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PA
Transcript Highlights:
- the bill: This bill designates a bridge carrying Pennsylvania Route 271 over a tributary of Black Lake
- Creek in Black Lake Township, Cambria County, as the Martin J.
- This bill designates a bridge carrying Pennsylvania Route 271 over a tributary of Black Lake Creek in
- Black Lake Township, Cambria County, as the Martin J.
Summary:
The House began with ceremonial recognitions, including guests of Representatives Benham and Warren and a farewell acknowledgment for longtime floor staffer Michelle Martin, who is leaving House service for a role in the Senate. The chamber then took up caucus and committee announcements, recessed several times, and later returned to consider a series of committee reports and bills. House and Senate bills were reported from Rules, Appropriations, and Judiciary, including referrals of several measures to committees.
The House adopted House Resolution 515 unanimously, urging Congress to review Major Richard D. Winner’s actions for possible Medal of Honor recognition. It also adopted House Resolution 208, directing a performance audit of services, wait times, and processes in the Bureau of Blindness and Visual Services; supporters said it would help improve services for Pennsylvanians with vision impairment, while the vote was 201-1. The chamber then passed several bills with amendments, including measures on foster care youth benefits, AI companion safeguards, prison industry enhancement program administration, memorial bridge designations, firefighter and EMS donation options through PennDOT renewals, horse-racing background checks, and fertility preservation coverage.
Several bills reached final passage. House Bill 1239, limiting homeowners associations from restricting rooftop solar installations, passed 109-93. House Bill 2146, amending the Sunshine Act to tighten the 24-hour agenda notice rule while preserving limited exceptions, passed 193-9 after debate over transparency and local-government flexibility. House Bill 2558, banning non-compete agreements for broadcast workers, passed narrowly 103-99 amid objections from Republicans and concerns about impacts on local broadcasters and contract rights. Senate Bills 971 and 972 also passed finally, dealing with township audit deadlines and municipal memorials for first responders.
The House also approved House Bill 2412, funding state-related universities for fiscal year 2026-27, by 155-47 after debate over Penn State’s campus closures, accountability, and per-student funding differences; House Bill 2413, appropriating funds to the University of Pennsylvania, passed 195-7. The chamber then moved several bills back to Appropriations, signed Senate Bills 971 and 972, and adjourned until the next scheduled session.
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Universities and Colleges - Room 216, 3 March, 2026; 11:00 AM
Universities and Colleges
Transcript Highlights:
- I say that there is a lake on site that the university must retain, um, which is um I forgot the acreage
- say that<00:04:56.000><c> there</c><00:04:56.320><c> is</c><00:04:56.880><c> a</c><00:04:57.120><c> lake
- on</c><00:04:57.600><c> site</c><00:04:57.840><c> that</c><00:04:58.000><c> the</c> that there is a lake
- on site that the that there is a lake on site that the university<00:04:58.880><c> must</c><00:04:59.199
Committee:
Joint Universities and Colleges
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- For example, it is cheaper in Utah, northern Utah, to go to Bear Lake for $14 as an out-of-state resident
- doubled than it is for them to stay in Utah for $25 at their own end of the lake.
- So some of our parks have buoys out in the lake where you can hook up your boat and you can pay $9 a
- It's really common, like at Priest Lake, for instance, where people leave their boats at the dock.
Committee:
Senate Resources and Environment
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations and Budget Feb 24th, 2026 at 04:30 pm
Appropriations and Budget
Transcript Highlights:
- House Bill 3882 creates the Lake Access and Industrial Access Revolving Fund.
- It is to be used by ODOT to provide grants through the lake access and industrial access program. ...
- lake access and industrial access revolving fund.
- It is to be used by ODOT to provide grants through the lake access and industrial access program.
Bills:
HB3622 , HB3621 , HB3151 , HB3882 , HB3661 , HB4273 , HB3644 , HB3706 , HB3708 , HB2021 , HB3986 , HB3972
Committee:
House Appropriations and Budget
Keywords:
HB3622, 2030 Census, Decennial Census, U.S. Decennial Census Revolving Fund, Oklahoma Department of Commerce, Commerce Department, census preparation, federal census, state treasury fund, revolving fund, continuing fund, deemed appropriated, technology upgrades, census outreach, redistricting, population count, Title 74, OMES, State Treasurer, budgeting
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Feb 19th, 2026
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- storms across the state of California, including the unspeakable loss of the avalanche victims at Frog Lake
- I stand before you as someone who represents and grew up 20 minutes from the Tule Lake Segregation Center
- where I come from, it is taught in our local schools, where we make sure that the lessons of Tule Lake
- You know, many Japanese farmers were removed from those farms and sent to places like Tule Lake.
Summary:
The Assembly convened, established a quorum, and opened with a prayer and pledge that reflected on Japanese American incarceration during World War II and recent storm-related losses in California. The chamber then handled routine procedural matters, guest introductions, and several consent and file items before moving to floor debate on a series of resolutions and budget measures.
The main policy item was HR 82, declaring February 19, 2026, a day of remembrance for the incarceration of Japanese Americans. Members from both parties and several caucuses spoke in support, emphasizing the injustice of Executive Order 9066, the importance of remembering civil liberties failures, and the need to guard against similar abuses today. The resolution drew some criticism of its rhetoric toward federal law enforcement, but after debate the Assembly added 72 coauthors and adopted HR 82 by voice vote. The chamber also adopted ACR 128, a resolution recognizing solidarity with Ukraine, and later passed ACA 7, a constitutional amendment related to government preferences, after a partisan debate over whether it would restore or prohibit discrimination.
The Assembly also took up two budget-related concurrence items. AB 107, described as technical and conforming changes to the 2025 Budget Act and adjustments related to Proposition 4 projects, passed concurrence 59-3 and was sent immediately to the Governor. AB 117 authorized the Metropolitan Transportation Commission to borrow up to $590 million from already awarded transit capital funds to support operating costs for BART, Muni, AC Transit, and Caltrain; supporters called it a bridge loan to stabilize transit, while opponents called it a bailout lacking accountability. The measure passed concurrence 52-16 and was also transmitted to the Governor.
The session ended with adjournments in memory of former Long Beach Mayor Bob Foster, with members praising his leadership in city government, energy policy, and clean energy development. The Speaker then announced the bill introduction deadline and the next floor session date before adjourning the Assembly until Monday, February 23, 2026.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Feb 19th, 2026
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- storms across the state of California, including the unspeakable loss of the avalanche victims at Frog Lake
- I stand before you as someone who represents and grew up 20 minutes from the Tule Lake Segregation Center
- where I come from, it is taught in our local schools, where we make sure that the lessons of Tule Lake
- You know, many Japanese farmers were removed from those farms and sent to places like Tule Lake.
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House Agriculture and Forestry Committee Feb 5th, 2026
Agriculture and Forestry
Transcript Highlights:
- you're on this list and you'd rather someone else that's fourth and fifth, Justin Overton and Keith Lake
- <00:05:58.720><c> Overton</c><00:05:59.360><c> and</c><00:05:59.600><c> Keith</c><00:06:00.000><c> Lake
- </c><00:06:01.120><c> speak</c><00:06:01.520><c> and</c> Justin Overton and Keith Lake speak and Justin
- Overton and Keith Lake speak and rather<00:06:02.240><c> you</c><00:06:02.960><c> work</c><00:06:03.120
Committee:
House Agriculture and Forestry
Keywords:
environmental regulation, federal standards, scientific evidence, water quality, administrative law, income tax, tax exemption, Alabama tax code, Section 40-18-3, civilian employees, Department of Defense, DoD, Armed Forces, military pay, combat zone, deployment, National Guard, Reserve components, emergency response, federal employees
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Veterans and Armed Forces Jan 20th, 2026 at 12:00 pm
Veterans and Armed Forces
Transcript Highlights:
- I actually went down to one of their meetings they had at the lake.
- For two years, we drove from the Lake of the Ozarks to St.
- the 7th of June, and it's at noon until about 5 o'clock at the Fishing Company in Camden, Missouri, Lake
- it's at noon till about 5 o'clock, and it's at the fishing company, which is in Camden, Missouri, Lake
Committee:
House Veterans and Armed Forces
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Appropriations Committee on Higher Education Jan 14th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- So we need to find those people again and bring them through our workforce program at Lake Sumter State
- Please come forward, and you are a reappointment to the Board of Trustees of Lake-Sumter State College
- estate and finance. and have had the privilege to serve my district since then, and by district I mean Lake
- We heard about that, or whether you're Lake-Sumter or Manatee-Sarasota.
Summary:
The Appropriations Committee on Higher Education heard a presentation from the Governor’s Office on the proposed education budget, which totals $32.5 billion overall and includes no tuition or fee increases for Florida residents. Officials highlighted major funding for financial aid and scholarships, including Bright Futures, Benacquisto, veteran-related scholarships, EASE, Open Door, law enforcement/first responder programs, and workforce initiatives. They also emphasized increases for workforce education, Florida College System operations, nursing pipeline and line funds, and university operations, performance funding, and faculty recruitment and retention. Committee members asked questions about the Ocoee Scholarship, the proposed post-secondary Guardian program, and how university recruitment and retention funds would be used; officials said the Ocoee Scholarship remains funded at current levels, the Guardian program would offer flexible campus safety options, and the university funds would be distributed to institutions for faculty recruitment and retention without additional directives.
The committee then heard from a series of appointees and reappointees to boards of trustees for state colleges and universities, who described their backgrounds and priorities. Testimony consistently focused on affordability, workforce alignment, nursing and allied health programs, dual enrollment, adult learners, and local economic needs. Several trustees highlighted strong nursing NCLEX pass rates, expansion of campuses or programs, and efforts to tailor education to regional workforce demands such as health care, construction, law enforcement, aviation, and hospitality. One appointee from Miami-Dade College emphasized helping adult students return and complete degrees by easing credit transfer and admissions barriers.
After hearing from the appointees, the committee took up the full slate of confirmations as a block. A motion was made and the roll was called; the confirmations were approved favorably, with members voting yes and no opposition recorded. The committee then adjourned.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Higher Education Jan 14th, 2026
Appropriations Committee on Higher Education
Transcript Highlights:
- So we need to find those people again and bring them through our workforce program at Lake-Sumter State
- Please come forward, and you are a reappointment to the Board of Trustees of Lake-Sumter State College
- And by district, I mean Lake County and Sumter County primarily.
- Depending on whether you're Space Coast—we heard about that—or whether you're Lake-Sumter or Manatee-Sarasota
Summary:
The Appropriations Committee on Higher Education received a presentation from the Governor’s Office on the proposed higher education budget, which emphasized no tuition or fee increases for Florida residents, continued affordability, and increased funding across workforce, colleges, and universities. The presentation highlighted major investments in Bright Futures, other scholarships, workforce development, the Florida College System, and the State University System, including funding for performance, student success, campus safety, and faculty recruitment and retention. Committee members asked questions about the Ocoee Scholarship, the proposed Guardian program on campuses, and how university recruitment and retention funds would be used; officials said the Ocoee Scholarship remains funded at current levels, Guardian options could vary by campus, and university funds would be distributed to institutions for faculty recruitment and retention without additional directives.
The committee then heard testimony from a series of appointees and reappointees to boards of trustees for state colleges and universities. Witnesses from Eastern Florida State College, Lake-Sumter State College, State College of Florida Manatee-Sarasota, Miami Dade College, Northwest Florida State College, and St. Johns River State College described their backgrounds and stressed workforce development, affordability, dual enrollment, nursing, cybersecurity, adult learners, and local economic needs. Several highlighted strong nursing outcomes and job placement, and some discussed campus expansion, business incubators, and programs tailored to regional industries. One appointee from Miami Dade College emphasized helping adult students return and complete degrees by better using prior credits.
After hearing from the appointees, the committee took up the confirmation package as a block. A motion was made and seconded, the roll was called, and the confirmations were reported favorably by the committee. The meeting then adjourned.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appr-Sub-General Government and Transportation 2ND REVISED Afternoon Session Jan 12th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Transcript Highlights:
- This, the lake and industrial access, sometimes those end up coming out of our base.
- Guy's lake and industrial access is one of the programs that we get a lot of return for the investment
- Part of our request for Lake and industrial access is 10 million.
- Also, US 59 between J and Grove is a major lake access road that has got some retro funds along with
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Ways & Means Jan 12th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- He also funds the Capitol Lake to Puget Sound estuary project through design completion, with the understanding
- I am a disabled Gulf War combat veteran and enrolled member of the TN Nation, secretary of the Bow Lake
- I am secretary of the Bow Lake Association of Manufactured Homeowners, co-chair of the Community Advisory
- their first awards: Elsie Valley in Asotin, Puyallup serving Whitman County, and the Greater Moses Lake
Summary:
The Ways and Means Committee held its first meeting of the 2026 session to hear Governor Ferguson’s proposed supplemental capital budget from OFM. Budget staff said the proposal uses nearly all of the roughly $400 million in available bond capacity, leaving about $5.4 million unused, and includes additional funding from the Common School Construction account, the Climate Commitment Account, and federal funds. OFM described housing as the largest priority, with $237 million total, including $225 million for the Housing Trust Fund for affordable rental housing, homeownership, preservation, and manufactured home community acquisition; it also highlighted urgent state facility needs, climate and clean energy investments, natural resource projects, and education funding for school seismic safety, small district and tribal compact school modernization, lead pipe remediation, and higher education preservation projects.
Committee members asked about the timing of housing production, and OFM said the proposed supplemental projects would not be completed within the biennium. Public testimony in the housing section strongly supported the governor’s housing investments, especially the Housing Trust Fund, manufactured housing preservation, and homeownership programs, while several speakers asked for larger appropriations for workforce housing, community land trusts, right-to-counsel, and specific local projects such as Thrive Center Tacoma, Alliance Place, Casa Mia, and Native and immigrant community facilities. One testifier criticized overall state tax policy, but the chair clarified that the capital budget is bonded and does not directly raise taxes.
Testimony on K-12 education generally supported the proposed funding for small school modernization, seismic safety, and Healthy Kids, Healthy Schools lead remediation, with rural districts emphasizing the importance of planning and construction grants for aging facilities. Higher education witnesses supported preservation and deferred maintenance funding but asked for additional support for projects at Cascadia College, WSU Spokane, UW’s decarbonization work, and other campus infrastructure needs. Natural resources testimony backed Salmon Recovery Funding Board and community forest investments, while asking for more funding for ranked RCO projects. In the final section, local governments and utilities opposed a proposed $75 million transfer from the Public Works Assistance account to the operating budget, warning it would reduce infrastructure lending capacity; other speakers supported the Washington State Green Bank, public works financing, and several local economic development and utility projects. No votes or formal committee action were taken at the meeting.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Judiciary Committee Meeting - 2025-04-03
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Transcript Highlights:
- Program is well known in the Lake Erie Basin; that's where it initiated from.
- And that was to help curb some of the algae blooms that were happening along Lake Erie, so they've had
- This bill stems from a constituent, a family member in my district, from Maple Lake, actually in Representative
- is more likely a homicide than... ...someone who may have just gone missing because they fell in a lake
Bills:
HF2233 , HF1524 , HF1893 , HF1396 , HF2456 , HF2959 , HF2300 , HF2412 , HF3022 , HF2825 , HF1862 , HF1373 , HF1039 , HF3070
Committee:
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Keywords:
Uniform Special Deposits Act, special deposit, banking law, financial institutions, escrow, escrow account, trust account, security deposit, beneficiary, depositor, creditor process, garnishment, attachment, levy, setoff, recoupment, financial market infrastructure, retirement benefits, compensation, earnest money
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House veterans panel OKs bill to aid struggling American Legion, VFW posts 2/12/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Nearby posts, Champlain and Ham Lake, have turned in their charters, which has resulted in a lot of pressure
- 04.840><c> Ham</c> taxes uh nearby posts Champlain and Ham taxes uh nearby posts Champlain and Ham Lake
- 05.639><c> have</c><00:05:05.800><c> turned</c><00:05:06.120><c> in</c><00:05:06.280><c> their</c> Lake
- have turned in their Lake have turned in their Charters<00:05:08.120><c> and</c><00:05:09.039><c> which
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Transportation Jan 14th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- I represent District 13 Lake County, part of South West Orange County and transportation is like top
- understand McLean, Senate District, 9 home to a part of I-75 that everybody complains about marrying a lake
- And we looked at to beat the session regarding Lake incoming monitoring system we we funded and run with
- the first phase of the system in May of 2014, which included 12 stations from to bury down to Sand Lake
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- special tax authorizations for the cities of Columbia Heights, Chaska, Eden Prairie, Hopkins, Mound Lake
- Hopkins, Mound Lake, and Wayzata. And I Hopkins, Mound Lake, and Wayzata.
- </c><00:51:05.440><c> shore</c><00:51:05.640><c> values,</c> uh because of rising lake shore values,
- uh because of rising lake shore values, resorts<00:51:07.400><c> are</c><00:51:07.760><c> the</c><00:
- And so thank you for your our lakes.
Committee:
Senate Taxes
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Tobacco Settlement Agreement Fund Oversight committee (10-9-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, bottom right, um, there's Commissioner Shell speaking at the Lake Cumberland AD district at their
- annual dinner, um, there at Lake Cumberland State Resort Park, and um so that was a wonderful crowd
- Um, bottom right, um, there's Commissioner Shell speaking at the Lake Cumberland AD district at their
- annual dinner, um, there at Lake Cumberland State Resort Park, and um so that was a wonderful crowd
- at the Lake Cumberland AD district<00:03:38.080><c> at</c><00:03:38.400><c> their</c><00:03:38.640><
Keywords:
Meeting Start 00:00:00
Attendance Roll Call 00:00:09
Approval of Minutes 00:00:48
KOAP Report 00:01:09
Update from CHFS 00:20:27, 958, all
Summary:
The meeting opened with a quorum, approval of the September 18, 2025 minutes, and a staff update on recent tobacco settlement-funded agriculture activities. The agriculture side highlighted Commissioner Shell’s outreach, including school visits, farm visits, and speaking engagements in Kentucky and a trip to Tennessee to discuss program models. A representative also described a national conference in Iowa, where Kentucky’s agriculture finance program was praised as a $180 million loan program built with tobacco settlement funds. The board noted September approvals totaling $950,000 for the agriculture development board and $3.3 million for the finance corporation, along with staff activity such as site visits, program closures, and project reports. The board also announced that the KKMP report covering 2015-2022 would be distributed and that the annual report, marking the program’s 25th anniversary, was being prepared.
The board then reviewed two featured projects. The Organic Association of Kentucky requested $425,000 for organic producer support, but the board approved only one year of funding at $29,000, with members noting concern about recurring applicants and the need to evaluate long-term funding. The second project, by Joseph Dale Bentley in Lewis County, sought $51,300 to expand a small ruminant facility for goat production and export. Members were particularly interested because the project was already operating and creating market opportunities for Kentucky goat producers; the board approved half the project cost to help expand infrastructure and potentially allow quarantining on site.
The cabinet then presented its annual update on tobacco settlement fund use in public health. Julie Brooks, Sarah Johnson, and Andrea Day reported on the HANS home visitation program, tobacco prevention and cessation efforts, lung cancer screening, and early childhood oral health. HANS served more families in FY25, rising from 6,293 to 6,715, and increased services from 139,943 to over 143,000. Tobacco prevention and cessation programs continued to support Quit Now Kentucky and My Life, My Quit, though officials noted federal uncertainty and the loss of federal tobacco control infrastructure. They also reported a slight decline in student outreach and cessation requests, but continued demand from schools and communities for vaping and nicotine prevention support. Lung cancer screening expanded to 55 screens, with Kentucky cited as a model for other states due to improved incidence, survival, and early detection rates. Early oral health efforts continued through local health departments, with more trainings for public health nurses, continued varnish kits, and expanded support for dental graduates and hygiene teams.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- Without the dam on Lake Winnipesaukee, the water level would drop 10 feet.
- Lake Sunapee and Squam Lake would be similarly affected.
- Lake Sunapee and that were to happen.
- Lake Sunapee and Squam<01:22:37.680><c> Lake</c><01:22:38.560><c> would</c><01:22:38.720><c> be</c><01
- </c> Squam Lake would be similarly affected. Squam Lake would be similarly affected.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- :20:25.600><c> communities</c><00:20:25.960><c> of</c><00:20:26.120><c> Prior</c><00:20:26.400><c> Lake
- </c> represent the communities of Prior Lake represent the communities of Prior Lake Jordan<00:20:27.679
- are very different than the needs of Pequot Lakes.
- are very different than the needs Lakes are very different than the needs of<00:36:33.200><c> Prior<
- /c><00:36:33.560><c> Lake</c><00:36:34.240><c> so</c><00:36:34.680><c> again</c><00:36:35.280><c> um<
Committee:
House Education Policy
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- funds to the DOT to be granted to the Town of Warner as matching funds for a section of the Concord-Lake
- Over and over again, the friends of the Conerete Lake Sunapee Rail Trail have sold this project as a
- </c><00:38:25.440><c> sunp</c> objective of the concerete lake sunp objective of the concerete lake sunp
- of the conquered Lake stie rail trail<00:40:49.800><c> have</c><00:40:49.920><c> sold</c><00:40:50.319
- I'm a resident of the Town of Warner, but also board chair for the Conerete Lake Sunapee Rail Trail.
Committee:
Senate Finance