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CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • off the Santa Barbara coast with the Sable pipeline.
  • And as Sonia said, our current authorities were just never used in this way.
  • Any questions from the author? Well, thank you.
  • I think as long as the author is happy with this, I think that we're happy.
  • Water Authority, the Chamber of Commerce, and others.
Keywords: 987, senate, all
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Jun 1st, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This resolution authorizes technical corrections to SB2268.
  • So again, the FAA has authority over that, but as a...
  • It upends statutory authority we have with open beaches.
  • How hard I know myself and the chairman, the author.
  • They have no authority to do any of these things.
Bills: HCR158, HCR159, HCR160, HCR161, HCR162, HCR163, HCR164, HR174, HR427, HR790, HR810, HR857, HR866, HR882, HR883, HR962, HR966, HR1001, HR1045, HR1085, HR1097, HR1127, HR1138, HR1141, HR1150, HR1152, HR1292, HR1296, HR1304, HR1305, HR1306, HR1308, HR1309, HR1310, HR1311, HR1312, HR1313, HR1315, HR1317, HR1318, HR1320, HR1321, HR1322, HR1323, HR1324, HR1325, HR1327, HR1328, HR1329, HR1330, HR1331, HR1332, HR1333, HR1334, HR1335, HR1338, HR1340, HR1341, HR1342, HR1343, HR1344, HR1345, HR1346, HR1347, HR1348, HR1349, HR1352, HR1353, HR1354, HR1355, HR1358, HR1359, HR1360, HR1361, HR1362, HR1363, HR1364, HR1365, HR1366, HR1368, HR1369, HR1370, HR1380, HR1383, HR1384, HR1385, HR1386, HR1387, HR1388, HR1389, HR1390, HR1392, HR1393, HR1396, HR1397, HR1398, HR1399, HR1400, HR1402, HR1403, HR1404, HR1405, HR1406, HR1407, HR1408, HR1409, HR1410, HR1411, HR1412, HR1413, HR1414, HR1415, HR1417, HR1418, HR1419, HR1420, HR1421, HR1422, HR1424, HR1425, HR1426, HR1427, HR1428, HR1429, HR1430, HR1431, HR1432, HR1433, HR1434, HR1435, HR1436, HR1437, HR1438, HR1440, HR1441, HR1442, HR1443, HR1444, HR1445, HR1447, HR1448, HR1449, HR1450, HR1452, HR1453, HR1454, HR1455, HR1456, HR1458, HR1459, HR1460, HR1461, HR1462, HR1463, HR1464, HR1465, HR1466, HR1467, HR1469, HR1470, HR1471, HR1472, HR1473, HR1475, HR1477, HCR132, HCR154, HR17, HR49, HR170, HR275, HR355, HR356, HR364, HR369, HR672, HR690, HR755, HR756, HR759, HR762, HR763, HR781, HR785, HR848, HR1240, HR1265, HR1303, HR1307, HR1314, HR1316, HR1319, HR1326, HR1336, HR1337, HR1350, HR1351, HR1367, HR1371, HR1372, HR1373, HR1374, HR1375, HR1376, HR1377, HR1378, HR1379, HR1382, HR1391, HR1395, HR1451, HR1457, HR1468, HR1474, HR1476, SB1637, SB2878, HB2885, HB2017, HB5246, SB8, SB2308, SB1405, HB 119, SB3059, SB15, SB568, SB2900, HB3642, HB3909, SB268, HB493, SB2217, HB2516, SB650, HB2963, SB1610, HB705, SB2972, SB1540, HB40, SB2753, SB1660, SB2024, HB1545, HB46
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session Apr 9th, 2026

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Frank White, author of the book Overview Effect, wrote that astronauts who leave Earth generally come
  • We have an author presenting a bill. File item number 97, AB 2180 by Assembly Member Ward.
  • moving on from the County Board of Supervisors, Rod was appointed to the California High-Speed Rail Authority
  • Diridon Station in my district is slated to become one of the most significant transit hubs on the West Coast
  • . ...slated to become one of the most significant transit hubs on the West Coast in the years ahead when
Summary: The California Assembly met in session, established a quorum, and opened with a reflection and pledge. The body handled routine procedural business, including dispensing with the journal reading, suspending rules for guest introductions and adjournment memories, and re-referring several bills to different committees. Members also introduced guests, including district staff, the Citrus Heights leadership class, and Rosie Rios, chair of America 250. The main floor debate centered on AB 2180 by Assembly Member Ward, a local government finance measure related to water rates and Proposition 218. Ward argued the bill would provide clearer legal standards for proportional water rates, reduce litigation, and prevent low-use customers from subsidizing high-use users. Assembly Member DeMaio opposed the bill, saying it would weaken taxpayer protections and allow overcharging. After debate, the Assembly passed AB 2180 on a roll call vote of 41-17. The Assembly then adopted the second-day consent calendar, with AB 1853 and several other bills and resolutions passing 52-0. The chamber also held adjournment-in-memory tributes for former Santa Clara County Supervisor Rod Diridon Sr., praising his public service and transit advocacy. The session ended with announcements and adjournment until Monday, April 13 at 1 p.m.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session Apr 9th, 2026

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Frank White, author of the book *Overview Effect*, wrote that astronauts who leave Earth generally come
  • We have an author presenting a bill. File item number 97, AB 2180 by Assembly Member Ward.
  • moving on from the County Board of Supervisors, Rod was appointed to the California High-Speed Rail Authority
  • Diridon Station in my district is slated to become one of the most significant transit hubs on the West Coast
  • . ...slated to become one of the most significant transit hubs on the West Coast in the years ahead when
Keywords: 988, house, all
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Agriculture Committee Mar 25th, 2026

Agriculture

Transcript Highlights:
  • We're working with the author.
  • We're working with the author.
  • I'd be added as a co-author. Thanks. We'd be honored to have you as a co-author. You know me.
  • We'll add you as a co-author.
  • I have a couple that I'm authorized to speak for.
Keywords: 988, house, all
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Agriculture Committee Mar 25th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • Now we'll move on to our next author. Now we'll move on to our next author.
  • We're working with the author.
  • We're working with the author.
  • I'd be added as a co-author. Thanks. We'd be honored to have you as a co-author. You know me.
  • We'll add you as a co-author.
Summary: The Committee on Agriculture met and heard a full agenda of bills, beginning with AB 1674, which would create a Food Desert Elimination Grant Program and require grocery-store capacity to be preserved or mitigated in certain housing developments. The author and local residents from Sunnyvale testified in support, describing the loss of neighborhood grocery stores and the impact on seniors and low-income families. Business and building groups opposed or opposed unless amended, arguing the bill could add costs and create housing barriers, especially in Section 3. The committee discussed rural and urban food-access differences, and the bill passed the committee 5-0 and was re-referred to Housing and Community Development, with members noting continued work on amendments. The committee then approved several consent items and heard AB 2264, which would allow district agricultural associations to use fairgrounds property for affordable housing by extending lease terms from 55 to 99 years. Supporters said it would unlock underused public land without displacing neighborhoods, and the bill passed to Housing and Community Development. AB 269, the “Fair Act,” would provide a targeted sales and use tax exemption to spur development projects on fairgrounds; it drew broad support from members and fair association testimony and passed to Revenue and Taxation. AB 2143, which would prohibit online marketplaces from accepting payment for noxious weeds shipped into California, received strong support from academic and agricultural witnesses and passed to Privacy and Consumer Protection. The committee also heard AB 1731, creating the California Healthy Food Procurement Fund and an approved-vendor program to connect schools with California farmers. School nutrition, farm, and food-policy advocates supported the bill as a way to reduce procurement barriers and expand local food in school meals; it passed to Appropriations. Finally, AB 1848 would raise seed-law fees to fund inspection and enforcement of California’s seed regulations; the California Seed Association supported the increase, and the bill passed to Appropriations. The meeting concluded with roll calls on absent members and adjournment at 2:53 p.m.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/15/2026 - House Floor Session

Arizona House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Curtin spent time on both coasts of the country.
  • Curtin spent time on both coasts of the country and was educated in the Northeast, the West Coast, and
  • HB 2250, Prior Authorizations. Health and Human Services. HB 2251, Midwives Advisory Committee.
  • HB 2270, county sale authority. HB 2269, TPT exemption. Ways and Means.
  • HB 2270, county sale authority. Public Safety and Law Enforcement.
Keywords: 1182, all
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

2026 Legislative Session - Day Thirty Six - Wednesday, March 11

Missouri House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • to coast, forty-seven other states have figured this out.
  • to coast, 47 other states have figured this out.
  • And also we give authority to the chief election authority where we're trying to make sure that the courts
  • There is nowhere in the RSMo wherein the courts have the authority to override and usurp the power of
  • We're not taking away from the court's authority.
Keywords: 959, house, all
Summary: The House convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, then approved the House Journal for the 35th day by a 115-1 roll call vote. Members spent much of the opening portion introducing a large number of special guests and visiting groups, including university alumni and students, ambulance and first responder personnel, hospice and behavioral health advocates, public administrators, educators, transportation stakeholders, and other community leaders recognized for service or advocacy work. The chamber then received committee reports recommending passage of several measures, including House Bills 1625, 2383, 3035, 3205, and Senate Bill 888, along with committee substitutes for some of those bills. The House proceeded to third reading and passage on a long series of bills. Among the major measures were HB 2774, a fuel-source bill limiting state and local governments from dictating bids or purchases based solely on fuel source, which passed 138-5; HB 2383, addressing copper theft and related telecommunications equipment crimes, which passed 130-5; and HB 3205, regulating litigation funding and requiring disclosures, which passed 144-1. Several bills drew extended debate. A combined bill on statutes of limitation and child sexual abuse claims, House Committee Substitute for HBs 1664, 1610, 1645, and 2182, passed 98-12 with 39 present after members debated both the abuse-related provisions and a separate reduction in the personal injury statute of limitations. HB 3146, dealing with ballot summary statements and the initiative petition process, passed 90-55 after sharp disagreement over whether it protected voters or undermined judicial review. Other measures passed with broad support, including HB 2146 on hospital investment options (143-1), HB 1756 establishing June’s Week to recognize rare pediatric diseases and families affected by them, HB 1783 on public health contracting (138-6), HB 2099 on expedited removal of squatters (136-1), HB 2896 loosening residency restrictions for university board appointments (111-17), HB 2505/2044 giving grandparents priority in certain custody cases (144-0), HB 1625 increasing penalties for drug trafficking (137-2), HB 2302 removing barriers to employment for people leaving incarceration (142-0), HB 3035 setting depreciation rules for vehicle tax valuation (100-43), HB 1870 updating debt collection and garnishment laws (137-9), HB 2335 giving school districts more flexibility over teacher training schedules (146-2), and HB 1827 allowing occupational therapists to certify disabled parking credentials (145-0).
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

FL House Floor Session - 2026-04-29 (10:00AM Session)

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Empower them, Lord, not merely with authority, but with godly convictions.
  • Don't we also have the constitutional authority? Senate to adopt this map.
  • There's no districts that go from the east coast to the west coast. So how is that compact?
  • There's no districts that go from the east coast to the west coast. So how is that compact?
  • It is now in our hands, and we have the authority to accept it, to reject it, or to amend it.
Keywords: 998, house, all
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets Jan 13th, 2026

Joint Committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets

Transcript Highlights:
  • The bill also authorized a Connecticut River Resilient Commission.
  • And so this is $250 million in new authorization.
  • So this authorization is really to help DCR do some of the study, do some of the planning.
  • The $3 billion bond authorization is the single biggest investment.
  • That's about 38.7% of the amount authorized.
Bills: S2542
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session 02-24-2026 11:30am

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • part of national organizations that allow us to collaborate with fellow colleagues across states from coast
  • to coast to trade best practices, talk about policy, and figure out what might be applicable here in
  • with fellow colleagues across<00:03:22.000><c> states</c><00:03:22.400><c> from</c><00:03:22.640><c> coast
  • </c><00:03:22.959><c> to</c><00:03:23.120><c> coast</c><00:03:23.519><c> to</c> across states from coast
  • to coast to across states from coast to coast to trade<00:03:24.080><c> best</c><00:03:24.319><c> practices
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Housing Committee Mar 17th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chair, and thanks to the author.
  • We don't have any coast.
  • How do you reconcile the coast with? different. How do you reconcile the coast with Paradise?
  • As a co-author, I'm obviously supportive of it.
  • I want to thank the author as well.
Summary: The committee heard presentations on several bills. SB 1091, by Senator Kavayetal, would create the Community Anti-Displacement and Preservation (CAP) program within HCD to provide financing and technical support for nonprofit and local efforts to acquire unsubsidized rental housing and preserve it as affordable housing or homeownership opportunities. Supporters, including Enterprise Community Partners, the Unity Council, and several housing and tenant groups, said preservation is a fast, cost-effective way to prevent displacement and homelessness. Members discussed funding, with the author and chair noting the program is intended to be funded through housing bond legislation and would be implemented upon appropriation. The bill was moved on a due-pass motion to Judiciary and passed out of committee. SB 904, by Senator Seyarto, would codify and expand the state’s coordinated wildfire recovery response by requiring HCD and other agencies to identify permitting and code barriers after future state-of-emergency wildfires and report on ways to speed rebuilding. The author cited the faster permitting response after the Los Angeles fires compared with the Camp Fire. Some members supported the goal but raised concerns about repeated reports and the burden on smaller jurisdictions; the author said the bill is meant to avoid reinventing the wheel and to streamline recovery. The committee noted the bill is fiscal and would go to Appropriations, and it was reported out with sufficient votes. SB 1007, by Senator Menjivar, would increase transparency and limit assessment growth in homeowners associations by requiring clearer disclosure of HOA finances and violation evidence, and by replacing the current 20% annual assessment increase ceiling with a cap tied to inflation, with possible amendments still under discussion. Supporters, including consumer and homeowner advocates, said the bill would help protect homeowners from steep fee hikes and opaque budgeting. Opponents from HOA management and industry groups argued the bill could undermine reserve funding, delay maintenance, and create more special assessments, while also adding duplicative disclosure requirements. Members debated whether the bill would protect homeowners without harming HOA finances; the author said he would continue negotiations and that the bill would look different in the next committee.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Legacy Finance Committee 3/18/26

Legacy Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • , greater authority in selecting the executive director.
  • And hopefully the bill author and members can continue to deliberate.
  • And hopefully the bill author and members can continue to deliberate.
  • And hopefully the bill author and members can continue to deliberate.
  • And hopefully the bill author and members can continue to deliberate.
Bills: HF4148
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Housing Committee Mar 17th, 2026

Housing

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chair, and thanks to the author.
  • We don't have any coast.
  • We don't have any coast.
  • How do you reconcile the coast with... ...different? How do you reconcile the coast with Paradise?
  • I want to thank the author as well.
Summary: The committee first heard SB 1091, which would create the Community Anti-Displacement and Preservation Program within HCD to help nonprofit developers, community organizations, and local governments acquire unsubsidized rental housing and preserve it as affordable housing or homeownership opportunities. The author and supporters from Enterprise Community Partners, the Unity Council, and several housing and tenant groups argued that acquisition-preservation is a proven, cost-effective way to prevent displacement and homelessness. There was no opposition testimony. Members discussed funding, with the author and chair noting the bill is intended to be supported through the housing bond or other appropriations. The committee voted the bill do pass to Judiciary, with broad support and no recorded opposition. The committee then took up SB 904, which would codify and expand the wildfire rebuilding coordination and permitting streamlining used after the Los Angeles-area fires, including HCD-led review of permitting and code barriers and reporting on recovery lessons. The author said the bill is meant to speed rebuilding after future wildfire disasters and avoid repeated delays seen in places like the Camp Fire. Members raised concerns about the cost and repetition of requiring multiple agencies to produce reports after each disaster, and about e-permitting mandates for smaller jurisdictions. The author responded that the bill is meant to capture lessons from different fire contexts and that some concerns could be addressed with amendments. The bill was moved do pass to Emergency Management and was reported out with sufficient votes, though kept on call. Finally, the committee heard SB 1007, which would change HOA assessment rules by tying annual increases to inflation rather than allowing up to 20% increases, and would require clearer annual budget disclosures and evidence for fines. The author and supporters said the bill would improve transparency and protect homeowners from steep fee hikes, while opponents from community manager and HOA industry groups warned it could underfund reserves, force larger special assessments, and add duplicative paperwork. Several senators expressed support for the bill’s goals but raised concerns about the inflation cap, the need for flexibility for insurance and maintenance costs, and the visual-aid disclosure requirement. The author said amendments are forthcoming and that the bill will look different in the next committee; no final vote is reflected in the excerpt provided.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Questions for the author before we open testimony.
  • Members, any questions for the author on Senate Bill 1505?
  • Postal Service having federal authority to do so, also presents a problem.
  • I spent a lot of time with the War on Drugs at a unit in San Diego with the United States Coast Guard
  • I spent a lot of time with the War on Drugs at a unit in San Diego with the United States Coast Guard
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • has potential for grave outcomes, particularly for small clinics like many of mine on the Central Coast
  • On March 31st, 16 grantees across 22 states, including in California, one on the Central Coast where
  • share a little about what Title X means for my health care centers and our community on the Central Coast
  • I would say on the Central Coast, specifically... ...and family planning.
  • And I would say on the Central Coast, specifically, all of the work that has been done through managed
Summary: The subcommittee held an oversight hearing on federal actions affecting California’s public health and family planning systems, focusing first on the freeze to Title X family planning funds and then on broader CDC/public health grant terminations. Chair and members described the cuts as abrupt, harmful, and likely to create major gaps in disease surveillance, vaccination, contraception, STI testing, and other preventive services, while also criticizing the federal administration’s explanation that the actions were tied to DEI or civil-rights compliance. The chair thanked Attorney General Bonta for legal action and said the hearing was intended to document the real-world impacts and inform state budget responses. Witnesses from Essential Access Health, Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California, a Central Coast clinic, and other providers said California’s Title X network serves more than half a million low-income patients annually and relies on the funds for staffing, outreach, training, mobile and school-based clinics, and confidential care. They warned that the freeze has already forced reserve spending, delayed services, and could lead to layoffs, reduced hours, longer waits, and fewer appointments, especially for sexual and reproductive health care. Public comment included support for a proposed state backfill of Title X losses, with advocates emphasizing impacts on low-income, LGBTQ+, and communities of color. On the public health side, CDPH, county health officials, and local health officers testified that the CDC’s rescission of $11.4 billion in grants would affect California by an estimated $840 million and threaten lab capacity, immunization programs, health disparities work, and data systems such as CalConnect and vaccine registries. Sacramento County and others described how the grants supported outbreak response, sequencing, community vaccination clinics, and equity-focused partnerships, and said terminations had already led to canceled appointments, stopped contracts, and layoffs. Several speakers urged the Legislature to preserve and expand state “future of public health” funding and to backfill federal losses, while public commenters from HIV, immunization, labor, and county organizations echoed concerns about workforce losses and worsening health outcomes.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session May 14th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • To joyfully ask questions of the author of this bill.
  • “To ask questions of the author.” “Senator Bettencourt.”
  • These changes are not only beneficial, they're acceptable to the author.
  • Question of the author, Mr. President. Do you yield, Senator Cole?
  • Question of the author, Mr. President. Do you yield, Senator Cole? I do.
Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, offered an invocation, approved the previous day’s journal, and received a House message announcing passage of HB 4 on public school accountability and assessment. The chamber also recognized the Doctor of the Day, adopted SR 520 honoring Rosser Coke-Newton Sr. for his biography of former Governor Richard Coke, and adopted SR 518 recognizing Texas Moral Injury Awareness Day, with remarks focused on the impact of moral injury on veterans and first responders. The Senate later adopted SR 395 honoring the ninth class of Governor William P. Clements, Jr. Scholars, and several other resolutions were adopted by voice vote, including college savings awareness recognition and other member-sponsored recognitions. The body then took up several bills and resolutions on the floor. HB 3307, allowing online continuing education for arbitrators in property tax appeals, passed unanimously after suspension of the rules and the three-day rule. HB 913, renaming and reorganizing certain state hospitals, and HB 2970, governing the Gulf Coast Protection District and coastal barrier design, also passed unanimously. HJR 1 and HB 9 advanced a proposed constitutional amendment and statutory change to raise the business personal property tax exemption from $2,500 to $125,000; both measures passed, with HJR 1 receiving one no vote and HB 9 passing unanimously after a clarifying amendment. The Senate also passed HB 1151, which limits child removals and termination of parental rights based solely on parental medical treatment decisions, and HB 116, which revises grounds for involuntary termination of the parent-child relationship by removing the “O grounds” and requiring support from financially able parents whose rights were terminated. HB 1899 lowered the age for pyrotechnic operator licenses and fireworks display permits from 21 to 18. SB 1285, as amended, passed to protect bats by prohibiting entombment while preserving removal options from unoccupied spaces, and SB 2847 passed to promote innovations in core curriculum for faster bachelor’s degrees. On criminal justice, SJR 87, a proposed constitutional amendment requiring denial of bail for certain repeat violent felony offenders, passed after two floor amendments clarifying due process and representation language; Senator Eckhardt spoke against it on final passage, arguing it lacked judicial discretion and a clear-and-convincing standard. SB 3073, requiring magistrates to make written findings in certain criminal proceedings, also passed. Later, SB 128, requiring hospitals to report suspected child abuse-related information to HHSC, advanced on a divided vote, and SB 2619 and SB 2972 passed on public school accountability and expressive activities at public colleges, respectively, with Senator Eckhardt opposing SB 2972 as too restrictive on campus protest rights. The chamber also heard extended debate on HB 21, targeting “traveling” housing finance corporations and their use of tax exemptions for apartment projects, with supporters arguing it curbs abuse of the tax code and critics warning about unintended effects on affordable housing; the discussion continued with questions but no final action shown in the excerpt.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • I remain committed to working with South Coast AQMD and the air districts.
  • And with respect to the author, we remain opposed unless amended to SB 1075.
  • Lisa Tanaka, South Coast Air Quality Management District.
  • Oh, would you authorize you?
  • Oh, would you authorize you?
Summary: The committee heard a series of Senate bills on environmental, climate, recycling, wildfire, outdoor access, and clean transportation policy. SB 958 would clarify CEQA treatment of impacts tied solely to increased building height, and SB 1230 would increase penalties and create CalRecycle support tools for repeat commercial illegal dumping. SB 1341 would revise how processing fees are calculated for bag-in-a-box wine under California’s recycling program. All three measures received due-pass recommendations to Appropriations, with roll calls showing majority support and the bills left open for absent members. Members then took up SB 1300, which would create a more permanent legislative role in California’s international climate cooperation and establish a climate secretariat at UC; SB 1370, which would codify and streamline wildfire fuel-reduction permitting with added safeguards, geographic and size limits, and pesticide-related amendments; and SB 1260/1268, which would codify the Outdoors for All initiative and the Deputy Secretary for Access position at the Natural Resources Agency. Each drew support from environmental, utility, business, and local-government witnesses, while SB 1370 also drew opposition from environmental and advocacy groups concerned about reduced CEQA review and herbicide use. The committee discussed amendments at length, especially on SB 1370, and all three measures advanced with due-pass recommendations. The committee also heard SB 1213, the Clean Truck Transparency Act, requiring baseline pricing disclosure for medium- and heavy-duty zero-emission trucks tied to state incentives and directing agencies to explore alternative financing. Support came from clean-air, business, and environmental groups, and the trucking/manufacturing opposition moved to neutral after amendments; the bill advanced on a due-pass vote. Finally, SB 1075, the Clean Air Promise, sought to strengthen AB 617 implementation and clarify community emission reduction planning, but it generated substantial opposition from air districts, business groups, and others over enforceability, funding, and the distinction between formal SERPs and community L-SERPs. The author described additional pending amendments to narrow L-SERP provisions, and the bill also received a due-pass recommendation to Appropriations.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
  • , Border Authority.
  • But welcome to the New Mexico Border Authority.
  • To that end, about a year and a half ago, the border authority.
  • Like, all that is concentrated on the coasts in our country.
  • Look, the coasts have monopolized these outcomes my whole life.
MD

Maryland 2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session, 4/11/2026 #1

Maryland House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate Bill 365, Security Guard Certification Renewal Requirements.
  • The amendments authorize a state income tax rather than a deduction for certain retirement income that
  • &gt;&gt; The<00:59:20.720><c> amendments</c><00:59:21.200><c> authorize</c><00:59:21.680><c> a</c><00
  • :59:21.920><c> state</c><00:59:22.160><c> income</c> &gt;&gt; The amendments authorize a state income
  • and saying and state on the east coast and saying and showing<02:22:02.720><c> the</c><02:22:03.040>