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NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety (04/08/2026)
Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- prior to that date one way and defenses prior to that date one way and after<00:39:56.400><c> that</
- And that defense has some merit when applied to the actual natural leaf.
- And that<01:10:21.440><c> defense</c><01:10:22.000><c> has</c><01:10:22.320><c> some</c><01:10:22.640
- ><c> merit</c><01:10:23.440><c> when</c><01:10:23.760><c> applied</c> that defense has some merit when
- applied that defense has some merit when applied to<01:10:24.719><c> the</c><01:10:25.040><c> actual
Committee:
House Criminal Justice and Public Safety
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - Part 1 - 03/13/26
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:39:09.200><c> for</c> clear clear need for self-defense for clear clear need for self-defense
- These are self-defense weapons that carry more than 10 rounds.
- These are self-defense weapons that carry more than 10 rounds.
- These are self-defense weapons that carry more than 10 rounds.
- </c><01:33:43.120><c> Fund</c> director with Children's Defense Fund director with Children's Defense
Committee:
Senate Judiciary and Public Safety
PA
Pennsylvania 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session (Jul 11 2026)
Pennsylvania Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- for the first deployment of a commercially licensed advanced nuclear reactor for the Department of Defense
- Family Kitchen and has served on the First Summit Bank Board of Directors, as well as the National Defense
Summary:
The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and routine administrative business, including approval of the June 1, 2026 journal and several leave requests. The chamber then took up a series of bills and committee referrals, with House Bill 1042 initially sent to Appropriations and later re-referred to Rules and Executive Nominations after committee action. Several other measures were either passed, held over in their order, or re-referred, including House Bills 36 and 513 to Appropriations and various Senate and House bills set aside for later consideration.
The most substantive floor debate centered on House Bill 96, where Senator Yaw offered Amendment A4096 to clarify the legal effect of historic tax sales of unseated lands. The amendment would treat certain historic tax-sale deeds as conveying full fee simple ownership, including severed subsurface rights, unless those rights were separately assessed, and would require documentary proof for claims of redemption. The amendment passed 36-14. The Senate also adopted Amendment A4183 to House Bill 1862 after a ruling that Senator Rothman had no conflict of interest and was required to vote; that amendment passed 46-4. Later, Amendment A4173 to House Bill 2559 was adopted 49-1, and House Bill 2559 then passed as amended.
Several bills received final passage by unanimous 50-0 votes, including House Bills 482, 1102, 1830, 1860, and 2426, while House Bill 1862 and House Bill 96 were advanced as amended. The Senate also returned a slate of gubernatorial nominations to the governor on motion of the Rules and Executive Nominations Committee. During petitions and remonstrances, Senator Tartaglione urged action to raise Pennsylvania’s minimum wage, arguing the budget should not ignore low-wage workers. The session also included recognition remarks for Ed Sheehan’s retirement and a submission to the record on the Treaty of Paris. The Senate then recessed until July 12, 2026, at noon, and several bills were signed in the presence of the Senate before recess.
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 100 Apr 24th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Lineman workers are first responders and are the first line in wildfire defense.
- Lineman workers are first responders and are the first line in wildfire defense.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Military and Veterans Affairs Committee Mar 24th, 2026
Military and Veterans Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Current Department of Defense policy provides no opportunity for me to challenge this discharge based
- Please don't take this as I'm trying to be defensive. I'm trying to understand.
Committee:
House Military and Veterans Affairs
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Republican Leaders Media Availability Feb 3rd, 2026 at 09:15 am
Transcript Highlights:
- So part of the income tax proposal included a funding mechanism for public defense.
- Yeah, I support providing counties additional funding to cover these defense costs.
Summary:
Senate and House Republican leaders used the media availability to focus on affordability and to criticize the Democratic majority’s newly released income tax proposal. Leaders John Braun and Drew Stokesbary argued the plan would raise costs, harm small and medium-sized businesses, and fail to deliver meaningful tax relief elsewhere. They said the bill’s marriage penalty, lack of loss carryforward, and treatment of pass-through entities were especially problematic, and they warned it could eventually expand beyond high earners. They also cited other pending measures they said would increase costs, including taxes or fees affecting insurance, tires, clothing, social media, cigarettes, and solid waste.
A major portion of the discussion centered on Republican-hosted listening sessions on the initiatives, which they said were intended to provide balanced public testimony after Democrats declined to advance hearings. House Republicans said they invited speakers both for and against the initiatives, including a wide range of opponents, and emphasized that the sessions were meant to show the public a fair debate. They also discussed several policy bills they oppose, including housing and homelessness measures they said would limit local control near schools and parks, and a bill creating a regulatory framework for automated license plate readers, which they said still raises concerns for cities and law enforcement despite some improvements.
In response to questions, Republicans said they support funding for public defense but believe it should be handled within existing budget priorities rather than through an income tax. They also said they are watching bills on government fraud oversight, SNAP restrictions on unhealthy foods, and public safety, including measures related to sexually violent predators and child safety. Throughout the event, leaders repeatedly framed their agenda as protecting affordability and public safety while opposing what they described as tax increases and regulations that would make life more expensive in Washington.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Appropriations Committee Aug 29th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- SB 514, Cabaldon, defensible space, do pass as amended to, among other things, strike contractors as
- the bill contingent on AB 1340 Wix taking effect out with Republicans not voting SB 514 Cabaldon defensible
Summary:
The Assembly Appropriations Committee held its August 29, 2025 suspense hearing on Senate bills, with the chair emphasizing the state’s ongoing budget constraints and the need to make difficult choices among 261 bills on the suspense file. After establishing a quorum, the committee began taking action bill by bill, with many measures receiving do pass or do pass with amendments recommendations, while others were held in committee or designated as two-year bills. The chair noted the agenda was organized alphabetically by author and that results would be posted later on the committee website.
The hearing covered a wide range of topics, including insurance and claims data, wildfire relief and prevention, water planning, energy and utility regulation, housing and land use, health care, labor and employment, criminal justice, education, environmental policy, and election-related measures. Several bills were amended before passage, often to narrow scope, remove sections, adjust definitions, delay implementation, or clarify funding and enforcement provisions. Some notable actions included moving bills on AI regulation, transit-oriented housing, paid family leave, wildfire mapping, chemical hair relaxers, and pharmacy benefit managers, while other bills on subjects such as controlled substances, high-speed rail, and certain education or housing proposals were held.
The committee also took formal roll-call votes on selected bills, with some passing on A roll calls and others on B roll calls; a number of measures were advanced with Republicans not voting. One highlighted vote was SB 79 by Senator Wiener, which passed after amendments and a recorded roll call. At the end of the hearing, the committee reported that 190 bills were moved to the Assembly Floor, either as do pass or do pass with amendments, concluding the suspense hearing for the session.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Apr 1st, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- In this current Florida statute to create a presumption in defense to the crime sheltering or aiding
- a presumption that the person, the minor's age or acted in reckless disregard this bill creates a defense
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Natural Resources Committee Jun 29th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- However, there has been a growing trend of CEQA being used as a legal defense to slow development of
- First defense fines remain untouched.
- Here to testify in support of SB 1213 are Guillermo Ortiz with the Natural Resources Defense Council
- My name is Guillermo Ortiz, and I'm the Senior Clean Vehicles Advocate for the Natural Resources Defense
Summary:
The committee heard a series of Senate bills on environmental, climate, recycling, wildfire, outdoor access, and clean transportation policy. SB 958 would clarify CEQA treatment of impacts tied solely to increased building height, and SB 1230 would increase penalties and create CalRecycle support tools for repeat commercial illegal dumping. SB 1341 would revise how processing fees are calculated for bag-in-a-box wine under California’s recycling program. All three measures received due-pass recommendations to Appropriations, with roll calls showing majority support and the bills left open for absent members.
Members then took up SB 1300, which would create a more permanent legislative role in California’s international climate cooperation and establish a climate secretariat at UC; SB 1370, which would codify and streamline wildfire fuel-reduction permitting with added safeguards, geographic and size limits, and pesticide-related amendments; and SB 1260/1268, which would codify the Outdoors for All initiative and the Deputy Secretary for Access position at the Natural Resources Agency. Each drew support from environmental, utility, business, and local-government witnesses, while SB 1370 also drew opposition from environmental and advocacy groups concerned about reduced CEQA review and herbicide use. The committee discussed amendments at length, especially on SB 1370, and all three measures advanced with due-pass recommendations.
The committee also heard SB 1213, the Clean Truck Transparency Act, requiring baseline pricing disclosure for medium- and heavy-duty zero-emission trucks tied to state incentives and directing agencies to explore alternative financing. Support came from clean-air, business, and environmental groups, and the trucking/manufacturing opposition moved to neutral after amendments; the bill advanced on a due-pass vote. Finally, SB 1075, the Clean Air Promise, sought to strengthen AB 617 implementation and clarify community emission reduction planning, but it generated substantial opposition from air districts, business groups, and others over enforceability, funding, and the distinction between formal SERPs and community L-SERPs. The author described additional pending amendments to narrow L-SERP provisions, and the bill also received a due-pass recommendation to Appropriations.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Natural Resources Committee Jun 29th, 2026
Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- However, there has been a growing trend of CEQA being used as a legal defense to slow development of
- First defense fines remain untouched.
- Here to testify in support of SB 1213 are Guillermo Ortiz with the Natural Resources Defense Council
- My name is Guillermo Ortiz, and I'm the Senior Clean Vehicles Advocate for the Natural Resources Defense
Committee:
House Natural Resources
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
House & Governmental May 19th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- It memorializes Congress to enact a provision in the National Defense Authorization Act directing the
- Department of Defense to provide accurate, on-base population counts for the decennial census.
- The National Defense Authorization Act could be simply amended to tell the Department of Defense to tell
Summary:
The committee first heard Senate Bill 319, which would tighten and standardize voter identification rules at polling places. Senator Presley and Secretary of State Nancy Landry said the bill replaces the current “generally recognized” photo ID standard with a specific list of acceptable IDs, removes the affidavit-only option, and allows voters without a photo ID to cast a conditional paper ballot at the registrar of voters office or during early voting if they later provide approved documentation within two days after the election. Supporters argued the bill improves consistency, election integrity, and poll-worker guidance while still preserving access through alternative documents and free state IDs; opponents warned it could create confusion and burden seniors, students, homeless voters, and others without easy access to the required documents. After debate, the committee reported SB 319 favorably by a 7-2 vote.
The committee then approved Senate Bill 202, which adds one day of compensated meeting time for parish boards of election supervisors in certain elections, and Senate Bill 25, which revises the compensation schedule for registrars of voters and related staff. SB 25 was amended to remove outdated step references and make conforming technical changes, and supporters said the pay structure has not been updated since 2007 despite increased duties and workload. The committee also adopted and reported favorably Senate Concurrent Resolution 29, creating a legislative study committee on water quality in the Chafalalaya Basin, and House Concurrent Resolution 85, creating a task force on illegal dumping, both with technical amendments.
In addition, the committee advanced Senate Concurrent Resolution 63, which asks the legislative auditor to review how fiscal notes are prepared during session, and Senate Concurrent Resolution 33, which creates a work-based learning coordination task force to improve alignment among education, workforce, and employer partners. SCR 33 was amended to change the appointing authority for two members. The committee also approved Senate Concurrent Resolution 5, establishing the Louisiana-Ireland Trade Commission, and House Resolution 196, which creates a study committee on the impact of fallen trees on residential property and insurance issues. Several of these measures were supported by agency representatives or outside groups, and the committee adopted technical amendments where needed before reporting the bills and resolutions favorably.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- minors where you have engagement that's sexual or manipulative in nature, that those are easily defensible
- 00:22:33.000><c> those</c><00:22:33.200><c> are</c><00:22:33.320><c> easily</c><00:22:33.640><c> defensible
- </c> that those are easily defensible. that those are easily defensible.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee Apr 8th, 2026
Revenue and Taxation
Transcript Highlights:
- payments of over $362 million and about $4.3 billion annually from the United States Department of Defense
- long-term service and drives away mid-career leaders, weakening our state's ability to meet homeland defense
- Additionally, over ...and about $4.3 billion annually from the United States Department of Defense.
- long-term service and drives away mid-career leaders, weakening our state's ability to meet homeland defense
Committee:
Senate Revenue and Taxation
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Transportation and Energy Committee Mar 11th, 2026
Transportation and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- If somebody has an affirmative defense, you know, I was at work, I was not driving the vehicle, they
- If somebody has an affirmative defense, you know, I was at work, I was not driving the vehicle, they
- If somebody has an affirmative defense, you know, I was at work, I was not driving the vehicle, they
- If somebody has an affirmative defense, you know, I was at work, I was not driving the vehicle, they
Committee:
Senate Transportation and Energy
Keywords:
SB341, Alabama, veteran license plate, veteran tag, distinctive license tag, specialty plate, radiation exposure, atomic bomb testing, ionizing radiation, World War II veterans, Vietnam veterans, Korean War veterans, Cold War veterans, Desert Storm, Desert Shield, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Inherent Resolve, Department of Veterans Affairs, probate judge
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Interstate teacher mobility compact established 3/3/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm moving through this is this is language that was developed originally from the Department of Defense
- from the that was developed originally from the department<00:03:12.480><c> of</c><00:03:12.720><c> defense
- </c><00:03:13.120><c> to</c><00:03:13.360><c> support</c> department of defense to support department
- of defense to support military<00:03:14.159><c> spouses</c><00:03:14.560><c> then</c><00:03:14.800><
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Appropriations Committee on Higher Education Feb 25th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- IHMC is a world leader in AI and robotics, and NAS Pensacola is one of the strongest defense and cybersecurity
- the changing workforce that AI is going to present, especially in a community that is so focused in defense
- missile deception systems for the DOD, special operations forces, the United Kingdom Ministry of Defense
- as an intelligence officer, a Middle East foreign area specialist, as a senior instructor at the Defense
Summary:
The committee on Higher Education Appropriations heard and favorably reported two bills: SB 1570, which revives the former Project Leo program to help locate missing persons with special needs through voluntary tracking devices and coordination with sheriff’s offices, and CS/SB 1376, which creates a grant program to support genetic counseling education in response to a statewide shortage of genetic counselors. Both bills drew supportive comments, with the genetic counseling bill also receiving public support from a university representative.
The committee then took up a large slate of confirmations. It first approved a block of reappointments to various university and college boards of trustees, including institutions such as UWF, Broward College, Chipola College, FIU, Pasco-Hernando, Polk State, St. Petersburg College, Valencia, FAMU, FAU, UCF, FSU, New College, UNF, USF, and Broward College. It then heard from numerous new appointees and some requested reappointments, many of whom emphasized workforce training, nursing, military and veteran support, dual enrollment, and local economic development as priorities for their institutions.
Several nominees highlighted their personal ties to the schools and communities they would serve, including appointees to Pensacola State, Polk State, St. Petersburg College, UNF, UWF, FIU, the College of the Florida Keys, Valencia College, and Chipola College. Committee members repeatedly asked about nursing NCLEX pass rates, workforce alignment, and institutional growth. One reappointment, Thomas Zachary Smith to the UWF board, was pulled from the block for separate questioning about his past public comments and his role in Project 2025; he said he would serve in his personal capacity and treat all students equally. The committee also separately heard from a Florida Poly reappointment, I. Shapiro, who was questioned about prior remarks regarding race and Supreme Court nominations, and from a New College reappointment, Mark Bowerlaine, who described campus improvements and enrollment growth. The meeting ended amid ongoing confirmation processing and separate votes on the remaining nominees.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Higher Education Feb 25th, 2026
Appropriations Committee on Higher Education
Transcript Highlights:
- IHMC is a world leader in AI and robotics, and NAS Pensacola is one of the strongest defense and cybersecurity
- the changing workforce that AI is going to present, especially in a community that is so focused in defense
- the changing workforce that AI is going to present, especially in a community that is so focused in defense
- as an intelligence officer, a Middle East foreign area specialist, as a senior instructor at the Defense
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- So I can't imagine the The way the insurance companies and the defense posture is in these high-stakes
- I've done the defense end of things too. I've seen both sides.
- statute, because I'm going to tell the court that I need to do that to preserve the issue, and the defense
- will file, because I've done the defense, they'll file a motion to stay or a motion to dismiss, and
Committees:
Senate Senate Judiciary , Senate House Judiciary
Keywords:
SB38, pet food, registered pet food, registration fee, fees, sunset repeal, repeal of repeal, revenue, state fee, business regulation, animal feed, pet food registration, New Mexico, gun control, firearm safety, dealer regulation, illegal trade, background checks, sexual crimes, statute of limitations
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- House Bill 679 by the Judiciary, Rules and Administration Committee is an act relating to defense of
- public assemblies on roads, amending Section 20-202A, Idaho Code, to revise a provision regarding defense
- employment status of workers; to provide for actions by the Attorney General; to provide for violations, defenses
- , providing legislative intent, repealing Section 19-5908, Idaho Code, relating to capital crimes defense
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/10/2026 - House Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Transcript Highlights:
- So for strategic defense and, obviously, our national defense, I think it's absolutely paramount.
- characterize it, where some of this we knew there were minerals there that were critical to our strategic defense
- characterize it, where some of this we knew there were minerals there that were critical to our strategic defense
Bills:
HB2026 , HB2027 , HB2028 , HB2031 , HB2078 , HB2094 , HB2095 , HB2101 , HB2102 , HB2103 , HB2260 , HB2278 , HB2827 , HB2932 , HB2933 , HB2934 , HB2986 , HCM2009 , HCR2038
Committees:
House Natural Resources, Energy & Water , House House Natural Resources, Energy & Water Committee of Reference
Keywords:
assured water supply, groundwater, commingling, commingled water, water supply, Arizona Department of Water Resources, ADWR, active management area, AMA, subdivision plat, development approval, water rights, municipal provider, private water company, certificate of assured water supply, written commitment of water service, groundwater savings credits, gray water reuse, replenishment district, Central Arizona Project