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FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Feb 24th, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • colleges and universities to adopt active assailant response plans, conduct regular security risk assessments
  • Senators, next, let's take up tab 1, CS for CS for SB 118, assessment on RV parks by Senator Trumbull
  • Senate Bill 118 relates to non-ad valorem special assessments, like fire assessments, against recreational
  • For 25 years, Florida law mandated that if a local government levies a special assessment against an
  • In law enforcement, we call that threat assessment. You identify the risk, you mitigate it.
Bills: S0118, S0896, S1690, S1756
Summary: The committee first took up CS for SB 896, a school safety bill expanding the Guardian program to public postsecondary institutions. The bill requires active assailant response plans, security risk assessments, threat-management protocols, use of the suspicious activity reporting tool, and allows voluntary participation in Guardian for colleges and universities. A late-file amendment by Senator Polsky was adopted to clarify that students who are also employees or faculty are not eligible for Guardian. Members debated campus carry concerns, storage of firearms, and whether the bill could lead to broader gun access on campuses. Several faculty and gun-safety advocates testified against the bill, while supporters argued trained guardians can deter violence. The committee reported the bill favorably by roll call vote. The committee then approved CS for CS for CS for SB 1690 on child care and early learning services. The bill updates child care laws, clarifies regulations, and reduces overregulation of before- and after-school programs. An amendment expanded authority for the Florida Education Foundation to fundraise for early learning from birth to VPK. Testimony was largely supportive, emphasizing affordability, access to quality child care, and relief for working families, though one speaker opposed the bill as an expansion of government. The bill was reported favorably. Next, the committee passed CS for CS for SB 118, which clarifies how non-ad valorem special assessments are applied to recreational vehicle parks and limits the square footage used for assessment purposes to the maximum size of an RV space. The committee also approved CS for CS for SB 1220, the Department of Transportation package, which addresses seaport and airport planning, personal delivery devices, autonomous vehicles, advanced air mobility, toll programming, and other transportation-related changes. Amendments modified provisions on personal delivery devices, utility permits, autonomous vehicle penalties, and law-enforcement cruiser lights. Both bills were reported favorably. Finally, the committee began hearing SB 1756, the medical freedom bill, which proposes new vaccine information requirements, conscience-based school immunization exemptions, limits on compelled vaccination during public health emergencies, and behind-the-counter access to ivermectin for adults. The sponsor and supporters framed the bill as strengthening informed consent and parental rights, while opponents and some senators raised concerns about vaccine hesitancy, herd immunity, and the inclusion of ivermectin. Public testimony was extensive and sharply divided. The transcript ends during continued testimony and debate on SB 1756, before a final vote is taken.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Thank you. of offenses, including some misdemeanors. to assess risk and ensure fair outcomes.
  • way. that is absolutely not the correct way to look at what public safety and how those should be assessed
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Appropriations and Finance Jan 22nd, 2026 at 02:01 pm

House Appropriations & Finance

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  • We are completing assessments of the homes.
  • The Fair Plan itself is able to stay solvent because of industry assessments.
  • assessment increase for hospitals.
  • Chair, Representative, I don't think we need any money for that assessment right now.
  • So at that point, we would assess whether there need to be any changes.
Bills: HB1
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Finance Jan 22nd, 2026 at 09:36 am

Senate Finance

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  • the current capital landscape and some updates on policy initiatives that LFC undertook during the interim
  • that are Challenges in this program that we've talked about a lot, and that we did some work this interim
  • Okay, moving on to some policy issues that we took up this interim that will be before you this session
  • So we've been working with HED throughout the interim to reboot it. And we have a new version.
  • One of the initiatives the committee took up this interim was they asked LFC and DFA staff to collaborate
Bills: HB1
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Appropriations and Finance Jan 20th, 2026 at 04:16 pm

House Appropriations & Finance

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  • I don't see any other interim committee chair getting an extra 35,000.
  • And so that is why they are itemized separately because it isn't considered an interim committee.
  • And one of the questions that I have is about the interim work.
  • committees as opposed to having drafters doing interim committees.
  • If we do hire additional Interim Committee staffers, what are they doing during session?
Bills: HB1
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Workforce Development Apr 10th, 2025 at 10:00 am

Workforce Development

Bills: HB1119
Summary: The Workforce Development Committee reconvened to consider House Bill 1119 with amendment version 02005. Senator Hogan explained that the amendment removed a section requiring the Department of Human Services to respond to legislative management, in order to make the bill feel more like a program evaluation than an audit and to avoid placing an unreasonable burden on the executive branch. The amendment also clarified that the Child Care Advisory Committee would provide an update and that the committee would dissolve after the rewrite of licensing standards, making it a time-limited body. Committee members discussed the bill as a novel approach to forming a group to study an issue and then disbanding after reporting back. Senator Larson noted the concept was similar to broader performance-review ideas, and Senator Hogan said the Legislative Council program evaluation effort was parallel to, but separate from, other performance-review proposals. The committee then voted 4-0-1 to adopt the amendment. Afterward, the committee moved to give House Bill 1119, as amended, a do pass recommendation. That motion also passed on a roll call vote, and the committee adjourned.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/20/2026 - House Commerce

Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • To pay the cost of employing financial analysts, DIFI annually assesses each domestic insurer an amount
  • House Bill 2091 increases the maximum allowable assets assessment amount for each range of total admitted
  • To pay the cost of employing financial analysts, DIFI annually assesses each domestic insurer an amount
  • House Bill 2091 increases the maximum allowable assets assessment amount for each range of total admitted
Summary: The Commerce Committee heard three bills and held House Bill 2118. House Bill 2091 would increase the maximum assessment DIFI can charge domestic insurers based on admitted assets, with future adjustments tied to inflation beginning July 1, 2027. Supporters, including the sponsor and industry representatives, said the fees have not been updated in 25 years, Arizona’s regulatory workload has grown substantially, and the measure would help DIFI hire staff, reduce reliance on contractors, and speed insurance approvals without raising premiums. The committee recommended the bill do pass on an 11-0 vote. House Bill 2138 would clarify that professional firefighters in city, town, county, or fire district departments are covered for workers’ compensation when injured while traveling to or from work or mandatory assignments. Testimony from Queen Creek and a firefighter described a real claim denial caused by a loophole in current law, arguing the bill restores original legislative intent and protects recruitment and public safety response. The County Supervisors Association said it was neutral and requested removal of “county” from the definition because counties do not employ firefighters; the sponsor said a floor amendment would address that. The committee passed the bill 11-0. House Bill 2122 makes clarifying changes to reciprocity or endorsement qualifications for registration of certain BTR-related professions, including adding reciprocity with the United Kingdom that was omitted from last year’s law. The sponsor described it as a cleanup bill to support workforce development and make it easier for professionals to do business in Arizona. The committee approved the bill 11-0, and the meeting adjourned after all three measures received unanimous do-pass recommendations.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources Committee, February 24, 2026

Agriculture, State and Public Lands & Water Resources

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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/26

Energy Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
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Bills: HF4236, HF4122, HF4377