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TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part II) Jul 21st, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Look at any map, to make comments on any map.
  • Well, first I have no intention whatsoever of considering race data in any map or any hearing.
  • Those were the maps that were voted on. They were legitimate and legal maps.
  • You thought it was a legal map, not an illegal map, a legal map.
  • Legal, L-E-G-A-L, map.
NV
Transcript Highlights:
  • My students do dual language, so they're tested in English MAP and Spanish MAP, and so if we had a different
  • How does the department currently use MAP scores?
  • and really liked using MAP.
  • And that's what data is supposed to be about.
  • In 2025-2026, MAP is still the state-sponsored system, okay?
Bills: AB386
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • It is very problematic Problematic in its accuracy, but this map is based on 2020 data.
  • So let's check off: You established a House map and that's what you filed when the House map stalled
  • You established a house map and that's what you filed when the house map stalled in the house.
  • map.
  • Chairman, I find it awful, awful funny that you didn't draw a map; you just took the House map.
Summary: The Senate Special Committee on Congressional Redistricting met to lay out House Bill 4, the House companion to Senate Bill 4, and no public testimony was taken at this hearing. Senator King explained that HB 4 was based on the House’s revised congressional map, which he said made only minor changes from SB 4 while aiming to comply with law, improve Republican political performance, and keep districts compact. He noted changes affecting several districts, including moving Fort Bliss into CD 16, placing all of Navarro County into CD 6, and moving Liberty County into CD 9, and said counsel had reviewed the map and found it legally compliant. Several senators criticized the process and the substance of the map. Senators Alvarado, Miles, and Hinojosa objected that the House substitute had not been subject to a public hearing and argued that communities in Houston, El Paso, the Rio Grande Valley, and South Texas were being split or paired with unrelated areas. They also questioned the compactness of the districts and raised concerns about racial effects, including changes in Black voting-age population in CD 9 and CD 18. Senator King responded that the committee had already heard extensive testimony on redistricting, that the Senate was following its usual companion-bill process, and that he had not relied on racial data but on historical voting patterns and legal review. After debate, Senator Parker moved to report HB 4 favorably to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be ordered not printed. The committee approved the motion by a 5-3 vote, with one absent, and then recessed subject to the call of the chair.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Senate May 14th, 2026

Louisiana Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • it's our state legislative maps or our congressional maps or our judicial maps.
  • versus any other maps that was presented, which map would you say has the public...” “...other maps
  • that is more compact, a map that is more contiguous, a map that passes the eyeball test, a map that
  • This map doesn't do that. This map... ...of no party. This map doesn't do that.
  • Members, I come to you, and as a lot of my colleagues said, this map is a very fair map, a map that would
Bills: SR122, SR123, SR124, SCR12, HB940, HB221, HCR109, HCR58, HB27, HB143, HB205, HB259, HB267, HB288, HB308, HB403, HB405, HB414, HB417, HB478, HB546, HB548, HB555, HB557, HB609, HB670, HB672, HB740, HB779, HB786, HB796, HB812, HB848, HB909, HB915, HB917, HB921, HB930, HB933, HB938, HB971, HB1095, HB1096, HB1103, HB1129, HB1154, HB1166, HB1187, HB1195, HB1230, SB121, SCR22, SCR24, SB29, SB30, SB32, SB41, SB42, SB43, SB47, SB84, SB93, SB113, SB192, SB199, SB219, SB220, SB221, SB222, SB241, SB253, SB255, SB289, SB292, SB306, SB314, SB351, SB399, SB404, SB14, SB102, SB133, SB151, SB165, SB169, SB170, SB200, SB217, SB280, SB291, SB300, SB303, SB330, SB449, SB489, SB521, SB45, SB156, SB181, SB203, SB274, SB304, SB379, SB396, SB410, SB425, SB427, SB436, SB424, SCR61, SCR9, SB35, SB65, SB215, SB246, SB249, SB269, SB282, SB296, SB323, SB363, SB369, SB474, SB490, SB492, SB500, HCR31, HB296, HB299, HB322, HB364, HB519, HB535, HB538, HB568, HB571, HB622, HB635, HB676, HB772, HB784, HB1006, HB1018, HB1043, HB1070, HB1134, HB1239, HB62, HB193, HB203, HB210, HB220, HB228, HB246, HB420, HB475, HB486, HB574, HB584, HB750, HB813, HB815, HB826, HB870, HB949, HB953, HB1045, HB1092, HB1151, HB1162, HB1176, HB1177, HB1196, HB1214, HB1241, HB22, HB28, HB33, HB41, HB47, HB87, HB115, HB162, HB195, HB214, HB217, HB233, HB283, HB290, HB319, HB324, HB345, HB362, HB363, HB368, HB377, HB380, HB382, HB386, HB392, HB406, HB431, HB441, HB466, HB503, HB533, HB559, HB575, HB590, HB593, HB618, HB636, HB655, HB664, HB685, HB692, HB707, HB715, HB732, HB738, HB741, HB748, HB776, HB807, HB822, HB856, HB860, HB868, HB887, HB888, HB905, HB908, HB961, HB980, HB990, HB992, HB999, HB1000, HB1010, HB1146, HB1157, HB1233, HB1236, HB1243, HB17, HB36, HB73, HB119, HB126, HB129, HB133, HB140, HB159, HB166, HB211, HB226, HB245, HB271, HB280, HB337, HB351, HB354, HB399, HB677, HB712, HB723, HB726, HB728, HB759, HB789, HB844, HB850, HB966, HB1036, SB149, SB382, SB441, HB134, HB258, HB359, HB782
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • It is very problematic in its accuracy, but this map is based on 2020 data, and again, I haven't looked
  • at racial data myself.
  • If you look at the existing congressional map or the House and Senate map, in trying to...
  • drawn the map for more Republicans.
  • Chairman, I find it awfully funny that you didn't draw a map; you just took that House map.
Keywords: 1185, senate, all
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Joint Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs Committee, May 4, 2026 - PM

Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • GIS connects data to a map.
  • Because then you could start having mapping online and start sharing data and downloading maps and making
  • It was embarrassing for the state for publishing a map that didn't have accurate data.
  • data sources, my map is updated as well.
  • their data sources, my map is updated as well. well. well.
Keywords: 916, all
AR
Transcript Highlights:
  • map that's on the screen right now.
  • Moving on to the geographic shortage map, the left-hand map shows...
  • There's a lot of great data in here.
  • The response was that there may be some preliminary data, but final data did not appear to be available
  • The department said it has a lot of data available online in its data center, and organizations often
Keywords: 1204, all
Summary: The committee first received a presentation from Legislative Audit on Arkansas Department of Education grant distributions for fiscal year 2025. Auditors explained the report summarizes $4.6 billion in grants to school districts, charter schools, education cooperatives, and other entities, with most funding coming from the Public School Fund and federal sources. Members asked about specific recipients and programs, including ClassWallet, master principal bonuses, Economics Arkansas, and CDC surveillance grants. Department of Education staff clarified that the audit report only shows distributions, not how recipients ultimately used the money, and noted that some funding declines reflected the end of one-time federal COVID relief dollars. Senators also asked about the special-language appropriation for Economics Arkansas and the use of public school fund revenues. The committee then heard a Bureau of Legislative Research presentation on Consumer Price Index projections from Moody’s Analytics and S&P Global, followed by a detailed adequacy-study update on teacher recruitment, retention, and salaries. The teacher report covered teacher counts, education levels, experience, shortages, preparation pathways, licensure exceptions, survey results, and salary trends. Key findings included about 32,800 teachers statewide in 2025, an average retention rate of 87%, and 30% of surveyed teachers saying they were considering leaving the profession. The report also noted shortages in special education, math, science, and other areas, growth in alternative preparation pathways, and the phaseout of several licensure exceptions under Act 304 of 2025. Members asked extensively about survey methodology, teacher satisfaction, preparation for classroom environment and special education, the cost and return on investment of alternative licensure routes, and whether exit-interview data exists statewide. The presenters said they could follow up on several questions, including details on alternative programs, incentives for ESL and special education endorsements, and comparisons to other surveys. On salaries, the report said the statewide average teacher salary in 2025 was $60,254, with districts averaging slightly higher than charters. Arkansas ranked 45th nationally on average salary in 2025, though 36th when adjusted for cost of living, and average district salaries had declined 8% in inflation-adjusted terms since 2016. Members also discussed the LEARNS Act minimum salary floor of $50,000, salary disparities among districts, and whether the state should focus more on retaining experienced teachers as well as raising starting pay.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Census data.
  • Again, that is public census data; it is not racial data.
  • We've had ample opportunity, and no one has presented data or a compelling case that this map violates
  • Speaking of the map jurors, did you draw this map? Who drew the map? Senator King.
  • map.
Keywords: 1185, senate, all
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Senate May 29th, 2026

Louisiana Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Yes, I have that map.
  • "The map comes back from the House, and my understanding, from the proponents of the map, is that we
  • I know you probably have the data.
  • So these maps have been amended since your map. Is that correct? Slightly.
  • Even before SB 8, the redistricting maps that we passed in this legislature prior to SB 8, those maps
Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, received a prayer and pledge, adopted the journal, and heard messages from the House reporting final passage of several Senate bills and concurrence in SCR 86 and 87. The chamber also observed personal privileges honoring the lives of Edith K. Kirkpatrick and Susan Ann Traylor Bidick, with family members present and a moment of silence held for Bidick. The House later refused concurrence on Senate amendments to HB 42 and HB 159. The Senate then took up a series of resolutions, most of which were adopted without objection. These included studies on energy infrastructure and modernization (SR 174, amended to add an alternative energy industry representative and a consumer advocate), breast pump Medicaid reimbursement (SR 175), digital student IDs (SR 176), lethality assessment protocols in domestic violence cases (SR 177), problem gambling prevention (SR 178), community water system grading (SR 179), condolences for Sharon Courtney (SR 180), and expansion of the Louisiana Tumor Registry (SR 181). The chamber also adopted SCR 85 honoring the Sam Houston High School Broncos baseball team after a recorded vote of 36 yeas and 8 nays. On bills returned from the House, HB 1222 on grocery initiative grants failed on final passage by a vote of 18 yeas and 19 nays. SB 312 had House amendments rejected, SB 348 and SB 485 had House amendments concurred in, and SB 121 on congressional redistricting was the subject of extensive debate over racial gerrymandering, district configuration, and expected litigation before the Senate concurred in the House amendments by 28 yeas and 10 nays. The Senate also concurred in several House concurrent resolutions, including studies or reports on flooded corn and migratory waterfowl, deer hunting with dogs in Kisatchie National Forest, support for a Senator Kennedy letter to the Fish and Wildlife Service, boating safety reporting, and subsurface data review. Finally, HB 944 creating a Women’s Health Consortium within the Department of Health was amended to address funding concerns and convert it into a more task-force-like structure, then passed 37-0 with nine coauthors. The Senate then recessed until 1:30 p.m. to continue work, including conference committee reports.
TX

Texas 89th 1st C.S.

Natural Resources Aug 11th, 2025

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • This data is meant to complement the current effective flood insurance rate maps, or FIRMs, but not replace
  • For areas where no flood hazard data exists, the BLE data set may be the only source of flood risk data
  • insurance rate maps.
  • Do y'all have any data on recharge zones or mapping on recharge zones? We do.
  • Do y'all have any data on recharge zones or mapping on recharge zones? We do.
Summary: The House Committee on Natural Resources met to focus on flooding issues across Texas, with particular attention to South Texas and the recent catastrophic flooding in Central Texas. Chair Harris and Vice Chair Martinez emphasized that flooding is a statewide problem requiring continued legislative attention. The committee heard invited testimony from Hidalgo County Commissioner David Fuentes and Hidalgo County Drainage District No. 1 General Manager Raul Sassine, who described the March flood event in Hidalgo County, including more than 20 inches of rain, six deaths, over $100 million in local damage, widespread road flooding, and repeated shutdowns of Interstate 2 and its frontage roads. They argued that existing drainage systems are under capacity, that TxDOT projects must account for downstream drainage impacts, and that local governments have already invested heavily in mitigation through bonds and partnerships. Fuentes and Sassine also described the county’s long-term flood mitigation and water-reuse efforts, including the Delta region water management project, which would capture stormwater, runoff, and treated effluent, reduce flooding, and create potable water supply. They said the drainage district manages about 780 miles of channels and 1,100 acres of detention facilities, has used prior Flood Infrastructure Fund and GLO grants, and has ongoing applications for additional state and federal assistance. Members discussed the need for TxDOT coordination, emergency access on frontage roads, local “skin in the game,” and the possibility of combining flood control with aquifer recharge and water supply projects. Texas Water Development Board Executive Administrator Brian McMath then presented an overview of the state’s flood planning and funding framework, including the post-Harvey legislative changes that created the Flood Infrastructure Fund, the Texas Infrastructure Resiliency Fund, and the regional/state flood planning process. He summarized the first state flood plan adopted in 2024, noting that about one in six Texans live or work in known flood hazard areas and that regional plans identified 4,609 flood risk reduction solutions with an estimated cost of $54.5 billion. He also reviewed TWDB programs for flood grants, community assistance, flood insurance compliance, stream gauges, TexMesonet, flood mapping, and the TexasFlood.org viewer. Members asked about drainage fees, technical assistance, gauge placement, the relationship between flood maps and FEMA FIRMs, and whether flood mitigation funds could support aquifer storage and recovery or recharge projects; TWDB staff said such projects can be eligible if they include flood mitigation components, but direct technical assistance cannot be paid from Flood Infrastructure Fund dollars. The committee concluded by expressing interest in further study of combining flood mitigation with aquifer recharge, and then adjourned.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Jun 25th, 2025

Legislative Health & Human Services Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • Data that we could use.
  • But it was just, like my data, just who you, who you talk to, just qualitative data.
  • , data.
  • And I just, I think data is good and more data is better.
  • Um, de-identified data.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • And y'all voted for these maps.
  • We are pretending that the governor did not approve the very maps, the very maps he is now insisting
  • And why don't we even have a map? Where are the maps?
  • map did not violate the Voting Rights Act or the Constitution before they went forward with the map
  • In my opinion, these hearings violate our own TOMA laws because the public has not seen any data or maps
Summary: The Senate Special Committee on Congressional Redistricting held its first regional hearing, focused on South and Central Texas, including Bexar County, Travis County, and the Rio Grande Valley. After establishing a quorum, the committee adopted its rules on a 6-3 roll-call vote, with Senators Alvarado and Miles voting no. Chair Phil King explained the regional-hearing format, the use of 2020 census data, the online testimony process, and the availability of written comments and future hearings. Several members then gave opening remarks, with Republicans emphasizing public input and Democrats arguing the special session and mid-decade redistricting were unnecessary and aimed at minority districts. A major procedural issue arose over whether the committee should invite or subpoena the DOJ attorney who authored the July 7 letter that prompted the redistricting discussion. Senator Miles moved to subpoena the attorney; the motion was seconded but then set aside after the chair said the committee could not take formal action on a non-procedural matter during a regional hearing under the adopted rules. The chair said he would consult legal counsel about issuing an invitation, and members discussed the August 7 deadline referenced in the DOJ letter. The committee then moved on to public testimony. Witnesses, including Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia, law professor Ellen Katz, and Texas NAACP president Gary Bledsoe, argued that the DOJ letter misread the law and that the targeted districts were lawful opportunity or coalition districts. They said the Fifth Circuit’s Pettway decision was limited to Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and did not declare coalition districts unconstitutional, and they cited Bartlett v. Strickland as warning against intentionally dismantling effective minority districts. Garcia and Bledsoe said the hearing was politically motivated and would harm Black and Latino representation; Katz said Texas would act illegally if it followed the DOJ letter’s instructions. Members asked questions about the legal status of coalition districts, the 2021 map-drawing process, and the difference between opportunity, coalition, and crossover districts. The hearing continued with additional public witnesses, including labor representative Emily Amps, who said workers and communities of color were being harmed by the proposed redistricting effort.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee 2/25/25

Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • So the first subdivision is called foundational natural resources data and information.
  • So the first subdivision is called foundational natural resources data and information.
  • So the first subdivision is called foundational natural resources data and information.
  • So the first subdivision is called foundational natural resources data and information.
  • and dissemination of analysis mapping and dissemination of foundational<00:27:15.240> data<00
Keywords: 1183, house
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Senate and Governmental Affairs May 12th, 2026

Senate & Governmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • For just a Republican map? Yeah. To call for a 5-1 Democratic map?
  • drawing a 3-3 map.
  • standpoint, a 4-2 map gets us much closer than a 5-1 map.
  • So therefore, given that data, I think a 4-2 map under SB 407 is the only right map that we should be
  • No, this map is not an ideal... I stand with them. No, this map is not an ideal map.
Bills: SB116, SB121, SB130, SB407
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Nov 5th, 2025

Legislative Health & Human Services Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • health dashboard, and then all of the mapping, includes 157 publicly available data sets that we use
  • Different criteria and data onto that map.
  • So, what this is visualizing is where the data in the health equity map comes from.
  • Those were data analytics that are built into the health equity map.
  • The health equity map, again, is going to provide some of those same data sets that are found in our
ND

North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session

Agriculture and Water Management Committee Mar 31st, 2026 at 09:30 am

Agriculture and Water Management Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • And that data would be data from entities like the USGS, the StreamStats data, NOAA, National Weather
  • Service data, those sorts of things, or even FEMA data.
  • issued a map.
  • We looked at the maps.
  • First of all, some of the data before we get into the maps and some of the explanations there.
Keywords: 908, all
ND
Transcript Highlights:
  • would be data from entities like the USGS, the stream stats data, NOAA, National Weather Service data
  • ...was issued a map.
  • We looked at the maps.
  • First of all, some of the data before we get into the maps and some of the explanations there.
  • First of all, some of the data before we get into the maps and some of the explanations there.
Summary: The committee opened its third interim meeting with roll call, approved the November 13, 2025 minutes, and the chair reviewed prior committee work, including a denied request for a fertilizer-capacity study and a planned later discussion of the Union Pacific/Norfolk Southern merger issue. Commissioner Doug Goring then presented Department of Agriculture updates on uncrewed aerial systems grants to detect noxious weeds, the state’s irrigation potential, the low-carbon fuels program for ethanol plants, the Environmental Impact Mitigation Fund, model zoning ordinances for animal feeding operations, and fertilizer production and supply in North Dakota. Members asked about funding sources, fertilizer storage and availability, natural gas and water needs for future fertilizer plants, and how the model zoning website would help counties and townships apply setback and odor tools. A substantial portion of the meeting focused on the Department of Water Resources’ economic analysis tool for water conveyance and flood-related projects. Dr. Dwayne Poole explained that the department is proposing changes to better account for end-of-useful-life conditions and updated hydrologic data, while still limiting the model to direct, demonstrable costs and benefits. He said the goal is to make the analysis more realistic and consistent without changing statute, and he provided examples of how project benefits could change as drains age or as rainfall and flood data evolve. Committee members and water-user representatives generally supported continued work on the proposal, while raising concerns about downstream impacts, closed-basin projects, and whether the changes would meaningfully affect project approvals. The committee then heard from John Paskowski, state engineer, on Devil’s Lake, the West End and East End outlets, and the Tolna Coulee control structure. He reviewed lake history, outlet capacities, sulfate and downstream flow limits, and explained that the control structure is intended to prevent a catastrophic uncontrolled release by slowing erosion and head cutting. Members asked about water quality trends, the length of the downstream flow constraint, and whether the Tolna Coulee area had been studied for possible natural overflow or silt buildup. The discussion emphasized ongoing flooding concerns, mitigation for affected landowners, and the need to balance outlet operations with downstream water quality and infrastructure protection.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

AEN-EEP-AGR Informational Briefing 02-24-2025

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • in Hawaiʻi that can be used along with GIS maps of pesticide use and to perform secondary data analysis
  • This required several steps to basically join the RUP data set with various data sets of tax map keys
  • set with various data sets of tax<00:40:50.920> map<00:40:51.160> keys<00:40:51.800>
  • But I didn't show you that if there were more data, it could be suggestive, and also the GIS map suggests
  • All the data that I showed you that was mapping was all 2019.
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The joint informational briefing focused on restricted use pesticides in Hawaiʻi, with Senate and House members opening the meeting and explaining that the session was intended to hear expert presentations and community concerns. Fern Holland outlined the background for the briefing, describing how restricted use pesticides differ from general-use products, why state-level regulation matters, and how community advocates have sought disclosure and protections for years. She summarized 2019 reporting data, saying a small number of users accounted for most reported use, with especially heavy application in North Central Oʻahu and on the west side of Kauaʻi. She highlighted concerns about applications near schools, homes, and coastlines, and identified 1,3-dichloropropene and metam sodium as among the heaviest-used fumigants. She also noted concerns about highly hazardous pesticides, some banned in other countries, and the lack of research on long-term combined exposure to multiple pesticides. Greg Takashima of the Hawaiʻi Department of Agriculture described the department’s pesticide program and regulatory authority under FIFRA and state law. He explained the distinction between general-use and restricted use pesticides, the certification requirements for applicators, and the department’s role in tracking RUPs from sale through use. He reviewed the branch’s functions in enforcement, education and certification, registration and technical review, and laboratory analysis, including inspections, complaint response, market surveillance, product registration, groundwater review, and outreach on drift reduction and integrated pest management. He also noted staffing and funding limitations, saying the branch lacks a toxicologist and long-term monitoring capacity, and compared Hawaiʻi’s resources to California’s much larger pesticide regulatory program. Takashima thanked the legislature for passing Act 231 the prior year and said the department supports the measure as it moves forward this session. Dr. Lee, speaking for the Hawaiʻi chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics and as a former member of the Kauaʻi Joint Fact-Finding Task Force, said pediatric guidance has shifted from focusing on acute poisoning to recognizing chronic low-level pesticide exposure as a concern. He cited AAP publications linking pesticide exposure to cancer, brain tumors, leukemia, birth outcomes, neurobehavioral effects, and asthma, and said pediatricians are now encouraged to advise families on reducing exposure and to support right-to-know measures and buffer zones around schools and public gathering places. He also described the Kauaʻi task force’s work, saying it found the west side of the island to be an unhealthy community but could not prove causation because of missing drift, geospatial, and biomarker data. No votes were taken; the meeting was informational, questions were held until after presentations, and the department expressed support for Act 231.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Education Aug 21st, 2025

Public Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • A vendor-created test, and then the MAP—I'm using MAP as a standard for all the other ones, right?
  • So, TIA has a data component, and I think you can plug multiple data streams into that, right?
  • Everybody knows MAP. Could a state use MAP to fulfill?
  • You're repping for MAP.
  • Same, but are the data? And I'll share this data because we know—I'd love to see it.
Bills: HB8
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Natural Resources Aug 11th, 2025

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • This data is meant to...
  • Complement the current effective Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) that data, but not replace it.
  • For areas where no flood hazard data exists, the BLE dataset may be the only source of flood risk data
  • Maps (FIRMs).
  • All right, do y’all have any data on recharge zones or mapping on recharge zones? We do.
Keywords: 997, house, all