Video & Transcript Research : 'permanent rules'
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MD
Transcript Highlights:
- You have a second printing of the 2026 rule book in your desk.
- of the 2026 rule book in your desk. of the 2026 rule book in your desk.
- Blindness is permanent.
- And I love my Blindness is permanent.
- and 18 votes in the negative, House rule and 18 votes in the negative, House rule number<00:59:27.200
Summary:
The House convened with 127 members present, heard a prayer, and then recognized 2025 Maryland Blue Ribbon Schools and the Maryland Municipal League on its 90th anniversary. The Blue Ribbon resolution named Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, Diamond Elementary School, Little Flower School, Meyersville Elementary School, St. Louis School, Stoneleigh Elementary School, and Wilson Whims Elementary School, with principals introduced from the gallery. The MML resolution honored the league’s service to Maryland’s cities and towns and invited members to meet municipal officials after the floor session. The clerk also noted a second printing of the 2026 rule book due to a table-of-contents error.
The chamber then took up House Bill 80, the Residential Leases Fee Disclosures bill. Floor debate focused on what fees must be disclosed, what counts as a utility versus a fee, whether the bill applies to oral leases, and how the measure applies to landlords with four or more units. Supporters said the bill is intended to ensure tenants know all upfront fees before signing and to create a clear enforcement pathway; opponents raised concerns about penalties, affordability, and the burden on landlords. The bill passed on third reading by a vote of 95-34.
The House next considered House Bill 153, which requires air conditioning in newly constructed residential rental units and units undergoing specified substantial renovations, with the standard that habitable spaces be kept at 80 degrees or lower. Members asked whether window units would satisfy the requirement, how the bill interacts with older buildings and ongoing renovations, whether it applies retroactively, how enforcement would work, and whether it references federal refrigerant rules; the sponsor said it does not require central air and is prospective only. Supporters argued it reflects existing practice in Montgomery and Prince George’s counties and clarifies habitability standards, while opponents cited costs and concerns about older homes. The transcript ends during debate on this bill, before a final vote is recorded.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- That would be debited from, you know, the tax credit rules, whatever taken out.
- whatever taken out that's right so rules whatever taken out that's right so can<01:09:38.920>
you - funding with Cola $767,000 in permanent funding with Cola and<01:15:11.480>
everything <01:15: - uh from temporary for both for permanent uh from temporary for both for Kwai<02:07:58.639>
for - If the building never got made, it would become a permanent endowment.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- Opinion permanent court of arbitration PCA ruling 2001 in Larsson versus Hawaiian Kingdom.
- Opinion permanent court of arbitration PCA ruling 2001 in Larsson versus Hawaiian Kingdom.
- In the have administrative rules.
- Uh HPA's rule same effect as law.
- Uh HPA's administrative<01:50:46.719>
rule <01:50:46.960>23-700-26A Administrative Rule
Bills:
HB1531
Keywords:
emergency announcements, American Sign Language, accessibility, public safety, broadcast media, 910, house, all
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on House Bill 1913, which would create a mental health coordinator position within the Office of Veteran Services for the Daniel K. Akaka State Veterans Home and appropriate funds for it. Supporters said veterans, especially on the neighbor islands, need more mental health access and coordination. Several witnesses, including Sean Sonatada and Tom Driscoll, supported the intent but urged amendments to broaden the position beyond one facility and make it a statewide resource. Committee members questioned whether the bill would duplicate existing services at the veterans home and whether the position would be reimbursable through federal VA funding; testimony indicated the state would appropriate the money, while existing home services are already covered through current staff and federal reimbursement structures. The committee also heard testimony on House Bill 9, which would designate Hawaii as a Purple Heart state. Testifiers generally supported the measure as a way to honor wounded veterans and their families, though one member asked what benefits the designation would confer. Witnesses clarified that the bill was mainly symbolic and did not appear to create new benefits, and one testifier noted Honolulu County had already adopted a similar Purple Heart designation.
The committee then took up House Bill 1628, which would establish a compassionate release protocol for certain seriously ill or debilitated incarcerated persons. The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the Hawaii Paroling Authority opposed the bill, arguing that an existing administrative process already works, that the bill could improperly extend eligibility to people serving life without parole or mandatory minimum sentences, and that it lacked victim and family input and sufficient resources. In contrast, the Hawaii Correctional System Oversight Commission strongly supported the bill, saying it would reduce the high cost of incarcerating people with complex medical needs, ease burdens on staff and the prison population, and better reflect human dignity. The commission described having seen severe suffering and deaths in custody and said compassionate release is warranted in some cases. No votes or final actions were taken in the portion of the meeting provided.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, December 1, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- 6 of rule 20.
- The rules are suspended. affirmative. The rules are suspended.
- rules and pass the bill HR4549? rules and pass the bill HR4549?
- The rules are suspended. affirmative. The rules are suspended.
- The rules are suspended.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The rule is suspended.
- The chair hears none of the rules. Rules are suspended. The following resolution.
- The chair hears none and the rules are suspended.
- The chair hears none and the rules are suspended.
- House Resolution 334. to suspend all necessary rules is there objection the chair hears none the rules
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The chair hears none of the rules are suspended.
- The chair hears none, and the rules are suspended.
- The chair hears none, and the rules are suspended.
- The chair hears none, and the rules are suspended.
- The chair hears none, and the rules are suspended.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- suspending provider is temporarily suspending services<01:03:57.080>
or <01:03:57.200>permanently - <01:03:57.800>
terminating services or permanently terminating services or permanently terminating - Federal Medicaid rules mandate continuity of care without delay when networks change and require ongoing
- Federal Medicaid rules mandate continuity of care without delay when networks change and require ongoing
- Federal Medicaid rules mandate continuity of care without delay when networks change and require ongoing
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Jun 23rd, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- There is a rules committee resolution at the desk to suspend joint rule 6161, I ask that we go to that
- Members, this joint rule suspension is not debatable. It takes 54 votes. Clerk will open the roll.
- Ayes 56, noes 0, joint rule 61 is suspended.
- None are permanent unless we defend them.
- Don't die, don't get arrested, those are the two rules. Congratulations, congratulations.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Heresy are 1862 exempt permanently in statute by constitutional amendment that the gains will not be
- They don't comply with the rules, it would seem to me. Yes. Right. Yeah. I'm sorry.
- Say it again. of the rules and procedures they have that the commission has, and they can dismiss the
- Are you talking about setting up the rules for the, the Supreme Court sets up the rules for. Yeah.
- Well, again, the Supreme Court's going to make the rules, so I would hope they would set up some rule
Keywords:
school safety, Foundation School Program, education funding, student allotment, Texas education, SB 263, Texas franchise tax, cost of goods sold, COGS, broadcasters, television broadcasting, radio broadcasting, media tax, broadcast license, FCC, 47 C.F.R. Part 73, 47 C.F.R. Part 74, film production, television production, tax deduction
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- They should be 2409 by cane ruling for the prohibition on government contracts with Chinese companies
- criminal funds over the committee on rental jurisprudence, HB 2431 by Van Dever, relating to the permanent
- certain residential property insurance policies or for the committee on insurance, HB 2474 by Simmons, ruling
- construction retentions for the committee on trade workforce and economic development HB 2485 by a vote ruling
- districts and open enrollment charter schools for the committee on public Education HB 2563 by Ashby ruling
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- HB 10 by Capriglione relating to reforming the procedure by which state agencies adopt rules and impose
- regulatory requirements by the deference given to the interpretation of the law and rules by state agencies
- HB 587 by Harrison relating to the requirement that certain rules proposed by state agencies in the executive
- referred to the Committee on Insurance, HB 587 by Harrison relating to the requirement that certain rules
- homesteads and real property other than residential homesteads for ad valorem tax purposes, making permanent
Summary:
The House met for first reading and referral of a large number of bills and joint resolutions, with no substantive debate on the measures themselves. The filings covered a broad range of topics, including agency rulemaking and regulatory deference, occupational licensing reciprocity, business entities, eviction procedures, higher education, public education, health care, elections and voting procedures, criminal justice, property tax and appraisal issues, transportation, agriculture, energy, and local government authority. Several proposals also addressed constitutional amendments on matters such as Medicaid expansion, property tax limits, quorum and special-session rules, voting citizenship proof, parental rights, reproductive autonomy, and state funding allocations.
Many of the measures focused on education, public health, and election administration. Examples included bills on financial literacy in schools, school nurses and librarians, student meal debt policies, suicide prevention notices, menstrual products, and community-based learning programs, as well as election-related bills on voter registration, disability access, ballot corrections, political advertising, and voting equipment or procedures. Other notable bills dealt with housing and property issues, including evictions, homestead tax exemptions, and land ownership, along with criminal justice measures involving sentencing, juror challenges, trafficking-related nondisclosure, and firearm reporting or transfer restrictions.
The House also referred a set of resolutions to the Local and Consent Calendars Committee. At the end of the proceedings, Mr. Bell moved that the House adjourn until 2:00 p.m. Tuesday in memory of James Edward Cook of Eustace, Texas. There was no objection, and the House adjourned.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division II (01/29/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- of our uh much need for permanency of our uh much needed<00:07:02.280>
environmental <00:07:02.800 - And the general fund permanent general fund funding would be a last resort to be used, you know, break
- but the stuff subject to different rules but the stuff that<01:08:16.080>
is <01:08:16.239> - general fund you know fund permanent general fund you know funding<01:09:10.120>
would <01:09: - We have about 1,650 full-time permanent positions, budgeted as I said.
Summary:
The Division 2 Finance Committee heard an overview and budget presentation from New Hampshire Fish and Game, led by new Executive Director Stephanie Simi and Business Division Chief Kathy Leonti. The agency described its mission to conserve and manage fish, wildlife, and marine resources, and emphasized growing pressures from disease, climate impacts, habitat change, and increased public demand. Simi said the department is largely funded by hunting and fishing license revenue and federal grants, is reviewing staffing and internal processes, and faces critical needs including permanent funding for environmental review staff, infrastructure and IT modernization, and possible service reductions if additional support is not found.
Members asked about specific program and policy issues, including chronic wasting disease in deer, hemorrhagic disease in rabbits and hares, moose population decline, and a proposed bait-disease bill. The department said it is actively monitoring diseases and did not see a need for the bait bill at this time. Legislators also discussed the Hike Safe program, which the department said has grown from an expected $100,000 annually to more than $300,000, and a possible boating version of that program, which the department said remains under consideration but would involve complex logistics and multiple agencies. Questions were also raised about rescue costs, out-of-state hikers, and whether boat registrations could be used as a revenue source; Fish and Game said boat registration is handled by the Department of Safety, though the department receives $5 per registered boat for the public boat access program.
The budget discussion focused on revenue projections, use of unrestricted Fish and Game funds, and dependence on federal reimbursements. Leonti said the department met the governor’s general fund target but not the Fish and Game fund target without using surplus unrestricted funds, leaving only about $100,000 in the fund by the end of the biennium. She said the budget uses more than $18 million in Fish and Game funds annually against about $14 million in unrestricted revenue, and that five of 193 full-time positions remain unfunded. The department warned that if federal grants were halted, it could cost about $5 million over five months and force the Fish and Game fund to cover the gap. Committee members also requested that future presentations be sent electronically in advance, and the department agreed to do so.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee Jun 15th, 2026
Revenue and Taxation
Transcript Highlights:
- committee has a suspense file, and the details about the process are spelled out in the committee's rules
- We respectfully oppose the new shell company rule in SB 1406 unless amended. I apologize.
- We respectfully oppose the new shell company rule in SB 1406 unless amended. I apologize.
- We respectfully oppose the new shell company rule in SB 1406 unless amended. I apologize.
- For these reasons, we respectfully oppose the new shell company rule unless amended.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Municipal and County Government (01/16/2026)
Municipal and County Government
Transcript Highlights:
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- <00:25:48.320>
service that has a 100% uh permanent service that has a 100% uh permanent service - <00:44:25.119>
and disability determinations, permanent and disability determinations, permanent - 100% % scheduler permanent in total. 100% % scheduler permanent in total.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- So what this is, is a way to try to get permanent funding for that.
- Rain or shine, these trained volunteers and employees step into traffic, enforce local crossing rules
Keywords:
vessel registration, derelict vessels, waterways, removal fee, Parks and Wildlife Department, General Land Office, HCR 89, official state gun, cannon, Texas state symbol, Texas Revolution, Battle of Gonzales, Come and Take It, Alamo, San Jacinto, Twin Sisters, Angelina Eberly, Texas history, historical preservation, heritage tourism
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 7 on Accountability and Oversight Mar 11th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- housing, or directly into permanent housing.
- Of that group of people, about 150 have moved into permanent housing.
- supportive housing, even permanent affordable housing units.
- Are they getting into permanent housing? Are they staying housed?
- Are they getting into permanent housing? What are they staying housed?
Summary:
The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Accountability and Oversight held a hearing on California’s homelessness funding, focusing on the Homeless Housing Assistance and Prevention (HAP) Grant and the Encampment Resolution Grant Program. HCD described new accountability requirements, including regional action plans, stronger reporting and expenditure conditions, housing-element compliance, encampment response plans, and public dashboards that track fiscal spending, service outcomes, and encampment resolution status. Officials said the goal is to use the data to identify underperforming grantees, provide technical assistance, and, if needed, withhold or reallocate funds.
Local officials from San Diego, Fresno, and Santa Cruz said the programs have helped expand shelter, outreach, and permanent housing, and that state dollars have leveraged local and federal resources. Mayor Todd Gloria said San Diego has used HAP to expand shelter and safe sleeping options, reduce downtown encampments, and increase housing production, but argued the state’s new accountability website is too high-level and does not fully reflect countywide conditions, behavioral health outcomes, or the role of continuum-of-care partners. Fresno officials said HAP and other state funds helped the city add shelter beds and reduce homelessness, while Santa Cruz emphasized that state funding helped build local coordination and draw in federal vouchers.
Members pressed the panel on whether HAP is actually reducing homelessness, what the best success metrics should be, and whether the state is getting full, usable data from grantees and subcontractors. Several members asked for more granular jurisdiction-level reporting, better tracking of nonprofit spending, and clearer measures beyond point-in-time counts and “people served.” HCD said it is still improving HMIS participation and data quality, but can already show outcomes such as exits to permanent housing and returns to homelessness. The hearing ended with broad agreement that transparency is important, but disagreement remained over the best measures of success and how much emphasis should be placed on housing, prevention, shelter, and treatment.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
House Chamber - Tue Mar 4, 2025, 9:00 AM HST - Day 25
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- <01:33:27.960>
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facility shingfield into a permanent facility shingfield into a permanent facility - House our house rules rules related to House our house rules rules related to House Bill<01:52:12.280
- May I request a ruling on a potential conflict, Madam Speaker?
- care by its family and permanent financial support from the state.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Formal House Session 9 Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Garballey of Arlington moves suspension of the rules.
- Hamilton of Methuen moves suspension of the rules.
- Rules are suspended. Third reading of the bill: An act designating Rules are suspended.
- The rules are suspended.
- Rules are suspended.
Summary:
The House began with routine procedural business, including adoption of resolutions congratulating Yolanda Kruger on her 100th birthday and two orders extending the Public Health Committee’s reporting deadline on House documents 4984 and 4988. The chamber then moved through a series of local bills and calendar items, passing to engrossment measures including authorization for the town of Hudson to grant an additional wine and malt beverage license, authorization for Cohasset to grant five additional liquor licenses, and an amendment to the Plymouth town charter. It also advanced several other bills on second reading, including a land conveyance for Barnstable County and Bourne, a bill requiring automated external defibrillators at sporting events, and a bill preparing apprentices through training and hiring in Massachusetts.
The House took up House 3417, designating June 16 as Domestic Workers’ Rights Day. Representative Sousa spoke in support, describing domestic workers as essential but often invisible workers and arguing that the designation would raise awareness of rights and protections under the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights. The bill passed to engrossment by roll call, 156-0. The House also passed House 4992, authorizing Barnstable County and Bourne to convey certain parcels of land, and later passed House 4994, the Paths Act, which would require a phased-in apprentice-hours requirement on large public construction projects, condition bidding on participation in approved apprenticeship programs, and create a commission to study apprenticeship participation.
The chamber then debated House 4993, the Preston Settles Every Minute Counts Act, requiring AEDs and trained personnel at sporting facilities and events. Representative Decker urged passage, citing the death of a young athlete and the need to close safety gaps outside schools. Representative Frost offered amendments to create a state fund to help communities pay for AEDs and to allow exemptions for remote fields without permanent power, arguing the bill could otherwise burden municipalities; both amendments were defeated on roll call. The bill itself then passed to engrossment by roll call, 154-1. The House also enacted a bill allowing Hingham to use municipal property for a center for active living, and the session ended with an order to meet the next day at 11 a.m. and adjournment.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 3/3/25
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- However, the federal EPA recently announced its plan to fully implement a rule allowing Minnesota, as
- well as seven other Midwestern states, to sell E15 year-round and permanently starting on April 28th
- However, the federal EPA recently announced its plan to fully implement a rule allowing Minnesota, as
- well as seven other Midwestern states, to sell E15 year-round and permanently starting on April 28th
- allowing Minnesota as well as seven rule allowing Minnesota as well as seven other<01:15:53.800>
Keywords:
HF770, Rural Finance Authority, RFA, capital investment, state bonds, general obligation bonds, bonding bill, agricultural loans, farm loans, beginning farmer, new farmer, seller-sponsored loans, loan restructuring, agricultural improvement loans, livestock expansion, modernization loans, rural development, Minnesota agriculture, farm credit, chapter 41B
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division III (03/12/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- If we go past 6, I think that's a House rule that the speaker or somebody can procure food. and everyone
- if we go past 6 I think that's<01:11:57.239>
a <01:11:57.480>house <01:11:57.800>rule - that the speaker or that's a house rule that the speaker or somebody<01:11:59.880>
can <01:12: - <01:13:54.880>
as position is is recorded as permanent as position is is recorded as permanent - So I'm not, like, permanently in statute.
Summary:
The working session focused on the New Hampshire Prescription Drug Affordability Board’s budget request and its recent work. Early discussion centered on a technical question about a statutory dedicated fund for donations: members asked why the budget did not show a line item for accepting donations, and DHHS CFO Nathan White explained that the statute already authorizes the fund, but because no revenue has been received yet, it does not appear in the budget. He said any future donations would go through the normal process under RSA 14:30-a, with fiscal committee and Governor and Council approval and a memo to the Department of Revenue Administration. The chair clarified that the account was not a prerequisite to soliciting donations, and White said the fund would supplement, not replace, General Fund support.
Kirk Williamson, the board’s executive director, then presented the board’s mission and budget. He said the governor’s budget provides about $256,500 in the first year and slightly more in the second, all General Funds, and that the board had distributed a technical amendment to continue the executive director position. He described the board’s role as analyzing prescription drug costs, identifying savings opportunities, monitoring market trends, promoting transparency, and making recommendations to the legislature and public payers. He also emphasized that the board operates publicly, with live-streamed meetings and a stakeholder advisory council that includes unions, state agencies, Medicaid, corrections, higher education, and other stakeholders.
A major topic was the board’s estimate of $6 million in potential savings, based on Medicare’s newly negotiated prices for 10 drugs. Williamson explained that the board used those federal negotiated prices as a benchmark to estimate what New Hampshire public payers might be missing by not having similar leverage, and said the board is trying to build evidence for future recommendations rather than directly setting prices. Members asked how those potential savings could become actual savings, and Williamson said the board is sharing findings through its advisory council and feedback loops, though it has not yet sent a formal recommendation letter to specific purchasers. He also discussed the difference between pharmacy-benefit spending, which relies heavily on PBM-negotiated rebates, and medical-benefit spending, which is administered differently and is being added to the board’s next report.
Williamson highlighted other work, including a model on Humira and a pending legislative effort to improve biosimilar competition, plus a proposed state-backed pharmacy savings card that would be no cost to the state and could save users about $240 per prescription based on Connecticut’s experience. No votes were taken during the session.