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MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Public Health Jun 21st, 2026 at 09:00 am

Joint Committee on Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • And the conventional wisdom, of course, is that physician-assisted suicide is a necessary and compassionate
  • The Boston Center for Independent Living, of which I am a member, represents 50,000 Massachusetts disabled
  • I'm the CEO at Stavro Center for Independent Living, one of the oldest independent living centers in
  • it seems, my doctor at Boston... ...that before, including, it seems, my doctor at Boston Medical Center
  • His treatment was at a top Boston cancer center where he had a pain pump surgically implanted to deliver
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Joint Committee on Public Health opened its first hearing of the session and heard testimony on bills in three areas: emergency medical services/AED access, athletic training and student safety, and end-of-life options. Committee chairs outlined testimony rules and noted that written testimony would also be accepted. Some bills had no live witnesses, while others drew extensive testimony from advocates, professionals, and legislators. On AED-related bills, the American Heart Association supported requiring automated external defibrillators at sporting events and athletic fields, citing sudden cardiac arrest survival rates and urging cardiac emergency response plans as an added safeguard. A parks and recreation professional supported AED access but raised concerns about the cost, staffing, maintenance, and feasibility for municipalities with limited resources. Athletic trainers supported expanding their scope of practice and removing workplace restrictions, arguing it would improve injury prevention, reduce costs, and help retain professionals in Massachusetts. The committee also took extensive testimony on end-of-life options legislation. Supporters included legislators, physicians, hospice volunteers, clergy, patients’ family members, and advocacy groups, who described the bills as allowing terminally ill, mentally capable adults to choose a peaceful death with strict safeguards and self-administration requirements. They emphasized personal stories of suffering, public support, and the claim that other states have not seen abuse. Opponents, including faith-based, disability-rights, and family policy representatives, argued the bills amount to physician-assisted suicide, could pressure vulnerable people, and may be influenced by prognosis errors, coercion, or financial incentives. No votes or final committee actions were taken during the hearing.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate Chamber Feb 13th, 2026

New Mexico Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • every year we recognize these folks because they just do such a great job, and they have a state convention
  • President, Center, 123 audits are currently done. Mr.
  • President, Center, we don't go to one single audit. that auditor? Mr.
  • And they're going to say the federal dollar went to buy doorknobs at the early childhood care center.
  • By vote, affording the affirmative 0 in the negative, Center Memorial 16, as amended, has passed the
Summary: The Senate convened, initially lacked a quorum, then established one and opened with prayer, pledges in English, Navajo, and Spanish, and the salute to the New Mexico flag. Members then moved through announcements and recognitions, including permission for cameras on the floor and gallery, and certificates honoring Santa Fe County Day and Soil and Water Conservation District Day. Senators spoke in support of both recognitions, emphasizing Santa Fe County’s history, cultural and economic contributions, and the conservation districts’ role in stewardship, agriculture, and conservation work across the state. The chamber also welcomed numerous guests, honorary lieutenant governors, student shadows, and seniors visiting the Capitol. The Senate confirmed two State Investment Council appointments. Mary Patricia Roman was confirmed 31-0 after debate highlighting her decades of global investment experience, leadership in private banking, and service on the SIC investment committee. John F. Bingaman was then confirmed 32-0 for reappointment, with senators citing his finance background, prior service as governor’s chief of staff, and role in state economic and early childhood policy. Members also discussed his leadership on the council and the importance of strong management of the state’s permanent funds. On legislation, Senate Memorial 3 passed 27-0. The memorial, developed with the Wild Friends civics and science program, invites state agencies to participate in an insect identification and education workshop with UNM’s Museum of Southwestern Biology and the Xerces Society. The Senate also received House messages and adopted several committee reports, including referrals and passage recommendations for multiple bills and memorials. Later, the chamber debated Senate Bill 145, which would consolidate certain federal audit reporting into a single submission and adjust audit requirements for smaller entities and acequias; supporters said it would streamline compliance without changing audit requirements, while opponents raised concerns about auditor business, oversight, and the risk of weakening scrutiny. The bill remained under debate in the portion provided.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Natural Resources Apr 9th, 2025

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • one of you members, and what you find is there is a broad range of these fees they've become profit centers
  • low-lying area so if you If you look at the, from the expressway to the, almost in the middle of the center
  • These are not only essential... but serve as vital centers for recreation, education, and community.
  • With 30-year conventional financing, the cost of the projects are. for growth are placed, almost one-third
  • Ranch, which is a 3,800 acre property. right in the middle of Southern Wise County, sort of in the center
NE

Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session

Legislative Morning Session Apr 8th, 2026

Nebraska Unicameral Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • He added that he had been at the last three Nebraska Cattlemen conventions in December in Kearney, and
  • For example, our prisoners and the people in the detention center.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, June 2, 2026)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And we are in the House today with the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, which is why I am so honored to
  • As the center was reopened as a cultural center in 1976, Congress has passed a number of bills to place
  • As the center was reopened as a cultural center in 1976, Congress has passed a number of bills to place
  • The center serves as a home not only to the thriving communities of our New Mexico Pueblo communities
  • My home state of Nevada has been a pioneer of both conventional and next-generation geothermal energy
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Energy Resources Apr 21st, 2026

Energy Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • The TAG centers, when they have people in there, they're just busy, sir.
  • want to look to Long term, LNG demand centers want to look to Texas because we have energy security
  • What they are not using in the Mirai, they're powering a data center on site.
  • And I hate to say that, but it's AI and data centers.
  • And I hate to say that, but it's AI and data centers.
Keywords: 1184, house, all
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Feb 13th, 2026

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This legislation centers student well-being.
  • As a former school board director, Student Center has always the North Star for many of the work I have
  • this moment to really appreciate all my colleagues who have worked on this bill to focus on student center
  • This legislation centers student well-being.
  • But the bill before you helps us build for the next stage, for the future, a student-centered, an emotionally
Summary: The House convened with a quorum, recited the Pledge of Allegiance, heard a prayer, and received a Senate message that the Senate had passed second substitute Senate Bill 5061. The chamber then moved through second- and third-reading action on several bills, with debate centered on salmon treaty history, cannabis cooperative rules, inmate commissary and legal financial obligations, collective bargaining protections, and school restraint/isolation policy. Members also took up a bill to adjust Paid Family and Medical Leave funding to address a projected $30 million tax liability, and later reconsidered one education bill after initial passage. House Bill 2554, dealing with repeal of RCW 77.110 and salmon-related history and tribal treaty issues, saw a proposed striking amendment from Representative Walsh that was rejected on a voice vote. The bill then passed 64-28. Engrossed House Bill 1941, authorizing cannabis producer cooperatives, adopted an amendment limiting any one entity to 30% market share in a co-op; a second amendment adding guardrails was rejected. The bill passed 66-27. Substitute House Bill 2539, raising the indigency commissary threshold from $25 to $100 for incarcerated people, passed 57-36 after debate over inmate needs versus victim and child-support concerns. Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2471, a trigger bill creating state collective bargaining protections if the federal NLRB is weakened, adopted an amendment clarifying agricultural coverage and then passed 58-35. The most extensive debate was on Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1795, which would phase out isolation and restrict certain restraint practices in schools. Members adopted amendments adding professional development intent language, expanding reporting to authorized entities and out-of-state placements, and clarifying positive behavior intervention planning; several other amendments on parental consent, property damage, and isolation-room definitions were rejected. Supporters emphasized student safety, trauma reduction, and de-escalation, while opponents argued the bill removed useful tools from educators and was premature without broader training. The bill initially passed 58-36, then the House reconsidered it and passed it again 57-37. Second Substitute House Bill 2345, which reallocated Paid Family and Medical Leave premium shares to avoid a $30 million tax cost, passed unanimously 94-0. The House then recessed for caucus after placing additional bills on the second-reading calendar.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Joint Appropriations Committee, January 6, 2026 - AM

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
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  • My last one is, I am somewhat disappointed in the welcome centers about the amount of use that we’re
  • He asked for more detail on both visitor centers and how the agency is working to get more tourists into
  • The director continued, “And then specifically to the visitor centers, as Cara just mentioned, we have
Keywords: 916, all
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Retirement Apr 9th, 2026

Retirement

Transcript Highlights:
  • Mardi Gras and also at a legal convention in New Orleans. But welcome back to the Capitol. Rep.
Committee: House Retirement
Summary: The Retirement Committee heard several retirement-related bills and deferred two measures at the start: HB 26 and HB 993 were voluntarily deferred by the author. HB 31, by Rep. Eccles, would allow certain small municipalities to terminate participation in the municipal police employees’ retirement system and create a lower-cost “Plan C” option for small towns like Stirlington. After discussion about population and officer-count limits, the committee adopted amendments, heard concerns from the Municipal Police Employees’ Retirement System about remaining issues, and reported HB 31 as amended favorably. The committee also advanced HB 1134, which creates a backdrop-style retirement option for judges whose positions are abolished, and HB 24, which would allow retired teachers to return to work as one-year contract teachers without the current retirement contribution structure. TRSL testified that return-to-work policy is complex and that a broader Senate study-group proposal is also moving, but the committee reported HB 1134 and HB 24 favorably. HB 21, a technical correction to the Municipal Employees’ Retirement System law, was amended to remove a sunset problem that would be fixed in another bill and was reported favorably as amended. Later, the committee reported HB 1017 favorably, which limits former spouses’ claims to post-divorce earnable compensation in the Firefighters’ Retirement System, with testimony that the bill would reduce litigation over promotions and raises after divorce. HB 43, which would let certain LASERS members retire after 35 years of service at any age, drew testimony from LASERS about its cost and workforce effects but received no motion and was voluntarily deferred. HB 30 was also voluntarily deferred because its substance would be moved into another bill. The committee then took up two major municipal police bills. HB 45, after extensive negotiations among the author, the Louisiana Municipal Association, EMPERS, and the City of New Orleans, was substantially rewritten by amendment to address retention pay, out-of-state service credit purchases, survivor benefits for certain officers killed in the line of duty, COLA funding, and a reduction in the non-hazardous accrual rate. The committee adopted the amendments and reported HB 45 as amended favorably. HB 49, a related bill on municipal police and firefighter retirement issues, was also replaced by a substitute that changed opt-out procedures, revised partial dissolution rules, and preserved full dissolution liability; after testimony that the changes would save New Orleans and other cities significant money, the committee adopted the substitute and reported HB 49 as substituted favorably. The meeting ended with adjournment.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Retirement Apr 9th, 2026

Retirement

Transcript Highlights:
  • Mardi Gras and also at a legal convention in New Orleans. But welcome back to the Capitol. Rep.
Committee: House Retirement
Keywords: 965, house, all
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Health and Mental Health Mar 26th, 2026 at 08:00 am

Health and Mental Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • I was discussing this situation with a fellow ER person in Louisiana at our national convention last
Keywords: 959, house, all
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Transportation Feb 18th, 2026 at 04:00 pm

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • This approach differs from the conventional strategy approach in that it focuses both on human mistakes
Keywords: 904, all
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Pension Funding Council Oct 8th, 2025

Pension Funding Council

Transcript Highlights:
  • Generally, the conventional wisdom on tariffs is that they're likely to have an inflationary impact,
Summary: The Pension Funding Council met on October 8 with introductions from council members and staff, then received a detailed presentation from the Office of the State Actuary on long-term economic assumptions and the state pension systems’ financial condition. OSA reported that the combined pension systems are currently 100% funded on a smoothed basis, with open plans above 95% funded, and that legacy Plan 1 systems remain on a path toward full funding under current policy. The actuaries recommended updating assumptions to 3% inflation, 3.5% general salary growth, and a 7.25% investment return, while keeping Plan 1 membership growth at 1%. They also explained asset smoothing, the role of recent strong investment returns, and the expected budget impacts of the recommended changes. Representatives from the Economic and Revenue Forecast Council and the State Investment Board offered supporting perspectives, generally describing the assumptions as reasonable and consistent with their own outlooks. The council also heard an overview of the Long-Term Services and Supports Trust Program (WACares) from DSHS and OSA. Program staff described the program’s social insurance structure, premium collection, benefit eligibility, and upcoming implementation milestones. OSA reported that the program’s first actuarial valuation showed a positive actuarial balance under the base scenario and recommended no change to the current 0.58% premium rate during the program’s early learning phase, noting that future changes would depend on experience and the program’s risk-management framework. OSA also said the recommendation would remain the same regardless of the outcome of the pending ballot measure affecting investment options. During public comment, a representative of the Washington State School Retirees Association urged continued work on Plan 1 funding and related legislation, while the Association of Washington Cities cautioned against increasing pension assumptions in a way that could raise future employer costs and reduce flexibility for current local government services. In action, the council adopted a motion to maintain the current long-term economic assumptions by a 4-2 vote, adopted the recommendation to keep the WACares premium rate at 0.58% by a 6-0 vote, and then elected Katie Chapman as council chair by unanimous vote. The meeting then adjourned.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

January 14, 2025 - 09:00 AM

Transcript Highlights:
  • And we've had some good conventional breeding as well as CRISPR technology. ...that has developed HLB-resistant
Summary: The Agriculture and Natural Resources Budget Committee met to organize for the session, confirm a quorum, and hear introductory remarks from members about their districts and interests. Chair Esposito outlined the committee’s jurisdiction and budget overview, noting a total budget of about $7.2 billion, with major funding tied to the Department of Environmental Protection, the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Fish and Wildlife, and the Department of Citrus. She also described major cost drivers such as Everglades restoration, water quality, resiliency, land acquisition, and rural family lands, and asked members to review agency requests in small groups later in the process. Agency leaders then presented budget and program updates. Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson emphasized department efficiency efforts, including IT modernization, staff reorganization, rural and family lands conservation, best management practices, Fresh From Florida marketing, hurricane recovery loans for farmers, and completion of the Connor Complex headquarters. DEP Secretary Alexis Lambert highlighted record investments in Everglades restoration, water quality projects, resilience grants, land acquisition, state parks, and enforcement. FWC Executive Director Roger Young discussed conservation research, fisheries and wildlife management, law enforcement, disaster response, and pressures from growth, boating, invasive species, and derelict vessels. Department of Citrus Executive Director Shannon Shep reviewed the industry’s decline due to hurricanes and citrus greening, current research and marketing efforts, and e-commerce campaigns to support Florida citrus sales. Members asked questions about citrus production declines, future replanting and therapies, rural family lands, PFOS cleanup, mangrove restoration, flooding and pump infrastructure, agricultural theft, and derelict vessel removal. Officials generally responded with updates, emphasized science-based management and enforcement, and in several cases said they would follow up with more detailed information later. No formal votes were taken; the meeting ended with the chair directing members to provide feedback on agencies for further budget review and then adjournment.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • First, that the additional costs imposed by data center growth should be borne by the centers and not
  • leading data center owners, operators, and companies that lease large amounts of data center capacity
  • , Center for Environmental Health, Center for Food Safety, Esperanza, Udos Network, Center for Community
  • , Center for Environmental Health Facts, Center for Food Safety, Esperanza, Udos Network, Center for
  • They're right next to schools and child care centers, hospitals, and senior centers.
Summary: The committee heard a long series of bills, beginning with AB 2026 on groundwater recharge. The author and supporters said the bill would streamline permitting for recharge projects, codify long-standing CEQA exemptions for flood diversions to recharge, and add tribal consultation and other guardrails. Water agencies and local districts supported the measure as a way to capture high-flow water and reduce groundwater subsidence, while environmental groups and some irrigation districts opposed it, warning that the bill’s exemptions and broader diversion authority could harm rivers, Delta resources, and public trust values. The bill was discussed but not voted on because the committee lacked a quorum at that point. The committee then took up AB 1577 on data center energy accountability, which would require monthly reporting of energy-use data and permit-related estimates of energy and water demand. The author and the Little Hoover Commission argued the bill would improve transparency, help protect ratepayers, and give regulators better information for grid planning. Data center industry representatives opposed it as duplicative, burdensome, and uniquely targeted, while local governments, environmental groups, and some utilities supported it or supported it if amended. The bill was later reported out with a due pass recommendation once a quorum was established. Members also heard AB 2245 on a producer responsibility program for lubricant products and containers, AB 2170 on CEQA language-access and environmental review protections for overburdened communities, AB 2059 on rural transportation and VMT mitigation, AB 1808 on Western Joshua tree permitting and fee relief, AB 2182 on industrial energy efficiency program changes, and AB 2231 on streamlining two hospital projects. Testimony was mixed on most of these bills: supporters emphasized affordability, local control, environmental justice, or project urgency, while opponents raised concerns about CEQA scope, regulatory duplication, costs, and environmental impacts. Several measures received due pass recommendations and roll-call votes, including AB 2170, AB 2059, AB 1808, AB 2182, and AB 2231, with some members voting no or not voting and some bills left open for absent members.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Natural Resources Committee Apr 20th, 2026

Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • First, that the additional costs imposed by data center growth should be borne by the centers and not
  • , Environmental Defense Center, Center for Environmental Health, Center for Food Safety, Esperanza, Udos
  • , Center for Environmental Health Facts, Center for Food Safety, Esperanza, Udos Network, Center for
  • They're right next to schools and child care centers, hospitals, and senior centers.
  • They're right next to schools and child care centers, hospitals, and senior centers.
Keywords: 988, house, all
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • For latex here in Newton, any household can bring four one-gallon cans to our resource recovery center
  • For latex here in Newton, any household can bring four one-gallon cans to our resource recovery center
  • I'm currently a sophomore at the Academy in Braintree and a volunteer with the Woods Hole Center for
  • And the estimate from the Environment America Research and Policy Center and U.S.
  • If a compostable straw has to be green, and if the conventional plastic straw can also be green, how
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources held a heavily attended hybrid hearing focused primarily on plastics reduction bills, along with a few local and related waste-management measures. Chair Rauch and Chair Barber outlined strict testimony rules because of the large number of speakers. Before the plastics docket, the committee heard support for a local Sharon sewer-extension bill for a Sunrise Senior Living project, and the bill’s proponents said the project would help address senior housing needs and would still require MWRA and local approvals. The chairs also noted a separate local matter involving Sharon and the MWRA. A major portion of the hearing centered on the Plastics Reduction Act and related bills addressing single-use plastics, including plastic bags, polystyrene, black plastic, plastic beverage bottles, non-flushable wipes, skip-the-stuff provisions, and truth-in-labeling. Sponsors and supporters said the bills would reduce litter, microplastics, greenhouse gas emissions, and municipal waste costs, while creating statewide consistency and supporting environmental justice communities. Several speakers cited local bans already adopted by many Massachusetts cities and towns, and many urged the committee to advance comprehensive statewide action. The committee also heard testimony on a boat wrap recycling bill, a mattress recycling bill, and a bill to prohibit hotels from providing small plastic toiletries. Municipal officials and waste professionals supported extended producer responsibility for paint and labeling for non-flushable wipes, saying these measures would shift costs away from cities and towns and reduce strain on wastewater systems. The Massachusetts Municipal Association, Mayor Ruth Ann Fuller of Newton, and a Franklin County waste official all backed paint EPR and wipes labeling. Fire Chief Brian Nardelli testified for the Fire Chiefs Association in support of lithium-ion battery legislation, citing fire safety and disposal concerns. Other speakers, including environmental groups, local activists, and business representatives, supported bag and polystyrene bans, though the Retailers Association of Massachusetts urged any bag policy to be truly statewide and said any bag fee should be retained by retailers. No votes were taken during the hearing.
NV
Transcript Highlights:
  • , and the Transportation Research Center at UNLV.
  • The Center for Business and Economic Research and the Transportation Research Center at UNLV.
  • The Vegas Chamber is in support of this appropriation and the mission of the center. Thank you.
  • The Vegas Chamber is in support of this appropriation and the mission of the center. Thank you.
  • I'm old, as well as the Center for Civic Engagement.
Bills: AB568 , SB90 , SB133 , SB147 , SB229 , SB233 , SB240 , SB245 , SB280 , SB378 , SB393 , SB417 , SB434 , SB494 , SB495
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Health Mar 10th, 2025

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • Representing the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, and you are testifying neutral
  • It's Farida Sharabi, representing Texas A&M University Health Science Center. and self and we have you
  • Vice President at TAMU Health Science Center.
  • And my colleague, I want to give a shout for the vascular element of dementia, we run a Stroke Center
  • The hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers already have surgical smoke evacuation equipment.
Bills: HB5 , HJR3 , HB155 , HB513 , HB5 , HB155
Committee: House Public Health
NE

Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session

Legislative Afternoon Session Apr 7th, 2026

Nebraska Unicameral Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • reviewed seems to be excessive and not allowing for the schools to really build a plan that is family-centered
  • These include prisons, health services, and hospital wards, substance abuse rehabilitation centers, accommodation
  • and identifies as trans exposed himself to women and girls in multiple high school and recreation center
  • The diagnosis centers on attitudes, feelings, and behaviors that are known to fluctuate during adolescence