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FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

House in Special Session C Feb 11th, 2025

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • ARE THERE BILLS ON THE SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR? NONE ON THE DESK, MR. SPEAKER.
  • Speaker Perez: MEMBERS, ON JANUARY 13, WHEN THE GOVERNOR ISSUED A PROCLAMATION CALLING US INTO A SPECIAL
  • SESSION, WE BEGAN THE EXTRAORDINARY JOURNEY TOGETHER AS A CHAMBER AND AS THE LEGISLATURE.
  • WE HAVE CONVENED A SPECIAL SESSION AS SURGICALLY AS POSSIBLE.
  • WE WILL BE ON THE FLOOR ON THURSDAY AT NOON FOR SPECIAL ORDER. FINAL PASSAGE.
Summary: The Florida House of Representatives convened for a special session on February 11-14 to address illegal immigration legislation. Speaker Perez announced they would consider two bills and a memorial filed the previous night, with committee meetings scheduled for Wednesday and final passage on Thursday. The Speaker emphasized the legislature's role as equal participants rather than recipients of instructions, describing their approach as aggressive in combating illegal immigration while being thoughtful in methods. The session was designed to be surgical and efficient, bypassing the normal committee process except for Budget Committee review.
VA

Virginia 2026 Regular Session

June 29, 2026 - Special Session 1

Virginia House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The House is now in session.
  • that the following members are away on pressing personal business on a granted leave from today's session
  • that said, I would submit that there are many other bills that we have passed this General Assembly session
  • It clarifies that officers assigned to SWAT, specialized tactical teams, undercover units, drug units
VA

Virginia 2026 Regular Session

June 22, 2026 - Special Session 1

Virginia House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The House is now in session.
  • It's an experience that my family has enjoyed, and I wanted to bring it into session today.
  • It's an experience that my family has enjoyed, and I wanted to bring it into session today.
  • Calendar for today, Monday, June 22nd, for this gathering of the 2026 Special Session 1, page one, first
  • But all through the session, we did have a consistent... And I appreciate that.
VA

Virginia 2026 Regular Session

April 23, 2026 - Special Session 1

Virginia House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Speaker, remind the body as we prepare for this 2026 special session one, pursuant to House Joint Resolution
  • As the House is operating on the 2026-2027 rules of the House of Delegates during special session one
  • special session, is now before the body.
  • Session per diem shall not be allowed for members of the House of Delegates during a recess of the special
  • Fourth portion of the morning hour in Special Session 1 is reserved for points of personal privilege.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Mar 19th, 2025

Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • It was passed out of the House 136 to 8 in the 87th legislative session. With that, Mr.
  • Yes sir and there have been so many improvements made just in the last couple of sessions and alert,
  • One of my duties with DPS... is to also serve as a tactical physician with the Texas Rangers Special
  • Um, House Bill three last session. that was filed by Speaker of the House Dustin Burroughs.
  • After the last session in Senate Bill 1852, I believe it was.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

State Affairs Aug 26th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • apply to a special session.
  • the date of final adjournment of the special legislative session.
  • The uh and these special sessions have repeatedly turned into many legislative sessions.
  • So it's not like these are the special sessions of old which were special we're special.
  • Because the way this is going is, um, we're now calling special session after special session and Senator
Bills: SB 53, SB 54, HB16, SB 19
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • These special sessions have repeatedly turned into many legislative sessions.
  • So it's not like these are the special sessions of old, which were truly special.
  • special sessions.
  • session after special session.
  • We talked on Saturday—not in this special session, but for future regular sessions.
Bills: SB 53, SB 54, HB16, SB 19
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • People testified in our committees over the interim and during the session that water is one of the most
  • Governor Abbott made a Texas-sized investment in water an emergency item this session.
  • So I had said for multiple years in session, multiple sessions, and the last two years...
  • This water fund is because we brought everything under the umbrella last session.
  • Amid the discussions in the session on funding for water supply and.
Bills: HB3077, HJR2, HJR7, HJR7
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Transcript Highlights:
  • At this point in time in the legislative session, if you want some type of industrywide standardization
  • Ray Rri, this will be one of his last sessions up here working with us.
  • As all of you know, we had our third child in the middle of the session.
  • Speaker, I move with the clerk's desk is clear, the House of Representatives of the second regular session
  • The House of Representatives for the second regular session of the 16th Oklahoma legislature is adjourned
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Members, it is an extra special honor on my last day to be here in session in my nine years here to recognize
  • session of the 60th legislature.
  • For my distinct privilege, I welcome you to the third joint session of the 60th regular session of the
  • The third joint session is dissolved.
  • It has really been a great session.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • At this point in time in the legislative session, if you want some type of industry-wide standardization
  • This bill... ...by and large the weaker chamber in this building this session.
  • As all of you know, we had our third child in the middle of session.
  • The House of Representatives of the second regular session of the 60th Oklahoma Legislature adjourn.
  • The House of Representatives of the second regular session of the 60th, Oklahoma Legislature. adjourned
Summary: The House first took up Senate Bill 893, a conference committee report on property and critical infrastructure. The bill would bar foreign principals from countries designated as foreign adversaries from owning agricultural land or other land, especially within 10 miles of military installations or critical infrastructure, and also restrict certain state software purchases tied to adversarial countries. Members asked about how later-designated adversary countries would be covered and about the delayed effective date, which was explained as giving current owners time to divest. The conference report was adopted without objection, and the bill then passed the House 89-0. The chamber then considered Senate Bill 2, another conference committee report on wind energy setbacks. The measure would establish statewide setback standards for industrial wind turbines, including 2.5 tip heights from occupied dwellings and 1.5 tip heights from nonparticipating property lines, with exceptions for projects that had already secured most site control or queue positions before the effective date and for small community-scale systems. Supporters said it was a compromise that at least put some protections into statute, while opponents argued it weakened earlier House language and eliminated county local-control options. After debate, the bill failed on a 20-67 vote. Later, the House voted 60-19 to override the governor’s veto of Senate Bill 1589, allowing it to become law notwithstanding the governor’s objections. The session also included prayers and announcements, including updates about Representative Cantrell’s hospitalization and a note that the Senate had adjourned sine die. The House then adjourned sine die for the second regular session of the 60th Oklahoma Legislature.
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Transcript Highlights:
  • The House is in session. Clerk, call the roll.
  • Members, it is an extra special honor on my last day to be here in session.
  • It is an extra special honor on my last day to be here in session, in my nine years here, to recognize
  • It is my distinct privilege to welcome you to the third joint session of the 60th regular session of
  • The third joint session is dissolved.
Summary: The House convened, completed roll call, and heard an invocation and pledge before moving through several ceremonial presentations. Members recognized Monty Smith for 43 years of service with the Oklahoma Department of Transportation, honored the Marlow Lady Outlaws girls golf team for winning the Class 3A state and academic state championships, and acknowledged the final group of pages for the 60th Legislature. The House also adopted HCR 1030, which sets the legislative procedure schedule and deadlines for the 61st Oklahoma Legislature. The chamber then met in a joint session with the Senate to observe Veterans Awareness Day. Speakers from both chambers and the Oklahoma Veterans Council delivered remarks honoring veterans, Gold Star families, and military service, and highlighted recent policy achievements for veterans, including the full tax exemption for 100% disabled veterans, the exemption of military retirement pay from state income tax, improved funding for veterans’ homes, and restructuring of the Oklahoma Veterans Commission. The Veterans Council also presented its annual awards, naming Sen. Kerry Hicks as Outstanding Senator of the Year, Rep. Andy Menz as Outstanding Representative of the Year, Aaron Higgins as Veteran of the Year, and the Speed family as Veteran Family of the Year, and recognized Scott Howell for his service to the council. The joint session then adjourned. Back in the House, members took up Senate amendments to House Bill 1370, which concerns the Corporation Commission plugging fund and a repealer tied to a state fuel-tax offset provision. The bill’s author explained that the amendment would prevent the state from capturing savings if the federal fuel excise tax is reduced, so any reduction would benefit consumers rather than state revenue. After questions about fiscal impact and the well-plugging fund, the House adopted the Senate amendments without objection and passed HB 1370 on final passage by a vote of 89-1; the emergency clause also passed 89-1. The House then recessed, later returned for a staff appreciation and sine die-style recognition, including a tribute to long-serving bill drafter Mark Carter, and recessed again while awaiting any additional legislation from the Senate.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • Looks like first on the agenda is presentation of special purpose governmental entity reports.
  • As you all know, special purpose governmental entities are SPGEs.
  • we would like So in the upcoming session we would like to<00:25:27.600> seek<00:25:28.080>
  • and hopefully in you all next session and hopefully in January<00:26:37.039> join<00:26:37.360
  • Um Shelley and I 253 from last session.
Summary: The committee received reports on special purpose governmental entities from the Department for Local Government and the Fire Commission. DLG staff described SPGEs as limited-jurisdiction political subdivisions and reviewed the department’s registry, reporting portal, compliance monitoring, and planned system upgrades such as a two-way message center, automated noncompliance notices, and tracking for new entities and board expirations. They reported that, as of October 10, 2025, 69% of SPGEs were active and discussed compliance data by cycle, fiscal year, and district type. The Fire Commission reported that fire department mergers have reduced the number of departments by 16 since last year, largely because of volunteer staffing shortages, while financial disclosure compliance had risen to 94%. The commission also noted 509 compliance reviews, 19 in-house inquiries, seven referrals to outside agencies, and one recent federal prison sentence in a theft case. Members asked whether DLG advises SPGEs on tax rates; staff said it only performs calculations and the entities set their own rates. Questions to the Fire Commission focused on whether department reductions meant station closures; officials explained that most changes were mergers that keep physical buildings in place while combining personnel and finances to meet minimum staffing requirements. They said the trend is spread across the state but is especially pronounced in rural areas. The Kentucky League of Cities then presented its 2026 legislative agenda. Its priorities included modernizing city revenue options, increasing equity in road funding, fixing tax increment financing issues, addressing transient room tax collection from web-based platforms, strengthening emergency response coordination, clarifying massage parlor regulation preemption, correcting unintended consequences of House Bill 606, improving newspaper publication rules, and modernizing procurement statutes. KLC also said it supports allowing all cities to collect restaurant tax revenue, wants cities to receive a larger share of road funds and EV-related revenues, and seeks state collection and remittance of any future local sales tax to comply with the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement. Members asked about best-value bidding, road-fund equity, Airbnb tax litigation, EV prevalence, and disaster funding applications; KLC said cities currently must accept the lowest bid, the road split should better reflect city street costs, the Airbnb tax case remains pending, EV data by locality has not been studied, and allowing cities to apply directly for disaster funds would reduce reliance on county officials. No votes or formal actions were taken beyond approving the September meeting minutes.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/23/2026 - Senate Finance

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • But do you imagine something that could be a little more... ...a special session.
  • Chairman and Senator Epstein, we cannot require a special session to be called.
  • session or for not calling a special session.
  • Simply requiring the governor to say, 'I will call a special session' or 'I won't call a special session
  • The problem this past year was so many of us all said we should have a special session.
Summary: The Senate Finance Committee approved the minutes from March 16, 2026, then heard testimony on a series of bills, with the chair noting that testimony and votes would be handled in batches because members were coming and going. HB 2939 would raise the rural qualified facilities tax credit from $20,000 to $25,000 per job for certain projects with initial investment under $2 billion. Lucid Motors supported the change as a tool to attract manufacturing jobs to rural Arizona, while opponents questioned whether the higher credit would actually create new jobs and pointed to a fiscal note that could reach $48 million. The committee later passed the bill 5-2. HB 2950 would authorize municipalities and counties to form tourism improvement areas funded by lodging business assessments for marketing and tourism promotion. The Arizona Lodging and Tourism Association and Visit Phoenix supported the measure, describing TIAs as voluntary, locally controlled tools already used in other states and useful for rural destinations; senators pressed on whether the assessments were truly voluntary and how the districts would be formed and administered. The bill passed 5-2. HB 2780, a technical cleanup bill related to property tax lien foreclosure and excess proceeds sales, was described as conforming changes to a prior law creating a mechanism for delinquent taxpayers to recover equity; it passed 6-1. HB 2502 would allow certain ASRS members who are elected officials to retire at normal retirement age without resigning their elected office, with the employer paying the alternate contribution rate. ASRS said it was neutral, and the sponsor and a lobbyist argued the bill would create parity with non-elected members who can retire and return to work; the committee passed it 5-2. HB 2140, as amended by a striker, would let the state treasurer invest up to 10% of trust and treasury monies in physical gold or silver bullion held in secure U.S. depositories. The sponsor and Sound Money Defense League supported it as a diversification and inflation hedge, while opponents argued gold is volatile, costly to store, and not a better use of taxpayer funds; the committee adopted the striker and passed the bill 4-2. HB 2398 would require commercial liability insurance for watercraft rented or hired in Arizona, including peer-to-peer boat-sharing programs, while not affecting ordinary personal boat ownership. The sponsor, insurers, and rental operators said the bill responds to uninsured boats being rented through apps and to safety and liability problems; some members said training should also be addressed. The committee adopted an amendment and passed the bill 6-1. Finally, HB 2999 would create state affordable infrastructure districts to finance public infrastructure for housing through bonds, taxes, and assessments, with unanimous landowner consent and disclosure requirements. Home builders and contractors said the districts could lower upfront housing costs and improve financing, but contractors sought stronger payment protections and some senators worried the bill could add red tape and costs without guaranteeing savings to homebuyers. After adopting a large amendment, the committee passed HB 2999, though at least one member voted no and another passed on the vote.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

PBS Public Hearing - Wed Feb 18, 2026 @ 10:00 AM HST

Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm in strong support of this bill because student safety with special needs is most important.
  • We will move on to House Bill 2566 relating to special license plates.
  • This authorizes the issuance of special number plates for members of the Hawaii Civil Air Patrol.
Summary: The committee heard House Bill 1997, which would require IEPs for students with disabilities to include individualized emergency accommodations and evacuation supports. The Attorney General’s office supported the intent but recommended amendments to explicitly include students with Section 504 plans and to change references from “department schools” to “public schools” so charter school students are covered. Testimony in support came from disability advocates and several individuals, including Peter Fritz, who said emergency evacuation planning should be made explicit because it is not clearly required by federal law, and Ka Swan, who emphasized student safety during emergencies. No vote or final action was taken on the bill in the transcript. The committee then took up House Bill 2343, relating to the Maui State Veterans Home. The measure would repeal a deadline for transferring the home to a state agency with a Maui affiliation and instead require the transfer to occur as soon as practicable. The Department of Defense, the Office of Veterans Services, HHSC Oahu Region, and several individuals testified in support. Committee members asked whether a more definite deadline should be used, but the department said the open-ended language was preferable because the Maui entity is not yet ready and Oahu is currently providing oversight. No vote or final action was recorded. House Bill 2566, authorizing special license plates for Hawaii Civil Air Patrol members, was also heard. The City and County of Honolulu Department of Customer Services testified in opposition, while Johnny Perry testified in support. The committee did not take a vote in the transcript. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 2493 on wrongful imprisonment compensation procedures. The Attorney General’s office opposed the bill, arguing it would create an automatic payment mechanism without a sufficient finding of actual innocence, could trigger payments within five days of dismissal, and raised concerns about insufficient time for prosecution review and about funding and appropriation issues. Supporters, including people who said they had been wrongfully convicted and later found actually innocent, argued the bill would reduce delays and help released individuals survive while awaiting compensation. Judiciary staff requested technical amendments and said operational details still needed review. Members questioned the AG about the meaning of “actual innocence,” burden shifting, and whether the bill would better define the standard, but no vote or final action was taken.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • I think the ask is 100 million this session for that.
  • I have a question for you if you Recall, I guess it was two sessions ago, maybe three.
  • It may have been my first session. Maybe second.
  • A couple of sessions ago there was, or last session, provide for re-stimulation of bills to have.
  • SB 1061 is a refile from last session. HB 419.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

House in Session Jun 5th, 2025

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • families and each person represented in this process as we come together to finalize our budget this session
  • Bills on the special order calendar? None on the desk, Mr. Speaker.
  • Garrison, House a Concurrent Resolution 1635, a concurrent resolution extending the 2025 regular session
  • Representative Garrison, House Concurrent Resolution 1635, a concurrent resolution extending the 2025 regular session
  • Garrison: HCR 1635 extends the session to 11:59 PM, Wednesday, June 18, 2025, and provides legislation
Summary: The Florida House of Representatives convened for a brief session focused on procedural matters. Representative McClure moved to waive rules and introduce House Bill 5017 and House Joint Resolution 5019. The primary business was Representative Garrison's House Concurrent Resolution 1635, which extends the 2025 regular legislative session until 11:59 PM on Wednesday, June 18, 2025. The resolution specifies that only the General Appropriations Act (GAA), its implementing bill, and an enumerated list of conforming bills, joint resolutions, and general bills may be considered during the extension. All other legislative measures will be indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration as of 12:00 AM on Saturday, May 3, 2025. The resolution was adopted.