehensive Florida Farm Bill, which included technical agency changes and major policy provisions such as restrictions on additives to public water supplies, labeling requirements for meat, milk, poultry, and eggs, drone-related protections for farmland, disaster recovery loan updates, an honest services registry for charities, FFA scholarship and school infrastructure provisions, and a mechanism for state purchase of former solar-converted agricultural land. The water-additive provisions drew extensive debate and testimony from supporters and opponents, including dental professionals, public health advocates, and groups arguing for medical freedom and local control. Despite the controversy and a no vote from Senator Arrington, the bill was reported favorably. Finally, SB 1226 creating a regulatory framework for pet insurance was also reported favorably, and the committee adjourned after members recorded additional votes on several bills.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- gentleman from Team 180 to admit that you've predetermined and preselected who you want by shortening the window
- gentleman from Team 180 to admit that you've predetermined and preselected who you want by shortening the window
Committee:
Senate Appropriations
Summary:
The Appropriations Committee met with a quorum present and considered three items. First, it heard and passed SB 158, which eliminates cost-sharing for diagnostic and supplemental breast examinations under the state employee health plan. Senator Berman described the bill as a way to remove financial barriers to early breast cancer detection, and several senators spoke in strong support, emphasizing the importance of follow-up screening and the life- and cost-saving value of early diagnosis. The bill was reported favorably by roll call vote.
The committee then took up SPB 7024, a committee bill on state planning and budgeting. Senator Brodeur explained that the proposal modernizes and simplifies the state agency long-range planning process by focusing on key data points, removing stale measures, and improving how plans are presented to the Legislature. Senator Berman supported the bill, highlighting new provisions on implementation status and budget consequences if enacted laws are not carried out. The committee voted to submit the proposal as a committee bill and reported it favorably.
Finally, the committee considered SPB 7026, a major overhaul of state information technology governance. Senator Harrell described a transition from the current Florida Digital Service structure to a new cabinet-level Agency for State Systems and Enterprise Technology (ASSET), with enterprise-wide standards, interoperability, procurement oversight, cybersecurity coordination, technical debt tracking, a testing laboratory, workforce development, and annual IT expenditure reporting. Members raised questions about procurement authority, judicial branch inclusion, existing contracts, cybersecurity, and staffing; Harrell said agencies would retain final procurement decisions but would have to follow enterprise standards, the courts were not included, existing contracts would continue, and the bill would add significant state IT staffing. Several amendments were adopted, including changes on CIO selection conflicts, removal of the Northwest Regional Data Center from a definition, reporting on deviations from standards, and technical updates related to the data center and workforce positions. Public testimony strongly supported the bill as a needed modernization of Florida’s fragmented IT system. The committee then reported SPB 7026 favorably as a committee bill. The meeting adjourned after members recorded their votes on the three items.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Mar 4th, 2025
Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- So this is outside of the clerk's window.
- This designated timeframe ensures a clear, predictable window for which individuals can apply, and the
Committee:
Senate Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
Summary:
The Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs met with a quorum and first took up SB 398, which would create a statewide public health awareness campaign through the Department of Elder Affairs on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Senator Burgess said the campaign would focus on early detection, brain health, risk reduction, clinical trial access, and community resources. The committee heard supportive testimony from a caregiver, AARP, the Alzheimer’s Association, and others, with members discussing the need for culturally responsive outreach and continued funding. SB 398 was reported favorably by roll call vote.
The committee then heard SB 106, which would strengthen Florida’s exploitation injunction law for vulnerable adults by allowing service of an unascertainable exploiter through the same communication method used to contact the victim, such as text, Facebook Messenger, or WhatsApp. Senator Martin explained the bill as a way to close a loophole that lets scammers evade traditional service, and witnesses from the Florida Bankers Association and the Florida Bar’s Elder Law Section supported it, describing how the bill could stop ongoing thefts more quickly while preserving due process. Members asked about gift card scams, clerk workload, and the definition of an unascertainable respondent. SB 106 was reported favorably.
The Department of Children and Families then presented an update on the Adoption Benefits for Qualifying Adoptive Employees Program, describing its expansion over time and the current one-time lump-sum benefit structure for eligible adoptive parents. The presentation covered eligibility rules, open enrollment, funding history, and the program’s impact on adoption placements, with members asking why tax collectors were included but other constitutional offices were not, and whether foster relatives could qualify. Finally, the committee considered SPB 7012, a committee bill addressing child welfare workforce shortages, treatment foster care for high-acuity children, and improved data collection on commercially sexually exploited children. The bill would direct DCF to recruit former public safety workers for CPI and case manager roles, create a treatment foster care pilot in two judicial circuits, and require more detailed, analyzable data and capacity studies. The bill drew support from child welfare advocates, with some members urging DCF to return with a more developed framework; it was adopted as a committee bill and reported favorably.
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Joint Legislative Budget Hearings Feb 5th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Corrections and their needs, be mindful that there is that kind of unusual transition during this window
- Also, I think would... during this window.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- All ground floor classrooms have big pre-energy crisis 1960s-era windows.
- 00:20:58.160><c> era</c> have big pre-energy crisis 1960s era have big pre-energy crisis 1960s era windows
- . windows. windows.
- 00:25:20.200><c> from</c><00:25:20.440><c> a</c><00:25:20.480><c> third-floor</c><00:25:21.160><c> window
- </c><00:25:21.560><c> or</c> jumping from a third-floor window or jumping from a third-floor window or
Committee:
House Education Finance
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- They can opt out, but there's a window to do that.
- I think missing a window, if there's a community that doesn't want to have a dispensary and they miss
- the window, and then, like that, to Mr.
- Ward's point, you... ...and they missed the window, and, like that, to Mr.
- By the time you see a primary care provider, the window to initiate treatments like Tamiflu has often
Bills:
SB1041 , SB1088 , SB1118 , SB1128 , SB1168 , SB1176 , SB1189 , SB1207 , SB1250 , SB1272 , SB1274 , SB1286 , SB1428 , SB1457 , SB1461 , SB1503 , SB1519 , SB1537 , SB1582 , SB1618 , SB1654 , SB1713 , SB1827 , SCR1012 , SCR1020
Keywords:
electronic monitoring, nursing care, assisted living, resident rights, privacy, consent, surveillance, cybersecurity, homeland security, artificial intelligence, state appropriation, VPN security, zero trust, housing, zoning, middle housing, urban development, duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 3/10/26
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- We had damage to approximately 1,800 windows.
- More than 100 of those windows were fully broken, requiring immediate response; others required repair
- :29.760><c> to</c><01:32:30.239><c> approximately</c><01:32:31.040><c> 1,800</c><01:32:32.320><c> windows
- </c> damage to approximately 1,800 windows. damage to approximately 1,800 windows. uh<01:32:34.000><c
- </c> uh one more than 100 of those windows uh one more than 100 of those windows were<01:32:36.159><c
Committee:
House Higher Education Finance and Policy
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Minerals, Business & Economic Development Committee, February 27, 2026
Minerals, Business & Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- you would have told me 18 months ago, are we going to be exporting, I would have said, well, the window
- The window is opening up to get our coal offshore, and we have some opportunities.
- </c><00:54:32.880><c> is</c><00:54:33.200><c> very</c> would have said well the window is very would
- have said well the window is very slow.<00:54:33.839><c> the</c><00:54:34.079><c> window</c><00:54:34.319
- is opening up uh to get slow. the window is opening up uh to get our<00:54:36.720><c> coal</c><00:54
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 2/24/26
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Transcript Highlights:
- threatened to Last month, ICE agents threatened to break<00:13:38.160><c> the</c><00:13:38.320><c> window
- and</c><00:13:38.639><c> detain</c><00:13:38.959><c> two</c><00:13:39.120><c> Italian</c> break the window
- and detain two Italian break the window and detain two Italian journalists<00:13:39.839><c> who</c><
- That was an example of a law where it was written in a way to open up the window of opportunity to go
- That was an example of a law where it was written in a way to open up the window of opportunity to go
Committee:
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Keywords:
civil rights, law enforcement, federal collaboration, accountability, state law, constitutional rights, color of law, 42 U.S.C. 1983, section 1983, civil action, damages, injunctive relief, attorney fees, law enforcement task force, federal-state cooperation, intergovernmental agreement, federal agency partnership, Minnesota Constitution, U.S. Constitution, police accountability
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 2/18/26
Public Safety Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Through a kitchen window, the deputy observed that the individual was not dressed for snowmobiling and
- Through<00:10:15.839><c> a</c><00:10:16.000><c> kitchen</c><00:10:16.320><c> window,</c><00:10:16.640
- ><c> the</c><00:10:16.800><c> deputy</c> Through a kitchen window, the deputy Through a kitchen window
- Another story about someone threatening to fly drones outside your window.
- Another story about someone threatening to fly drones outside your window.
Committee:
House Public Safety Finance and Policy
Keywords:
public safety officer, peace officer, correctional officer, law enforcement, police privacy, officer safety, doxxing, personal information, data privacy, government data practices, private data, internet posting, online disclosure, residential address, phone number, email address, family member protection, child safety, school information, public records
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Seclusion Working Group - 10/08/25
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Later that school year, in May 2024, staff secluded C in a room where he wrapped the cord from the window
- /c><00:49:02.960><c> cord</c><00:49:03.280><c> from</c><00:49:03.440><c> the</c><00:49:03.680><c> window
- </c><00:49:03.920><c> blinds</c> wrapped the cord from the window blinds wrapped the cord from the window
- child ended with a broken computer, a destroyed cell phone, and a child who headbutted and broke a window
- c> the</c><00:58:11.839><c> classroom</c><00:58:12.400><c> in</c><00:58:12.640><c> an</c> broke a window
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Kentucky Housing Task Force 2025 (7-28-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- where we're taking a historic paint manufacturing warehouse that's vacant, with plywood over the windows
- <01:15:58.800><c> your</c><01:15:59.040><c> doors,</c><01:15:59.520><c> your</c><01:16:00.159><c> windows
- ,</c> your roof, your doors, your windows, your roof, your doors, your windows, your<01:16:01.199><c>
- </c><01:16:24.000><c> and</c><01:16:24.159><c> we're</c> with plywood over the windows and we're with
- plywood over the windows and we're converting<01:16:24.719><c> it</c><01:16:24.960><c> into</c><01:16
Summary:
The Kentucky Housing Task Force met and heard first from the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, which presented findings from a housing study done with the Home Builders Association. The chamber said housing is now a major economic-development issue, citing survey results that 90% of community leaders said their region could not absorb a major job announcement and 66% said housing is holding back Kentucky’s economy. The chamber described Kentucky’s housing shortage, rising home prices, declining permits since 2008, and the need for more production to support growth. It urged policy changes including zoning and land-use reform, tax incentives, regional approaches, and especially a residential infrastructure fund modeled on Indiana’s low-interest loan program to help communities finance roads and other infrastructure needed for new housing. Members asked about the severity of the problem, workforce shortages in permitting and construction, the loan interest rate, repayment, and whether Kentucky could replicate Indiana’s results; the witness said the issue is a crisis and that the program would be a revolving public-private partnership, likely around 3% interest, with implementation details still to be worked out.
The Kentucky Bankers Association then testified that the housing gap is especially acute for households at 80% of area median income and below, which it said represents about 70% of Kentucky’s housing need. It emphasized that the shortage affects both urban and rural counties and pointed to examples such as Rowan County, where workers at major employers must commute long distances because local housing is unavailable or unaffordable. The bankers said high interest rates remain a major barrier and proposed a $20 million bank commitment for a revolving fund tied to tax credits to finance new housing, not refinances. They cited Hope of the Midwest as an example of a successful tax-credit housing model with a long track record and no defaults, and said the proposal would leverage public-private partnerships to create new units.
Committee members questioned how the proposed fund would compare with industrial revenue bonds and whether it could be structured like Kentucky’s tobacco settlement fund, with seed money, a review board, scoring criteria, and possible population thresholds to ensure smaller communities benefit. The bankers said the proposal would be another tool for cities and counties, specifically tied to residential infrastructure, and that larger cities should not be able to capture all of the resources. No formal votes or actions were taken during this portion of the meeting.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 3/26/25
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, so it looked like the summary is still within that 30-day window, but then the actual placement plan
- extends to a 60-day window.
- :08:25.759><c> 30-day</c> summary is still within that 30-day summary is still within that 30-day window
- 26.879><c> then</c><00:08:27.120><c> the</c><00:08:27.440><c> the</c><00:08:28.080><c> actual</c> window
- One of the things that um I window.
Keywords:
HF1918, Department of Children Youth and Families, DCYF, child welfare, foster care, out-of-home placement, permanency planning, relative search, noncustodial parent, kinship care, family preservation, African American Child and Family Well-Being, racial disproportionality, maltreatment reporting, educational neglect, truancy, school attendance, Great Start compensation, child care provider payments, TEACH early childhood program
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- One thing I did want to note: the fiscal note talks about the assumption of the 20-year window, but what
- I'll be introducing will have the 30-year window.
- but what I'll be kind of window but what I'll be introducing<01:58:05.920><c> will</c><01:58:06.239>
- <01:58:06.560><c> 30-year</c> introducing will have the 30-year introducing will have the 30-year window
- So expect some changes there um window.
Bills:
HF2148 , HF2693 , HF2542 , HF1141 , HF1770 , HF1489 , HF1709 , HF244 , HF1266 , HF807 , HF2619 , HF1340
Committee:
Senate Capital Investment
Keywords:
affordable housing, local control, revolving loan fund, community partnerships, Minnesota housing policy, housing, locally controlled housing, Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, housing infrastructure bonds, state bonds, bonding bill, supportive housing, permanent supportive housing, homelessness, veterans housing, senior housing, manufactured home parks, community land trust, single-family housing, multifamily housing
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
AEN-EEP-AGR Informational Briefing 02-24-2025
Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:31:58.279><c> Bank</c><00:31:58.519><c> of</c><00:31:58.679><c> open</c><00:31:58.960><c> windows
- </c> 60 ft from the big Bank of open windows 60 ft from the big Bank of open windows so<00:32:00.039>
- spraying could go by 60 ft from the and spraying could go by 60 ft from the open<00:32:08.760><c> Windows
- :10.200><c> ft</c><00:32:10.399><c> but</c><00:32:10.639><c> 100</c><00:32:10.840><c> ft</c> open Windows
- now it's 100 ft but 100 ft open Windows now it's 100 ft but 100 ft does<00:32:11.240><c> not</c><00:
Summary:
The joint informational briefing focused on restricted use pesticides in Hawaiʻi, with Senate and House members opening the meeting and explaining that the session was intended to hear expert presentations and community concerns. Fern Holland outlined the background for the briefing, describing how restricted use pesticides differ from general-use products, why state-level regulation matters, and how community advocates have sought disclosure and protections for years. She summarized 2019 reporting data, saying a small number of users accounted for most reported use, with especially heavy application in North Central Oʻahu and on the west side of Kauaʻi. She highlighted concerns about applications near schools, homes, and coastlines, and identified 1,3-dichloropropene and metam sodium as among the heaviest-used fumigants. She also noted concerns about highly hazardous pesticides, some banned in other countries, and the lack of research on long-term combined exposure to multiple pesticides.
Greg Takashima of the Hawaiʻi Department of Agriculture described the department’s pesticide program and regulatory authority under FIFRA and state law. He explained the distinction between general-use and restricted use pesticides, the certification requirements for applicators, and the department’s role in tracking RUPs from sale through use. He reviewed the branch’s functions in enforcement, education and certification, registration and technical review, and laboratory analysis, including inspections, complaint response, market surveillance, product registration, groundwater review, and outreach on drift reduction and integrated pest management. He also noted staffing and funding limitations, saying the branch lacks a toxicologist and long-term monitoring capacity, and compared Hawaiʻi’s resources to California’s much larger pesticide regulatory program. Takashima thanked the legislature for passing Act 231 the prior year and said the department supports the measure as it moves forward this session.
Dr. Lee, speaking for the Hawaiʻi chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics and as a former member of the Kauaʻi Joint Fact-Finding Task Force, said pediatric guidance has shifted from focusing on acute poisoning to recognizing chronic low-level pesticide exposure as a concern. He cited AAP publications linking pesticide exposure to cancer, brain tumors, leukemia, birth outcomes, neurobehavioral effects, and asthma, and said pediatricians are now encouraged to advise families on reducing exposure and to support right-to-know measures and buffer zones around schools and public gathering places. He also described the Kauaʻi task force’s work, saying it found the west side of the island to be an unhealthy community but could not prove causation because of missing drift, geospatial, and biomarker data. No votes were taken; the meeting was informational, questions were held until after presentations, and the department expressed support for Act 231.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 02/12/25
Jobs and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- 43.079><c> four-year</c> based on sort of a rolling four-year based on sort of a rolling four-year window
- 44.639><c> the</c><00:10:44.760><c> Great</c><00:10:44.959><c> Recession</c><00:10:45.360><c> in</c> window
- following the Great Recession in window following the Great Recession in the<00:10:45.560><c> early<
- c><00:14:34.959><c> for</c><00:14:35.399><c> the</c><00:14:35.600><c> experience</c> what are the windows
- for the experience what are the windows for the experience rating<00:14:36.320><c> period</c><00:14:
Committee:
Senate Jobs and Economic Development
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- The aviation degree loan repayment program is similar in that it also has a five-year work window within
- 01:08:13.720><c> five-year</c><01:08:14.520><c> um</c><01:08:15.240><c> work</c><01:08:15.480><c> window
- </c> also has a five-year um work window also has a five-year um work window within<01:08:16.000><c>
- the realize many times outside of the the legislative<01:10:39.800><c> session</c><01:10:40.199><c> window
- </c><01:10:40.960><c> where</c><01:10:41.159><c> we</c> legislative session window where we legislative
Committee:
Senate Higher Education
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session Jan 8th, 2026
California Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Begin again to the summing of the birds, to the sight of the light at the window.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session Jan 8th, 2026
California Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Begin again to the summing of the birds, to the sight of the light at the window.
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum present, called the roll, and opened with moments of silence in memory of Representative Doug Lamoffa and Renee Good. Senator Jones requested the first remembrance, and Senator Smallwood-Cuevas requested the second. Senator Archeletta then delivered the prayer, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. The body also welcomed Hortensia Perez-Savantes, mother of Senator Savantes, as a special guest on the floor.
After the opening ceremonies, messages from the governor and Assembly were deemed read, committee reports were deemed read and amendments adopted, and several bills were referred or advanced procedurally. Under Rule 29.10, SB 299 was referred to the Committee on Rules. The daily file was taken up, and the secretary read SB 457, SB 492, and SB 677, each with amendments.
No substantive debate or votes occurred in the transcript. The Pro Tem announced that members would proceed to the Assembly for the Governor’s State of the State address, and the Senate would recess and reconvene on Monday, January 12, 2026, at 2:00 p.m.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session Jan 8th, 2026
California Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Begin again to the summing of the birds, to the sight of the light at the window.
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum present, called the roll, and opened the session with moments of silence honoring Representative Doug Lamoffa and Renee Good. The chamber also heard a prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and recognized a special guest, Hortensia Perez-Savantes, mother of Senator Savantes.
Routine business followed: messages from the governor and assembly were deemed read, committee reports and amendments were adopted, and SB 299 was referred to the Committee on Rules under Senate Rule 29.10. The desk then read second-reading file items, including SB 457, SB 492, and SB 677, each with amendments.
No substantive debate or votes on policy bills occurred in this transcript. The Senate announced it would proceed to the Assembly Chamber for the Governor’s State of the State Address, then recess until 3:30 p.m., with the next floor session scheduled for Monday, January 12, 2026 at 2 p.m.