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FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Feb 24th, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Institutions are allowed to seek security grants subject to appropriations.
  • Many students feel less secure and less safe in such an environment.
  • Many students feel less secure and less safe in such an environment.
  • We need more security and a more safe. such an environment.
  • And just it's not, to me, the right way to secure safety.
Bills: S0118, S0896, S1690, S1756
Summary: The committee first took up CS for SB 896, a school safety bill expanding the Guardian program to public postsecondary institutions. The bill requires active assailant response plans, security risk assessments, threat-management protocols, use of the suspicious activity reporting tool, and allows voluntary participation in Guardian for colleges and universities. A late-file amendment by Senator Polsky was adopted to clarify that students who are also employees or faculty are not eligible for Guardian. Members debated campus carry concerns, storage of firearms, and whether the bill could lead to broader gun access on campuses. Several faculty and gun-safety advocates testified against the bill, while supporters argued trained guardians can deter violence. The committee reported the bill favorably by roll call vote. The committee then approved CS for CS for CS for SB 1690 on child care and early learning services. The bill updates child care laws, clarifies regulations, and reduces overregulation of before- and after-school programs. An amendment expanded authority for the Florida Education Foundation to fundraise for early learning from birth to VPK. Testimony was largely supportive, emphasizing affordability, access to quality child care, and relief for working families, though one speaker opposed the bill as an expansion of government. The bill was reported favorably. Next, the committee passed CS for CS for SB 118, which clarifies how non-ad valorem special assessments are applied to recreational vehicle parks and limits the square footage used for assessment purposes to the maximum size of an RV space. The committee also approved CS for CS for SB 1220, the Department of Transportation package, which addresses seaport and airport planning, personal delivery devices, autonomous vehicles, advanced air mobility, toll programming, and other transportation-related changes. Amendments modified provisions on personal delivery devices, utility permits, autonomous vehicle penalties, and law-enforcement cruiser lights. Both bills were reported favorably. Finally, the committee began hearing SB 1756, the medical freedom bill, which proposes new vaccine information requirements, conscience-based school immunization exemptions, limits on compelled vaccination during public health emergencies, and behind-the-counter access to ivermectin for adults. The sponsor and supporters framed the bill as strengthening informed consent and parental rights, while opponents and some senators raised concerns about vaccine hesitancy, herd immunity, and the inclusion of ivermectin. Public testimony was extensive and sharply divided. The transcript ends during continued testimony and debate on SB 1756, before a final vote is taken.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Commerce Committee Meeting - 2026-03-26

Commerce Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Minnesotans, and we are in strong support of House File 4106 to ensure Minnesota continues the Premium Security
  • Plan by requiring the state to secure the federal waiver necessary to keep it in place.
  • Minnesota continues the Premium Security Plan by requiring the state to secure the federal waiver necessary
  • Failure to secure this waiver will drive health costs higher across Minnesota and undermine the state's
  • The Premium Security Plan has been one of the few proven tools to stabilize the individual market.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • While the Harris County Sheriff's Office currently provides security at county health care facilities
  • I'm here to testify to the economic. growth and security that guaranteed income provided for me and my
  • This is not free money; this is an investment that is providing a baseline of economic security to Texans
  • One thing that sort of ties all of our work together, I believe, is this notion of economic. security
  • That information from disclosure, as we've done with Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Local Government (Part I) Apr 7th, 2025

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • While the Harris County Hospital, Harris County Sheriff's Office currently provide security at county
  • I'm here to testify to the economic growth and security that guaranteed income provided for me and my
  • This is an investment that is providing a baseline of economic security to Texans.
  • This is an investment that is providing a baseline of economic security to Texans.
  • One of my biggest setbacks is the cap that Social Security has over the amount of income I am able to
Summary: The committee heard several bills dealing with local government authority, homeowners associations, hospital district policing, school AED inspections, special district annexation, public contracting penalties, and guaranteed income programs. Senate Bill 2073 by Sen. Zaffirini would clarify that appraisal districts may finance purchases, leases, or construction of real property for appraisal offices without prior approval from taxing units; it was supported by the Texas Association of Appraisal Districts and left pending. Senate Bill 1935 by Sen. Hinojosa would increase homeowner control of property owners association boards, require more transparency, limit fines and assessment increases, and require accessible meeting locations; HOA and builder representatives opposed it, arguing it would hinder maintenance and make dues harder to manage, and the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 434 by Sen. Miles would authorize Harris County Hospital District police officers, was supported by Harris Health, and was left pending. Senate Bill 1177 by Sen. Alvarado, as substituted, would require school AED inspections during fire inspections and reporting to school leadership; it was left pending. Senate Bill 1214 by Sen. Perry would update Concho County Hospital District law to align with current procurement and notice rules; it was left pending. Senate Bill 1965 by Sen. Middleton, for Sen. King, would tighten notice and proximity rules for special district annexations; district witnesses warned the bill could interfere with service to noncontiguous tracts, and the bill was left pending. The committee also took up Senate Bill 2046 by Sen. Bettencourt, which would increase criminal penalties for county purchasing act violations involving unauthorized separate or sequential purchases to evade competitive bidding, and create a tiered penalty structure based on contract amount. Former Harris County DA Kim Ogg, Deputy Attorney General Josh Reno, and James Quintero supported the bill, citing recent Harris County bid-rigging cases and arguing the current Class C misdemeanor penalty is too weak to deter misconduct; some members questioned whether the proposed thresholds were too low and whether stronger oversight, rather than higher penalties alone, would be more effective. The bill was left pending. Finally, Senate Bill 2010 by Sen. Bettencourt would bar counties and other political subdivisions from operating guaranteed income programs and address constitutional gift-clause concerns. Testimony split sharply: Ogg and Quintero argued such programs are unconstitutional, can be used for political data collection, and should not be funded with public money, while Paige Terry Barry defended the bill as protecting taxpayers and discouraging dependency. Senators also debated whether the state can restrict use of federal grant funds and whether local governments should be allowed to run such programs; the bill was left pending.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary Committee, February 25, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • So if you're if homeland security.
  • In doing so there are no security.
  • governor's office and Homeland Security. governor's office and Homeland Security.
  • <00:26:42.559> last director of homeland security last director of homeland security last
  • <00:47:35.359> of we do here is the safety and security of we do here is the safety and security
Bills: SF0071, SF0088, SF0056
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/14/2026 - Senate Judiciary and Elections

Judiciary and Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • Our systems are not secure.
  • The full list of features is: one, unique controlled supply; watermarked bank security paper; secure
  • background designs with banknote-level security; secure variable digital infill; thermochromic... ..
  • .with banknote-level security, secure variable digital infill, thermochromic, tri-thermochromic, photochromic
  • Treasury notes for the highest level of security.
Summary: The Judiciary and Elections Committee opened with roll call, member introductions, and a lengthy agenda item on alleged anomalies involving the State Bar of Arizona. The committee heard live testimony from a former attorney who described his disciplinary experience as retaliatory and unfair, and staff read excerpts from affidavits criticizing bar discipline procedures, notice, and due process. Members debated the State Bar’s authority, attorney discipline rules, and whether attorneys can practice while under investigation, with some arguing the bar is unaccountable and others emphasizing the Supreme Court’s oversight and existing disciplinary procedures. The committee then considered several election-related bills. SB 1037, requiring stricter security measures for vote-recording and tabulating equipment, passed 4-2-1 after members debated claims of election-system vulnerabilities and the cost of added safeguards. SB 1038, which would make cast vote records publicly available quickly after polls close, was amended to require transmission to the Secretary of State within 48 hours after canvass and then passed 4-2-1. SB 1040, expanding public online access to voter registration rolls in read-only form, also passed 4-2-1 after privacy concerns were raised and the sponsor argued for transparency. The committee next approved SB 1039, allowing attorneys who prevail in discipline matters to seek damages for reputational harm and lost earnings, despite objections that it raised separation-of-powers concerns and testimony about bar discipline procedures. SB 1053, capping Arizona resident concealed-carry permit fees at 10% of the nonresident fee, passed 4-2-1 after supporters framed it as a constitutional-rights and affordability measure and opponents raised public-safety and revenue concerns. SB 1057, requiring ballot paper fraud-countermeasure features, passed 4-2-1 after debate over cost and vendor capability. SB 1060, removing a voting exemption for U.S. citizens who have never resided in the United States, passed 3-2-2 amid concerns about unintended effects on military families. Finally, SB 1061, lowering the fentanyl threshold for enhanced sentencing from 200 grams to 9 grams, drew strong opposition from defense and civil-liberties witnesses who warned it would sweep in users and prescribed medications; the transcript ends during that testimony, before a final action is shown.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on State-Federal Relations May 1st, 2025

S/C on State-Federal Relations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Currently, every time we try to secure funding for those facilities, we have to go through the process
  • Nearly all Texas residents now possess these secure, federally recognized IDs.
  • Critically, this resolution does not... ...weaken border security.
  • It leverages existing rigorous security standards already embedded in the REAL ID Act.
  • embedded or this chip embedded in... ...which is another additional security feature.
Bills: HB3484, HCR112, HCR125
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • The Senate Committee on Border Security will now come to order. Mr. Clerk, please call the roll.
  • Our national security begins at our borders.
  • detect, identify, and if necessary, neutralize these drones to ensure we have a 24-hour safe and secure
  • with Mexican authorities can improve our border security measures and enhance coordination.
  • Coordinate directly with Mexican officials to enhance border security.
Bills: HCR98, HB180, HB180
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • It's uh security centric project.
  • want to enhance identity security. want to enhance identity security.
  • <00:04:13.760> called There's a concept in security called There's a concept in security called
  • <00:10:29.040> you identities, what level of security you identities, what level of security
  • <00:28:09.360> and he's he takes care of the security and he's he takes care of the security
Summary: The House Budget Review Subcommittee on Personnel, Public Retirement, and Finance received a presentation from Jim Barnhard, CIO of the Commonwealth Office of Technology, and David Carter, deputy CIO/CISO, on the state’s citizen identity management project. They said the project is intended to streamline citizen logins across agencies, reduce duplicated identity-management costs, improve security by centralizing authentication, and provide a flexible system that can scale with demand. The presenters described major implementation challenges, including integrating with diverse and legacy applications, and said the chosen software-as-a-service vendor was selected because it can connect to many systems and maintain the service in a federally certified cloud environment. The presenters emphasized that the project scope is limited to login, authentication, identity management, and identity proofing, while leaving authorization decisions to the individual applications and agencies. They said the work is being done in phases, beginning with discovery sessions with agencies, then selecting representative applications for onboarding rather than attempting a “big bang” rollout. They also said the vendor agreement includes professional services and knowledge transfer to reduce long-term dependence on outside support, and that the state has already begun outreach to agencies, including initial work with the Finance Cabinet and the Department of Revenue. Members asked about staffing, current spending, future costs, and whether existing systems or contracts could be reduced. The presenters said the project is being supported with existing staff, with no expectation of a large increase in positions, and that the vendor will carry most of the operational load. They said they did not have statewide spending figures with them but could try to gather them, and explained that the negotiated pricing is intended to be all-inclusive, with fixed costs for the first five years and capped increases in years six and seven. They said centralizing identity services should eventually allow the Commonwealth to stand down some duplicated agency-level licensing and reduce overall operational costs.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Commerce and Economic Development Feb 6th, 2026 at 04:18 pm

House Commerce & Economic Development Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • secure the farms long into the future.
  • Is the goal with this bill to phase out the Social Security tax?
  • How many states charge Social Security income now?
  • So 42 states at this point in time do not tax Social Security income.
  • I do not make $100,000 a year from Social Security. Nobody does. That's impossible.
Bills: HB186, HB92, HJM1
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 3/9/26

Elections Finance and Government Operations

Transcript Highlights:
  • does is add the National League of Families POW/MIA flag, the flag of any branch of the United States Armed
  • This brings better security to our elections.
  • This spring's better security to our elections.
  • public opinion and have held up when we think about election integrity, when we think about election security
  • A Social Security number, driver's license, or same-day registration.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 3/4/26

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • secure secure >> [snorts] >> [snorts] >> [snorts] >> uh<00:37:05.960> predictable
  • <00:56:04.520> of deserve the safety and security of deserve the safety and security of knowing
  • <01:01:27.800> We well-being and sense of security. We well-being and sense of security.
  • Multiple armed men wearing masks and vests labeled police approached Mrs.
  • No child should witness an armed immigration arrest outside their school.
Bills: HF3415