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WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Business, Trade & Economic Development Jan 15th, 2026 at 08:00 am
Business, Trade & Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- First, I was told to silence other concerned employees as a demonstration of my skill.
- So with that, we ask for your support. I'm happy to answer any questions. "Right.
- We respectfully urge your support. Thank you. Thank you so much for your testimony.
- Please join me in supporting SB 5928. Thank you.
- We're in support of the bill.
Bills:
SB5928
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:
- My job is to support pollinators.
- My job is to support pollinators.
- Please support both home-rule petitions. Thank you. Please support both home-rule petitions.
- Please support both homeroom petitions. Thank you. Please support both home room petitions.
- I'm here supporting S-644 and H-965, and Supporting S. 644 and H. 965, and the 12 home rule petitions
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources held a hybrid hearing on a large slate of bills focused on pesticides, pollinators, rodenticides, mosquito control, invasive species, and local authority over pesticide regulation. Chair Becca Rausch set strict two-minute testimony limits due to the very large number of speakers. Early testimony from Senator Moore and Representative Hawkins strongly supported a bill to restrict second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides, citing harms to wildlife, pets, and public health, and noting that California has already adopted a similar model. Testimony also supported a Lowell home rule petition to allow the city to prohibit or restrict these rodenticides, with local officials describing documented raptor poisonings and municipal efforts to phase out use on city property.
A major portion of the hearing focused on pollinator protection and neonicotinoid-treated seeds. Witnesses from environmental groups, conservation organizations, academics, and beekeepers argued that neonics harm bees and other beneficial insects, contaminate soil and water, and provide little or no economic benefit in most corn and soybean fields. Several speakers pointed to New York, Vermont, and Quebec as models for restricting treated seeds, and one panel cited research showing only a small percentage of fields benefit economically from the treatments. Support was also voiced for a bill establishing an ecologically based mosquito management program, with advocates criticizing aerial and truck spraying and urging non-chemical, locally tailored approaches.
Other testimony supported bills to reform the pesticide board and pesticide regulation process, to give vulnerable municipalities more local control over pesticide use, to protect schoolchildren from pesticides on school grounds, and to respond to invasive species through a centralized state office, coordinator, strategic plan, and trust fund. Many speakers, including representatives from Mass Audubon, MSPCA, the Xerces Society, the Sierra Club, watershed groups, and local wildlife rehabilitators, described impacts on hawks, owls, pets, fish, and broader ecosystems. No votes were taken during the hearing, and committee members generally asked few questions, with the hearing remaining in testimony mode throughout.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Criminal Justice Jan 14th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- WE SHOULD ALSO UNDERSTAND THE SOLUTIONS LIE NOT ONLY IN OUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND
- ACTS, DRUG-RELATED BEHAVIOR, EXCESSIVE NEGATIVE TRANSFERS AND YOU CAN READ ON THERE YOU HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE
- TELL YOU THIS, WE'VE GOT A LEGISLATIVE BUDGET REQUEST ITEM FOR A FEW YEARS NOW AND WE ARE GETTING SUPPORT
- IT IS GOING TO BE SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE WE HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE OR THE HOUSING NEEDS TO SUPPORT ALL
- CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS COULDN'T GET BETTER SUPPORT THAN SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM RIGHT NOW.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session (Full Formal with Calendar) May 21st, 2026
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- To the members, I rise in support of this amendment in support of the Department of Children and Families
- To the members, I rise to support this amendment that would support our paraprofessionals' increase in
- I appreciate that support greatly.
- I too rise in enthusiastic support of Amendment 1035.
- Once again this year, we demonstrated what is special about our chamber.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Hearing Health and Select Committee on Native American Affairs May 12th, 2026
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Education Mar 26th, 2026 at 02:30 pm
Joint Committee on Education
Transcript Highlights:
- So I came in February to testify in support of House Bill 2230, and that is a bill that is a bill that
- to testify in support of House Bill 2230.
- And as a result, there is solid science to show that cursive supports diverse learners.
- Demonstrate how data is transmitted through multiple methods of encryption.
- We very strongly support the approach of that bill.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 03/18/26
Jobs and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> are directly supporting your district. are directly supporting your district.
- </c><00:05:25.440><c> car</c> nonprofit organizations to support car nonprofit organizations to support
- </c> supporting them with financial literacy. supporting them with financial literacy.
- </c> Um and so, Senate File 3807 supports Um and so, Senate File 3807 supports operating<00:36:57.000
- </c> for your support of Senate File 4183. for your support of Senate File 4183.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session 5/17/25 - Part 2
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> perfect, I'm still going to support it. perfect, I'm still going to support it.
- Thank and I hope everyone supports it.
- </c><00:43:43.280><c> our</c> listening and not supporting our listening and not supporting our veterans
- So I'd urge support.
- So I'd urge support.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Hearing Joint Legislative Audit and Assembly Business and Professions Committee Feb 17th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Finally, a third factor noted in the audit is that DCC demonstrated weaknesses in the oversight activities
- This supports a more uniform application of the progressive discipline framework.
- We support efforts to increase clarity where appropriate to strengthen oversight tools and ensure that
- And I think it is incredibly important that we support the legal cannabis market and that we are safer
- The legal market has demonstrated it can operate responsibly when the rules are clear and consistently
Summary:
The Joint Legislative Audit Committee heard an audit on the Department of Cannabis Control’s oversight of cannabis packaging and labeling, focused on products that may be attractive to children. The auditor said the department’s rules are often vague or subjective, leading to inconsistent enforcement, and that the state relies heavily on complaints rather than pre-market review. The audit found disagreements with DCC’s conclusions in 13 of 80 packaging reviews, and noted weaknesses in tracking repeat violators and escalating penalties. The auditor recommended clearer statutory standards, better internal review tools, stronger repeat-offender policies, and consideration of options such as plain packaging or pre-approval systems.
Committee members and the audit requester emphasized rising cannabis poison-control calls involving children under five and cited examples of legal products with cartoon imagery, bright colors, candy-like names, and beverage packaging that resembled ordinary drinks. DCC representatives said they had already begun reforms, including a centralized review team, improved databases, enhanced technology tools, and new procedures to track compliance history and apply progressive discipline. They also stressed that illicit cannabis and intoxicating hemp remain major sources of youth exposure and argued that some issues require both regulatory refinement and more legislative clarity.
Public health witnesses argued that California has not done enough to protect children and urged plain packaging, limits on flavors and child-appealing design, and a pre-market review process. Industry representatives agreed that cannabis should not be marketed to children but said the current rules are too subjective and inconsistent, and asked for objective, bright-line standards rather than broader bans. Several members said the examples shown were plainly child-appealing and called for stronger statutory guardrails, while also acknowledging the need to keep pressure on the illicit market. No formal vote or action was taken during the hearing.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- steps there, I'm happy to provide additional information, but we are planning to submit the 1115 demonstration
- for behavioral teaching hospitals and requires the submission of a grant application, additional supporting
- The agency will designate these rural emergency hospitals if it demonstrates the following The agency
- will designate these rural emergency hospitals if it demonstrates the following criteria: meet certain
- each board to meet and begin implementation, and we also built out the technical infrastructure to support
Summary:
The Senate Health Policy Committee received updates from the Agency for Health Care Administration and the Department of Health on implementation of 2024 health care laws. AHCA reviewed progress on workforce and reimbursement measures in Senate Bill 7016 and related bills, including FRAME and TEACH funding, graduate medical education reporting, behavioral health teaching hospitals, acute hospital care at home, advanced birth centers, non-emergent care access plans, and rural emergency hospitals. Agency officials said several programs are already operational or have begun payments, while others are still in rulemaking, federal approval, or report-preparation stages. Senators asked about timing, funding reversion concerns, and whether appropriated dollars would be spent on schedule, especially for behavioral health teaching hospitals and the new birth center category.
The Department of Health then reported on practitioner licensure and public health programs. MQA described implementation of the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact, the Mobile Act licensure pathway, massage therapy enforcement changes, background screening expansion, liposuction safety requirements, pharmacist HIV post-exposure prophylaxis authority, and chiropractic dry needling. Public health staff updated the committee on FRAME and dental loan repayment, the Sinati screening grant program, the cancer research and innovation changes, the health care innovation council and loan program, the pediatric rare disease grant program, telehealth maternity care expansion, newborn screening for congenital CMV, the sickle cell registry and grants, and the swimming lesson voucher program. Members focused questions on how practitioners were being recruited to underserved areas, the pace of licensure approvals, and whether new programs were on track to use appropriated funds.
The committee also heard a lengthy update from the Office of Medical Marijuana Use. The director reported more than 900,000 qualified patients, real-time seed-to-sale tracking now integrated across most dispensaries and labs, and ongoing compliance work on product testing, advertising, diversion, and patient safety. Senators questioned the decline in qualified physicians, how THC potency is labeled and verified, and what the agency can do about diversion to non-patients. The director said the office relies on complaints, inspections, lab audits, and coordination with law enforcement, and that patients can be suspended if violations are confirmed.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- I’m supportive of us having a good conversation.
- I support leveling the entire playing field.
- CLF is in strong support.
- I and we prioritize and support S. 2239. This winter.
- submit written testimony in support of them.
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on several energy-related bills, with the main focus on H. 3534/S. 2255, which would ban or sharply restrict residential third-party electric suppliers, and on related reform proposals. Supporters included the Attorney General’s office, municipal and regional planning officials, environmental justice groups, consumer advocates, and city officials from Boston and Chelsea. They argued that the residential competitive supply market has produced higher bills, deceptive sales tactics, auto-renewals into higher rates, and disproportionate harm to low-income residents, seniors, communities of color, and people with limited English. Witnesses cited AG reports estimating hundreds of millions of dollars in overcharges over time, described door-to-door and storefront marketing abuses, and said municipal aggregation programs have saved residents money while offering more stable rates. Several supporters said the Legislature should either ban residential competitive supply or adopt strong guardrails such as ending automatic renewals, banning incentive-based commissions, and capping rates relative to basic service.
Opponents or industry representatives from the Retail Energy Advancement League, Vistra, and Constellation argued that the market can provide savings, longer-term price stability, and value-added products such as renewable options and time-of-use offerings. They said Massachusetts has already improved consumer protections through DPU proceedings, that complaints are relatively few compared with the size of the market, and that a ban would eliminate consumer choice. They also defended direct sales and commissions as normal features of a retail market, while saying they would support additional protections, licensing, bonding, and stronger oversight of bad actors. Committee members pressed both sides on whether the market truly saves money, whether automatic renewals should be banned, and whether the AG’s proposed reforms would be enough.
The committee also heard testimony on H. 3972, a bill to extend utility shutoff protections during extreme heat, with Rep. Mindy Domb arguing that Massachusetts should treat extreme heat like extreme cold and protect customers facing financial hardship. Rep. Barrett also testified for H. 3450, a municipal broadband/right-of-way bill, arguing that communities need easier and cheaper access to utility poles and public rights of way to build municipal broadband. In addition, Senate Majority Leader Creem testified for S. 2239, which would bar utilities from recovering ratepayer funds for lobbying, promotions, trade association dues, and similar expenses. No votes were taken during the hearing.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- Your own example demonstrated the utility of having some kind of a screening mechanism by the institution
- And since we've demonstrated that accrediting agencies are already moving away from the policies you
- Yes, but if we have, as we demonstrate and can infer, the system is already self-correcting, so why does
- And so I don't know how to do that and support this bill.
- But doesn't that demonstrate that the university already had a mechanism for dealing with the situation
Keywords:
postsecondary education, standardized test scores, educational equity, higher learning access, Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program, HB2978, school libraries, library media center, library media program, community standards, sexually explicit conduct, obscene material, age-appropriate materials, school curriculum, book challenges, book banning, censorship, public schools, school board, education committee
Summary:
The Education Oversight Committee heard several bills focused on higher education, school library materials, military student transfers, women’s privacy, academic grading standards, program review, and teacher professional development. HB 2950, by Rep. Woolley, would remove the ACT requirement for homeschool students seeking Oklahoma’s Promise and bar colleges from imposing extra homeschool-specific hurdles; supporters said it would treat homeschoolers the same as other students, while opponents raised concerns about oversight and taxpayer-funded aid. The committee also heard HB 3132, which would direct higher education institutions to seek accreditors that do not impose DEI mandates, and HB 3700, which would require colleges to grade students only on academic criteria rather than opinions or beliefs. HB 3701 would codify regents’ procedures for reviewing and acting on low-performing degree programs, and HB 4115 would cap required teacher professional development hours, with the sponsor emphasizing local control and that the bill is permissive rather than mandatory.
The committee also considered HB 2978, which would prohibit public school library materials from including descriptions or depictions of sexually explicit conduct. Supporters framed it as protecting children and aligning library collections with community standards, while opponents worried the language could limit access to materials that help students understand abuse and safety. HB 4274, a cleanup bill on military student schooling and school choice, would restore omitted transfer language, clarify in-district enrollment timing, and align the six-month relocation requirement with the Open Transfer Act. HB 3242, dealing with privacy for women in schools, universities, and domestic violence shelters, drew questions about how gender would be verified and how the bill would affect transgender students and shelter access.
Most bills advanced on motions for due pass after committee discussion. HB 2950, HB 2978, HB 3132, HB 4274, HB 3242, HB 3700, HB 3701, and HB 4115 all received due pass recommendations. HB 3467 was laid over until the next meeting, and the committee then adjourned.
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
HOU-WLA Public Hearing 02-17-2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Housing Hawaii's Future in support. Thank you. AP Hawaii in support. Jacob Winek in support.
- . support. support.
- </c> Housing Hawaii's Future in support. Thank you. AP Hawaii in support. Jacob Winek in support.
- Aloha United Way, in support. John Ahmoso, in support. Aloha United Way, in support.
- John Ahmoso, in support. Johnny May El Perry, in support. Veronica Moore, in support.
Summary:
The joint hearing covered several housing-related measures. On SB 2068, which would create an affordable housing land inventory task force within the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development to study how to maximize housing on transit-oriented development and other state and county lands, testimony was mostly supportive from agencies and housing groups, with one opposition witness. In response to questions, OPSD said it was already working on a list of potential parcels but could not yet identify unit counts or a timeline, and estimated about $250,000 would be needed for staffing and contractual support.
The committees also heard SB 2227 on rental assistance, which would require HPHA to make monthly rent supplement payments, prioritize certain tenants including kupuna, allow agreements with counties and nonprofits, and create a special fund supported by a transaction fee on recordings. HPHA supported the bill, and the Department of the Attorney General said it recommended amending the measure to describe the fee as a tax. Additional testimony included support from elder and community organizations and one opposition witness.
For SB 2061, relating to residential condominiums and the 99-year leasehold program, HCDA and the project developer testified in support of amendments intended to preserve owner-occupant requirements while making the project more marketable and financially feasible. Members focused heavily on parking, affordability, and financing. HCDA and the developer said the parking stalls would be unbundled from the units, that the project would be a 99-year leasehold with 60% of units reserved for buyers at or below 140% AMI and 40% market-rate, and that the state’s $15 million equity contribution would cover only part of the parking garage and commercial component. The hearing then moved on to SB 3327, relating to HCDA and complete communities, but the transcript cuts off before that measure was fully discussed.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Health Mar 9th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- This support continued to Based on a true cost of delivering comprehensive care, this support continued
- So SEIU is standing with CWDA and supporting a $230 million ask that was referenced earlier to support
- CSAC is supportive.
- These supports are not extras.
- as well as consumer transition support.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Standing Committee on Primary and Secondary Education. (3-4-26)
Primary and Secondary Education
Transcript Highlights:
- Um and we're here to support<01:09:27.040><c> support</c><01:09:27.359><c> your</c><01:09:27.600><c>
- work</c><01:09:27.759><c> as</c><01:09:28.000><c> you</c> support support your work as you support support
- </c><01:22:45.280><c> quality,</c> pay at the rate that supports quality, pay at the rate that supports
- </c> going into those classrooms to support going into those classrooms to support with<01:24:50.159>
- </c><01:25:56.239><c> um</c> state dollars into teacher supports um state dollars into teacher supports
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Science, Technology and Telecommunications Nov 12th, 2025
Science, Technology & Telecommunications Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- , such as IT infrastructure, networking, and end-user support.
- A demonstration. You know, we will work in two-week sprints.
- At the end of those sprints, there's a demonstration, so you can go take a look.
- But we are definitely here to support, and we want to support all of the data centers throughout the
- I think that's something that we could all support.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, June 30, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We support good government. We support responsible bankruptcy relief.
- and support their need to succeed.
- I've always been a supporter of mental health care.
- a foreign... level while still supporting a foreign policy agenda that supports our allies and counters
- This demonstration authority will be a...
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism REVISED Feb 17th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism
Transcript Highlights:
- I wanted to take the opportunity to share the 2026 spring campaign in an effort to demonstrate that we
- all the way again this year and wanted to make sure that we had earmarked some funds to be able to support
- Of course, our campaigns come with a variety of different supporting mediums.
- I appreciate your support of this bill. Thank you, coroll, Senator Fritz, Gillespie, Goodwin.
- So that's why I'm not supportive of it today. There debate, Senator Coleman.
Keywords:
Oklahoma Historical Society, Oklahoma Arts Council, J.M. Davis Memorial Commission, historical preservation, arts funding, museum, gun collection, state agency contracts, 501(c)(3), nonprofit corporation, public funds, sectarian, religious funding restriction, appropriations, fiscal oversight, cultural institutions, historical artifacts, SB1425, health care, healthcare workforce
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Press Conference: Senator Nathan Johnson Jul 30th, 2025
Texas Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Increased support for medical THC by promoting Texas's Compassionate Use Program.
- Tax revenue is directed to support public health, law enforcement, and the Compassionate Use Program.
- And yes, it is medical, and we are excited to see support for the TCUP program, but we want to make sure
- That I cannot in good faith, or good conscience, or with any integrity that my profession demands, support
- Small business owners, our veterans, and the people who demonstrate the richest and most beautiful qualities
Keywords:
hemp regulation, consumable products, cannabinoids, occupational licenses, criminal offenses, SB 11, Texas attorney general, election crimes, election law enforcement, criminal prosecution, Election Code, Government Code Chapter 402, local prosecutors, county attorney, district attorney, grand jury, probable cause reports, state election offenses, voter fraud, election integrity
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- UP NEXT WE HAVE LENA SUAREZ WITH FLORIDA AGRI TOURISM WAIVING IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
- THEN NEXT ALEX HALEY FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE WAIVING IN SUPPORT.
- NEXT WE HAVE HOWARD ADAMS FLORIDA FEED ASSOCIATION WAIVING IN SUPPORT.
- POLICIES LIKE THIS AND SURE THAT INDEPENDENCE IS SUPPORTED AND NOT PUNISHED.
- WAIVING IN SUPPORT. NEXT WE HAVE ALEX MILLER WITH FLORIDA TRACTOR ASSOCIATION.