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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 2/18/26
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, but you know, and then as you know, or you're familiar, a lot of our immigrant farmers may live in
- population here in Minnesota, including legal immigrants.
- </c><00:39:36.880><c> immigrants.
- Um there was including legal immigrants.
- about uh legal immigrants potentially uh hired<00:39:45.440><c> farm</c><00:39:45.760><c> hands</c><
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations - Room 216, 15 January, 2026; 2:00 PM
Appropriations
Transcript Highlights:
- types of drivers from commercial vehicles, we have taken 252 off the road and 211 undocumented immigrants
- types of drivers from commercial vehicles, we have taken 252 off the road and 211 undocumented immigrants
- types of drivers from commercial vehicles, we have taken 252 off the road and 211 undocumented immigrants
- types of drivers from commercial vehicles, we have taken 252 off the road and 211 undocumented immigrants
- types of drivers from commercial vehicles, we have taken 252 off the road and 211 undocumented immigrants
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- the raising of sheep and Angora goats, and the Uvalde and Northern Railway helped to encourage. immigration
- They could have special immigrant juvenile status. They could have DACA.
- Thank you, Chairman Buckley. how to qualify and how to show your immigration status.
- So if somebody didn't want to provide immigration documents, then they would be excluded. from the the
- And if they couldn't provide immigration documents, they'd be excluded from the bill, right?
Bills:
SB2, HB2, HB2000, HB2196, HB213, HB222, HB645, HB1458, HB 1022, HB141, HB502, HB643, HB3093, HB1700, HB 117, SB503, SB2, HB 120, HB20, HB150, HB6, HB 100, HB210, HB215, HB1393, HB 1151, HB 1268, HB142, HB451, HB 124, HB2, HB2000, HB2196, HB213, HB222, HB645, HB1458, HB 1022, HB141, HB502, HB643, HB3093, HB1700, HB 117
Keywords:
public education, teacher compensation, certification, funding, school finance, educator rights, education funding, charter schools, staff compensation, state aid, retention allotment, child grooming, sex offender registration, criminal justice, reportable conviction, law enforcement, virtual education, hybrid learning, school funding, average daily attendance
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- Regarding the topic of immigration, uh, I will be holding a future briefing on immigration enforcement
- Nonetheless, the impact of immigration raids do affect Hawaii farmers and egg production, and we look
- </c><00:03:44.879><c> Nonetheless,</c> immigration enforcement.
- Nonetheless, immigration enforcement.
- Nonetheless, the<00:03:45.920><c> impact</c><00:03:46.239><c> of</c><00:03:46.400><c> immigration</c>
Summary:
The joint informational briefing focused on how federal policy changes, tariffs, funding cuts, the federal shutdown, and delays in the farm bill are affecting Hawaii agriculture and food access. Opening remarks emphasized Hawaii’s heavy dependence on imported food and farm inputs, the state’s vulnerability to disruptions in USDA services, and the need for stronger state, county, and community coordination. Speakers also noted that immigration enforcement and broader global supply-chain pressures can affect local farm labor, production, and food availability.
Sharon Herd, chair of the Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity, described both positive and negative federal impacts. She said Hawaii has benefited from some recurring grants and a large new $8.8 million federal grant, but also reported about $22 million in losses from suspended or terminated grants, including farm-to-school and water-related projects. She said some USDA programs, such as microgrants for food security and FISMIP, are currently suspended, while the specialty crop block grant remains active. She also said Hawaii farms declined from 7,328 to 6,569 between the 2017 and 2022 censuses and argued the state cannot rely on imports alone to feed its people.
Amanda Shaw of Agriculture Stewardship Hawaii presented findings from federal funding cut reports. She said the first report, in March, identified about $88 million in potential cuts, and the newer report found $64.7 million in confirmed cuts and about $175 million in potential cuts. She said federal shifts are creating uncertainty for farmers, food-system organizations, and school and community food programs, and noted that 4,000 to 5,000 Hawaii farmers could receive less money because of changes to payment-factor provisions for socially disadvantaged farmers. She also said Hawaii has lost 18% of local USDA staff since September 2024, with possible further national reductions expected. No votes were taken; the meeting was informational only, and the chair noted that any legal questions, including the reported SNAP changes, would be for the Judiciary Committee to assess later.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, March 24, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- to recognize the fear and the pain in many communities about the Trump administration's war on immigrants
- </c><02:12:09.239><c> and</c> administration's war on immigrants and administration's war on immigrants
- </c><02:12:53.119><c> and</c> the daughter of Iranian immigrants and the daughter of Iranian immigrants
- </c><07:05:59.160><c> and</c><07:05:59.320><c> working</c> the charge for immigrants and working the
- charge for immigrants and working people<07:06:00.878><c> he</c><07:06:01.040><c> spoke</c><07:06:01.600
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- and children born to immigrant families are feel validated, valued, and empowered in their linguistic
- :31.880><c> many</c> is something that resonates with many is something that resonates with many immigrant
- families whose children risk immigrant families whose children risk losing<01:48:35.119><c> their</c
- that children born to immigrants that children born to Immigrant<01:48:58.920><c> families</c><01:48
- :59.920><c> are</c><01:49:00.159><c> feel</c><01:49:01.000><c> validated</c> Immigrant families are feel
MN
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/25
State Government Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- The council’s constituents are Minnesotans who self-identify as African-American or African immigrant
- , Black American or Black immigrants.
- , Black American or Black immigrants.
- , Black American or Black immigrants.
- , Black American or Black immigrants.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- Monica Madrid, Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, CHIRLA, in support.
- Monica Madrid, Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, chair, in opposition.
- Monica Madrid, the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, CHIRLA, writing, presenting on behalf of a
- We don't do immigration enforcement. We don't want to do immigration enforcement.
- It's going to go far beyond immigration.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, July 16, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- An immigrant internment camp that Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, and his administration have propped up
- It's not immigration policy. It's dehumanizing people.
- </c><01:25:08.480><c> It's</c><01:25:08.719><c> not</c><01:25:08.960><c> immigration</c> It's cruelty
- It's not immigration It's cruelty.
- It's not immigration policy.<01:25:10.000><c> It's</c><01:25:10.239><c> dehumanizing</c><01:25:11.120
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 2/25/25
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Transcript Highlights:
- The Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced that its sensitive locations policy is no longer in
- effect, and under that policy ICE did not engage in civil immigration enforcement at courthouses.
- <01:03:00.839><c> to</c><01:03:01.319><c> ensure</c><01:03:01.720><c> that</c><01:03:01.920><c> immigrants
- </c><01:03:02.319><c> in</c> steps to ensure that immigrants in steps to ensure that immigrants in Minnesota
- </c> priorities and they have uh immigration priorities and they have uh immigration laws<01:04:52.920
Keywords:
corporate governance, shareholder rights, beneficial ownership, defective corporate acts, Minnesota Business Corporation Act, trusts, Uniform Trust Code, probate, estate planning, trust protector, directed trust, investment trust advisor, distribution trust advisor, excluded fiduciary, decanting, power of appointment, revocable trust, irrevocable trust, uneconomic trust, rule against perpetuities
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Health Committee Jun 24th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Many of my daughter's classmates and friends come from immigrant and low-income families and work...
- ...classmates and friends come from immigrant and low-income families and worked part-time or full-time
- and private detention facilities, ...company benefiting and profiting from the detention of immigrants
- These detention centers are solely designed for profit of immigrants, and under the Trump administration
- these policies have been implemented to ensure that there is no due process in immigrant proceedings
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Health heard a series of bills focused on access to care, insurance coverage, and public health. AB 387 on youth sports AED access drew support from the author and safety advocates, but opposition from school, park, city, and county groups over liability, cost, and access concerns. The author said he would continue working on amendments to shift the bill toward requiring access to existing AEDs rather than mandating facility procurement. Committee members emphasized the life-saving purpose of the bill while also raising affordability and access concerns for youth sports programs.
The committee also heard AB 1682, which would require health plans and insurers to cover FDA-cleared scalp cooling devices for chemotherapy patients. Supporters, including breast cancer survivors and health groups, described the emotional and quality-of-life benefits of preventing hair loss and said cost is the main barrier to access. There was no formal opposition, though one senator raised concerns about whether the mandate could exceed essential health benefits. The chair and members expressed support for the bill’s goals and said it would be taken up when quorum was established.
AB 2093, a follow-up to the 988 crisis line law, sought to clarify statewide leadership, improve coordination among 988, 911, and mobile crisis teams, and create a more sustainable funding structure. Behavioral health organizations and crisis center representatives supported the bill, saying implementation challenges and demand growth require statutory fixes. Committee members generally supported the concept but noted the bill was a gut-and-amend and that additional work was needed with county and behavioral health stakeholders.
The committee then heard AB 1843 on hepatitis C treatment, AB 1629 on dental assignment of benefits, AB 2540 on community college access to medication abortion services, and AB 1929 on disclosure of health plan investments. AB 1843 had broad support from medical and public health groups but opposition from health plans, which argued it conflicted with the prior-authorization framework in SB 306 and could raise drug costs. AB 1629 was supported by dental and patient advocates but opposed by dental plans and insurers over concerns about network participation and out-of-pocket costs. AB 2540 drew strong support from reproductive health advocates and student representatives, while community college health services and some others opposed or were neutral pending amendments; the author said the bill was about equity and accepted amendments to reduce burdens. AB 1929 was backed by labor and immigrant rights groups as a transparency measure, but opposed by health plans and insurers who said Covered California was not the right entity to administer the disclosures and that the information was already publicly available. Throughout the hearing, members repeatedly weighed public access and transparency against cost, administrative burden, and implementation concerns.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- Many of my daughter's classmates and friends come from immigrant and low-income families and work...
- ...classmates and friends come from immigrant and low-income families and worked part-time or full-time
- and private detention facilities, ...company benefiting and profiting from the detention of immigrants
- These detention centers are solely designed for profit of immigrants, and under the Trump administration
- these policies have been implemented to ensure that there is no due process in immigrant proceedings
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 091 Apr 15th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- United States with her husband, and they sponsored Fred to come to the United States, where at the immigration
- office the immigration officer told him Brennan was too hard to spell.
- </c><00:41:07.359><c> office</c> States where at the immigration office States where at the immigration
- office the<00:41:08.319><c> immigration</c><00:41:08.800><c> officer</c><00:41:09.200><c> told</c><00
- :41:09.440><c> him</c><00:41:09.599><c> Brennan</c> the immigration officer told him Brennan the immigration
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Jun 3rd, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- ACR 40 expresses support for immigrant students and reaffirms the state's commitment to ensuring that
- ACR 40 expresses legislative support for immigrant students in California.
- Assembly Bill 495 by Assembly Member Celeste Rodriguez and others, an act relating to immigration.
- We know that due to current federal immigration enforcement actions, many families are living in fear
- We know that due to current federal immigration enforcement actions, many families are living in fear
Summary:
The Assembly met after a quorum call and first dealt with a procedural dispute over four amendments to AB 1240. The Speaker ruled the amendments out of order as not germane, and the Assembly sustained that ruling on a 49-16 vote. Members then added co-authors to several consent-calendar resolutions, including measures on the National Conference of State Legislators, Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, ALS Awareness Month, and Men’s Mental Health Month, before adopting the consent calendar. The chamber also heard guest introductions, including a welcome for Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee, and took up a motion to bring AB 41 up out of file, which failed 19-48.
The bulk of the meeting was floor action on a long series of bills and resolutions, many of which passed with broad bipartisan support. Measures approved included ACR 40 supporting immigrant students and FAFSA privacy; AB 917 on permanent status for certain school employees; AB 985 on anesthesia access; AB 7 and AB 42 on higher education and student services; AB 245 providing property tax relief for wildfire victims; AB 255 allowing funding for drug-free recovery housing; AB 279 updating K-12 library standards; AB 289 creating a pilot for automated speed enforcement in highway construction zones; AB 291 on an educator apprentice program; AB 327 addressing swatting; AB 340 on confidential union communications; AB 341 creating an oral health technical assistance center for people with disabilities; AB 356 on San Diego health care infrastructure; AB 410 on bot disclosure; AB 476 on copper theft enforcement; AB 477 on educator pay targets; AB 485 on stolen wages and business licensing; AB 487, the insurance committee’s technical omnibus bill; AB 573 on tobacco retail license fees; AB 598 on school mapping technology; AB 635 on mobile home law enforcement referrals; AB 651 on remote participation for incarcerated parents in dependency hearings; AB 654 on homelessness hotline assistance in Los Angeles County; AB 662 creating a South County higher education task force; AB 667 on language access in professional licensing; AB 669 limiting early denial of addiction treatment; AB 670 on naturally occurring affordable housing; AB 695 on online continuation of community college for deported students; AB 723 on disclosure for digitally altered real estate images; AB 727 placing Trevor Project information on student IDs; and AB 736, a $10 billion affordable housing bond for the June 2026 ballot, which passed on a 61-11 urgency vote after extensive debate.
Debate on AB 736 was the most extensive of the day, with supporters arguing the bond would help address California’s housing crisis and give voters a chance to weigh in, while opponents criticized the state’s bond debt and past spending results. The Assembly then recessed for caucus meetings and later returned to continue the daily file, where additional measures were taken up, including AB 798 adding diapers and wipes to the emergency food bank reserve program, which passed 56-0, and AB 821 on career technical education, which was presented as bipartisan-supported as the transcript continued.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 4/7/26
Public Safety Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- For many survivors, especially immigrant survivors, translation and interpretation services, cultural
- Immigrant communities in Minnesota are currently in a crisis.
- A nationwide survey by the Alliance for Immigrant Survivors, which we co-chair, showed that over 70%
- of immigrant survivors fear contacting the police or going to court, with 50% ultimately choosing not
- Because of that<00:18:51.560><c> fear,</c><00:18:52.000><c> many</c><00:18:52.240><c> immigrant</c><00
Keywords:
public safety, law enforcement, mental health, domestic violence, appropriations, criminal justice, Minnesota corrections, victim services, task force, personal safety, emergency management, local government, funding, preparedness, Minnesota, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, BCA, Independent Use of Force Investigations Unit, use of force, police accountability
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Ways and Means Mar 27th, 2026
Joint Committee on Ways and Means
Transcript Highlights:
- initiative, or MACI, which has expanded access to pro bono legal services and representation for immigrants
- you knew you were respected, regardless of your background, your sobriety, your education, your immigration
- a research project that, for the first time ever in our state, will amplify the voices of LGBTQ immigrant
- Our immigrant families are keeping their children home out of fear.
- Our immigrant families are keeping their children home out of fear.
Summary:
The hearing was a Joint Committee on Ways and Means budget session on health and human services, held in Clinton and opened with remarks from the House and Senate co-chairs, local officials, and committee members. The chairs emphasized the importance of hearing directly from agencies about the Commonwealth’s health care and human services budget needs, thanked Clinton for hosting, and introduced the day’s panels, beginning with the Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) and then MassHealth.
Secretary Kiame Mahania presented Governor Healey’s FY27 EOHHS budget, describing a $33.7 billion request driven largely by non-discretionary cost growth, caseload increases, and federal uncertainty. He highlighted targeted investments in foster parent reimbursement, family resource centers, maternal health, food assistance, immigrant legal services, and workforce rates, while warning that federal cuts and the Trump administration’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act could strip billions from state health funding. Members questioned him about primary care shortages, federal program integrity audits, ConnectorCare, regional health disparities, and the proposed cap on adult dental coverage; he defended the cap as a difficult but necessary cost-control measure and said the administration would continue cooperating with federal partners.
Undersecretary Michael Levine then testified for MassHealth, saying the agency faces two major challenges: rapid cost growth and looming federal changes. He outlined a $22.7 billion gross MassHealth budget and proposed actions including a moratorium on new expansions, capping adult dental benefits at $1,000, ending GLP-1 coverage for weight loss only, reducing care management spending to peer-state levels, and convening work groups to slow growth in personal care attendant, adult foster care, and adult day health programs. He also warned that federal policy changes could cause about 300,000 residents to lose coverage by 2030 and reduce federal revenue by about $3.5 billion, and said MassHealth would use outreach and systems changes to help eligible members stay covered. Members raised concerns about the impact of these cuts on homeless care, preventive services, dental access, GLP-1s, and regional hospital and specialist shortages, while Levine argued the proposals were aimed at preserving core coverage and sustainability.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Fiscal Committee (01/23/2026)
Transcript Highlights:
- Does any of this funding that you're asking for contemplate enforcement of federal civil immigration
- So does any of it contemplate enforcement of federal civil immigration law, and will any of the equipment
- </c><00:10:55.519><c> And</c><00:10:55.680><c> I</c> of federal civil immigration law?
- And I of federal civil immigration law?
- law and will any of the immigration law and will any of the equipment<00:11:16.000><c> be</c><00:11:
Summary:
The Fiscal Committee met on January 23, 2026, approved the December 19, 2025 minutes, and adopted the remaining items on the consent calendar after noting several withdrawals. The committee then took up Department of Safety item FIS 26007, which involved Homeland Security/FEMA grant funding for equipment and UAS-related activities. Senators asked whether any of the funding would support federal civil immigration enforcement or shared operations with federal agencies, and about privacy protections for drone data. The department said the grant is governed by federal parameters, that the state uses the remaining 20 percent after federally directed uses, and that privacy law in this area is evolving. The item was adopted on an 8-2 vote.
The committee next considered Department of Environmental Services item 26003, which had been withdrawn by the Senate. A senator said concerns about using the funds for a different project had been resolved after speaking with the commissioner, and the item was adopted without further debate. The committee then moved to Department of Health and Human Services item 260005, a request for about $700,000 in remaining ARPA-related funds for the Hampstead children’s facility project. Commissioners explained that the project had been funded in stages because the original appropriation was based on estimates and bid assumptions, and that the remaining money would cover alternates and finish the project without using general funds. Senators raised concerns about repeated requests for additional money, the adequacy of security, site-selection costs, and why the project had not been fully funded at the outset. The department said the project had been intentionally structured to proceed in phases and that required security would be provided.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Jun 3rd, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- R40 expresses support for immigrant students and reaffirms the state's commitment to ensuring that all
- ACR 40 expresses legislative support for immigrant students in California.
- Assembly Bill 495 by Assemblymember Celeste Rodriguez and others, an act relating to immigration.
- It's an act relating to immigration. Assemblymember Bonta, you are recognized.
- The immigration legal system is complex even for an adult to navigate and without an attorney.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
01/28/2026 - House Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections
House Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections Committee of Reference
Transcript Highlights:
- So you've characterized this bill in something in a manner that could it be used for immigration?
- So you've characterized this bill in something in a manner that could it be used for immigration?
- In terms of access to services, making a driver's license contingent on immigration verification can
- I'm happy to talk about immigration. I would just say we have litigation, the risk of litigation.
- And could it be used for immigration? Absolutely. It's data.
Summary:
The committee first heard House Bill 2348, which would appropriate state funds for Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs training-center needs, including Wi-Fi for reserve units at joint facilities, a reimbursement program for service members using personal computers, lodging and kind for drill weekends, and HVAC upgrades and maintenance. Two amendments were considered: the Marquez Amendment, which filled in dollar amounts for each purpose, failed; and the Gillette Amendment, which added national-security restrictions on networking equipment, removed the reimbursement and lodging provisions from the underlying bill, and adjusted the funding language, passed. The sponsor and several military witnesses testified that reserve and Guard members at places like Buckeye lack Wi-Fi, adequate HVAC, and lodging, forcing soldiers to use public libraries, personal devices, or sleep in cars or on armory floors. After debate over whether the state should fund needs tied to federal reserve units and how the money would be sourced, the committee recommended HB 2348 as amended by a 4-3 vote.
The committee then took up House Concurrent Resolution 2016, a ballot referral that would cap precinct size at 2,500 registered voters and eliminate county authority to use vote centers, emergency voting centers, and certain on-site early voting options. The sponsor said the measure was intended to restore precinct-based voting and reflect voter preference, noting the change from an earlier 1,000-voter cap to 2,500 after feedback from county officials. County and advocacy witnesses opposed the resolution, arguing that vote centers provide flexibility, are often more cost-effective, and are necessary in rural counties and large counties like Maricopa; they also said precinct voting would require many more locations, staff, and equipment, and could force some counties into central-count tabulation. Supporters argued precinct voting improves voter confidence and access. The committee approved HCR 2016 for the ballot by a 4-3 vote.
Finally, the committee heard House Bill 2165, which exempts veterans from Arizona State Parks admission fees, and adopted the Marquez Amendment to extend the exemption to active military, National Guard, and reserve members and to broaden acceptable identification. Arizona State Parks testified in a neutral position, saying the agency is self-funded through user fees and already offers discounts to active duty, veterans, and disabled veterans, but warned that expanding free admission could affect park revenue and rural economies. The bill discussion ended with the amendment adopted and the measure moving forward.