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Transcript Highlights:
  • help them go to the private sector and make these processes more efficient, more cost-efficient, as well
  • Fort Worth, Dallas, Frisco, Albuquerque, Gilbert, Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona, Henderson, Nevada, as well
  • they couldn't fill positions fast enough under their civil service system, and they also didn't pay well
  • We're looking now to try getting our commercial teams certified as well for third-party inspectors.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Local Government (Part I) Apr 24th, 2025

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • Well, I agree with that.
  • Well, first I'll open up public testimony on Senate Bill 1042.
  • Well, I'll wait to hear from them. So thank you, Senator Johnson.
  • Well, there is a sub, did we? There? No sub? Okay, well, okay. Sorry. All right, go ahead.
  • Part of the conversation with the groundwater district and the cities.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Local Government met with a quorum and limited public testimony to two minutes per person. The committee heard Senate Bill 628 by Senator Zaffirini, which would clarify that counties may enter interlocal agreements with emergency service districts to administer and enforce county fire codes, including for multi-county ESDs in the committee substitute. Witnesses from Travis County ESD-11, the Travis County Fire Marshal’s Office, and a member of the public supported the bill as a way to reduce duplication, costs, and jurisdictional confusion. Public testimony was closed and the committee substitute was left pending. The committee then heard several housing-related bills. Senate Bill 208 by Senator West would create a Workforce Housing Capital Investment Fund to provide zero-interest loans to nonprofit builders for workforce housing; Habitat for Humanity representatives, a Brownsville nonprofit developer, and housing advocates supported it as a way to finance infrastructure and land development for affordable homes. Senate Bill 2835 by Senator Johnson would allow cities to opt into single-stair apartment buildings for small-scale, multi-story housing; supporters said the design is safe and could expand housing supply, while the Texas APA expressed qualified opposition over code-process concerns and fire-safety questions. Both bills were left pending after testimony. Additional bills heard included SB 1042 updating the Kimble County Hospital District’s enabling law; SB 1708, a committee substitute protecting familial property divisions from platting requirements; SB 2778 raising the ESD expenditure threshold requiring board approval from $2,000 to up to $50,000; SB 2608 expanding LIHTC eligibility for certain public housing projects; SB 3044 adding board representation for Marfa and Presidio on the Presidio County Underground Water Conservation District and adjusting an exemption; SB 2367 extending park board authority to Waller County; SB 2523 clarifying ETJ reduction procedures and owner opt-out rights; SB 2521 requiring death-certificate reporting to appraisal districts to help address squatting and homestead exemption issues; and SB 2477 easing office-to-residential conversions in larger cities. In each case, the bills were laid out, testimony was taken, and the measures were left pending subject to call of the chair. The committee then recessed until 15 to 30 minutes after adjournment.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Local Government (Part II) Apr 24th, 2025

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • That was in 2007, and it was certainly well-intentioned.
  • Well, one way or the other has to fall under the 2% local cap.
  • Well, you're a chairman.” “Well, I know.
  • There have been some other conversations, but it's just not.
  • Who say, well, we're going to set the terms, and if you don't like the terms, well, tough.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Local Government considered and voted on several bills, adopting committee substitutes on Senate Bills 1237, 1708, 1844, 1454, 2520, and 2541. In each case, the committee substitute was explained as narrowing or clarifying the filed bill, and the committee voted to report the substitute version to the full Senate, usually with a recommendation that the filed bill not pass. The committee also recommended each of those measures for the local and uncontested calendar. SB 1237 concerned property tax exemption eligibility for charitable organizations; SB 1844 addressed annexation and disannexation limits tied to city services; SB 1454 clarified housing authority tax exemptions and agreements with districts; SB 2520 dealt with a school district tax ceiling comparison; and SB 2541 reduced the unused increment period from three years to two years. The committee then heard extensive testimony on SB 2354, which would allow developers to hire qualified third-party professionals for plat review, permit review, and inspections if local governments are delayed. Supporters included affordable housing providers, builders, Pew Charitable Trusts, housing advocates, and legal groups, who said the bill would reduce permitting delays, lower costs, and help housing production. A Corpus Christi representative testified as neutral, asking for amendments to preserve city final inspection authority, document sharing, and floodplain enforcement. Urban counties opposed the bill as written, arguing it removed too much local oversight, though they acknowledged work on a committee substitute. SB 2354 was left pending. The committee also heard SB 2703, which would clarify that condominiums are not subdivisions for local platting purposes. Builders and a land use attorney supported the bill, saying it would reduce confusion and duplicative regulation; the bill was left pending. SB 777, dealing with firefighter collective bargaining and impasse procedures, drew support from Austin and Texarkana firefighter representatives and the City of Austin, who said the committee substitute reflected stakeholder agreement and preserved voter-approved local procedures; it was left pending. SB 2965, concerning annexation and emergency service district response obligations, drew support from ESD and fire association witnesses who said it would prevent service gaps after annexation, and opposition from local officials who argued it gave unelected ESD boards too much power and lacked neutral review; it was also left pending. The committee then recessed subject to call of the chair.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Local Government (Part I) Apr 24th, 2025

Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • Well, I agree with that.
  • Well, first I'll open up public testimony on Senate Bill 1042.
  • Well, I'll wait to hear from them. So thank you, Senator Johnson.
  • Well, there is a sub—did we? No sub? Okay, well, okay. Sorry. All right, go ahead.
  • Part of the conversation with the groundwater district and the cities.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Local Government met with a quorum at the start, adopted a two-minute limit for public testimony, and heard a series of housing, local government, fire code, and district-governance bills. Several measures were laid out with committee substitutes, including SB 628 on county fire code administration through interlocal agreements with emergency service districts; SB 208 creating a Workforce Housing Capital Investment Fund for zero-interest loans to nonprofit builders; SB 2835 allowing cities to opt into single-stair apartment buildings; and SB 2477 easing office-to-residential conversions in certain cities. Other bills addressed ESD spending thresholds (SB 2778), hospital district updates (SB 1042), subdivision/platting issues (SB 1708), public housing tax credit eligibility (SB 2608), groundwater district representation for Marfa and Presidio (SB 3044), park board authority in Waller County (SB 2367), ETJ removal procedures (SB 2523), and reporting death certificates to appraisal districts to help address squatting and homestead issues (SB 2521). Testimony was largely supportive on the housing bills. Supporters of SB 208, including Habitat for Humanity affiliates, a Brownsville nonprofit developer, Texans for Housing, and an educator, said the revolving fund would help nonprofit builders finance land, infrastructure, and development costs for affordable homes, especially for families earning 30% to 80% of area median income. SB 2835 drew support from architects, planners, and housing advocates who argued that single-stair buildings can be safe, more efficient, and better suited to missing-middle housing, though the Texas APA registered qualified opposition, saying the proposal bypasses the usual code-development process and may not be sufficiently studied. SB 2477 also received broad support from housing groups and policy organizations, who said office conversions could help address vacancy and housing shortages, though Corpus Christi raised a concern about fee recovery and local cost reimbursement. The committee also heard support for SB 628 from a county fire marshal and an ESD representative, who said the bill would reduce duplicate fire-code enforcement and costs. SB 2778 was backed by a Bexar County ESD fire chief, who said the current $2,000 expenditure approval threshold is outdated and slows emergency purchases and repairs. SB 2608 was supported by the El Paso housing authority, which said adding certain Section 8 projects to the at-risk LIHTC set-aside would help renovate aging subsidized housing. SB 3044 was presented as a way to give Marfa and Presidio representation on the groundwater district board while preserving permitting authority. Each bill heard public testimony was left pending subject to the call of the chair, and the committee recessed to reconvene after the Senate adjourns.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Commerce May 18th, 2026

Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • Well, they may have some.
  • Well, good, good.
  • Well, good, good.
  • Well, fast forward...
  • But then as well, if you then turn around and say, okay, well, that's fine, well, I'm just going to give
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Transportation May 19th, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, it can create cost certainty as well, depending on the project.
  • You'd have a lot less foreign competition as well. So I urge you to pass this.
  • Leslie Let's like do well. Hi, how are y'all? Good morning. Hi.
  • the license on well, the, the law that the new law that's coming out.
  • Esparza, as well as a DPS resource witness are here as well, that when people deviate from the oversized
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Intergovernmental Affairs Apr 15th, 2025

Intergovernmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Group as well?
  • So it's pretty well defined by those standards.
  • BCS Habitat, as well as other affordable housing non-profits.
  • Well, thank you so much. Thank you. Good to see you.
  • Okay, well I am a horse person, so let me just go ahead and offer my...
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Intergovernmental Affairs Apr 15th, 2025

Intergovernmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Well, some of us did.
  • This was a big debate there as well.
  • Well, it's a good question.
  • This is a well-fought-over and well-versed topic. Section of the law and the way it fits...
  • That's going to be well over.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Energy REVISED Apr 9th, 2026 at 09:30 am

Energy

Transcript Highlights:
  • I do sense see it that it could very well.
  • Well, this was a little bit confusing here.
  • They are trucked to the northeast side of Oklahoma City and into Lincoln County as well.
  • Well, we had to find a line of what is bad and what is what is acceptable.
  • It's going to take from the conversation we had the other day.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Transportation Funding Mar 31st, 2025

S/C on Transportation Funding

Transcript Highlights:
  • Well, that didn't happen.
  • All right, well, I'm against the bill.
  • This expressway has been pretty well received.
  • OK, well, listen, I'm just a little...
  • Well, we'll try and be respectful.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Jun 1st, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I marvel at how well this House works.
  • Well, I was going to do Rep. the floor as well, but Rep. Boyd beat me to it.
  • Happy birthday, Cindy, as well. Thank you. Happy birthday to Cindy. Happy birthday, Cindy, as well.
  • Well, that exists now. Exactly.
  • So I want to thank him on behalf of all of us for a well job well done. Thank you very much. Rep.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Jun 1st, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Katie Wells in Livingston Parish, made it clear some school zones on state highways could have safety
  • Well, I think blockchain technology, where we are today, is very, very important, and I do believe that
  • I actually had a conversation with Commissioner Strand on why that was so important.
Summary: The House convened with a quorum, opened with prayer, the pledge, and a national anthem performance, then moved through several personal privileges and recognitions. Members welcomed a student cancer survivor and entrepreneur, Bella of Brave Bella Bead Company, and also recognized a new legislative assistant, a page leaving for college, and a resolution honoring National Mississippi River Day. The chamber also received conference committee reports and enrollment reports, and returned some previously failed measures to the calendar, including H.R. 119 and H.B. 410. The main floor action centered on a series of Senate concurrent resolutions, most of which were adopted overwhelmingly. These included SCR 59 on re-evaluating flood maps and insurance rates tied to the Comite River Diversion Canal, SCR 61 urging higher reimbursement for behavioral health crisis centers, SCR 62 calling for review of school-zone safety and speed limits, SCR 68 creating a blockchain and digital innovation task force, SCR 69 encouraging continued research to reduce sugarcane burning, SCR 70 supporting the Major Richard Star Act for medically retired combat-wounded veterans, SCR 54 supporting the Mississippi River Basin Fishery Commission Act, SCR 55 designating the Peggy Martin Rose as the official state rose, SCR 64 creating a construction manager-at-risk task force, SCR 75 studying a Louisiana maneuvers museum and trail, and SCR 80 creating a task force on the minimum foundation program and long-term teacher pay funding. Most passed with little or no opposition, with SCR 84 on earthquake seismic activity in several parishes amended to adjust task force membership before final adoption. The House also heard a personal privilege statement honoring the late Ponder P.C. Clinton Jr., a noted Black farmer, cattleman, and community leader in Shreveport’s Cedar Grove neighborhood, and expressed condolences to his family. Later, members received a hurricane-season reminder from Rep. Jay Galle about disaster response procedures and the need to work through parish emergency offices. The transcript ends as the House moves into additional concurrent resolutions returned from the Senate with amendments.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Health and Human Services REVISED Feb 23rd, 2026 at 02:00 pm

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • For those who don't really understand this, at eight years old, we pretty well just cut These foster
  • Yes, we've had conversations. They've not indicated that they would not take it on.
  • We had conversations about the cost associated with it, trying to pare that down.
  • And so these are the kind of things that that's the well-being piece Of this.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Commerce and Economic Development Oversight Feb 24th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Commerce & Economic Development Oversight

Transcript Highlights:
  • I understand there's several in the room that have to be in other places as well with other oversight
  • Well, 14 aye, 0 nay. We would declare your bill out of committee. Thank you, Chairman.
  • It doesn't work well for the food truck industry.
  • And we're having some technical difficulties as well. ...having some technical difficulties as well.
  • But I'd be happy to have that conversation with you. Any further questions?
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 02-02-2026 11:30am

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • At the appropriate time, I'd request your uh indulgence to enter their names into the journal as well
  • As I call your name, will you please rise and stay risen as well?
  • Enjoy your day as well.
  • you please rise and stay risen as well? you please rise and stay risen as well?
  • Enjoy your day as<00:05:27.919> well. as well. as well.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Transportation May 19th, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Well, that's a rarity. Thank you. We recognize you. Oh, wait a minute. We have John Esponsa?
  • It can create cost certainty as well, depending on the project.
  • Well, and I'm not super clear on that part of it, whether...
  • Well, that's if we can, but I don't think we can be a Ford dealer.
  • Esparza, as well as a DPS resource witness, are here as well.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Mar 5th, 2025

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • Well, a lot. How many?
  • Well, that's my understanding.
  • Well, there's two... it's not a mandatory sentence.
  • Well, yeah, Senator Figures— Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
  • out a good point in their conversation.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives May 31st, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Freeman: Of several other people's parishes in other states as well?
  • Well, they're both.
  • Well, if we couldn't fund 80, we certainly can't fund 173.
  • I think there's an amendment as well. Amendment, Madam Clerk?
  • So if it doesn't pass, we may have a different conversation going on.