Video & Transcript Research : 'election dates'
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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session Mar 13th, 2025
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- House File Number 66, number three on the calendar for the day: an act relating to elections establishing
- a set filing period for special elections.
- House File 1496, number 13 on the calendar for the day: an act relating to elections.
- When it should be sent to Elections, Finance, and Government Operations. Any discussion?
- And be re-referred to the Committee on Elections, Finance, and Government Operations.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Senate in Special Session D Apr 29th, 2026
Florida Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I think that's what the people of Florida elected us to do.
- My constituents elected me by 405 votes.
- We were elected to represent the people of Florida. So let's talk about the process.
- It reaches backwards and it just distorts our elections and what's already happened.
- And the job is to support the people who elected us to represent them.
Summary:
The Senate convened in special session and took up Senate Bill 8D, later substituting identical House Bill 1D, to establish Florida’s congressional districts. The opening prayer and Pledge of Allegiance were followed by procedural remarks, then extensive floor discussion focused almost entirely on the redistricting proposal, its timing, and its legal basis. Senator Gaetz, explaining the bill, said the Governor had transmitted the map two days earlier, argued that mid-decade congressional redistricting is not prohibited by law, and said the Governor’s stated reasons were to address population growth and to draw race-neutral districts. He also said the legislature could accept, reject, or amend the proposal.
Much of the debate centered on the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent Louisiana decision and whether it affected Florida’s Fair Districts Amendment and the Voting Rights Act. Senators Smith, Rouson, Sharief, Polsky, Arrington, Bracey Davis, Bernard, Nathan, and others questioned the short notice, lack of public hearings, the use of partisan data, the absence of sworn testimony, and whether the map diluted minority voting strength or fragmented communities of interest. Gaetz repeatedly said he was not offering legal opinions, that the Governor’s counsel believed the Fair Districts race-based provisions were inconsistent with federal law, and that any legal challenge would be for the courts. He also said the Governor’s mapmaker reported using census and demographic data, along with political data as one of many inputs, and claimed the map’s compactness was comparable to the current map.
A motion by Senator Smith to temporarily postpone consideration of the bill failed on a 12-23 vote. After the Senate returned from a 30-minute break to review the new Supreme Court decision, debate continued. The chamber then substituted HB 1D for SB 8D, read the House bill, and advanced it to third reading. The transcript ends during debate on final passage, with Senators Rouson and Bernard speaking in opposition and arguing the map was procedurally rushed, legally vulnerable, and politically motivated.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- May her memory continue to be a blessing and guiding light, dated this 14th day of January, 2026, by
- , appropriation, order individuals blind; SP 102, SNAP-TANF public welfare verification; SP 103, elections
- property tax exemption, virtual currency; SCR 1004, photo enforcement systems prohibition; SCR 1005, elections
- property tax exemption, virtual currency; SCR 1004, photo enforcement systems prohibition; SCR 1005, elections
NY
New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York State Senate Session - 03/23/2026
New York Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- FROM VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS, TO ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND THE PEOPLE OF STATEN ISLAND WHO KEPT HIS STORY
- I worked with the Bangladeshi community before I got elected.
- I worked with the Bangladeshi community before I got elected.
- I worked with the Bangladeshi community before I got elected.
- >> CALENDAR 443, SENATE PRINT 5183B SENATOR JACKSON, AN ACT TO AMEND THE ELECTION LAW.
Summary:
The Senate convened, approved the prior day’s journal, and then took up a series of previously adopted resolutions recognizing individuals, communities, and state traditions. The chamber honored Staff Sergeant Michael Ollis posthumously after his Medal of Honor recognition, with remarks from Senator Scarcella-Spanton and others praising his sacrifice and welcoming his parents. Senators also celebrated New York maple producers and Maple Weekends, Bangladesh Independence Day and the contributions of Bangladeshi New Yorkers, York Middle/High School girls varsity volleyball for winning a state championship, Pavilion/York Air Rifle for winning the state invitational championship, and Tartan Day. These resolutions were adopted, and the sponsors opened them for co-sponsorship.
The Senate then moved through the regular calendar and passed multiple bills, including measures on environmental conservation, personal property, agriculture and markets, insurance, state law, executive law, workers’ compensation, election law, correction law, public health, and parks/historic preservation. Most passed with broad support, though some drew a handful of negative votes. One bill on election law, allowing certain 17-year-olds to vote in primaries if they will be 18 by the general election, prompted supportive floor debate from several senators and passed 43-17. Another bill on correction law also passed after debate.
A notable controversy arose over Calendar 227, a Public Authorities Law bill related to school energy planning and electric buses. Senator Borrello challenged an amendment as nongermane, the Chair ruled against it, and the Senate voted 22-0 to sustain the ruling. The underlying bill then passed, despite criticism from senators who argued the state should repeal the electric bus mandate and instead study safer, more practical alternatives for school districts. The Senate then completed its business and adjourned until March 24 at 3:00 p.m.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Mar 20th, 2025
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- Through the elected board and through that community input.
- So, you're going to have elected officials from The state governor and others.
- So the act lays out essentially a process for the district to call for an election.
- The election would be among residents of the district property.
- But, on 4C, it says at the end of six years, the board may hold an election.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Concurrent House Standing Comm on Elec, Const Amnd & Intergovernmental Affairs & State Gov (2-18-26)
Transcript Highlights:
- The fourth meeting of the House Elections, Constitutional Amendments and Intergovernmental Affairs Committee
- Madam Secretary, please call the roll for the House Elections Committee.
- I mean, we've had swings in elections.
- I mean, we've had swings<00:33:07.039>
in <00:33:07.200>elections. - We've had different swings in elections.
Keywords:
Concurrent meeting of the House Standing Committee on Elections, Constitutional Amendments, and Intergovernmental Affairs and the House Standing Committee on State Government.
Title of video has been shortened due to YouTube length restrictions.
Discussion of HCR 45: 00:04:14, 958, all
Summary:
The joint meeting of the House Elections, Constitutional Amendments and Intergovernmental Affairs Committee and the House State Government Committee was called to consider House Concurrent Resolution 45, sponsored by Representative Jason Petri. The resolution would support calling for a federal balanced budget amendment through the Article V process. Petri argued that Kentucky’s own constitutional balanced-budget requirement shows the value of fiscal restraint, and he said decades of federal deficit spending and rising debt make a constitutional amendment necessary. Governor Ron DeSantis and Lauren Ends of the National Campaign for a Balanced Budget Amendment also testified in support, emphasizing the growth of federal debt, the risk of a future debt crisis, and the view that Congress is unlikely to solve the problem on its own.
Members asked about the mechanics and risks of an Article V convention, including whether the convention’s “sole purpose” language would be enforceable and whether a convention could become a “runaway” process. DeSantis and Ends said states can impose guardrails on delegates, including criminal penalties and delegate-limitation laws, and noted that any proposed amendment would still require ratification by 38 states. They also said that if Congress chose to draft the amendment itself in response to state pressure, that would be acceptable. One witness said 18 states have passed faithful-delegate or delegate-limitation laws.
Representative Callaway asked what would happen if the debt issue is not addressed. Witnesses responded that continued borrowing could lead to economic dislocation, higher interest costs, and a debt crisis that would crowd out other federal spending. They said the current debt burden is already more than $100,000 per U.S. citizen and roughly $300,000 per taxpayer, and that a balanced budget amendment would be a first step toward stopping the growth of debt before any long-term paydown could occur. The transcript provided does not show a final vote or other committee action on the resolution.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Members, as I said, this is a post-COVID era, and I, I, I really think that, uh, it's time for our elected
- All the sense in the world was going on in the private sector, so it seemed to make sense for elected
- Um, the committee substitute that corrects, uh, the effective date of the refiled bill is simply what
Bills:
SB 37
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Fiscal Committee (01/30/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- The first item is to elect the officers.
- Second, we will now elect a clerk of the Fiscal Committee.
- You are elected.
- further we have the adoption of elected further we have the adoption of the<00:05:16.520>
fiscal< - The discussion confirmed that the date being considered was February 21, 2025.
Summary:
The Fiscal Committee met on January 30, 2025, and first organized itself by electing Senator Jim Gray as vice chair, electing Representative F as clerk, appointing Michael Caine as legislative budget assistant, and adopting the committee’s rules and procedures. The committee also adopted an amendment to the rules allowing audits to be automatically released to the public once placed on the Fiscal Committee agenda, with members discussing that the change would improve transparency and reduce paper handling. The minutes from the November 15, 2024 meeting were approved, with members who were absent abstaining.
The committee then worked through a consent calendar and several individual items. It removed or noted withdrawals on a few items, including item 25004 for further discussion, item 25016 withdrawn by the Department of Education, item 257 removed by Representative F, and item 25001 removed under Tab 4. Item 25004, concerning the newborn screening program, prompted testimony from the Department of Health and Human Services explaining that the program is mandatory with an opt-out provision; officials said 99.2% of newborns were screened in 2023, meaning the opt-out rate was under 1%. The committee also approved item 25007, related to DHHS community health workers and telework policy, after hearing that the workers are not placed in schools and that DHHS follows statewide telework policy.
On the regular calendar, the committee approved a Department of Administrative Services request to extend the release date for fiscal year 2024 numbers to March 31, and approved a Department of Fish and Game item. It also approved winter maintenance funding for the Department of Transportation after hearing that the $5.7 million request might not last through the winter if additional storms occur; DOT said even a small storm can cost more than $1 million and that crews are dispatched based on road conditions and supervisory judgment. The committee then approved items for the Judicial Council and the Office of Legislative Budget Assistant.
The final discussion focused on the Health and Human Services dashboard and the Youth Development Center claims. DHHS acknowledged a data error in the APS client line and said Community Mental Health Center caseload data is still not fully accurate because two centers are undergoing EHR conversions. Members also asked about the low census at the Sununu Youth Development Center and about the process for managing future claims related to the YDC settlement fund. Witnesses from the Attorney General’s office said the fund is handled through a unique arrangement involving DOJ appropriations and judicial branch staff, that current judicial budget cuts are not yet affecting the litigation pace, and that the average resolution so far has been about $500,000, though future claims may vary. No votes were taken on the discussion items beyond the approvals noted above.
VT
Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session
Judicial Retention - 2026-03-25 - 10:30AM
Vermont Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The date for holding joint assemblies for the retention of judges is set by statute to be the 11th Thursday
- This year, the date for holding the joint assembly was extended to March 25, 2026.
- judges is for six years from and including the first day of April 2026 and until their successors are elected
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FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2026-06-01 (1:00PM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- limitation on the use of ad valorem taxes levied by counties and municipalities, to provide an effective date
- limitation on the use of Advilorum taxis levied by counties and municipalities to provide an effective date
- Most of you were not born on that date, so I'm old, and I want to get...
- Most of you were not born on that date, so I'm old, and I want to get real old before my lap is over.
- I want to thank all of the elected leaders, city managers, and staff in those communities, as well as
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Senate in Special Session E May 12th, 2026
Florida Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- She was re-elected in 2024, later appointed by her fellow commissioners to serve as vice mayor.
- Senate Bill 2508E removes the scheduled expiration date of July 1, 2026, on a $3 surcharge imposed on
- ... ...allows elected officials other than sitting legislators to choose to receive a DROP payout if
- the elected official has participated in the DROP and is at least 59.5 years old.
- , allows elected officials other than sitting legislators to choose to receive a drop payout if the elected
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- It is dated Thursday, March 20th, 2025.
- withdrawn from the Committee on State and Local Governments and re-referred to the Committee on Elections
- withdrawn from the Committee on State and Local Governments and re-referred to the Committee on Elections
- this is my bill and I've elections this is my bill and I've talked<00:13:57.360>
to <00:13:57.519 - to that motion all in favor elections to that motion all in favor say say say I<00:14:12.360>
all
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session - part 2 May 12th, 2025
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Now, they are a little bit behind; you know, the data is never up to date, and so the last data is for
- going back to mostly what is in law already, because what is in the bill before you pushes off the date
- So not only does it push off the date for two more years, it puts in place an advisory committee.
- So if you look at page 106, Seven of the bill, it has blanks in it, and the blanks are dates by which
- I love it when they do that because they did it in my last election, and I won big.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Veterans and Military Affairs Division 2/18/26
Veterans and Military Affairs Division
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, after the last election cycle, I received a phone call from Melissa Hortman.
- Um after the last<00:01:59.360>
election <00:01:59.840>cycle, <00:02:00.240>I <00 - :02:00.479>
received <00:02:00.719>a <00:02:00.960>phone last election cycle, I - received a phone last election cycle, I received a phone call<00:02:01.280>
from <00:02:01.520> - We're honored to be joined by Representative Xp Lee, who recently won a special election last fall to
VT
Transcript Highlights:
- not anticipate ever going beyond the FY29 excess spending threshold of 114.5 due to the effective dates
- the administration to spend all 104.9 million of onetime funds to reduce property taxes in this election
- The Senate Committee on Finance on their legislative website dated today, May 29th, is yet another place
- Public service asks a great deal not only of those elected but of the people standing beside them.
- Vermonters sent a clear message from the last election.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Advancing Gun and School Safety Measures / Improving Affordability through Tax Relief May 15th, 2026
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- for this comprehensive, well-thought-out package, and they'll be able to answer to them during the election
- for this comprehensive, well-thought-out package, and they'll be able to answer to them during the election
- for this comprehensive, well-thought-out package, and they'll be able to answer to them during the election
- some of your DFL colleagues that live in those purple districts, especially given that this is an election
- The start date on that has yet to be determined, but the tab fee tax cut is expected to save taxpayers
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Economic DevelopmentNote: This video has been edited to include the opening roll call. Video footage begins at 00m:32s. Apr 7th, 2025
Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- good faith between local governments and businesses as allowed by current law, the bill's effective date
- As allowed by current law, the bill's effective date is January 1, 2026.
- Bennett, you'd agree that they are dependent upon an affirmative vote of the local elected officials,
- They are pushed, and just as we are pushed and other elected officials, there's differing opinions, and
- As an organization, we have always been open to working with any elected officials across the country
Keywords:
hotel occupancy tax, municipal revenue, tax code, local government funding, Texas legislation, county taxation, economic development, hotel industry, local government, counties, taxation, tourism, workforce development, youth programs, employment, education, technical training, health physics, higher education, nuclear energy
Summary:
The Senate Economic Development Committee met to hear a series of bills and informational primers, with several resource witnesses from the Governor’s Office, the Texas Workforce Commission, and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. The chair opened by noting the death of Senator King’s son and asking members to keep the family in their prayers. Most bills were laid out and left pending subject to the call of the chair after brief author presentations and public testimony.
The committee heard several local hotel occupancy tax bills: SB 1553 for Kerr County, SB 1086 for Childress County, SB 1087 for Mason County, and SB 913 for Alpine. Supporters, including the Texas Hotel and Lodging Association and local officials, said the measures would allow counties or the city to use hotel tax revenue for tourism-related projects and local development. The committee also heard SB 1534, which would direct a study on health physics education and workforce needs in Texas; resource witnesses from TWC and THECB testified on the bill. All of these measures were left pending.
A major portion of the hearing focused on SB 1754, which would prohibit local tax abatements for renewable energy facilities selling power at wholesale, with an exception for certain battery storage tied to dispatchable generation. The bill drew strong support from witnesses who argued counties should not subsidize wind and solar projects that can harm neighboring landowners and that renewables already receive substantial federal support. Opponents from the solar and storage industry argued the bill would remove a voluntary local economic development tool, raise power prices, and discourage investment. Senators also debated landowner impacts, grid reliability, and whether the bill was the right policy tool; the bill was left pending.
The committee also heard SB 2322, a committee substitute related to the Jobs, Energy, Technology, and Innovation Act, which would exempt electric generation facilities from the program’s compelling-factor test so they can qualify for school tax limitation agreements. Supporters said the change would correct an unintended barrier for dispatchable generation, while Senator Johnson argued it would weaken the program’s purpose by subsidizing projects that would locate in Texas anyway. SB 1718 would add the NRA annual meeting to the major events reimbursement program; the NRA supported it, while gun violence prevention advocates opposed using state incentives for the organization. SB 2004 would add the Arlington Grand Prix to the major events program, and SB 2448 would create a rural workforce development grant program; both drew supportive testimony and were left pending. The committee also heard SB 1143, a substitute bill aimed at improving transparency and coordination in programs serving opportunity youth ages 14 to 24, with witnesses supporting better reporting and workforce alignment. At the end of the meeting, Senator Johnson moved that the committee stand in recess subject to the call of the chair.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Higher Education Mar 18th, 2025
Appropriations Committee on Higher Education
Transcript Highlights:
- This amendment simply clarifies that the starting date for the bill to begin in the 25-26 school year
- more than halfway through the 24-25 school year, so we just want to be mindful of an implementation date
- I have been involved with the college since 2012, when I was first elected to the Board of Directors
- Having served on my local hospital board as a locally elected official for five years at Sarasota Memorial
- for their... ...minus Tab 8 forward to the Committee on Ethics and Elections for their due consideration
Summary:
The committee first heard CS/SB 270, which would extend Bright Futures eligibility by 12 months for certain students whose parent was serving overseas in public service and then retired, giving military and diplomatic families more time to return to Florida without losing scholarship eligibility. Senator Burgess also explained a late-filed amendment to set the bill’s effective implementation for the 2025-26 school year, and the committee adopted the amendment without objection. The bill received supportive testimony, including from Senator Smith, and was reported favorably by a roll call vote.
The remainder of the meeting focused on confirmation hearings for appointees to state college boards of trustees, with the chair emphasizing a new process of hearing from each nominee individually rather than taking a blanket vote. Nominees from Tallahassee State College, St. Johns River State College, South Florida State College, Broward College, State College of Florida Manatee-Sarasota, Palm Beach State College, Pasco-Hernando State College, and Valencia College described their backgrounds and priorities, which largely centered on workforce development, nursing and health sciences, dual enrollment, fiscal responsibility, student retention, and partnerships with local employers and communities. Several nominees highlighted their own educational or professional ties to the colleges, and some noted the importance of serving rural or military-connected communities.
One nominee, John Aloko for Pasco-Hernando State College, was not present because he was attending a conference in Hawaii and was deferred to a later hearing. After hearing all other nominees, the committee voted to recommend confirmation of the remaining appointees in a block vote, covering Tabs 2 through 22 except Tab 8, and the motion passed. Two members later asked to be recorded as voting in the affirmative on earlier items.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Education Policy and Administration (02/09/2026)
Education Policy and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- So we elections etc that that happen.
- So, in 2018, them at the local election.
- Maybe give as of a as of a certain date.
- in girls especially reporting dating in girls especially reporting dating violence<03:10:22.399>
- experienced violence in a dating experienced violence in a dating relationship?"
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- She was elected in 2024 and took office the following January.
- Date of this 11th day of March 2026, Representative Myron Tsosie, Legislative District Number 6.
- Elections and Elections Education Appropriations; SB 1683, Line Ownership; SB 1754, Education and Special
- That's why we don't make it a crime how an elected official votes. But this bill does.
- Safety plans are required already, and it is up to the local elected to do that.