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MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Fontaine, did you have anything you want to go through in the bill language, or Mr.
- Once we have the full language, that will be posted.
- <00:24:21.120>
In <00:24:21.240>terms language, that will be posted. - In terms language, that will be posted.
- And we don't know until the language is posted.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - Part 3 - 03/19/26
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
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the <00:34:14.800>bill in the bill in the bill uh<00 - Senator Latz moves the language of Senator Latz moves the language of Senate<01:55:54.280>
file <01:56:35.560>is Motion prevails and the language is Motion prevails and the language is - <01:57:16.160>
is Motion prevails and the language is Motion prevails and the language is - file the language of Senate file 3611 3611 3611 with<02:25:46.000>
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MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
MS Senate Floor - 4 March, 2026; 10:00 AM
Mississippi Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh no new language.
- Uh no new language.
- Is that new language?
- put the contingency language in. put the contingency language in.
- we need that that language. we need that that language.
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with an invocation by Reverend Austin Warren of Alcorn State University, and then dispensed with the reading of the journal, committee reports, and bill titles. The chamber also heard a series of guest introductions, including representatives from the Council of State Governments, local visitors, students from Tupelo High School and First Presbyterian Day School, a doctor of the day, family members honoring a fallen highway patrol officer, forestry groups, and other guests in the galleries.
The Senate then took up several calendar items. It passed House Bill 1648, the budget transfer bill, after a strike-all amendment and use of the morning roll call. It also advanced House Bill 1230 on distinctive motor vehicle tags and House Bill 1330 on local option alcoholic beverage control/resort area definitions, both with strike-all amendments and morning roll call passage. House Bill 750, the SMART Act extending a tax credit program that supports research partnerships between businesses and higher education institutions, was also passed by morning roll call. Later, House Bill 1761 relating to festival wine permits was amended with a strike-all and passed, and Senate Bill 3230 was taken up under suspension of the rules and passed to authorize Greenwood Leflore Hospital’s board to seek Chapter 9 debt relief.
The chamber also adopted Senate Resolution 52 recognizing Mississippi Alpha Network/Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity on its 55th anniversary, and Senate Resolution 32 commending the Simpson Academy Lady Cougars softball team and Coach Matt Harrison for winning the MAIS 4A Division 1 State Softball Championship. Representatives of both groups addressed the Senate briefly, emphasizing service, community involvement, and the teams’ accomplishments. The Senate granted immediate release for the hospital bill and continued to pass or retain several other items on the calendar.
Near the end of the transcript, the Senate began consideration of House Bill 1577 on false child abuse reports. Senator Fillingane explained a strike-all amendment that would make knowingly false reports a misdemeanor, with penalties including fines, jail time, and restitution, while preserving protections for good-faith reporting. Senators Seymour and Hopson asked questions about the bill’s criminal classification and burden of proof, and discussion was underway when the transcript ended.
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- , black and white language, of the laws that we were passing.
- It's just we have to follow the language of the law. This is what the law says.
- Can you tell me where that language comes from? Because it comes from the codes.
- You could... ...her mouth interested in fixing the language of the bill.
- We also updated some of the language to make it more consistent throughout the rule.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, there's uh language um at the top uh to be sure that um it cleans up the process.
- um at the top uh to be sure language um at the top uh to be sure that<00:04:02.879>
um <00:04: - <00:04:30.600>
um <00:04:31.320>to specific um also there's language um to specific - <00:59:34.880>
around this process and that uh language around this process and that uh language - Guber seen the language of the A6 amendment?
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- We put the Senate language on the House bill.
- I believe it's in a few different languages.
- The preemption language for regional utility authorities, specifically, it adds language clarifying state
- The preemption language for regional utility authorities specifically adds language clarifying state
- Language. Senator Martin. Thank you. I'm looking for Section 4.
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and included several member introductions recognizing guests, interns, firefighters, and a doctor of the day. The chamber then moved to the special order calendar and began taking up a series of bills, often substituting House companions for Senate measures before final passage. The first major bill, health care patient protection, required hospitals with emergency departments to adopt pediatric emergency care policies, training, a pediatric emergency care coordinator, and readiness assessments; it passed 36-0. A public records bill protecting victim identities and temporarily exempting the name of a law enforcement officer who is a victim also passed after questions about access for victims of police misconduct, with a 33-4 vote.
The Senate next approved a local government cybersecurity bill creating a state-administered program through Florida Digital Service to help counties and cities strengthen cyber defenses, with priority for rural and fiscally constrained governments; after amendments, it passed 37-0. A clerks of court bill allowing clerks to retain all revenue above projections and, through a House amendment, revising legal notice and traffic citation distribution provisions, passed 38-0 despite debate over impacts on municipalities and law enforcement. The chamber also passed a trademark modernization bill and a septic system permit bill intended to reduce delays for builders; the septic bill was amended to align the House and Senate versions and passed 38-0.
The longest and most contested item was the elections bill, which updated citizenship verification procedures using REAL ID and state databases, changed candidate qualification rules, and altered election administration provisions. Numerous amendments were offered and rejected, including proposals to exempt certain seniors, preserve student and retirement-center IDs, allow attestations in place of documentary proof of citizenship, and require human review over automated systems. One amendment to delay implementation until July 1, 2027, was also debated. The transcript ends while debate is still underway on the elections measure, with no final vote shown in the excerpt.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- language and interpret sign language language and interpret sign language interpretation<00:20:54.880
- to interpreting or sign language access. to interpreting or sign language access.
- arts, languages, and letters at Manoa. arts, languages, and letters at Manoa.
- language for help?
- <00:31:00.399>
So, language interpreter. So, language interpreter.
Keywords:
student-athletes, name image likeness, NIL, compensation, transparency, University of Hawaii, Title IX, funding, protections, athlete agents, student athletes, endorsement contracts, professional representation, registration requirements, sports law, 912, senate, all
Summary:
The joint Senate Committee on Education and Committee on Health and Human Services heard testimony on several bills related to student health and safety, University of Hawaii programs, and workforce development. For SB 2969, which would appropriate funds for the University of Hawaii to expand and sustain the Maui Wildfire Exposure Study and Maui Health Registry, testimony was overwhelmingly supportive. Witnesses described the ongoing physical and mental health impacts of the August 2023 Maui fires, said the study has identified serious untreated conditions and connected participants to care, and emphasized its role in serving survivors and training students. The committee also heard support from the Department of Health, the Alzheimer’s Association, the American Lung Association, Maui residents, and study staff. No vote was taken during the hearing.
The committee then heard SB 2657, which would establish an Alzheimer disease and related dementia research center at the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine. University of Hawaii and Alzheimer’s Association representatives supported the bill, saying a local center would improve coordination of existing research, build state capacity, and help Hawaii compete for future NIH designation and federal funding. A family member affected by Alzheimer’s also testified in support, citing the disease’s impact in Hawaii. In response to questions, the university said the proposal would follow a five-year phased plan, with the first year funding used to recruit a senior neuroscientist and staff person, at an estimated cost of about $375,000, and that the effort would still strengthen Hawaii’s research infrastructure even if federal funding is not secured.
For SB 2612, which clarifies immunity for Department of Education employees and agents who assist students with medication administration under certain conditions, the Department of Education said the bill is intended to protect volunteers and help ensure students can participate in school activities even when staffing is limited. The committee discussed how volunteers would be selected and whether every school would have someone available, and DOE said schools currently rely on health attendants, nurses, and trained volunteers. The committee also briefly discussed liability language and gross negligence exceptions. The hearing then moved to SB 2412, which would fund a bachelor’s degree program in sign language and sign language interpretation at UH Mānoa with a future master’s pathway. Testimony from interpreters, educators, and university officials emphasized the shortage of interpreters, the need to retain local talent, and the program’s role in building a pipeline; university representatives said the initial request would fund a faculty/staff position as a first step, with additional funding needed later. No final committee action or votes were announced in the transcript.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Finance and Policy Committee 2/25/26 - Part 1
Health Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
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bill <00:36:48.160>would this language in this bill would this language in this bill - that you reference um the the language that you reference um is<00:52:04.480>
language <00:52: - The language that's in the disorder.
- That clear language frameworks.
- Not a problem with language cleanup.
Keywords:
hospital moratorium, hospital construction, bed capacity, hospital expansion, health care facilities, hospital licensing, safety-net hospital, level I trauma center, Ramsey County, Minnesota health law, hospital beds, new hospital exception, certificate of need, inpatient capacity, emergency care, trauma services, health system regulation, state moratorium, hospital modernization, health infrastructure
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- We want to avoid using vague language that would potentially jeopardize academic freedom.
- My concern about this bill is that the language is vague, and vague language is dangerous.
- You took language that clearly said non-legally binding language; it said it in the International Holocaust
- But what I'm concerned about is the vague language of this bill.
- The vague language has already been discussed. I don't think I need to go over that again.
Bills:
SB2972, SB1909, SB2815, SB735, SB2233, SB800, SB1069, SB2683, SB2986, SB2058, SB2310, SB2055, SB1032
Keywords:
expressive activities, freedom of speech, public forum, higher education, protests, student rights, antisemitism, public institutions, disciplinary policy, student organizations, compliance, institutional policy, disciplinary sanctions, diploma designation, institution merger, academic records, student options, Holocaust education, Holocaust Remembrance Week, genocide education
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Education Committee Apr 22nd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- The author's language and accepted amendments today do not meet those commitments.
- I have a couple of specific questions about the language as it stands now with the amendments.
- this language that I'm referencing remains in what's supposed to be a clean-up bill.
- , and this language does not clean up that factually accurate language.
- So it's very problematic language that is still on this.
Summary:
The committee heard several education-related bills, with the most extensive discussion focused on AB 2189, AB 2615, AB 2496, AB 1750, and AB 1644. AB 2189 would create an $800,000 grant program through the State Council on Developmental Disabilities to support a statewide parent network for special education advocacy and training. Supporters said families need stronger coordination and information to navigate special education, while an opponent argued the bill could duplicate existing family-led organizations. The bill passed 6-0 and was sent to Appropriations, held on call for add-on votes.
AB 2615, a cleanup bill to AB 715 on antisemitism and instructional materials, drew the most controversy. The authors said it was intended to clarify prior commitments by removing references to professional responsibility standards, refining the “factually accurate” language, and clarifying how discriminatory materials are handled. Supporters said it would help protect students from discrimination, while many educators, civil rights groups, and other organizations opposed it unless amended, warning that the factual-accuracy language could chill teaching and be applied too broadly. The committee chair and members raised concerns about implementation but ultimately supported moving the bill forward; it passed 5-0 and was held on call.
AB 2496 would streamline school accountability reporting by making the California School Dashboard the primary transparency tool, phasing out the School Accountability Report Card over time, and making mid-year LCAP reporting optional. Supporters said this would reduce duplication and administrative burden while preserving access to key data; opponents worried families could lose the simplicity and accessibility of the current SARC and that the mid-year update still serves an important purpose. The bill was approved 3-0 and held on call. AB 1750, which would extend full salary for an additional five months for school employees who exhaust sick leave due to illness or injury, was supported as a dignity and retention measure but opposed by administrators over staffing and cost concerns; it passed 4-0 and was held on call. AB 1644 would require a bell-to-bell smartphone ban in TK-8 and recommend it for high school, with exceptions for instructional and safety needs; supporters said phones are harming attention and learning, while opponents argued districts had just adopted local policies and needed more flexibility. The transcript ends during discussion of that bill.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
House of Representatives Second Regular Session of the 60th Legislature Day 30 Mar 26th, 2026 at 09:30 am
Oklahoma House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- This amendment basically was a language that was originally in the bill or just reinstating it.
- Point, this language is actually, thank you for that question, because it's the language that was actually
- Thereof, the following language amendment submitted by Osborne.
- Thereof, the following language amendment submitted by Kennedy.
- Hearing this on the other side as we continue to help iron out the final language.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 6 on Public Safety May 19th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- budget act and then finally for our proposals we have a we're requesting provisional budget bill language
- I think that, you know, respecting LAO's comments, we think that the existing provisional language in
- has concerns on that happy to discuss further and and look at the language as it stands and explain
- So because of that we do continue to recommend that the legislature modify that budget bill language
- So with regards to the reporting language, we're happy to consider any reporting language and we can
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- I believe that we haven't had a chance to discuss this exact language, but I believe that the purpose
- there, but I think that's the chair's intent of the language.
- might still need appropriation language might still need appropriation language there<00:05:07.880
- I think we need to clarify the language I think we need to clarify the language is<00:24:01.039>
to - very minor we need to get that language very minor we need to get that language better<00:24:21.760
Bills:
HF11
Keywords:
Minnesota Paid Leave, paid family and medical leave, family leave, medical leave, implementation delay, premium collection, employer premiums, state payroll tax, workforce, labor, benefits administration, DEED, Department of Employment and Economic Development, employer notice, seasonal employees, private plans, actuarial study, outreach and education, employee rights, reinstatement
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- the language.
- Currently, the language requires an additional 6 to 9 months of delay, thus removing this language will
- the language.
- Currently, the language.
- Let me get my language right. Gave yourself a promotion this morning.
Keywords:
Cow Creek Groundwater Conservation District, groundwater, water wells, domestic well, livestock well, exempt well, metering device, well meter, groundwater conservation district, Special District Local Laws Code, Water Code, Section 36.117, groundwater regulation, water rights, aquifer management, municipal utility, retail public utility, groundwater export, water supply contract, election
Summary:
The Committee on Natural Resources heard testimony on a series of water, utility, and groundwater-related bills. Early items included HB 5693, which would let Drainage District 7 hold board elections in November of odd-numbered years when a countywide election is occurring, and HB 5671, which would update the Johnson County Special Utility District by clarifying board eligibility, allowing bond issuance, and removing redundant TCEQ approval language to reduce costs and delays. Both bills were left pending after brief testimony from bill sponsors and local witnesses.
The committee also heard SB 1504, which would update the Gulf Coast Authority to allow video-conference participation in meetings, and SB 1302, aimed at closing a TCEQ permitting loophole that allowed dischargers with prior denials or suspensions to reapply through an automated process without meaningful review. SB 2692 drew substantial discussion: it would change the signature threshold for outside-city-limits customers appealing municipal utility rates to the PUC by customer class. Valero supported the bill as a way to avoid requiring large-volume users to gather signatures from unrelated residential customers, while the City of Corpus Christi opposed it, arguing that lowering the threshold to one customer could trigger expensive appeals costing $500,000 to $1 million. A PUC witness said such cases are increasing and that the agency would need additional staff under the fiscal note. SB 790, creating a simplified PUC complaint process for small water and wastewater billing disputes, and SB 1663, expanding TCEQ notice requirements for nearby residents when groundwater contamination is discovered, were also heard and left pending.
Additional bills included HB 3115, clarifying that the Cow Creek Groundwater Conservation District cannot require meters on exempt domestic or livestock wells; SB 1055, raising the Southeast Texas Groundwater Conservation District’s production fee cap from 1 cent to 7 cents per 1,000 gallons; and SB 1625, requiring private water and wastewater utilities to report cybersecurity incidents to TCEQ and DIR. The committee then took up pending business and adopted a substitute for SB 7, which made several changes to water fund use, eminent domain coordination, and EDAP-related provisions, and voted 10-0 to report it favorably. The committee also adopted a substitute for HB 2347, a county water conservation program bill, and reported it favorably 9-1. HB 5675 and SB 2476 were each reported favorably 10-0. The meeting concluded with adjournment.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- And then it also inserts a final language for the Meyers food bill.
- <00:04:22.320>
inserts <00:04:23.040>a <00:04:23.199>final <00:04:23.520>language - <00:04:23.919>
for <00:04:24.080>the it also inserts a final language for the it also - inserts a final language for the Meyers<00:04:24.800>
food <00:04:25.120>bill. - Does that make in the bill language. Does that make sense?
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice Mar 5th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- GRAMMAR, FORMATTING, CORRECTIONS, STANDARDIZATION, LEGAL REFERENCES AND REFINEMENT OF PROCEDURAL LANGUAGE
- IN CONCLUSION NO MAJOR POLICY SHIFTS, JUST LEGAL LANGUAGE REFINEMENTS AND THAT IS THE AMENDMENT. >> Chair
- I'VE NOTICED SENATOR SIMPSON AS THE SAME LANGUAGE ON HIS BILL. DID I GET THAT RIGHT?
- THAT WAS LANGUAGE IN THE BILL FOR ONE BIDDER DIDN'T COME THROUGH THEY WOULD HAVE TO START OVER AND IT
- Wright: THE AMENDMENT CHANGES THE LANGUAGE TO ANY INTOXICATING SUBSTANCE TO ANY IMPAIRING SUBSTANCE.
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
Public Health and Welfare - Room 216, 24 February, 2026; 3:00 PM
Public Health and Welfare
Transcript Highlights:
- And then the other new language is it remains unchanged.
- But language is it remains unchanged.
- anybody can explain what that language anybody can explain what that language is<00:29:53.600>
- that strikes me as what the uh language that strikes me as what the uh language is<00:31:10.080>
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we're Hill, that language is we're Hill, that language is we're the<00:33:04.000>
Summary:
The committee first took House Bill 1637 off the table and adopted a committee substitute amendment narrowing Public Records Act exemptions to records of the child death review panel, maternal mortality review committee, and fetal and infant mortality review panel. Supporters said the exemption was intended to let providers and hospitals speak candidly in closed-door reviews to identify mistakes and prevent future deaths, while critics questioned how the public and legislature would learn the outcomes. The amendment and then the bill as amended were adopted by voice vote.
House Bill 479, which would extend temporary licensing timeframes for the psychology board and the board of licensed marriage and family therapists from 30 to 60 days, was then considered. An amendment was adopted clarifying that the bill does not alter existing education, supervised training, or examination requirements. Senator Hill raised concerns that the bill’s language could allow a temporary license to last 365 days even if licensure requirements were not met, and the committee ultimately tabled the bill subject to call so the language could be clarified.
The committee also heard House Bill 514, the Mississippi Veterinary Practice Act, which updates the vet-client-patient relationship definition, adds a public member and a certified veterinary technician to the board, removes some fees, and adds title protection for certified veterinary technicians. Witnesses said the changes were meant to support the profession and keep more graduates in-state. The bill passed after questions about the certification’s scope. House Bill 612, authorizing intergovernmental agreements and involving Coast Guard training and installation support services, was tabled subject to call after members said they needed more explanation.
Finally, House Bill 1152, the Right to Try the Medical Cannabis Act, was considered. The bill creates a process for patients with chronic, progressive, severely disabling, or terminal illnesses not already covered by the medical cannabis statute to petition the Department of Health for access, with the treating physician initiating the request. An amendment was adopted to clarify that out-of-state patients receiving care in Mississippi are not excluded if they meet the same process and standards. Members then debated unclear language near the end of the bill about which provisions control in case of conflict; the sponsor said the new right-to-try provisions would govern for the covered patients. The discussion continued with examples of conditions that might qualify, such as non-malignant chronic pain syndromes, and the bill remained under consideration as the transcript ended.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Clarity on sample ballot mailings the goal of HF931 2/26/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- committee um and see the bill language committee um and see the bill language is<00:16:00.079>
- Would that sort of thing be covered by this language? Well, it says absentee ballot.
- We've talked about this language a lot since I was on the committee.
- of thing be covered by this language of thing be covered by this language well<00:19:48.720>
- So if a minor language problem is addressable, I'm happy to do that.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 2/12/25
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- We then assign that language to the various state entities.
- We think that's a reasonable response given this is how the language says.
- How did you order studies for the language that wasn't created yet before the language was created?
- But the report was done so much sooner, before the final language was created.
- did you order studies for the language did you order studies for the language that<01:07:32.279>
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- . current language.
- <00:04:14.280>
will from legislators, and this language will from legislators, and this language - >
it's <00:16:18.440>not Um under existing language, it's not Um under existing language - uh, to work on this particular language. uh, to work on this particular language.
- <01:18:00.200>
So, it with the new language. Okay. So, it with the new language. Okay.