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NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Environment and Agriculture (03/07/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- , then, uh, the owner has right to take their animals back, presumably the charges get filed early in
- the animal or charges have been filed the animal or animals<00:21:52.679>
shall <00:21:52.919> - have been filed then uh the<00:22:13.360>
the <00:22:13.480>owner <00:22:13.880>has - early in this whole process yeah filed early in this whole process yeah okay<00:22:22.880>
yeah - charges and uh having probable uh filing charges and uh having probable cause<00:22:34.200>
uh - charges and uh having probable uh filing charges and uh having probable cause<00:22:34.200>
Summary:
The committee worked through a draft bill amending animal cruelty and protective custody provisions, focusing on how animals may be seized, cared for, and returned, and on what rights owners have when animals are taken. Members discussed adding language requiring officers to inform a charged person in writing of the right to petition for a veterinarian of their choice, clarifying that any documents presented for signature must be fully and honestly explained, and revising language so confiscated animals cannot be altered without notarized owner authorization. They also considered a new prohibition on using confiscated animals for fundraising or donations, ultimately preferring the term “financial gain” over “profiteering.”
The discussion also covered protective custody procedures, including adding “municipal animal control officer” to the list of officers involved, allowing return of animals to the owner or caretaker if no charges have been filed or no warrant establishing probable cause has been sought or issued, and clarifying the distinction between criminal seizure and temporary protective custody. The commissioner’s comments led to several proposed deletions or revisions, including removing language viewed as redundant or inconsistent with protective custody, and striking references to live racing provisions that are no longer relevant.
Members further addressed lactating animals, agreeing to add language that confiscated lactating animals should not be separated from their nonweaned offspring. They also discussed a proposed confidentiality provision requiring people assisting in investigations or taking possession of seized animals to sign a binding nondisclosure agreement, though members noted similar protections may need to be duplicated in the temporary custody section as well. The conversation was largely about drafting and legal clarity, with no final vote or formal action recorded in the excerpt.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House public safety committee approves HF128 2/12/25
Transcript Highlights:
- The first bill on the agenda is House File 128. Chair Ric, I believe that is your bill.
- So what it does exactly is House File 128 will increase the penalties to be the same as criminal sexual
- <00:01:46.320>
128 what it does exactly is house file 128 what it does exactly is house file - I'm very pleased to provide some technical assistance today for House File 128, and I really want to
- 128 is laid over for you house file 128 is laid over for possible<00:09:50.320>
inclusion
Summary:
House File 128 was heard and then laid over for possible inclusion in the committee omnibus. The bill, authored by Representative Ric, would raise penalties for prostituting a minor so they align with existing criminal sexual conduct penalties: from 20 to 30 years for victims under 14, from 10 to 15 years for ages 14 to 16, and from 5 to 10 years for ages 16 to 18. The author said the bill addresses a statutory mismatch that makes prostitution of a minor carry a lower penalty than some sexual conduct offenses, and noted it was part of a broader, ongoing effort to reform criminal sexual conduct laws.
Caroline Palmer of the Minnesota Department of Health provided technical assistance and described the harms of child sexual exploitation, including trafficking, survival sex, coercion, and long-term physical and mental health consequences. She said children are exploited in many settings, including online, and that vulnerability factors such as housing instability, abuse, disability, and lack of support increase risk. She also cited research showing buyers of trafficked minor girls often came from varied backgrounds, and emphasized that victims can face lasting trauma and collateral consequences in education, employment, housing, and the justice system.
Members asked about the administration’s position, and Palmer clarified she was there only to provide technical assistance, not to represent a formal endorsement. Representative Mher noted that current law may already allow criminal sexual conduct charges in some cases involving very young victims, suggesting other tools remain available. Representative Pinto said he understood the policy concern but wanted to examine the bill’s structure and penalty levels further. No amendments or votes were taken, and the bill was simply laid over.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Senate Minerals, Business & Economic Development Committee, February 27, 2026
Minerals, Business & Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- an advanced again, nothing would hold back the process and workflow for traditional filings.
- At an advanced again, nothing would hold back the process and workflow for traditional filings.
- I don't know if I have a quorum. filings. So, uh, this was responding to filings.
- So he just wanted to expedited filing.
- I hope that clears filings that we have. I hope that clears that<00:10:42.320>
up.
Keywords:
energy transmission, load growth, Wyoming energy authority, transmission planning study, public utilities, regional cooperation, energy, funding, grants, loans, coal, natural gas, mineral processing, economic development, stable token, liquidity, trust account, Wyoming, fund distribution, financial regulation
MN
Transcript Highlights:
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2215 future please support Senate file 2215 future please support Senate file - Hoffman with that Senate filed 2347 is Hoffman with that Senate filed 2347 is laid<01:23:41.880>
over - uh senator may Quaid with Senate file uh senator may Quaid with Senate file 2383<01:23:51.040>
- hope that we can support Senate file hope that we can support Senate file 2383<01:25:28.800>
- Senator rasmuson all right Senate file Senator rasmuson all right Senate file 2310<01:45:40.920>
- hope that we can support Senate file hope that we can support Senate file 2383<01:25:28.800>
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Protecting housing and redevelopment authority employees 3/17/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Members, we'll move into our first bill on the agenda today, which is House File 4141.
- House File 41 amends Minnesota Statutes 609.2231 to include housing and redevelopment authority employees
- So thank you for your time and your support of House File 4141.
- <00:09:35.519>
protections File 4141 will strengthen protections File 4141 will strengthen - With that, House File 4141 is laid over.
Summary:
The committee heard House File 4141, which would amend Minnesota Statutes 609.2231 to add housing and redevelopment authority (HRA) employees and agents to the list of public employees receiving enhanced criminal penalties for assault while performing official duties. Representative Johnson said the bill does not create a new crime, but simply extends existing protections to HRA staff who work in high-contact, high-stress settings such as inspections, enforcement, benefit decisions, and evictions. Testifiers Melissa Taporn and Terry Smith, both representing Minnesota housing authorities/NARO, supported the bill and described numerous incidents of threats, assaults, and weapon-related confrontations involving HRA staff across the state, arguing the change is needed for worker safety, retention, and continued delivery of housing services.
Committee members expressed support for the proposal, with Vice Chair Dos saying it would create reasonable guardrails to help keep workers and residents safe. Discussion also noted that repeated or unsafe inspections can add costs back onto housing operations. The chair said the bill would likely be incorporated into the committee’s broader housing policy work with possible tweaks. No vote was taken; House File 4141 was laid over for possible inclusion.
WV
West Virginia 2026 Regular Session
WV Senate Government Organization Committee in Session Mar 10th, 2026 at 09:03 am
Government Organization
Transcript Highlights:
- corporate forms, including all other business entities registered with the Secretary of State, to file
- It does not forgive any prior failures to file annual reports or unpaid fees.
- The bill provides that failure to timely file a biennial report or maintain good standing revokes the
- It does not forgive any prior failures to file annual reports or unpaid fees.
- The bill provides the failure to timely file a biennial report or maintain good standing, revokes the
Summary:
The Committee on Government Organization met to approve minutes and then considered a series of House bills, most of which were reported to the full Senate with recommendations that they do pass. House Bill 5063 would let county commissions appoint county commissioners as voting members of convention and visitors bureau boards, including for multi-county CVBs. House Bill 5087 would enact the interstate cosmetology licensure compact, allowing multi-state practice for licensed cosmetologists in member states and authorizing criminal history checks. House Bill 5638 would clarify the State Chief Information Security Officer’s duties, shift cybersecurity oversight to annual program reviews, and add software licensing protections; it was amended and reported. House Bill 4483, concerning funeral directors and funeral establishments, was amended only to change an effective date and make technical corrections before being reported. House Bill 5653 would expand confidentiality for Department of Revenue audit-related materials to prevent taxpayers from gaming audit selection, and House Bill 4452 would repeal church acreage limits in state code after discussion of constitutional concerns and current practice. House Bill 4801 would expand permissible uses of hotel occupancy tax revenues for demolition of unsafe structures and property planning or improvements, and House Bill 5622 would create an expedited process for municipalities to conform election terms and charter provisions to the requirement that local elections coincide with state elections.
The committee also adopted a strike-and-insert amendment for House Bill 4546, which allows business entities to file reports biennially instead of annually, extends the correction period for deficient reports, and adjusts fees and enforcement provisions; the amendment removed a conflicting section and made technical corrections. House Bill 5613 would define and expand the use of telematics in fleet management, require related reporting and rulemaking, and include a cost-benefit analysis in the division’s annual report. House Bill 5323 would let the Division of Natural Resources adjust license and stamp fees for inflation by removing a prior CPI-based prohibition. House Bill 4819 would revise how criminal records are considered for certain non-Chapter 30 licenses, shifting to a “directly related” standard while preserving existing exclusions for violent sexual offenses; members discussed that point before reporting the bill. The committee adopted all amendments presented, reported the bills, and then adjourned after closing remarks from the chair and vice chair.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Housing Committee Meeting - 2025-04-02
Housing Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- All right, we'll move to our first bill on the agenda, House File 933.
- And with that, House File 933 is laid over.
- We support House File 1931.
- So I want to thank you all for your support of House File 19.
- All right, that brings us to House File 2309 as amended.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Workforce, labor and economic development panel hears HF1965 3/27/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- House File 1965 for later consideration. Go ahead, Wayne. Good.
- Uh, so, House File 1965 is a great bill that has to do with helping businesses and people who want to
- >
the <00:02:09.280>funding File 1965 will maintain the funding File 1965 will maintain - I urge you to support House File 1965 and the Small Business Assistance Partnerships Program.
- <00:04:44.840>
1965 I urge you to support House File 1965 I urge you to support House File
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- All right, Senator Westlin, we will begin with Senate File 1851.
- > those Senate File File 1851 expands those Senate File File 1851 expands those protections<00:05
- With that, uh Senate File 1851 is much.
- Okay, so we are now on Senate File 828.
- >> I would like to move the A1 amendment to Senate File 4086. Awesome.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate - 03/16/26
Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate
Transcript Highlights:
- our perspective on Senate File 3873. our perspective on Senate File 3873.
- <00:13:17.560>
3873 File 3873 File 3873 to<00:13:19.200>help <00:13:19.360>Minnesotans - With that, Senate File 3873 is laid over.
- Members, Senate File 3873 is laid over.
- /c><00:46:12.400>
3760 to send Senate File 3760 to send Senate File 3760 to<00:46:14.440>general
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Rules and Administration - 04/30/25
Rules and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- I move that Senate File 268 be recommended to pass.
- I move that um Senate File File File 268<00:15:12.880>
be <00:15:13.519>um <00:15:14.160 - proposal next uh which is Senate File proposal next uh which is Senate File 3289.<00:15:48.079><
- Senate File Senate File 3289<00:19:04.000>
and <00:19:04.240>that <00:19:04.400> - present to the committee Senate file present to the committee Senate file 2300.<00:19:52.799>
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate File 2766, as amended, is laid over. The next bill is Senate File 4570. Senator Hauschild.
- <00:34:57.360>
4570, uh Senate File 4570, uh Senate File 4570, I<00:34:59.720>think - Senate File 4570 then is laid over.
- Um<00:58:05.440>
Senate <00:58:05.720>file Um Senate file Um Senate file 4634<00:58:08.120- Senate file 5101. Thank you, Madam Chair Senate file 5101.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Transcript Highlights:
- After acquiring the needed signatures and filing those signatures with the Secretary of the Commonwealth
- , the measures are then filed with the legislature.
- The first two petitions were filed with the DLR's predecessor agency, the Labor Relations Commission.
- Whitner continues] The first petition was filed in 1978, and it sought to represent all employees of
- The third and most recent petition was filed with the DLR in 2015, as it is currently comprised.
Summary:
The Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions held a public hearing on Initiative Petition 2522 / H. 5909, which would amend state labor law to treat the Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS) as a public employer and allow its employees to seek collective bargaining rights. The chair explained the Article 48 initiative process, noted that no opponents or members of the public had signed up to testify, and said written testimony would be accepted through March 20. The hearing focused on whether CPCS staff should be brought within the public-sector bargaining framework and how that would interact with the agency’s statutory duties.
Expert testimony began with an NCSL analyst, who gave a national overview of public employee bargaining rights and examples of public defender unions in other states and localities, including Colorado, New York City, Indianapolis, Cook County, Maryland, and Illinois. Department of Labor Relations officials then reviewed prior failed organizing efforts at CPCS and its predecessor, explaining that earlier petitions were dismissed because the agency was not considered a public employer under existing law. They said passage of the initiative would not automatically unionize employees, but would allow a union to petition for an election or written majority authorization, with normal unit-appropriateness and supervisory/confidential employee issues still to be resolved.
CPCS Chief Counsel Anthony Benedetti testified that the agency supports providing information to the legislature but is not taking a position for or against unionization. He described CPCS’s statutory responsibilities, size, and current efforts to expand staffing after recent indigent-defense crises, and said any new bargaining framework would need to operate alongside the agency’s obligations to provide counsel. Proponents from SEIU Local 888 and allied labor groups argued that CPCS employees have long been denied the same collective bargaining rights as other public workers, and that a union would provide just-cause protections, a voice on staffing and working conditions, and better support for recruitment and retention. CPCS attorneys and staff testified in favor of the measure, citing heavy caseloads, rapid expansion, inadequate supervision and office support, and the need for representation in disciplinary and workplace disputes. Committee members asked about bargaining-unit composition, the role of the DLR, the effect of unionization on attorneys’ ethical duties, and the use and cost of paid signature gathering. The hearing ended with no votes taken and no opposition testimony presented.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Senate in Special Session E May 12th, 2026
Florida Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- during the 26, ...19th, 2026, or Senate Bill 2518 filed during the 2026 regular session relating to
- The Secretary will now read the bills filed within the call. Great job, Madam Secretary.
- The Secretary will now read the bills filed within the call.
- All of the bills are identical to the bills filed during regular session.
- For House bills that have a Senate companion bill, an amendment will be filed that takes the substance
Summary:
The Florida Senate convened in special session for budget conference work, opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and moments of silence honoring Coral Springs Vice Mayor Nancy Mateer and former Senator Bill Posey. The Secretary read the joint proclamation calling the special session, which was limited to budget and related conforming legislation, including appropriations, implementing bills, collective bargaining/state employees, retirement, law enforcement radio system, health, higher education, K-12 education, government administration, correctional facilities, judges, documentary stamp tax distributions, petroleum cleanup, fuel taxes, and taxation. Senators also heard Chair Hooper outline the process for moving identical Senate bills and House companion bills into conference posture.
The Senate then took up and passed several Senate bills and House companion bills, generally by 32-0 votes, after adopting delete-all/insert-nothing amendments to place the Senate language onto the House vehicles. Bills addressed fuel taxes and Inland Protection Trust Fund distributions, the state agency law enforcement radio system surcharge, judicial certification, K-12 education conforming changes, retirement, higher education, health care, collective bargaining/state employees, government administration, correctional facilities financing and capital improvements, documentary stamp tax distributions, petroleum cleanup programs, and taxation. In debate on the tax bill, Leader Berman urged consideration of suspending the motor fuel tax to provide relief at the pump, but the House-passed tax bill did not pass as received, and the Senate requested conference instead.
The chamber also processed the main budget measures: Senate Bill 2500E and House Bill 5001E for the General Appropriations Act, and Senate Bill 2502E and House Bill 5003E for the implementing bill. After substituting the House bills and adopting conforming amendments, the Senate passed them and requested conference. For the remaining House bills, the Senate either passed them as amended and then acceded to or requested conference on the House request. The session concluded with a motion to waive rules for publishing the Special Order Calendar for the remainder of the special session, an announcement that the Special Order Calendar Group would not meet on May 12 or 13, and adjournment upon the call of the President for committee meetings and other Senate business.
AL
Alabama 2026 1st Special Session
Alabama House Special Session 2026 Part 2 May 8th, 2026
Alabama House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- You have top attorneys that we can all go to Google and AI how to go into court and file motions.
- You have top attorneys that we can all go to Google and AI how to go into court and file motions.
- You have top attorneys that we can all go to Google and AI how to go into court and file motions.
- You have top attorneys that we can all go to Google and AI how to go into court and file motions.
- You have top attorneys that we can all go to Google and AI how to go into court and file motions.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Minnesota House economic development panel considers $18 million boost for bioincentive program Apr 9th, 2026
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- If you'd want to move forward, the Chair will move House File 3217 to be laid over today.
- Welcome, Representative Kresha, and proceed with your bill, House File 3217. Thank you, Mr.
- As amended, your House File is ready to go as amended. Thank you, Mr.
- I'm testifying in favor of House File 3217 on behalf of the Bioeconomy Coalition of Minnesota, which
- testifying in in favor of House File testifying in in favor of House File 3217<00:02:44.800>
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
House of Representatives Second Regular Session of the 60th Legislature Day 12 Feb 19th, 2026 at 09:30 am
Oklahoma House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Representative West, you know, we had a conversation in J-CAB about tax filings.
- I think you'll find the 2025 filing was filed just before we had our J-CAB meeting. We have...
- I think you'll find the 2025 filing was filed just before we had our J-CAB meeting.
- I can't find their latest tax filings.
- Those are, if you want to file legislation on those... That's not part of this bill.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Rules and Legislative Administration Committee 3/25/25
Rules and Legislative Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- We are proposing House File 1163, Representative Yuakeim; House File 1255, Representative Noatne; House
- File 1295, Representative Johnson P; and Senate File 823, substituting the House language, uh, Representative
- We are proposing House File 1163, Representative Yuakeim, House File 1255, Representative Noatne, House
- File 1295, Representative Johnson P, and Senate File 823, substituting the House language, uh, Representative
- will designate Thursday, March 27th for the adoption of the calendar for the day and establish a pre-filing
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Formal House Session 52 Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:50 am
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Resolutions filed by Representative Hogan of Stowe, congratulating Tyler Huell on achieving the rank
- Resolutions filed by Representative Hogan of Stowe, congratulating James Schneider on achieving the rank
- Resolutions filed by Representative Hogan of Stowe, congratulating Nikiel Sieno on achieving the rank
- Resolutions filed by Representative Hogan of Stowe, congratulating Evan Ambrose on achieving the rank
- Resolutions filed by Representative Hogan of Stowe, congratulating Tyler Huell on achieving the rank
Summary:
The House first adopted several resolutions from the Committee on Rules, including congratulations to four Eagle Scouts and recognition of Sturbridge on the 250th anniversary of the United States. The chamber then took up a series of bills reported by Ways and Means and other committees, repeatedly suspending the rules to move them forward. These included the Massachusetts Consumer Data Privacy Act, a Fall River land conveyance bill, a Belmont alcohol licensing bill, a Reading senior property tax exemption bill, and a Linfield funding transfer bill, with each measure advancing by amendment or being passed to a third reading or engrossment.
A major portion of the session focused on the Massachusetts Consumer Data Privacy Act, with multiple members speaking in support. Supporters described the bill as a broad consumer privacy framework that would limit data collection, require consent for sensitive data, ban the sale of precise location data, restrict targeted advertising to minors, create consumer rights to access, correct, delete, and opt out of data uses, and provide enforcement tools for the Attorney General and, in limited cases, a private right of action. Several members emphasized protections for reproductive health, immigrant communities, and neural data, while others argued the bill would not burden small businesses and would instead hold large data holders accountable. The House adopted the Ways and Means amendment and ordered the bill to a third reading, then later passed the bill to be engrossed and enacted.
The House also considered and enacted Senate 2563, a bill updating language in the laws concerning individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Members described the measure as removing outdated and offensive terminology and replacing it with person-first language without changing substantive law. After debate, the House adopted an amendment, passed the bill to be engrossed, and then enacted it by roll call. In addition, the House enacted the fiscal year 2026 supplemental appropriations bill, House 5470, and approved a bill extending deadlines for Middleton and Milton, both by roll call votes with no opposition.
Later, the House took up a temporary summer 2026 local-option pilot allowing municipalities to extend liquor license hours and permit public consumption in designated districts. Supporters framed it as an economic development and tourism measure tied to major upcoming events, and the House adopted an amendment, passed the bill to be engrossed, and then concurred with the Senate version. The session ended with the House adopting an adjournment order and adjourning to meet again the following Monday in informal session.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 2/26/26
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Transcript Highlights:
- morning, members, is House File 3676. morning, members, is House File 3676.
- I recommend that the A3 to House File 3676 be adopted.
- that the A3 to House file that the A3 to House file >> 36 >> 36 >> 36 >>
- presenting House File 2959. presenting House File 2959.
- Thanks. file confidential. Um but um file confidential.
Keywords:
Safe at Home, address confidentiality, domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, harassment, victim privacy, survivor protection, confidential address, protected address, secret address, identity protection, residential confidentiality, program participant, nondiscrimination, court disclosure, protective order, service of process, driver's license, state ID