Video & Transcript : 'special legislative session' :
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FL
Transcript Highlights:
- This includes dependent special districts, independent special districts, MSTUs, etc.
- project or special assessment in the future, for... ...and pledge it, basically, under a special project
- Sixth special session of the year, we're brought up here.
- And next legislative session, if this were to pass in November, I'm sure that a structure will be put
- Next legislative session, if this were to pass, we will be able to collectively create a structure that
Committee:
Senate Appropriations
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- We have several committees that had to cancel their last meeting because of our special sessions.
- session staff.
- of all district legislative aides and most other legislative employees, but that legislator, in consultation
- The DLA is hired by that legislator and serves at the pleasure of that legislator.
- Is it the legislator who gets to say this person has this specialized Knowledge that I know I want in
Committee:
House Legislative Council
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- This legislation clarifies that a local government levies a special assessment against an RV park parking
- For those of us in this chamber, we measure in committee weeks, in session, in special session, in days
- Week two of session?
- session.
- This is one of the most important bills that we're going to pass this legislative session.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Republican Leaders Media Availability Mar 11th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- session.
- Why not continue to stretch out the debate, force a special session, and bring even more attention to
- Why not continue to stretch out the debate, force a special session, and bring even more attention to
- I think they would just reconvene in a special session.
- I think this is our last one of these of the session, barring a special session, I suppose.
Summary:
House and Senate Republican leaders held a media availability on day 59 of the session focused mainly on the House-passed income tax proposal, the pending operating and transportation budgets, and several late-session tax and policy bills. Republicans said the income tax was a major, rushed change to the tax code, argued it was unconstitutional under existing state precedent, and criticized Democrats for blocking referendum options and for what they described as a tax-first approach to affordability and budgeting. They also said the budget conference process was likely to produce another deficit and warned of future tax increases if spending is not restrained.
On transportation, Republicans discussed a bond bill needed to support the transportation budget and noted it requires a three-fifths vote in the House, which Democrats could reach on their own. They said they generally support maintenance and preservation but are skeptical of bonding for those purposes. They also identified other bills likely to move at the end of session, including a data center tax, a wholesale pharmaceutical tax, a K-12 funding bill, a highway construction bill, a direct electric vehicle sales bill, and an electric transmission bill.
Republicans repeatedly framed the income tax as a “millionaires tax” that could later expand to more taxpayers, and said the 24-hour floor debate was intended to slow the process and force daylight scrutiny. They also criticized the use of Climate Commitment Act funds in the budget, saying the money should be returned to taxpayers or used for transportation or other public needs rather than special interests. In closing, Stokesbary said House Republicans had defeated a majority of Senate bills sent to the House and had helped stop several major Democratic priorities, including an agriculture unionization bill and other tax and regulatory measures.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2026-02-26 (9:00AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- This legislation clarifies that a local government levies a special assessment against an RV park parking
- This legislation is needed because without concurrent legislative jurisdiction, juvenile misconduct is
- This session has been fantastic.
- For those of us in this chamber, we measure in committee weeks, in session, in special session, in days
- This is one of the most important bills that we're going to pass this legislative session.
Summary:
The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, several introductions, and an announcement that there would be no conference that weekend. The chamber then took up a long special order calendar and passed a series of bills, often by substituting House companions. Early measures included trust law modernization to create a nonjudicial trustee discharge process, military affairs changes expanding leave and retirement-related provisions, a bill to prepare for the end of penny use by standardizing cash rounding, and a podiatric medicine bill regulating cellular or tissue-based products and informed consent. The Senate also approved veterans court expansion, RV park assessment clarification, alcohol-loss tax deduction authority, bail bond and pretrial release revisions, and a military-installation jurisdiction bill to allow juvenile cases on bases to be handled in state juvenile court under certain conditions. Most bills passed unanimously or near-unanimously, with the bail bond bill passing 36-1 after questions about charitable bail bonds and confirmation that existing law on return of charitable bail funds would remain unchanged.
The chamber then paused for a lengthy farewell presentation honoring Senator Lori Berman, featuring a video, remarks from many senators, and Berman’s own closing speech reflecting on her 16 years of service, her legislative priorities, and her call for civility, bipartisanship, and continued support for issues such as school safety, Israel, anti-Semitism, and affordability. After the tribute, the Senate resumed and passed additional bills, including one expanding insurance coverage definitions for portable electronics and eyewear, a workforce and nursing education funding bill broadening support for health science programs, a recovery residences regulatory streamlining bill, a felony battery enhancement bill adding resisting an officer with violence as a qualifying prior offense, and a child welfare bill extending visitor thresholds in out-of-home placements, making the Step Into Success program permanent, and creating a best-practices program. The chamber also advanced a candidate qualification bill tightening party-affiliation requirements and adding a House provision on recent legal name changes; debate began on that measure as the transcript ended.
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Budget Section Mar 18th, 2026 at 10:00 am
Transcript Highlights:
- Legislative session.
- Okay, then the second part is, as you know, at the end of each legislative session or regular or special
- there for the regular session, and then the special session report is right below, and then this would
- the legislature approved in the January special session.
- The legislative approved state budget is listed there for the regular session, and then the special session
Summary:
The Budget Section met with a quorum, approved the December 10, 2025 minutes, and received a general fund and revenue update from the Office of Management and Budget. OMB reported the state was about $2 million ahead of forecast biennium-to-date, with an estimated ending general fund balance of about $397.5 million. Joe Morset also reviewed balances in major funds, oil tax revenues, interest income, federal grant reporting, fiscal irregularities, the voluntary separation incentive program, vacancy savings, and the FTE pool. Members asked about the higher-than-forecast interest income, the effective oil tax rate and stripper-well production, the impact of temporary pay adjustments and vacancy savings, and whether the voluntary separation program could reduce institutional knowledge or shift duties to remaining staff.
The committee then approved four Emergency Commission requests: $5.26 million for DPI to support an AI-enabled tutoring platform, $105,000 from the general fund contingency for Corrections GPS monitoring, about $1.963 million for HHS SPACES eligibility system upgrades tied to Medicaid work requirements, and about $1.2 million for SNAP eligibility IT improvements. Legislative Council reported remaining interim spending authority after those approvals, and NDIT gave an update on digital accessibility compliance efforts, saying the state has made substantial progress on websites and PDFs but that applications will take longer to remediate. NDIT also reported on the Infinite Campus student information system rollout, noting data migration remains the biggest challenge and that a supplemental vendor is being brought in to help get districts ready for summer go-live. Greg Hoffman then gave a brief update on NDIT’s operational fund, saying cash remains negative in PeopleSoft but accounts receivable keeps the fund functioning within federal limits.
The Supreme Court reported on its new and vacant FTE funding pool, saying it has filled 7 of 10 new positions and has realized some vacancy savings, and Legislative Council provided a similar report for the legislative branch along with a reminder that budget action reports are available online. The Department of Transportation presented its Flexible Transportation Fund, explaining the fund’s allocation formulas and ranking process, and sought Budget Section approval for two projects over the $10 million threshold: a Medora city streets and sidewalk project and a Cass County bridge replacement. Members questioned whether funding Medora streets could set a precedent for city street reconstruction and whether the bridge application process fully reflects statewide needs. DOT said the projects were scored competitively and that the bridge list does not capture all deficiencies statewide.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- So for a special education evaluation So for a special education evaluation process<00:01:41.040><c>
- For example, special assessments.
- teacher</c><00:10:08.480><c> on</c> special or special education teacher on special or special education
- </c> legislation on that? legislation on that?
- </c><01:25:51.760><c> that</c><01:25:51.920><c> I'm</c> session and every other session that I'm session
Bills:
HF4893
Committee:
House Education Finance
Keywords:
education finance, student support, aid allowances, appropriation, school funding, 1183, house
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session: 2025 First Special Session - part 3 Jun 9th, 2025
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- As we leave today, we started this special session with House File 1, which takes away health care for
- session. our special session.
- I move that the House do now adjourn this special session. Sine die.
- Representative Niska moves that the House do now adjourn this special session. Sine die.
- The motion prevails, and the special session is adjourned sine die. ♪♪ 🎵 You
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Appropriations - S/C on Articles I, IV, & V Feb 26th, 2025
Appropriations - S/C on Articles I, IV, & V
Transcript Highlights:
- During the 88th session, we passed legislation in the budget bill to provide new facilities.
- Since the 88th legislative session, TCOL has been working diligently to implement the provisions of our
- A great deal. of Senate Bill 1445 and previously Senate Bill 24 in the in the previous legislative session
- During the 86th legislative session, the 88th legislature appropriated $11.5 million for phase three
- As we look to the to forward to this legislative session we hope you'll consider the funding requests
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- legislation.
- I think that the flexibilities they were given in legislation and I'm going to get the session wrong.
- Supplemental payment the nine hundred million that was provided to the fund last legislative session,
- I will say that. that there was last legislative session the EV fee that was. added that does help, but
- Legislature provided $1.4 billion over two legislative sessions to fund studies, evaluations, projects
Committee:
House Appropriations
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Press Conference: Majority Leader Erin Murphy End-of-Session Availability - 05/19/25
Transcript Highlights:
- What can you share about your conversation with Governor Walz about charting what a special session looks
- So, it could be the case that we are in special session by the end of this week or very early next week
- Do you think realistically a special session could just be a day, or could I know Representative Hortman
- It is the case that we have had one very long special session day.
- </c> we have had one very long special we have had one very long special session<00:03:46.159><c> day
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
LMG Public Hearing - Wed Mar 19, 2025 @ 2:45 PM HST
Legislative Management
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:15:31.920><c> seats</c> influence elections or legislative seats influence elections or legislative
- And with need for special elections.
- </c> our legislators listen. Thank you. our legislators listen. Thank you.
- </c> legislative session, I've been doing legislative session, I've been doing many<00:17:44.400><c>
- It's been late a few times, but session.
Committee:
House Legislative Management
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on SB 5 and SB 1545. SB 5 drew opposition from the Department of the Attorney General, which said the bill conflicted with two sections of the state constitution. A member of the public also opposed SB 5, arguing that representatives should be elected by the people and urging the committee not to pass the measure. After discussion, the committee deferred SB 5, citing the deputy attorney general’s view that it was unconstitutional.
The committee then heard SB 1545, which concerns nepotism rules and good-cause exceptions. The State Ethics Commission testified in support, saying the bill would create a clearer, more transparent central process for good-cause exceptions and noting that several exceptions had already been publicly filed. A public testifier also supported the bill but questioned why the judiciary appeared to be excluded from its coverage.
After a brief recess, the committee decided to amend SB 1545 by striking the exemption for the legislature and judiciary and changing the effective date to the House defective date. The committee then voted to pass SB 1545 with amendments. The chair, vice chair, and Representatives Ichiyama and Morikawa voted aye; Representative Matsumoto was excused, and the recommendation was adopted.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
March 20, 2025 - 06:30 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- On your desk is the special order letter for a session on Wednesday, March 26th.
- All in favor of the special order letter say aye. Aye? Opposed, no.
- Show the special order letter adopted.
- As a reminder, the amendment deadline for Wednesday's session is tomorrow.
- session C, which is the most recent session, and together with changes made in this year's reviser's
Summary:
The House Rules Committee met on March 20, 2025, with a quorum present and moved quickly through a full agenda. The committee first heard HB 399 by Representative Maney, an ethics bill aimed at prohibiting employees, candidates, and public officers from falsely claiming military service or decorations for material benefit and establishing civil penalties. An amendment was adopted to conform the House bill to the Senate version and clarify collection of penalties, including delinquency after 90 days and Attorney General collection authority. Carrie Stillman of the Commission on Ethics testified in support, saying the added civil-penalty language would improve enforcement. The bill was reported favorably by a 16-0 vote.
The committee then adopted the special order letter for the March 26 session and approved special amendment deadlines and procedures for the General Appropriations Act and related bills. The budget procedures set deadlines for publication of the proposed GAA and related bills, committee amendment filing, and floor amendment filing, and required amendment requests to come from the sponsoring member or a House employee with written authorization. The chair also noted that some line-item veto reinstatements recommended by work groups would be considered on March 26.
Finally, the committee considered four proposed committee bills sponsored by Vice Chair Barrero: PCB REC-25-01, the Adoption Act for recent statutes and reviser changes; PCB REC-25-02, a directive bill updating statutory references from the Division of Investigative and Forensic Services to the Division of Criminal Investigations; PCB REC-25-03, a cleanup bill repealing inoperative or expired provisions; and PCB REC-25-04, the annual general reviser bill making technical, non-substantive, and conforming changes. None drew questions, testimony, or debate, and all four were reported favorably by unanimous 16-0 votes before the meeting adjourned.
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Budget Section Commerce and Legal Service Division Jun 24th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- We are very specialized, both with regard to the specialization for our individual clients, but also
- specialization in terms of representing the same.
- The specialization for our individual clients, but also specialization in terms of representing the state
- In fact, we are highly specialized.
- You guys chose not to do that last session, correct? Mr.
Summary:
The committee met to review the Attorney General’s budget and related agency operations, beginning with Legislative Council staff walking members through compliance reports and a blue-sheet base budget document. Staff highlighted current-biennium items such as FTE changes, one-time appropriations, litigation funding, opioid settlement receipts, continuing appropriations, and major special and federal funds. Members asked for clarification on items including the Missing Indigenous People Grant Fund, the Internet Crimes Investigation Fund, and the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit grant funding.
Assistant Attorney General Clare Ness then gave an overview of the office’s structure, staffing, and budget pressures. She emphasized the office’s broad statutory duties, the value of its legal services to state and local government, and concerns about attorney pay lagging behind other agencies. Members discussed whether attorney compensation should be benchmarked more consistently across state government and whether some legal work could be consolidated within the AG’s office. Ness also addressed questions about AG opinion turnaround times, boards-and-commissions training, the new-and-vacant FTE pool, operating expense cuts, office leases, and the state’s criminal justice information systems.
The crime lab presentation drew significant attention. Director Jennifer Penner described severe space, safety, and infrastructure problems at the current lab, including cramped work areas, glycol leaks, outdated fire and burglar alarms, air-handling limits, and equipment failures that have delayed toxicology work. She said the 2024 study projected a much larger facility would be needed and that the preferred location would be near the current health department site, but in a new building. Members asked about possible evidence risks, backlog status, and whether the proposed building would solve the current problems; Penner said it would and noted backlogs have improved overall, though some delays remain.
The committee also heard from the new Medicaid Fraud Control Unit director, who described the unit’s civil and criminal work, federal-state funding split, and examples of fraud such as billing for services not provided or upcoding. The gaming division reported continued growth in charitable gaming and e-tabs, with members expressing concern about large trust-account balances, site competition, and possible misuse of proceeds. Finally, BCI outlined its caseload, cybercrime work, missing Indigenous persons task force, and the surge in CSAM cyber tips; members asked about AI-generated CSAM, and the AG’s office noted that last session’s law increased penalties and expressly allowed AI-generated CSAM to be prosecuted like other CSAM. No formal votes or actions were taken beyond approval of the minutes.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Jan 30th, 2026 at 09:51 am
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- And what’s special about those three counties?
- What is the legislation?
- Because I'm always wary of legislation by words that didn't go through legislation versus actual legislation
- It's very... ...authorizing legislation.
- If we turn to page 18, you can also see, in addition to what you did during the special session for administrative
Committee:
House House Appropriations & Finance
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- During the last two legislative sessions, we were able to ensure the University of Houston has received
- My hope is that we are able to bring more state funding during this legislative session to help University
- I just think makes it extra special. Dr.
- Thank you, members, for honoring our special guest today.
- Let us celebrate and uplift them on this special day.
Keywords:
teacher compensation, education funding, public school educators, teacher retention, teacher designation, lottery, gambling, internet gaming, mobile application, criminal offenses, aquifer, water management, Edwards Aquifer, sustainability, regulatory framework, SB 565, Texas Water Code, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, compliance agreement
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- We started this session, it's our first bill, with many more to come.
- Not just for education, but for meals, for special education services.
- To students, school districts, as I mentioned, offer specialized schools.
- It could be used to fulfill half of the special education deficit.
- I worked four special sessions on school finance as a 19-year-old in this building, on the Senate.
Keywords:
Maverick County, recognition, economic development, Texas Senate, community celebration, 1185, senate, all
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Special Session - Senate Floor Session - Part 2 - 06/09/25
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We've seen actions in this special session that will show that.
- Uh, this special session could go and we can have the discussion and we can make better legislation.
- I introduced it near the end of regular session, and I reintroduced it in this special session today.
- special session reintroduced it in this special session today.<03:21:43.200><c> Obviously,</c><03:21
- </c> bills and backroom deals in special bills and backroom deals in special session?
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
House of Representatives Second Regular Session of the 60th Legislature Day 40 Morning Session Apr 14th, 2026 at 09:30 am
Oklahoma House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- On session, Clark will call the roll.
- My distinct privilege to call the second joint session of the second regular session of the 60th Oklahoma
- Whether it's through legislation, Whether it's through legislation or the mere profound kindness shown
- Pro Tem, members of the House and the Senate, today is a special day, a special day for me and for many
- The second joint session of the second regular session of the 60th Oklahoma Legislature is dissolved.
Bills:
SB1290 , SB1530 , SB1847 , HR1050 , SB169 , SB1377 , SB1990 , SB1991 , SB1778 , SB1579 , SB1992 , SB3 , SB2028 , SB1928 , SB2127 , SB2117 , SB1439 , SB1930 , SB330 , SB1191 , SB2110 , SB2134 , SB2069 , SB2095 , SB1613 , SB1246 , SB1976 , SB1346 , SB1509 , SB2071 , SB259 , SB1314
Keywords:
2-1-1 services, revolving fund, Department of Human Services, crisis pregnancy, abortion, legal funding, research funding, development rebate, Oklahoma Department of Commerce, tax incentives, higher education partnerships, Medicaid, ADvantage Waiver, home-based services, eligibility criteria, healthcare, senior services, Taiwan, Oklahoma, sister-state relationship
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Municipal and County Government (02/27/2025)
Municipal and County Government
Transcript Highlights:
- session of the town session so the first session of the town meeting<00:23:43.760><c> and</c><00:23:43.960
- wanted</c> legislation the legislative body wanted legislation the legislative body wanted to<01:44:
- </c> ready ready for deliberative session ready ready for deliberative session sessions<02:07:03.040>
- </c><04:47:12.558><c> session</c><04:47:13.440><c> they</c><04:47:13.558><c> all</c> this legislative
- session they all this legislative session they all thought<04:47:13.878><c> I</c><04:47:13.958><c> was
Committee:
House Municipal and County Government