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HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Opening Day Floor Session 01-21-2026 10:00am

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senator Eninoi is going back to her familiar transportation company, and as an island state, whether
  • Senator Eninoi is going back to her Senator Eninoi is going back to her familiar<00:22:05.679> transportation
  • <00:22:06.640> company<00:22:07.200> and<00:22:07.440> as familiar transportation
  • company and as familiar transportation company and as an<00:22:07.919> island<00:22:08.400>
CO

Colorado 2026 Regular Session

Colorado Senate 2026 Legislative Day 056 Mar 11th, 2026

Colorado Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • When the proposals surfaced in Washington that could have opened the door to selling public lands, a
  • When the proposals surfaced in Washington that could have opened the door to selling public lands, a
  • When the proposals surfaced in Washington that could have opened the door to selling public lands, a
Keywords: 981, all
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Fiscal Committee (12/19/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
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  • <00:15:50.079> turning<00:15:50.320> it<00:15:50.480> over a surface level before
  • turning it over a surface level before turning it over to<00:15:50.880> Trisha<00:15:51.680><
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The Fiscal Committee met on December 19, with Senators Long and Lang serving as replacements. The committee approved the November 21 minutes and adopted the consent calendar after removing two Department of Health and Human Services items for separate discussion. It then took up an HHS request involving nursing facility rates, where Nathan White explained that $2.2 million would be transferred from a long-term care Medicaid eligibility contract to the nursing facilities budget. He said the funds would offset an otherwise projected 3.9% average rate decrease and bring the overall average change to zero for the next six months, with rates reset again in July under state law. Members asked about the budget adjustment factor, bed counts, and whether additional funds could raise rates further; White said the factor is statutory, capped at 28.76%, and that more money would lower the factor and increase rates. The committee also corrected a date in the request from February 1, 2025 to February 1, 2026, and approved the item. The committee next approved another HHS item related to rural health transformation grants. Members confirmed the request covered the full amount applied for this biennium, and asked about the technology component. HHS said the grant is not solely about AI, but about broader technology improvements such as electronic medical records, back-end systems, and tools to improve access and sustainability in underserved areas. The committee approved that item as well. The Judicial Council then requested funds for contract attorneys providing indigent defense on a fixed-fee basis. The council said current funds had already been exhausted and that the new appropriation would be used immediately. Members questioned the size of the request and the number of people awaiting counsel; the council reported about 150 incarcerated people and about 300 non-incarcerated people waiting for counsel, more than in recent years. It attributed the increase to competition for attorneys, public defender offices closing intake in some locations because of caseload limits, and broader case and court-system changes. One member raised constitutional concerns about delays in counsel for incarcerated defendants. The committee ultimately amended the request downward to $1 million, approved it, and then approved a motion to place several annual financial reports on file and release them to the public when available. The committee also discussed dashboard reporting from HHS, asking for more detail on community mental health center caseloads and budget-reduction information, and HHS agreed to provide more useful monthly detail.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session Apr 15th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • There are surface vibrations that don't affect the bedrock.
  • they've gone to bedrock for their vibration mitigation features in the plant, are not affected by surface
  • In fact, the cement kiln itself and the rock crusher at surface level, if the permit is granted, do not
Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, heard an invocation, received a House message announcing passage of H.B. 500, and a gubernatorial nomination for the Upper Neches River Municipal Water Authority Board. The chamber adopted several resolutions, including SR 409 recognizing Blue Ribbon Lobby Day, SR 402 honoring the discovery of the woolly devil plant at Big Bend National Park, and recognitions for Operation Christmas RGV and Wilson County Day. The Senate also heard an announcement that the Committee on Senate Nominations action report had been placed on members’ desks. The body then took up and passed several bills. SB 2365 was passed to prohibit personal wireless communication devices by public school students during instructional time, with exceptions for health, special education, and safety needs. SB 1869 was passed to reaffirm the DSHS commissioner’s authority over controlled-substance schedule changes without rulemaking or judicial review. SB 1124 was passed to revise criminal discovery procedures in response to the Heath decision, with supporters saying it preserves exculpatory evidence protections while limiting suppression of inculpatory evidence when the defense already knew of it. SB 1758 was passed to create a Grayson County pilot study and temporary permitting hold concerning a cement kiln/quarry near a semiconductor wafer facility, and SB 2078 was passed to regulate composting in certain counties, after a clarifying amendment. The Senate also passed SB 33, barring governmental entities from transactions that support abortion assistance or out-of-state abortion procurement; SB 34, expanding wildfire preparedness measures, studies, equipment databases, and rural fire department funding; SB 1208, increasing the penalty for interference with public duties from a Class B misdemeanor to a state jail felony; SB 1030, removing the maintenance, repair, and overhaul tax for general aviation; SB 505, creating processes to address election irregularities; SB 2411, updating the Business Organizations Code and changing filing-method requirements; and SB 1333, addressing unauthorized entry, occupancy, sale, rental, lease, or conveyance of real property. Most measures advanced on voice vote or recorded roll call after motions to suspend the regular order and the constitutional three-day rule, with several members raising questions or objections, especially on the criminal justice, abortion, and public duties bills.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

EDU Public Hearing 01-31-2025

Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Therein lies the reason why this is probably surfacing, because if the board is not... way and trying
  • c><01:07:41.079> probably the reason why this is probably the reason why this is probably surfacing
  • 43.559> the<01:07:43.680> board<01:07:43.960> is<01:07:44.079> not ...surfacing
Keywords: 912, senate, all
CO

Colorado 2026 Regular Session

Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 118 May 12th, 2026

Colorado House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • the transportation network company and, in connection therewith, reducing appropriation. ... and in
  • Senate Committee's House Committee's Transportation and Energy Appropriations.
  • Identification of transportation batteries for recycling. 26B.
  • I move Senate Bill 152 and the Transportation and Housing and Local Government... >> All right.
  • The question was who was going to come to the surface because there's a great gnashing of teeth.
Keywords: 981, all
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

04/29/2026 - House Floor Session

Arizona House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This session, she staffed us on the Government Committee and Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
  • Under his leadership, the Arizona Department of Transportation was established and the state joined the
  • That's not in my district, but I work very hard on transportation. That's not in my district.
  • But it's critical that transportation projects continue in the state. We do more and more.
  • Transportation issues are very important to the state of Arizona.
Keywords: 1182, all
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York State Senate Session - 06/01/2026

New York Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • our American system of both law and government, the hope is that the better ideas will rise to the surface
  • anyone show me, or can you see those nasty little bacteria and bugs that I just talked about on any surface
  • ANYONE SHOW ME OR CAN YOU SEE THOSE NASTY LITTLE BACTERIA AND BUGS THAT I JUST TALKED ABOUT ON ANY SURFACE
  • floating solar shall mean solar photovoltaic systems mounted on floating structures or platforms on the surface
Keywords: 993, senate, all
Summary: The Senate convened, approved the prior journal, and then processed a series of motions to discharge bills from committees and substitute identical Senate bills, which were so ordered. Several bills were also recalled from the Assembly, had reconsideration votes taken, and were restored to the third reading calendar after receiving 58 ayes. Amendments were received on a number of bills, and those measures retained their place on the calendar. The main business of the day was Privileged Resolution 2318, sponsored by Leader Stewart-Cousins, honoring Senator Michael Gianaris with the President Pro Tempore and Senate Majority Leader’s Legislative Legacy Award. The resolution and floor remarks reviewed his long career in the Assembly and Senate, his role as Deputy Majority Leader and floor leader, and his work on housing, criminal justice, voting rights, labor, environmental, consumer, transit, animal welfare, and other major legislation. Members from both parties spoke at length, praising his strategic skill, mentorship, humor, and influence, while also noting his support for younger members and his commitment to family. Several senators described personal experiences showing Gianaris’s mentorship and political guidance, and many referenced his Greek American identity, Queens roots, and interests such as Star Wars and the Mets. Senators also emphasized that he was leaving on his own terms to spend more time with his wife and daughters. The resolution was adopted with broad support, and Gianaris then spoke in response, reflecting on nearly 30 years in state government, the major laws passed during his tenure, and the relationships he built in the chamber.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Taxes Committee 3/12/26

Taxes

Transcript Highlights:
  • committee, but it's as though you've been listening in to our hearings lately because you really surfaced
  • to our hearings lately because you in to our hearings lately because you really<00:03:45.519> surfaced
  • many<00:03:46.879> of<00:03:46.959> the<00:03:47.120> issues really surfaced
  • so many of the issues really surfaced so many of the issues that<00:03:47.599> we've<00:03:47.840
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Appropriations Committee, February 13, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • He said everything else associated with diversions, direct diversions, and surface flow diversions would
  • associated with diversions,<01:29:32.560> direct<01:29:32.880> diversions,<01:29:33.360> surface
  • diversions, direct diversions, surface diversions, direct diversions, surface flow<01:29:33.920>
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

HHS-AEN-EIG, HHS, HHS Public Hearings 02-02-2026

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • How you guys going to ensure the duplication of surfaces not being duplicated?
  • ensure the How you guys going to ensure the duplication<00:14:57.680> of<00:14:57.920> surfaces
  • <00:14:58.959> not<00:14:59.199> being duplication of surfaces not being duplication
  • of surfaces not being duplicated?
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The joint HHS, Agriculture, Environment, Energy, and Intergovernmental Affairs hearing focused first on SB 2262, a pollution and illegal dumping measure. The Department of Health said it stood on its written testimony, and public testimony included support from CARES with suggested amendments to involve the counties in standardized response planning and to address pollution caused by individuals. Members questioned the bill’s fines, where they would go, and how the department would handle carcasses and illegal dumping enforcement. DOH said administrative fines go to the general fund, criminal fines are collected by the Attorney General, carcasses are generally buried by the landowner under existing rules, and DOH mainly regulates solid waste and coordinates with counties and other agencies when violations arise. After discussion, the chair recommended SB 2262 be passed with substantial amendments. The proposed amendments would add DLNR to the task force, deposit all fines into a special fund to support enforcement, allow fines below $5,000 for littering and higher fines for excessive or chronic illegal dumping, and include a January 30, 2050 effective date. The committee adopted the recommendation, with members voting aye. The hearing then moved to the HHS calendar. On SB 2087, relating to health insurance, agencies including DHS, DCCA, the Attorney General, and Labor stood on written testimony, while several advocacy and medical groups testified in support. One Medicaid recipient opposed the bill, arguing the coverage should be immediate rather than phased in over three years. Angela Melody Young supported the bill but urged amendments to prioritize people with disabilities, kupuna, and mothers. Members questioned whether the rural health transformation program could support the bill’s deductible structure; the Department of Human Services said it was unlikely CMS would allow that level of coverage, though rural funds might help in other ways. The committee then moved on to SB 2089, which would expand services eligible for Medicaid prospective payment system reimbursement, hearing support from OHA, DHS, and others, along with testimony about mental health access and training. The transcript also began SB 2106, relating to health and eating disorder prevention, with a student testifying in support and citing youth eating disorder harms, but the discussion was cut off before any action on that bill.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Education Finance - 03/25/25

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
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  • disabilities coming like Palmer had more disabilities coming to<00:26:34.640> the<00:26:34.799> surface
  • <00:26:35.640> so<00:26:35.960> it<00:26:36.039> was to the surface so it was
  • to the surface so it was clear<00:26:38.200> we<00:26:38.399> really<00:26:38.640>
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • On the surface, it would appear to violate Judge Ezra's decision in 2003 in U.S.
  • On the surface,<01:27:37.360> it<01:27:37.679> would<01:27:37.840> appear<01:27:
  • 38.159> to<01:27:38.480> violate<01:27:39.679> uh surface, it would appear to violate
  • uh surface, it would appear to violate uh Judge<01:27:40.159> Ezra's<01:27:40.800> decision
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The joint hearing opened with SB 1442, which would update the statute governing the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division and clarify its role as the state Medicaid provider of intensive mental health services for children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbance. The Department of Health testified in strong support, saying the current statute is outdated and warning against any unfunded mandate because the division relies on federal funding and faces uncertainty about future resources. Written testimony from several organizations also supported the bill. The committees took no immediate action and said they would hold decision-making until later. The hearing then moved to SB 479 on ABLE savings accounts. The Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities and the Hawaii Disability Rights Center supported the measure, arguing that ABLE accounts help people with disabilities save money without losing benefits and that the state needs more outreach and staffing to expand participation. A testifier with a disability said the bill would help people keep Social Security and housing stability. The chair indicated an intention to move the bill forward, and asked about funding; the discussion settled on a requested appropriation of about $75,000 for incentives. Next, SB 1245 on reimbursement of pharmacists drew broad support from the Hawaii Pharmacists Association, rural pharmacies, the Hawaii Primary Care Association, and others, who said the bill would improve access to care, especially on neighbor islands and in rural communities, and help pharmacies participate in 340B-related services. The Insurance Division and HMSA raised concerns about bill language, saying it could be read to cover pharmacists outside an insurer’s network and that the scope of reimbursable services needed clarification; the pharmacists’ association said the bill is intended to apply only to in-network pharmacists and should continue to reference existing scope-of-practice law. The hearing also took up SB 1279, which would allow pharmacists to authorize medications via telehealth under certain circumstances. The State Board of Pharmacy opposed the bill, citing patient safety, a pilot project with reported errors, concerns about controlled substances and unregulated technicians, and the view that in-person pharmacist services are safer and already available on the affected islands. Several pharmacies and health care groups supported the measure as a way to preserve 340B access and improve service on Lānaʻi and Molokaʻi, while some local pharmacies said they already provide in-person service and opposed remote dispensing. No votes were taken in the portion of the hearing provided.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • Surface-level solutions address immediate and acute needs but aren't sufficient for long-term solutions
  • Surface-level solutions address immediate and acute needs but aren't sufficient for long-term solutions
Summary: The committee heard a series of budget proposals focused on education finance, with repeated questions about whether the state’s investments are coordinated, targeted to the highest-need students, and likely to produce measurable results. On the first item, the administration proposed $1 million for a study of California’s curriculum framework, standards, and instructional materials process, plus $250,000 for supplemental ELA/ELD guidance. CDE and Finance said the study would examine how other states organize standards, frameworks, and adoptions, while the chair and members questioned why California has gone so long without updating some standards, what the study would actually accomplish, and whether the proposal was too vague to justify the cost. The issue was held open. The committee then took up a proposed $25 million statewide literacy network within the system of support. CCEE and CDE said the network would coordinate multiple existing literacy leads, create a clearinghouse of evidence-based resources, and improve coherence across the state’s many literacy initiatives. Members pressed on how a one-time, five-year allocation could support a long-term system, how the work would reach distressed and rural districts, and whether the proposal would translate into classroom change rather than just another layer of coordination. The issue was also held open. Next, the committee reviewed a $500 million proposal to expand literacy coaches and reading specialists and to create a math coaches program. CDE described the existing literacy coach cohorts as producing positive reports from participating LEAs, while the LAO recommended modifications, especially for the math coach portion, including limiting eligibility to elementary schools, setting minimum grant amounts, directing funds to eligible school sites, and making eligibility automatic rather than application-based. Members focused on whether coaches were actually being placed at the schools with the greatest need and whether the state has a coherent long-term strategy for literacy and math investments. The committee also heard a $40 million proposal for training and implementation of K-2 reading difficulty screeners, which the LAO said was reasonable but could be reduced because $25 million had already been provided for training; CDE said the new funds were needed for full implementation, procurement, and sustainability. Finally, the committee heard a $10 million proposal for a developmentally appropriate TK multilingual learner screener, with CDE explaining why the preschool language-identification process is different from K-12 EL assessment and the chair asking staff to explore whether a single, more consistent approach could be developed. The meeting concluded with a presentation on universal school meals and kitchen infrastructure, including a $31.5 million backfill, an $84.1 million increase for projected meal growth, a COLA adjustment, and $150 million for kitchen upgrades and training to support freshly prepared meals.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Mar 6th, 2025

Alabama House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • to a safe that they will be transported to a safe that they will be transported to a safe place okay
  • how do we get there from what line not how do we get there from what line are you on because on the surface
  • that are you on because on the surface that are you on because on the surface that has nothing to do
  • to make the officer himself officer has to make the officer himself has to make accommodation to transport
  • has to make accommodation to transport has to make accommodation to transport the people in the vehicle
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Ways & Means Apr 21st, 2025

Ways & Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • Transit infrastructure is not just a transportation. issue. It's an economic development strategy.
  • The debt surfacing, INS going up 50% in just a five-year period is astronomical to me.
  • And my part of Plano actually gets zero transportation to it and from it.
  • I know there's a lot of parts of Austin that probably get no transportation. to it from it just like
  • Again, one of the things that you see in public transportation and entities across the nation is the
PA

Pennsylvania 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Session (Jul 11 2026)

Pennsylvania Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • unpaid taxes and the deed conveyed the property without expressly limiting the conveyance to the surface
Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and routine administrative business, including approval of the June 1, 2026 journal and several leave requests. The chamber then took up a series of bills and committee referrals, with House Bill 1042 initially sent to Appropriations and later re-referred to Rules and Executive Nominations after committee action. Several other measures were either passed, held over in their order, or re-referred, including House Bills 36 and 513 to Appropriations and various Senate and House bills set aside for later consideration. The most substantive floor debate centered on House Bill 96, where Senator Yaw offered Amendment A4096 to clarify the legal effect of historic tax sales of unseated lands. The amendment would treat certain historic tax-sale deeds as conveying full fee simple ownership, including severed subsurface rights, unless those rights were separately assessed, and would require documentary proof for claims of redemption. The amendment passed 36-14. The Senate also adopted Amendment A4183 to House Bill 1862 after a ruling that Senator Rothman had no conflict of interest and was required to vote; that amendment passed 46-4. Later, Amendment A4173 to House Bill 2559 was adopted 49-1, and House Bill 2559 then passed as amended. Several bills received final passage by unanimous 50-0 votes, including House Bills 482, 1102, 1830, 1860, and 2426, while House Bill 1862 and House Bill 96 were advanced as amended. The Senate also returned a slate of gubernatorial nominations to the governor on motion of the Rules and Executive Nominations Committee. During petitions and remonstrances, Senator Tartaglione urged action to raise Pennsylvania’s minimum wage, arguing the budget should not ignore low-wage workers. The session also included recognition remarks for Ed Sheehan’s retirement and a submission to the record on the Treaty of Paris. The Senate then recessed until July 12, 2026, at noon, and several bills were signed in the presence of the Senate before recess.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs Feb 24th, 2025

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • So what we're. taking actually is surface water that has been treated.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Water and Agriculture and Rural Affairs convened under the leadership of Chairman Kelly Hancock, who opened the meeting with a prayer in remembrance of Chairman Perry, who was absent due to a personal loss. The session focused on the discussions surrounding SB384, which aims to support the longstanding initiative known as Operation Game Thief. Senator Flores presented the bill, emphasizing its essential role in the fight against poaching through public support. The operation has a successful track record of convictions but is currently dependent on donations and merchandise sales for funding. The committee aimed to vote on multiple bills during this session, contingent on achieving a quorum. Notably, discussions also revolved around fiscal notes on two bills that were set aside for later consideration, indicating the committee's intention to carefully manage their legislative decisions. The meeting showcased a productive atmosphere, with committee members actively engaged in the review and potential advancement of key legislative measures.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, June 29, 2026)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • networks of energy delivery systems could widen attack surf delivery systems could widen attack surfaces
  • failures in fails, it cascades into failures in multiple other sectors like healthcare, water, transportation
  • After his time in the state house, Larry was elected to Georgia Transportation Board and appointed by
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • five-year plan, that there would be kind of this common definition that I don't think ever really surfaced
  • that individuals experiencing crisis are receiving appropriate emergency medical services and transportation
  • These disparities are compounded by poverty, geographic isolation, transportation barriers, provider
Keywords: 988, house, all