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MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Combatting Antisemitism Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am

Transcript Highlights:
  • So I would make that one recommendation: to excise that one sentence. Commissioner Kibniss.
Summary: The Special Commission on Combating Antisemitism met to hear testimony from Chief James Hicks of the Natick Police Department, who chairs the Municipal Police Training Committee, and Chief Thomas Fowler of the Salisbury Police Department. They described the statewide civil-rights-officer model for hate-crime response, the HEART Unit, and MPTC training authority under POST, and urged the commission to recommend incorporating the IHRA definition of antisemitism into police training and to fund that effort. Commissioners asked about how law enforcement should handle antisemitic incidents that may not rise to crimes, the 2022 Mapping Project, masking during protests, and the role of HART; the chiefs said departments can update training quickly, that every department should have a trained civil-rights officer, and that HART’s expertise should be integrated statewide. The commission also approved the October 16, 2025 minutes after correcting an initial procedural error. The rest of the meeting focused on the draft report, especially the prefatory statement and the definition section. Commissioners broadly praised the report’s scope and the chairs’ work, but offered many edits aimed at tightening language, reducing advocacy tone, and clarifying the “Massachusetts way” of combating antisemitism. Several members wanted stronger emphasis on Massachusetts values, education, moral leadership, and the distinction between hate incidents, hate crimes, and statutory offenses; others urged clearer references to constitutional protections, First Amendment limits, and Attorney General review of legal statements. There was also discussion of whether to keep or remove references to alternative definitions of antisemitism: some commissioners argued that only the IHRA definition should be centered, while others said acknowledging other definitions was factually important and would reflect the range of testimony. Commissioners also raised specific substantive edits for later sections, including adding examples such as the 2022 Mapping Project, strengthening language on online intimidation, academic boycotts, and divestment campaigns, and clarifying that some conduct may be hateful even if lawful. In the higher education section, members praised recommendations on mandatory training, bystander intervention, trauma-informed responses, mental health supports, and campus climate surveys, while suggesting a few technical edits and additional best-practice examples. No final votes were taken on the draft report during this portion; the chairs said they would incorporate feedback into a revised draft before the remaining meetings and eventual vote.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/20/2026 - Senate Judiciary and Elections

Judiciary and Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • Dana Lewis, Pinal County. I don't have it on mine. Okay.
  • That's based on feedback from our county recorders and our county elections directors across the state
  • And in counties who are not as large as Pinal County or Maricopa or Pima, they have actual judicial elections
  • I'm an attorney here in Maricopa County.
  • We are working with the county attorney's office.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Public Safety Feb 3rd, 2026 at 09:00 am

Public Safety

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  • If we're not quite sure that the use of organized retail thefts impact on state and local tax Receipts
  • responder because you've defined first responder As a full-time, part-time, reserve, or volunteer state, county
  • Bryant's case, there were some very gruesome pictures that were put out, and so California, Los Angeles County
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Health Apr 21st, 2025

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • County.
  • Harris County, Tarrant County, and Williamson County, to divert those struggling with mental health issues
  • You said there's a tax cost, tax cut satellite for everyone.
  • There's nothing in the bill that impacts the authority of the court to set the tax rate in Travis County
  • surrounding counties or other counties?
Committee: House Public Health
Summary: The Committee on Public Health met with a quorum and heard public testimony on a long agenda, with members repeatedly reminded of a two-minute limit for witnesses. Several bills were voted out favorably, including HB 2588 on cottage food, HB 1639 on cancer incidence and female firefighters, HB 2581 on a reporting form for contracted services for pregnant women, and SB 922 on electronic disclosure of certain sensitive medical information. Those measures generally passed on party-line or near-unanimous votes, while HB 216 on itemized medical statements was left pending after the committee substitute was withdrawn. The committee also left pending HB 5141, HB 4638, HB 2035, HB 4813, HB 2264, HB 4014, and HB 3829 after hearing testimony and questions. The final item introduced in the excerpt was HB 4408 on health care market transparency and corporate consolidation, but the discussion was cut off before testimony or action was completed. A major theme of the hearing was mental health diversion and access to treatment. HB 5141, by Rep. Howard, would allow Travis County to use vacated Austin State Hospital property for a local mental health jail diversion center; law enforcement, the Travis County sheriff, county judge, and urban counties group all testified in support, describing the lack of alternatives for people in crisis and the burden on jails and emergency rooms. Members asked about eligible offenses, bed capacity, and whether the facility would serve only Travis County, and the bill was left pending. HB 2264, by Rep. Schoolcraft, would create a friends-and-family form for loved ones to provide information to providers during emergency mental health treatment; NAMI and hospital groups supported it, while one neutral witness and several members raised concerns about patient control, credibility of information, and liability protections. The bill was also left pending. The committee also heard multiple psychedelic-therapy and drug-policy bills. HB 4813 would speed Texas rescheduling of Schedule I substances if the FDA reclassifies them, with testimony focused on psilocybin and MDMA and their potential use for PTSD and depression; members questioned whether the bill was too broad and how state rescheduling works, and it was left pending. HB 4014 would direct HHSC to study psychedelic therapies, building on prior state research, and witnesses said Texas should prepare regulatory and clinical infrastructure before FDA approval; it too was left pending. HB 2035 would require parents to be informed that they may seek substance-use treatment for a child even if one facility turns them away, prompted by a constituent’s account of a fatal fentanyl overdose after receiving incorrect advice; it was left pending. HB 4638 would extend and expand the Texas Pharmaceutical Initiative board and timeline, with the author saying the program is still in early implementation and needs more time, and it was left pending as well. Other bills addressed public health administration and animal welfare. HB 3829 would require a study of the animal-friendly account and its grant process for spay/neuter funding, with the author arguing that the current application and reimbursement process is too burdensome for shelters and nonprofits; no opposition was heard and the bill was left pending. HB 2581 and HB 1639 were reported favorably, while HB 216 drew discussion about enforcement of itemized medical billing and was held after the committee substitute was withdrawn. Throughout the hearing, members also discussed broader concerns about homelessness, competency restoration waitlists, jail overcrowding, and the need for more treatment options outside the criminal justice system.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships Apr 14th, 2025

S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships

Transcript Highlights:
  • Different counties have different procedures.
  • Government Affairs and testifying on behalf of the Tarrant County Board of Trustees.
  • Parent county clerk, is that correct? Yes, sir, that's correct.
  • The Tarrant County Clerk's Office issues over 17,000 marriage licenses a year.
  • And finally, I just want to say in Travis County we have a very limiting.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Human Services Apr 8th, 2025

Human Services

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  • very timely, as DFPS just announced new SSCC contracts awarded in three regions, including Harris County
  • , Bexar County, and a number of counties along the Gulf Coast.
  • And the record has you as Charles Reed, Dallas County Commissioners Court, and you're for the bill.
  • This bill specifically is crucial for Dallas County.
  • Ellis County Commissioners Court and you are for the bill, is that correct? Yes, ma'am.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Human Services Apr 8th, 2025

Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • . ...counties.
  • Why is it just certain counties that would have to utilize this?
  • We had, I think we had three locations in the Bell County area.
  • Right now it's offered to 236 counties.
  • something thousand, and the next county is in the seven hundred.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Transportation Apr 3rd, 2025

Transportation

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  • I'm the Chambers County Commissioner for Precinct 3.
  • County Judge Jimmy Silvio has not traveled for this hearing.
  • Investment to our county.
  • both the county and our residents.
  • Representative LaHood in Bexar County had 11 fatalities.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Transportation Apr 3rd, 2025

Transportation

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  • Well, this project and the entity that owns it—are they tax-exempt, or will they be paying property taxes
  • Or will there be property taxes?
  • I don't know the answer to that, but right now we are paying the property taxes.
  • It wanted to own the right-of-way, then I'm guessing it would not pay taxes.
  • And so your counties, your schools, going down through there, what would happen?
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs Feb 24th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • If there are back taxes, if there are child care that's due, it's called ticket discounting.
  • We know we get beat up if we raise a tax, so we don't call it a tax.
  • The tax authority does everything to increase sales.
  • This system functions much like a regressive tax.
  • So, do you, you're familiar with that committee though, that, the county or something?
Bills: SB28 , SB687 , SJR34 , SCR9 , SB523 , SB62 , SB847 , SB706 , SB869 , SB890 , SB992 , SB 28
Summary: The meeting was a crucial session for discussing several important bills including SB992, which aims to establish a clear time frame for the Attorney General's approval on outside legal counsel for state agencies. Senator Nichols presented the bill, emphasizing its necessity for timely responses to ensure efficient legal processing. Another notable discussion centered around SB523, which seeks to allow parole and probation officers to use a business address on their driver's licenses for safety and security purposes. This bill passed favorably out of the committee, with public testimony supporting the need for such provisions due to the risks these officers face.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives May 26th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • We don't tax those loyalty points. We don't tax those loyalty points, do we? Not to my knowledge.
  • We don't tax those loyalty points. Do we tax the person that's using the loyalty card?
  • Do we tax the business?
  • Yes, but the businesses that will be taxed don't have to...
  • there will be paying the tax.
Bills: HR320 , HR321 , SCR55 , SCR69 , SCR75 , SCR77 , SCR78 , SCR79 , SB259 , SB295 , SB312 , SB348 , SB444 , SB485 , HR73 , HR118 , HR144 , HR196 , HR237 , HR249 , HR260 , HR267 , HR272 , HR278 , HCR85 , HCR100 , HCR105 , HCR107 , HCR114 , HR245 , SCR5 , SCR29 , SCR33 , SCR37 , SCR63 , SCR30 , SCR40 , HB62 , HB193 , HB210 , HB220 , HB246 , HB364 , HB420 , HB475 , HB584 , HB622 , HB772 , HB784 , HB949 , HB953 , HB1043 , HB1070 , HB1092 , HB1134 , HB1162 , HB1176 , HB1196 , HB1214 , HB119 , HB129 , HB233 , HB283 , HB538 , HB789 , HB850 , HB870 , HB1236 , HB1241 , HB54 , HB137 , HB321 , HB368 , HB386 , HB414 , HB431 , HB552 , HB555 , HB578 , HB590 , HB593 , HB618 , HB638 , HB670 , HB692 , HB707 , HB708 , HB715 , HB718 , HB732 , HB741 , HB748 , HB776 , HB796 , HB807 , HB822 , HB848 , HB856 , HB887 , HB888 , HB917 , HB921 , HB1082 , HB1243 , HB1246 , HB378 , HB509 , HB1090 , HB1259 , SB80 , SB131 , SB143 , SB251 , SB254 , SB279 , SB367 , SB384 , SB388 , SB389 , SB398 , SB408 , SB431 , SB468 , SB469 , SB496 , SB4 , SB52 , SB57 , SB83 , SB145 , SB152 , SB194 , SB276 , SB319 , SB333 , SB448 , SB450 , SB465 , SB484 , SB501 , SB509 , SB149 , HR168 , HB463 , HB998 , SB123 , SB353 , SB479 , SB495 , SB82 , SB97 , SB283 , SB326 , SB518 , SB197 , SB268 , HB901 , HR20 , HR74 , HCR65 , HCR71 , HCR98 , HB284 , HB306 , HB341 , HB366 , HB393 , HB458 , HB577 , HB603 , HB605 , HB614 , HB625 , HB646 , HB733 , HB752 , HB773 , HB798 , HB911 , HB955 , HB996 , HB1035 , HB1069 , HB1113 , HB1140 , HB1180 , HB1191 , HB1240 , HB1255 , SB89 , HB74 , HB134 , HB258 , HB359 , HB468 , HB956 , HB1117 , SB29 , SB42 , SB43 , SB78 , SB208 , SB217 , SB274 , SB300 , SB341 , SB379 , SB382 , SB387 , SB401 , SB441 , SB449 , SB487
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Education Apr 22nd, 2025

Public Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Fourteen counties, the tier one. You pay three insurance policies.
  • But I live in it, and it is a growing issue for the 14 counties.
  • The 14 counties, and it's due to outside elements like insurance.
  • At the 24-25 school year, Port Aransas ISD assessed $39 million in local M&A, no property taxes, and
  • exemptions such as the gross receipts tax exemptions for utilities.
CO

Colorado 2026 Regular Session

Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 071 Mar 25th, 2026

Colorado House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • there be an increase in tax or reduction in<01:09:34.239><c> tax</c> in tax in tax whereas<01:09:36.319
  • book it's a tax So tax increase blue book it's a tax increase.
  • it's a tax front without raising taxes?
  • </c> change in tax code or it is a tax change in tax code or it is a tax increase. increase. increase
  • year and by such amounts as are raised annually thereafter by imposing an excise tax of 15% when unprocessed
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Transportation (01/27/2026)

Transportation

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  • </c> would be um putting a tax on um bikes. would be um putting a tax on um bikes.
  • </c> after 35 years of paying property taxes after 35 years of paying property taxes and<02:11:45.920
  • Oregon has a one-time bike excise tax. it can be funded. Um user fees. Now I it can be funded.
  • Oregon has a one-time uh,<02:46:38.720><c> bike</c><02:46:39.279><c> excise</c><02:46:39.920><c> tax.
  • I'll be voting for this bill. plate or a county fair plate or city's plate or a county fair plate or
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • It says that $0 million shall be transferred to the Oklahoma Tax Commission for depositing the film in
  • In on that film tax credit, where that thing would go from 30, which is what it is right now, to a higher
  • director is actually preparing, and their actuaries are already preparing for the loss of this off-the-top tax
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs Apr 7th, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • It sure as heck better not be higher property taxes.
  • It sure as heck better not be higher property taxes.
  • Actually, Gaines County and Dickens County. Okay. All right. I know Gaines. Yes.
  • We can talk taxes. We can talk teacup. But I personally... We can talk taxes. We can talk teacup.
  • that we can use for education and property taxes.
Bills: HB28 , SB3 , SB 3
Committee: House State Affairs
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives May 29th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • and provides for the use of the tax proceeds.
  • Look, I'll tell you, I'm not one to say use tax dollars for anything. I'm very...
  • Look, I'll tell you, I'm not one to, say, use tax dollars for anything. I'm very...
  • Look, I'll tell you, I'm not one to say use tax dollars for anything.
  • I know it is our tax dollars, and I get that. All right. Thank you. I understand that.
Bills: HR310 , HR314 , HR316 , HR317 , HR321 , HR275 , HR276 , HR279 , HR282 , HR286 , HR289 , HR292 , HR295 , HR302 , HR319 , HCR112 , HR307 , SCR59 , SCR61 , SCR62 , SCR68 , SCR69 , SCR70 , SCR54 , SCR55 , SCR64 , SCR75 , HCR3 , HCR49 , HCR66 , HCR67 , HB1 , HB2 , HB42 , HB45 , HB66 , HB71 , HB79 , HB126 , HB133 , HB145 , HB159 , HB167 , HB213 , HB218 , HB222 , HB289 , HB291 , HB312 , HB313 , HB316 , HB324 , HB352 , HB383 , HB398 , HB403 , HB429 , HB457 , HB459 , HB511 , HB549 , HB571 , HB579 , HB591 , HB608 , HB616 , HB624 , HB766 , HB769 , HB783 , HB799 , HB804 , HB864 , HB874 , HB909 , HB951 , HB971 , HB983 , HB1005 , HB1017 , HB1051 , HB1056 , HB1095 , HB1126 , HB1129 , HB1186 , HB1193 , HB1223 , HB1224 , HB1230 , HB1235 , HB1249 , HB723 , HB36 , HB140 , HB181 , HB198 , HB205 , HB211 , HB226 , HB259 , HB271 , HB302 , HB335 , HB342 , HB487 , HB513 , HB623 , HB682 , HB730 , HB740 , HB761 , HB775 , HB797 , HB812 , HB816 , HB940 , HB968 , HB979 , HB1028 , HB1029 , HB1038 , HB1049 , HB1084 , HB1161 , HB1194 , HB1199 , HB1201 , HB1203 , HB1247 , HB1256 , SB25 , SB132 , SB155 , SB157 , SB202 , SB228 , SB237 , SB250 , SB405 , SB406 , SB414 , SB433 , SB480 , SB513 , SB149 , HB359 , SB29 , SB43 , SB78 , HB210 , HB258 , HB468 , HB784 , HB134 , HB1117 , SB42 , SB274 , SB382 , SB449 , SB300 , HR74 , HB463 , HB715 , HB998 , SB80 , SB268 , SB444 , SB479 , HB901 , HR20 , HCR65 , HCR71 , HCR98 , HB284 , HB306 , HB341 , HB366 , HB393 , HB458 , HB577 , HB603 , HB605 , HB614 , HB625 , HB646 , HB733 , HB752 , HB773 , HB798 , HB911 , HB955 , HB996 , HB1035 , HB1069 , HB1113 , HB1140 , HB1180 , HB1191 , HB1240 , HB1255 , SB82 , SB89 , SB97 , SB123 , HB74 , HB119 , HB368 , HB414 , HB552 , HB732 , HB776 , HB848 , HB870 , HB953 , HB956 , HB1236 , SB208 , SB217 , SB283 , SB387 , SB389 , SB401 , SB408 , SB469
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, February 25, 2026)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

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  • , duties, imposts, and excises.
  • He began his career in Hawkins County before moving south to Lowden County.
  • before moving south to in Hawkins County before moving south to Lowden<00:20:50.159><c> County.
  • His responsibilities Lowden County.
  • </c> tax its own citizens for gasoline. tax its own citizens for gasoline.