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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Veterans and Military Affairs Division 3/19/25
Veterans and Military Affairs Division
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm also retired from the United States Marine Corps.
- He's a combat-wounded Marine, two tours to Iraq. He just wanted some help with mental health.
- He's a combat wounded Marine,<01:18:29.679><c> two</c><01:18:30.000><c> tours</c><01:18:30.400><c> to
- </c> Marine, two tours to Marine, two tours to Iraq.<01:18:32.080><c> He</c><01:18:32.320><c> just</c
- I'm a retired United States Marine Gunnery Sergeant.
Committee:
House Veterans and Military Affairs Division
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- For background, I'm a retired lieutenant general in the Marine Corps, having had the privilege to serve
- :05.600><c> lieutenant</c><01:09:06.000><c> general</c><01:09:06.279><c> the</c><01:09:06.359><c> Marine
- </c> retired lieutenant general the Marine retired lieutenant general the Marine Corps<01:09:06.880><
- Marine, died by suicide after years of struggling with ineffective treatments.
- </c> personal for me my father a US Marine personal for me my father a US Marine died<01:19:21.159><c
Committee:
House Health
Summary:
The Committee on Health heard testimony on several bills. On SB 1441, which would repeal the transfer of the Oahu Regional Health Care System from HHSC to the Department of Health, the Department of Health said it strongly supports the measure and requested clarifying amendments. HHSC/Oahu Region also supported the bill and said it had no objection to the department’s amendments. In response to questions, witnesses said the agencies have been working on an MOU to support transfers of long-term care patients to Leahi, with the current goal being about 10 to 15 patients, but transfers would occur only as space and staffing allow; one patient was reportedly being admitted at the time, and the process was described as slow and case-by-case.
The committee then heard SB 1443 on payment rates for state hospital patients and related Department of Health services. The hospital administrator said the bill would allow rates above Medicaid for community or foster-home placements if patients cannot be placed at Leahi or elsewhere, and would set Medicaid-level reimbursement for outside medical services used by state hospital patients. He said at least one provider was interested in offering services at that rate and that the population involved is largely non-ambulatory long-term care patients. Members asked about availability and training, and the witness said special training could be provided.
SB 1322, a broad mental health bill, drew mixed testimony. The Department of Law Enforcement supported giving crisis-intervention-trained officers more discretion to transport people to medical care instead of arresting them. The Attorney General supported the bill but recommended revisions to emergency-transport language and restoring liability protections. HHSC and Queens Hospital supported the overall goal but sought amendments to preserve the mental health emergency worker role in decision-making and to avoid negative impacts on emergency departments. The Disability Rights Center and ACLU opposed parts of the bill, arguing that it weakens due process, reduces protections in involuntary treatment and transport, and should retain a three-person treatment panel rather than reduce it to one. A Queens representative said the current program works well and reported that more than 90% of MH1 cases once went to hospitals, but that figure has dropped to about 60-70%, with about 20% now diverted to community settings or the behavioral health crisis center. No votes or final committee actions were taken in the portion provided.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Economic benefits extend to shippers and the broader freight ecosystem, and more predictable service
- Economic benefits extend to shippers and the broader freight ecosystem, and more predictable service
- Economic benefits extend to shippers and the broader freight ecosystem, and more predictable service
- Economic benefits extend to shippers and the broader freight ecosystem, and more predictable service
- Economic benefits extend to shippers and the broader freight ecosystem, and a more predictable service
Committee:
Senate Transportation
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- you're going to say, bring your own generation, what is the total use of water for the whole kind of ecosystem
- But most importantly, data centers create significant business ecosystems around them.
- Dan Diorio: All of the different ecosystems around the supply of the data center, we see opportunities
- Dan Diorio: So data centers are creating these business ecosystems around them, giving significant revenue
- our, we have an industry advisory council portion of our membership, which are those within the ecosystem
Committee:
House State Affairs
Summary:
The Committee on State Affairs convened to discuss data centers and their impact on Texas's energy infrastructure. The meeting featured testimony from key representatives of the Public Utility Commission (PUC) and ERCOT, who outlined the evolving landscape of energy generation and the challenges posed by the rapid growth of data centers. Notably, ERCOT reported over 450,000 MW of generation resources planned for connection, with a significant portion attributed to data centers, which now represent around 87% of new large load interconnection requests.
The committee explored proposed changes to the interconnection process, including a new 'batch study' approach aimed at streamlining the approval of multiple projects simultaneously. This change is intended to address the challenges of managing numerous simultaneous requests and to provide more certainty for developers regarding their energy needs. Testimonies emphasized the importance of ensuring that the costs of infrastructure upgrades are borne by the data centers rather than residential ratepayers, with discussions around the financial commitments required from developers.
Several data center developers also provided testimony, highlighting the economic benefits of their projects, including job creation and increased local revenues. They expressed concerns about the potential for a moratorium on future growth due to the new interconnection rules and emphasized the need for a collaborative approach to address water usage and environmental impacts. The committee plans to continue discussions on these topics in future hearings, with a focus on balancing economic growth with energy reliability and resource management.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - 04/08/26
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill recognizes both the ecological importance of these ecosystems and the cultural responsibilities
- 57.920><c> these</c> both the ecological importance of these both the ecological importance of these ecosystems
- <00:08:59.440><c> and</c><00:08:59.600><c> the</c><00:08:59.800><c> cultural</c> ecosystems and the cultural
- ecosystems and the cultural responsibilities<00:09:02.080><c> we</c><00:09:02.240><c> carry</c><00:09
- These pesticides and herbicides that we're talking about are toxic to this plant and to the ecosystems
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Commerce panel votes down bill to regulate digital book contracts for libraries 4/7/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- year weakens the value of taxpayer dollars and undermines Minnesota libraries' role in the reading ecosystem
- It strengthens Minnesota's reading ecosystem while preserving all copyright protections and improving
- It strengthens Minnesota's<00:08:30.000><c> reading</c><00:08:30.319><c> ecosystem</c><00:08:31.039><
- c> while</c> Minnesota's reading ecosystem while Minnesota's reading ecosystem while preserving<00:08
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Advanced Nuclear Energy Committee Mar 24th, 2026 at 10:00 am
Advanced Nuclear Energy Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- also work with our regional and state consortia to help them look at developing their workforce ecosystems
- To help them look at developing their workforce ecosystems in their areas.
- possible that several of these technologies will be deployed in areas that have limited workforce ecosystems
- can put toolkits and other things in place that can help people better understand how a workforce ecosystem
- that I want to get across here is that if you're an early mover, all of the weight of building that ecosystem
Committee:
Joint Advanced Nuclear Energy Committee
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Budget Review Sub. on Economic Development, Pub. Protection, Tourism, and Energy (2-17-26)
Transcript Highlights:
- If you don't create the ecosystem that allows for entrepreneurs and serial entrepreneurs to want to invest
- She said he had mentioned kind of ecosystem and what he works at, and when they are talking about economic
- You had mentioned kind<00:36:08.240><c> of</c><00:36:08.560><c> ecosystem</c> kind of ecosystem kind
- of ecosystem um<00:36:10.240><c> and</c><00:36:10.480><c> what</c><00:36:10.640><c> you</c><00:36:10.800
Summary:
The Budget Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Protection, Energy and Environment, and Tourism met for its fourth meeting and approved the February 10 minutes. The committee then heard a presentation from the Cabinet for Economic Development, led by Secretary Jeff Noel, with staff from the cabinet and Kentucky Innovation. The presentation focused on the cabinet’s strategy, including workforce, entrepreneurship, innovation, infrastructure, and placemaking, and emphasized a goal of supporting higher-wage jobs while tailoring programs to urban, non-urban, and rural “heritage communities.”
The cabinet reviewed several funding tools and programs, including economic development bond funds, EDF funds, KBI, the Kentucky Innovation Pool, KSTC-related startup and commercialization programs, veteran workforce programs, and Bluegrass State Skills Corporation training funds. Officials said many projects take years to close and that funds are often committed before they are actually disbursed because reimbursements occur after project completion. They also said Kentucky is less competitive than before because of changes in tax policy and that EDF funds are increasingly important to remain competitive with other states.
Members asked about whether previously allocated money remained available, whether some funds could be clawed back, and the status of the Blue Oval project. The cabinet said it is oversubscribed, with some committed dollars likely to go unused and be reoffered to other projects. On Blue Oval, officials said progress had been made and described negotiations tied to repayment and job creation requirements. They also discussed the Ford/SK loan structure, saying the companies may assume the full $250 million obligation and that repayments would be required if job targets are not met. The presentation closed with discussion of workforce coordination and the need to connect economic development projects with training and support systems, including possible ripple effects for rural suppliers and related businesses.
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Ways & Means
Transcript Highlights:
- you're going to say, bring your own generation, what is the total use of water for the whole kind of ecosystem
- But most importantly, data centers create significant business ecosystems around them.
- Dan Diorio: All of the different ecosystems around the supply, the data center, we see opportunities
- So data centers are creating these business ecosystems around them, giving significant revenue back into
- our, we have an industry advisory council portion of our membership, which are those within the ecosystem
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Marine Staff Sergeant Raymond G.
Summary:
The Senate opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and then took up several House matters after suspending Senate Rule 36 and Joint Rule 12. Among the items referred to committee was a House petition to designate an overpass on State Route 6 in Sandwich as the U.S. Marine Staff Sergeant Raymond G. Torville Veterans Memorial Overpass. The Senate also ordered House No. 4364, authorizing the Commissioner of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance to grant certain easements to the town of Vaughn, to a third reading.
The chamber then considered House No. 972, a bill authorizing the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority to supply water to the Linfield Center Water District in the town of Linfield. The House had added an emergency preamble, and the Senate suspended the rules, concurred in the House amendment, adopted the emergency preamble by standing vote, and passed the bill to be enacted. The bill was signed by the President and laid before the Governor for approval.
During the session, a senator also recognized the Dighton-Rehoboth softball team in the Senate Chamber for winning the MIAA Division III Championship for the second consecutive year. At the end of the meeting, the Senate adopted an order to reconvene the following Thursday at 11:00 a.m. and then adjourned.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Michael serves as a Marine in our Armed Forces.
Summary:
The Senate opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and recognized guests John and Michael McGuire, including Michael McGuire’s service as a Marine. The chamber then took up several measures, including emergency preambles for two sick leave bank bills: one for James Caruso of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation and one for Carlos Borges of the Department of Correction. In each case, the emergency preamble was adopted by standing vote.
The Senate also considered late-file petitions, voting to suspend Senate Rule 36 and Joint Rule 12 so the matters could be referred to the appropriate committees. In addition, the Senate took up and passed to be engrossed a bill authorizing the Commissioner of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance to grant certain easements to the town of Bourne, and a bill establishing a sick leave bank for Gregory Baker of the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office.
Later, the Senate enacted several bills, including an act dissolving the Wellesley Housing Development Corporation and the sick leave bank bills for James Caruso and Carlos Borges. The enacted bills were ordered signed by the President and laid before the Governor. The Senate then adopted an order to adjourn until Tuesday at 11:00 a.m., with the clerk directed not to print a calendar, and adjourned accordingly.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Informal House Session 15 Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Marine Staff Sergeant Raymond G. Torval Veteran Memorial Overpass. House Number 4374.
Summary:
The House opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and then took up several committee reports and procedural motions. The Committee on Rules recommended adoption of two resolutions: one recognizing the 100th anniversary of Ayrhill Farms in Adams and another congratulating Fiona White on earning the Girl Scouts’ Gold Award. The House suspended the rules and adopted both resolutions. The House also suspended Joint Rule 12 to allow a petition concerning a board overseeing occupancy payments for manufactured housing community accommodations in Attleboro to be sent to the Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government.
The Committee on Steering, Policy and Scheduling reported a slate of bills for House consideration, including measures on banking and credit union law, a local option real estate tax exemption for volunteer firefighters and EMTs, electronic filing of property valuation forms, delivery of property tax bills, notification of deceased animals on state highways, a Boston Fire Department age waiver for firefighter Fustiano’s Katayakis, and validation of Bourne’s May 20, 2025 annual election. The House suspended Rule 7A, took second readings on these bills, and ordered them to a third reading.
The House then considered several bills released from the Committee on Bills in Third Reading. It passed to be engrossed House Bill 4185, relating to the nomination process for town meeting candidates in Milford; House Bill 4374, designating an overpass in Sandwich as the U.S. Marine Staff Sergeant Raymond G. Torval Veteran Memorial Overpass; House Bill 4391, waiving the Boston Police Department maximum age requirement for Alex J. Rodriguez; and House Bill 4753, relative to the charter of the town of Westwood. The House adopted an order to adjourn to meet Tuesday at 11 a.m., and then adjourned to that time in informal session.
NY
New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Environmental Conservation - 02/24/2026
Environmental Conservation
Transcript Highlights:
- an act to amend the Environmental Conservation Law in relation to the prevention and mitigation of marine
Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Summary:
The Senate Standing Committee on Environmental Conservation met with a quorum via voting sheets and considered a 12-bill agenda focused on water quality, stormwater reporting, algal bloom prevention, safe drinking water infrastructure, coastal and marine protection, housing and land-use, animal welfare, and solar access. Chair Pete Harckham noted several members were delayed by weather and other committee meetings, and welcomed participating senators and staff. Most bills were described as measures the committee had seen before, with little debate beyond motions and seconds.
Bills approved included Harckham’s stormwater expenditure report bill (S.1609), a municipal water-quality assistance bill for lake associations (S.1733), the harmful algal bloom monitoring and prevention act (S.1833A), the safe water and infrastructure action program (S.1850A), the Whale Awareness Act (S.2292B), inland waterways additions for waterfront revitalization (S.2646), the Sustainable Affordable Housing and Sprawl Prevention Act (S.3492A), a bill on traveling animal acts (S.3629A), the Big Five African Trophies Act (S.5014), marine and coastal debris prevention (S.6307), and whale strike protection policies for large vessels (S.7718A). The solar bill (S.6570A), the Solar for Affordable Power Act, was also approved by the committee but was referred to the Energy Committee rather than advanced on the environmental conservation calendar.
Several measures were referred to the Finance Committee, including the stormwater report bill, the lake association water-quality bill, the harmful algal bloom bill, and the safe water and infrastructure bill. Other bills were advanced to the calendar, and the meeting concluded without recorded opposition on most items, aside from a few members voting without recommendation on some bills.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Informal House Session 15 Feb 12th, 2026
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
TX
Texas 89th Regular
S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs Apr 22nd, 2025
S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Doesn't have to. to be just Army; it can also be Marines.
Committee:
House S/C on Defense & Veterans' Affairs
Keywords:
specialty license plates, military honor, Texas Homeland Defense Service Medal, Texas Superior Service Medal, Texas Outstanding Service Medal, Texas Medal of Merit, military honors, Lone Star Distinguished Service Medal, veterans, Texas Homeland Defense Medal, military, commemorative recognition, transportation code, claims assistance, disability benefits, court representation, legal services, naming, commemoration, local honor
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House State Government Committee Feb 19th, 2025
State Government
Transcript Highlights:
- Marines, but I guess the system in itself, since 2011, and since 2021, that this has been a national
Committee:
House State Government
Keywords:
board governance, occupational licensing, Sunset Law, public accountability, training requirements, state holidays, Juneteenth, Rosa Parks Day, Alabama law, public observance, public works, sealed bids, bidding notice, advertising requirements, newspaper of general circulation, centralized website, electronic mail, U.S. mail, state procurement, county procurement
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, May 8, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Entire ecosystems collapsed.
- The Louisiana ecosystems collapsed.
- </c><00:23:30.159><c> and</c> coast ecosystem. All devastated. and coast ecosystem.
- I'm deeply concerned that as ecosystem.
- ,</c> their competitiveness to this ecosystem, their competitiveness to this ecosystem, relying<03:29
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session May 14th, 2026
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- How about Modoc to Marin? The member from the East Bay talked about crazy, insane lines.
- How about Modoc to Marin? Does that sound like a crazy, insane line?
- I rise today to adjourn in the memory of Ed Ashman, an 81-year-old retired Marine Corps captain, Vietnam
Summary:
The Assembly convened after initially lacking a quorum, then completed the prayer, Pledge of Allegiance, journal motions, and a long series of procedural actions, including suspending rules to move bills and approve a large Appropriations Committee hearing list. Members also made several guest introductions, including Shannon Lee, district staff from Assemblymember Jeff Gonzalez’s office, and later guests tied to agritourism and education recognitions.
The floor debate centered heavily on AJR 31, a resolution urging Congress to restore and strengthen the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Supporters argued that recent Supreme Court decisions and redistricting efforts in other states were weakening Black and other minority representation and that California should take a clear stand for voting rights. Opponents argued the measure promoted racial division, conflicted with equal protection principles, and that districts should be drawn based on place or communities of interest rather than race. After a contentious debate with repeated parliamentary warnings over decorum, the Assembly suspended the rules to take up the resolution, added coauthors, and passed AJR 31 by a vote of 58-8.
The Assembly then moved through a series of bills and resolutions, generally approving them with little or no opposition. These included AB 2341 clarifying emergency language translation rules for local agencies; AB 1816 extending court supervision for certain sex-offender rehabilitation programs; AB 2561 protecting consumer privacy settings on phones and digital devices; ACR 167 recognizing World Agritourism Day; ACR 190 recognizing California Day of the Teacher; AB 1581 improving identification of Native American students in public schools; AB 1586 requiring opioid overdose prevention training for school resource officers and safety planning; AB 1665 requiring mental health training for school coaches; AB 1693 streamlining retail tenant-improvement permitting; AB 1768 authorizing a local tax measure related to health funding; AB 1712 facilitating a water-system sale for Santa Fe Springs; AB 1792 addressing sexually exploitive AI imagery in health education; and AB 1822 prioritizing school projects that address extreme heat. Most measures passed overwhelmingly, several unanimously, and the resolution on agritourism and the teacher day were adopted by voice vote.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session May 14th, 2026
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- How about Modoc to Marin? The member from the East Bay talked about crazy, insane lines.
- How about Modoc to Marin? Does that sound like a crazy, insane line?
- Ed Ashman was an 81-year-old retired Marine Corps captain, Vietnam veteran, and beloved substitute teacher
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Commerce Apr 13th, 2026
Commerce, Consumer Protection, and International Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- I retire from the Marine Corps after two decades of service with service in Afghanistan and Iraq, and
- And throughout my service in the Marines, perhaps the most important work I did wasn't for the Marines
Summary:
The committee began by deferring six bills en bloc, then took up House Bill 1103, which would exempt certain industrial facility construction or improvement projects—especially aerospace-related facilities—from some local permitting requirements. Supporters said the goal was to reduce red tape and help Louisiana compete with states like Texas and Florida for aerospace investment, while members raised concerns about safety, home rule authority, and whether fewer permits could reduce oversight. The bill was reported favorably.
Members then heard extensive testimony on House Bill 1212, which would require utilities to assess large electric transformers for vulnerability to electromagnetic threats and report findings to GOSEP, with a public version of the report. The sponsor and a retired Marine officer argued the bill was a limited “scoping” measure to identify vulnerabilities to solar storms or EMP attacks and estimate hardening costs; they said the current federal standard is too low and that protection technology exists. Committee members and utility representatives questioned whether the bill duplicated existing federal/NERC requirements, whether the information could create security risks if disclosed, whether the PSC had already studied the issue, and whether the costs would be passed to ratepayers. The PSC said it had previously opened a docket and studied EMP/physical security issues but never issued a final recommendation. After discussion, the sponsor agreed to defer the bill, and the committee deferred HB 1212.
The committee then reported several technical or narrower bills favorably: House Bill 241 updated bank records disclosure citations and replaced a reference to the defunct Office of Thrift Supervision with the CFPB; House Bill 1091 shifted local fire departments to direct reporting into the federal emergency response system; and House Bill 1027 extended existing liability protection for real estate agents to licensed appraisers regarding smoke and carbon monoxide detector compliance in one- and two-family homes. Finally, House Bill 1096, dealing with electrical cooperative bylaws and board authority versus member approval, was introduced with testimony from cooperative representatives explaining it was intended to restore member control or allow cooperatives to opt out of the 2012 change that had expanded board authority. The transcript cuts off before final action on HB 1096.