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MN
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NH
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US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, November 19, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Alcohol Beverage Control. Alcohol Beverage Control.
- The chair each will control 20 minutes.
- The chair now control 20 minutes.
- getting paid, air traffic controllers getting paid, air traffic controllers were<03:45:11.120>
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FL
Transcript Highlights:
- ; and natural resource projects, including flood control measures.
- I'm here today on behalf of Florida's local mosquito control programs.
- We only provide one service, and that's mosquito control.
- I represent a fire control special district. Thank you. Good evening, Senators.
- I represent a fire control special district located in a rapidly growing area.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Motion to take up HF5084, proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution 5/13/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- be in control of your own life?
- be in control of your own life?
- Um, when we want to talk about control and who has control in this situation, there is no more local
- Um, when we want to talk about control and who has control in this situation, there is no more local
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than There is no better local control than There is no better local control
Summary:
The House debated Representative Long’s motion to suspend the rules so House File 5084 could be recalled from committee, given second and third readings, and brought to final passage. The bill was described by opponents as an extreme anti-abortion measure that would create a right to life from fertilization, potentially criminalize abortions except in narrow cases, and could affect IVF, miscarriage care, and treatment of adverse pregnancy outcomes. Supporters said the bill was about protecting unborn life and giving Minnesotans the chance to decide the issue themselves through the ballot box.
Several members spoke against the motion, arguing that Minnesota has already settled reproductive rights through court decisions and recent legislation, and warning that the bill would put government into deeply personal medical decisions. They cited stories from other states where women were investigated or arrested after miscarriages or self-managed abortions, and said the proposal could treat people as criminals for seeking reproductive care. One member emphasized that the bill could be especially dangerous in cases like ectopic pregnancy, where treatment delays could threaten the pregnant person’s life.
Members in favor of the bill framed the issue as one of conscience, democracy, and protection of human life from conception. They said every abortion is an act of violence against a distinct human being and argued that Minnesotans should be allowed to vote on the question. Some speakers also shared personal experiences with miscarriage, infertility, premature birth, or pregnancy loss to explain why they viewed the issue as morally serious and emotionally difficult.
The debate became broader and more partisan, with some members criticizing both sides for using the issue as a political weapon rather than focusing on legislative work. The transcript does not include the final vote result, but the motion was clearly under a roll call and the chamber proceeded with extended floor debate over House File 5084.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2026-03-11 (10:00AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- That is the provision that already Control over decisions regarding the management of assets.
- Lucie County Mosquito Control District, St. Lucie County.
- Lucie County Mosquito Control District, St. Lucie County.
- House Bill 4037, a bill to be entitled an act relating to the Pasco County Mosquito Control District,
- A bill to be entitled and act relating to headwaters, water control, district.
Summary:
The Florida Senate convened with a quorum, opened with a prayer and Pledge of Allegiance, and heard several member introductions recognizing guests, interns, public servants, and a resolution honoring Indiana University quarterback Fernando Mendoza for winning the Heisman Trophy. The chamber then moved to the special order calendar and took up a series of bills, with some measures temporarily postponed and others advanced after brief debate and, in several cases, substitution of House companions for Senate bills.
The first major bill passed was CS/CS/HB 355 on health care patient protection, which requires hospitals with emergency departments to have pediatric emergency care policies, training, equipment, and a designated pediatric coordinator; it passed 36-0. The Senate also passed CS/HB 1113 on public records, expanding confidentiality protections for victims and temporarily protecting the name of a law enforcement officer who becomes a victim in the line of duty; it passed 33-4. CS/CS/HB 1085 on local government cybersecurity was amended to place the program under the Florida Digital Service and to adjust grant timing, then passed 37-0. CS/CS/HB 925 on clerks of court passed 38-0 after amendments affecting revenue retention, legal notices, traffic citation distributions, and municipal fee sharing. CS/CS/HB 679 on trademark registration modernization and CS/CS/HB 589 on septic permit timing also passed unanimously.
The most extensive debate centered on CS/CS/HB 991 / SB 1334, an elections bill that would use Real ID data to verify citizenship, change voter ID rules, alter candidate qualifying requirements, and revise election administration procedures. Senators offered and debated numerous amendments on documentation fees, senior exemptions, human review versus automated systems, student and retirement-center IDs, and effective dates; most were defeated, though one amendment adding stock-trading disclosure language for candidates was adopted. The bill’s sponsor cited election-crimes reports and specific prosecutions involving non-citizens as justification for the measure, while opponents argued it could disenfranchise eligible voters, especially students and seniors. The transcript ends during continued questioning and debate on that elections bill, before final disposition is shown.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Agriculture, Veterans Broadband and Rural Development - 03/12/25
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development
Transcript Highlights:
- We also manage biological control programs for noxious weeds, which is using insects to control weeds
- We also manage biological control programs for noxious weeds, which is using insects to control weeds
- We also manage biological control programs for noxious weeds, which is using insects to control weeds
- We also manage biological control programs for noxious weeds, which is using insects to control weeds
- We also manage biological control programs for noxious weeds, which is using insects to control weeds
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Judiciary (04/09/2025)
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- saying that there aren't other controls saying that there aren't other controls in<01:50:53.920>
- Most Disease Control, which is the CDC.
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- control of what that chatbot is saying. control of what that chatbot is saying.
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.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Grain indemnity account modification 3/23/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- House File 3549 is a realization that uh things happen in the world that uh we can't control and um it
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Um, no control over a bankrupt elevator. - Um, no control over a bankrupt elevator.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Republican Press Conference 3/11/26
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- But, um, obviously, um, there are things that are outside of our control here in the state of Minnesota
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Summary:
House Speaker Lisa Damoth and Leader Harry Niska held a press availability focused on “affordability” in Minnesota, arguing that families are being squeezed by rising costs for groceries, child care, housing, insurance, energy, and property taxes. They blamed recent DFL control for spending down an $18 billion surplus, raising taxes, and adding mandates and fees, and said House Republicans are prioritizing lower taxes and reduced mandates to help families keep more of what they earn.
They outlined a package of Republican proposals, including making the state’s reinsurance program permanent, expanding direct primary care, requiring the state to pay for new health care mandates, allowing schools and local governments to opt out of some unfunded mandates, creating a property tax commission, eliminating taxes on tips and overtime, repealing the retail delivery fee, ending the Social Security tax, lowering car tab and boat fees, and returning future surpluses to taxpayers. They also criticized DFL proposals such as additional health care mandates, a climate super fund, and higher car tab fees, and said they oppose any new tax increases.
In response to questions, the leaders said some affordability measures could be affected by federal policy, but emphasized that many cost drivers are within state control. They said they are open to broader property tax relief, including caps, and to investments in DHS and county systems modernization to reduce fraud and improve efficiency. They also said they do not expect a large omnibus bill at the end of session, arguing that bills should move individually through committee and onto the House floor, and they accused House Democrats of delaying bills for bargaining leverage. No votes were taken.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Budget Review Subcommittee on General Government (1-22-26)
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and <00:14:38.079>- Um, all that data is in a controlled, secure environment. Each of these devices is locked down.
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Summary:
The House Budget Review Subcommittee on General Government met to hear an update from the State Board of Elections on its Bluegrass Books electronic poll book system. Rachel Pointer and Richard House described the project as an in-house modernization effort intended to improve security, customization, integration with the voter registration system, reduce voter wait times, streamline supplemental and provisional ballot processing, and provide year-round local support to county clerks and poll workers. They emphasized that the system is already a working product, not just a concept, and showed a workflow demonstration of voter lookup, signature capture, ballot issuance, manual lookup, and handling voters who have already voted.
The agency also outlined the financial rationale for the project, saying the state currently lacks dedicated funding for replacing the iPads used for election-day poll books and that counties now bear vendor maintenance and support costs. Under Bluegrass Books, the state would seek to cover hardware replacement, maintenance, and on-site support through future appropriations, potentially using bulk purchasing to lower costs. When asked about the size of the appropriation request, the presenters said it was not yet finalized but noted roughly 7,000 devices are deployed statewide and replacement would likely be phased rather than done all at once.
Members asked about security and whether the e-poll book could affect vote totals. The Board explained that the e-poll book is separate from ballot casting, that voting machines themselves are not connected to the internet, and that the poll book is networked only to update check-ins and prevent double voting. They said the device is locked down to the poll book application and can operate offline until connectivity returns. A member also asked how to recruit more poll workers; the response suggested higher pay is the main incentive, along with outreach to schools, community colleges, and possible pilot programs involving professionals. The meeting concluded without any votes or formal action beyond approval of minutes, and the next meeting was announced for January 29, weather permitting.
MN
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- House File 6 covers the following priorities: where literacy is learning, local control is innovation
- Members, we should be funding innovation and local control.
- We cannot expect every child to learn in the same way, and local control is innovation.
- Members, we should be funding innovation and local control.
- We cannot expect every child to learn in the same way, and local control is innovation.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Regulating Artificial Intelligence / Legislation to Stop Dangerous Deepfakes Mar 16th, 2025
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
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- It's seeking to create a framework and put controls in place in regards to law enforcement or government
- Now, the bill that you referenced is seeking to create a framework and put controls in place in regards
- in and put controls or limits in<00:18:05.480>
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and - These are very serious conversations as we go forward in the decisions and controls we absolutely need
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
State Committee Meeting - 2026-04-07
State Government Finance and Policy
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- if a recommendation hasn't been implemented, that's a problem because it's related to an internal control
- Can you give a kind internal controls.
- Um and so, that's kind of been controls.
- over those reports because the prevailing view was that we should preserve the local control of the
- things and so much of internal control things and so much of internal control is<00:58:27.920>
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs (05/13/2025)
Election Law and Municipal Affairs
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- And you always hear local control. Well, this actually gives local control. And the bar is 60%.
- And you always hear local control. Well, this actually gives local control. And the bar is 60%.
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Well, <00:56:11.680>this control, local control. - Well, this control, local control.
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Senate Committee on Health and Human Services Jul 7th, 2026
Health & Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- That data collection... ...or controlled substances.
- Controlled substances were 82,848, so it was flipped.
- We've not been able to control that in the product.
- The poison control calls went up.
- Give them more money and hire more officers to control this.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, June 3, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The chair recognizes control 20 minutes.
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- McGravy, will each control 20 minutes.
- The chair now control 20 minutes.
- coupe control sanitary protocols. coupe control sanitary protocols.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Environment Committee Meeting - 2025-04-10
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Point out just a couple of changes that are included on line 105 for the Pollution Control Agency.
- between the environmental and remediation fund in order to make the funding work for the Pollution Control
- Next, I have Commissioner Kessler from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA).
- For the record, I am Katrina Kessler, Commissioner of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA).
- Members working at the Pollution Control Agency, the Department of Natural Resources, the Minnesota Zoo
Bills:
HF2439
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Establishing an Office of Gun Violence Prevention 3/2/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
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advocacy national gun control advocacy national gun control advocacy organizations - I don't believe that prohibits legitimate, reasonable gun control.
- I don't believe that prohibits legitimate, reasonable gun control.
- I don't believe that prohibits legitimate, reasonable gun control.
- But that said, I reasonable gun control.
Summary:
The committee heard House File 3668, authored by Chair Beerman, which would create a state Office of Gun Violence Prevention. Beerman and several supporters framed gun violence as a public health crisis, arguing the office would improve research, coordination, data collection, and evidence-based prevention. Supporters cited firearm deaths among children and adults, the trauma experienced by survivors and families, and Minnesota’s need for a centralized structure to guide policy and prevention efforts.
Testifying in support were representatives of the Minnesota Medical Association, Protect Minnesota, a parent affected by the Annunciation school shooting, family physicians, an OB-GYN, and a pediatric emergency physician. They described gun violence as a daily clinical and community reality, pointed to rising firearm deaths and injuries, and said Minnesota should apply the same public health approach used for motor vehicle safety, tobacco, and other crises. Several witnesses emphasized the impact on children, suicide prevention, maternal health, and the need for Minnesota-specific research and coordinated responses.
Opposition came from the Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus, which argued the bill would create a taxpayer-funded bureaucracy that could be used to advance gun control policy and treat lawful firearm ownership as a public health problem. The group said the state should focus instead on enforcement, prosecution, and victim services. Vice Chair Nidau offered an A2 amendment to move the office from the Department of Health to the Department of Public Safety, citing data-sharing and accountability, but withdrew it after discussion with Chair Beerman. The hearing ended with additional member discussion, including concerns about existing violence-prevention spending and whether school safety investments would be a better use of funds; no final vote was taken in the portion provided.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
02/16/2026 - House Health & Human Services #2
Transcript Highlights:
- We will be under tight control.
- The basic principle here is that if you don't have control over your own body, what do you have control
- If you don't have control over your own body, what do you have control over?
- And so the question becomes, how do you control that?
- The reality is that could have been much, much better controlled.
Summary:
The committee heard House Bill 2433, which would require insurers offering Medicare supplement policies to people 65 and older to also offer them to Medicare beneficiaries under 65 with ALS or end-stage renal disease, with enrollment periods and premium protections tied to 65-year-old rates. Supporters, including dialysis and ALS advocates, said the bill would help a small population facing high out-of-pocket costs and could improve access to transplants and care; opponents argued it would shift costs onto older seniors and raise Medigap premiums. The committee recommended the bill do pass on a 12-0 vote.
The committee also heard House Bill 2593, appropriating $1.5 million to the University of Arizona for the Arizona Perinatal Psychiatry Access Line. The sponsor and physicians testified that the line helps obstetric and pediatric providers quickly consult on perinatal depression, postpartum psychosis, suicidality, and other mental health crises, improving outcomes for mothers, children, and families and reducing costly emergency and crisis care. The bill received a do pass recommendation on a 10-1 vote.
House Concurrent Resolution 2013, proclaiming June 2026 as Celebrate Life Month, drew emotional testimony from a young woman with spina bifida and another speaker supporting the sanctity of life. Some members objected that the state should focus on practical supports such as paid leave, child care, and health care access, while others supported the resolution as a statement of human dignity. The resolution passed the committee 7-5. The committee then approved House Bill 4010, creating a Board of Genetic Counselors and licensure standards, after testimony from genetic counselors and a patient advocate about the need for qualified counseling and better access; it passed 11-1.
Later, the committee approved House Bill 2196, which would require pharmacy benefit managers to reimburse non-affiliated pharmacies at least their acquisition cost and pay a dispensing fee, and establish an appeals process. Independent pharmacists and their coalition said PBM practices are driving closures and unfairly favor affiliated pharmacies, while PBM and employer representatives warned of major cost increases and said the bill would interfere with private contracts; the bill passed 11-1. The committee also adopted a strike-everything amendment to House Bill 2182 requiring insurers and health plans to report claims denial and prior authorization data to DIFI, and then gave the amended bill a 12-0 do pass recommendation. Finally, the committee approved House Bill 2189, directing the Board of Nursing to update rules for licensed health aides and collect annual data, with the sponsor and board staff saying it would help implement routine ventilator care in the home; it passed 12-0. The committee then began hearing House Bill 2404, a strike-everything amendment on inter-facility transports for behavioral health patients, but the transcript cuts off before action on that bill.