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FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

FL House Floor Session - 2026-05-29 (10:00AM Session)

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • One, that the Senate received from its Amendment 629710.
  • The amendment contains a total reduction of $272.2 million in state and local tax revenues.
  • Well, stop taking away the rights of local government.
  • We do affirmative action every time we do local bills.
  • This amendment authorizes the State Board of Education and the Board of Governors to amend the list of
Summary: The House convened with prayer, a moment of silence for former Senator Don Childers, the Pledge of Allegiance, and recognition of Officer Antonio Richardson as law enforcement officer of the day. The chamber announced it would take up 11 budget conference committee reports, with no third-reading bills or special-order calendar items. Members were reminded that conference reports were subject to debate but not amendment, and that the required review periods had been satisfied. The first major action was on HB 7031E, the tax package. Representative Duggan explained that the conference report included a mix of retained, modified, and new tax provisions, including sales tax holidays, property tax and homestead-related changes, reductions in certain gaming and carbon-related taxes, changes to child care and documentary stamp tax credits, a new refund process for public works construction tax paid by universities and colleges, and other tax administration changes. Debate focused on the bill’s consumer impact, the reduction of the child tax credit from three years to one, the inclusion of firearm accessories in a sales tax holiday, the absence of gas tax relief and combined reporting, and the homestead exemption provision for certain deployed diplomatic and foreign service personnel. Critics argued the package favored niche or corporate interests over broad affordability relief, while supporters said it provided targeted tax relief and reflected conference negotiations. The House adopted the conference report and passed HB 7031E by a vote of 88-11. The House then began presenting the conference report for HB 501E, the state budget, which totaled $114.5 billion for fiscal year 2026-27 and was described as below the prior year’s spending level while maintaining reserves. Subcommittee chairs outlined major budget areas: pre-K-12 funding included an increase in FEFP, salary increases for veteran teachers, stabilization funding, and support for declining enrollment; higher education included full Bright Futures funding, workforce programs, college operating support, university initiatives, and school guardian expansion; IT funding focused on Palm, ACCESS, APD’s I-Connect replacement, corrections systems, emergency management systems, and cybersecurity grants; health care funding covered Medicaid, nursing home rates, waiver provider increases, ADAP funding and restructuring, child welfare, and behavioral health; transportation and economic development included housing, cultural grants, jobs and rural infrastructure, Visit Florida, Space Florida, highway patrol equipment, and local transportation projects; justice funding included correctional construction, juvenile justice facilities, law enforcement grants, and clerk and due process reimbursements; state administration included fire stations, constrained counties, building maintenance, and Safe Florida Home; and agriculture/natural resources funding emphasized Everglades restoration, water quality, land acquisition, Florida Forever, state parks, and citrus research. Members then began questioning the budget details, including school voucher accountability, school funding formulas, public defender parity, prison technology, wastewater monitoring in prisons, ADAP policy, SNAP fraud controls and AI-assisted verification, Florida Forever funding, school lunch funding, and coral reef restoration. No final vote on HB 501E appears in the transcript excerpt.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs (05/13/2025)

Election Law and Municipal Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • up or amended down.
  • We don't be amended up or amended down.
  • Additional comments on the amendment. All right, we're voting on the amendment.
  • to pass amendment amended. to pass amendment amended. Further<01:02:07.480> discussion.
  • Uh, so there is an amendment that you'll see as floor amendment.
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Ways and Means Jan 20th, 2026

Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • I have an amendment.
  • You have adopted the amendment.
  • The committee voted on House Amendment 1.
  • You have adopted the amendment.
  • out at the local level very, very poorly for local taxpayers, right?
Keywords: 959, house, all
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session Apr 27th, 2026

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • amendments, 1945, 2163 with amendments, with amendments, 2518 with amendments, 2945, 2163 with amendments
  • with amendments, 2792 with amendments, 2795 with amendments, 1725 with amendments, 1731 with amendments
  • , 1771 with amendments, 1997 with amendments, 2166 with amendments, 1795 with amendments, 2361 with amendments
  • amendments; 2060, with amendments; 2241, with amendments; 2303, with amendments; 2524, with amendments
  • amendments; 1666, with amendments; 21; 18, with amendments; 2716, with amendments; 2007-18, with amendments
Keywords: 988, house, all
Summary: The Assembly met in session after a quorum call and proceeded through a lengthy floor file with many ceremonial guest introductions before taking up legislation. Members welcomed student groups, interns, sorority and civic organization members, and other visitors, including groups focused on coastal protection, youth tobacco prevention, and disability advocacy. The chamber also observed a birthday acknowledgment and later held an adjournment in memory for Dado Banatao, honoring his life, engineering achievements, philanthropy, and support for Filipino American students. On the floor file, the Assembly considered several measures. AB 2323 by McKinnor, on modernizing public notice, passed 57-0. ACR 149 by Hart, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the California Coastal Act and Coastal Conservancy, drew extensive debate over coastal protection, housing, access, and the role of the Coastal Commission; it was adopted by voice vote after 46 co-authors were added. AB 2011 by Hart, codifying federal mental health parity standards in state law, passed 46-5. AB 2691 by Addis, expanding disqualifying felony convictions for elected office to include sexual assault and human trafficking, passed 53-0. The Assembly also adopted HR 31 on Denim Day and sexual assault awareness after emotional testimony from multiple members about personal experiences, survivor support, victim-blaming, and the need for accountability and prevention; 68 co-authors were added before the resolution passed by voice vote. Additional bills passed included AB 1621 by Wilson on housing approval timelines (64-0), AB 1704 by Mark Gonzalez on studying low-embodied-carbon building material costs (58-0), AB 1916 by Lee on including ASL interpreters in the certified interpreter definition (59-2), AB 2559 by Ward on refundable construction and demolition deposits (61-0), AB 2663 by Rogers as an urgency alcoholic beverage sunset extension (64-0), and AB 2731 by Addis expanding on-sale alcohol licenses in Santa Cruz County (63-0). The consent calendar was also adopted 64-0, and the House adjourned until April 30 at 9 a.m.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

CPC Public Hearing - Thu Feb 12, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST

Consumer Protection & Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • and they bypass the local providers. and they bypass the local providers.
  • The amendment I believe was only technical amendments and effective dates.
  • So um I see that they amended it. been. So um I see that they amended it.
  • that amendment and to pass the bill. that amendment and to pass the bill.
  • opportunity to amend. opportunity to amend.
Summary: The committee heard testimony on HB 2614, which would require merchants selling cosmetics to accept returns of newer unopened goods within specified time frames and expand signage requirements for return and refund policies. DCCA’s Office of Consumer Protection strongly supported the bill, citing updated figures of 180 cosmetic complaints from 2020 to 2025, 54 still under investigation, 148 referred to class action litigation, and more than $1.3 million in consumer losses. Members questioned whether the bill was needed given the pending lawsuit and whether bad actors would comply, while the office responded that clearer signage would improve consumer awareness and could reduce complaints without limiting other remedies. No vote was taken. The committee then heard HB 1660 HD1, which would allow counties to require contractors to disclose wage, benefit, hour, and employment-status information and to deny, revoke, or suspend permits for certain labor-law violations. DLIR, the Hawaii Regional Council of Carpenters, Operating Engineers Local 3, and Pacific Resource Partnership testified in support, arguing the measure would help deter cheating contractors, protect law-abiding employers, and keep bad actors from undercutting wages and taxes. One member raised concerns about possible delays to affordable housing projects and whether owners should be held responsible for contractors’ misconduct; supporters replied that compliance is a minimum standard, that county action would be discretionary rather than automatic, and that the bill would not bar counties from working with affordable housing developers. No action was reported. Finally, the committee took up HB 1704, adopting the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact to allow telepsychology and temporary in-person practice across state lines. The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the State Health Planning and Development Agency, the Hawaii State Association of Counties, and the Hawaii Association of Health Plans supported the measure, saying it would help fill major staffing gaps, especially for forensic evaluations and services in rural and neighbor-island communities. The Board of Psychology raised concerns about the compact’s scope, the need for a study focused specifically on psychologists, background-check requirements, possible loss of regulatory authority and revenue, and the need to update older statutory provisions. Hawaii Association for Justice opposed the immunity language in the compact, and Shawn Scanlon opposed the bill, arguing it could weaken cultural responsiveness and local control and suggesting the state instead improve temporary licensing and other in-state pathways. The committee also questioned the Department of Corrections about its vacancies and whether telehealth could be filled by local providers; no vote was taken in the excerpt.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • Jason Gresham, Local 3.
  • I'll start by accepting the committee amendments.
  • We thank the author for working with us on amendments and the committee for their amendments.
  • I'm pleased to accept the committee's amendments.
  • We are accepting those amendments.
Summary: The committee heard several climate, environmental, and housing bills. AB 1425, dealing with pit dewatering near the San Joaquin River Parkway, drew extensive testimony. The author and supporters argued the bill was needed to protect the river, groundwater, floodplain conditions, tribal and cultural resources, and public access from a proposed mining project near the river. Opponents, including Cemex, labor representatives, and industry groups, said the bill would bypass the CEQA process before it was complete, threaten jobs, and create uncertainty for an existing operation. Members questioned both sides about hydrology, blasting, dewatering, and the adequacy of the ongoing environmental review. The bill was moved, but several members expressed concern about preempting CEQA and some did not vote or voted no. AB 881, which would allow California to move forward with carbon capture and sequestration pipelines, was presented as a way to advance state climate goals and capture federal funding. Supporters, including SMUD, labor, and industry groups, said the bill would help deploy carbon capture safely and preserve jobs. Environmental justice opponents supported stronger safety direction and warned that CO2 pipelines pose serious risks and that the state should not move ahead without clearer standards. The bill received a due-pass recommendation to Appropriations. AB 1207, on the cap-and-trade allowance price ceiling and the social cost of carbon, was presented as a science-based update to California’s climate policy. The author and EDF said the bill would keep the program aligned with current economic and climate data and protect it from federal political interference. It received broad support and a due-pass recommendation. AB 1106, creating a coordinated network of air quality incident response centers, was also approved after testimony about wildfire smoke, toxic emissions, and the need for better real-time monitoring during disasters. AB 28, the Landfill Fire Safety Act, focused on the Chiquita Canyon landfill fire and related health impacts in Castaic and Val Verde; residents described serious illnesses and contamination concerns, while landfill and county representatives warned about costs and asked for more study. The committee nonetheless advanced the bill with a due-pass recommendation. The committee also heard AB 357, which would speed Coastal Commission review of student and faculty housing projects, with supporters citing student homelessness and opponents urging caution but acknowledging the need for more housing; the bill was presented and discussed, with the committee emphasizing the need to balance housing production and coastal oversight.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
  • ALL OPPOSED SAY NAY FOR THE AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED. BACK ON THE BILL AS AMENDED.
  • AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED. BACK ON THE BILL AS AMENDED. ARE THERE QUESTIONS?
  • THIS IS THE SECOND STOP HERE AND I HAVE AMENDMENT. >> ONE AMENDMENT BAR CODE 14256.
  • SEEING NONE, ANY APPEARANCE FORMS ON THE AMENDMENT? IS THERE DEBATE ON THE AMENDMENT?
  • BACK ON THE BILL AS AMENDED.
Keywords: 999, senate, all
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs (05/06/2025)

Election Law and Municipal Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • for uh the amendment itself amendment for uh the amendment itself came<00:37:49.359> out<00:37
  • What's not included in the amendment is some of the feedback we got from local election officials, particularly
  • What's not included in the amendment is some of the feedback we got from local election officials, particularly
  • Um what is in the amendment<00:58:51.200> um<00:58:51.520> is amendment um is amendment
  • amend it to to do that. amend it to to do that.
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Appropriations Committee Mar 19th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • And our amendments avoid these costs.
  • We appreciate the recent amendments on the bill.
  • amend the building code to address local issues.
  • So in response, the city changed local codes to address this.
  • constraints at local building departments.
Summary: The Assembly Appropriations Committee met on March 19, 2025, adopted its committee rules unanimously, and then heard a series of housing, insurance, and disaster-recovery bills. Early bills focused on wildfire relief and insurance issues, including AB 238 on mortgage forbearance for Los Angeles County wildfire survivors, AB 493 on insurance payout interest for homeowners, AB 597 on consumer protections after disasters, and AB 226 on strengthening the California FAIR Plan’s liquidity tools. Supporters generally framed these measures as necessary protections for disaster survivors and market stability, while opponents and concerned witnesses raised issues such as investor guidelines, compliance conflicts, and market disruption. Several members also noted equity concerns and the need to balance relief with consistency across the state. The committee also heard a cluster of housing-production bills. AB 306 proposed a six-year pause on new state building code updates affecting residential construction and limits on local code modifications, drawing strong support from housing and building industry groups who argued it would reduce costs and improve predictability. It also drew opposition from code, environmental, and clean-energy advocates, who warned about safety, local control, and the loss of important code updates. AB 253 would allow licensed third-party professionals to perform plan checks if local review takes 30 days or more, and AB 301 would impose state-agency permitting timelines similar to those already applied to local governments; both were presented as ways to reduce delays and speed housing development. AB 462 would exempt ADU construction from coastal development permit requirements in Los Angeles County, especially to aid fire recovery and expand housing supply. After hearing testimony and brief member discussion on each measure, the committee placed the bills on suspense or advanced them as appropriate. In the suspense hearing at the end of the meeting, the committee took up the suspense-file bills and reported AB 226, AB 238, AB 301, and AB 306 out with due pass recommendations on roll call votes. The meeting then adjourned.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House County and Municipal Government Committee Feb 12th, 2025

County and Municipal Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • Going to have to be amended.
  • your amendment.
  • Amendment 1 is going... Amendment 1 is going to... I had it in my hand a minute ago.
  • I have that amendment, Mr. Chairman. It says to replace... Amendment, Mr. Chairman.
  • So I made that as an amendment.
Bills: HB191, HB196, HB134, HB14, HB14
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Municipal and County Government (05/05/2026)

Municipal and County Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • . amendment. amendment.
  • . amendment. amendment.
  • . amendment. amendment.
  • <01:55:42.280> amended bill as amendment amended bill as amendment amended um um um starts
  • And that's what this amendment does. And it empowers the voters, the citizens, at the local level.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

FL House Floor Session - 2026-02-11 (4:00PM Session)

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Show the amendment fails. Read the next amendment.
  • And the amendment has failed. Read the next amendment.
  • Show the amendment fails. Read the next amendment. Say no. No. Show the amendment fails.
  • HB 4029 is another local bill that will call for a referendum to amend the Hillsborough County Charter
  • But I want to remind this body that these local bills are not the only way that it's possible to amend
Summary: The House convened with prayer, moments of silence for former member Terry Fields and the Parkland victims, the Pledge of Allegiance, and recognition of guests and visitors. The chamber then adopted the Rules and Ethics Committee’s special order report setting the day’s calendar and debate times. The main measure taken up was HB 1119, relating to materials harmful to minors in public schools and charter schools, which the sponsor described as a clarification of existing law to keep pornographic or sexually explicit material away from minors and to give districts clearer standards for review and objection processes. The bill drew extensive debate over constitutional concerns, local control, litigation risk, and the scope of the definition of “harmful to minors.” Members supporting the bill argued it was needed to close loopholes and protect children, while opponents warned it could lead to overbroad book removals, conflict with federal court rulings, and costly lawsuits. A series of amendments sought to narrow or redirect the bill: proposals by Gant, Aristide, Bartleman, Eskamani, Nixon, Rainer, Woodson, and Harris would have preserved literary value review, protected educational and abuse-prevention materials, exempted LGBTQ-inclusive books, limited objections, preserved funding for districts, or delayed enforcement during ongoing litigation. Supporters of the amendments framed them as protecting parental choice, academic value, student safety, and district finances; opponents said they would weaken the bill’s child-protection purpose. All of the amendments failed. After the amendment process, the House waived rules, read HB 1119 a third time by title, and entered structured debate on final passage. Debate continued along the same lines, with opponents emphasizing book removals, First Amendment concerns, and the impact on students and schools, and supporters reiterating that the bill was intended to prevent minors from accessing obscene material. The transcript provided ends during structured debate and does not include the final vote on HB 1119.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
  • AN AMENDMENT FOR THE BILL.
  • THERE IS A AMENDMENT -- 76656 AMENDMENT BY SENATOR SIMON.
  • YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO EXPLAIN THE AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT.
  • SHOW THE AMENDMENT ADOPTED. WE ARE BACK ON THE AMENDMENT AS AMENDED.
  • ANYONE WISHING TO TESTIFY ON THE AMENDMENT? HEARING NONE. DEBATE ON THE AMENDMENT.
Keywords: 999, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session 4/13/26

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And I'd like to have that amendment introduced today. >> There's an amendment at the desk.
  • The amendment is coded A12. of uh other local bills. Madam Speaker, of uh other local bills.
  • clerk will report the amendment. clerk will report the amendment.
  • The A12 amendment.
  • favor of the amendment say I.
Keywords: 1183, house
Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, a roll call establishing a quorum, and approval of the previous day’s journal. The body then moved through routine business including committee reports, second readings, first readings of a large batch of House files, and receipt of Senate File 3958 for comparison with a House companion. Several noncontroversial motions were adopted without objection, including referral and re-referral motions later in the day. The chamber then took up a series of bills, many of them veterans, commerce, mortgage, liquor, elections, and financial institutions measures. House File 3544, a veterans housekeeping bill updating state law to conform with federal standards and clarifying benefit forfeiture language, passed 133-0. House File 3467, authorizing MDVA to use nonmonetary support to collaborate on veteran services such as food insecurity, homelessness, and suicide prevention, also passed 133-0. House File 3437, clarifying that certain mortgage lending protections apply to consumer home loans rather than commercial loans, passed 133-0. House File 3479, clarifying homeowners’ rights to postpone foreclosure sales in several edge cases, passed 128-5. The annual liquor bill, Senate File 2511, drew the most discussion. Members described provisions addressing the so-called “Granny Happy Hour” in senior facilities, University of Minnesota liquor-related flexibility, and other local liquor-law changes. An author’s amendment was adopted, and the bill passed 129-1. House File 4118, allowing state-chartered credit unions to use private deposit share insurance subject to state oversight, passed 131-2. House File 4241, a local government/elections omnibus addressing disclosure rules, Hennepin County medical examiner appointment procedures, and Rochester School Board election structure, passed 124-9. House File 3699, changing a license plate contest to feature the Lake Superior agate and requiring a Minnesota artist, passed 110-22. Later, the House adopted motions to send House File 4668, an Explore Minnesota film tax credit bill, and House File 4319, a Lake City port authority bill affecting local taxing authority, to the Taxes Committee. The chamber also approved a motion to recall House File 1234, the payment transparency bill, from Ways and Means and place it on the General Register after a zero-cost fiscal note was reported.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • The clerk will report the amendment. amendment. amendment.
  • . amendment. amendment.
  • and this applying to a set of amendments, but not all amendments.
  • . amendment. amendment.
  • There is an amendment to the amendment, but we'll allow the author of the original amendment the opportunity
Keywords: 1183, house
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Elections - 03/17/26

Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • , always, except for authors' amendments, always, except for authors' amendments, we<00:02:25.600
  • Senator Boldon has an A9 author's amendment and moves the A9 amendment.
  • Boldon has an A9 author's amendment and moves the A9 amendment.
  • elect locally to manage elections. elect locally to manage elections.
  • uh some of the local organizations. uh some of the local organizations.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

Rules Apr 21st, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • ANY OTHER DEBATE ON THE AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT? AMENDMENT? >> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
  • THE AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED, BACK ON THE MAIN AMENDMENT, BARCODE 564952 AS AMENDED.
  • THE AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED SO BACK ON THE BILL AS AMENDED, ANY QUESTIONS ON THE BILL AS AMENDED?
  • THE AMENDMENT AS AMENDED, SENATOR JONES.
  • THE AMENDMENT MANDATES PEACH LOCAL GOVERNMENT ADOPT AN ORDINANCE OUTLINING PROCEDURES FOR CERTIFYING
Keywords: 999, senate, all
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Judiciary Committee Jun 17th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • locale district or the nearest location for them.”
  • , we've all been through this, what amendment would you like?
  • I'd like to accept the committee's amendments.
  • But sometimes there's still resistance at the local level, and sometimes... ...local governments still
  • It doesn't strip local control.
Summary: The committee heard several bills focused on civil rights, family law, privacy, housing, and artificial intelligence. SB 477 would clarify FEHA procedures for the Civil Rights Department, including tolling deadlines by agreement and updating complaint definitions; it drew some concern about venue and convenience but was moved forward. SB 450 would confirm California jurisdiction over adoption proceedings for children born in the state even if families have moved away, and would require all legal parents to be listed on adoption orders; it received strong support, especially from LGBTQ family advocates, and passed to Appropriations. SB 683 would clarify that people whose name, image, or likeness is misused may seek TROs or injunctions under existing publicity-rights law; opposition from media and First Amendment groups focused on the 48-hour compliance default and speech concerns, but the bill advanced as amended to Privacy and Consumer Protection. The committee also considered SB 11, the AI Abuse Protection Act, which would regulate voice, image, and video cloning technology, require warnings, and direct the Judicial Council to develop evidence standards for AI; it passed to Public Safety. SCR 66, a resolution designating May 1 as Law Day and emphasizing the rule of law, was adopted unanimously after supportive comments from members. SB 808 would create expedited judicial review for housing permit denials that violate state law; supporters said it would reduce costly delay and help housing production, while the Judicial Council opposed it as imposing unreasonable timelines and staffing burdens. The bill passed to Appropriations despite concerns about court resources and broader housing-law issues. The committee then took up two privacy bills from Senator Wiener. SB 59 would automatically keep confidential court records for adult and retroactive gender/name change petitions, expanding protections previously enacted for minors; supporters described real-world doxxing and harassment, while opponents raised First Amendment and public-records objections, and the bill passed to Appropriations. SB 497 would require warrants for out-of-state law enforcement access to California prescription monitoring data, expand transgender shield protections for gender-affirming care records, and bar certain disclosures without legal process; the author framed it as a response to out-of-state anti-trans enforcement, and the bill was presented with support from trans advocacy groups.
FL

Florida 2026 5th Special Session

FL House Floor Session - 2025-01-28 (4:30PM Session)

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Are there amendments? On the desk, Mr. Speaker. Read the first amendment. Are there amendments?
  • Are there amendments to the amendment? None on the desk, Mr. Speaker.
  • Show the amendment fails. Read the next amendment.
  • following amendment with title amendment.
  • This amendment will simply direct our local law enforcement to not enter schools during school hours
Summary: The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, approval of the journal, and adoption of the special order calendar for the day. The chamber then took up House Bill 1B on immigration, along with discussion of anticipated Senate changes. The sponsor described the bill as creating a chief immigration officer housed in the Department of Agriculture, establishing an Office of State Immigration Enforcement, expanding cooperation with federal immigration authorities, increasing criminal penalties for certain offenses by unauthorized aliens, ending undocumented-student fee waivers, and providing substantial appropriations for enforcement and related programs. Members also questioned the Senate version’s proposed mandatory death penalty provision for certain capital offenses involving unauthorized aliens, as well as pretrial detention, 287(g) participation, DMV reporting requirements, and the bill’s effects on schools, teachers, social workers, and local agencies. The sponsor and supporting members repeatedly said the bill required broad cooperation with federal immigration enforcement and that existing federal law would control where conflicts arose. A major portion of the debate focused on whether the bill would allow or require immigration enforcement in schools and other sensitive settings, and whether teachers, school resource officers, and social workers could be placed in conflict with federal privacy or professional obligations. Members also raised concerns about detention based on suspected status, the standard of proof for immigration-status determinations, prison and jail impacts, workforce shortages, and the fiscal effects on counties and state agencies. The sponsor said the bill did not provide DMV funding, that the state would need to study some implementation questions, and that the appropriations included $25 million for a local law enforcement participation incentive program and up to $350 million for broader implementation and coordination. Several amendments were offered and failed. Representative Chambliss proposed protecting schools, churches, and places of worship from enforcement activity; Representative Escamani offered amendments to preserve in-state tuition for Dreamers and to grandfather currently eligible students; Representative Woodson offered a similar Dreamer-related amendment; and Representative Bartleman proposed barring local law enforcement from entering schools during school hours to detain children solely for immigration status. Supporters of these amendments argued they would protect children, preserve educational access, and prevent trauma in schools and houses of worship. The House rejected each amendment by voice vote, and the transcript ends during debate on the Bartleman school-safety amendment before final disposition is shown.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Special Session - Senate Floor Session - Part 3 - 06/09/25

Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The amendment that I'm aware of, I'm now calling on any amendments.
  • any amendments. any amendments.
  • my local school district. my local school district.
  • I'd like to offer the A1 amendment. Senator Matthews offers the A1 amendment.
  • will report the A1 amendment. will report the A1 amendment.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all