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TX

Texas 89th Regular

Intergovernmental Affairs Apr 1st, 2025

Intergovernmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • And so, if we pass this into law, the state of Texas will only use the term "HUD code manufactured home
  • But what you just said was you're looking to have the Texas code match the federal code, which is...
  • The HUD code is administered as basically a federal building code.
  • be built to a HUD code.
  • Texas.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • for bachelor's degree programs in Texas.
  • Last session, the Texas Legislature passed historic reforms to community college funding and education
  • I request that you give this bill a favorable report for the benefit of Texas students.
  • Good morning, Sarah Keaton with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
  • All the time about reducing debt and making college more accessible for families.
Bills: SB2847, SB3039
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Great state capital of Texas, Father, this wonderful, beautiful House of Representatives, Father.
  • In the Pledges of Allegiance to the United States and Texas flags. Thank you, Mr.
  • Honor the Texas flag.
  • I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all
  • Bills that would deliver help to families. and communities who have lost their homes, their businesses
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Delivery of Government Efficiency Apr 9th, 2025

Delivery of Government Efficiency

Transcript Highlights:
  • I represent, uh, Texas Municipal Police.
  • Health and Human Services Commission, the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, the Department
  • House Bill 1545 moves the Texas Juvenile Justice Board and the Texas Juvenile Justice Department from
  • The Texas.
  • Second, in Taft, Texas, a...
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Regulated Industries Feb 3rd, 2026

Regulated Industries

Transcript Highlights:
  • Commission to incorporate certain standards for temporary door locking devices into the Florida Building Code
  • In our community, four families own more lots than all the other homeowners combined by a roughly two-to-one
  • In our community, four families own more lots than all the other homeowners combined by a roughly two
Bills: S0936, S1724, S1014, S1498
Summary: The Committee on Regulated Industries met with a quorum and took up four bills. First, it considered SB 1724 on municipal utility services. Senator Martin offered a late-filed delete-everything amendment that would require annual customer meetings for extraterritorial utility customers, cap use of gross utility revenues for general government at 10%, eliminate a 25% surcharge on customers outside city limits, reduce the rate differential cap from 50% to 25%, remove municipal natural gas utilities from the bill, and preserve certain existing bond-related surcharges until debt is retired or refinanced. The League of Cities raised implementation concerns about the July 1, 2026 effective date and the need for rate studies and budget adjustments. The amendment was adopted and the committee reported CS/SB 1724 favorably. The committee then heard SB 936 on temporary door locking devices from Senator McLean. The bill would define temporary door locking devices, allow them to be installed at any height, require the Florida Building Commission to add standards to the Florida Building Code, and require their use to be incorporated into safety plans, drills, and training. With no opposition or amendments, SB 936 was reported favorably. Next, the committee considered SB 1014 by Senator Mayfield, which would prohibit municipalities from refusing water or wastewater service solely because a property owner will not annex, and would require service expansion when a property is near a municipal main line, not served by another utility, and the utility has capacity. A committee amendment narrowed the bill to properties near a main line and reduced the distance threshold from 2,000 meters to one-half mile. The Florida League of Cities opposed the bill as amended, citing concerns about property size, annexation conflicts, enclave creation, and possible revenue impacts, but the bill was reported favorably. Finally, the committee heard SB 1498 on community associations from Chair Bradley. A strike-all amendment revised technical provisions on video conference recordings, turnover inspection reports, SIRS references, and electronic voting, and added two major policy changes: requiring associations to provide records to law enforcement and prosecutors and creating a second-degree misdemeanor for willful refusal, and prohibiting mandatory club or amenity fee schemes controlled by developers or third parties that generate profit beyond proportional expenses. Testimony in support described homeowner disputes involving concentrated board control, lack of transparency, and mandatory fees in communities such as Rosedale. The amendment was adopted and CS/SB 1498 was reported favorably. At the end of the meeting, Senator Bracey Davis asked to be recorded voting in the affirmative on tabs 1, 2, and 3, and the committee adjourned.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Insurance May 13th, 2026

Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • And these decisions impact our patients and their families.
  • And these are patients with families who are on cancer therapy.
  • But what it certainly did was it robbed that patient and her family of hope.
  • And Gene Mills from the Family Forum is in favor but does not wish to speak.
  • And Gene Mills from the Family Forum that is in favor but does not wish to speak.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/26/2026 - House Judiciary

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chairman, Representative Contreras, I was an officer for TDCJ in Texas for 18 years, and I never once
  • Now, as someone who, as my colleague here mentioned, until you experience losing a family member to a
  • The rest of his life and miserable for what he did to my family, than us, you know, putting him on death
  • And the question is, what if the family doesn't want to...
  • And the question is, what if the family doesn't want to be recorded?
Summary: The committee first took up SB 1655, which would have allowed qualified jurors to serve as temporary election workers instead of jury service if summoned 90 to 120 days before an election. The Arizona Association of Counties opposed the bill, saying the timing would create major planning and tracking problems for county jury commissioners and courts, and noting that jury service can already be excused in some circumstances. Members also raised concerns that jury duty and poll work are fundamentally different responsibilities. The motion for a due pass recommendation failed, 4-5, and the bill did not advance. The committee then heard SB 1751 and the related SCR 1049, both dealing with Arizona execution methods. The bills would expand the available methods of execution to include firing squad and lethal gas, alongside lethal injection, with the SCR going to voters. Senator Payne argued the change was needed because Arizona has had problems with past execution methods and that the inmate would choose among the options. Opponents, including a death penalty attorney and a corrections chaplain, argued the methods raise constitutional, operational, staffing, and trauma concerns, and that Arizona should not revive methods with a history of botched or prolonged executions. SB 1751 received a due pass recommendation, 6-2 with one absent and one present, and SCR 1049 also received a due pass recommendation, 6-2 with one absent and one present. The committee next considered SB 1317 as a strike-everything amendment appropriating $20 million in opioid settlement/remediation funds for county coordinated reentry planning services and a statewide database. Supporters from the Arizona Sheriffs Association and county sheriffs said the program has shown strong recidivism reductions, helps people transition from county jails back into the community, and should expand to more counties. Members asked about data, funding timing, and whether all counties should participate; supporters said the amount would likely be negotiated in the budget process and that the database funding was needed to track outcomes. The strike-everything amendment was adopted, and SB 1317 as amended passed 9-0 with one absent. Finally, the committee heard SB 1656, which would change how courts appoint professional personnel in family court cases and set guidelines for those appointees. Court representatives submitted written concerns, saying the bill would duplicate existing practice, require unnecessary and costly depositions of experts before appointment, mandate recordings of all interactions, and extend the statute of limitations for lawsuits. With no sponsor present and no outside speakers, members expressed concern that the bill was unnecessary and potentially costly. SB 1656 failed to receive a due pass recommendation, with three nays, six votes not in favor, and one absent.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • It is their permit, not related to a family member or anyone who can ask to borrow it.
  • We have a written testimony from the Hawaii Family Forum, Eva Andrade in support.
  • Sleep worsens, motivation drops, grade slips, and family conflict increases.
  • is I think you're getting at uh a family is I think you're getting at uh a family healthcare<01:
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Summary: The House Committee on Health held its first hearing of the session and opened with housekeeping notes, introductions of members, and an explanation that the agenda would be taken out of order to accommodate a sign language interpreter. The committee first heard HB 469, relating to parking for disabled persons. Testimony from the Disability and Communications Access Board and the State Council on Developmental Disabilities supported the bill, explaining that a travel placard would help people with disabilities who must travel interisland or to the mainland for medical care. Members asked about emergency travel, misuse prevention, and how to distinguish the travel placard from existing disabled parking placards; witnesses said the bill would need to be tied to administrative rules, and agreed the placard should clearly show an expiration date and likely be a different color. No vote was taken. The committee then heard HB 218, relating to hospital surgical smoke. The Department of Health supported the measure, and the Healthcare Association of Hawaii supported it with amendments, saying hospitals already follow existing standards but that any new policy should account for different procedures and provider safety. A committee member questioned the proposed amendment language and whether it was too flexible; the witness explained the intent was to allow case-by-case application because some procedures generate only brief exposure. Members also asked what surgical smoke is, and the witness explained it is produced when electrical or cauterizing tools are used on tissue and creates vapor or fumes. The bill remained under discussion with no final action reported. The committee next took up HB 814, which would fund a public information campaign and related services on cannabis use among youth. The Department of the Attorney General said the bill should be amended to clarify whether the funding would be used for contracts or grants and to include proper grant standards if grants are intended. The Department of Health supported the bill and said the funds would expand prevention, treatment, recovery, and public education efforts, including social media outreach, PSAs, and school-based youth services. Multiple organizations and individuals testified in support, emphasizing the harms of youth cannabis use and the need for prevention and treatment resources. Members asked what the department currently does, whether it is fulfilling existing law on science-based cannabis information, and what kinds of treatment would be provided; the department said services would mainly be intensive outpatient, outpatient, counseling, and related youth-focused supports. No vote was taken during the hearing.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Children and Youth Health Committee Feb 27th, 2025

Children and Youth Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • Malia Stevens is a 25-year veteran of family therapy.
  • Beginning in 2009, some families brought in very young children who were addicted to internet pornography
  • They can put in a code and unlock that access. This is not the end-all, be-all solution.
  • Apple App Store, for example, would meet the majority of teens where they are. ...SB187 supports families
  • we serve, and that's the concern that I have because this is something that's going to touch every family
Bills: SB186, SB187