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DE

Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Natural Resources & Energy Committee Meeting Jun 17th, 2026

Natural Resources & Energy

Transcript Highlights:
  • can participate virtually by registering through the meeting link posted on the General Assembly's website
  • Instructions for providing public comment are available on the website under this committee meeting notice
  • receives enough signatures for release from committee, it will be reported out on the legislative website
  • for providing public comment are available on the website under this committee meetings notice and will
  • receives enough signatures for release from committee, it will be reported out on the legislative website
Bills: SB9
Summary: The House Natural Resources and Energy Committee met to consider two Senate bills. SB 321, with Senate Amendment 1, would change community solar billing so subscribers receive one consolidated utility bill instead of separate bills from the utility and the solar provider. Supporters said the bill would simplify enrollment and payment, improve customer retention—especially for low-income customers—and include safeguards such as guaranteed savings and an escrow mechanism to prevent cost shifts to other ratepayers. After public testimony from solar developers, the Public Advocate, the Sierra Club, and others, the committee initially lacked enough members present to release the bill, so the vote was circulated to absent members and the bill was later reported out for floor action. The committee then heard SB 9, with Senate Amendment 1, a long-negotiated wetlands protection bill. The sponsor and DNREC explained that it would create a state non-tidal wetlands program with exemptions for certain agricultural, conservation, and routine activities, general permits for some lower-impact projects, and individual permits for higher-value wetlands. Witnesses described the bill as a compromise among environmental, agricultural, development, and local government stakeholders, while some members raised questions about flooding, landowner impacts, wetland delineation, and the role of the regulatory advisory committee. Public testimony was broadly supportive from environmental groups, the Farm Bureau, builders, engineers, and affordable housing advocates. The committee then voted to release SB 9 from committee. At the end of the meeting, members offered thanks and remarks recognizing the chair’s service and leadership on environmental and energy issues. Both bills were ultimately released from committee and reported out.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government Feb 18th, 2026

Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • Services is required to provide the governor-elect and designated members of the transition team access
  • the agency headquarters for use by the transition team, along with providing the transition staff access
  • lastly, the governor-elect and those designated in writing by the governor-elect must be granted access
  • Services is required to provide the governor-elect and designated members of the transition team access
  • the agency headquarters for use by the transition team, along with providing the transition staff access
Summary: The committee heard and advanced several bills related to engineering regulation, cybersecurity, financial services, and state administration. CS/SB 800 would increase penalties for repeated unlicensed engineering practice and create an engineering student loan assistance program funded by licensure fees and fines; it was reported favorably after questions about whether it would reimburse victims of unlicensed practitioners, with the sponsor noting it would not and that affected individuals would need to pursue complaints and private legal action. CS/SB 576 created a local government cybersecurity protection program administered by Florida Digital Service, with state purchasing of cybersecurity services and priority for fiscally constrained counties; it received support from local government and industry groups and was reported favorably. CS/SB 1078 set transition requirements for gubernatorial administrations, including liaisons, briefing books, office space, IT access, and controlled access to agency records under a memorandum of understanding, and it also passed favorably. The committee also approved CS/SB 314, which creates a regulatory framework for payment stablecoin issuers in Florida, and CS/SB 530, which updates lottery operations, security, retailer rules, and bonding requirements. CS/SB 1614, after adoption of a technical substitute amendment, would limit local governments’ eligibility for certain state funding if they have excess funds, have recently been audited by the legislative audit committee, or fail to affirm expenditure of prior funds; the sponsor said it would give the Joint Legislative Auditing Committee more enforcement leverage, and the bill was reported favorably. CS/SB 990 authorizes protective cell captive insurance companies to expand insurance market capacity and potentially lower premiums, while CS/SB 1588 is a step toward implementing last session’s gold and silver legal tender law; both were reported favorably. Additional bills passed included CS/SB 1440, which adds cybersecurity-related exemptions and reporting provisions for financial institutions, loan originators, and money service businesses, and CS/SB 1568, which creates a Florida Stable Coin Pilot Program allowing DFS fees to be paid with approved stablecoins. The stablecoin bill was amended to add guardrails, including fee limits, website notice requirements, and restrictions if no approved issuers are available. The committee also received a brief budget overview highlighting major funding items such as Florida Forever, Everglades restoration, water quality, Farmers Feeding Florida, citrus recovery, school lunches, state parks, and law enforcement and staffing items, and members later recorded additional votes before the committee adjourned.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Ways and Means Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:00 am

Joint Committee on Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • , our website, or the MSA's website, we also have the breakdown of each of the services. our website,
  • or the MSA's website.
  • We completed the revision of the OCPF website and improved usability and accessibility, and the site
  • We completed the revision of the OCPF website and improved usability and accessibility.
  • courts and accessing our systems.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Joint Committee on Ways and Means held its sixth public hearing on the Governor’s H-2 budget proposal for fiscal year 2026, focused on public safety and judiciary agencies, at the Foxborough Community Center. After opening remarks and local welcomes, the committee heard first from the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, led by Secretary Gina Kwan, who outlined a $1.72 billion budget, up $69.8 million from FY26. She said the proposal emphasizes core operations, readiness, and partnerships with municipalities, and highlighted work on firearms-law implementation, State Police reform, DOC reentry efforts, hate-crimes prevention, emergency response, and planning for major events including the World Cup. Members also raised concerns about DNA backlog reporting, State Police academy boxing and training standards, ICE communication, disaster relief funding, crime lab staffing, EMS placement, and diversity in public safety leadership. Several exchanges focused on specific operational issues. Secretary Kwan and her team said the State Police are tracking the influx of forensic work from local sheriffs, that the boxing program remains suspended pending an IACP review and likely will not return in its prior form, and that EOPS has no direct communication with ICE but supports law-enforcement coordination where appropriate. On disaster preparedness, officials said the new disaster relief fund is being developed with MEMA and A&F, currently capitalized at $14 million with another $14 million expected, though members urged a more permanent funding source. On the crime lab, staff said the roughly $4.5 million increase is intended to cover core operations and a structural funding gap rather than expand services. The secretary also said EOPS is not ready to absorb OEMS from DPH at this time, though she would keep an open mind. The committee then heard from district attorneys, led by Suffolk County DA Kevin Hayden, who said the Massachusetts District Attorneys Association is seeking a 10% increase in operating budgets, including about $16.7 million for staffing salaries, to recruit and retain prosecutors, advocates, and support staff. He said the request reflects rising workload and the need to keep the criminal justice system functioning efficiently and fairly. The hearing was recessed briefly after the district attorneys’ opening remarks, with additional testimony expected to continue afterward.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Ways and Means (04/30/2025)

Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • We cannot tax internet access.
  • We cannot tax internet access. Voice and texting.
  • We cannot tax internet access.
  • access to capital outside of New access to capital outside of New Hampshire<00:37:52.880> that
  • So if you go you will be on our website.
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
AR

Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session

ALC-REVIEW Jun 16th, 2026

ALC-REVIEW

Transcript Highlights:
  • There were also changes generally made to update some outdated websites and to update some statutory
  • This is for real-time access to imaging for Arkansas trauma system patients who are being delivered to
  • And the vendor doesn't show up on the transparency website. Do we know why?
  • I don't know about the transparency website, Representative.
  • errors in the transparency website so that would probably have to be taken up with that agent found
Summary: The committee met to review a supplemental agenda item, procurement rule revisions, methods of finance, discretionary grants, contracts, reports, and a member disclosure. The supplemental agenda was accepted, and the Office of State Procurement’s rule revisions were approved after Jessica Patterson explained they were driven by 2025 legislative changes, including Act 782, CASO Consulting recommendations, and updates to sole source, bid, protest, and debarment provisions. The methods of finance and discretionary grants were also approved, covering a range of university capital projects, health and human services grants, historic preservation awards, and tobacco prevention and cessation programs. The committee then reviewed RFQs and six ratifications. The ratifications included a Workforce Connections payment to ACT WorkKeys for services provided during a contract gap, a Department of Health ratification for water-leak repairs, a large Department of Public Safety ratification for Motorola’s Arkansas Wireless Information Network upgrade, a Veterans Affairs HVAC ratification, an ADFA medical services ratification, and a UA Little Rock painting contract ratification. Members questioned the Public Safety ratification at length about why the expired Motorola contract was not caught sooner and why it took months after discovery to come forward; agency officials said the work was tied to bond funding and was not tracked in ASIS, and the chair urged agencies to develop better monitoring procedures. The committee approved a large slate of construction, intergovernmental, out-of-state, and in-state contracts, including many recurring service agreements for DHS, higher education institutions, corrections, health agencies, and state support functions. Several members asked about specific contracts, including aerial application services for correctional farms and a Southern Arkansas University custodial contract, and staff or agency representatives provided brief explanations. The meeting concluded with review of reports and approval of a member disclosure involving Representative Andrew Collins’ investment interest in a company leasing property to Arkansas Rehabilitation Services.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
  • sent to and received from the entities for about the last 10 years are available on the committee's website
  • sent to and received from the entities for about the last 10 years are available on the committee's website
  • Our annual report is also available on our website.
  • You can search on our website for reports by fiscal year, entity type, entity name, or engagement type
  • On our website, we have financial condition assessment procedures and instructions to assist auditors
Summary: The Joint Legislative Auditing Committee met to receive annual overviews of its oversight responsibilities and the work of the Auditor General and OPAGA. Committee staff reviewed the committee’s authority over state and local governments, enforcement of audit-report filing requirements, repeated audit findings, Transparency Florida reporting, and lobbying compensation audits. Auditor General Cheryl Norman described her office’s independence, audit standards, quality control, and major audit areas, including the state’s annual financial and single audits, school district and university audits, operational and performance audits, and attestation work. She also noted staffing shortages, recruitment efforts, and a request for carry-forward funds to study salaries. Members asked about whether audits can quantify recoverable dollars, how school district spending comparisons are handled, and how to raise concerns about DCF-related audits or a local city audit that has been pending for years. Norman said her office can quantify findings when possible, sometimes compares costs across districts in operational audits, and that members can bring specific concerns to the appropriate deputy auditor general or the committee. She also explained that citizen or local-government audit requests may require payment of audit costs. OPAGA Coordinator Kara Collins-Gomez outlined OPAGA’s role as a legislative research unit that conducts studies directed by law, the presiding officers, or the committee, and described its policy areas, methodologies, contract monitoring, and recurring statutory reports. Deputy Auditor General Matthew Tracy explained how to read operational audit reports, including findings, criteria, condition, cause, effect, recommendations, and management responses. Deputy Auditor General Greg Senators explained financial audit reports, including audit opinions, required supplementary information, internal control and compliance findings, federal program compliance, and management letters. The meeting concluded with thanks to the presenters and a motion to adjourn, which passed without objection.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

October 7, 2025 - 03:30 PM

Transcript Highlights:
  • HOMES AND BUSINESSES THAT NOW HAVE ACCESS TO BROADBAND RELIABLE SERVICE.
  • THIS CAN BE SEEN ON OUR WEBSITE AND LINKED ON THE BOTTOM FOR EASY ACCESS.
  • YOU'RE TALKING TO YOUNG KIDS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY, ACCESS TO HIGH-SPEED INTERNET AND HOMEWORK
  • I SEE EVERYBODY'S GOT HIGH SPEED ACCESS, THAT'S GREAT. NEXT UP WE HAVE MR.
  • GOAL OF EXPANDING ACCESS.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • School districts will access across the state with an $8.5 billion investment.
  • Providing earlier access to a revenue stream in recent years.
  • This bill gives the state earlier access to funds, reducing the need for state borrowing and enabling
  • If I had access to more...
  • If I could have accessed leave, I could have easily made the choice to save my own life and parts of
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Apr 30th, 2025

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • It has access to real training support, digital health tools, and comprehensive wellness services.
  • The app solution would be a custom solution, an app website for soldiers and commanders.
  • Not everybody may have access to a computer to check that deal.
  • How are they going to access the database? Well, I mean, Uvalde and Webb County, too, same thing.
  • But, I mean, I wasn't aware there were any private websites you could do that.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Interim Joint Committee on Transportation. (6-2-26)

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, also all the meeting materials for today are currently on the LRC Transportation Committee website
  • Um, also all the meeting materials for today are currently on the LRC Transportation Committee website
  • That letter will also be included and uploaded to our Transportation Committee website.
  • website website and<01:12:43.760> uh<01:12:43.920> we<01:12:44.239> believe<01:
  • <01:43:16.560> to the fairgrounds they use for access to the fairgrounds they use for access
Keywords: 958, all
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Electricity as Vehicle Fuel Working Group 10/15/25

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • uh Department of Energy website. uh Department of Energy website.
  • We exist to help you guys this website.
  • <01:06:03.280> Uh home just because of ease of access.
  • Uh home just because of ease of access.
  • So all of them are available on our website, and I believe you all have access to that link.
Keywords: 1183, house
UT

Utah 2025 Regular Session

Education Interim Committee - November 19, 2025

Education Interim Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • as soon as some technical difficulties are worked out to make sure that the report fully meets accessibility
  • And it is on our website. I'm looking at it right now.
  • These are resources that are available on our website to all LEAs and to the public.
  • And so this is available to all of the public on the USBE website.
  • The state auditor is the entity that runs the public finance website, and they would be in charge of
Keywords: 985, all
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • It is crucial that they and their children have access to state resources that can better respond to
  • , including key information on the website. on their existing website, which will create a one-stop shop
  • Access to telehealth, mental health services, and public schools.
  • As colleges have access to this information internally.
  • Senate Bill 883, relaying to patient access. To prescription drugs for off-label use for COVID-19.
Summary: The meeting focused on several crucial pieces of legislation, notably Senate Joint Resolution 40, which proposed a constitutional amendment to clarify the powers of the governor, the legislature, and the Supreme Court during emergencies. Senator Birdwell presented the resolution, emphasizing the need for legislative involvement during prolonged crises. It garnered broad support, passing with 29 votes in favor and only 1 against. Following this, Senate Bill 871, considered the enabling legislation, was also moved for discussion, with the aim of reinforcing the legislature's authority during emergencies while establishing clear guidelines for the governor's powers.
ND

North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session

Artificial Intelligence and Data Center Committee Jul 15th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Artificial Intelligence and Data Center Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • They can access the internet. They can basically get things done for you.
  • people have access.
  • The fiscal year, the biennium starts, we gained access.
  • And it’s on ND Commerce’s website right now.
  • Our accessibility tools actually have it as well.
Keywords: 908, all
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/02/2026 - House Rules

Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • Thus, that act immunizes entities like websites, for example, from liability for those things posted
  • preempted by Section 230 because it attaches liability to a commercial entity, which could include websites
  • However, we will note that the criminalization of a form of access to receiving abortion, as this bill
  • However, we will note that the criminalization of a form of access to receiving Thank you.
  • However, we will note that the criminalization of a form of access to a method of receiving abortion
Keywords: 1182, all
Summary: The Rules Committee considered a series of bills, with the Rules attorney flagging constitutional or preemption concerns on several measures. HB 2060 would prohibit public educational institutions and universities from encouraging or facilitating abortions; the attorney noted Prop. 139’s new abortion-rights language could create a state constitutional issue, but the committee still recommended the bill 5-3. HB 2085 would ban gender transition procedures and also restrict referrals; the attorney said the procedure ban is supported by recent U.S. Supreme Court precedent, but the referral restriction raises possible First Amendment issues in light of a Ninth Circuit case, and the bill was recommended 5-3. HB 2133 would impose age and consent verification requirements on commercial entities publishing sexual material online; the attorney warned it may be preempted by federal Section 230 law, but the committee recommended it 5-3. HB 2086, which would bar governmental entities from requiring masks or vaccinations, was flagged for Supremacy Clause and intergovernmental immunity concerns because it included the federal government, but was recommended 5-3 after the sponsor indicated an amendment was coming. HB 2279, dealing with liability limits for Grand Canyon river outfitters, raised anti-abrogation concerns because it would eliminate ordinary negligence claims; the sponsor said he would offer a floor amendment, and the bill was recommended 5-3. HB 2364 would add criminal penalties for mailing or delivering abortion-inducing drugs; the attorney said it likely conflicts with the new abortion-rights protections in Prop. 139, though the legal landscape is unsettled, and the committee recommended it 5-3. The committee then took a mass motion covering many additional bills, resolutions, and memorials. The Rules attorney said the listed measures were generally constitutional and in proper form, with one update on HCR 2003, which would place a measure before voters affecting school sports participation and facilities use based on biological sex. The attorney said the issue is actively being litigated nationally and that a pending U.S. Supreme Court decision in similar Idaho and West Virginia cases could affect the measure’s legal status. The mass motion was approved unanimously, 8-0. Throughout the meeting, members from the majority voted aye and minority members generally voted nay on the individual abortion-, gender-, and speech-related bills, often citing constitutional objections tied to Prop. 139, the First Amendment, or federal preemption. The meeting adjourned after the unanimous approval of the mass motion.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/14/2026 - Senate Floor Session

Arizona Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • 1026, alternative schools continuous operations requirements; SB 1027, public notices, government website
  • 1026, alternative schools continuous operations requirements; SB 1027, public notices, government website
  • record; SB 1039, attorney discipline investigations costs; SB 1040, voter registration rules internet access
  • SB 1040, voter registration rules, internet access; SB 1041, appropriation, Arizona Trail Fund; SB 1042
  • lights; SB 1084, online home sharing repeal; SB 1085, pedigrees hiring process documents; SB 1086, access
Keywords: 1182, all
Summary: The Arizona Senate convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then established a roll call showing 28 members present and two excused. The journal from January 12 was approved, and several guests were introduced, including representatives from CSG West and NCSL, Tucson Electric Power/UniSource Native business resource group members, Yaqui community guests, students from Marcos de Niza High School, and the mayor of Guadalupe. Senators also offered remarks honoring former Attorney General Mark Brnovich with a moment of silence. A major ceremonial item was a proclamation and flag presentation honoring the life and service of Amaya Curley, presented by Senator Hatathlie. The proclamation recognized Curley’s Navy service, her cultural values, and her impact on family and community, and her family was introduced in the gallery. The Senate also recessed briefly for the presentation of an Arizona state flag flown over the Capitol in her memory, accompanied by a certificate from the Secretary of State. On floor business, the President Pro Tem announced extended deadlines for opening Senate folders and for bill introduction sets. The Senate received a House message consenting to adjourn the legislature from January 15 until January 20, and the chamber adopted a motion to accede to that request. The clerk then read a long list of second-reading bills and resolutions covering elections, education, health care, firearms, taxation, transportation, immigration-related reporting, public records, and other topics. No bill votes were taken during this portion beyond the adjournment-related motion, and the Senate later adjourned until January 15, 2026, at 10 a.m.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Human Services Committee Jun 17th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • note that we are accepting written testimony through the position letter portal on the committee's website
  • note that we're accepting written testimony through the position letter portal on the committee's website
  • This meant not just making food accessible to our most vulnerable residents, but also providing delivery
  • If these cuts come to pass, or they make it more burdensome for people to access CalFresh or EBT or SNAP
  • If these cuts come to pass, or they make it more burdensome for people to access CalFresh or EBT or SNAP
Summary: The Assembly Committee on Human Services heard two measures after announcing that SB 792 had been pulled from the agenda. The first bill, AB 412, would require affiliated home care aides to receive training on Alzheimer’s disease and dementia care. The author and supporters, including the Alzheimer’s Association, AARP, and the Home Care Association of America, said the bill would help ensure more consistent and compassionate care for people living with dementia. A witness described difficult personal experiences finding aides who understood her husband’s needs. There was no opposition, and the committee members expressed support and personal appreciation for the issue. AB 412 was moved on a do-pass-as-amended motion to the Assembly Appropriations Committee and passed 7-0. The committee accepted the author’s committee amendments. The committee also heard SJR 3, a resolution urging Congress to avoid cuts to SNAP, known in California as CalFresh. The author and supporters from the California Association of Food Banks and End Child Poverty California argued that the program is essential to reducing hunger, supporting children and families, and sustaining the food economy, and that food banks could not replace lost benefits. Public testimony was overwhelmingly in support, with no opposition. Members from both parties spoke in favor, including one member who shared personal experience relying on SNAP. SJR 3 was adopted 7-0 and sent forward.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 3/25/26

Elections Finance and Government Operations

Transcript Highlights:
  • :01.520> bonding<00:02:01.840> and will unlock access to bonding and will unlock access
  • <01:37:39.760> Um candidate provides their own website.
  • Um candidate provides their own website.
  • And so we do have those websites.
  • Um, I think I like the idea of providing a website in addition to mailers.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Transportation Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am

Joint Committee on Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • There are 41 bills before the committee this afternoon covering the subjects of accessibility, motorcycles
  • This hearing is accessible to members of the public to view on the General Court website by live stream
  • To members of the public to view on the General Court website by live stream and will be archived so
  • The accelerated bridge program is about safety, sustainability, and access, ensuring that every citizen
  • think what this legislation would enable would help the city really achieve its goals in safety, access
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Joint Committee on Transportation held a hybrid hearing on 41 bills covering accessibility, motorcycles, vehicle operation, and water transportation. The chair and vice chair outlined the hearing process and noted the committee members present. Testimony was taken in person and remotely, with written testimony accepted throughout the hearing. Several bills drew testimony in support. Representative Lee Davis supported H. 4130, which would renew and expand the accelerated bridge program, arguing it would speed repairs to structurally deficient bridges, especially in rural areas, and reduce long-term costs. Testimony also supported H. 4402 and S. 2639, which would authorize automated curb enforcement and improve parking violation procedures; witnesses said automated curb management could reduce double parking, improve safety and traffic flow, and should include privacy protections and local opt-in authority. The committee also heard strong testimony for S. 2611, which would require motor coach passengers to wear seatbelts, with witnesses from Sarah’s Wish Foundation citing a fatal crash involving their daughter and low seatbelt usage on buses. Senator O’Connor and Vincent DeAndrea testified for S. 2430, which would tighten motorcycle permit rules for drivers under 18 by requiring rider training, a junior operator’s license, and a clean driving record; they cited teen crash risks and Mr. DeAndrea’s son’s death in a motorcycle crash. The hearing ended after a brief recess and a final request to report out another bill concerning breakdown lanes and fines, followed by a motion to adjourn.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • They are in VA facilities as well, rent-free, and they advocate for the veterans to access the benefits
  • they've earned, to access the healthcare, the VA healthcare, and get appointments, doctor visits.
  • of the things I want to bring up is that veterans... ...must use a GI Bill first, before they can access
  • We've got our website on it. Again, wanting people to know that these resources.
  • TVC website, which usually gets about 90,000 unique sessions a month.
Bills: SB651, SB897, SB1814, SB1818