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HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

PBS Public Hearing - Fri Jan 30, 2026 @ 11:00 AM HST

Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • partnership with the 911 [snorts] board. partnership with the 911 [snorts] board.
  • We do board really stands behind this.
  • So um we hope that you guys can board.
  • > the<00:44:03.520> different board does fund all the different board does fund all the
  • <00:48:32.319> which follow up with um the 911 board which follow up with um the 911 board
Summary: The Committee on Public Safety held its first hearing and began with House Bill 1531, which would require the governor or county mayor to provide an ASL interpreter during official emergency announcements broadcast on television or the internet, ensure the interpreter is visible, and require news outlets to show the interpreter in a picture-in-picture window. Testimony was strongly supportive from disability advocates, who said live captions can be inaccurate and that ASL access is critical during emergencies, but broadcasters raised practical concerns that the bill as drafted could require extra camera crews and reduce coverage. Members discussed possible alternatives such as government-provided pool feeds and interpreter placement, and the chair recommended deferring decision-making on the bill to the following Wednesday to allow time for amendment language. The committee then heard House Bill 1751, which would expand the Hawaii National Guard State Tuition Assistance Program to include graduate degrees at the University of Hawaii for qualified enlisted personnel. The Hawaii Army National Guard, the Department of Defense, and University of Hawaii representatives supported the measure as a recruiting, retention, and professionalization tool. A member asked about funding, and the response was that the program is funded through a state appropriation currently set at $250,000 and was described as sufficient at present. The bill drew no opposition in the hearing. Next, House Bill 1752 was taken up. This measure would remove the Adjutant General as a nonvoting ex officio member of the HAIMA advisory committee and add the HAIMA administrator as a nonvoting ex officio member of the MSAC. The Department of Defense and Department of Health supported the bill, with the Department of Health asking that it be aligned with other EMS modernization provisions in the governor’s package so the related measures remain consistent. No objections were raised. The committee also heard House Bill 1577 on 911 services, which would require the 911 Board to establish a statewide emergency safety profile system for residents to voluntarily store emergency-relevant personal information. The Department of Health, disability advocates, the 911 Board, and others supported the concept, saying it could improve emergency response for people with disabilities, kūpuna, families, and others with functional needs. Testimony also raised concerns about funding, system integration, confidentiality, advanced directives, and liability protections if information does not reach responders in time. Members discussed statewide coordination and existing county systems, and the hearing continued with those issues unresolved.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • I am a board-certified insurance lawyer and I routinely represent Texas businesses and schools in first
  • I think it's a favorable development.
  • Under development, DRS is an example that we're working on to incentivize dispatchable resources.
  • to battery developers.
  • If I remember right, you're a former ERCOT board member?
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs Apr 28th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • I took on a case that involved a real estate development in a residential townhome development in Dallas
  • First, I believe this bill would negatively impact Texas's economic development.
  • More than anything, this board, if you see the board makeup, would be the ...the governor, the lieutenant
  • It's not anything different than what you see here, an 11-member board.
  • We passed a bill last special about appraisal review board members being elected.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs Apr 28th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Purchases are going to be ag until the days you take the cows off to start developing it.
  • One of my most important jobs is raising my sons to develop a positive. view of masculinity and to be
  • I agree, this goes all the way down to school boards and city council elections.
  • We need border communities to help lead the development of policies that affect them.
  • Protection Economic Development Initiative, administered by the Texas Department of Economic Development
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Tax, Business and Transportation Feb 5th, 2026 at 04:18 pm

Senate Tax, Business & Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Madam Chair, members of the board, thank you very much for having this bill heard today.
  • So we look at this really, workforce development is everyone's issue.
  • So we see this as an economic development driver, obviously.
  • So we see this as an economic development driver, obviously.
  • So we see this as an economic development driver, obviously.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part II) Jul 30th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Likewise, with respect to the Secretary of State, the Texas Water Development Board, Can we just dole
  • So that's why I went back to the drawing board and came up with what's before the Senate.
  • What issues do you think they're they're opposed to it's across the board and I'll tell you one of the
  • You know, I've talked to many school board members in the past.
  • There's a lot which means there's a lot of local elected officials, you know, so say school board say
Bills: SB5, SB11, SB12, SB9, SB42, SB15, SB5, SB11, SB12, SCR1
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part I) Jul 30th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • What, what. the distinction just from a science base is alcohol is water-soluble.
  • It does take time to develop those protocols. for those dispensaries.
  • Because that's something we can take up with the Pharmaceutical Board or FDA. Right.
  • I honestly think we can coming from the author and architect of the statewide water plan.
  • Additionally, there will be free water made available.
Bills: SB5, SB11, SB12, SB9, SB42, SB15, SB5, SB11, SB12, SCR1
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/23/2026 - Senate Finance

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • That board will come together.
  • So they're paying 100% of the cost for the roads, the water, the sewer, in this case a whole water treatment
  • When done right, they can support economic development, help municipalities and developers deliver infrastructure
  • Tyler, does that mean that the developer, since the contract is now between the private party developer
  • I have spoken to Representative Gress on no cold water; he already heard the cold water.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/17/2026 - House Commerce

Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • This water line could be a $300,000 water line, has nothing to do with the project, and they're saying
  • A neighborhood develops character the way a face develops expression through use, through weather, through
  • A neighborhood develops character the way a face develops expression through use, through weather, Truth
  • A neighborhood develops character the way a face develops expression through use, through weather, through
  • Not saying that any of the developers would do that.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Jan 21st, 2026

Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development will now come to order
  • This bill also focuses more on this year than last year, workforce development grant program to support
  • training and workforce development initiatives for manufacturers in coordination with the National Institute
Summary: The committee met with a quorum and considered ten bills, beginning with SB 594 on local housing assistance plans. Senator Burton explained that the bill would make residents of mobile home parks and manufactured housing communities eligible for SHIP rental assistance and, in some cases, repair or rehabilitation funds, recognizing that many own their homes but rent the lot. Supporters from AARP and the Federation of Manufactured Homeowners said the bill would help seniors and low-income residents remain housed. The bill was reported favorably by a roll call vote. Members then approved two Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles measures: SB 488, the agency package updating Florida’s motor fuel tax compliance with IFTA, allowing online filing and private license plate agencies to act as agents, raising the crash-damage reporting threshold, expanding email communications, and updating tank vehicle compliance; and SB 490, a related public records exemption for email addresses collected for renewal notices. Both were reported favorably without opposition. The committee also passed SB 246, creating a specialty license plate for the UFC Foundation, despite concerns raised that the foundation is based out of state and that the plate was politically motivated; the bill was approved on a split vote. The committee gave favorable reports to SB 216 on reemployment assistance eligibility, which would tighten job-search requirements, require more frequent eligibility verification, and add reporting on fraudulent claims. The bill drew substantial opposition from labor and policy advocates who argued it would add barriers for unemployed workers, especially in rural and skilled-trades jobs, and that the state’s unemployment system remains difficult to navigate. Supporters said the bill was aimed at fraud prevention and ensuring claimants remain eligible. SB 356 on utility terrain vehicles generated extensive debate over safety, local control, and whether UTVs should be allowed on certain roads; supporters emphasized rural utility and law enforcement benefits, while opponents cited manufacturer warnings and crash risks. The sponsor ultimately temporarily postponed the bill. The committee also reported favorably SB 528 on manufacturing, which expands the Department of Commerce’s manufacturing responsibilities, codifies the chief manufacturing officer position, and creates workforce development grant support; SB 584 on commercial driving schools, which authorizes DHSMV agreements with county tax collectors to help enforce school regulation; and SB 388, which raises the annual use fee for the Florida Wildflower specialty plate from $15 to $25 to support the Florida Wildflower Foundation. The final bill, SB 470 on the Fraternal Order of Police specialty plate, was introduced as a measure to broaden eligibility for the existing plate and stabilize funding for law enforcement memorial efforts, but no final action on that bill was reached in the portion of the transcript provided.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

EDU-LBT, EDU Public Hearings 02-06-2026

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • has the workforce development council. has the workforce development council.
  • from across the board.
  • in Labor Department versus Workforce Development Council across the board from, you know, the university
  • in Labor Department versus Workforce Development Council across the board from, you know, the university
  • in Labor Department versus Workforce Development Council across the board from, you know, the university
Summary: The joint committee first heard SB 3179, which would require the Department of Education and charter schools to report harassment incidents involving educational workers and adopt procedures for handling them. DOE supported the bill, while the Attorney General recommended clarifying amendments to limit the measure to harassment directed at workers because of their position, to limit DOE legal assistance to temporary restraining order actions, and to clarify whether the harassment must come from outside the school system. Members also discussed whether the bill should cover non-DOE individuals on campus, whether investigations could be handled in-house, and whether training should be embedded in existing workday or school-year training rather than added as a separate requirement. The committee later voted to pass the bill with amendments as SD1. The committee then took up SB 2872, which would require retired teachers or administrators rehired into shortage or hard-to-fill positions to be paid the entry-level salary for that position. DOE supported the bill, and the Attorney General requested clarifying language about its effective date and that it would not affect already matured rights and duties. The Employees’ Retirement System administration emphasized that the bill should retain a 12-month break in service to preserve the pension system’s tax-exempt status and noted the importance of consistent classification of eligible positions. Members expressed support for using retired educators to help fill staffing gaps, but no final action was taken in the portion provided. The committee also heard SB 2391, which would provide annual step increases for public school teachers under bargaining unit 5, subject to funding. The Attorney General said the bill could conflict with collective bargaining procedures and Chapter 89, while DOE said unit 5 includes more than teachers and asked that the benefit be considered for other bargaining units as well, with funding provided if enacted. HSTA strongly supported the measure, arguing that annual step movement is already recognized in the collective bargaining agreement as a recruiting and retention tool. Testimony totals were noted as 16 in support, two in opposition, and three comments. Finally, the committee heard SB 3282, which would establish a statewide framework for the federal workforce Pell Grant program to fund short-term workforce education and training. The Attorney General suggested clarifying that the matter is one of statewide concern because UH is involved. UH and the Chamber of Commerce supported the bill, and DLIR testified that it is coordinating with DOE, the Workforce Development Council, and national groups on implementation. Members questioned whether the Workforce Development Council or DLIR should handle rulemaking and administration, and DLIR said the council is advisory while the department has grant administration expertise. The committee then moved into decision-making after discussion of possible amendments and implementation concerns.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/04/2026 - Senate Public Safety

Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • of governors, who also appoints the boards of inquiry and the hearing boards within the organization
  • So when you brought all this up to the board, to the current board, what happened?
  • So you took these concerns to the board... So you took these concerns to the board.
  • , both in memorandums to the boards and meetings with the boards.
  • He has resigned his position on the board. He was the first to resign his position on the board.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Taxes Committee 4/10/25

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • Greg Hunt, economic development manager for the city of St.
  • As you've heard, this is specifically for a water park that is related to Mall of America.
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  • The city of development arm of the city.
  • <00:30:40.320> of<00:30:40.559> an construction and development of an construction
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Feb 4th, 2025

Alabama Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • his expertise in issues such as... that honed his expertise in issues such as business, economic development
  • , and workforce development; whereas Senator Reed's dedication to public service and passion for politics
  • Senate, so to speak, to take a position with Workforce Development, a new agency at the state of Alabama
  • Senate Bill number two by Senator Gudger, relating to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, is referred
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Feb 4th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Legislation providing a method of funding new water supplies and water and wastewater infrastructure,
  • And we have Harshal Patel, Chairman of the Board of the McAllen Chamber of Commerce. Dr.
  • Pablo Tagli, Chairman of the Board of the McAllen Economic Development Corporation.
  • It is my honor to welcome the UTSA President, Taylor Amey, and the UTSA Board of Trustees.
  • To be members of the Texas Board of Nursing, Elizabeth C. Ellie Adamson, Mission.
Bills: SB2, SJR36, SB2, SR19, SR27, SR30, SR32, SCR11