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FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

House in Session Apr 25th, 2025

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • FINALLY, ALL TOURIST DEVELOPMENT COUNCILS ARE DISSOLVED DECEMBER FIRST, 2025.
  • AND THE CORPORATE INCOME TAX BASE ADOPTS The current Internal Revenue Code for state corporate income
  • In the Tampa Bay area, where I am from, our local council has nine billion dollars in impact, Pleasant
  • Members, I represent three communities whose tourism development councils have different charges.
  • Each of our councils works very hard to inform visitors of the importance of visiting our part of the
Bills: HB 118, HB 388, HB 114, HB 205, HB 2789, HB 2791, HB 499, HB 2960, HB 3163, HB 3135, HB 2427, HB 1618, HB 1672, HB 1722, HB 1338, HB 787, HB 2618, HB 879, HB 1126, HB 4134, HB 3513, HB 718, HB 1536, HB 1445, HB 1640, HB 1893, HB 1734, HB 3229, HB 3306, HB 1276, HB 3272, HB 3276, HB 3516, HB 4145, HB 1585, HB 4810, HB 2989, HB 2558, HB 3014, HB 2742, HB 1695, HB 29, HB 125, HB 145, HB 171, HB 255, HB 50, HB 363, HB 116, HB 491, HB 1495, HB 368, HB 1285, HB 1905, HB 2002, HB 917, HB 2723, HB 2067, HB 1238, HB 745, HB 1188, HB 1606, HB 2003, HB 2147, HB 2355, HB 2546, HB 2495, HB 2818, HB 2249, HB 3228, HB 3240, HB 1507, HB 658, HB 1748, HB 1851, HB 1922, HB 2798, HB 107, HB 1587, HB 3684, HB 118, HB 388, HB 114, HB 205, HB 2789, HB 2791, HB 499, HB 2960, HB 3163, HB 3135, HB 2427, HB 1618, HB 1672, HB 1722, HB 1338, HB 787, HB 2618, HB 879, HB 1126, HB 4134, HB 3513, HB 718, HB 1536, HB 1445, HB 1640, HB 1893, HB 1734, HB 3229, HB 3306, HB 1276, HB 3272, HB 3276, HB 3516, HB 4145, HB 1585, HB 4810, HB 2989, HB 2558, HB 3014, HB 2742, HB 1695, HB 609, HB 630, HB 420, HB 767, HB 1708, HB 1404, HB 2457, HB 140, HB 227, HB 913, HB 2198, HB 2763, HB 1261, HB 1135, HB 1318, HB 2358, HB 2765, HB 2735, HB 3307, HB 1242, HB 2842, HB 333, HB 201, HB 694, HB 2415, HB 155, HB 272, HB 405, HB 519, HB 1136, HB 1275, HB 1437, HB 1532, HB 1675, HB 1868, HB 1888, HB 1990, HB 2286, HB 2523, HB 3129, HB 3251, HB 3354, HB 3479, HB 3803, HB 3804, HB 3805, HB 3806, HB 3887, HB 4163, HB 4238, HB 1240, HB 1842, HB 2029, HB 2622, HB 3255, HB 654, HB 4643, HB 4945, HB 3611, HB 3724, HB 3623, HB 3810, HB 4127, HCR 78, HCR 12, SB 767
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Apr 25th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • entered, including his. time in public service, where he contributed to my office as a legislative intern
  • Members this cleans up and updates the Health and Human Services Code.
  • That essentially takes away the old category out of the family code for voluntary termination. of Permanent
  • Geothermal Energy Production Policy Council. Chair is Mr. Guerra. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
  • Relating to the collection of fees and refunds of under chapter 1060, 1006. 6 of the Transportation Code
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs Mar 10th, 2025

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • mandatory and voluntary reporting is subject to open records disclosure as outlined in Government Code
  • We are the nation's largest chapter in the nation, an international organization.
  • As you know, the water, the Texas water code, any water in a Texas water course, is property of the state
  • As I understand it from the Commissioner, Maria Elena Geiner, she's with the International...
  • PUB produces the water for the International Port of Brownsville, including the $18 billion LNG. plant
Bills: SCR13, SB1248
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs Mar 10th, 2025

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • data from mandatory and voluntary reporting, is subject to open records disclosure under Government Code
  • He said the chapter has almost 1,000 members and is the nation's largest chapter of an international
  • I appreciate the opportunity to lay out SCR 13, which urges the State Department and the International
  • Secondly, as I understand it from Commissioner Maria Elena Geiner, she's with the International Boundary
  • Brownsville PUB produces the water for the international port of Brownsville, including the $18 billion
Bills: SCR13, SB1248
Summary: The Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs met without a quorum at first, then later established quorum and proceeded with testimony and votes. Senate Bill 1248, by Chair Perry, was explained as a narrow Open Records Act exception to protect harvest report location data collected through Texas Parks and Wildlife’s digital tagging system. Support testimony came from Matt Wagner of the Texas Chapter of The Wildlife Society, who said the bill would protect private land and sensitive biological information while preserving useful wildlife data. No one testified against the bill, and it was left pending until later in the meeting. The committee then heard Senate Concurrent Resolution 13, which urges the State Department and the International Boundary and Water Commission to press Mexico to comply with the 1944 Water Treaty and deliver its share of Rio Grande water. Senator Hinojosa, farmers, municipal officials, and other witnesses described severe water shortages in South Texas, low reservoir levels, crop losses, the closure of the Valley sugar industry, and the need for alternative supplies such as desalination, reuse, and drainage-runoff projects. Members also discussed treaty enforcement, regional drought, and the role of cartels and Mexican water storage, while emphasizing that Texas must also invest in its own water infrastructure. The committee also considered Senate Bill 740, which the committee substitute amended to require the Public Utility Commission to adopt a standardized application form for system improvement charges and complete related rulemaking by September 1, 2026, applying only to applications filed on or after that date. Members discussed concerns about water wholesalers using the process to delay cases and drive up costs, and the need for more transparency and PUC resources. The committee voted to adopt the substitute and report SB 740 favorably. After returning to the earlier items, the committee voted SB 1248 out favorably and recommended it for the local and uncontested calendar, and voted SCR 13 out favorably as well. The committee then recessed subject to the call of the chair.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/27/2026 - Senate Natural Resources

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • The idea probably does touch throughout Title 45; the groundwater code is written all throughout, so
  • Chair and members, Senate Bill 1198 continues the Arizona Beef Council. Mr.
  • Chair and members, Senate Bill 1198 continues the Arizona Beef Council for eight years until July 1,
  • Tell us with the beef council. You did a good job at the course to come on up.
  • , and you all heard our update and explanation of what the council is a few weeks ago for the committee
Summary: The Senate Natural Resources Committee approved the January 13, 2026 minutes and held Senate Bills 1041 and 11676 by request for further review. The committee then heard Senate Bill 1197, which would allow irrigation grandfather rights and associated water duty in subsequent active management areas (AMAs) to be sold, leased, or transferred within the same AMA. The sponsor said the bill is intended to help wineries and other farmers in the Wilcox and Douglas areas adjust fields and expand while staying within existing water limits. Opposition testimony from Sierra Club and Rural Arizona Action argued the bill could increase groundwater pumping unless it includes stronger safeguards, such as a net reduction in water use and clearer ties to AMA management goals. The City of Wilcox and the Department of Water Resources were neutral but said the bill needs more work on consistency, oversight, and transparency. The committee passed SB 1197 on a 4-3 vote, with one member not voting. The committee then unanimously passed Senate Bill 1198, which continues the Arizona Beef Council for eight years until July 1, 2034. Testimony from the council’s executive director was supportive, and members discussed the importance of the beef industry and the value of longer continuation periods for agency review. Senate Bill 1199, which continues the Arizona State Veterinary Examining Board for eight years until July 1, 2034, also passed unanimously. Members used the discussion to raise broader concerns about the shortage of rural and large-animal veterinarians and the need for future funding and workforce support. Finally, the committee considered Senate Concurrent Memorial 1004, urging Congress to clarify the EPA’s powers and end what the sponsor described as regulatory overreach. Supporters framed it as a request for Congress to fix unclear federal law, while opponents said it would weaken science-based environmental protections and deny climate and public health realities. The memorial passed 4-3 with one not voting. The committee then adjourned.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Public Health Apr 21st, 2025

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate Bill 922 is Senator Hancock's bill, which amends the Occupations Code to enhance the disclosure
  • That itemized statement had to have the billing codes, a plain-language description, and the prices on
  • The council shall create...
  • It's an affiliate of the Texas Council of Child Welfare Boards.
  • On behalf of the internal medicine hospitalists.
Bills: HB216
Summary: The Committee on Public Health met with a quorum and heard public testimony on a long agenda, with members repeatedly reminded of a two-minute limit for witnesses. Several bills were voted out favorably, including HB 2588 on cottage food, HB 1639 on cancer incidence and female firefighters, HB 2581 on a reporting form for contracted services for pregnant women, and SB 922 on electronic disclosure of certain sensitive medical information. Those measures generally passed on party-line or near-unanimous votes, while HB 216 on itemized medical statements was left pending after the committee substitute was withdrawn. The committee also left pending HB 5141, HB 4638, HB 2035, HB 4813, HB 2264, HB 4014, and HB 3829 after hearing testimony and questions. The final item introduced in the excerpt was HB 4408 on health care market transparency and corporate consolidation, but the discussion was cut off before testimony or action was completed. A major theme of the hearing was mental health diversion and access to treatment. HB 5141, by Rep. Howard, would allow Travis County to use vacated Austin State Hospital property for a local mental health jail diversion center; law enforcement, the Travis County sheriff, county judge, and urban counties group all testified in support, describing the lack of alternatives for people in crisis and the burden on jails and emergency rooms. Members asked about eligible offenses, bed capacity, and whether the facility would serve only Travis County, and the bill was left pending. HB 2264, by Rep. Schoolcraft, would create a friends-and-family form for loved ones to provide information to providers during emergency mental health treatment; NAMI and hospital groups supported it, while one neutral witness and several members raised concerns about patient control, credibility of information, and liability protections. The bill was also left pending. The committee also heard multiple psychedelic-therapy and drug-policy bills. HB 4813 would speed Texas rescheduling of Schedule I substances if the FDA reclassifies them, with testimony focused on psilocybin and MDMA and their potential use for PTSD and depression; members questioned whether the bill was too broad and how state rescheduling works, and it was left pending. HB 4014 would direct HHSC to study psychedelic therapies, building on prior state research, and witnesses said Texas should prepare regulatory and clinical infrastructure before FDA approval; it too was left pending. HB 2035 would require parents to be informed that they may seek substance-use treatment for a child even if one facility turns them away, prompted by a constituent’s account of a fatal fentanyl overdose after receiving incorrect advice; it was left pending. HB 4638 would extend and expand the Texas Pharmaceutical Initiative board and timeline, with the author saying the program is still in early implementation and needs more time, and it was left pending as well. Other bills addressed public health administration and animal welfare. HB 3829 would require a study of the animal-friendly account and its grant process for spay/neuter funding, with the author arguing that the current application and reimbursement process is too burdensome for shelters and nonprofits; no opposition was heard and the bill was left pending. HB 2581 and HB 1639 were reported favorably, while HB 216 drew discussion about enforcement of itemized medical billing and was held after the committee substitute was withdrawn. Throughout the hearing, members also discussed broader concerns about homelessness, competency restoration waitlists, jail overcrowding, and the need for more treatment options outside the criminal justice system.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Current Texas education code requires every school district to establish a school health advisory council
  • The School Health Advisory Council should be guided by parents first.
  • To close, this bill simply reaffirms the purpose of the school health advisory councils. advisory council
  • We want parents in the district to be the voice of this council.
  • Nothing, it's just a legislative council draft of what we filed.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • specifically. apply to school districts classified as high-wealth under Chapter 49 of the Texas Education Code
  • recapture and located in first or second tier coastal counties, as defined by the Texas Insurance Code
  • resistant windows, reinforced roofing, and other structural features that are required under local estate code
  • It appears, in my mind, that understanding was affected due to the legislative amendment to the code
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Transportation Apr 3rd, 2025 at 10:00 am

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • And then they have my favorite, my most favorite century code back in there that we killed on 1250 and
Bills: HB1053
Summary: The committee took up House Bill 1298 and first discussed an amendment from Senator Paulson that would add variable electronic speed limit signs to the bill while leaving the 80-mile-an-hour provision unchanged. Members said the signs would be used on interstates I-29 and I-94 in selected problem areas, based on weather or accident conditions, and that the proposal would not require a fiscal note. The discussion then broadened to Senator Rummel’s concerns about related bills, especially 2243, 1250, and 1229. He argued that the House changes were removing municipal authority to double fines, lowering or eliminating points for serious traffic violations, and undoing prior Senate positions. Several members said they were willing to use HB 1298 as the vehicle to restore the earlier fine and point provisions, including the 29 violations previously assigned three points, and to avoid concurring with the House versions. Members did not take final action on the amendments or the bill. Instead, they agreed more work was needed and asked Legislative Council to prepare a combined amendment and options for the next meeting. The committee recessed and scheduled further discussion for the next morning.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Natural Resources Mar 12th, 2025

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • writing to receive a committee substitute, I am waiting to receive a committee substitute from Ledge council
  • may hear testimony claiming this bill's requirements are more stringent than requirements in this code
  • They also informed me that it is a water district's bond council, not the water district itself that
  • uh, tasks and their, uh, actions, uh, on the record, uh, just like we're put on the record, city councils
  • I know we're affecting a couple of different chapters of Water code.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Natural Resources Mar 12th, 2025

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • E-City Council, Emergency Services District, and other taxing entities must hold their meetings within
  • They're not exciting at least with City Council.
  • actually with it because I mean I know some of these muds are very residential so internal is.
  • Internal can be challenging. It's harder than.
  • back to 2021 a rural desk district was defined definition was added to chapter 49062 of the water code
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Natural Resources Mar 12th, 2025

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • writing to receive a committee substitute, I am waiting. to receive a committee substitute from Ledge Council
  • You may hear testimony claiming this bill's required and so are more. than requirements in this code
  • District's Bond Council, not the Water District itself that makes such communications as you can imagine
  • We're affecting a couple of different chapters of water code.
  • I'm I pulled up the the government code just to see you know What other provisions are there that may
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Transportation Mar 27th, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Of the Texas Transportation Code.
  • For the record, Luis Bazan, director for International Bridge City of F.
  • Like all international ports of entry, time is money.
  • Now, um, are you all designated a tier one international port bridge?
  • So, unlike other international ports, you do not operate 24 hours.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Transportation Mar 27th, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Like all international ports of entry, time is money.
  • International Bridge. Members, any questions for Mr. Bazan? Thank you, Madam Chairwoman.
  • So this particular international bridge that you're asking for the...
  • On a non-24 hour international port? On a non-24 hour. And you don't work on the weekends?
  • Is the international port open? No, we're open. Yes, so the bridge is open on the weekends.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Transportation Mar 27th, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • So House Bill 2270 amends the Transportation Code to prohibit the disclosure of personally identifiable
  • agency as needed within the scope of their duties. a collision with a pedestrian in the section of code
  • I think that if you're an arresting agency... under the Transportation Code, the disclosure of those
  • criminal records is likely preempted by this code section.
  • mug shot and their name disclosed in the criminal records, I believe that will be preempted by this code