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NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs (02/19/2025)
Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
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NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Judiciary (01/27/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
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- Our calendar in this bill acknowledges our Lord.
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and care for women without acknowledging and care for women without acknowledging - We're not acknowledging the actual problems that are going on in this state right now.
Summary:
The House Judiciary Committee opened with procedural remarks, including notice of an overflow room and a brief apology from Representative Andress about returning to his seat after introducing HB 114. The committee then took up HB 476, a proposed 15-week abortion ban. Chairman Lynn explained that a request to withdraw the bill had been filed, but because the bill was already scheduled for hearing, the committee would proceed with testimony and the withdrawal would require later House action. The chair also reminded witnesses to keep remarks to three minutes and asked the audience to remain respectful.
Most testimony focused on abortion access, maternal health, and the likely effects of a 15-week limit. Opponents, including Nancy Pariser, Dr. Cynthia Rasmussen, Dr. Young, Bonnie Bruno, and others, argued that abortion restrictions increase maternal mortality, worsen miscarriage care, create “OB deserts,” and can delay emergency treatment in cases such as sepsis or ectopic pregnancy. Several speakers cited experiences from Texas and Georgia and warned that HB 476 contained no exceptions for rape, incest, or maternal health. Supporters of the bill, including Paul Galasso and Lynn Hill, framed abortion as the loss of unborn life and argued that 15 weeks still allows most abortions while saving lives; they also said New Hampshire’s current law is already adequate and that the bill should be strengthened rather than abandoned.
Other witnesses emphasized practical and economic concerns, saying unwanted pregnancies can worsen poverty, childcare burdens, housing insecurity, and women’s lifetime earnings. Some speakers urged lawmakers to focus instead on affordable housing, childcare, and family support. No committee vote or final action on HB 476 occurred during the hearing; the meeting consisted of opening remarks and public testimony only.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Special Legislative Commission on Emerging Firearm Technology Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Transcript Highlights:
- Yes, and I want to acknowledge that I also see online Commissioner and State Representative Donald Berthiaume
Summary:
The Special Commission on Emerging Firearm Technology convened its fifth hearing, led by co-chairs Representative Kate Lipper-Garabedian and Senator Michael Moore, with a quorum present. The co-chairs reviewed the commission’s charge to study emerging firearm technologies, including personalized firearms and microstamping, and to assess their feasibility, utility, legal issues, commercial availability, and potential costs and impacts in Massachusetts. They noted prior hearings on smart guns and microstamping and said this session was for public testimony.
The only registered speaker was Matthew Nugent of Beverly, who urged the commission to recommend microstamping legislation. He argued that microstamping could help identify crime guns, solve shootings, and hold traffickers accountable by imprinting a unique code on cartridge casings when a firearm is fired. He cited other states, including New Jersey, California, and New York, as having adopted similar requirements and asked Massachusetts to follow suit.
No other oral testimony was offered, though the co-chairs reminded the public that written testimony would continue to be accepted and posted for commissioners. Senator Moore thanked attendees for their input, and the commission then voted to adjourn without any substantive action or recommendations taken at the hearing.
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Special Session 2026 May 5th, 2026
Alabama Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We thank you also for those disappointments and failures that lead us to acknowledge our dependence on
Summary:
The Alabama Senate convened with a prayer by Senator Chris Elliott, followed by the pledge and a roll call establishing a quorum with 29 senators present. The Senate approved a motion to excuse absent senators and another to dispense with reading the previous day’s journal.
In committee reports, Senate Bill 1 from the Committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development received a favorable report by an 11-3 vote and was placed on the calendar for the next legislative day. No other bills were introduced or discussed in detail during the session.
The presiding officer also recognized several guests in the gallery, including Jesse Godbey, Miss Debbie, and Heather Gudgear, described as the 1999 Strawberry Current Queen. The Senate then adopted a motion to adjourn until 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 6, and adjourned without objection.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Mar 16th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- They've moved their appointment from 2:30 to 1 o'clock, acknowledging that some of us are going to hit
Bills:
SB44, SB546, SB1213, SB1256, SB1287, SB1443, SB1644, SB1653, SB1716, SB1209, SB1826, SB1919, SB1930, SB1976, SB2028, SB2067, SB2072, SB2117, SB710, SB1477, SB1405
Keywords:
sales tax exemption, nonprofit organizations, contractors, charitable purposes, state law, SB1213, earned credits, inmate credits, good time, sentence reduction, Department of Corrections, DOC, prison reform, corrections policy, inmate classification, class levels, rehabilitation credits, achievement credits, vocational training, educational credits
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- I just want to acknowledge that I owe it to my members on this floor and my Christian witness, which
Bills:
SB 2, SB 5, SB 10, SB 9, SB 7, SB 17, SB 4, HB17, HB7, HB7, HB15, HB15, HB27, HB1, HB7, HB15, HB18, SB9, SB7, SB17, SB4, HB17, HB27, HB1, SB8, HCR13, SB2, SB5, SB10
Keywords:
disaster relief, flood preparedness, emergency funding, local government support, meteorological forecasting, school assessment, public education, accountability, transparency, education standards, STAAR, Texas Education Agency, TEA, public school accountability, school ratings, A-F ratings, assessment reform, student testing, benchmark tests, interim assessments
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session Feb 13th, 2025
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We can come before you and pray for this House, acknowledging that you have established the institution
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Organizational business meeting to consider committee rules for the 119th Congress, and other pending calendar business. Jan 21st, 2025
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- I acknowledge Senator Sanders (member_21410), who will be here shortly, who previously chaired this committee
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, June 30, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The slaveholders themselves acknowledge it in the enactment of laws for their government.
- They acknowledge for their government.
- They acknowledge it when they punish disobedience on the part of the slave.
- What is this but the acknowledgment that the slave is a moral, intellectual, and responsible being?
- Notably, the Coast Guard, which President Trump had acknowledged at some point here, the $150 million
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- Let me begin by acknowledging the service to education provided by this nominee.
- I acknowledge that.
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MN
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Chair, for us to acknowledge the costs that this unit of government, the state unit of government, might
- So I really appreciate just the acknowledgement of that.
- Chair, for us to acknowledge the costs that this unit of government, the state unit of government, might
- So I really appreciate just the acknowledgement of that.
- So I really appreciate just the acknowledgement of that.
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- And while you're on your way up, I just want to acknowledge that, uh, congratulations.
- up, I just And while you're on your way up, I just want<00:28:54.960>
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that, <00:28:56.159>uh, want to acknowledge that, uh, want to acknowledge - I know you've got a different committee meeting, and I just want to acknowledge we've got Judge Edwards
Bills:
HB348, HB106, HB347, HB54, SB118, SB167, SB195, HB260, HB263, HB328, HB348, HB106, HB347, HB54, SB118, SB167, SB195, HB260, HB263, HB328
Keywords:
bail reform, illegal aliens, violent offenses, pretrial detention, flight risk, court hearings, doxing, personal identifying information, harassment, online safety, law enforcement, public servants, penalties, consumer protection, illicit material, private rights, digital privacy, nonconsensual distribution, incarceration, pregnancy
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs (10/22/2025)
Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, but also your earnest efforts in terms of accountability is certainly, uh, we recognize and acknowledge
- Uh, but also your earnest efforts in terms of accountability is certainly, uh, we recognize and acknowledge
- Uh, but also your earnest efforts in terms of accountability is certainly, uh, we recognize and acknowledge
- Uh, but also your earnest efforts in terms of accountability is certainly, uh, we recognize and acknowledge
- Um, but also your earnest efforts in terms of accountability is certainly, uh, we recognize and acknowledge
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Yes, by contract, but also by acknowledging that there is a supervisory delegatory authority.
- And agreed to contractually, and also by acknowledgment that there is a difference between a supervising
- Let me first acknowledge that there are a lot of positives despite the testimony, and it may seem like
- When I've discussed this notion with my own APPs, they themselves will acknowledge that the notion of
- In that meeting, they acknowledged the clinical information we provided. was deeply concerning and posed
Keywords:
grand jury, jury qualifications, jury wheel, small counties, Texas legislation, age verification, obscene devices, online sales, juvenile protection, penalties, antitrust, attorney general, Texas Free Enterprise, business regulations, legal confidentiality, personal identifying information, data brokers, judicial safety, civil rights, data privacy
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Apr 23rd, 2025 at 10:04 am
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Courts in Louisiana have acknowledged that a small symbol like Delaware's SO could be constitutional
- I want to acknowledge that TCOLE has made a lot of progress in getting near-universal compliance.
- In the next few weeks, though, one thing I want to acknowledge is that over the years, TCOLE has, I don't
- And I think it's very important that I acknowledge, and I have spoken to Sheriff Lauderback, excuse me
- I acknowledge that I have spoken to Sheriff Lauderback, excuse me, Representative Lauderback, Chairman
Bills:
HB1455, HB1777, HB2101, HB2136, HB2609, HB3142, HB3552, HB3846, HB4155, HB4514, HB4879, HB4995, HB5014, HB5139, HB5228, HB5436, HCR40
Keywords:
mental health, jail diversion, law enforcement, reporting requirements, criminal justice, data collection, criminal justice reform, intellectual disability, mental illness, data reporting, public safety, reporting, substance abuse, sex offender, driver's license, identification, gunshot detection, unreported gunshots, municipal police, crime investigation
Summary:
The committee met with a quorum and heard several bills, generally leaving them pending after testimony. HB 4995 would create a training/certification program allowing licensed physicians and certain EMS personnel assigned to tactical units to carry firearms during high-risk deployments, with supporters saying it would protect tactical medical staff and improve emergency care; the committee substitute was withdrawn and the bill left pending. HB 2609 would repeal the OmniBase/failure-to-appear-or-pay license hold program; the author and supporters argued it unfairly compounds debt and traps drivers in noncompliance, while judges and municipal court representatives said it is an effective, voluntary tool that prompts court appearances and reduces warrants. HB 4879 would create a grant program to help local law enforcement pay for lab testing of suspected hemp/THC substances, and HB 5436 would allow licensed auto recyclers to purchase certain untitled vehicles for scrap or parts to curb illegal sales, VIN cloning, and chop shop activity; both bills drew supportive testimony and were left pending.
The committee also heard HB 1777, which would place a discrete sex-offender designation on driver’s licenses and state IDs for registrants under Chapter 62. The author said the marker would help law enforcement and businesses quickly identify potentially dangerous offenders and cited other states and research in support, while opponents argued it would function as a scarlet letter, increase harassment, and punish people who are already complying with the law. HB 4155 would create a Family Violence Criminal Homicide Prevention Task Force in the Governor’s Office to study risk factors, coordinate agencies, and recommend policy changes; the author, HHSC, TCFV, and a survivor testified in support, emphasizing the number of family violence homicides and the need for coordinated, data-driven prevention, and the bill was left pending.
Finally, HB 4514 would authorize DPS to use facial image verification, with consent and confidentiality protections, to help businesses verify identities and combat fraud. Supporters from the lumber and identity-verification industries said it would reduce losses from fake IDs and organized theft, while the author stressed privacy safeguards and limited, consent-based use. The committee substitute was withdrawn and the bill was left pending.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Fiscal Committee (01/30/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- a very high level about it that afternoon and would not go into too much detail, other than to acknowledge
- I won't be going into too much detail, other than to acknowledge that the census has been going in the
- I won't be going into too much detail, other than to acknowledge that the census has been going in the
- a very high level about it that afternoon and would not go into too much detail, other than to acknowledge
- a very high level about it that afternoon and would not go into too much detail, other than to acknowledge
Summary:
The Fiscal Committee met on January 30, 2025, and first organized itself by electing Senator Jim Gray as vice chair, electing Representative F as clerk, appointing Michael Caine as legislative budget assistant, and adopting the committee’s rules and procedures. The committee also adopted an amendment to the rules allowing audits to be automatically released to the public once placed on the Fiscal Committee agenda, with members discussing that the change would improve transparency and reduce paper handling. The minutes from the November 15, 2024 meeting were approved, with members who were absent abstaining.
The committee then worked through a consent calendar and several individual items. It removed or noted withdrawals on a few items, including item 25004 for further discussion, item 25016 withdrawn by the Department of Education, item 257 removed by Representative F, and item 25001 removed under Tab 4. Item 25004, concerning the newborn screening program, prompted testimony from the Department of Health and Human Services explaining that the program is mandatory with an opt-out provision; officials said 99.2% of newborns were screened in 2023, meaning the opt-out rate was under 1%. The committee also approved item 25007, related to DHHS community health workers and telework policy, after hearing that the workers are not placed in schools and that DHHS follows statewide telework policy.
On the regular calendar, the committee approved a Department of Administrative Services request to extend the release date for fiscal year 2024 numbers to March 31, and approved a Department of Fish and Game item. It also approved winter maintenance funding for the Department of Transportation after hearing that the $5.7 million request might not last through the winter if additional storms occur; DOT said even a small storm can cost more than $1 million and that crews are dispatched based on road conditions and supervisory judgment. The committee then approved items for the Judicial Council and the Office of Legislative Budget Assistant.
The final discussion focused on the Health and Human Services dashboard and the Youth Development Center claims. DHHS acknowledged a data error in the APS client line and said Community Mental Health Center caseload data is still not fully accurate because two centers are undergoing EHR conversions. Members also asked about the low census at the Sununu Youth Development Center and about the process for managing future claims related to the YDC settlement fund. Witnesses from the Attorney General’s office said the fund is handled through a unique arrangement involving DOJ appropriations and judicial branch staff, that current judicial budget cuts are not yet affecting the litigation pace, and that the average resolution so far has been about $500,000, though future claims may vary. No votes were taken on the discussion items beyond the approvals noted above.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- It’s essential that we acknowledge the struggles of many who choose private schooling for better opportunities
- We need to acknowledge those feelings of frustration and make sure our policies don’t inadvertently create
- It's crucial to acknowledge the support they provide, aligning with the educational reforms aiming to
- I also want to thank you for acknowledging that this is an important conversation for our state.
- I also want to thank you for acknowledging that this is by no means to take away from public schools
Bills:
SB 2
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs (03/05/2025)
Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- I acknowledge certainly an RN is certainly an expert.
- The initial version actually had three places that they were asking parents to initial to acknowledge
- The department has since... um to acknowledge certain risks the risk um to acknowledge certain risks
CA