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FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
December 4, 2025 - 11:00 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- THE MENTAL HEALTH COORDINATOR IS A SEPARATE POSITION.
- THE DISTRICT THREAT MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR IS A SEPARATE POSITION.
- BUT GENERALLY THEY ARE TOTALLY SEPARATE POSITIONS.
- AND SO THROUGH THAT THAT IS WHY IT'S GENERALLY A SEPARATE POSITION.
- WHAT IS YOUR POSITION OR OPINION? I'M NOT PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - New Mexico Finance Authority Oversight Sep 10th, 2025
New Mexico Finance Authority Oversight Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- I think that we're all in a good position to do that, which we really appreciate.
- , but rather in a position of strengthening their operations.
- What it also does, because of their equity, it also... ...helps out their collateral position, right?
- Because having them be able to be in a better position collateral-wise and then allowing for in-kind
- You'll take the last position with a lien position, Madam Chair.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Trade, Workforce & Economic Development May 7th, 2025
Trade, Workforce & Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- And so what this bill would say is if someone leaves their... their position, instead of just being able
- I served for four months and resigned because the decisions of the board at the time rendered my position
- board members to fill a vacancy for the remainder of the unexpired term of the position.
- And number one, anybody appointed can only serve for the unexpired term of that position.
- And you've got to be holding your position neutral. But if you...
Bills:
HB 1087, HB2504, HB4113, HB5144, HB5146, HB5377, HB5543, SB140, SB264, SB1244, SB1343, SB2121, HR868
Keywords:
property owners, board vacancy, special election, association governance, community management, property owners' association, resale certificate, fees, real estate regulation, homeowners, HB 4113, Texas Rising Star Program, child care, child-care providers, Texas Workforce Commission, TWC, safety barriers, crash-rated bollards, bollards, playground safety
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Your registration position will reflect in the official record.
- Please state your name, who you represent, and your position on the bill. Good morning.
- Please state your name, who you represent, and your position on the bill, please.
- Please state your name, who you represent, and your position on the bill, please.
- Uh, please state your name, who you represent, and your position on the bill, please.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Business and Professions Committee Apr 8th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- For those wishing to provide further comments, we are accepting written testimony through the position
- They hold a unique and trusted position within our health care system.
- We currently have a support-if-amended position; however, with the amendments outlined in the committee
- analysis, we plan on moving to a full support position once those amendments are in print, and would
- I'm a breast cancer survivor and founder of Positive Outlook, and I strongly support this bill.
Summary:
The Assembly Business and Professions Committee heard a long agenda of licensing, health care, and workforce bills. Measures discussed included AB 957, which would prohibit tobacco sales in licensed pharmacies; AB 447, which would allow patients to take home certain unopened medications started in emergency rooms; AB 427, joining the Social Work Licensure Compact; AB 667, allowing interpreters for certain licensing exams; AB 742, prioritizing descendants of slaves in licensing review; AB 873, changing infection-control training timing for dental assistants; AB 360, requiring a report on menopause education for physicians; and AB 1175, modernizing CPA licensure requirements and mobility. Testimony generally emphasized public health, access to care, workforce shortages, language access, and economic opportunity, while opposition or concerns focused on implementation, worker protections, compact authority, and constitutional issues in AB 742.
Several bills drew broad support from sponsors, professional associations, and advocacy groups. AB 957 was backed by cancer and pharmacy advocates and pharmacists who said pharmacies should not sell tobacco; AB 447 was supported by emergency medicine and hospital representatives as a way to reduce waste and help patients leave with needed medication; AB 427 drew support from social work and mental health groups but concerns from AFSCME about standards and displacement; AB 667 was supported by immigrant-rights and community groups, with questions about whether translated exams would be preferable to interpreters; AB 360 received extensive support from women’s health advocates and medical groups, and opposition from CMA and ACOG was removed after amendments; and AB 1175 was supported by the Board of Accountancy and CPA groups as a way to expand the pipeline and improve mobility.
The committee took votes after quorum was established. AB 360, AB 427, AB 447, AB 667, AB 873, AB 1175, and AB 742 were all approved and sent to their next committees, with AB 742 going to Judiciary and AB 1175 to Appropriations. AB 957 was initially held on call, then later passed after additional votes were recorded. The consent calendar bills AB 375, AB 1107, and AB 1496 were also approved. Most measures passed on largely party-line or near-unanimous votes, with some members not voting on certain items during the roll calls.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 6 on Public Safety Mar 24th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- My understanding is that the positions that are being requested would be for the CCIU unit.
- Is that based in Sacramento or would they be positioned statewide?
- Would the new positions now be staffing those task forces? I guess that's the first question.
- So that hasn't been a discussion in regards to the funding in the positions.
- And so the relationship that has been built, from my understanding, is very positive.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- be a county extension agent for 20 years, and now he, um, is part of the CAD and the new elected position
- district board, whether that's an appointed or an elected position.
- I did this on my, on my own because I didn't want to step into a position unknowingly.
- The chair and the secretary, but you can be elected into those positions with no knowledge whatsoever
- You could have just been elected 30 days prior and then you take the position. That surprised me.
Keywords:
HB 148, Texas Education Code, Texas Education Agency, TEA, artificial intelligence, AI, machine learning, automated scoring, constructed response, open-ended answers, student assessments, state testing, standardized tests, public schools, education policy, assessment instruments, school accountability, test scoring, 2026-2027 school year, ad valorem tax
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- We want great people to apply for these positions.
- You know what it's like to try to get people to take these positions and pay is absolutely an issue I
- There are critical, critical public positions of trust that deserve the full support. support of this
- It's difficult and we deal with that all the time and we're not in a position to defend.
- I've held this position since December of 2016.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Health Policy Feb 4th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- IF YOU WANT TO WAIVE YOUR TIME YOUR POSITION WILL BE NOTED.
- BUT WE WON'T TAKE POSITIONS BUT IF WE DO TAKE POSITIONS WE WILL NOTE IT EVEN IF YOU WAIVE YOUR TIME.
- GRADUATE ASSISTANT POSITIONS WERE NOT IN THE MATCHING SEASON FOR THIS.
- POSITION NUMBERS HAVE BOUNCED BETWEEN 24 AND 2800.
- IN REGARD TO IMPLICATION OF PAST THAT SHOULD ALLUDED TO THE IDEA OF QUALIFIED POSITION NUMBERS HAVING
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- We are in an oppose-unless-amended position. Good morning.
- I do want to address that when we look at the people who are in a position here, the supervisors, we
- Please state your name, organization, and your position.
- Please come to the mic, state your name, organization, and your position, please. Good morning.
- Anybody else in the room who wants to just add on with their name, organization, and position?
VT
Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Caucus of the Whole - 2026-05-29 - 11:15AM
Vermont House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We added back some positions that the Senate had taken out, which we thought were important, and we were
- There's a flood safety position. We had done the immigration attorney for Vermont Legal Aid.
- Um, it looks like we acceded to many of the Senate positions, but the fact is The fact is that many of
- the Senate positions were our positions just fleshed out and approved upon.
- We acceded to their position on that for the great work that they carried forward.
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Louisiana Ports & Waterways Investment Commission May 14th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- We need to better position Louisiana to expand international trade in the face of growing out-of-state
- And that's the position you are.
- Marketing is positioned as selling Louisiana's competitiveness, not a substitute for infrastructure,
- That's the position we're seeing with this marketing strategy right now.
- It's about positioning you for competitiveness.
Summary:
The Louisiana Ports and Waterways Investment Commission met on May 14, 2026, with a quorum present and approved the July minutes. Leadership gave opening remarks welcoming new members and noting that the commission is now administratively housed with the Office of Multimodal Commerce, which is expected to provide staff support, resources, and help restart the commission’s strategic planning work. Commissioners said the next major agenda item will likely be consultant support and further work on the strategic plan.
The commission then repealed a prior July resolution that had requested a Louisiana Ports Infrastructure and Development Fund and identified critical projects for international trade and economic development. Members said the resolution was well-intentioned but premature because the projects had not been fully vetted, LED had not been sufficiently involved, and there was no clear funding plan. The repeal passed by motion and vote, with commissioners emphasizing that the projects themselves remain supported and will be revisited in a more thorough format through the strategic plan.
A major portion of the meeting focused on the collaborative marketing study for the five Lower Mississippi River ports. Joe Toomey and Ken Erickson of Polaris described a regional marketing strategy built from cargo analysis, stakeholder interviews, and port data, aimed at increasing trade, economic growth, foreign direct investment, infrastructure funding support, and long-term coordination. Commissioners and LED representatives said the effort shows stronger cooperation among the ports, will live at LED with a cooperative endeavor agreement, and is already being used in foreign investment outreach and as a possible template for other port regions.
The commission also received an update from the navigation and safety task force. Steve Wall, the new NOBER president, said he would continue the work begun by the late Captain Toby Waddington, who was honored with a moment of silence. Commissioners reported that recommendations from the task force are being implemented, including air gap sensors, bridge-related planning, and bundled dredging projects in the current capital outlay process. The meeting ended with no public comment and adjourned after commissioners indicated they would meet again in the next quarter.
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Louisiana Ports & Waterways Investment Commission May 14th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- We need to better position Louisiana to expand international trade in the face of growing out-of-state
- We need to better position Louisiana to expand international trade in the face of growing out-of-state
- And that's the position you are in.
- That's the position we're seeing with this marketing strategy right now.
- It's about positioning you for competitiveness.
Summary:
The Louisiana Ports and Waterways Investment Commission met on May 14, 2026, with a quorum present to reopen the commission’s work after a long gap. Members approved the July minutes and heard an update that a bill was moving in the Legislature to transfer the commission’s administrative home to the Office of Multimodal Commerce, with the strategic plan expected to be restarted and a consultant likely considered at a future meeting. The chair and vice chair emphasized that the commission now has stronger staffing and a clearer home for its work.
The commission then repealed its July resolution that had requested a new ports and waterways infrastructure fund and identified priority projects. Members said the earlier resolution was well-intentioned but premature because the projects had not been fully vetted, LED had not been sufficiently involved, and there was no clear funding structure. They said the projects would still be considered in the broader strategic planning process, but in a more thorough and coordinated form.
A major portion of the meeting focused on the collaborative marketing strategy for the five Lower Mississippi River ports, presented by Joe Toomey and Ken Erickson of Polaris, with LED’s Paige Carter confirming LED will serve as the administrative home for the plan. The presenters described a data-driven regional effort built around unity, not uniformity, to promote the ports’ combined strengths, increase trade, attract foreign direct investment, support economic growth, and strengthen funding requests. Members praised the effort as a pilot for statewide coordination, noted that the plan will live at LED, and said it should help the state present a more unified message to investors and policymakers.
The commission also received an update from the navigation and safety task force. Members observed a moment of silence for the late Captain Toby Waddingney, and Steve Wall, the new NOBER president, said he would continue the work using Waddingney’s notes. Commissioners reported that several recommendations from the task force are already being implemented, including bridge air-gap sensors, GIS tools, and dredging project coordination. The meeting ended with no public comment, plans for another meeting in the next quarter, and adjournment by motion.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine the nominations of Preston Griffith, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary, and Dario Gil, of New York, to be Under Secretary for Science, both of the Department of Energy. Apr 10th, 2025 at 09:00 am
Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Each of these positions carry significant responsibility, and each nominee will, if confirmed, help shape
- These nominees bring unique perspective and valuable experience to their respective positions, and I
- I want to thank President Trump for nominating me to this important position.
- National Labs, which will be under your supervision in this position, if you're confirmed, how do you
- The positive message that I wanna send is that.
Keywords:
nominations, Undersecretary of Energy, Undersecretary of Science, Preston Griffith, Dario Gil, energy policy, scientific innovation
Summary:
The meeting was convened to discuss several significant nominations, particularly focusing on Preston Wills Griffith III for Undersecretary of Energy and Dr. Dario Gil for Undersecretary of Science. The committee underscored the importance of these roles in shaping American energy policy and scientific innovation. The discussion highlighted the nominees' backgrounds, with Griffith having extensive experience at the Department of Energy and the White House, and Gil bringing expertise in quantum technology and energy research. Members expressed a strong desire to understand the nominees' perspectives on current challenges facing the energy sector, including regulatory mandates and national security concerns. The meeting concluded with a commitment to ensuring thorough evaluations of the candidates and their proposed approaches to pressing issues.
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Military and Veterans Affairs Committee Feb 12th, 2025
Military and Veterans Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Realigning and elevating the commissioner position in the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs to a
- cabinet-level position.
- But the intent of doing that is to bring it to a cabinet-level position to give the commissioner the
- Two things: the board and elevating the position to a cabinet level. Well, thank you, Mr. Chairman.
- In 1985, I rose to the command of the 20th Special Forces Group, which was a significant position.
Keywords:
veterans affairs, Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs, State Board of Veterans Affairs, commissioner, governor appointment, board advisory, veteran service organizations, veterans homes, veterans cemeteries, veteran service officers, district managers, state veterans home trust fund, veterans benefits, military veterans, disabled veterans, elderly veterans, active-duty service members, state agency reorganization, executive authority, governance reform
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- I don't do criminal work, which is a requirement on this position to Not be involved in criminal work
- But as you know, I have a service history of service and I always enjoyed doing that in every position
- You know, for my position, that's a new, it's a new sitting legislator that the fact That we had our
- You were certainly brought to this position with a unique background.
- You brought a wealth of knowledge into this position. So I just want to share those sentiments.
Bills:
HB3045
Keywords:
accident response, motor vehicle, law enforcement, fire department, fee prohibition, 914, all
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 01/22/25
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- , and he assumed those were nonjudicial officer positions.
- He asked how many unfilled positions there are throughout the system. Mr.
- Shba responded that he did not have a number today, but most of the positions are filled.
- They might not always get the best applicant pool, but they definitely have to fill the positions in
- He said the number of unfilled positions is very, very low.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Public School Capital Outlay Oversight Task Jul 14th, 2025
Public School Capital Outlay Oversight Task Force
Transcript Highlights:
- What's positive? What may have been negative? Where we could be going?
- Both positive and negative experiences that you might share?
- So we've received positive feedback regarding the changes and feel like it's adequate.
- However, I also understand that you're in the process of filling positions.
- We have a solid team currently; we are looking to fill one or two positions, but we have a solid team
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee Apr 23rd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- witnesses in support must be those accompanying the author or who otherwise have registered a support position
- can be stated at the standing microphone when called upon to simply state name, affiliation, and position
- can be stated at the standing microphone when called upon to simply state name, affiliation, and position
- In addition to clean energy, Imperial County is uniquely positioned for critical mineral recovery from
- Please approach the microphone and let us know your name, position, and affiliation.
Summary:
The Assembly Committee on Utilities and Energy met as a subcommittee because a quorum was not present, and the chair announced 16 measures on the agenda, nine of them on consent. The committee then took up AB 1016 by Assemblymember Gonzalez, which would create a five-year pilot program allowing certain counties with geothermal elements in their general plans to locally permit geothermal plants up to 150 net megawatts through 2030. The author and Imperial County representatives argued the bill would streamline a duplicative permitting process, support local control, and bring jobs, tax revenue, and clean baseload energy development to Imperial County, which they described as facing high unemployment and poverty and having significant geothermal potential.
Supporters included Imperial County officials, Rural County Representatives of California, Independent Energy Producers, and local community representatives. They emphasized the county’s long history of geothermal permitting, its planning efforts, and the economic benefits of projects that could support schools, health care, and community colleges. Opposition came from labor organizations including the California State Pipe Trades Council, Western States Council of Sheet Metal Workers, California Coalition of Utility Employees, State Association of Electrical Workers, and State Building Trades. Their main concern was that shifting permitting from the California Energy Commission to local governments could remove the skilled-and-trained workforce requirement that currently applies to CEC-permitted projects.
Committee members asked about that labor issue, and the author said he intended to work with the opposition coalition to ensure local workers are prioritized and that projects use skilled, trained, California-licensed labor. The discussion ended with the bill still under consideration; no vote was taken in the portion of the hearing provided.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
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- as well as the DEMAT manager position as well as the DEMAT manager position?
- position? position?
- <01:49:19.520>
So positions by July 1st. So positions by July 1st.
Summary:
The joint House Committee on Tourism and Senate Committee on Economic Development and Tourism held an informational briefing on the Hawaii Tourism Authority’s interim action plans, current projects, contract updates, destination management action plans, and state auditor findings. Interim CEO Caroline Anderson described her role as temporary and said she was focused on identifying problems, gathering information, communicating with stakeholders, and implementing solutions. She said HTA is now operating as a typical state agency subject to state controls, but noted that HTA’s work often involves nontraditional programs that can create process errors. She also said she had directed staff to review the auditor’s findings on the destination management action plan process and that the review was posted publicly.
A major topic was the search for a permanent CEO and the agency’s restructuring under SB 1571. HTA board chair Tata Po said he hoped to select a CEO within about four months, with three to six finalists expected in roughly two to two-and-a-half months, and said the job description would largely remain the same except for compensation and reporting changes under the new law. Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism representatives explained that HTA’s board is now advisory and does not approve the budget, while DBEDT retains budget authority. They also said HTA is working with the governor’s office and DBEDT on contract and budget transitions, including a possible shift to a calendar-year process so grantees and contractors have more certainty.
Members pressed HTA on staffing, oversight, and accountability, especially around the destination stewardship team and the CNHA/Kilohana and HVCB contracts. HTA said the destination stewardship team supports destination management and product development, including workforce development, sports, and implementation of destination management action plans, and that staff provide direction to contractors rather than simply handing work over to them. Anderson said the stewardship team had 11 people and that the destination management side covered about 15 contracts, while the branding side had three managers overseeing nine contracts. She said the agency had 47 contracts overall and that the major contracts included CNHA/Kilohana and HVCB. Several members criticized HTA’s management history, questioned staffing qualifications and compensation, and expressed concern that the agency had lost public trust. No votes or formal actions were taken during the briefing.