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MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Floor Session 5/18/25 - Part 1
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And it's been done in other states, red states and blue states alike.
- So if it's happening in a red state and a blue state, you would think that in a purple state we could
- <00:45:28.400>
So <00:45:28.640>if <00:45:28.800>it's and blue states alike. - So if it's and blue states alike.
- happening in a red state and a blue happening in a red state and a blue state,<00:45:30.880>
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, February 13, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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line megaw over on this chart the blue line megaw over on this chart the blue - The blue lines are gas. Then you start seeing wind coming online.
- The blue lines are gas. Then you start seeing wind coming online.
- The blue lines are gas. Then you start seeing wind coming online.
- The blue lines are gas. Then you start seeing wind coming online.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Select Federal Natural Resource Management Committee, July 13, 2026
Select Federal Natural Resource Management Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- We haven't found any of the severity yet, but we are keeping an eye on that because then we will alert
- said she would communicate the committee's interest up through her chain of command and channels and alert
- chain of command and my channels and um chain of command and my channels and um just<01:17:03.120>
alert - c> that<01:17:03.920>
you <01:17:04.159>are <01:17:04.400>interested just alert - them that you are interested just alert them that you are interested in<01:17:05.840>
partnering<
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, as a spoiler alert, the only TR the only exception request that we have is for TRP.
- snowplows themselves, we've been trying to look into efficiencies and safety on what could potentially alert
- what uh efficiencies and safety on what what could<01:50:49.720>
potentially <01:50:50.560>alert - <01:50:50.960>
people <01:50:51.360>better <01:50:51.880>so could potentially alert - people better so could potentially alert people better so they<01:50:52.280>
don't <01:50:52.680
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Judiciary (04/09/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- In these cases, these chatbots really should have alerted an authority figure to do something about it
- In these cases, these chatbots really should have alerted an authority figure to do something about it
- > cases, these chat bots really should cases, these chat bots really should have<04:24:12.239>
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Summary:
The House Judiciary Committee opened a hearing on Senate Bill 146, which would remove the requirement that a medical examiner physically view a body before issuing a cremation certificate. The prime sponsor, Sen. Suprentice, and Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Jenny Duval explained that the bill would not change the death certificate process or the existing waiting period before cremation; it would only eliminate the in-person viewing step. They said the current review of death certificates already catches the vast majority of cases that should be reported to the medical examiner, and that the physical view changes outcomes in less than 1% of cremation cases.
The witnesses emphasized that the bill is intended to improve efficiency and reduce delays for families and funeral homes, while freeing deputy medical examiners to focus on homicides, suicides, accidents, and unexpected natural deaths. Dr. Duval cited an example where review of a death certificate, not the body, uncovered a long-ago strangulation-related homicide, arguing that the key safeguard is review of records and cause of death, not the physical view. She also said the change would save travel time and some costs for the department.
Committee members asked about how death certificates list primary and contributing causes of death, whether the low percentage of findings means the current process has a deterrent effect, why cremation is treated differently from burial, and whether identification concerns are adequately addressed. The sponsors responded that identification is handled earlier by hospitals, families, and funeral directors, and that any questionable identification would already fall under medical examiner jurisdiction. They also said the bill would not alter the two-day cremation delay or other existing safeguards. No vote or final action was taken in the portion of the hearing provided.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Environment and Agriculture (03/31/2026)
Environment and Agriculture
Transcript Highlights:
- well, first we have to get the blue well, first we have to get the blue sheet<02:07:19.600>
and - And on the blue sheet, we had one person in support of SB 475.
- And on the blue sheet, we in opposition.
- SB 644 Uh the blue sheet for uh SB 644 indicates<03:10:29.280>
The <03:10:29.360>blue < - So, the blue sheet is blank. Okay. So, the blue sheet is blank.
MD
Transcript Highlights:
- The projects are Prince George's County Blue Line Corridor, Pimlico's training facility, and the bus
- The first Prince George's County Blue Line project is the economic development around the Blue Line.
- 00:11:52.640>
distributed <00:11:53.200>to <00:11:53.440>the <00:11:53.600>blue - funds distri distributed to the blue funds distri distributed to the blue line<00:11:54.480>
- <00:12:02.000>
issued <00:12:02.320>to <00:12:02.480>the <00:12:02.640>blue
Summary:
The House met in Annapolis with 107 members present and proceeded through the journal and a series of Appropriations Committee reports. Several bills were advanced on favorable reports without amendment, including measures on constitutional officers’ salaries, correctional officer retirement systems for Dorchester and Allegany counties, Carroll and Calvert County public facilities bonds, higher education financial assistance for incarcerated individuals, and a bill on community college promise scholarship eligibility for Delmar High School graduates. Other bills received amendments before being ordered for third reading, including measures on community college trustee membership, Frederick Community College board meeting and training requirements, Howard County school funding disclosures, courts administrative judges’ stipends, correctional officers retirement membership clarifications, the Children’s Cabinet Fund, and a law enforcement pension bill limiting military service credit eligibility to helicopter pilots in state aviation units.
The chamber also considered HB 1581 on horse racing facility ownership, development, licensing, and operations. Amendments expanded the bill to include additional economic development provisions for the Prince George’s County Blue Line corridor, Pimlico-related funding and community input requirements, a larger lottery-fund distribution for the racing community development financing fund, and changes to the bus rapid transit grant program. The bill’s favorable report as amended was adopted, and it was ordered for third reading. During debate on a separate amendment to HB 894, the Maryland Transit and Housing Opportunity Act, members argued over project labor agreements: opponents said PLA requirements raise costs and limit competition, while supporters said the provision was optional, supported stability and predictability, and was part of a broader compromise. The amendment was rejected after discussion, and the bill remained amended.
The House also took up HB 1430 on charter school facilities funding, adopting amendments that reduced the per-pupil amount and narrowed eligibility for certain districts, then advancing the bill as amended. In addition, HB 1248 was amended to convert a part-time state employment pilot program into a work group, and HB 680 was amended to adjust future appropriations for local management boards. Across the session, most actions were routine committee report adoptions and amendment votes, with no recorded roll-call counts in the excerpt except the initial quorum call.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Red states build far more houses than blue states.
- You know, that's why house prices are, on average, lower in red states than they are in blue states.
- is you know a blue state top to<01:38:34.000>
bottom <01:38:35.040>and <01:38:35.520>- <01:39:02.560>
states more houses than blue states more houses than blue states you<01:39:- <01:39:22.800>
collar afford that house and one blue collar afford that house and one blue - <01:39:02.560>
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs (02/06/2026)
State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- team, you know, I actually have, if I'm on the blue team, I have, you know, different candidates to
- team, you know, I actually have, if I'm on the blue team, I have, you know, different candidates to
- So, the lunch caucus in the cafeteria for the blue team, a quick red caucus here for the red team.
- Uh blue team is going to uh caucus 1:00.
- HCR16 as being somewhat duplicative blue HCR16 as being somewhat duplicative blue ticket<04:16:57.760
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 066 Mar 20th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Spoiler alert. Representative Brooks. Thank you. Thank you, Chair.
- <01:04:32.920>
Spoiler <01:04:33.320>alert. - they could start cutting into the shutters, they'd have to break the glass, and then he would be alerted
- then<04:29:48.120>
he <04:29:48.280>would <04:29:48.400>be <04:29:48.520>alerted - the glass, and then he would be alerted the glass, and then he would be alerted once<04:29:49.040
Summary:
The House convened, established a quorum, approved the journal, and then moved through announcements recognizing Nowruz/Persian New Year, Ute Day at the Capitol, Mosaic students, and other brief invitations and tributes. The chamber then agreed to proceed out of order to resolutions and adopted House Joint Resolution 1017, which urges the federal government to fulfill obligations to the Southern Ute Indian Tribe and the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe regarding water rights and the Animas-La Plata project. Supporters emphasized tribal water security, federal funding, and the tribes’ longstanding stewardship; an amendment (L.004) was adopted 60-0, and the resolution then passed 60-0, with several members adding as co-sponsors.
The House also adopted Senate Joint Resolution 17, reappointing Carrie L. Hunter as State Auditor for a five-year term. Speakers from the Legislative Audit Committee praised Hunter’s professionalism, nonpartisan leadership, and the office’s national recognition; the resolution passed unanimously, 62-0, and members invited Hunter to be recognized in the chamber. After that, committee reports from Appropriations and Finance were read and several bills were set as special orders for later consideration.
In Committee of the Whole, the chamber considered several measures. Senate Bill 39, dealing with Fire and Police Pension Association disability and survivor benefits, received a technical cleanup amendment and passed. House Bill 1311, concerning bonds in lieu of retainage in construction contracts, was amended to clarify public versus private projects and passed; supporters said it would help smaller contractors, including contractors of color and women contractors, enter the market. House Bill 1184, continuing the Colorado Forest Health Council, passed after committee report amendments. House Bill 1305, on aligning state and federal statutes to improve access to inpatient behavioral health, passed despite some committee-level concerns about regulation. House Bill 1234, concerning access to child abuse or neglect records, passed after an amendment limiting access unless courts explicitly grant it; supporters said it would help victims access their own records, including for legal defense. Finally, Senate Bill 50, on child care center policy disclosures, was introduced with sponsors explaining it would require centers to disclose mandatory reporter obligations, camera and footage policies, and related privacy/access rules, in response to a case where parents were denied access to video footage.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, July 21, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Agriculture and Water Management Committee Mar 31st, 2026 at 09:30 am
Agriculture and Water Management Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- At that larger blue footprint is the data when this drain was designed.
- The darker colors, or the blue colors, is low water.
- The current water level is the light blue line, and the stop logs within the structure again are...
- It creates erosion in the form of what's called head cutting, and those are the dashed blue lines you
- Additional items can be found in a fact sheet in the blue folder that was handed out to folks.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 03/03/26
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- As noted, between the gap between the solid blue line and the dotted blue line in fiscal year 2025, provider
- <00:47:28.800>
between <00:47:29.119>the <00:47:29.359>solid <00:47:29.760>blue - <00:47:30.000>
line <00:47:30.240>and the gap between the solid blue line and the gap - between the solid blue line and the<00:47:30.640>
dotted <00:47:31.040>blue <00:47:31.280 - line as access fund in the solid blue line as access fund share.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Taxes Committee debates bill to modify tax breaks for MN data centers, HF1277 2/27/25
Transcript Highlights:
- So it's not blue; that's the other color. Let's see what's close by. Nebraska is in blue.
- <00:19:04.320>
that's exemption right so it's not blue that's exemption right so it's not - <00:19:09.320>
I what's close by so Nebraska is in blue I what's close by so Nebraska is in - So if this was two and a half years ago, then we would be blue, but instead we're bright blinking red
- but instead we're bright would be blue but instead we're bright blinking<00:20:45.840>
red <00
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Legislative Oversight & Investigations Committee (6-12-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- These bruises were blue, purple, and swollen and are now brown in color.
- And I'm color blind, so I may refer to some of these colors wrong, but what I consider the blue, or the
- So from this slide is actually from January of blue or the the one on the left is the blue or the the
- in blue, but that's actually<01:48:44.239>
18A <01:48:44.960>or <01:48:45.119>Merit - Um, and so you'll see the dark blue, I guess it's the blue line.
Keywords:
Call to Order and Roll Call- 00:00:14
Staff Report on the Firefighter Commission Minimum Training Standards and Administrative Spending- 00:02:02
Response from the Kentucky Fire Commission-00:32:06
Judge Testimony on Child Removal-00:42:47
Update on Child Removal and Reunification-01:11:19
Staffing at Kentucky Veteran Centers-01:40:15
Adjournment-02:05:55, 958, all
Summary:
The Legislative Oversight and Investigation Committee met without a quorum, so no votes were taken. Staff presented a study of the Kentucky Fire Commission focused on firefighter minimum training standards and administrative spending. The presentation explained that Kentucky’s training standards are built from NFPA guidelines, that the commission currently requires 115 hours for volunteer firefighters and 300 hours for paid firefighters, and that those reduced hours were adopted by removing electives and other non-NFPA content. Staff also said the commission’s IFSAC certification testing for firefighter 1 and firefighter 2 aligns with NFPA standards, but the commission cannot require local departments to train or certify firefighters. Staff recommended that the commission formally promulgate regulations establishing the reduced training hours and work with KCTCS to better separate administrative costs for certain programs so compliance with the statute can be demonstrated.
The finance portion of the report said the commission is funded by general fund appropriations for State Fire Rescue Training and by an insurance premium surcharge that supports the Firefighter Foundation Program Fund. Staff reported that the commission stayed within the 5% administrative cap tied to the overall surcharge allotment, but could not confirm compliance with a separate 5% cap for specific programs because KCTCS accounting does not break out those costs in enough detail. Staff suggested the General Assembly may want to clarify what counts as administrative cost in statute. Members asked about investment returns, local fire department funding, and whether training documentation is required; staff said some of those topics were outside the study scope and that IFSAC testing relies on chief certification that a candidate is ready to test.
Representatives from the Fire Commission then responded, saying they agreed with the report’s recommendations and would work to clarify the 5% issue with legislators and KCTCS. They explained that the reduction in training hours was intended to remove electives, better align with NFPA standards, and address the difficulty volunteer departments have in getting members to complete lengthy training. Commission officials said training is documented through rosters and annual compliance reviews, and that IFSAC-certified firefighter testing is based on demonstrated skills rather than a required number of training hours. They also said the difficulty in tracking the second 5% cap stems from the way KCTCS’s PeopleSoft system records reimbursements as single transactions, making it hard to isolate administrative costs by program.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- enough to try and do a red team blue enough to try and do a red team blue team<00:28:15.559>
- : the red team is the team that attempts to penetrate the blue team; the blue team is the team that attempts
- So yes, we have red team-blue team penetration testers and those trying to defend the infrastructures
- Blue Earth County received $13,800 in voter funds in 2023, and another $53,600 in 2024's allocation.
- That $67,400 is roughly 11% of the total operational cost for the 2024 election for Blue Earth County
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, April 8, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Appropriations Committee on Higher Education Jan 14th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Moving to the next slide, here you see a brief history of the state funding, the blue line for the college
- Here you see a brief history of the state funding, the blue line for the college system over the last
- You see the blue line for the state university system represented over the last decade.
- You see the blue line for the state university system represented over the last decade.
Summary:
The Appropriations Committee on Higher Education heard a presentation from the Governor’s Office on the proposed education budget, which totals $32.5 billion overall and includes no tuition or fee increases for Florida residents. Officials highlighted major funding for financial aid and scholarships, including Bright Futures, Benacquisto, veteran-related scholarships, EASE, Open Door, law enforcement/first responder programs, and workforce initiatives. They also emphasized increases for workforce education, Florida College System operations, nursing pipeline and line funds, and university operations, performance funding, and faculty recruitment and retention. Committee members asked questions about the Ocoee Scholarship, the proposed post-secondary Guardian program, and how university recruitment and retention funds would be used; officials said the Ocoee Scholarship remains funded at current levels, the Guardian program would offer flexible campus safety options, and the university funds would be distributed to institutions for faculty recruitment and retention without additional directives.
The committee then heard from a series of appointees and reappointees to boards of trustees for state colleges and universities, who described their backgrounds and priorities. Testimony consistently focused on affordability, workforce alignment, nursing and allied health programs, dual enrollment, adult learners, and local economic needs. Several trustees highlighted strong nursing NCLEX pass rates, expansion of campuses or programs, and efforts to tailor education to regional workforce demands such as health care, construction, law enforcement, aviation, and hospitality. One appointee from Miami-Dade College emphasized helping adult students return and complete degrees by easing credit transfer and admissions barriers.
After hearing from the appointees, the committee took up the full slate of confirmations as a block. A motion was made and the roll was called; the confirmations were approved favorably, with members voting yes and no opposition recorded. The committee then adjourned.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- And look at all of the blue and gold, Mr. President. It is so beautiful.
- So just so all you FFA members know, I had bought a cheap blue corduroy jacket because I was jealous
- Thank you for all the blue jackets in the chambers.
- You know, yesterday, our chambers were blessed with a sea of green, and today, that's blue and gold.
FL