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FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2026-01-15 (10:00AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- legal institutions of the Wrongful Death Act.
- legal institutions of the Wrongful Death Act.
- We acted once because there was loss. We acted once because safety mattered more than politics.
- We may not just ache, but act. May our..." "May we not just ache, but act.
- An act relating to employment eligibility.
Summary:
The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and quorum established, then adopted the Rules and Ethics Committee’s special order report for the day. The chamber first took up HB 167 on former phosphate mining lands. Sponsor Rep. McClure said the bill would remove strict liability for previously mined phosphate lands if a Department of Health study is done at the owner’s request and the former mining status is recorded publicly. Opponents, including Reps. Cross, Nixon, and Eskamani, argued the bill did not provide enough notice to future buyers and renters and could create health and disclosure concerns. The bill passed 87-24.
The House then passed HB 145 on suits against the government, which Rep. McFarland said updates Florida’s sovereign immunity caps for the first time since 2010, raising them to $500,000 per person and $1 million per incident with future automatic increases, aligning the statute of limitations with private claims, and allowing governments to settle above the caps if they choose. He said the bill would make redress more accessible without eliminating the liability shield. The bill passed 104-7.
The chamber then considered CS/HB 289 on civil liability for the wrongful death of an unborn child, a bill by Rep. Greco that would amend the Wrongful Death Act to allow parents and other survivors to bring claims for the death of an unborn child, while exempting the mother and lawful medical care provided within the standard of care. Debate centered on whether the bill could affect abortion access, fertility treatment, miscarriage care, surrogacy, and liability for doctors, friends, family members, and others. Multiple amendments were offered to narrow the bill or add carve-outs for abortion, fertility care, surrogates, perinatal professionals, rape/incest/human trafficking situations, and to require the mother’s consent before suit; sponsors and opponents argued over whether these changes would prevent frivolous lawsuits or instead create loopholes and weaken the bill. None of the amendments were adopted during the portion of the transcript provided.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Informal House Session 21 Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- An act relative to recess for elementary and middle school students, House No. 543.
- An act requiring the reporting of satisfaction of judgments awarding money damages, House No. 1767.
- An act directing the City of Boston Police Department to waive the maximum age requirement for police
- House No. 4502, an act amending the Town Manager Act of the Town of Arlington.
- Third reading of the bill: an act directing the City of Boston Police Department to waive the maximum
Summary:
The House opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and then took up several procedural matters. It adopted an order extending the reporting deadline for a Community Development and Small Business matter to March 18, 2026, and suspended Joint Rule 12 to allow two petitions to be referred: one on medication administration in rest homes and another on concealment of the death of a child born out of wedlock. The Committee on Steering, Policy and Scheduling also recommended a slate of bills for House consideration, including measures on Building Trades Recovery Week, accidental death benefits for a former Boston firefighter’s surviving spouse, recess for elementary and middle school students, satisfaction of money judgments, police age-waiver matters for Jose Reyes and Jonathan Gagney, and advertising for justices of the peace. The House suspended Rule 7A to proceed with these matters.
The chamber then advanced the listed bills through second reading and ordered seven of them to a third reading. It also passed House No. 4502, amending the Town Manager Act of Arlington, to be enacted. Several bills released from the Committee on Bills in the Third Reading were then taken up: House No. 4740, waiving the maximum age requirement for a Boston police officer applicant, and House No. 4817, authorizing an additional all-alcoholic-beverages license in Pembroke, both passed to be engrossed.
House No. 5014, establishing a sick leave bank for Sonia Felix of the Department of Transitional Assistance, was amended on the floor to change wording and add an emergency preamble, then passed to be engrossed as amended. The House also adopted an order to adjourn and concluded by adjourning to meet the following Monday at 11 a.m. in informal session.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Informal House Session 31 Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- An act amending the means-tested senior citizen property tax exemption in the town of Sudbury, House
- An act amending the means-tested senior citizen property tax exemption in the town of Sudbury, House
- House 4542, an act making the charter of the city of Chicopee gender neutral.
- An act regarding special meetings of the Holyoke City Council, House No. 4738.
- An act providing for the retirement of Walter L.
Summary:
The House began with the Pledge of Allegiance and then took up several routine matters. The Committee on Rules recommended adoption of resolutions honoring William B. O’Leary on his 100th birthday, congratulating Ethan Ho on earning Eagle Scout rank, and celebrating the 150th anniversary of St. Paul’s Church of Palmer. The House suspended the rules and adopted the resolutions. It also concurred with a Senate referral of a petition concerning retirement benefits for Alec Simonello to the Committee on Public Service.
The House then considered local bills reported by the Committee on Steering, Policy and Scheduling, including measures concerning an excise on parking space transfers in Salem, expanded senior property tax abatements in Auburn, a means-tested senior property tax exemption in Sudbury, and land acquisition/disposition in Falmouth. After suspending Rule 7A, the House gave these bills second and third readings and ordered them to a third reading. The chamber also passed to enactment several engrossed bills, including firefighter and police age-exemption bills for Haverhill, a Williamsburg board-name change to select board, a Sandwich overpass memorial designation, and a Chicopee charter change to gender-neutral language.
The House then acted on additional third-reading bills, passing to enactment a bill allowing Kenneth Navarro to take the Haverhill firefighter exam despite the maximum age requirement, and passing to engrossment bills for William Rob Cargill’s firefighter exam eligibility and special meetings of the Holyoke City Council. On Senate Bill 1859, concerning retirement for Walter L. Gerton, Representative Walsh offered and the House adopted an amendment substituting text from House Document 5331, after which the bill was passed to engrossment as amended. Finally, the House adopted an order to meet the following Monday at 11 a.m. and adjourned to that time in informal session.
VT
Transcript Highlights:
- The Westfall Act, which amended the Federal Tort Claims Act, provided an explicit carve-out for lawsuits
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US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, April 1, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- act and act now.
- The SAVE Act helps act and act now.
- The No Rogue Rulings Act restores balance. The No Rogue Rulings Act restores balance.
- No Rogue Rulings Act restores balance. No Rogue Rulings Act restores balance.
- Eligibility Act. House Resolution 282 Eligibility Act.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2026-02-11 (12:00PM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate Bill 124, an act relating to the Florida Virtual School. Is there a debate?
- Senate Bill 506, a bill to be entitled an act relating to public records.
- Senate Bill 7040, a bill to be entitled an act relating to trust funds.
- Senate Bill 7040, a bill to be entitled an act relating to trust funds.
- Senate Bill 816, a bill to be entitled an act relating to diabetes research.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate Chamber Jan 27th, 2026 at 11:14 am
New Mexico Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- In 2017, we put broadband in the Local Infrastructure Act. We know that broadband is a waterline.
- In 2017, we also reformed the New Mexico Telecommunications Act.
- The journal will reflect that they were acted upon individually.
- The journal will reflect they were acted upon individually.
- the Delinquency Act, defining new terms, changing the definitions for amending the Delinquency Act,
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, January 7, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- the administration to act immediately. the administration to act immediately.
- Affordable Care Act tax credits expire. Affordable Care Act tax credits expire.
- for all Americans with the shower act. for all Americans with the shower act.
- I urge passage of this act.
- extend the Affordable Care Act funding. extend the Affordable Care Act funding.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate Bill 1041, an act appropriating money to the Arizona Tariff Fund.
- Senate Bill 1598, an act appropriating money for the Department of Education.
- Senate Bill 1598, an act appropriating money for the Department of Education.
- Senate Bill 1041, an act appropriating monies to the Arizona Trail Fund.
- Senate Bill 1131, an act appropriating monies to the Department of Education.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- So today we filed a lawsuit against four entities: Acting Texas State Comptroller Kelly Hancock, Mark
- The acting comptroller also violated plaintiffs' equal protection rights.
- So you can't talk about being pro-business and act another way.
- So you can't talk about being pro-business and act another way.
- "The acting comptroller has not been elected by the people of the state of Texas.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, February 10, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- AND THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965.
- It's a blatant violation of the Epstein Transparency Act.
- That's exactly what the Undersea Cable Protection Act of 2025 does.
- THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE UNDERSEA CABLE PROTECTION ACT OF 2025 DOES.
- Act.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
House of Representatives Second Regular Session of the 60th Legislature Day 24 Mar 12th, 2026 at 09:30 am
Oklahoma House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- House Bill 2021 by Cain of the House and Daniels of the Senate, an act relating to schools.
- House Bill 2021 by Cain of the House and Daniels of the Senate, an act relating to schools.
- House Bill 2021 by Cain of the House and Daniels of the Senate, an act relating to schools.
- House Bill 3372 by Hall of the House and Pew of the Senate, an act relating to charter schools.
- An act relating to tax credit. Representative Wilk now moves final passage of the bill.
Bills:
HB2997, HB2021, HB3041, HB1823, HB3372, HB1427, HB3127, HB3128, HCR1020, HB4198, HB3000, HB3001, HB3002, HB3003, HB3004, HB3005, HB3006, HB3007, HB3008, SB392, HB3320
Keywords:
motor vehicles, administrative fines, license regulation, state agencies, employment levels, after-school programs, grant funding, community organizations, child care, Oklahoma Department of Human Services, credit card transactions, payment methods, service charge, consumer rights, financial regulation, housing finance, Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency, publication requirements, housing policy, state regulations
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2026-02-17 (1:00PM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- House Bill 1337, a bill to be entitled an act relating to estates.
- House Bill 1337, a bill to be entitled an act relating to estates.
- A bill to be entitled an act relating to curators of estates.
- House Bill 131, a bill to be entitled an act relating to curators of estates.
- House Bill 441, a bill to be entitled an act relating to conservation lands.
Summary:
The House opened with prayer, a moment of silence for the Reverend Jesse Jackson and Joseph Di Alessandro, the Pledge of Allegiance, and announcements confirming a quorum. Members also adopted the special order report and recognized several guests in the gallery, including former Speaker Dan Webster and law enforcement and civic visitors. The chamber then moved through a long special-order calendar of bills, mostly on third reading, with several measures passing unanimously or by wide margins.
Among the bills considered were measures on civil procedure and estates, including C.S. HB 1407 on commencement of civil actions, HB 895 on trustee settlement and discharge, C.S. HB 1337 on estates, HB 131 on curators of estates, and C.S. HB 351 on concurrent legislative jurisdiction over military installations. The House also passed C.S. HB 441 on conservation lands, which would lengthen notice and increase transparency for land swaps involving conservation property, and C.S. CS HB 919 on commercial service airports, which created a statutory definition for major airports and preempted local naming authority for several airports. HB 919 drew extensive debate over the proposed naming of Palm Beach International Airport after President Donald J. Trump, with amendments to delay or alter the naming failing before the bill passed.
Other bills approved included HB 409 requiring K-12 schools to observe Veterans Day, CS HB 461 allowing certain students to volunteer at polling places for community service hours, CS HB 1115 creating grants for genetic counseling education, HB 569 revising forensic client services, CS HB 505 regulating virtual currency kiosks to address fraud, and HB 271 on foreign and alien bail bond insurers. The House also passed HB 191 on re-employment assistance eligibility verification after extended questioning about its effects on benefits, appeals, and suitable work standards. One bill, CS HB 243 on electric bicycles, was temporarily postponed, and CS HB 1073 on school districts was also postponed.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2025-05-01 (11:00AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- This is our EKG Second Chance Act bill. Thank you, Madam President.
- This is our EKG Second Chance Act bill.
- DO2, a bill to be entitled an act relating to water management districts.
- A bill to be entitled an act relating to housing...
- A bill to be entitled an act relating to housing.
Summary:
The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a series of introductions recognizing interns, pages, a retiring sergeant-at-arms employee, and advocates visiting for a Prader-Willi Syndrome awareness resolution. Leaders also noted ongoing budget talks with the House and said senators should not plan to be in next week while negotiations continue.
The main floor debate centered on Committee Substitute for House Bill 12.5, a citizen-initiative elections bill. Sponsors said it was intended to address petition fraud and protect the integrity of the constitutional amendment process, citing investigations, arrests, and fraudulent petition activity tied to recent initiatives. Opponents argued the bill would make it much harder and more expensive for citizens to place amendments on the ballot, chill volunteer participation, and effectively favor wealthy or corporate interests. After extensive debate, the bill passed 28-10.
The Senate then moved through a series of education bills, including measures on Bright Futures, Gold Seal, Florida ABLE, dual enrollment, educator preparation, and broader education policy, all of which passed unanimously. After a recess, the chamber took up House messages and concurred in amendments to bills on stem cell therapy, student athlete ECGs, cardiac emergency response plans, and school safety. Those measures also passed with broad support, with the school safety bill drawing some questions about the Guardian program and child care facilities.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- HCM 2006, Endangered Species Act urging reform — Federalism.
- An act relating to an act amending title 13-9-9-2-Arosvenor vice statutes by adding section 139-22 relating
- SB 1582, an act appropriating money to the Department of Education.
- SB 1602, an act relating to kinship foster care stipend increase.
- SB 1654, an act appropriating money to the State Treasurer.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- House Bill 2482, an act amending Section 415702 as advice out of school facilities.
- House Bill 2661, an act amending Section 880901 relating to dependent children.
- House Bill 2673, an act establishing the study committee on inmate mental health services.
- and the Migratory Bird Conservation Act.
- House Bill 2121: an act amending Title 23, Chapter 2, Article 6.2, relating to employment.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Title 40, Chapter 2, Article 1, as of Vice Act 2,000, and Lank to Public Utilities.
- House Bill 2482, an act amending Section 415702 as advice out of school facilities.
- House Bill 2661, an act amending Section 88-09-01 relating to dependent children.
- House Bill 2673, an act establishing the study committee on inmate mental health services.
- and the Migratory Bird Conservation Act.
Summary:
The Senate convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, recorded attendance, approved the journal, and received routine communications from the governor and House. The body then moved into Committee of the Whole to consider several House bills, including HB 2369 on photo-enforcement traffic citations, HB 2423 on advanced math course enrollment, HB 2481 on school district financial records, HB 2621 on access to special education in public schools, and HB 2756 on public utilities and high-load factor customers. Each of these bills received amendments and were advanced with do pass recommendations. Members discussed HB 2423 at length, with supporters saying it would better identify high-achieving students for advanced math while critics argued the larger issue was funding and teacher shortages. HB 2756 also drew debate over data centers, utility reporting, and ratepayer impacts, but was amended and advanced. The Committee of the Whole then rose and reported its recommendations, which the Senate adopted.
The Senate also adopted a proclamation supporting stronger Arizona and U.S. relations with Taiwan, and welcomed Taiwan’s Director General Jason Poyon Ma. The chamber calendared HB 2192 for additional Committee of the Whole consideration, adopted a Bolick amendment clarifying that telecom and broadband providers are not included in the definition of online hosting platform, and advanced the bill as amended. Later, the Senate took up third-reading votes on multiple measures, including HB 2249, HB 2482, HB 2641, HB 2661, HB 2662, HB 2673, HB 2745, HB 2752, HB 2895, HB 2923, and several House concurrent memorials on foreign ownership, endangered species, and related federal policy. Most passed, though several senators explained no votes on grounds such as budget concerns, policy objections, or opposition to limiting testimony or subpoena enforcement authority.
At the end of the session, the Senate also passed HB 2369, HB 2423, HB 2481, HB 2621, HB 2756, HB 2192, and other listed bills by recorded roll call, with final vote totals announced for each. The Committee of the Whole report was adopted, bills were properly assigned, and committee announcements were made for the following Monday. The Senate then adjourned until Monday, April 20, 2026 at 1:15 p.m.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- These are Florida's analogues to the Voting Rights Act.
- The Fair Districts Act.
- The Voting Rights Act was created with a legislative record in 1965, and the Voting Rights Act was created
- Act is at war with the Equal Protection Clause.
- Zeele has commented about the Fair District Act, separately from whether or not the Fair District Act
Summary:
The Committee on Rules met with a quorum and heard a Governor’s Office presentation on a proposed congressional reapportionment map. The governor’s counsel argued that mid-cycle congressional redistricting is legally permissible, that race should not be considered at all in drawing districts, and that the Florida Fair Districts provisions are inconsistent with federal equal protection law and should be treated as non-severable. The presentation also discussed the pending U.S. Supreme Court case Louisiana v. Callais and the Florida Supreme Court’s Black Voters Matter decision as part of the legal rationale for the map.
Jason Parada, who said he drew the map alone, described the map as based on 2020 census block data, with county-level population estimates used only as a guide to identify faster-growing areas. He said the plan keeps 48 counties and 382 municipalities whole, has compactness scores similar to the current benchmark map, and uses traditional geographic and political boundaries such as roads, railways, county lines, and municipal lines. He walked through regional changes, emphasizing a race-neutral redesign that significantly altered South Florida, including changes to districts in Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade, and the Everglades, while leaving several northern districts largely unchanged.
Members questioned the witnesses extensively about the legal theory, the use of partisan data, the role of race, population growth, and the timing and review of the map. The witnesses said partisan data was considered along with other traditional redistricting criteria, but race was not used. They also said they could not speak to who else reviewed the map beyond EOG staff and counsel. Several senators raised concerns about the map’s compactness, county and city splits, the apparent partisan effects, and the fact that the map was released shortly before the special session. No vote or final action on the map was taken during the portion of the meeting provided.
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Rules Apr 28th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- These are Florida's analogues to the Voting Rights Act.
- The Fair Districts Act.
- The Voting Rights Act was created with a legislative record in 1965, and the Voting Rights Act was created
- Act is at war with the Equal Protection Clause.
- Zeele has commented about the Fair District Act, separately from whether or not the Fair District Act
Summary:
The Committee on Rules met with a quorum present and took up a presentation from the Governor’s office on proposed congressional reapportionment. Executive Office of the Governor counsel Mo Jazeel argued that mid-cycle congressional redistricting is legally permissible, that race should not be used in drawing districts, and that the Florida Fair Districts provisions are inconsistent with federal equal protection principles and, in the executive branch’s view, are inseverable. Jason Parada then presented the proposed map, explaining that it was drawn using 2020 census block data, with county growth estimates used only as a guide, and that the plan was designed to be race-neutral while also considering compactness, county and municipal boundaries, and other traditional redistricting criteria. He said the map keeps 48 counties and 382 municipalities whole, has compactness scores comparable to the current map, and makes the largest changes in South Florida, with some districts remaining unchanged and others reconfigured around population shifts and geographic boundaries.
Members questioned both presenters extensively about the legal basis for disregarding the Fair Districts Amendment, the use of partisan data, the absence of racial analysis, and whether the map truly reflects population growth. Jazeel said the executive branch’s position is that race-based provisions in the state constitution cannot be used if they conflict with the U.S. Constitution, and that the forthcoming U.S. Supreme Court decision in Louisiana v. Calais could further clarify the law. Parada said he did not use race in drawing the map, did use partisan information as one of several traditional criteria, and relied on 2020 census data for population equality. Senators also pressed him on who reviewed the map, why the public and legislators had limited time to review it, and whether the plan was intended to favor Republicans; Parada denied partisan intent and said he was the only person who moved lines on the map, though he consulted with other Executive Office of the Governor staff and counsel.
Several senators raised concerns that the map did not clearly reflect Florida’s recent population growth, that some districts remained highly irregular, and that the plan appeared to be based on a legal theory contingent on future court rulings. The presenters responded that congressional districts must be equal to the person, that growth estimates can only guide orientation rather than replace census data, and that the map was designed to preserve as much of the existing structure as possible while making the largest adjustments in South Florida. No vote or final action on the map was taken during the excerpted portion of the meeting, and the committee continued with questions and discussion.
NY
New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions - 01/20/2026
Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate Bill 1336 is an act to amend the New York State Urban Development Corporation Act in relation
- Senate Bill 1336 is an act to amend the New York State Urban Development Corporation Act in relation
- S. 4576A is an act to amend the New York State Urban Development Corporation Act in relation to establishing
- S-5551 is an act to amend the New York State Urban Development Corporation Act in relation to recording
- S-5551 is an act to amend the New York State Urban Development Corporation Act in relation to recording
Summary:
The Committee on Corporations, Authorities, and Commissions met for its first convening of the 2026 session and confirmed quorum. The chair emphasized transparency in state agencies and utilities, particularly the Public Service Commission, and referenced prior work on utility affordability, nominations, and chaptered bills from the previous session.
The committee considered eight bills. It advanced S.373, which would bar confidentiality and nondisclosure provisions in certain state and municipal contracts; S.1336, creating a New York State Digital Equity Plan and ConnectAll Digital Equity Grant Program; and S.2324, requiring Attorney General and Comptroller review of certain state or public authority real property sales over $250,000. It also moved S.2459 to restore earlier Public Authorities Control Board oversight provisions, and S.3736 to increase information provided to PACB members before project funding votes.
Additional bills reported to the floor included S.4071A, clarifying that stormwater is included in the definition of sewage for certain water and sewer authorities; S.4576A, establishing a procedure for appointing a president or chairperson upon vacancy and correcting gendered language; and S.5551, requiring recording and public posting of certain Empire State Development public hearings. The bills were moved, seconded, and reported out, with several passing unanimously and at least one receiving a negative vote or abstention noted in the record.