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AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/25/2026 - Senate Public Safety

Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • The assistant director for the Motor Vehicle Division must certify speed-inhibiting devices that meet
  • Certify speed-inhibiting devices that meet outlined requirements for certification, publish and make
  • unless the vehicle is equipped with a functioning speed-inhibiting device.
  • unless the vehicle is equipped with a functioning speed-inhibiting device.
  • And putting this in, obviously, will control the speed if they can't do it themselves.
Summary: The Committee on Public Safety approved the minutes from March 18, 2026, then heard and voted on several bills. HB 4018, which clarifies that a county sheriff has exclusive authority to regulate posse and reserve organizations acting under the sheriff’s authority, passed on a 5-1 vote after supporters said it simply codifies existing authority and improves accountability; one member opposed it as giving too much unchecked power. HB 2417, allowing certain drivers to use a court-ordered speed-inhibiting device instead of a license suspension for specified offenses, passed 6-1, with supporters calling it an optional safety measure and opponents raising cost, privacy, and enforcement concerns. HB 2771, allowing ADCRR to require prisoners to pay reasonable rehabilitation-program costs as a condition of community supervision, passed 5-2, and HB 2772, creating a driver’s-license medical indicator for advance directives such as a DNR, passed unanimously after discussion about implementation, renewal, and cost to applicants. The committee also approved HCR 259, a resolution reaffirming support for county sheriffs and recognizing their constitutional role, on a 4-3 vote. HB 2418, which appropriates $600,000 to be distributed evenly among the five original major incident regional law enforcement task forces in Cochise, Coconino, Navajo, Pinal, and Yuma counties, passed unanimously; testimony said the bill codifies a distribution practice that has already been followed administratively. Finally, HB 2170, the Protection Procurement Act, which bars state contracts for certain Chinese government-controlled companies unless no reasonable alternative exists and imposes penalties for false certification, passed 4-3 after proponents argued it protects Arizona from security and supply-chain risks. The meeting ended with thanks to staff and pages and adjournment.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

TRS-LBT, TRS-EDT, TRS Public Hearings 02-10-2026

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • But at 6.5, it's fairly limited.
  • But at 6.5, it's fairly limited.
  • And so if it's it's fairly limited.
  • So, depending on how much over the speed limit a vehicle is going, fines can be anywhere from $167 to
  • Speed limit fines can be anywhere from $167 to $317.
Summary: The joint committees on Transportation, Labor and Technology, and later Transportation and Economic Development and Tourism, heard several bills. SB 2573 would allow administrative driver’s license revocation hearings to be held by interactive conference technology such as Zoom and permit electronic exchange of evidence. The chief adjudicator for the ADLRO supported it as a non-mandatory option that has worked well since 2021, improving attendance and saving time and money; DOT also supported it. The committees voted to pass SB 2573 with technical, non-substantive amendments. SB 3215 would make permanent the requirement that securing mooring lines at commercial docks be performed by labor subject to collective bargaining by repealing the sunset date in existing harbor safety law. DOT did not submit testimony, and the chair noted support from longshore labor. The committees voted to pass SB 3215 unamended. The committees also heard SB 2693, which authorizes $15 million in general obligation bonds for planning, design, and construction of a 50,000-square-foot aerospace hangar and related facilities at Hilo International Airport. A Phoenix Space executive testified in support, saying Hawaii and Hilo have geographic advantages and that the project could support aerospace investment and jobs; several other organizations and individuals submitted supportive testimony. Committee members questioned whether federal matching funds or airport capacity existed, and DOT said it had no assurance of federal participation and would need to check on capacity and potential users. The hearing then moved to SB 2698, which would create a cruise ship special fund and impose a per-passenger head fee on cruise ships docking in state commercial harbors while repealing the existing cruise ship TAT framework effective January 1, 2026. DOT supported the bill but requested amendments to clarify that the new fee is in addition to existing passenger, port entry, and dockage fees and to raise the fee from $6.50 to $10; DOT said the higher amount would better fund harbor improvements such as shore power. Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings testified in support but said the added fee would significantly increase costs, while a local ship supply business supported the cruise industry and opposed the TAT approach, saying cruise activity benefits local farmers and jobs. No final vote on SB 2698 was taken in the excerpt provided.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee Apr 1st, 2026

Public Safety and Homeland Security

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, under existing law, a municipality may only enforce speed limits within the corporate city limits
  • Any speed limit set wrong on that. Okay.
  • So it would have said any speed limit.<00:11:18.480> Okay.
  • limits on all setting specific speed limits on all these<00:11:59.440> different<00:11:59.680
  • So it would have said any speed limit. Okay.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/28/2026 - House Judiciary

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • You even have the freedom to break the speed limit.
  • Proposing term limits cuts out the voter, the electorate.
  • Proposing term limits cuts out the voter, the electorate.
  • I just want to make clear that I do support term limits.
  • But for term limits, absolutely not.
Summary: The Judiciary Committee heard and advanced several bills. HB 2763 would require legislative approval before the Arizona Game and Fish Commission could close a state-run shooting range. Supporters, including the sponsor, a Prescott doctor, gun-rights advocates, and Game and Fish, argued that range closures can push shooting into unsafe desert areas and that the legislature should have a voice; the bill passed 8-1. HB 2417 would let courts, at a defendant’s request, use speed-inhibiting devices instead of license suspension for certain speeding and racing offenses. The sponsor and supporters said it would help people keep working and reduce recidivism, while an Arizona Trucking Association representative warned the bill was overbroad and conflicted with federal law; the committee adopted an amendment and passed the bill 7-2. HB 2345 created a felony for unlawfully present persons possessing falsified CDLs and imposed vehicle forfeiture and employer penalties; trucking industry testimony said it was preempted by federal law and unenforceable, but the sponsor said he would keep working on it, and the bill passed 5-3 with one present after amendment. The committee also considered HB 2666, which increases penalties for sexual extortion involving victims ages 15-17. The sponsor and supporters from the anti-trafficking community and county attorney’s office said the bill responds to a serious and growing online exploitation problem affecting teens. Defense and juvenile-justice concerns focused on whether the bill could sweep in minors, create mandatory consecutive sentences, and fail to account for age-related defenses; the sponsor and supporters said they were open to discussing amendments, but the bill passed 8-0 with one present. HB 2175 would add political expression and political affiliation to Arizona’s bias-crime sentencing enhancements and create new misdemeanor-level enhancements for certain bias-motivated offenses. The sponsor, ADL, and county attorney’s office said it fills gaps and targets conduct, not speech; the ACLU and defense testimony warned it could chill speech and give prosecutors too much discretion. The bill passed 6-2 after amendment. HB 2186 would allow a passenger in a traffic stop to satisfy identity requirements by verbally providing name and date of birth rather than producing physical ID. The sponsor said it was meant to fix an unconstitutional-vagueness problem and clarify the law after a prior court issue; there was little opposition, and it passed 7-0 with one present. The committee also began hearing HB 2364, which would add penalties for distributing or receiving abortion-inducing drugs by courier, delivery, or rail service; the sponsor said it would strengthen enforcement of existing Arizona restrictions, but the transcript cuts off before testimony, debate, or any vote on that bill.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • It's a perfect triangle for high-speed trains that can move people in an efficient way, high-speed trains
  • But let me tell you, one thing that Communist China has over us is the largest high-speed rail network
  • More importantly, we're behind Florida in high-speed rail.
  • Also, when you talk about the rigidity of high-speed rail, our highway infrastructure is also rigid,
  • anti-high-speed rail.
Summary: The meeting was a press event in support of House Bill 483 and its Senate companion, SB 424, which would repeal the current state ban on high-speed rail investment and direct TxDOT to partner with a private entity to develop a Dallas-Austin-San Antonio rail line along the I-35 corridor. Rep. John Bucy, County Judge Andy Brown, Rep. Rafael Anchia, Rep. Ray Lopez, and Sen. Sarah Eckhardt all argued that Texas’ population growth and highway congestion make passenger rail a necessary transportation alternative and a long-term economic development tool. They emphasized benefits such as reduced commute times, improved mobility, lower congestion and emissions, stronger workforce access, and better connections between major metro areas. Testimony focused on the Texas Triangle as a strong candidate for high-speed rail because of its population density, flat geography, and existing growth patterns. Speakers cited examples from other places, including Florida’s Brightline and rail systems in other countries, to argue that Texas is behind and could catch up through public-private partnerships. They also discussed transit-oriented development, last-mile connections through local systems like DART and Austin’s Project Connect, and the possibility of future expansion beyond the initial corridor. In response to questions, Bucy said the bill would allow TxDOT to seek bids and keep costs flexible, that the line would likely require dedicated high-speed track, and that express service could reduce Austin-San Antonio travel time to roughly 30 minutes and Austin-Dallas to under an hour and a half, though no launch date was set. No formal vote or committee action was taken in the transcript. The event ended with Bucy saying the bill was a positive step and could become a bipartisan effort to build a more connected Texas.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 2/23/26

Transportation Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • c> forced to raise the speed limit up to 30 forced to raise the speed limit up to 30 miles<00:13:01.120
  • from going over that speed limit.
  • <01:03:48.960> limit be a 10 miles under the speed limit be a 10 miles under the speed limit
  • We would expect, I uh the speed limit.
  • this is over the speed limit. Right?
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Feb 3rd, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • bills to to limit ourselves and do this. bills to to limit ourselves and do this. Why?
  • Uh, number one is, uh, unlike other statute of limitations, there is no statute of limitations for an
  • , unlike other uh statute of limitations, unlike other uh statute of limitations, there<00:22:59.200
  • <00:23:00.799> for there is no statute of limitations for there is no statute of limitations
  • > limits<00:24:36.960> the >> That limits the that limits the >> That limits
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 3/10/26

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • <01:20:50.000> I'm lower speed limit, my car thinks I'm lower speed limit, my car thinks I'm
  • speed limit, that that's Maps knows the speed limit, that that's how<01:21:23.320> it<01:21:23.880
  • c><01:25:53.840> a<01:25:53.880> situation speed limit, and it's in a situation speed limit
  • Three strikes and you're out on speeding, speeding, speeding, even 5 miles an hour over the speed limit
  • to<01:28:40.800> 30 my lim- my speed would be limited to 30 my lim- my speed would be limited
Summary: The committee approved the minutes from March 5 by voice vote and welcomed new member Representative Van Binsbergen. It then took up House File 2354, which Chair Liebling moved to re-refer to the Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee. Representative Norris presented the bill as an updated version of the Medical Assistance Protection Act, aimed at strengthening the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, closing loopholes, equalizing fraud penalties, and increasing penalties for large-scale Medicaid fraud. Attorney General Ellison said the bill would add 18 specialized staff to the unit, moving it from 32 to 50 positions, and argued the federal-state matching structure makes the Attorney General’s office the proper home for the funding because the unit is dedicated to Medicaid fraud work. Nick Wonka, director of the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, explained the bill’s provisions affecting committee jurisdiction: expanded subpoena authority to obtain financial account contents in provider-fraud investigations, conforming legal representation language to preserve the unit’s authority, venue changes to allow charging in counties where parts of the offense occurred, and a restitution change to let courts order restitution for related conduct in the same scheme. He said the subpoena change would speed investigations and align the Attorney General’s authority with other agencies, and that the restitution change would help recover more fraudulently obtained Medicaid funds. No public testimony was offered. Members questioned why the funding should go to the Attorney General’s office rather than the BCA, whether the new records authority was federally required, how the venue language would work across state lines, and whether the added FTEs indicated the fraud problem was larger than expected. Ellison and Wonka responded that the federal grant requires the work to stay within the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, that the unit’s investigators are specialized and work with, but separate from, law enforcement, and that the venue provision applies only within Minnesota while out-of-state matters would be referred to the appropriate authorities. The amendment that had been posted was withdrawn and not offered.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 3/24/25

Transportation Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • As Representative Olson mentioned, this does increase the speed limit from 30 to 35 in implements of
  • a speed limit, it does increase if someone is hit by that the difference of 5 miles an hour can be a
  • If you're in a city, you're still going to be limited by the city's speed limit.
  • <00:40:01.319> limit be limited by the city's speed limit be limited by the city's speed limit
  • limit but uh I think we can figure speed limit but uh I think we can figure it<00:56:15.200> out<
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs (Part II) May 22nd, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Riders are all across the age of Texas, even though it involves high-speed movement and challenging terrain
  • The limitations are there for election workers. Very good. Two albums up public testimony.
  • It would limit the prohibition on wireless communication devices to only the room in which voting is
  • This committee substitute aims to refine the language by limiting the governor's authority to close organizations
Bills: HB223
Summary: The Committee on State Affairs heard several House bills, with most measures left pending after testimony and later taken up in a batch of votes. Early in the meeting, HB 5624 on liability protections for motocross/off-road vehicle tracks, HB 223 on requiring competitive procurement for municipal lobbying contracts, HB 3709 on post-election audit procedures, and HB 5081 on protecting personal information of judicial officers and court staff were all discussed and left pending after testimony. Witnesses on HB 223 supported greater transparency in municipal lobbying contracts. HB 3709 drew sharp opposition from an election integrity advocate who argued the bill would reduce precinct-level granularity and make it harder to detect ballot errors, while a Secretary of State resource witness said the bill would simplify and standardize the audit process by location. HB 5081 received strong support from court administration and a district judge who described prior threats and an attack tied to publicly available personal information. The committee also heard HB 3546 on allowing school districts to move elections to November, HB 493 on barring certain felony offenders from serving as poll watchers, HB 5115 on increasing penalties for election fraud and related conduct, HB 4081 on trade secret filing procedures, HB 3909 on limiting restrictions on wireless devices at polling places, HB 2702 on limiting gubernatorial closure authority for certain veterans organizations during pandemics, HB 119 on foreign adversary lobbying, and HB 5138 on the Attorney General’s authority to prosecute election crimes. Several of these bills were explained with committee substitutes and then left pending before final action. Testimony on HB 493 and HB 5115 came from an election integrity advocate who supported both bills, saying the poll watcher restriction was appropriately narrowed and that the election fraud bill would help address invalid votes and refusal to count valid votes. Later, the committee took up pending business and voted out a large number of bills, generally along party lines or with broad support. HB 186 on minors’ social media use, HB 229, HB 2885, HB 3909 as substituted, HB 4285, HB 1661, HB 2820, HB 3181, HB 4157, HB 223, HB 521, HB 640, HB 1234, HB 2253, HB 2294, HB 3053, HB 3697 as substituted, HB 4281, HB 4463, HB 4995, HB 5081 as substituted, HB 5624 as substituted, HB 119 as substituted, HB 3225, HB 5138 as substituted, HB 5115, HB 481 as substituted, HB 3546, HB 493, and HB 4145 were reported favorably to the full Senate, with several also placed on the local and uncontested calendar. The committee also adopted committee substitutes for multiple bills, including HB 3909, HB 5081, HB 5624, HB 119, HB 5138, and HB 481. At the end, the chair noted another committee meeting would likely be needed before deadlines, possibly on a weekend, and recessed the committee subject to the call of the chair.
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Transportation Apr 3rd, 2025 at 10:00 am

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • And essentially what it does is it just brings in the speed limit signs into the bill that were part
  • so what this does is it just leaves the 80-mile-an-hour issue as it was, but adds in the variable speed
  • limit signs.
  • One that I really don't like is they're taking away the doubling of all fines, not just speeding fines
  • Chair, you know that I don't like the 80-mile-an-hour speed limit anyway, and so I'm trying to find something
Bills: HB1053
Summary: The committee took up House Bill 1298 and first discussed an amendment from Senator Paulson that would add variable electronic speed limit signs to the bill while leaving the 80-mile-an-hour provision unchanged. Members said the signs would be used on interstates I-29 and I-94 in selected problem areas, based on weather or accident conditions, and that the proposal would not require a fiscal note. The discussion then broadened to Senator Rummel’s concerns about related bills, especially 2243, 1250, and 1229. He argued that the House changes were removing municipal authority to double fines, lowering or eliminating points for serious traffic violations, and undoing prior Senate positions. Several members said they were willing to use HB 1298 as the vehicle to restore the earlier fine and point provisions, including the 29 violations previously assigned three points, and to avoid concurring with the House versions. Members did not take final action on the amendments or the bill. Instead, they agreed more work was needed and asked Legislative Council to prepare a combined amendment and options for the next meeting. The committee recessed and scheduled further discussion for the next morning.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • And you're right, the more we regulate, the more we limit permissive applications in the industry, the
  • more we will limit the growth. of Texas vineyards.
  • I'm strictly enforcing the time limits because we have ...
  • market, it limits innovation and creativity, and the ability for us to come together as an industry.
  • That is not a reasonable limitation on what is happening. There are many good parts of this bill.
Bills: HB223
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Even though it involves high-speed movement and challenging terrain that can lead to accidents, it provides
  • The limitations aren't supposed to be... The limitations are there for...
  • The committee substitute was developed by Senator Hall, and it would limit the prohibition on wireless
  • This committee substitute aims to refine the language by limiting the governor's authority to close.
Bills: HB223
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Ports, Waterways & Intermodal Transit Committee Feb 12th, 2025

Ports, Waterways & Intermodal Transit

Transcript Highlights:
  • There would be no minimum, maximum size, or slot limits... ...no minimum, maximum size, or slot limits
  • So we are not curtailing their ability to limit or create a slot limit; they still can do that.
  • either... ...limit placed.
  • There because the slot limit was only in... ...there because the slot limit was only in place for fishing
  • There are ways we can do this without a slot limit. We can do this without a slot limit.
Bills: HB1, HB143, HB1, HB92
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee 3/10/25

Transportation Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is caused by a limited number of Department of Public Safety CDL road testing facilities around
  • It is including, but not limited to, the instructor salary, books, course materials, and really the most
  • It is including, but not limited to, the instructor salary, books, course materials, and really the most
  • It is including, but not limited to, the instructor salary, books, course materials, and really the most
  • She said each testifier would be limited to two minutes and noted the bill had been heard many times.
Bills: HF1167, HF1242
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Environmental Regulation May 8th, 2025

Environmental Regulation

Transcript Highlights:
  • The bill would also allow TCEQ to set different limits depending on land use.
  • This is not limited to Johnson County.
  • That this bill is about limits on PFAS and biosolids.
  • Well, there are limited options on what you can do with that.
  • How do you develop those concentration limits?
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 4/9/26

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • <01:24:41.880> So, very limited days cash on hand. So, very limited days cash on hand.
  • Hennepin County sales tax in most Hennepin County communities is going to be 10%. >> We've got to speed
  • >> We've<01:40:52.480> got<01:40:52.640> to<01:40:52.880> speed<01:40:53.160
  • >> We've got to speed it up a little, Mr.
  • >> We've got to speed it up a little, Mr. uh<01:40:54.160> Representative,<01:40:54.680>
Bills: HF4841, HF4234, HF3697