Video & Transcript Research : 'Second Amendment'

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Transcript Highlights:
  • Of a motion in a second, will there be discussion or debate?
  • I see there is an amendment. Clerk, please read the amendment.
  • Amendment submitted by Representative George.
  • Representative George, would you like to explain your amendment? The amendment is clear.
  • This one we went up to 50 dollars, as the amendment says.
NV
Transcript Highlights:
  • If this was put in with a dollar and not amended, can you explain to me how come it was not amended on
  • No amendments were presented or discussed.
  • No amendments were presented or discussed.
  • No amendments were presented or discussed.
  • There were no amendments presented or discussed.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session-Day 13, February 24, 2026-PM

Wyoming Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And so that's the second part of the amendment.
  • My amendment says it's going amendment.
  • Let's see if we can't come up with a good second reading amendment along those lines to address that
  • second reading amendment<02:28:39.120> along<02:28:39.439> those<02:28:39.680> lines
  • . amended. amended.
Keywords: 916, all
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session Apr 30th, 2026

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • , and Assembly Bill 1389 with an amendment.
  • Raise your hand if you've ever been given a second chance.
  • This is the reality of second chances.
  • So why do I care so much about second chances?
  • through living amends.
Keywords: 988, house, all
Summary: The Assembly convened after a quorum call, heard a prayer and Pledge of Allegiance, and approved the previous day’s journal. Members then handled several procedural motions, including a successful roll-call vote to suspend rules so the Public Safety Committee could set SB 73 for hearing; the motion passed 41-14. The chamber also welcomed several guest groups, including Placer County Sheriff’s Office leaders for its 175th anniversary, John Muir Charter Schools students, youth art contest winners from the 24th District, Oak Ridge High School’s national champion cheer team, and Casa Grande High School seniors visiting for civic education. On the floor, the Assembly adopted ACR 176 by Assemblymember Elhawary, recognizing April as Second Chance Month. Supporters emphasized rehabilitation, reentry barriers, and the importance of trauma-informed services, housing, education, and employment for formerly incarcerated people; the resolution received 55 coauthors and was adopted by voice vote. The Assembly also adopted HR 109 by Assemblymember Schiavo, honoring California’s janitorial and cleaning workforce, with members speaking about the essential, often unseen work of janitors and state building staff; it received 58 coauthors and passed by voice vote. Members then adopted ACR 119 by Assemblymember Ta, marking the 51st anniversary of Black April and honoring Vietnamese refugees, the fall of Saigon, and the sacrifices of Vietnamese and American service members. Speakers reflected on the trauma of displacement and the contributions of Vietnamese Americans in California; the resolution received 63 coauthors and was adopted by voice vote. The Assembly passed and retained numerous other file items, continued some measures, and adjourned until Monday, May 4 at 1 p.m.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Education Jan 28th, 2026 at 09:05 am

Senate Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • So, committee, we are on the amendment, not the main bill. Any questions about the amendment?
  • Who's by Senator Hickey, seconded by Senator Figueroa, if you'll call the roll on the amendment.
  • Is there any opposition to this amendment? There is any opposition to the amendment?
  • PCS&M strongly supports today's amendment.
  • The second...
Bills: SB64, SB19, SB44, SB83
WV

West Virginia 2026 Regular Session

Senate in Session Mar 14th, 2026 at 05:55 pm

West Virginia Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • President, I move the Senate amend the House amendments to Senate Bill 182.
  • Does the clerk have the amendment? Yes, sir. Senator Martin moved to amend the amendment.
  • I move the Senate amend the House amendment to Senate Bill 927.
  • amendment.
  • 927 as amended.
Keywords: 994, senate, all
Summary: The Senate first handled several House amendments to Senate bills and passed them, including SB 194 updating the definition of disabled veteran taxpayer, SB 499 requiring toxicology tests in auto accidents, SB 672 on Real Estate Commission licensing discipline, SB 724 on home confinement officers and the EMS retirement system, SB 897 on alcohol and drug counselor licensure, and SB 982 creating the Neighborhood Access Road Program. In each case, the chamber agreed to the House changes and then passed the bill, with some measures also given effective dates, including SB 724 effective July 1, 2026 and SB 648 effective from passage. The Senate also concurred in amendments to SB 197, doubling penalties for sex crimes against minors, and SB 648, which removed restrictions on foreign entities in the Strategic and Critical Resources Act. The chamber then took up a series of additional bills and conference actions. It appointed a conference committee on HB 4588 after refusing to recede from its amendment. The Senate passed HB 4009, the Portable Benefit Account Act, after adopting a Banking and Insurance committee strike-and-insert amendment that moved the program to the Division of Labor, expanded portable benefit definitions, and made technical changes. Later, the Senate also passed SB 182 on annexation by minor boundary adjustment after amending the House changes to allow one annexation per year instead of one every two years, and it passed HB 5101 increasing strangulation penalties, HB 4364 on juvenile offender bail and counsel language, HB 4412 on age verification for certain websites, HB 5564 on deputy sheriff vacation carryover, HB 4138 on sex offender registration fees, HB 4951 after receding from its earlier amendment on continuing education, SB 4 after receding from its amendment, SB 389 after refusing to concur in a House amendment that would have stripped the bill, SB 927 on beekeeping and municipal regulation, and HB 5214 on drug testing for parents before reunification. A major portion of the meeting was devoted to Senate Resolution 67 honoring Senator Michael Andrew Woelfel and Senate Resolution 68 honoring Senator Charles Houston Clements. Numerous senators gave extended remarks praising Woelfel’s legal skill, candor, mentorship, and service, and Clements’s long service, institutional knowledge, steadiness, and friendship. Both resolutions were adopted by roll call votes, with SR 67 passing 34-0 and SR 68 passing 33-1. After the resolutions, the Senate recessed briefly to present the outgoing senators with resolutions and flags flown over the Capitol.
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Apr 3rd, 2025 at 01:00 pm

North Dakota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This amendment supports that.
  • Some of those Attorney General amendments are included in what's in the amendments you have before you
  • Brown, your second time. Mr. Speaker, I apologize for standing a second time.
  • As amended. So we voted 9 to 5 do not pass with the amendments. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
  • There are some amendments in it.
Keywords: 908, all
Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a quorum present. Representative Hoverson offered remarks recognizing World Autism Day, and the House then handled conference committee motions on several bills, including House Bills 1460 and 1248 and Senate Bills 2262, 2070, 2294, and 2297, with the Speaker appointing members to each conference committee. The chamber also set aside Senate Bill 2200 for re-referral to Appropriations and moved to amendments on Senate Bill 2128, which was the main subject of the day. Senate Bill 2128, a major criminal justice and corrections bill, drew extensive debate over truth-in-sentencing, mandatory minimums, parole, transitional facilities, work release, electronic monitoring, and the fiscal impact of longer incarceration. Division A of the amendments removed mandatory minimums for resisting arrest and felony simple assault while keeping consecutive-sentence language; supporters said this preserved judicial discretion and reduced costs, while opponents argued it weakened public safety. Division A was adopted 70-23. Division B proposed broader changes to preserve transitional programming, add penalties for tampering with electronic monitoring and escape, limit some work-release restrictions, create a parole board study, and fund electronic monitoring with a $600,000 appropriation. Supporters framed it as a compromise that balanced rehabilitation and public safety; opponents said it undercut the bill’s intent and left dangerous offenders with too much access to transitional release. Division B failed on a 46-46 tie. The House then took up the bill itself, with the Judiciary Committee reporting a do-not-pass recommendation as amended, and debate continued over whether the amended bill should advance, with members split between concerns about victims and public safety versus rehabilitation, prison capacity, and recidivism.
CO

Colorado 2026 Regular Session

Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 120 May 14th, 2026

Colorado House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The second part of the amendment cross-references that, since we know some agencies have done assessments
  • Amendment 9 is adopted. Amendment 9 is adopted.
  • So I withdraw that amendment. >> Oh, okay. And I offer Amendment L003 to House...
  • amendments can be heard.
  • Those two amendments were struck, and then there was an amendment added to...
Keywords: 981, all
DE

Delaware 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session - Session 2 - 42nd Legislative Day Jun 30th, 2026

Delaware Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Second Amendment.
  • The Second Amendment is the only one of the Bill of Rights that has a preamble to it that starts with
  • Supreme Court, they ruled that the Second Amendment was written for a militia.
  • And I'll just say that with respect to the understanding of the Second Amendment and its specific words
  • And I'll just say that with respect to the understanding of the Second Amendment and its specific words
Summary: The Senate received communications from the House on numerous measures, including several bills and resolutions passed with amendments, committee reports on bills such as large energy use facilities, campaign finance, voting rights, and appropriations, and a list of pre-file legislation. The chamber then moved through a long floor session with confirmations, bill readings, and roll-call votes, ultimately confirming the nomination of Morgan T. Zern to the Delaware Supreme Court by a 21-0 vote. Among the major policy items considered were property tax and school tax measures tied to the statewide reassessment. The Senate passed House Bill 460, clarifying monthly municipal permit-data reporting to New Castle County; House Bill 461, granting temporary authority for New Castle County school districts to reset school tax rates for one cycle; and House Bill 462, making the split school tax rate permanent with a lower nonresidential cap. Members discussed the fiscal effects at length, including testimony from a school district finance officer that HB 461 would allow revenue-neutral rate setting and offset the fiscal note on HB 462. The Senate also passed House Bill 365 creating a Delaware Indigenous Affairs Commission, House Bill 458 on backflow requirements for low-hazard buildings, Senate Bill 27 establishing the Office of New Americans with a sunset and interagency coordination, and Senate Bill 315 on the Delaware Technical Innovation Program. The chamber also approved Senate Substitute 1 for Senate Bill 300, a firearms dealer regulation bill, after extensive debate over amendments, confidentiality, background checks, and the balance between public safety and burdens on lawful dealers. Several members raised constitutional and practical objections, while supporters argued the bill would reduce trafficking, straw purchases, and theft from dealers. In addition, the Senate passed House Bill 305 creating a diabetes wellness pilot program, with supporters emphasizing the state’s diabetes burden and the program’s federal funding, and House Concurrent Resolution 157, which asks the State Lottery Office to report on iLottery’s impact on small businesses. Senate Bill 325, a fire prevention/background-check bill, was laid on the table after concerns about a late House amendment and requests for more time to consult stakeholders.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs (02/07/2025)

State-federal Relations and Veterans Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
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  • hr12 which is urging Congress to amend hr12 which is urging Congress to amend the<01:52:31.239><
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  • pollution please consider my amended pollution please consider my amended proposal<04:26:31.880>
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Keywords: 1189, house, all
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee Feb 25th, 2026

Finance and Taxation General Fund

Transcript Highlights:
  • I think you have an amendment here. Uh, not aware of an amendment. Um. I had an amendment in front.
  • what the amendment does. what the amendment does.
  • We have a motion and a second. Any objection to using the previous roll on the amendment?
  • We have a second."
  • a second. Who Who did the second? a second. Who Who did the second?
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Senate in Session Feb 19th, 2026

Florida Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This amendment clarifies a long-standing issue that we've experienced with second-degree misdemeanors
  • This amendment clarifies a long-standing issue that we've experienced with second-degree misdemeanors
  • I withdraw the amendment. Show that amendment withdrawn. Please read the next amendment.
  • I withdraw the amendment. Show that amendment withdrawn. Please read the next amendment.
  • I withdraw the amendment. Show that amendment withdrawn. Please read the next amendment.
Summary: The Senate convened with an opening prayer, pledge, and several introductions recognizing visitors, students, local officials, and professional groups in the gallery. The chamber then took up a report from the Ethics and Elections Committee confirming 42 executive appointments; the report was adopted by a vote of 36-0. The Senate also adopted a resolution honoring the Ripple Project for childhood cancer awareness and funding. The bulk of the meeting was spent on special-order bills, many of them open-government sunset review measures and policy bills. The Senate passed bills preserving or updating public records exemptions for aquaculture records, trade secrets, and cybersecurity information; a child-abuse reporting statute of limitations bill; a commercial driving schools bill; a human trafficking training requirement for nursing graduates; a new injunction for protection against serious violence by a known person and its companion public-records bill; a nature-based coastal resiliency bill with an amendment restricting dredge-and-fill in Terra Ceia Aquatic Preserve; a chiropractic patient-funds bill; specialty license plate legislation; a one-time waiver for late financial disclosure fines; public school personnel compensation changes; the Florida Farm Bill with amendments protecting Everglades lands and technical corrections; homestead exemption clarification for long-term leaseholders; disability presumption clarifications for firefighters and law enforcement; reinsurance intermediary manager conformity changes; patriotic displays in public schools; ADS-B aviation fee restrictions; autism-related law enforcement training and a blue envelope program; public post-secondary safety policy requirements; and a bill allowing licensed agents to market health care sharing ministries. Several bills were temporarily postponed, including local vessel restrictions, temporary certificates for practice, and domestic animals. Members debated a number of measures, especially the health care sharing ministries bill, where opponents raised consumer-protection and commission concerns and supporters argued for free speech, religious liberty, and expanded consumer choice; it passed 32-5. Other debated bills included the autism law enforcement bill, the school athletics bill addressing coach support for student-athletes, and the Farm Bill, where senators discussed surplus land safeguards and biosolids timing. Most bills passed overwhelmingly, often 37-0 or 38-0, with a few closer votes such as the patriotic displays bill (36-2) and the health care sharing ministries bill (32-5).
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Transportation Apr 4th, 2025 at 10:00 am

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chair, I believe that my amendments are superseded by the Rummel amendment, included within it, I believe
  • “Okay, there’s been a motion on the amendment. Is there a second?” “Second.”
  • Motion on the bill as amended.”
  • “For a due pass on House Bill 1298 as amended.”
  • “Okay, motion by Senator Rommel on a due pass on the bill as amended. Is there a second?” “Second.”
Keywords: 908, all
Summary: The Transportation Committee met to consider House Bill 1298 and related amendments dealing with traffic enforcement, speeding fines, and point assessments. Senator Rummel explained an amendment that would simplify speeding fines to a flat $5 per mile over the limit, address variable speed limit signs, and remove local authority to double speeding fines, while also incorporating the previously approved point changes from House Bill 2243. Those point changes would increase penalties for several serious traffic offenses, including distracted driving, failure to maintain control, improper passing, wrong-side driving, following too closely, driving on a closed road, failure to yield, running a red light, child restraint violations, and move-over violations. Committee members discussed how the bill combines multiple traffic-related changes into one measure, including the increase from 75 to 80 mph on certain highways and the addition of variable speed limit signage. Members noted that the points provisions were the same as those previously approved by the Senate, while the House had made changes that could be worked out later in conference committee. There was also discussion about whether the bill could be divided on the floor, with members concluding that only some sections could be separated and that the package would be difficult to split cleanly. The committee adopted Amendment 25.0496.0.0103 to House Bill 1298 by a 4-2 vote. It then gave the bill a do pass recommendation as amended, also by a 4-2 vote. Senator Rommel was selected to carry the bill, and the meeting then adjourned.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Commerce and Small Business Committee Mar 6th, 2025

Commerce and Small Business

Transcript Highlights:
  • Second? Second by SH. Any debate? report. Second? Second by SH. Any debate?
  • So, get the amendment. Make a motion. We adopt the... adopt the amendment. Second? Second by...
  • Any more questions on the... questions on the amendment? Okay, it's been motion made, seconded.
  • All in favor of the amendment say "aye." Aye. The amendment passes.
  • Moved by Clark and seconded. Any questions? None. In favor say "aye." Aye. HB382 as amended passes.
Bills: HB95, HB382
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

PSM Public Hearing 02-02-2026

Public Safety and Military Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • > versus the second amendment and district versus the second amendment and district versus Columbia
  • > vers second amendment uh Kayatona vers second amendment uh Kayatona vers Massachusetts<00:26:03.200
  • > under<00:51:38.400> current second amendment standards under current second amendment standards
  • And that's what the Second Amendment says.
  • that's what the second amendment says. that's what the second amendment says.
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The committee heard extensive testimony on Senate Bill 433, which would restrict the carrying of “bladed weapons” and related items. The Office of the Public Defender, Honolulu Police Department, the Hawaii Firearms Coalition, Knife Rights, and many individual testifiers opposed the bill, arguing it is overbroad, vague, and likely unconstitutional. Common concerns were that the term “bladed weapon” could sweep in ordinary tools such as pocketknives, Leathermans, multi-tools, fishing and camping gear, and items used by farmers, ranchers, hunters, divers, and martial arts practitioners. Several speakers also warned that the bill could burden lawful self-defense and create an affirmative-defense scheme that shifts costs and proof burdens onto defendants. Supporters and opponents alike focused on the need for a clearer definition, with HPD saying a narrower definition would help distinguish ordinary tools from dangerous weapons used in assaults. Opponents repeatedly urged the committee to defer or kill the measure, citing pending and related court cases and the risk of new constitutional challenges. Some testifiers tied the bill to Native Hawaiian gathering rights and subsistence practices, saying it would interfere with hunting, fishing, and food gathering, while others argued it would do little to deter criminals and instead penalize law-abiding residents and visitors. After finishing testimony on SB 433, the committee moved on to Senate Bill 2575 relating to firearms. The transcript shows the start of that item with the Office of the Public Defender and other agencies being called, but no substantive testimony or action on SB 2575 is included before the excerpt ends. No votes or final committee actions are reflected in the portion provided.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Education Funding (02/25/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • Is there a second? I'll second that.
  • Is there a second? Second.
  • So I would move amendment number 2025-D05-48H to HB 675. Is there a second? Second.
  • Okay, the motion to move amendment 2025-D05-48H to HB 675, made by Representative F and seconded by Representative
  • I would like to withdraw my motion to amend the underlying bill, and I will withdraw my second.
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The Education Funding Committee met to review a large package of bills, with the first four—HB 717, 742, 773, and 603—focused on special education aid, formerly called catastrophic aid. Chair Ladin explained that the committee needed to move a special education bill forward by March 4 and was trying to determine which bill would serve as the vehicle. He described the current formula and the difficulty of estimating the fiscal impact of lowering the threshold from 3.5 times the statewide average cost per pupil to a lower level, noting that DOE did not have reliable data on how many students would fall into the lower-cost bands. The committee also noted that several other bills in the package addressed SWEP and adequacy issues, and that HB 510 dealt with due process rather than funding. Mark Mello of the Bureau of School Finance testified that the department only has reliable data for special education expenditures above $70,000 per student, since claims are submitted for reimbursement at that point. He said the bureau was trying to estimate how many students might fall between 2.5x and 3.5x or 3x and 3.5x the average cost, but that the basic answer was they did not know and that any estimate would be difficult. He explained that moving the threshold from 3.5x to 2.5x would create a minimum additional cost of about $13.6 million based on existing claims, not counting new students who would enter the range. Members discussed whether districts already had the underlying data, whether a survey should be required, and how districts know when to begin tracking costs for reimbursement. The committee also discussed proration and the state’s share of special education aid. Mello explained that the current 80% state share is modeled in the formula, but the actual payment has been prorated because appropriations have not matched the statutory liability; he said the state liability was about $50 million, while the budget had provided $34 million, resulting in a 68% payment rate. HB 742 was described as a bill that would eliminate proration by paying the liability directly from the education trust fund with an overflow mechanism. Members also discussed possible alternatives such as changing the state share, using a lower threshold in a transition period, or requiring districts to submit data. No votes or final actions were taken in the portion provided; the committee was still in discussion and considering which bills to advance.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • thank you so there's a motion amendment thank you so there's a motion and<00:04:34.080> second
  • <00:04:36.080> Mr and second on the bill is amended Mr and second on the bill is amended Mr
  • If not, we've had a motion and a second on the bill as amended. Mr. Clerk, please call the roll.
  • So there is a motion and a second on the bill as amended. Mr. Clerk, please call the roll.
  • So there is a motion and a second on the bill as amended. Mr. Clerk, please call the roll.
Summary: The committee met with a quorum and first took up House Bill 446, as amended by committee substitute, which would expand third-degree assault protections to cover judges and justices of the Court of Justice and public transportation drivers. Supporters said the bill responds to violence and threats against judges and would extend protections already given to other public servants. Members generally supported the bill, though several suggested broadening it further to include circuit clerks or all officers of the court. The committee adopted the substitute and favorably passed HB 446 on an 18-0 vote. The committee then considered House Bill 456, a DUI-related cleanup bill sponsored by Representative Patrick Flanery and presented by County Attorney Joe Ross. The bill would add fentanyl, Flexeril, and clopene to the per se DUI list, treat driving on a suspended license as an aggravating circumstance, revise implied-consent notice language, and make changes to ignition interlock rules, including suspension periods and fees. Representative Scott West of the Kentucky Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers testified in opposition, warning that some interlock violations and fees could unfairly extend suspensions and discourage participation, while members and the sponsor said the bill would strengthen DUI enforcement and that non-listed substances could still support DUI charges under other provisions. The committee adopted the substitute and favorably passed HB 456 by a 16-0 vote with one pass. Finally, the committee began hearing House Bill 10, relating to the rights of real property owners, sponsored by Representatives Maryanne Proctor and Emily Callaway, with testimony from a Pacific Legal Foundation representative and a Boone County Sheriff’s Office staff attorney. The sponsors said the bill is intended to address squatting by defining squatters and improving property-owner remedies, and noted support from sheriffs and realtors. The transcript cuts off before the bill’s full presentation or any committee action on HB 10.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Chairman, with the layout of the amendment.
  • Is that on the second phase of the trial?
  • Effect from what that amendment.
  • Because it is the Lucio amendment, it is the amendment that I iterated that identified it as an evidentiary
  • If I don't, for a second.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

House - Health and Human Services Feb 3rd, 2025

House Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • As amended. As amended. I'll second. Is there any opposition?
  • First, I need a motion to accept the amendment. Madam Chair, so moved. In a second, I'll second.
  • So, I have a motion and a second. I'm sorry, one second. Let me check on the amendment.
  • Okay, so we have had a motion and a second to accept the amendment.
  • Sorry, I move a do pass as amended. Thank you. I second that. Okay.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Commerce and Economic Development Feb 6th, 2026 at 04:18 pm

House Commerce & Economic Development Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • Do we have a motion to move the amendment? Madam Chair, I move the amendment for discussion.
  • And do we have any opposition on the amendment? No. Okay. Got an amended bill.
  • Now is... the amendment. Okay, got an amended bill. Now we can go.
  • This bill was amended to remove the We have.
  • I'm not going to let you second. Somebody else can second. Yeah. All right. So... Yes. Second.
Bills: HB186, HB92, HJM1