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CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Jun 8th, 2026
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And we'll continue to advocate for our people and for our values.
- Her legacy continues to inspire women and girls to lead and serve.
- Her legacy continues to inspire women and girls to lead and serve.
- As legislators, we have a responsibility to continue that progress.
- We are going to continue on to move on to a vote on the consent calendar.
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado Senate 2026 Legislative Day 092 Apr 15th, 2026
Colorado Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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- continues to streamline continues to streamline the<04:29:36.840>
process. - uh birth that they need continued care. uh birth that they need continued care.
- receive<05:20:37.760>
the They will continue to receive the They will continue to receive
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Jun 8th, 2026
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And we'll continue to advocate for our people and for our values.
- Her legacy continues to inspire women and girls to lead and serve.
- Her legacy continues to inspire women and girls to lead and serve.
- As legislators, we have a responsibility to continue that progress.
- We are going to continue on to move on to a vote on the consent calendar.
Summary:
The Assembly convened, established a quorum, and handled a number of procedural motions, including suspending rules for adjournments in memory and guest introductions, rescinding prior action on SB 493, and re-referring several Senate bills to different committees. Members also recognized guests on the floor, including family members, interns, firefighters from the Corona Fire Department, and the Quartz Hill High girls’ soccer team, which was honored for its historic championship season.
The main floor action was on AB 1795 by Assembly Member Gibson, the Smoke Damage Recovery Act, which would create statewide standards for inspecting, testing, and remediating wildfire smoke damage and set clearer insurance claim practices. Supporters said the bill would help wildfire survivors return home safely and urged science-based standards and a rebuttable presumption that contamination after a wildfire was caused by the fire; opponents warned the bill could raise costs and should better address government failures in fire recovery. The bill passed on a 54-6 vote, including the urgency clause.
Members also adopted SCR 137, proclaiming March 15 as Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Day, with remarks praising her role in advancing gender equality and equal rights. The resolution was adopted after 65 co-authors were added and then approved by voice vote. The consent calendar, including SJR 11, was adopted 71-0.
A large portion of the session was devoted to adjournments in memory, including tributes to Larry Vane, Dr. William A. Burke, Colonel Alfred P. Glover, and Rita Semmel. The Assembly also honored departing Member James Gallagher, who gave extended farewell remarks before leaving for Congress. The house then announced upcoming committee meetings and adjourned until Thursday, June 11, at 9 a.m.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Formal House Session 13 Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Families entering the program must verify eligibility before enrolling in the EA system.
- If we continue spending on the shelter system as we have.
- I urge you to reject this amendment so that we can continue having those conversations.
- As we continue to discuss eligibility, which we are doing here today, and funding, which we will continue
- If there be no objection, the clerk will continue reading in the paper. The chair has none.
Summary:
The House considered House No. 57, a $425 million supplemental appropriations bill for fiscal year 2025 to fund the emergency shelter/emergency housing assistance system and related activities. The bill, as described by the chair of Ways and Means, included major policy changes requested by the Governor: immediate residency verification at intake, limits on eligibility, required criminal history disclosures and CORI checks, a reduced maximum shelter stay from nine months to six months with hardship waivers, temporary respite sites for 30 days, and a cap on system capacity. Supporters argued the changes were needed to preserve the right-to-shelter system amid fiscal strain and federal inaction; opponents said the bill still did not go far enough or, in some cases, went too far and risked harming families and children.
The House debated and voted on numerous amendments, mostly focused on tightening eligibility or changing shelter operations. Several Republican amendments to reduce funding, impose a one-year residency requirement, require broader background checks, limit eligibility to homelessness caused within Massachusetts, and require cooperation with ICE were rejected, often after roll call votes. A point of order was sustained on multiple amendments as beyond the scope of the bill, including proposals affecting court officers, law enforcement, and ICE-related provisions. The House also rejected amendments to cut the appropriation from $425 million to $200 million and to add other restrictions on eligibility and administration.
Some amendments were adopted. A redrafted Amendment 27, offered by Rep. Decker, was adopted 25-25 on a tie vote and expanded protections to children under age six and added related hardship/extension language. A subsequent amendment by Rep. Consalvo was adopted unanimously to add disability-related protections and extend benefits in certain cases. Another amendment by Rep. Finn was adopted to modify language about seeking federal reimbursement, and Amendment 9 was adopted to require competitive bidding for certain service funds. After debate and roll call, the bill was passed to be engrossed by a vote of 126-26. The House then observed a moment of tribute for Doug Selfick and adjourned to meet again Monday at 11 a.m.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- So transportation continues, Fund 6 continues to get the ESF 37.5.
- It will continue to grow as enrollment grows and/or as rates get compressed.
- It will continue to grow as enrollment grows and/or as rates get compressed.
- enrollment and Medicaid.
- The continuous enrollment requirement has ended, and essentially the agency had about a 12-month period
Bills:
SB 1
Keywords:
campground safety, youth camp regulations, flood safety, emergency evacuation, health and safety standards
Summary:
The Senate Finance Committee convened for its first hearing of the 89th regular session, confirmed a quorum, adopted committee rules by a 15-0 vote, and began review of Senate Bill 1, the state budget for fiscal years 2026-27. Chair Huffman outlined the committee’s organization, introduced staff, and described the budget as conservative and focused on one-time investments. She highlighted major SB 1 priorities including property tax relief, full funding for public education formulas, teacher pay, school safety, border security, Medicaid growth, dementia research, energy and water infrastructure, transportation, wildfire suppression, and other capital and public safety needs.
Comptroller Glenn Hager presented the biennial revenue estimate, saying the state has $194.6 billion available for general-purpose spending in 2026-27, with a projected $23.8 billion ending balance from the current biennium. He cautioned that revenue growth is returning to more normal levels and that lawmakers should avoid committing short-term surpluses to ongoing expenses. He also explained that the Economic Stabilization Fund is projected to hit its constitutional cap, meaning an estimated $5.6 billion in severance tax and related revenue would remain in general revenue in the upcoming biennium rather than flow into the fund. Senators discussed whether to raise or rename the fund and the implications of keeping more severance-tax revenue in general revenue.
The Legislative Budget Board then gave an overview of SB 1 and the budget’s major funding changes. LBB staff explained that the bill is essentially flat at $332.9 billion in all funds, but includes large method-of-finance shifts and major property tax relief. They detailed how prior property tax relief enacted in the 88th Legislature grew from an estimated $18 billion to $22.7 billion because of higher property values and hold-harmless provisions, and said SB 1 continues that relief with a total of $51 billion in ongoing and new property tax support. Members asked extensive questions about the automatic growth in school tax compression, the constitutional homestead exemption, COVID-era federal funding, Medicaid assumptions, and the sunset of the non-homestead circuit breaker. No additional votes or final budget actions were taken beyond adoption of the committee rules.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Executive Departments and Administration (04/09/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- We also, um, in other programs, for example, my provider enrollment unit, which enrolls and screens all
- So that would be another project of how are they enrolling providers?
- and enrollment unit, which enrolls and enrollment unit, which enrolls and screens<01:16:20.960>
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and what in Medicaid provider enrollment and what in Medicaid provider enrollment- What sort of errors enrolling providers?
- <01:16:53.679>
Summary:
The committee first heard Senate Bill 74, which would require state agencies, especially the Department of Environmental Services and other permitting agencies, to report more detailed data on permit applications, approvals, denials, pending applications, and permits taking longer than 90 days. The sponsor’s representative and a lawyer who helped draft the bill argued that the legislature needs comprehensive permitting data to evaluate whether current timelines are reasonable and whether regulatory delays are burdening property owners and economic activity. They said the information should already be tracked within existing budgets, despite a fiscal note claiming additional staff would be needed. A Business and Industry Association representative supported the bill, saying better data is needed to understand actual permitting timelines and to help streamline the process, especially in light of housing and development concerns.
Members asked whether the bill was simply collecting data without a clear next step, and the response was that the data would allow lawmakers to judge whether existing deadlines, extensions, and exemptions are justified and whether changes to permit timelines are needed. Several members agreed the information would be useful and that agencies should already be tracking it. The committee then voted to pass Senate Bill 74 on a roll call, with the motion approved and the bill placed on consent for further consideration, with a note that it would go to finance for review of the fiscal note.
The committee then took up Senate Bill 196, which would raise the threshold for certain in-house construction projects handled by the Department of Military Affairs and Veterans Services and two other departments from $500,000 to $1 million, described as an inflationary update. The sponsor said the department’s existing staff can handle these smaller renovation-type projects and that the bill should not require new positions; the deputy adjutant general later confirmed the department does not need additional staff and said the projects are typically roof, boiler, and similar repairs. Members asked about a fiscal note suggesting new positions and about revenue/expenditure impacts, and the sponsor explained that the fiscal note language appeared to reflect an earlier draft and that the budget effect is largely a shift in where the work is performed. The committee recessed briefly for the deputy adjutant general’s arrival, then continued discussion of the bill.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Tobacco Settlement Revenue Oversight Nov 14th, 2025
Tobacco Settlement Revenue Oversight Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- And then you'll see that if you continue down here, there's the tip when it's line four total tobacco
- Those sorts of things will have an impact in terms of enrollment numbers.
- Enrollment impacts overall like our costs.
- For programming that's not just continuously asking for TSROC money to support ongoing programs as an
- Thank you for all of your continued presentations.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (01/27/2026)
Science, Technology and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- We can continue to pay the payers.
- enrollment in this program, correct? enrollment in this program, correct?
- the past and I'd like to see us continue the past and I'd like to see us continue to<03:51:51.359
- Representative McGee continued: Enroll in grid stabilizing programs, including demand response.
- Uh enroll in grid stabiliza energy.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, December 1, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- May God continue well-earned retirement.
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- children continue to suffer. Mr. Mr. children continue to suffer. Mr. Mr.
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to <05:49:06.400>hold The agency continually fails to hold The agency continually fails
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
ACT 310, SLH 2025 Nonprofit Grants Program Informational Briefing 10-30-2025
Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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to would really help us continue to would really help us continue to maintain - and our families and we want to continue and our families and we want to continue to<00:51:22.640
- > healing<01:02:28.799>
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our continues, we risk depleting our continues, we risk depleting our reserves - This funding will ensure the continuity This funding will ensure the continuity of<03:05:00.160>
Summary:
This joint informational briefing focused on Act 310 grants and aid, with committee members hearing one-minute testimony from organizations first in person and then by Zoom. At the outset, the chairs explained there would be no Q&A during the briefing and asked testifiers to focus on how federal cuts were affecting their work. The meeting was organized by registration number and included both neighbor island and Oʻahu applicants.
Testimony centered on organizations seeking state support to offset federal funding losses or anticipated reductions. Health and social service providers described impacts from Medicaid, SNAP, ACA subsidy, Title X, and other federal changes, including Aloha Care, Community Clinic of Maui, Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies, West Hawaiʻi Community Health Center, Hawaiʻi Disability Rights Center, Hawaiʻi Youth Services Network, Alcoholic Rehabilitation Services of Hawaiʻi, and Kokua Kalihi Valley. Other groups highlighted losses affecting food security, housing, disaster preparedness, and climate resilience, including the Kohala Center, Feeding Hawaiʻi Together, Hawaiian Lending and Investments, Dynamic Community Solutions, and the Pacific Tsunami Museum. Several arts, youth, and education organizations also testified, including Hawaiʻi Literacy, Hawaiʻi Youth Symphony, Honolulu Theatre for the Youth, Sounding Joy Music Therapy, Big Brothers Big Sisters Hawaiʻi, Girl Scouts of Hawaiʻi, Kids Hurt Too Hawaiʻi, and US Vets, each requesting funding to preserve programs and staffing.
No votes or formal committee actions were taken during the briefing. The only action was procedural: the chairs moved through the applicant list, limited testimony time, and then transitioned from neighbor island in-person testimony to Oʻahu and later Zoom participants.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Joint Senate and House Standing Committee on Appropriations and Revenue (3-3-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- almost 600 people in shelter we continue almost 600 people in shelter we continue to<00:03:55.120
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to for four counties but we'll continue to for four counties but we'll continue - So we do expect that $58 million that was on the bottom of that page to continue to grow as we continue
- to grow bottom of that page to continue to grow as<00:11:57.200>
we <00:11:57.399>continue - about how cities and counties continue about how cities and counties continue to<00:46:19.520>
Keywords:
Meeting Start 00:00:00
Senate Roll Call 00:00:00
House Roll Call 00:00:10
Discussion of Recent Disaster 00:01:18
House Adjourned 00:42:28
SB 218 Discussion 00:43:00
SB 218 Vote 00:46:46
SB 186 Discussion 00:47:22:00, 958, all
Summary:
The concurrent House-Senate meeting opened with a roll call and then received a briefing from Kentucky Emergency Management and the Transportation Cabinet on the February storms and flooding. Officials described the event as ongoing and statewide in scope, beginning in western counties and then heavily affecting Eastern Kentucky, including major impacts in Perry, Letcher, Clay, Bell, Martin, Pike, and other counties. They reported widespread power and water outages, nearly 600 people initially sheltered, more than 1,500 water rescues, over 250 National Guard members activated, and substantial mutual aid from other states and FEMA. They also said 73 counties had declared emergencies, 23 fatalities had been confirmed at that point, and individual assistance had already distributed $5.5 million to residents after the federal declaration was signed.
The administration emphasized that recovery needs were still being assessed but were already significant. Kentucky Emergency Management said public assistance estimates were about $58 million and rising, with about 2,005 homes and 272 businesses inspected so far. Debris removal was identified as a major issue, and officials said they had requested Category A federal assistance for debris in four counties while continuing to seek more as assessments continued. They also noted that disaster recovery centers were opening and that teams were going door to door in affected areas. On transportation, KYTC reported 39 counties affected, a peak of 355 road closures reduced to 49, 18 damaged bridges, 94 bridges with debris on them, and 579 roadway damages, while continuing to clear roads and move supplies such as water, food, blankets, and heaters.
Secretary Hicks then asked lawmakers to consider additional funding mechanisms. He said the current $50 million emergency cap in the budget was likely to be exhausted, with $21.5 million already allocated, and proposed either lifting the cap or creating a new “safe fund” for this disaster, similar to prior funds used after the western Kentucky tornadoes and the 2022 eastern Kentucky floods. He said the state could redirect about $25 million from an unused western Kentucky economic development allocation and about $20 million from an eastern Kentucky transportation allocation, for a total of $45 million, to help with this response. Members and officials also discussed debris disposal, with the Pike County landfill expansion identified as a possible site to receive some of the debris and reduce costs. Representative Fugate thanked the agencies for their response and described severe local impacts, including water outages, road slides, damaged water treatment plants, and heavy debris in homes and driveways.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
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communities. - Happy to be a resource as you continue Happy to be a resource as you continue to<01:03:48.160>
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to heard and just say that we continue to heard and just say that we continue- And I'm continuing to live with.
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OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
House of Representatives Second Regular Session of the 60th Legislature Day 58-1 May 14th, 2026 at 09:30 am
Oklahoma House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We are continuing to work toward making Oklahoma the number one state in the nation for veterans and
- We recognize those who continue to serve and we remember those who gave everything.
- Working to ensure I'll continue to read here while working to ensure no family walks alone.
- Bill processing, engrossment, and enrolling. She is probably processing our bills right now.
- Probably engrossing and enrolling bills from the Senate Office of the Chief Clerk.
Keywords:
legislative procedure, session calendar, deadline schedule, bill deadlines, joint resolution, Oklahoma Legislature, 61st Legislature, regular session, adjourn sine die, floor deadline, third reading, committee deadlines, bill drafting, appropriations, budget bills, ethics commission, agency rules, administrative procedures act, local and special laws, pension legislation
NH
Transcript Highlights:
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education and teach and take continuing education and teach and take continuing - Representative Horgan continued: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- These remarks continue to be disturbing.
- vacate motions enrolled Bill amendments enrolled<04:32:10.520>
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and <04:32:11.520>receive enrolled Bill reports and receive enrolled
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Arts, Entertainment, Sports, and Tourism Committee May 5th, 2026
Arts, Entertainment, Sports, and Tourism
Transcript Highlights:
- As NIL opportunities continue to grow, the committee believes it's equally important to examine whether
- As NIL continues to evolve, it is important that public policy evolves as well.
- going to be following you as well, we can think about some action items about how California can continue
- So I think what I'm hearing you say is, like, if we have a student who's enrolled in California and they
- We've partnered with our university to help them, like most institutions, with enrollment, but at the
VT
Transcript Highlights:
- A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social
- A nation that continues<00:07:06.160>
year <00:07:06.560>after <00:07:07.039>year - ><00:07:07.440>
to <00:07:07.759>spend <00:07:08.160>more continues year after year- to spend more continues year after year to spend more money<00:07:08.720>
on <00:07:09.120>- S. 288, an act relating to hunting or fishing license fees for non-resident students enrolled in Vermont
- ><00:07:07.440>
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Economic and Rural Development Aug 11th, 2025
Economic & Rural Development & Policy Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- I think your area, Madam Chair, is going to continue to grow.
- Our CDL program continues to thrive.
- We will continue the good work.
- You're enrolling them under this GROW Program.
- If not, we continue to spin in a...
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill continues the state's progress by helping to alleviate the uncertainty around standing orders
- This bill would just eliminate conflicting guidance, and allow school nurses to continue providing the
- issue. for Senate Bill 920 makes it clear that registered nurses employ by a public school, open enrollment
- means to the same end like like was said earlier it would allow school nurses and school staff to continue
- I myself have struggled immensely with mental health. and continue to to this day.
Keywords:
SB 207, Texas Education Code, public school attendance, excused absence, mental health appointment, mental health care, behavioral health, school district, student absenteeism, same-day return, health care professionals, physician certification, religious holy days, court appearance, DFPS, foster care, education policy, student wellness, school mental health, attendance policy
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Health Policy Mar 18th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- And so look forward to working with you so that we can continue to provide the information to our children
- My hope is that those conversations that I'll continue to have with our insurance companies that this
- The actuaries and the CPAs that are now enrolled are there to ensure the accuracy of the... reported
- It's dependent on enrollment.
- I'd be happy to work with you to provide greater clarity as we continue through the process.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Education Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Education
Transcript Highlights:
- While the search continued, he remains at Hogan today.
- It brings clarity, accountability, and continuity.
- I'm sure they'll be coming right back, so we'll continue in the meantime.
- Without action, these pressures will continue to destabilize school budgets statewide.
- These two factors continue to put financial pressure on local school district budgets.
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Education held a hearing focused primarily on special education-related bills, with testimony centered on two major themes: transition planning for students aging out of school-based services at age 22, and the fiscal strain special education costs place on districts. Committee members explained hearing procedures, noted the House was in formal session, and periodically stepped out for votes while staff recorded testimony. A separate bill on special education due process was also taken up briefly, along with a bill on special education finance and another on equitable access/data reporting.
On House Bill 752 and Senate Bill 313, witnesses from the Arc of Massachusetts, the Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress, the Developmental Disabilities Council, families, self-advocates, and Senator Comerford described the “Turning 22” transition as a crisis point that often leaves families without adult placements, services, or clear communication. Testimony emphasized earlier planning, more accountability, better data collection, and a commission to improve coordination and residential placement. Several parents and advocates shared personal accounts of traumatic transitions, delayed placements, and the need for plans to begin at least a year before age 22. The committee later closed testimony on these bills after hearing from all signed-up speakers.
House Bill 4217, on special education due process, drew support from Representative Sullivan-Almeida, parents, and advocates who argued that the burden of proof should shift from families to school districts. Testimony described costly legal battles, delays, and parents having to become experts in reading instruction or hire advocates and attorneys to secure services. Brody Dwyer, a 10-year-old student with dyslexia, and his mother described how evidence-based instruction helped him after years of struggle. The committee also heard testimony on House Bill 546/Senate Bill 317, which would require DESE to publish cross-tabulated data on race, disability, gender, income, and other factors; advocates said this would better expose disparities and help address the school-to-prison pipeline. Finally, on House Bill 691/Senate Bill 430, school leaders, educators, and union representatives testified that special education costs are outpacing district budgets and that increasing circuit breaker reimbursement and creating a commission to study long-term sustainability would help prevent staffing cuts and service reductions. No votes were taken during the hearing; the committee repeatedly closed testimony on individual bills as speakers finished and moved through the agenda.