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TX

Texas 89th Regular

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development May 21st, 2025

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate Bill 2637 would require social media platforms to add a disclosure.
  • So you know how it works when you're scrolling on social media?
  • We know that social media algorithms...
  • And social media can be used for good.
  • It does not punish someone because of their religious or social beliefs.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Health and Public Affairs Feb 6th, 2026 at 05:13 pm

Senate Health & Public Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • So, for example, they might have provided us their Social Security card and...
  • SB 14's inclusion of the Social Work Practice Act is...
  • Madam Chair and Senator, this bill is a work in motion, in progress, and we'll go to finance.
  • Medical malpractice is a work in progress. It won't go to finance.
  • Medical malpractice is a work in progress.
Bills: SB20, SB111, SB211, SB218, SB14
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice Jan 21st, 2026

Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice

Summary: The Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice met with a quorum present and considered several bills. The committee heard and approved SB 504, allowing local governments to adopt standardized policies for code enforcement officers to use body cameras, and SB 506, which creates a related public records exemption for certain body camera recordings, including protections for minors and private information. Senator Smith raised questions about notice to property owners and use limitations, and Senator Osgood asked whether cameras must be on at all times; the sponsor said he would follow up on specifics. Both bills had support from local government and code enforcement groups and were reported favorably after adoption of an amendment to SB 504 clarifying training and familiarity with camera rules. The committee also approved CS/SB 32, creating a new injunction for protection against serious violence by a known person, and SB 210, the companion public records exemption for petitions involving that injunction. Senator Sharif said the bills fill a gap for victims who do not qualify under existing injunction categories, and supporters waived in favor. SB 676, by Senator Arrington, was also reported favorably; it creates a graduated penalty structure for contributing to the delinquency of a minor when the underlying conduct involves certain animal cruelty offenses, and increases penalties for fighting or baiting animals. Senator Osgood spoke in support, tying the bill to protecting children and animals, and several law enforcement and animal welfare groups waived in support. The committee further approved SB 432, which adds certain concentrated 7-OH to Schedule I, exempts FDA-approved veterinary xylazine products, creates a first-degree felony with a mandatory minimum for certain candy-like xylazine products, and establishes trafficking penalties for xylazine. Senator Osgood spoke at length in support, emphasizing overdose risks and the impact on people with substance use disorder. Finally, the committee passed SB 524, which revises duties and appointments related to the Medical Examiners Commission and district medical examiners, clarifies responsibilities within Chapter 943, and changes notification and curriculum approval provisions for criminal justice standards. All measures were reported favorably, and the committee adjourned without objection.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Education May 13th, 2025

Public Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's also better for them in a social aspect, in terms of socializing them into a college experience,
  • I know there's a TEKS in high school about learning about social movements. In American history.
  • I am here today to strongly oppose Senate Bill 12 because it threatens to erase the hard-won progress
  • This is not conjecture; this is data-based, empirical evidence, and it leads to better social outcomes
  • For context, I'm currently in school for social work and learning about urgent mental health crises,
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs (Part II) Apr 24th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • any investment or potential investment of the state's public pension funds to further political or social
  • any investment or potential investment of this state's public pension funds to further political or social
Summary: The Senate Committee on State Affairs was called to order and a roll call showed most members present, with one absent. The chair explained that the committee had arranged witnesses for a later meeting but had received responses from some parties declining to testify, prompting Senator Bettencourt to offer a written motion for subpoenas. The motion authorized the committee chair, under Senate Rule 11.20, to issue subpoenas to BlackRock, State Street, or other financial services companies affecting Texas public pension investments, along with their subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, employees, agents, or representatives. The subpoenas would require testimony and production of records concerning investment practices, the impact on Texas public pension funds, and any investments intended to further political or social causes. Members discussed the importance of obtaining testimony and the limited but necessary use of subpoena power. The committee then voted, with 10 ayes, no nays, and one absent, to adopt the motion. With no further business, the committee recessed until the call of the chair, planning to return after the local calendar.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs (Part III) Apr 24th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate Bill 946 is about creditors and discriminating based on a social credit score.
  • Impermissible reasons for rejection include use of a social credit score or an environmental, social,
  • If we allow social scoring to creep into lending decisions, we risk creating ...social scoring to creep
  • This is similar to a social credit score under a different name.
  • by scope, and what's your progress toward net zero decarbonization.
Summary: The committee heard Senate Bill 945, 946, 2044, 2819, 2403, 2337, and 312, with all bills left pending after testimony. SB 945 would restrict insurance companies from denying or limiting coverage based on oil and gas activity or ESG-related goals, and supporters argued it would protect Texas energy producers from politically motivated shareholder activism and insurance discrimination. SB 946 would bar creditors from using social credit, ESG, DEI, or religious/political affiliation as a basis for denying or limiting credit; witnesses said it would prevent viewpoint-based financial discrimination and protect access to capital for Texas businesses. SB 2337 would require proxy advisory firms to disclose when recommendations are based on non-financial factors or when they give conflicting advice to different clients; supporters said the measure would increase transparency and curb ESG-driven influence over shareholder voting. SB 312 would direct public retirement systems to focus on financial returns rather than social or political objectives, with the author saying the bill responds to activist pressure on pensions and would reinforce fiduciary duty. The committee also took up election and ethics measures. SB 2044 would strengthen electioneering restrictions for publicly funded education institutions and personnel, prohibiting use of official resources to promote political agendas; testimony focused on alleged school district electioneering in bond and tax elections. SB 2819 would prohibit county elections administrators from holding certain officer positions appointed by elected officials, addressing potential conflicts of interest. SB 2403, the Texas Ethics Commission sunset bill, would restructure complaint handling with a three-tier violation system, risk-based complaint prioritization, longer response times, bipartisan preliminary review panels, and expanded hearing options; members discussed amendments aimed at dismissing minor complaints, clarifying categories, and adjusting lobbying and penalty provisions, but the amendments were withdrawn during committee consideration. Across the ESG and finance bills, invited witnesses from the American Energy Institute, Heartland Impact, Consumers Research, ADF Action, Texas Civil Justice League, and related groups generally supported the measures, arguing that banks, insurers, proxy advisors, and asset managers have used ESG or reputational-risk standards to discriminate against energy, agriculture, firearms, and religious organizations. No opposition testimony was presented in the excerpt, and the committee closed public testimony on each bill and left them pending.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Mar 19th, 2025

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • And we've also been active on social media since 2009. We post on a regular basis.
  • And with social media, we boost our post.
  • And we have this on our social media as well.
  • This is exactly the same scenario that we have in social media.
  • And yet, we have social media companies who have children.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Cap Committee Meeting - 2025-04-30

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • But I'm pleased to present House File 431, a bonding request for the Progress Parkway project in the
  • campuses, which are currently only accessible via the signalized intersection of Trunk Highway 53 and Progress
  • A new 1.42-mile County State Aid Highway around Progress Parkway and Wolverine.
  • The handout is entitled "Saint Louis County Progress Parkway Project." Kevin Grace, St.
  • The Progress Parkway extension project under consideration today has been designed in coordination with
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Capital Investment Committee 4/30/25

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • Louis County Progress Parkway Project in blue. Kevin Gray, St.
  • Louis County Progress Parkway Project in blue. Kevin Gray, St.
  • Louis County Progress Parkway Project in blue. Kevin Gray, St.
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  • This leads to 53 and Progress Parkway.