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WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Business, Trade & Economic Development Jan 21st, 2026 at 08:00 am
Business, Trade & Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- So we will go right into our public hearing.
- The tribe and the state share public protection interests, which tie back to the core goals of IGRA.
- The tribal state compacts address these shared public protection interests to ensure that there is no
- The tribal state compacts address these shared public protection interests to ensure that there is no
- Thank you, and that concludes our public hearing on Senate Bill 6031 and a public hearing for the committee
Keywords:
mortgage modification, uniform regulations, homeowners, financial stability, foreclosure prevention, public safety, insurance fraud, law enforcement, crime prevention, penalties, SB6178, property insurance, insurance claims, assignment of benefits, AOB, post-loss assignment, post-loss benefits, homeowners insurance, policyholder, insured
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- And this amendment is a result of discussion with public defenders, and we return the public defenders
- to two public defenders.
- The public defenders are in favor of this amendment.
- And this amendment is a result of discussion with public defenders, and we return the public defenders
- to two public defenders.
Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Keywords:
places of worship, house of worship, church, mosque, synagogue, religious security, armed security, volunteer security, private security, security guard licensing, licensure exemption, Florida Statutes chapter 493, Class G license, Class C license, security services, faith-based institutions, public safety, military jurisdiction, delinquency, concurrent jurisdiction
Summary:
The committee considered several bills and reported each favorably. SB 624, by Senator Yarborough, would allow batterers intervention programs to offer optional supplemental faith-based activities, with no participant required to take part. Supporters said it would expand provider options and help address a shortage of certified programs; opponents raised concerns about mixing government-ordered programming with religion and about the state’s prior rule change. The bill passed 7-2.
The committee also approved CS/SB 834, which repeals a 2022 restriction barring licensed insurance agents from partnering with health care sharing ministries to market or sell their programs. The sponsor and supporters argued the bill restores free speech, consumer choice, and access to faith-based alternatives, while opponents warned about consumer confusion, higher commissions, and weak protections because these ministries are not insurance. After extended debate, the measure passed 8-2.
Other measures advanced unanimously or near-unanimously. CS/SB 502, as amended, would give Florida concurrent jurisdiction over certain juvenile offenses on military installations so juveniles can be handled in the state system; it passed 9-0. CS/SB 52 would exempt volunteer armed security for houses of worship from Class D or G licensing requirements, and supporters cited rising threats to churches and the need for organized volunteer security; it passed 9-0. SB 840, a cleanup bill to narrow and clarify last year’s emergency-related land-use restrictions after hurricanes, also passed 9-0, and CS/SB 758, which updates the membership of the Justice Administration Commission, passed 9-0 after an amendment restoring two public defenders to the commission.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The chair opens up public testimony.
- The chair opens up public testimony, recognizing Jared Vanden Heuvel from DPS, Public Safety Solutions
- Jared Vanden Heuvel, Director of Public Safety Solutions at the Texas Department of Public Safety, is
- Hearing none, the chair now opens public testimony.
- Seeing no one, public testimony is closed.
Committee:
Senate Economic Development
Keywords:
Defense Economic Adjustment, grant applications, economic assistance, local government, Evaluation panel, judicial review, Texas Workforce Commission, unemployment compensation, legal proceedings, labor law, rural development, infrastructure, Texas economic fund, private investment, job creation, meteorological evaluation towers, wind resources, aviation safety, regulations, construction notice
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- It was agreed upon between the teachers and those in education and those in public safety, which included
- education<00:04:15.120><c> and</c><00:04:15.360><c> those</c><00:04:15.599><c> in</c><00:04:15.840><c> public
- </c><00:04:16.079><c> safety,</c> education and those in public safety, education and those in public
Committee:
House Ways and Means
Keywords:
pension, retirement, omnibus pension, MSRS, PERA, TRA, public employees retirement, state employees retirement, correctional employees, police and fire retirement, State Patrol retirement, teachers retirement, firefighter relief association, volunteer firefighter, state aid, postretirement adjustment, COLA, annuity, disability benefit, duty disability
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Administrative Regulation Review Subcommittee (5-13-25)
Transcript Highlights:
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- Staying in Public Protection Cabinet, Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, 804 KAR 4:415, with staff
- rates, but when we take on as a state that commitment, we are supposed to be looking at the best interest
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- and I just couldn't their best interest and I just couldn't let<00:30:23.200><c> this</c><00:30:23.440
Keywords:
0:16 – CALL TO ORDER
0:20 – ROLL CALL
0:56 – ELECTION OF CO-CHAIRS
1:54 – APPROVAL OF MINUTES
2:10 – OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
3:28 – PERSONNEL BOARD
4:30 – EDUCATION AND LABOR CABINET, BOARD OF EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
5:18 – PUBLIC PROTECTION CABINET, OFFICE OF CLAIMS & APPEALS
12:03 – PUBLIC PROTECTION CABINET, DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL
12:54 – CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES, DEPARTMENT FOR MEDICAID SERVICES
14:54 – CABINET FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES, DEPARTMENT FOR COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES
31:44 – NEXT MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT/ADJOURNMENT, 958, all
Summary:
The Administrative Regulation Review Subcommittee met to reorganize its leadership for the new term, renewing Representative Derek Lewis as House co-chair and Senator Steven West as Senate co-chair. The committee then approved the minutes and moved through a series of agency regulations, generally adopting staff-suggested amendments without objection.
Among the regulations reviewed were an Attorney General rule changing how a commission reviews and distributes funds and how grant reporting is handled; Personnel Board changes abolishing and renaming certain job classifications and adjusting probationary periods; an Education and Labor Cabinet rule removing references to local board of education members; several Public Protection Cabinet rules covering Board of Claims and Crime Victims’ Compensation procedures; an Alcoholic Beverage Control rule on direct-to-consumer shipping forms; and a Medicaid Services emergency regulation establishing the Kentucky Trauma Hospital Rate Improvement Program for rural hospitals serving many Medicaid patients. The committee also heard that the Board of Claims and Crime Victims’ Compensation regulations included both staff and, in one case, an agency amendment, which were approved.
The most extended discussion came on the Department for Community Based Services’ regulation increasing per diem rates for private child-placing therapeutic foster care levels 2 and 3. Committee members questioned the estimated $10 million biennial cost, the source of the funding, and why the cabinet had not yet filed regulations implementing Senate Bill 151 on kinship care. DCBS staff said the rate increase was discretionary and intended to address placement crises for children with high needs, while acknowledging they could not personally explain the budget decisions. A kinship caregiver testified in support of the rate increase but urged the cabinet to also implement SB 151 and expand support for kinship families. The committee expressed frustration over the lack of SB 151 implementation but stated the rate increase itself was appropriate and allowed the regulation to proceed.
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- I was going to allow him to do that, but we learned we had the public hearing last Wednesday.
- There has been a public hearing.
- We will vote on this at the end of the public hearing, but there has been a public hearing called.
- We do this through research, public awareness, and advocacy.
Committee:
House Health
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Pensions, Investments & Financial Services Mar 24th, 2025
Pensions, Investments & Financial Services
Transcript Highlights:
- So in other words, interest rate markets change, and as a result, interest rates have lowered.
- interest rate.
- It makes the interest savings as...
- Great interest there, but that, that is a little... loan interest has grown, but the interest that's
- I'm the Vice President of Public Policy.
Keywords:
local governments, anticipation notes, certificates of obligation, public works, flood control, financial management, local government, municipal financing, private activity bonds, closing definition, real estate finance, bond issuance, government regulation, bond election, general obligation bonds, GO bonds, political subdivision, city bonds, county bonds, school district bonds
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 3/3/25
Transportation Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
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- </c><01:26:58.239><c> benefits</c> economic social and public benefits economic social and public benefits
- EDI are public private Partnerships that EDI are public private Partnerships that are<01:30:41.280><c
- </c> economic and public economic and public benefits<01:30:53.239><c> it's</c><01:30:53.440><c> only
Committee:
House Transportation Finance and Policy
Keywords:
Minnesota income tax, dependent exemption, personal income tax, tax relief, family tax relief, children, dependents, tax deduction, tax exemption, state revenue, inflation indexing, tax year 2025, taxable income, household tax policy, family tax credit, HF268, Joshua Schmidt Memorial Highway, memorial highway, highway naming, road designation
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- We are home to the first independent school district, Senator Creighton, the first independent public
- As our state's two public national universities recognized by the American Association of Universities
- , UT Austin and A&M consistently are ranked among the best public universities in the nation.
- Because much of the efforts of the philanthropic sector go to fix problems that that our public policy
Keywords:
teacher compensation, education funding, public school educators, teacher retention, teacher designation, lottery, gambling, internet gaming, mobile application, criminal offenses, aquifer, water management, Edwards Aquifer, sustainability, regulatory framework, SB 565, Texas Water Code, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, compliance agreement
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- the country. this state, and just as Senator Perry is bringing soon a discipline bill. for Texas public
- schools, but Do our teachers always realize those historic increases in public education?
- That is part of the $8.5 billion package of new money for public schools.
- I too am very interested in their liability insurance.
- Committee substitute Senate Bill 26. to public education including the rights and compensation of public
Keywords:
teacher compensation, education funding, public school educators, teacher retention, teacher designation, lottery, gambling, internet gaming, mobile application, criminal offenses, aquifer, water management, Edwards Aquifer, sustainability, regulatory framework, SB 565, Texas Water Code, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, compliance agreement
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Session (Part II): Joint Session Feb 26th, 2025
Texas Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I want to thank Senator Joan Huffman for her leadership on this vital issue of public safety.
- Even as inflation has skyrocketed, and as salaries for qualified lawyers have in the private and public
- the opposition comes from a desire to protect lawyers from economic competition... that I'm not interested
- carry no more weight than those of the ACLU. or the Federalist Society, or any other opinionated interest
- But the State Bar of Texas is a public organization, and every lawyer in Texas is compelled. to join.
Keywords:
teacher compensation, education funding, public school educators, teacher retention, teacher designation, lottery, gambling, internet gaming, mobile application, criminal offenses, aquifer, water management, Edwards Aquifer, sustainability, regulatory framework, SB 565, Texas Water Code, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, compliance agreement
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs Feb 24th, 2025
Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- At this time we'll open up public. But I don't do it. I'm sure the crooks are caught.
- At this time, public testimony on Senate Bill 503 is closed.
- Hearing and seeing none, public testimony is now closed on Senate Bill 565.
- Ian Gretsch here for the Public Utility Commission in Texas. Thank you, Mr.
- for or against Senate Bill 740, there being non-public testimonies.
Committee:
Senate Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Keywords:
hunting license, fishing license, donation, operation game thief fund, wildlife conservation, livestock, electronic registry, marks and brands, Texas Animal Health Commission, animal identification, SB 565, Texas Water Code, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, compliance agreement, enforcement suspension, utility consolidation, regionalization, water supply, sewer
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Water and Agriculture and Rural Affairs convened under the leadership of Chairman Kelly Hancock, who opened the meeting with a prayer in remembrance of Chairman Perry, who was absent due to a personal loss. The session focused on the discussions surrounding SB384, which aims to support the longstanding initiative known as Operation Game Thief. Senator Flores presented the bill, emphasizing its essential role in the fight against poaching through public support. The operation has a successful track record of convictions but is currently dependent on donations and merchandise sales for funding. The committee aimed to vote on multiple bills during this session, contingent on achieving a quorum. Notably, discussions also revolved around fiscal notes on two bills that were set aside for later consideration, indicating the committee's intention to carefully manage their legislative decisions. The meeting showcased a productive atmosphere, with committee members actively engaged in the review and potential advancement of key legislative measures.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 2/12/25
Children and Families Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
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Keywords:
parent's bill of rights, parental rights, minor consent, minors, parents, guardians, education rights, school records, home schooling, charter school, private school, health care consent, medical privacy, patient records, exam room access, biometric data, DNA samples, blood samples, mental health, physical health
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> >> Seeing none, we'll move on to public >> Seeing none, we'll move on to public testimony
- I'd We'll move on to public testimony.
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- </c> we'll close public testimony committee. we'll close public testimony committee.
- All right, we'll move on to public comment. Is there any public comment in the room?
Committee:
House Education
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- So I find that very interesting.
- What's your pleasure public testimony.
- So secondary public school in the state.
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- Uh and I would definitely for uh public.
Committee:
Senate Education
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- It expands current law, which only applies to public agency contracts, to also cover private contracts
- I think this is good public policy. Thank you very much. Are there any questions of the sponsor?
- Seeing absolutely no interest at all, we will not have debate.
Committee:
Senate Commerce and Tourism
Keywords:
professional services, design professionals, contracting parties, indemnification, public policy, caller identification, telecommunications, fraud prevention, STIR/SHAKEN, telecom regulations, call blocking, consumer protection, motor vehicle, franchise, dealership, distribution, licensee, successor, franchise agreement
Summary:
The Commerce and Tourism Committee met with all members present and took up three bills. On Senate Bill 1562, as amended by a strike-all, Senator Trumbull explained that the measure would apply only to new vehicle brands and would limit any one dealer or dealer group to no more than one-third of statewide sales after a brand reaches 1,000 vehicles in Florida, with the stated goal of promoting competition and preventing manufacturers from concentrating sales through a single dealer. The committee adopted the amendment and then reported the bill favorably. Senator Smith later asked to be recorded in the negative on this bill, and Senator Yarbrough asked to be recorded in the affirmative on SB 1562 and SB 888.
The committee then heard Senate Bill 888 by Senator Martin, which would limit professional services contracts for architects, engineers, surveyors, and landscape architects so they are liable only for their own negligence or that of those under their supervision, extend those protections from public to private contracts, void broader indemnity clauses, require a professional standard of care, and prohibit additional-insured requirements. There was no debate or opposition, and the bill was reported favorably.
Finally, Senator Garcia presented Senate Bill 1516 on caller identification information, citing the volume of robocalls and fraud losses among older adults. The bill would prohibit misleading caller ID practices, require telecommunications companies to provide accurate originating number and location information, create penalties for violations, and require STIR/SHAKEN authentication or a comparable framework. Two appearance forms were filed in support from the Elder Law Section of The Florida Bar and AARP, and Senator Smith voiced support during debate. The committee reported the bill favorably. The meeting concluded with closing remarks and adjournment.
NM
Committee:
Senate Senate Judiciary
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- The child could not wear a mask in public; it was unable for him to do it.
- We've seen in the past what masking can help in the public.
- , that's what I'm talking about—just safety of the public.
- And by the way, we try to do things of this body in public so that the public can understand the issue
- Otherwise, it belongs back to the public from which it was taken.
Committee:
House Regulatory Oversight
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Education Policy Committee Apr 16th, 2025
Education Policy
Committee:
House Education Policy
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- If there are no further questions, we will proceed to public testimony.
- The substitute focuses on keeping those venues fully public.
- We do have public attendance currently.
- But a MUD is like a city; it's a public... what's the word?
- Is accessible to the general public and is free of charge.
Committee:
House Land & Resource Management