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FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Environment and Natural Resources Feb 4th, 2025
Environment and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- Conservation Commission on derelict vessels, enforcement challenges, and the long-term vessel storage study
- Next, I'll go into our long-term stored vessel study.
- Long-term stored vessels, for the purpose of the study, were defined as vessels that were anchored or
- Not all of the 450 areas were located in the primary focus counties in the study.
- In the case of Monroe County, the study found that as much as 77% of the vessels that were removed in
Committee:
Senate Environment and Natural Resources
Summary:
The Committee on Environment and Natural Resources received a presentation from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission on derelict vessels, enforcement challenges, and a long-term stored vessel study. FWC reported about 1,040 derelict vessels currently in its database, with roughly 600 new cases entering each year, and noted that hurricanes account for a large share of recent cases. The agency explained the legal definition of derelict vessels, the environmental and navigation hazards they create, and its enforcement process, including investigation, notice to owners, administrative hearings, removal authorization, and recovery of costs through registration holds. FWC also described prevention efforts such as at-risk vessel enforcement, nuisance vessel designations, public awareness campaigns, and the vessel turn-in program, which has received more than 250 applications and removed more than 145 vessels since rollout.
Committee members asked about owner resistance to removal, rapid-response options for hazardous vessels, county differences in derelict vessel numbers, and how local governments participate. FWC said only a small percentage of owners contest removals, that the agency relies on contractors and does not generally have its own removal equipment, and that local governments may conduct removals with their own funding but must still provide due process. Members also asked where removed vessels go; FWC said they are taken to landfills, with recyclable materials recovered, and that storage is used only when necessary for public safety because it is costly. The presentation also highlighted the long-term stored vessel study, which found a strong correlation between long-term anchored vessels and later derelict vessels, especially in Monroe County. No votes were taken on the presentation, and the committee adjourned after Senator Errington moved to adjourn and there was no objection.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:44:47.599><c> Study</c> always available to the family.
- Study always available to the family.
- </c> We already have far too many study We already have far too many study committees,<00:44:59.920><
- </c> >> I don't know as the as the study >> I don't know as the as the study committee<00
- Um, this is not a study committee, but of the type that we were discussing before.
Committee:
House Finance
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Agriculture, Acequias And Water Resources Feb 7th, 2026 at 09:06 am
House Agriculture, Acequias And Water Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- Studies are showing breakthrough contaminants in areas of ongoing concern. No scientist from NMSU.
- The FIR cites a 2025 study by the consortium concluding that, quote, comprehensive studies assessing
- I have a master's in environmental studies.
- We've heard that there are three new studies, all done by the same researchers.
- They're not doing the types of studies that folks like Zach and his team, Dr.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Elder Affairs Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:00 am
Transcript Highlights:
- Studies show that these caregiver support models may reduce rehospitalization.
- Studies show that these caregiver support models may reduce rehospitalizations, emergency department
- and attended the finance and actuarial study webinar a few weeks ago.
- study webinar a few weeks ago.
- So the first step, as you heard, was the procurement of an actuarial study to model various public and
Summary:
The Aging and Independence/Elder Affairs Committee heard testimony on several bills, with the main focus on H.769/S.468, an act to improve care and prepare for the new era of Alzheimer’s and dementia. Legislators and advocates described the bill’s provisions, including expanded dementia training for first responders, a dementia services coordinator/director in state government, improved hospital discharge and caregiver access protections, dementia care coordination benefits for certain MassHealth members, public awareness and data collection requirements, and expanded support for geriatric workforce recruitment. Representative Danielle Gregoire and Senator Gomez framed the measure as a zero-cost, bipartisan continuation of the 2018 Alzheimer’s and Dementia Act, while the Alzheimer’s Association, Boston Public Health Commission, police representatives, clinicians, and family caregivers all testified in support, emphasizing public health needs, early diagnosis, caregiver involvement, and safer emergency and hospital care.
The committee also heard testimony on H.796/S.476, which would establish an Office of Older Adult Advocate and a special commission on a statewide long-term services and supports benefit program. Representative Steve Ultrino supported an independent older adult advocate to help navigate fragmented state services and improve constituent services, while committee members asked about funding and the office’s relationship to existing secretariats. On the long-term care commission bill, NAFA Massachusetts and LeadingAge Massachusetts supported creating a stakeholder commission to review actuarial findings and explore public-private financing options for long-term care, stressing that neither public nor private coverage alone is sufficient and that middle-income families need more planning tools and options.
The committee also took testimony on H.786/S.466, a bill to protect vulnerable elders by expanding the Executive Office of Elder Affairs’ authority to investigate abuse or neglect in non-traditional custodial settings such as prisons, jails, shelters, group homes, and certain treatment facilities. Prisoners Legal Services said the bill would close a jurisdictional gap that leaves some older adults without an investigative agency once they age out of DPPC coverage. No votes were taken during the hearing, and the meeting ended with a motion to adjourn.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs Apr 7th, 2025
S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- But I think that the study will supplement exactly what Representative Garcia is trying to do, which
- In conducting the study, the workgroup will be tasked with evaluating the...
- This would be a study.
- My study and research have shown we can go back and look at what was the root cause of these problems
- And 48 to 67%, depending on what study you're looking at, show the overlap of mental health issues.
Committee:
House S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs
Keywords:
Veterans of Foreign Wars, veterans, commemoration, military service, recognition, September 29, waiver programs, toll roads, discount programs, transportation, affordable housing, land bank program, low-income households, Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation, HB 2061, Texas Transportation Code, Chapter 225, State Highway 242, Interstate Highway 69, Montgomery County
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 3/17/26
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, and at that time, if I recall, the study spaces were not that large.
- All of our study spaces, there's like maybe five dedicated study rooms in our current library.
- All of our study spaces, there's like maybe five dedicated study rooms in our current library.
- </c><00:37:02.400><c> spaces,</c> a Zoom call. all of our study spaces, a Zoom call. all of our study
- </c> there's like maybe five dedicated study there's like maybe five dedicated study rooms<00:37:06.400
Bills:
HF4266
Committee:
House Higher Education Finance and Policy
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs Apr 22nd, 2025
Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- The study will be led by Texas Tech University Veterinary Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical School Centers
- The study will compare Texas CWD management strategies with those of other states, identifying strengths
- The study also investigates cervid genetic resistance. to CWD using genotype analysis to explore whether
- I just want to make sure, for the public and for the record, what the expectations are for this study
- expect you guys to ask me lots of questions throughout the interim on kind of what I expect from the study
Committee:
Senate Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Select Committee on the Status of Boys and Men of Color Apr 28th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- There are a few different studies, I think, that highlight... Yes.
- And one of the things that they found was that ethnic studies plays a role in these students' academic
- plays a role in that, right, looking at case studies in different areas.
- But the study itself by Learning Policy Institute only just looks at after year one.
- I'm an associate professor of race and resistance studies at San Francisco State, and a member of the
Summary:
The Select Committee on the Status of Boys and Men of Color held its second hearing, focused on cradle-to-college-and-career pipelines and education. Members opened with remarks emphasizing bipartisan support, the need to address opportunity gaps, and the committee’s prior hearing in Los Angeles, which helped generate legislation. The chair framed the day around school safety and discipline, community schools, and college/career pathways, and noted that public comment would be included at the end.
In the first panel, witnesses described persistent disparities in school discipline and policing, even as suspension rates have declined statewide. Dr. David Turner cited reductions in suspensions tied to reforms such as bans on willful defiance suspensions, but warned that Black and Native boys remain disproportionately suspended and that “ghost suspensions” and police referrals still push students out of class. Other advocates called for stronger accountability, more restorative and culturally rooted practices, and greater investment in community-based supports. Members asked about the role of state and local policy, rural versus urban differences, and how to measure which interventions work best.
The second panel centered on community schools. Advocates from Californians for Justice, Reclaim Our Schools LA, MILE, and the Sierra Health Foundation argued for the governor’s proposed $1 billion ongoing investment in the California Community Schools Partnership Act. They said community schools improve attendance, reduce suspensions, strengthen belonging, and create shared decision-making with families and students. Panelists described the role of community school coordinators, the importance of authentic partnerships, and the need to track informal discipline practices. Committee members pressed for a plain explanation of community schools and heard that the model is intended to be a high-return equity strategy that can save the state money over time.
The final panel addressed college and career pathways. Speakers from the California Faculty Association, UC Student Association, Brotherhood Crusade, A Men, and Improve Your Tomorrow highlighted barriers facing Black, Latino, Native, and other boys and men of color in higher education, including financial aid gaps, weak transfer pathways, underinvestment in student support, and low campus belonging. They urged continued funding for community schools, expanded dual enrollment and ELOP access, and support for mentorship and culturally responsive programs. Public commenters echoed support for community schools and youth investment, including calls to redirect prison spending toward education and prevention. The chair closed by thanking the panelists, reflecting on his own school struggles and the role of mentorship, and adjourned the committee.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
01/26/2026 - House Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs
House Land, Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee of Reference
Transcript Highlights:
- And every scientific study that's been done, ...integrity of the Mexican wolf, and every scientific study
- But she signed a document that says, you know, this is new technology, this is a new study.
- It is brand new, but there's no studies on the long-term effect of this lab-grown meat.
- So is there studies? Mr. Chair, I appreciate your contention.
- We can create this meat all we want and then put a study behind it.
Summary:
The House Committee on Land, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs began with member and staff introductions, then heard a committee of reference presentation from the Arizona Beef Council. The council described its checkoff-funded promotion, education, and research work for Arizona beef producers, including consumer education, classroom materials, nutrition tours, and social media outreach. After questions about the funding structure and what would happen if the council were not continued, the committee voted to recommend continuation of the Arizona Beef Council for eight years, until July 1, 2034, by voice vote.
The committee then considered HB 2155, which also continued the Arizona Beef Council for eight years. Members discussed the purpose of the council and the use of checkoff dollars, and the bill received a due pass recommendation on a 7-1 vote. HB 2156, which appropriated money to the livestock compensation fund for wolf depredation losses, was amended to set the amount at $250,000 for fiscal year 2027 and then passed 5-2, with supporters emphasizing rancher compensation and opponents raising concerns about transparency, conflicts of interest, and whether the fund had fully used prior appropriations.
HB 2162, requiring at least one Arizona Game and Fish Commission member to be a cattleman or rancher, drew testimony both for and against. Supporters argued ranchers deserve direct representation on wildlife policy, while opponents said ranchers already have influence through the appointment process and that the commission should represent broader public interests. The chair ultimately announced he would hold the bill rather than advance it at that time. The committee then passed HB 2762, which requires disclaimers on cultivated-cell food products, on a 5-3 vote after debate over federal labeling rules and consumer transparency, and HB 2791, which bans the sale of cell-cultured protein and makes violations a felony, also on a 5-3 vote after testimony about innovation, consumer choice, and concerns about the product’s safety and impact on traditional agriculture. The committee adjourned after completing its agenda.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Fraud Committee Meeting - 2025-07-08
Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Ground studies, and improved oversight of clinical requirements to ensure high-quality service, provider
- As the slide shows: background studies, which we call background studies; most people refer to them as
- Background studies prevent bad actors from gaining access to children, vulnerable adults, and Medicaid
- We work with CMS, the Center for Medicaid and Medicaid Studies.
- We have background studies; we're doing half a million background checks...
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- I'd love to see a real study.
- Let's study—that's what OPAGA is for—let's study to see if this is the right decision we're making.
- You don't need to put it in the bill to have an OPAGA study. Additional debate.
- So at least let's study it. Please, let me hear some yeas.
- Has OPAGA already done this, as Senator Polsky is trying to get an OPAGA study?
Summary:
The Senate convened with an opening prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance led by pages, and several introductions recognizing guests, family members, and a USF Day at the Capitol presentation. The chamber then moved to the special order calendar, where it first passed two Open Government Sunset Review bills: CS/SB 7010, preserving a public records exemption for certain Department of Financial Services receiver information, and SB 7008/HB 7003, preserving confidentiality for financial technology sandbox application records. Both measures passed unanimously.
The Senate also passed CS/SB 1430 on post-judgment execution proceedings relating to terrorism, a bill intended to help victims enforce judgments against terrorist entities, and CS/CS/SB 910 on veterans benefits assistance, aimed at improving veterans’ access to benefits and transition support. Additional measures passed included CS/CS/CS/SB 832 on former phosphate mining lands, SB 796 on general permits for distributed wastewater treatment systems, CS/CS/CS/SB 700, the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services bill, and several claims bills, including relief for Darlene Angerville and J.R., Eric and Jennifer Miles on behalf of EEM, and Marcus Button. SB 994 on driver’s license education requirements also passed after an amendment making texting while driving a moving violation with points and a distracted-driving course requirement.
The most extended debate centered on CS/CS/CS/SB 700, where senators discussed provisions on fluoride in drinking water, labeling of plant-based products, drone penalties, charity registration, agricultural housing, and other agriculture-related policy changes. Several amendments on fluoride were offered and defeated, while a technical amendment on financial institution definitions was adopted. Senators also briefly discussed the policy implications of the bill’s fluoride language and its relationship to local control and public health. Several other bills on the calendar were temporarily postponed, and at the end of the session the Senate adopted motions to certify passed bills to the House, retain postponed bills on the special order calendar, and remove CS/SB 7016 from the special order calendar. The Senate then adjourned until April 16.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Should Minnesota mandate coverage for infertility treatment? 4/8/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- > insurance</c><00:07:29.240><c> covers</c> Studies show that when insurance covers Studies show that
- Thank you. other countries that have studied this other countries that have studied this as<00:23:13.240
- There are so many causes for infertility, and that is what I study every day.
- </c><00:26:50.280><c> every</c> um and that is is what I study every um and that is is what I study every
- That's what I studied in in school day.
VT
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> conduct an economic impact study. conduct an economic impact study.
- </c> growth inventory and study. growth inventory and study.
- ><c> office</c> study will include the office study will include the office researching<00:37:17.200>
- </c><00:37:45.000><c> for</c> in the editing process to a study for in the editing process to a study
- </c> Interstate 22A study. Interstate 22A study.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Minerals, Business & Economic Development, February 11, 2026
Minerals, Business & Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- Our association has previously study.
- </c> interim study. interim study.
- ,</c> They needed to do feed studies.
- Um, so that study is underway.
- These studies and and uh at the outset.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Future of Payments and Sales Transactions by Credit Card and the Impacts for Small Businesses Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Transcript Highlights:
- Welcome to the full public meeting of the Special Commission to study the future of payments and sales
- Florida spent two years studying this issue.
- Florida spent two years studying this issue.
- And I just wanted to note that you mentioned the study on the cost to collect.
- Back in 2010, the Durbin Amendment on debit cards—it's been studied by the Federal Reserve, it's studied
Summary:
The Special Commission on the future of payments and sales transactions by credit card heard extensive testimony from credit union, banking, retail, restaurant, and payments-industry representatives about proposals to limit interchange fees, especially on the tax and tip portions of transactions. Several witnesses opposed state-level restrictions, arguing they would create a patchwork of rules, burden state-chartered institutions, raise compliance complexity, and ultimately reduce resources for fraud prevention, cybersecurity, rewards, and access to credit. Others, including retail and merchant advocates, said swipe fees are a significant and growing cost for small businesses and that states should consider reforms such as limiting fees on taxes and tips, allowing surcharging, improving transparency in merchant contracts, and studying collection costs more closely.
Witnesses also discussed recent legal and regulatory developments, including Illinois’s interchange-fee law, OCC and NCUA interim rules, and the ongoing Visa/Mastercard antitrust settlement. Industry representatives said the Illinois law has been delayed and is likely preempted for most transactions, while merchant advocates argued the state efforts and court rulings show that networks and banks do not set fees competitively. The proposed antitrust settlement was described by some as a meaningful but limited merchant victory, with temporary fee reductions and expanded surcharge/steering rights, while others said it still falls short of structural reform.
The commission members pressed witnesses on the practical effects of fees, the cost of cash, whether merchants can pass costs through, and whether small businesses are actually seeing benefits from the current system. Members repeatedly emphasized the need for a fair middle ground that protects both small businesses and the payment system. No substantive votes or policy actions were taken beyond accepting testimony, and the meeting ended with adjournment after all scheduled witnesses had spoken.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Environment & Energy Feb 18th, 2026 at 10:30 am
Environment & Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- I always find leakage that's interesting you know get aligned and a leakage study I always find leakage
- So they have asked for a leakage study.
- Ecology does not feel like they can do economic types of studies; that is not their wheelhouse.
- There was a study that was done that they like to support, and so we're happy to provide that language
- We had a study that I've shared with a committee before.
Committee:
House Environment & Energy
Keywords:
ski areas, winter sports, terminology, recreation, economic development, SB6291, on-site wastewater treatment, onsite wastewater treatment, septic system, sewage treatment, wastewater inspection, environmental health, local board of health, public health, professional engineer, land surveyor, certificate of competency, inspection standards, design review, supervised practice
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Indian Affairs Nov 13th, 2025
House Government, Elections & Indian Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Both MIAC and the Office of Archeological Studies have collections and offices there.
- So we have eight museums plus the Historic Preservation Office of Archaeological Studies.
- The Department of Cultural Affairs manages one of those, the Office of Archaeological Studies.
- As I'm from Raymond, Navajo, and you probably know that we have been studied over and over.
- So how many will just study or just commission with that goal?
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- The second area that the study must focus on is options for further reducing the testing footprint.
- So that first area, and this is really the meat of the study, looking at whether we can...
- So that first area, and this is really the meat of the study, looking at whether we can use Progress
- And basically, the study found that the results—and this should not be surprising—are that typically
- Are we studying the states and the countries that are doing a whole lot better than us?
Committee:
Senate Education Pre-K - 12
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Pre-K through 12 Education received a Department of Education presentation from Deputy Commissioner Juan Copa on Florida’s K-12 assessment system, including FAST progress monitoring, end-of-course exams, science, writing, alternate assessments, English language acquisition testing, and VPK progress monitoring. Copa reported year-over-year gains in ELA and mathematics, noted that end-of-course and science results also improved, and explained how assessment data are used for school grades, third-grade promotion, graduation requirements, and other accountability measures. He also reviewed the independent study required by SB 1048, which recommended keeping PM3 as the primary accountability measure, proceeding cautiously on further test-length reductions and remote testing expansion, and using PM1/PM2 only as supplemental evidence in limited cases.
Committee members focused on whether the new system is improving student outcomes enough, what supports teachers and schools need to use the data effectively, and how Florida compares nationally. Chancellor Dr. Burns said the department is emphasizing implementation of the new standards, high-quality instructional materials, coaching, professional learning, collaboration, and school improvement support, and also pointed to resiliency education standards and mental health supports. Copa said Florida’s latest NAEP results remain mixed but still generally outperform the nation in some grades, while members pressed for more information on best practices, other states’ approaches, and how districts are using the data.
Several members requested follow-up information, including the independent review report, breakdowns of PM1/PM2/PM3 results by grade and subgroup, details on VPK outcomes by provider type and full-day versus half-day programs, and data on use of the CLT versus SAT/ACT for graduation concordant scores. The committee also discussed third-grade retention outcomes, computer-based testing, district assessment calendars, and whether some districts still administer additional local testing. No votes were taken on legislation, and the meeting adjourned after Senator Davis moved to adjourn.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Working Group on Omnibus Human Services Appropriations - 05/22/25
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:12:06.160><c> as</c> um weight raver waiver rate study as um weight raver waiver rate study as
- This is a study related to modifying MIn choices.
- This is a Senate-only position that funds a substance use disorder treatment staff study.
- Um, this is a one-time staff study.
- </c> lensure and disability waiver rate study lensure and disability waiver rate study as<00:54:37.920
MD
Transcript Highlights:
- Are you aware what this study is for? Do you understand what the study does?
- </c> what this study is about? I'm sorry. what this study is about? I'm sorry. No. No. No.
- . study. study.
- </c> bill basically says, "We need to study bill basically says, "We need to study what<01:26:44.440>
- They did a study in 2017 looking at a year, and there wasn't great data, but the study that came back