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VT
Transcript Highlights:
- I was talking about 16 V.S.A. 1752 and how that has been poorly interpreted to lock teachers into their
- has been has been poorly<00:33:13.840><c> interpreted</c><00:33:14.480><c> to</c><00:33:14.799><c> lock
- </c><00:33:15.360><c> teachers</c><00:33:15.919><c> into</c> poorly interpreted to lock teachers into
- poorly interpreted to lock teachers into their<00:33:16.399><c> contracts</c><00:33:17.200><c> unnecessarily
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- We have seen how children are being kidnapped, used as bait, locked up, and traumatized.
- It is not worth it to lock us up. We don't want our money to be used against our families.
- It is not worth it to lock us up. We don't want our money to be used against our families.
- What has reached us is the fear, suffering carried out behind locked doors and normalized in our community's
Bills:
SB100
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Press Conference: Gun Violence Prevention Working Group Media Availability - 09/17/25
Transcript Highlights:
- But we haven't locked down, built up walls around my place of worship.
- </c> But<00:26:11.360><c> we</c><00:26:11.679><c> haven't</c><00:26:12.000><c> locked</c><00:26:12.400
- ><c> down</c><00:26:13.679><c> built</c><00:26:14.000><c> up</c> But we haven't locked down built up
- But we haven't locked down built up walls<00:26:14.720><c> around</c><00:26:15.120><c> my</c><00:26:15.440
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Health committee approves HF2464, the omnibus health policy bill 4/2/25
Transcript Highlights:
- And I would think that ophthalmologists and optometrists would want to lock arms on this to serve the
- opthalmologist and optometrist would<00:13:55.720><c> want</c><00:13:55.800><c> to</c><00:13:55.920><c> lock
- on</c><00:13:56.959><c> this</c><00:13:57.680><c> to</c><00:13:58.079><c> serve</c> would want to lock
- arms on this to serve would want to lock arms on this to serve the<00:13:59.199><c> most</c><00:13:59.519
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:14:47.560><c> systems</c><00:14:48.560><c> and</c> panels Magnetic Locking systems and panels
- Magnetic Locking systems and class<00:14:49.440><c> uh</c><00:14:49.639><c> glass</c><00:14:50.639><
- School safety cannot be solved by locks and doors alone; it must start with people and products with
- School safety cannot be solved by locks and doors alone; it must start with people and products with
- and doors alone it must start by locks and doors alone it must start with<00:32:18.840><c> people</c
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 069 Mar 24th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- These are smart children wants.
- We urge a vote to promote private property rights and to promote smart growth.
- We urge a vote to promote private property rights and to promote smart growth.
- We urge a vote to promote private property rights and to promote smart growth.
- I think it's funny that vote to promote smart growth. The state vote to promote smart growth.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- They don't have time to be making sure that everything's lock-barrel safe. It's not.
- They don't have time to be making sure that everything's lock-barrel safe. It's not.
- They don't have time to be making sure that everything's lock-barrel safe. It's not.
- They don't have time to be making sure that everything's lock-barrel safe. It's not.
- </c> be making sure that everything's lock be making sure that everything's lock barrel<01:40:21.360>
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Transportation Budget Rollout Feb 23rd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- every part of the transportation system contributing, but we also want to do that in a rational and smart
- And so I think the art... ...in a rational and smart way.
Summary:
Senate Transportation Committee Chair Marko Liias and Ranking Member Curtis King presented the Senate transportation budget package, describing three bills: a supplemental transportation budget, a bond proposal, and a resources bill with technical updates to last year’s law. They said the package prioritizes preservation and maintenance of highways, bridges, ferries, and flood-damaged infrastructure, along with safety investments such as additional funding for preservation-related safety work, State Patrol staffing, and tribal traffic safety. They also emphasized job creation from infrastructure spending and said the plan uses no new taxes, relying instead on bonding and existing revenue changes.
The senators highlighted several major elements, including about $1.7 billion for preservation over six years, $1.1 billion in bonding, a $400 million reserve for cost increases, funding to complete the first three new ferries, disaster relief loans for local transportation agencies, Columbia River dredging, and funding for the Fairfax Bridge and related alternate routes. The resources bill would create a mobile driver’s license program, dedicate a portion of future sales tax revenue to ferry operations, and repeal the luxury aircraft tax while replacing it with higher aviation fuel taxes and annual registration fees. They said the ferry system still needs more vessels beyond the first three, but they want more study before committing to a longer-term procurement plan.
In response to questions, the senators said WSDOT will determine specific preservation project priorities, including paving and bridge work, and that the budget does not add new passenger-only ferry operating money now that domestic ferry service has largely been restored. They also said the package includes studies on leasing hydrogen ferries and updating the in-state shipyard bid credit, and that flood recovery funding was structured to help local governments repair roads now while waiting for possible federal FEMA reimbursement. No votes were taken in the transcript; the discussion was a budget rollout and question-and-answer session.
AZ
NH
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><02:23:55.840><c> And</c> probably not a smart move either.
- And probably not a smart move either.
- The state gets interest. >> Yeah. >> To me, that's smart. >> All right.
- >> To<02:36:08.479><c> me,</c><02:36:08.640><c> that's</c><02:36:08.880><c> smart.
- </c> >> To me, that's smart. >> To me, that's smart. All<02:36:11.760><c> right.
NY
New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York State Senate Session - 05/27/2026
New York Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- But what he's wrong most of all on, is that my constituents aren't smart enough to understand that it
- I think that's smart, and maybe if you thought a little smarter, you wouldn't be in the position that
- I think that's smart, and maybe if you thought a little smarter, you wouldn't be in the position that
- I'm optimistic that we'll turn this around, but we have got to make some smart investments to add to
- PRESIDENT, IS CAN THE majority explain how extending HCRA for another three years does anything other than lock
Summary:
The Senate opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and an invocation, then approved the prior day’s Journal and moved into motions, resolutions, and budget-related business. Senator Gianaris called up Senate Print 5898A for reconsideration; the Senate voted 59 ayes to restore the bill to the third reading calendar. Several amendments were also received on third-reading bills, and the Finance Committee was called into session while the chamber proceeded with resolutions.
The Senate adopted Resolution J.2106 recognizing Second Chance Month and the mental health impacts of incarceration, with Senator Brisport speaking in support and a guest from the community recognized in the chamber. The body also adopted Resolution J.1492 designating May 27, 2026, as Taiwan Heritage Day, with remarks from Senators Sepúlveda, Stavisky, and Liu highlighting Taiwanese contributions to New York and expressing support for Taiwan amid current geopolitical tensions. The Finance Committee then reported several budget bills, including Senate Prints 9003D, 9004D, 9007C, and 9009C, which were moved to third reading.
The remainder of the session focused on the supplemental and controversial budget calendars, especially tax and spending provisions. Senators debated the “Protecting Our Wallets” energy rebate, with supporters describing it as a one-time check for eligible taxpayers and critics arguing it was too small and not tied directly to utility bills; the chamber accepted the message of necessity and laid the bills aside. Members also debated extensions and changes to tax provisions affecting corporations, alternative fuel exemptions, Broadway and theatrical production tax credits, charitable deductions for certain 501(c)(3)s, nicotine pouch taxes, a new New York City pied-à-terre tax, and a standardbred horse-racing testing fee. Several senators criticized the budget as raising costs or favoring certain industries, while supporters defended the measures as revenue-raising, affordability, or public-health policies. No final votes on the controversial budget bills are shown in the excerpt beyond procedural rulings, adoption of the resolution calendar, and acceptance of committee reports.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Utilities -continued- Feb 4th, 2026 at 12:15 pm
Transcript Highlights:
- So it's why I'm looking for smart people to come up with a way to serve the needs of all of us.
- be a tough road to hoe, and I know the chair is obviously committed to doing that, and he's a very smart
- So you're a smart guy, it sounds like you understand how the tax is working in all these other states
Summary:
The House Utilities Committee resumed hearing on House Bills 2402 and 2816, which address utility-scale solar development. The chair asked witnesses to keep comments to informational purposes, and testimony focused on setbacks, taxation, land conversion caps, county authority, decommissioning, and impacts on neighboring landowners and rural communities. Several witnesses said they supported solar in limited settings such as rooftops or industrial sites, but opposed or wanted changes to the bills’ treatment of agricultural land, especially the proposed 4% cap on cropland conversion and the 500-foot setback from homes.
Testimony from landowners and farm groups emphasized concerns about property rights, viewshed impacts, fire risk, drainage and floodplain issues, and the loss of agricultural tax base and local economic activity. They argued the proposed $2,500 per megawatt tax was too low and suggested higher rates, with some recommending $6,000 per megawatt or more, along with decommissioning requirements and stronger county-level protections. A Renew Missouri representative supported much of the bill but preferred a smaller setback and raised constitutional concerns about changing solar land from agricultural to commercial assessment. Other witnesses, including a county commissioner, described local regulations already in place in some counties and asked for clearer statewide standards.
Industry and utility representatives said the legislation was generally workable but needed further discussion on setbacks and property tax treatment. Clean Grid Alliance and related witnesses argued that tax comparisons with other states should account for total tax burden, not just nameplate taxes, and said higher taxes would raise electricity costs for consumers. Ameren Missouri said it was acceptable with most provisions, but cautioned against overly aggressive real-property assessments and noted its current and planned solar buildout. The hearing ended without a vote; the committee adjourned after taking testimony on both bills.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Securing Human Services - Senator Jim Abeler Jun 9th, 2025
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Mar 4th, 2025
Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Next, Barney Bishop, Florida Smart Justice Alliance, waiving in support. Thank you.
- Barney Bishop, Florida Smart Justice Alliance, waving in support. Thank you.
- Barney Bishop, Florida Smart Justice Alliance, was here waving in support.
Summary:
The Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs met with a quorum and first took up SB 398, which would create a statewide public health awareness campaign through the Department of Elder Affairs on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Senator Burgess said the campaign would focus on early detection, brain health, risk reduction, clinical trial access, and community resources. The committee heard supportive testimony from a caregiver, AARP, the Alzheimer’s Association, and others, with members discussing the need for culturally responsive outreach and continued funding. SB 398 was reported favorably by roll call vote.
The committee then heard SB 106, which would strengthen Florida’s exploitation injunction law for vulnerable adults by allowing service of an unascertainable exploiter through the same communication method used to contact the victim, such as text, Facebook Messenger, or WhatsApp. Senator Martin explained the bill as a way to close a loophole that lets scammers evade traditional service, and witnesses from the Florida Bankers Association and the Florida Bar’s Elder Law Section supported it, describing how the bill could stop ongoing thefts more quickly while preserving due process. Members asked about gift card scams, clerk workload, and the definition of an unascertainable respondent. SB 106 was reported favorably.
The Department of Children and Families then presented an update on the Adoption Benefits for Qualifying Adoptive Employees Program, describing its expansion over time and the current one-time lump-sum benefit structure for eligible adoptive parents. The presentation covered eligibility rules, open enrollment, funding history, and the program’s impact on adoption placements, with members asking why tax collectors were included but other constitutional offices were not, and whether foster relatives could qualify. Finally, the committee considered SPB 7012, a committee bill addressing child welfare workforce shortages, treatment foster care for high-acuity children, and improved data collection on commercially sexually exploited children. The bill would direct DCF to recruit former public safety workers for CPI and case manager roles, create a treatment foster care pilot in two judicial circuits, and require more detailed, analyzable data and capacity studies. The bill drew support from child welfare advocates, with some members urging DCF to return with a more developed framework; it was adopted as a committee bill and reported favorably.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine optimizing longevity from research to action. Feb 12th, 2025 at 02:30 pm
Aging (Special) Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- I believe that the American people make smart choices when they have good information.
- But when you show them the evidence, America's smart.
- It's a lot of very smart mayors and city council people who are tired of seeing their children grow up
Summary:
The committee meeting was marked by discussions surrounding health policies aimed at enhancing the lifespan and quality of life for the community members. The chairperson initiated the session with personal reflections on the importance of extending not just the years of life but also the quality of those years, especially from the perspective of parents and grandparents. Members engaged in thoughtful dialogue regarding potential legislative measures that could address public health in a more holistic manner, emphasizing the need for community outreach and effective health education programs.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Future of Payments and Sales Transactions by Credit Card and the Impacts for Small Businesses Jun 15th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- heads a little and get them to pull together a real thoughtful task force, because there's a lot of smart
- heads a little and get them to pull together a real thoughtful task force because there's a lot of smart
- But there are smart people with the answers today that can get to a table and say, here's what we can
- And then because retailers are very smart about this, they'll have all the grill supplies right next
Summary:
The Special Commission on the future of credit card payments and their impacts on small businesses heard extensive testimony from credit unions, retailers, payment industry groups, and a credit card issuer. Much of the discussion focused on proposed state laws that would limit interchange fees on the tax and tip portions of transactions, especially Illinois’s Interchange Fee Prohibition Act and similar efforts in other states. Witnesses opposing the proposals argued that interchange helps fund fraud protection, cybersecurity, rewards, and access to credit, and warned that state-by-state rules would create a patchwork that could harm state-chartered banks and credit unions, raise compliance costs, and reduce consumer access to credit. Supporters of reform argued that swipe fees are a significant burden on merchants, especially small businesses, and that current pricing is opaque and often bundled with other processor charges.
Several witnesses emphasized that the current payment system provides major benefits to merchants and consumers, including security, convenience, faster settlement, online commerce, and broader access to credit. One witness from Capital One said the industry’s losses from fraud and default are substantial and that interchange helps offset those risks; he also noted that merchants already have some tools, such as surcharging where allowed and negotiating clearer processor contracts. Retail representatives and the National Retail Federation countered that small businesses are under pressure from many costs and that interchange and related fees remain a real pain point, with some urging the commission to consider reforms that would return more money to businesses without disrupting the system. There was also discussion of the recent Visa/Mastercard antitrust settlement, with industry witnesses describing it as a significant merchant win that includes temporary rate reductions, more surcharge flexibility, and the ability to decline certain card tiers.
No votes were taken. The meeting concluded after all scheduled testimony was heard, with the commission chair saying the session had been productive and that the committee would continue gathering testimony and written comments before making recommendations.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session May 18th, 2026
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- smartest economists that we could find, and we're lucky here in Massachusetts: there are plenty of very smart
- including the Federal Reserve Bank, including folks at our own Department of Revenue, including very smart
- It's a smart, deliberate approach from the members of this body and the leadership of this body over
- abuse and physical and mental health issues while they sleep on a sidewalk or a tent in the woods is smart
Summary:
The Senate first adopted two resolutions commending the Plimpton Historical Society for Deborah Sampson Day and Megan’s Light for recognizing May 2026 as Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month. It also suspended Joint Rule 12 on several House petitions, referred those matters to committees, and later took up final passage of two local bills: one authorizing Dartmouth to grant an additional off-premises liquor license and another relative to the charter of Westwood. Both bills were passed to be enacted and sent to the Governor.
The main business of the session was the opening debate on the Senate Ways and Means FY27 budget, which was described as a balanced $63.3 billion proposal. The chair and supporters highlighted major investments in unrestricted local aid, Chapter 70 education funding, regional school transportation, rural aid, community college affordability, food security, housing, and health and human services. They also emphasized that the budget was built on the consensus revenue estimate, included no new taxes or tax cuts, did not use the rainy day fund, and relied in part on federal funds and Fair Share revenue.
In extended questioning, the minority leader pressed for details on the budget’s assumptions and cost drivers, including federal participation, Fair Share revenue, debt service, MassHealth caseload and spending, pension and OPEB liabilities, settlement reserves, collective bargaining funding, and controls against waste, fraud, and abuse. The chair responded that federal funds account for about 22% of budgeted revenues, Fair Share revenue is estimated at about $2.7 billion, debt service is about $2.67 billion, MassHealth and related health and human services total about $36.4 billion, pension funding is $5.1 billion, and OPEB receives a $150 million payment. Members also discussed the C-3 child care program, DTA program integrity, and housing permitting reforms, with several senators speaking in support of the budget’s priorities and urging further debate and amendments before final passage.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session May 18th, 2026
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And we're lucky here in Massachusetts; there are plenty of very smart economists, including the Federal
- Reserve Bank, including folks at our own Department of Revenue, including very smart folks at our local
- It's a smart, deliberate approach from the members of this body and the leadership of this body over
- and physical and mental health issues while they sleep on a sidewalk or in a tent in the woods is smart
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- I think the board of aldermen and city council members are smart enough, just like other elected officials
- So we, you had said that the local electeds are smart enough, or should be smart enough, to interpret
- And you’d think that the local officials would have been smart enough to know not to sign a contract