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KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Legislative Ethics Commission (6-17-25) - Part 2
Transcript Highlights:
- Um and also to amend the regular session prohibition against campaign contributions.
- We actually did get a bill, but session.
- So that would be one change we session.
- Um and also to amend the regular<00:04:44.080>
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Summary:
The commission first returned from executive session and noted that discussions there were preliminary only and no final agency action was taken. It then approved the budget report, which staff said was within year-to-date budget parameters.
Members discussed recommended changes to the code of ethics. Staff proposed four items: defining and prohibiting sexual harassment as ethical misconduct; two housekeeping changes related to lobbyist registration notice and campaign contribution language; and a possible reduction of the post-service waiting period for former legislators to become lobbyists from two years to one year. Members agreed the lobbying cooling-off period was a broader General Assembly issue and voted to recommend only the first three changes, leaving the fourth for later review. The chair noted the July 1 deadline for submitting ethics-code recommendations to the LRC.
The commission also approved renewal of a $100,000 contract with Casey Bailey and Mains for Robert Jenkins to continue serving as enforcement counsel, with hourly rates of $125 for the attorney and $40 for the paralegal. Finally, it approved a 3% cost-of-living pay increase for General Counsel Steven Pium, discussed possible conference attendance and informal opinions, and adjourned after no further business.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Legislative Ethics Commission (3-17-25) - Part 2
Transcript Highlights:
- Let's reflect that all discussions during closed session were limited to confidential complaints and
- no final agency action was taken during the closed session.
- No final agency action was taken during the closed session. Okay.
- [Music] Uh, now, um, is there a motion that we go into closed session pursuant to KRS 61.810, subsection
- to discuss personel executive session to discuss personel matters matters matters move<00:02:19.720>
Summary:
The meeting briefly returned to open session to clarify the record, with a statement that all discussions in closed session were limited to confidential complaints and that no final agency action was taken during that closed session. The body then considered a motion to enter closed/executive session under KRS 61.810(1)(f) to discuss personnel matters.
A motion was made and seconded to go into executive session for personnel issues, and the chair called for an aye vote. The transcript ends shortly after the motion was presented, with no further substantive discussion or final action captured in the excerpt.
MD
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Swearing-In Ceremony of Sean Stinnett Mar 3rd, 2025
Maryland House Floor Meeting
MD
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Swearing-In Ceremony of Dylan Behler Feb 6th, 2025
Maryland House Floor Meeting
MD
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Swearing-In Ceremony of Carl Jackson Feb 5th, 2025
Maryland Senate Floor Meeting
MD
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Swearing-In Ceremony of Dalya Attar Jan 24th, 2025
Maryland Senate Floor Meeting
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Please do the miraculous in each of us this session. In your son Jesus' name I pray, amen.
- So I look forward to two things that I see from you all this session.
- And there are reasons for it that are embedded into the laws that you have passed session after session
- after session that have made Texas a far more attractive place to be.
- Throughout my time working as a Senate messenger in the 72nd and 73rd regular sessions and four special
Bills:
SCR7
Keywords:
legislature, adjournment, permissions, Texas Constitution, session, legislative authority, 1185, senate, all
MD
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Swearing-In Ceremony of LaToya Nkongolo Jan 10th, 2025
Maryland House Floor Meeting
MD
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Swearing-In Ceremony of Shaneka Henson Jan 8th, 2025
Maryland Senate Floor Meeting
MD
Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Swearing-In Ceremony of Matthew Schindler Jan 7th, 2025
Maryland House Floor Meeting
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 087 Part 2 Apr 11th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- During the 2025 special session, we also agreed to this.
- We made that promise during special session. And then guess what? Some money was found.
- Keep the promise from special session.
- Keep the promise from<00:17:55.080>
special <00:17:55.520>session. - In all seriousness, we made the promise in special session. We're in a budget crisis.
Summary:
The House took up House Bill 1410, the state’s long appropriations bill for the executive, legislative, and judicial branches and their agencies and institutions for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026. The committee first recessed and then adopted a motion to rise, report progress, and sit again later that day. The House also adopted a motion under House Rule 14 to limit debate on House Bill 1410 to one hour during special orders on April 10, 2026, by a vote of 40-20, with four excused and one absent.
During consideration of House Bill 1410, members debated Amendment J82/54A, which would require funding for wolf reintroduction to come from gifts, grants, and donations rather than general fund dollars. Supporters argued the state should not use taxpayer money for additional wolf reintroduction, especially during a budget crisis, and said rural ranchers and livestock producers are bearing the costs and impacts of wolves. They emphasized depredation concerns, the strain on rural communities, and the view that the reintroduction effort has been costly and poorly managed.
Opponents of the amendment said the funding line is part of broader wolf management, not just reintroduction, and argued the state has a legal obligation to carry out Proposition 114. They said gifts, grants, and donations are not a reliable funding source for that mandate and noted the program also supports conflict minimization efforts such as range riders. One speaker also defended the ecological role of wolves, citing their benefits to ecosystems, elk management, and biodiversity. The transcript does not show a final vote on the amendment before the excerpt ends.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Legislative Ethics Commission (3-17-25) - Part 3
Summary:
The committee took up a personnel action package. A motion was made and approved to recognize the appointments of Denita Kiten as assistant executive director, effective March 16, 2025, at a salary of $90,000 per year, and Lorie Smither as executive assistant to the commission, effective March 16, 2025, at a salary of $80,000 per year. The motion also included increasing the executive director’s salary to $135,000 effective March 16, 2025.
In the same motion, the committee approved the part-time employment of John Scott as fiscal officer to assist with budget preparation and review at a rate of $50 per hour beginning April 1, 2025. The motion was seconded, there was no discussion, and it passed by voice vote.
The meeting then moved to adjournment. A motion to adjourn was made and seconded, and the committee voted to adjourn, with the next meeting tentatively discussed as April 8 but ultimately left without a firm date.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- expenditures during these unexcused absences, only during the moratorium period, during years we're in session
- Senator Betancourt's bill, House Bill 19, which would prohibit any fundraising, even through special sessions
- the better public policy is definitely banning all activity, uh, fundraising activity in special sessions
- session, we should extend it and we, I think in this committee room actually had quite an interesting
- September 1st, if I remember correctly, so it'd be like two special sessions, um, and, uh but now this
Bills:
HB18
Keywords:
HB 18, Texas Legislature, quorum break, quorum-busting, legislative walkout, absent legislators, political contributions, campaign finance, political expenditures, legislative caucus, specific-purpose committee, Texas Ethics Commission, civil penalty, show cause order, district court, Fifteenth Court of Appeals, session fundraising, travel lodging food expenses, legislative session, compelled attendance
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The ability to do was that a special session or was it a regular session? It doesn't matter.
- Legislative sessions are like my argument is that it does matter because the special session is only
- What about in a regular session? Are you OK to use a quorum break in a regular session? Absolutely.
- and not regular sessions.
- session and not with any special sessions that might be of consideration to the committee.
Bills:
HB18
Keywords:
HB 18, Texas Legislature, quorum break, quorum-busting, legislative walkout, absent legislators, political contributions, campaign finance, political expenditures, legislative caucus, specific-purpose committee, Texas Ethics Commission, civil penalty, show cause order, district court, Fifteenth Court of Appeals, session fundraising, travel lodging food expenses, legislative session, compelled attendance
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Legislative Ethics Commission (2-2-26) - Part 2
Transcript Highlights:
- Okay, we're back in open session. Uh, thank you all, everyone, for their patience.
- Have we set a date for our next regular meeting? We haven't done it.
Summary:
The commission reconvened in open session and announced it had reached a settlement that would avoid a full adjudicatory hearing. Counsel for Representative Gber waived the hearing and agreed to the settlement, and enforcement counsel recommended acceptance. The commission then voted unanimously to accept the agreed settlement.
The matter proceeded to an ethics charge involving a proposed finding of probable cause, an agreed order, and a public reprimand. Representative Gber was sworn in and confirmed that he had seen and agreed to the proposed order, waived the adjudicatory hearing, agreed to the findings of violations and penalties in the agreed order, and waived his right to appeal. The commission accepted the agreement and stated that the matter before it was concluded.
After the settlement, the chair noted that pending motions related to the case were dismissed and thanked the witnesses for attending, even though they did not have to testify. The chair and Representative Gber each made brief remarks about the long and difficult process, the complexity of the case, and the hope that it would serve as a learning experience. The commission said signed copies of the agreed order and public reprimand would be available, and then moved to adjourn.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- I think that the better public policy is definitely banning all fundraising activity in special sessions
- So it would be like two special sessions. But now, this may be old-fashioned...
Bills:
HB18
Keywords:
HB 18, Texas Legislature, quorum break, quorum-busting, legislative walkout, absent legislators, political contributions, campaign finance, political expenditures, legislative caucus, specific-purpose committee, Texas Ethics Commission, civil penalty, show cause order, district court, Fifteenth Court of Appeals, session fundraising, travel lodging food expenses, legislative session, compelled attendance
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- But was it a special session or was it a regular session? It doesn't matter.
- Legislative sessions are legislative sessions.
- In a regular session, are you okay to use a quorum break? Absolutely.
- So you're saying that this bill should only apply to special sessions and not regular sessions?
- session and not with any special sessions.
Bills:
HB18
Keywords:
HB 18, Texas Legislature, quorum break, quorum-busting, legislative walkout, absent legislators, political contributions, campaign finance, political expenditures, legislative caucus, specific-purpose committee, Texas Ethics Commission, civil penalty, show cause order, district court, Fifteenth Court of Appeals, session fundraising, travel lodging food expenses, legislative session, compelled attendance
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Press Conference: Legislative Update May 1st, 2025 at 09:05 am
Transcript Highlights:
- Today is day 107 of our 140-day legislative session.
- The Texas Senate has been amazing this session after session, as well as Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick
- In the 88th session, we finally banned the gender mutilation of kids, but...
- We must pass these bills this session for us to consider this a win for Texas kids.
- Last session, we tried to ban drag shows targeted at children in public libraries.
Keywords:
immigration, children's rights, E-Verify, social transitioning, election integrity, Texas GOP, legislative session, urgent legislation
Summary:
The committee meeting was characterized by fervent discussions surrounding critical legislation, particularly regarding immigration, children's rights, and election integrity. Key bills such as HB2258, aiming to ban social transitioning for children, and E-Verify legislation were highlighted as urgent priorities. Several representatives expressed frustration over stalled bills and emphasized the necessity of decisive action to fulfill their commitments made during their campaigns. The urgency was marked by the approaching deadline for bill passage, with only days remaining in the legislative session. Members urged House leadership to prioritize these bills, warning that failure to act would undermine public trust in their capacity to fulfill the Republicans' campaign promises.
TX
Texas 89th 1st C.S.
Press Conference: Special Session Jul 31st, 2025 at 10:07 am
Transcript Highlights:
- This special session should be about lowering the high cost of living that afflicts the people of Texas
- This special session should be about cleaning up corruption. Thank you.
- This special session should be about cleaning up corruption here in Austin so that a government that
- Don't forget that Governor Abbott just put this on the call for the special session.
- special session in the first place after the floods in the Hill Country.
Keywords:
redistricting, gerrymandering, Texas Democrats, voter suppression, Hakeem Jeffries, equitable representation, minority communities, legislative session, political motivations
Summary:
Texas Democratic leaders and members of Congress held a press event in Austin with House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries to denounce the Republican-led special session and proposed congressional redistricting map. Speakers, including Lizzie Fletcher, Lloyd Doggett, Al Green, Joaquin Castro, Sylvia Garcia, and Greg Casar, argued that the session should instead focus on flood recovery after the Hill Country Independence Day floods, affordability, health care, the energy grid, and other state priorities. They said the new map was a partisan and racially discriminatory gerrymander designed to help Donald Trump and Texas Republicans gain seats, weaken minority voting power, and undermine free and fair elections.
Several speakers said the current Texas map is already under legal challenge and claimed the proposed changes would further reduce the ability of Black and Latino communities to elect candidates of choice. They also tied the redistricting fight to broader national issues such as Medicaid, Social Security, tariffs, housing costs, and corruption. Jeffries said Texas Democrats would not “bend the knee” and pledged support for their efforts, while emphasizing that the fight would continue politically, in court, and through public organizing.
In the question-and-answer portion, Jeffries said all options should be on the table to protect Texans, but that Texas Democrats would decide their own strategy. Fletcher said the immediate priority was informing the public about the rushed process, noting that many Texans testified before seeing a map and that the hearings were moving quickly. No formal vote or legislative action occurred at the event itself.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Senate in Special Session B Jan 28th, 2025
Florida Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- But certainly, it is something to bring up in the regular session if you want To offer some type of nonviolent
- I'm hoping we can provide more funding for the arts this year during the regular session or maybe before
- I know this is only a special session.
- Soon after the regular session, the debate began. SB 96 and SB 98.
- session.
Keywords:
accountants, Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants, advocacy, legislation, business issues, memorial, law enforcement, sacrifice, tribute, community support, service, community, Holocaust, remembrance, antisemitism, human rights, education, Holocaust Remembrance Day, memorialization, sexual assault