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AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/17/2026 - Senate Natural Resources

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • He was the face of the Land Department around the state at Arizona Cattle Growers Association meetings
  • was published by the National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians and the CDC.
  • was published by the National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians and the CDC.
  • Chairman, Emily Rice with B3 Strategies on behalf of the Arizona Association of Conservation Districts
  • The Arizona Association of Conservation Districts represents all 42 districts...
Summary: The Senate Natural Resources Committee first considered two nominations. Jessica Manuel was introduced as a nominee to the Arizona Game and Fish Commission, where testimony emphasized her science background and experience working with agencies and stakeholders. Members asked about wolf management and her qualifications, and the committee voted 8-0 to recommend her confirmation. Stephen Williams was then introduced for the Arizona Livestock Loss Board, with discussion focused on his livestock and State Land Department experience and how the board handles wolf-related livestock losses. The committee also voted 8-0 to recommend his confirmation. The committee then took up several bills. SB 1785, which would codify ADWR’s one-mile safe-harbor policy for recovery wells near groundwater storage facilities, passed 5-3 after ADWR said it largely reflected current practice but requested clarifying language. SB 1082, requiring sanitation measures and signage for petting zoos and similar animal encounter exhibits, drew strong testimony from a parent advocate describing severe E. coli/HUS cases and opposition from fair/agriculture representatives who argued the bill was too broad and unnecessary; after amendment, it failed 4-4. SB 1336, extending the State Land Department and creating a temporary oversight committee with a broad amendment on lease holdovers, notice periods, and committee membership, passed 6-2 after significant debate over the committee’s composition and scope. Later, SB 1200, which would require ADWR to revisit certain Phoenix AMA assured water supply applications using older groundwater models, passed 5-3 despite opposition from CAP and ADWR over added replenishment obligations and concerns about relying on outdated models. SB 1335, requiring the Arizona Water Banking Authority to post its annual report online, passed 7-1. SB 1559, creating rural groundwater management work groups in each basin to report to ADWR, passed 5-3 after supporters said it would improve basin-level coordination and opponents argued it created new bureaucracy without enforcement tools. SB 1761, appropriating $47.7 million to the University of Arizona for the Yuma Center of Excellence for Desert Agriculture, Cooperative Extension, and the Experiment Station, passed 7-1 amid broad support but some concern about funding levels. Finally, SCM 1007, urging Congress to divest and improve the San Carlos Irrigation Project electric system, passed unanimously.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Consumer and Public Affairs Feb 10th, 2026 at 06:48 pm

House Consumer & Public Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Madam Chair, members of the committee, I am the chairman of the board of veterinary medicine.
  • For decades, New Mexico has euthanized tens of thousands of animals.
  • In the essence of time, I'll be brief, but this is an association that represents veterinarians across
  • They're in charge of these grants and the distribution of them.
  • Association.
Bills: HB25, SB38, SB101, HB199
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Regulated Industries Jan 27th, 2026

Regulated Industries

Transcript Highlights:
  • of leasing them.
  • receipt of payment' instead of 'following receipt of payment from'—protectable.
  • of Florida.
  • to kind of...
  • Nick Orlando from Florida Smoke Free Association is waving in support. Jason, is it Philbrook?
Summary: The Committee on Regulated Industries considered and reported several bills. SB 530 on state lotteries was presented with two technical amendments adopted, including changes to lottery department contracting language and machine-purchase flexibility; the committee then reported the bill favorably. SB 204, which increases penalties for illegal slot machine operations to a third-degree felony and creates a declaratory-statement process for veteran service organizations to confirm machine legality, drew support from gaming interests and some soft opposition from a veterans group concerned about implementation; it was also reported favorably. The committee then took up a proposed committee substitute combining SB 658 and SB 608 on water safety requirements for rental and vacation properties. The combined bill would require certain rental properties near water bodies or with pools to install specified alarms, locks, fences, covers, or similar safety devices, with enforcement through DBPR and a grace period for correcting some violations. Senators emphasized the bill as a response to child drowning deaths, including those involving autistic children, and the PCS was reported favorably. SB 980, as a delete-everything amendment, would create the Florida Agegate Act to restrict advertising, promotion, and display of non-FDA-approved nicotine devices in areas accessible to those under 21, with penalties and inspection authority; after questions about counterfeit products and enforcement, it was reported favorably. The committee also approved SB 1708, which removes a three-year out-of-state practice requirement for veterinary licensure by endorsement while keeping other competency requirements, and SB 680, as amended, which creates a sales tax exemption for electricity sold to EV charging station operators and transferred to consumers, subject to metering and affidavit requirements. Several members recorded votes after the roll calls, and the meeting ended with an invitation to return later for another bill before adjournment.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Criminal Justice Jan 26th, 2026

Criminal Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • Erin Waite, Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, waiving in support. Any debate?
  • Aaron Waite, Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, waiving in support.
  • found not guilty by reason of insanity, they're not being let off scot-free.
  • scot-free without... ...reason of insanity framework, are they getting off scot-free without any treatment
  • I'm a past president of the Florida Association, but also of the National Association of Criminal Defense
Summary: The committee took up a series of criminal justice and public safety bills. SB 646, allowing the use of drug testing tools such as fentanyl test strips and reagent kits to detect dangerous adulterants, was presented as a harm-reduction measure and reported favorably after supportive testimony from advocates and criminal defense groups. SB 442, extending the return period for warrants involving digital evidence from 45 days to one year, also passed unanimously amid testimony from prosecutors and law enforcement about encryption, backlogs, and large volumes of child exploitation evidence. SB 418, creating autism-related law enforcement training and a Blue Envelope Program for traffic stops and other encounters, was reported favorably with support from police, disability advocates, and families. SB 132, creating a public database to help people determine eligibility for restoration of voting rights, and SB 748, requiring notice of voting-rights restoration information on sentencing score sheets, both passed with broad support from voting-rights and criminal defense advocates. The committee also approved SB 1734, recognizing juvenile probation and detention officers as officers under Florida law and extending related training and benefits, and SB 1660, designating June as Responsible Firearm Safety Awareness Month. SB 1742, which repealed the existing “unnatural and lascivious acts” statute and created a new offense for indecent exposure of sexual organs to a minor, was amended with a delete-all amendment and then reported favorably. SB 1750, a major overhaul of career offender registration requirements, was later reconsidered after a bill-number mix-up and then reported favorably as SB 1332, with FDLE and sheriff’s association support. The most contentious measure was SB 1326, which would eliminate the traditional insanity defense and replace it with a lack-of-culpable-mental-state defense, require malingering assessments in competency evaluations, and limit downward departures based on mental illness. Criminal defense attorneys and disability advocates argued it lacked a treatment component, raised scientific and cost concerns, and could worsen public safety by sending mentally ill defendants to prison without adequate care. Supporters, including the sponsor and the Attorney General’s office, argued it would close gaps and better protect the public. After extensive debate, the bill was reported favorably on a divided vote, with several members voting no. At the end of the meeting, members recorded additional votes on some bills, and Senator Pizzo moved for reconsideration of SB 1326 for a future meeting.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Children and Senior Advocacy Committee Jan 21st, 2026

Children and Senior Advocacy

Transcript Highlights:
  • an elderly person, they're exempt from any kind of windfall as far as inheritance, anything of that
  • an elderly person, they're exempt from any kind of windfall as far as inheritance, anything of that
  • No county official or agent of a county, or county officials is liable by reason of this section.
  • All those in favor, let it be known by saying I. following of the property. following of the property
  • <00:06:14.560> a county, county official or agent of a county, county official or agent of
Bills: HB9, HB52, HB53, HB99, HB9, HB52, HB53, HB99
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development Committee Jan 14th, 2026

Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
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MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Finance - 05/08/25

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
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  • Most of of that is for the weather.
  • And so I think it was said best by Derek Mo, who's the CEO of the Minnesota Rural Electric Association
  • And by the end of the call, speaking of And by the end of the call, speaking of not<00:27:15.919
Bills: HF2438
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Taxes Committee Meeting - 2025-04-21

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • The hour of 4 p.m. having arrived, I'll call this meeting of the Tax Committee to order for Monday, April
  • Currently, the number of vehicles on the predator ban has less than 1% of the passenger vehicles.
  • The ways are now in the hundreds of millions of dollars with no end in sight.
  • Of course, the bridge connects the University of Minnesota to the University of Minnesota. campuses,
  • demanding some kind of action.
Bills: HF2438
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 4/21/25

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
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  • Of course, the University of Minnesota bridge connects the University of Minnesota campuses, which is
  • Of course serves the state of Minnesota.
  • There is a pool of money currently of $240 million.
  • There is a pool of money of for.
Bills: HF2438
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 4/11/25

Transportation Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
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  • On behalf of the Minnesota Intercounty Association, which represents 17 of Minnesota's fastest growing
  • On behalf of the Minnesota Intercounty Association, which represents 17 of Minnesota's fastest growing
  • Thank you for Association of Minnesota.
  • And this bill frees up some of that.
Bills: HF2438
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 4/10/25

Transportation Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
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  • the availability of of the dates of of the availability of the<00:25:46.000> funds.
  • This is additional reporting in this section that is required of regional rail authorities that are associated
  • This is to provide transit service for Metro Mobility customers, providing transit service free of charge
  • transit service uh free of charge. transit service uh free of charge.
Bills: HF2438
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Feb 12th, 2025

Ways and Means General Fund

Transcript Highlights:
  • We thank you for all the members of this committee and the districts they represent. ...and all of us
  • who have the responsibility of paying attention to the needs of the people of our state.
  • I had intended to get around and get to most of you, so I hope most of you have seen it.
  • But I have those for you, just kind of a summary to show the support that we have from medical associations
  • that is part of it.
Bills: HB30, HB35, HB72, HB89, HB30, HB35
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Transportation, Highways and Public Works May 26th, 2026

Transportation, Highways & Public Works

Transcript Highlights:
  • The amendment simply adds the chief executive officer of Louisiana Associated General Contractors, or
  • his designee, and the president of the Associated Builders and Contractors, or his designee, as members
  • Of the Associated Builders and Contractors, or his designee, as members of the C-MAR task force.
  • Chairman, Andrew Killshaw, Commissioner of the Office of Multimodal Commerce.
  • Chair, members of the committee. My name is Relda Owens, Louisiana Associated General Contractors.
Summary: The House Transportation Committee met on May 26 with a quorum present and took up several resolutions and one Senate bill. SCR 64 created a task force to study construction management at risk (CMAR) in Louisiana public works; an amendment added representatives from the Louisiana Associated General Contractors and Associated Builders and Contractors, and the resolution was reported with amendments. HR 282 created a task force to study utility terrain vehicles with state agencies; an amendment added the State Fire Marshal, and it was also reported with amendments. The committee then considered SB 513 on public works project delivery methods. The bill originally included an average-bid award method for certain pilot projects, along with airport design-build provisions. Testimony from a Reason Foundation analyst and from the Louisiana Associated General Contractors raised concerns that average-bid contracting could encourage collusion, raise costs, and lacked supporting data or use by U.S. transportation departments, while airport design-build was supported. The committee adopted an amendment in concept to strike the average-bid provisions, leaving the airport-related design-build language in place, and SB 513 was reported with amendments by a vote of 11 yeas and 4 nays. The committee also reported SCR 62 favorably, which urges DOTD to evaluate school zones on state highways in response to safety concerns and near misses, including a fatal incident referenced by the author. HCR 112 was reported favorably to study flooding on Louisiana Highway 1 in Shreveport, and HR 275 was reported favorably to study an interstate highway signage maintenance and reporting program. The meeting concluded after all items were disposed of and the committee adjourned.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/25/2026 - House Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections

Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • When a veteran comes to us, the very first thing we do is let them know of the free services available
  • About 70% or so of the clients that we have have tried free services before and have come to us.
  • He argued that the bill’s disclosure of free services and submission of a blank fee agreement to the
  • And give us something that provides and supports the free market, doesn't take advantage of the consumer
  • I'm Executive Director of the Arizona Police Association, in support of the bill.
Summary: The committee first heard a lengthy presentation and discussion focused on Arizona State University’s foreign research ties, especially collaborations and funding connected to China and Chinese military-affiliated institutions. The presenter argued that ASU and the Arizona Board of Regents had not been transparent about foreign gifts, contracts, and research partnerships, citing federal reporting forms, the Wolf Amendment, export-control concerns, and alleged links to dual-use technologies such as quantum systems, AI, robotics, microelectronics, and biosecurity. A witness from American Global Strategies testified in support, saying the bill would help protect U.S. research security and national security by imposing state-level guardrails on sensitive collaborations. After questions, the committee considered a strike-everything amendment to SB 1060 that would bar public universities from entering into or continuing certain loans, gifts, contracts, research partnerships, or sponsored projects involving the PRC, the CCP, and listed Chinese military-linked universities, require ABOR review and approval, and impose reporting and budget penalties. The amendment was withdrawn, and the committee instead took up SB 1327, which directs ABOR to require university research security policies and to report annually on those policies and on foreign contributions over $250,000; SB 1327 received a 4-2 do-pass recommendation, with Del Santos, Hernandez, and Márquez voting no and Kolodin, Powell, Keshel, and Gillette voting yes. The committee then heard SB 1803, a veterans bill regulating unrecognized persons who assist with VA disability claims. The sponsor and industry witnesses said the bill would protect veterans from bad actors by requiring disclosures, capping fees, banning certain practices, and filing service agreements with the Attorney General, while opponents argued it could restrict consumer choice, resemble a price ceiling, and still allow non-attorneys to engage in the unauthorized practice of law. After extensive debate over contingent fees, legal ethics, and whether the bill was too favorable to one company, the committee continued the hearing with additional testimony and questions.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Aeronautics and Transportation Feb 23rd, 2026 at 10:00 am

Aeronautics and Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • He served with the highway patrol for 10 years and was a member of the Oklahoma State Troopers Association
  • proof of identity.
  • Does this have anything to do with some of the federal closures of some of these schools as related to
  • of this state?
  • Do you feel like in this bill any type of specific type of insurance instead of disabled?
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama Senate Education Policy Committee Feb 11th, 2026

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • We do have a couple of members of the committee that are still in.
  • Uh, there's a lot of misinformation out there, but we passed this bill out of committee last year.
  • Just one of those that got caught up on the last day of school.
  • understanding of sexual risk avoidance. understanding of sexual risk avoidance.
  • I can kind of show you. This is a mock of what it would look like right here.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/28/2026 - House Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections

Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chair, members, for the record, Jen Marson with the Association of Counties. We are here... Mr.
  • Chair, members, for the record, Jen Marson with the Association of Counties.
  • appropriation to the Department of Veterans Services, which is 100% free to our veterans, will deliver
  • So isn't there a possibility of having federal monies associated with this?
  • Compact related. So this is 45 years now, that hopefully back pay of 35 years.
Summary: The committee first heard House Bill 2348, which would appropriate state general fund money in FY 2027 for Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs projects including wireless networking at training centers, a reimbursement program for service members without government computers, lodging and kind for service members, and HVAC upgrades and maintenance. Two amendments were considered: the Marquez Amendment, which filled in dollar amounts for the appropriations, failed; and the Gillette Amendment, which restricted certain networking equipment for national security reasons, removed the reimbursement program, revised the lodging language, and tied some funding intentions to compliance, passed. After extensive testimony from the sponsor and several Army Reserve and National Guard witnesses about lack of Wi-Fi, inadequate lodging, safety concerns from long drives, and poor HVAC at joint facilities, the committee approved HB 2348 as amended on a 4-3 vote. The committee then considered HCR 2016, a ballot referral that would cap precinct size at 2,500 voters and eliminate county authority to use vote centers, emergency voting centers, and certain on-site early voting options. The sponsor said the measure was intended to restore precinct-based voting and let voters decide. County officials and election advocates opposed it, arguing that vote centers and early voting provide flexibility, are more cost-effective in many counties, and are necessary where geography, staffing, and facility availability make precinct voting difficult. After debate over local control, voter choice, and the practicality of precincting, the committee gave HCR 2016 a 4-3 do-pass recommendation. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 2165, which exempts veterans from Arizona State Parks admission fees, and adopted the Marquez Amendment to extend the exemption to active military members, National Guard members, and reserve-unit members, with alternative ID options. Arizona State Parks testified in neutral, saying it supports veterans but is concerned about revenue losses; it estimated that even a modest share of veteran visits could reduce revenue by about $1.8 million annually. The sponsor said the bill was prompted by constituent requests and was meant to help veterans enjoy outdoor recreation and therapeutic opportunities. The committee then approved HB 2165 as amended on a vote of 4-0, with some members absent or not voting.