Video & Transcript Research : 'bill drafting'
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FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Tickets, event tickets; we usually see that bill.
- I think it's working its way through bill drafting.
- The bill that will be before you, if not before you already, I know it's in drafting, will establish.
- The bill that will be before you, if not before you already, I know it's in drafting, will establish
- I fully support the proposed bill as drafted, and again, thank you for this opportunity. Thank you.
Summary:
The Commerce and Tourism Committee met to hear an overview of its jurisdiction and then focused primarily on Florida manufacturing. Secretary of Commerce Alex Kelly described manufacturing as central to a more resilient, diversified economy, citing the 2023 Florida Manufacturing Report and noting strong growth in manufacturing businesses, jobs, exports, and workforce programs. He emphasized that most Florida manufacturers are small businesses, that the sector is increasingly STEM- and technology-driven, and that the state’s main challenge is workforce aging and the need to retain trained talent. Members also discussed how to better expose students and parents to manufacturing careers, improve startup access to capital, and strengthen regional manufacturing corridors and transportation links.
Kevin Carr of FloridaMakes said Florida is on track to become a top-five manufacturing state, but warned that productivity, technology adoption, and workforce shortages remain key issues. He said a proposed manufacturing bill would create a chief manufacturing officer and help address workforce, technology, and market-visibility challenges. Bain Beecher of PGT Innovations described the company’s growth and community role, but highlighted obstacles such as affordable housing, insurance costs, permitting delays, supply-chain disruptions, and limited awareness of manufacturing careers among students and parents. Andrew Kosowski of Veterans Metal focused on small- and medium-sized manufacturers, citing labor shortages, the cost of adopting new technology, regulatory burdens, and cybersecurity compliance as major pressures, and urged support for the draft manufacturing bill.
Brian Giuliani of the Port of Tampa Bay outlined the port’s cargo mix, infrastructure investments, and role in moving fuel, construction materials, and manufactured goods, saying the port’s expansion and transloading plans could better connect Florida manufacturers to suppliers and markets. Committee members repeatedly stressed the need to promote manufacturing careers earlier in school, improve public perception of the industry, and reduce barriers to investment. No formal vote was taken during the discussion, but the panelists broadly supported the draft manufacturing legislation and the committee’s focus on manufacturing policy.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Before we resume our bill layouts, we're going to vote out a handful of bills at this point.
- Senate Bill 2406 by Senator Paxton, Sunset Bill.
- It's a local bill. Sorry, it would appear to be a local bill.
- the bill.
- I'm opposed to the bill as it's currently drafted.
Bills:
SB 1079, SB 1243, SB 1504, SB 1579, SB 1708, SB 1844, SB 1851, SB 1879, SB 1921, SB 1951, SB 2237, SB 2238, SB 2406, SB 2407
Keywords:
SB 1079, Texas, county government, commissioners court, Local Government Code, Chapter 263, surplus property, salvage property, data storage device, hard drive, electronic media, digital records, confidential information, protected information, privacy, records retention, information security, data destruction, device disposal, sensitive data
Summary:
The meeting of the Senate Committee on Local Government was marked by significant discussions on multiple bills aimed at enhancing governance and protecting taxpayer interests. Among the notable legislations was SB1951, where Senator Paxton emphasized reforms to reduce erroneous penalty notices imposed by appraisal districts, eliminating the financial incentive for such penalties. The session concluded with public testimonies that highlighted the importance of transparency and accountability in taxpayer dealings. Additionally, Senator Middleton presented SB1504 and SB2237, focusing on the operational frameworks of local authorities and executive severance payments, respectively, both of which sparked considerable debate among committee members.
FL
Florida 2026 4th Special Session
February 10, 2026 - 05:45 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- Time allocations are included for questions and debate on all bills on special order.
- Time allocations are included for the 19th for questions and debate on all bills on special order.
- Main amendments must be submitted to House Bill drafting by 3:00 PM.
- The late-filing amendments must be submitted to House Bill drafting by 6:30 PM, approved for filing by
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Senate Labor, Health & Social Services Committee, February 25, 2026
Labor, Health & Social Services
Transcript Highlights:
- present House Bill 117. present House Bill 117.
- can work the bill.
- bill, Madam Chair. bill, Madam Chair.
- the bill and future bills going forward. the bill and future bills going forward.
- bill.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- This part of the bill remains part of the amended bill, but unfortunately the bill comes back to us with
- c> the<00:14:13.440>
bill <00:14:13.760>comes bill, but unfortunately the bill comes - to table Senate Bill 267. to table Senate Bill 267.
- This bill came to my and drafting.
- Uh, having been involved in the drafting of the previous bill, one of the things that we made clear in
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- your bill with Representative Z's bill your bill with Representative Z's bill with<00:22:10.559>
- >> or bill or bills. >> or bill or bills.
- Yes, bills. name. Yes, bills.
- Bill. Bill.
- Our role now is to—I, what I'm suggesting here is we draft a bill. much.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Veterans and military affairs panel approves HF194 2/12/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The first bill is House File 194.
- Representative Kutson, that's your bill, and Representative Kutson is not a member of the Veterans and
- This bill relates to the disabled veterans homestead property tax exclusion.
- So just urge support for this bill. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Sample.
- So just urge support for this bill. Thank you.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
April 3, 2025 - 04:20 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- Just a reminder, members, the amendment deadline for bills, including implementing conforming bills,
- Main amendments must be submitted to House bill drafting by 3 p.m. and approved for filing by 4 p.m.
- The hearing amendments must be submitted to House bill drafting by 6:30 p.m. and approved for filing
Summary:
The Rules and Ethics Committee met on Thursday, April 3, 2025, with a quorum present. After the roll call and brief opening remarks, the committee considered the special order letter for the House session on Wednesday, April 9. The chair noted that negotiated time allocations for questions and debate were included as required by the rules.
There was no public testimony and no debate on the special order letter. The committee voted to adopt it unanimously by voice vote.
Members were also reminded of upcoming amendment deadlines: main amendments and implementing/conforming bill amendments are due the next day, with separate deadlines for GAA amendments and adhering amendments on Tuesday, April 8. With no further business, Representative Kennedy moved to adjourn, and the meeting ended without objection.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 3/12/26
Commerce Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- But this isn't a campaign finance bill. It's a corporations bill.
- finance bill. It's a corporations bill. finance bill. It's a corporations bill.
- I think this bill is going bill at all.
- That's what I think is happening. this<00:35:25.760>
bill this bill this bill and<00:35:27.680 - a bill introduced in 2009? a bill introduced in 2009?
Keywords:
homeowner's insurance, peace officer, property damage, just compensation, exclusion policy, corporate powers, entity law, business corporations, nonprofit corporations, LLC, limited liability company, cooperative, partnership, trust, foreign entity, campaign finance, election spending, political spending, ballot measure, ballot initiative
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/5/25
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- missed when the bill is drafted and uh missed when the bill is drafted and uh and<01:24:21.520><
- It's a lot faster to draft an amendment than it is to get a bill drafted in this current environment,
- It's a lot faster to draft an amendment than it is to get a bill drafted in this current environment,
- It looks more like the workings of maybe a bill you should draft at some point down the road.
- It's a lot faster to draft an amendment than it is to get a bill drafted in this current environment,
FL
Florida 2026 4th Special Session
February 26, 2026 - 12:15 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- required by our rules, negotiated time Chair: allocations are included for questions and debate on all bills
- required by the rules, the negotiated time allocations are included for questions and debate for all bills
- Amendments must be submitted to House Bill drafting by 3:00 PM and approved for filing by 4:00 PM.
- Chair: Floor amendments must be submitted to House Bill drafting by 6:30 PM and approved for filing by
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
April 10, 2025 - 07:45 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- You'll see it has 58 bills on it, so we'll have a busy day on that Wednesday, but as required by the
- rules, negotiated time allocations are included for questions and debate on all bills on special order
- Main amendments must be submitted to House bill drafting by 3:00 p.m. and approved for filing by 4:00
- The hearing amendments must be submitted to House bill drafting by 6:30 p.m. and approved for filing
Summary:
The Rules and Ethics Committee met on Thursday, April 10, 2025, with members present and the chair opening the meeting by thanking members and staff for their prompt attendance and safety support. The main item of business was a special order letter for the House session on Wednesday, April 16, which included 58 bills and set negotiated time allocations for questions and debate on each bill.
There was no public testimony and no debate on the special order letter. The committee adopted the special order letter without objection.
The chair also reminded members that the main amendment deadline for the Wednesday session was the next day, Friday, with main amendments due to House bill drafting by 3:00 p.m. and approved for filing by 4:00 p.m., and hearing amendments due by 6:30 p.m. and approved for filing by 7:00 p.m. The meeting then adjourned without further business.
FL
Florida 2026 4th Special Session
March 10, 2026 - 06:00 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- As required by the rules, negotiated time allocations are included for questions and debate on all bills
- amendment deadline for Wednesday's session is Wednesday morning, and amendments must be submitted to House Bill
- drafting by 7:00 AM and approved for filing by 8:00 AM.
- Hearing amendments must be submitted to House Bill drafting and approved for filing by 9:00 AM.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Senator Wickland bill.
- a Senator Kunesh bill. And that, Mr. a Senator Kunesh bill. And that, Mr.
- Are you able to go through some of the where the bills are, the status of the bills?
- I'm a no on the bill, and I don't need to sit and debate every aspect of the bill.
- a no on the bill. We talked yesterday. a no on the bill. We talked yesterday.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Transportation Mar 4th, 2025
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Senate Minerals, Business & Economic Development Committee, March 2, 2026
Minerals, Business & Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- Today we're going to hear two bills, House Bill 116 and House Bill 56.
- bill. And with that, Mr. bill.
- And at that point you’re saying nothing in this bill as drafted would allow that.
- Do you know the status of those projects and are they protected in this bill draft? Mr.
- bill draft? bill draft?
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session-Day 2, February 10, 2026-AM
Wyoming Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- on the bill, Mr. President. on the bill, Mr. President.
- It's a good little bill. Just repealer. It's a good little bill.
- In fact, this bill allows science bill.
- When I first started off, I drafted this bill as a regulation bill.
- I hope you'll support the bill. this bill as a regulation bill. 21 years this bill as a regulation bill
FL
Florida 2026 4th Special Session
March 9, 2026 - 06:00 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- Chairman: For questions and debate on all bills on special order. Any questions, members?
- amendment deadline for tomorrow's session is tomorrow morning, and amendments must be submitted to House Bill
- Chairman: ...drafting by bright and early by 7:00 AM and approved for filing an hour later at 8:00 AM
- Hearing amendments must be submitted to House Bill drafting and approved for filing...
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- Chairman, I believe the first item on your agenda is a bill draft left over from December.
- a bill draft left over on your agenda is a bill draft left over from<00:10:37.680>
uh <00:10:37.839 - Haroldson carry that bill on the floor. >> This is House Bill or draft House Bill 26 LSO 0295.
- >
or <00:20:57.440>draft <00:20:57.840>House <00:20:58.080>Bill >> - This is House Bill or draft House Bill >> This is House Bill or draft House Bill 26<00:20:59.039
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- wishing to testify on this bill 251? wishing to testify on this bill 251?
- As drafted. Thank you.
- resist this bill. resist this bill.
- I oppose this bill.
- Thank you all. bill 1875. Chair's recommendation is to bill 1875.
Keywords:
accessible parking, disability, kupuna, public accommodations, small business exemptions, Hawaii Revised Statutes, parking permit, blind, deaf, accessibility, deafness, traffic safety, law enforcement, vehicle registration, communication, emergency services, commercial driver's license, first responders, public safety, authorized emergency vehicle
Summary:
The joint hearing covered House Bill 251, which would require hospitals to report costs associated with Medicare and uninsured patients, and House Bill 1875, which would expand protections for gender-affirming health care services. On HB 251, the Department of Health said it supported the intent but described the bill as complicated and potentially impractical as drafted because the department lacks the expertise to produce the required analyses without outside help. Hawaii Health Systems Corporation echoed those concerns, while the Queen’s Health System said it was willing to work with the department to provide the information. In committee discussion, officials explained that hospital support in Hawaii includes public hospital appropriations and the provider tax program, which uses hospital and nursing home contributions to draw federal matching funds; a department witness estimated the net benefit at about $150 million for hospitals and $20 million for nursing facilities, though exact figures would be provided later.
On HB 1875, the Insurance Division testified with concerns that the bill’s language on prohibited actions by malpractice insurers was broad and vague, and that a rate-increase prohibition could conflict with actuarially based insurance pricing. The division also noted it was not the primary enforcement agency for the statute. In contrast, many testifiers strongly supported the bill, including the Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women, the Hawaii State LGBTQ+ Commission, the Hawaii Public Health Institute, PFLAG Oahu, the ACLU of Hawaii, the Drug Policy Forum of Hawaii, the Hawaii County Democratic Party, and others. Supporters argued that gender-affirming care is medically necessary, evidence-based, and protected by privacy and bodily autonomy principles, and that the bill would protect patients and providers from outside political interference. No votes or final committee actions were taken during the portion of the hearing provided.