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MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:03:06.319><c> is</c> do and I was guilty as a legislator is do and I was guilty as a legislator
- We'll talk about legislation that we had in 2021, and then finally get to our idea.
- Moving on to legislation, in 2021 we did have legislation that mandated that we review the rule, and
- </c><00:49:55.559><c> auditor's</c> uh review by the Legislative auditor's uh review by the Legislative
- </c> rubber um in legislative rubber um in legislative policy<01:32:17.520><c> and</c><01:32:18.239><
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Executive Departments and Administration (01/28/2026)
Executive Departments and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> estimates and recommended legislation. estimates and recommended legislation.
- </c> >> The motion is inexpedient to legislate >> The motion is inexpedient to legislate
- </c><03:47:31.680><c> policies</c> it really impuged the ethics policies it really impuged the ethics
- </c> we did on our ethics out the window." we did on our ethics out the window."
- Um but the legislator legislature.
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AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Legislators routinely advocate for constituents' well-being by sending real-time alerts, and under this
- So the sheriffs wholly support this legislation. We like the amendment.
- And if the chairman is okay, I have a memo from legislative counsel with an opinion on whether or not
- this body to consider serious legislation.
- bill, and thank you to Senator Carroll for working with us to help sponsor this legislation.
Summary:
The committee heard and advanced several bills on criminal justice, victims’ rights, education, and public safety. SB 1094, which creates a civil cause of action for minors who received irreversible gender reassignment surgery in violation of Arizona law, drew strong opposition from civil liberties and LGBTQ advocates who called it discriminatory and unnecessary, and support from the sponsor and medical-policy witnesses who argued minors cannot consent and that the procedures are not medically supported; it passed 6-3. SB 1635, a bill making it a crime to warn a person of an imminent arrest when the speaker knows police are there to arrest that person, prompted extensive First Amendment objections from the ACLU and others, while supporters said it was narrowly tailored to prevent people from helping suspects evade arrest; it also passed 6-3.
The committee then approved SB 1673, appropriating lottery-funded money for the law enforcement crime victim notification system, after testimony that the program standardizes and improves victim notifications statewide; an amendment increased the amount from $5 million to $8.2 million, and the bill passed 9-0 as amended. SB 1092, which would bar early termination of probation for dangerous crimes against children, drew emotional testimony from victims’ advocates and opposition from defense-side speakers who warned it would remove judicial discretion and could sweep in people whose conduct was nonviolent or based on accidental online clicks; it passed 6-2 with one member present.
Other bills considered included SB 1239, extending the statute of limitations for failure to register as a sex offender, which supporters said would help law enforcement and opponents said was redundant because registration violations are already tracked and prosecuted; it passed 5-4. SB 1139, a strike-everything bill requiring GPS monitoring for homeless registered sex offenders, failed after testimony that existing probation tools already cover the same population. SB 1502, increasing penalties for unlawful flight from police when aggravated by danger, injury, DUI, or transporting a child, passed 5-1 despite concerns about over-criminalization and possible impacts on innocent drivers. The committee also passed SB 1248 on county detention education programs, SB 1240 excluding certain DCAC probationers from county probation incentive calculations, SB 1669 narrowing rape-shield evidence rules to physical injury, and SB 1540 creating a new offense for fuel dispenser theft after an amendment removed mere possession of a device from the criminal statute.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- state to be able to adapt swiftly so our businesses and producers aren't left in a limbo during legislation
- our shared objective. to establish a more regulated market that ensures safer products and promotes ethical
- This would make it easier to update rules and not have to wait for legislation. session to change in
- Chairman Guillen for filing the important piece of legislation.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate File 3900 is the work of the Legislative Auditor and the Legislative Audit Commission.
- </c> from um from the work of the Legislative from um from the work of the Legislative Audit<00:03:35.840
- And Quade and the Legislative Auditor.
- </c><00:42:07.480><c> forward</c> for bringing this legislation forward for bringing this legislation
- The legislation also keeps us on track The legislation also keeps us on track for the second big SAF
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Education Funding (09/30/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- HB 235 amending the educator code of ethics.
- </c><00:39:18.560><c> and</c> boundaries between the legislative and boundaries between the legislative
- legislation legislation permitting<00:43:06.240><c> vouchers</c><00:43:07.200><c> education</c><00:43
- And co-equal legislative uh uh branch.
- </c><01:04:05.920><c> legisl</c> please understand the legislative legisl please understand the legislative
Summary:
The Education Funding Committee Subcommittee on Adequacy and Funding Sources opened its second meeting by reviewing four retained bills assigned to it: HB 651, HB 772, HB 491, and HB 734. The chair said the goal was to compare the bills across the board, consider whether any one of them should be the committee’s recommended vehicle, and then vote on a recommendation to the full committee. He noted the bills would move out before November 21 and be taken up on the House floor in January, while related LSRs were also being developed for the coming session.
Representative Ames argued that HB 651 should be the main vehicle because it would substantially raise the adequacy base and adjust differential aid categories to better reflect real school costs, including poverty, special education, and English learner needs. He described the bill as building on court guidance and said the current funding formula is far below actual district needs. He also supported HB 491 as a study vehicle to examine revenue options, saying the legislature needs informed choices about how to pay for the changes. Representative Damon strongly backed HB 651 and HB 491, citing constitutional obligations, the Conval and Rand rulings, and large projected funding increases for districts such as Claremont, Windham, and communities in the chair’s district if HB 651 had passed earlier.
Representative Fellows said he has an LSR similar to HB 491 that would study existing and new revenue options using criteria such as revenue potential, administrative cost, affected groups, implementation timeline, and implementation cost, with input from revenue administration and outside agencies. Representative Papich Muller emphasized constitutional separation-of-powers concerns, reading Article 83 and saying he was not comfortable with the broad claim that “cherish” clearly mandates a specific spending level, though he said he intends to follow Supreme Court guidance. Representative Ricky read testimony from a local school board member arguing that the state already imposes many mandates on schools while providing the least funding in the country, and that HB 651 would help restore meaningful local control. No final vote or action was taken in the portion provided, though the chair had indicated the subcommittee would vote before adjournment.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Are you able to work on bills and legislation if we don't meet formally?
- They cannot pass legislation.
- Quite frankly, we should have passed legislation off this floor weeks ago.
- Weeks the Texas Senate has referred literally hundreds of pages of consequential legislation to those
- Senate and the Texas Senate has moved to final passage, one of the most consequential pieces of legislation
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - Part 1 - 03/24/26
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> refer to as our ethics exam. refer to as our ethics exam.
- You should have a letter of support in your materials from the Minnesota Legislative Mental Health Legislative
- </c> transparency or legislative oversight. transparency or legislative oversight.
- </c> violence prevention legislation. violence prevention legislation.
- </c> It's not going to be a legislated It's not going to be a legislated process<01:36:43.560><c> like
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:20:02.240><c> and</c> consumption as well as legal ethical and consumption as well as legal ethical
- legislation only, and it is not opposed by any group that I'm aware of.
- legislation only, and it is not opposed by any group that I'm aware of.
- </c><00:38:52.800><c> to</c> that you consider support legislation to that you consider support legislation
- </c> urge you to support the legislation urge you to support the legislation which<00:44:14.880><c> will
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Concurrent House Standing Comm on Elec, Const Amnd & Intergovernmental Affairs & State Gov (2-18-26)
Transcript Highlights:
- But if they are legislating outside the enumerated powers, then that...
- So as state legislators, and we know that's who selects the delegates, traditionally the state legislators
- 54.960><c> know</c><00:54:55.119><c> that's</c> state legislators, and we know that's state legislators
- :54:59.119><c> in</c> Traditionally, the state legislators in Traditionally, the state legislators in
- </c> want to leave that to state legislators want to leave that to state legislators at<01:08:39.440>
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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.
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
MS Senate Floor - 19 February, 2026; 10:00 AM
Mississippi Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- . >> Senate Bill 3065, Appropriation Ethics Commission.
- </c> >> Senate Bill 3065, Appropriation Ethics >> Senate Bill 3065, Appropriation Ethics
- On Senate Bill 3065, Ethics Commission, the Senate action is 909,689.
- >> It's over in the House. >> The enacting legislation for the department?
- legislation for the department?
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Health Finance and Policy Committee 3/2/26
Health Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- prevention legislation.
- prevention legislation.
- </c><00:25:25.360><c> are</c> like those within this legislation are like those within this legislation
- </c><01:29:20.159><c> that</c> introduce and support legislation that introduce and support legislation
- legislation to reduce includes legislation to reduce credentiing<01:29:24.719><c> timelines,</c><01:
Keywords:
gun violence, public health, Department of Health, prevention, criminal justice, health care transparency, ownership disclosure, control reporting, health care consolidation, private equity, management services organization, MSO, provider organization, health insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, hospital system, affiliate reporting, financial disclosure, public reporting, market concentration
FL
Florida 2026 4th Special Session
January 28, 2026 - 03:30 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- to seeing it shepherded Representative Eskamani: and I do think whatever steps we can take as a legislative
- They are doing exactly what the law and medical ethics require.
- And unfortunately, without legislation like this, I worry that some parents will be deterred from going
- But without legislation like this, I think you'll continue to see a distrust towards governmental entities
- substitute provides consistency, Representative Rizzo: enforcement, fiscal accountability, and legislative
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- He said the group is educational and that the legislation focuses on enticing, persuading, seducing,
- And what this legislation does, it focuses on a particular kind of crime.
- This legislation would mirror legislation that's carried in 14 other states, including Texas and Florida
- This legislation would mirror legislation that's carried in 14 other states, including Texas and Florida
- The bill holds its place on the Third Reading Calendar one legislative day.
Summary:
The House convened with 67 members present, approved the previous journal, and received several communications, including a temporary substitute appointment for District 19 and committee recommendations on Transportation Department rules. The chamber also received notice that Governor Little signed House Bill 559. Committee reports moved a large slate of bills and resolutions forward for printing or calendar placement, including measures on public records, development impact fees, open meetings, motor vehicles, electronic registration, predatory animal control, Idaho products, government transparency and ethics, sales and use tax, education funding, school district facilities, and a constitutional amendment proposal on education.
On third reading, House Bill 540 passed 69-0, expanding juvenile corrections records exemptions to protect safety and security information. House Bill 541 also passed 69-0; it broadened child enticement protections to include 16- and 17-year-olds, with a five-year age gap for those victims, and members discussed related online sextortion concerns. House Bill 569, a water-skiing safety bill that would have allowed certain early-morning two-person boating arrangements with added equipment requirements, drew extended debate over safety, outboard motors, and whether it applied to all skiing, but failed 31-38. Senate Bill 1222 passed 69-0, clarifying that prior domestic water-use limits apply prospectively and defining subdivisions as five or more lots.
The House also passed Senate Joint Memorial 108 by voice vote, urging federal agencies to stop discouraging grazers from seeking depredation compensation for wolf and grizzly bear losses. Several bills and memorials were held on the calendar for one legislative day, and the House announced upcoming committee meetings before adjourning until Thursday, February 12, 2026.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Arts, Entertainment, Sports, and Tourism Committee Nov 12th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- So I think that's important to note for the legislators that broadcasters are not included.
- I teach business communications and ethics.
- I mentioned I teach business communications and ethics.
- But one of the things that I want to be sure gets into the discussion, especially in the legislation
- with any of our committee members as we head back to the state capital in January and begin the legislative
Summary:
The hearing focused on the impact of the federal rescission of Corporation for Public Broadcasting funding on California public media, with Assemblymember Chris Ward and Senator Akilah Weber Pierson framing public media as essential civic infrastructure for education, local news, arts, emergency alerts, and underserved communities. Local officials from San Diego and La Mesa voiced support, emphasizing public media’s role in trusted information, children’s programming, and community arts access.
Panelists from PBS SoCal, KCRW, Rebuild Local News, NPR, KPBS, Radio Bilingüe, and KVPR described significant budget losses, layoffs, reduced programming, and threats to rural and specialized services. They highlighted impacts on children’s educational content, local journalism, arts coverage, science and documentary production, and emergency alert systems. Several speakers noted that smaller stations in rural or low-broadband areas are especially vulnerable, while larger stations are also cutting staff and delaying projects. They also discussed possible responses such as shared services, cost reductions, philanthropy, and state support, while warning that one-time bridge funding is not a long-term fix.
Committee members asked about operational changes, alternative revenue sources, the role of state programs, and whether public pressure could restore federal funding. Witnesses said the loss is already being felt, that restoration appears unlikely in the near term, and that any state support should be structured to protect editorial independence and provide stable, timely funding. The hearing concluded with a shift to labor and production testimony and then to station-specific testimony from KPBS, Radio Bilingüe, and KVPR, followed by public comment.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Select Committee on Pension Policy Apr 21st, 2026 at 10:00 am
Select Committee on Pension Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- With that, we'll turn to our next item of business, our 2026 legislative session highlights.
- And this morning, I will be going over highlights from the 2026 legislative session.
- For the 2026 legislative session, there were no newly introduced Select Committee bills.
- And so our work is guided and limited by the ethics rules.
- We agree with those who testified on this legislation, both constituents and legislators, that excess
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session (Full Formal with Calendar) Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I am deeply grateful for your partnership in bringing this legislation forward.
- I am deeply grateful for your partnership in bringing this legislation forward.
- The legislation has no fiscal impact. It's a moral impact that is immeasurable.
- It's consistent with the intent of the legislation.
- To better inform the public as called for under the legislation.
Summary:
The Senate opened with recognitions of several young climate advocates visiting the State House and then adopted an adjournment in memory of Nancy Driscoll, with remarks honoring her long public service and family legacy. The chamber then took up Senate No. 2947, An Act Regarding Fair Housing Practices in the Commonwealth, after a Ways and Means redraft. Senators supporting the bill described housing discrimination against voucher holders and Black applicants, emphasized the need for stronger enforcement, transparency, and fair housing education, and noted the bill’s goal of increasing penalties and public reporting for discriminatory brokers.
Several amendments were debated. Senator Tarr offered an amendment to require annual HUD-related compliance certifications from municipalities and public agencies, notification to the Attorney General of federal findings, corrective action plans, and possible enforcement consequences; it was defeated on a roll call, 6-30. Senator Kennedy’s gender-neutral language amendment changing “salesmen” to “salespersons” was adopted. Senator Payano’s amendment to require publication of license suspensions as well as revocations for discriminatory conduct was also adopted. Senator Edwards withdrew an amendment that would have expanded housing protections for returning citizens. Senator Keenan’s amendment to anonymize complaint summaries while preserving publication of revoked licensees’ names was adopted.
After the Ways and Means amendment, as amended, was adopted, the bill was ordered to a third reading and then passed to be engrossed by a unanimous roll-call vote of 37-0, later clarified as 38-0. The Senate then adopted an order to meet again the following Tuesday at 11 a.m. and adjourned in memory of John Arizian and Nancy Driscoll.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session-Day 9, February 19, 2026-AM
Wyoming Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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- </c> Principal-based Leadership and Ethics Principal-based Leadership and Ethics and<00:06:04.560><c>
- This legislation helps to protect that role.
- </c><01:12:34.480><c> 1st,</c><01:12:34.880><c> the</c> similar legislation on the 1st, the similar legislation
- This legislation why we look to them.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Education Policy Committee approves bill to repeal ethnic studies requirements 2/18/25
Transcript Highlights:
- here at the Capitol with a few superintendents a few days ago, and one of their messages to the legislators
- </c><00:10:10.560><c> was</c> of their messages to the legislators was of their messages to the legislators
- And when you get removed the DEI, removed teaching uh removed the DEI, removed teaching uh ethics<01:
- uh principles or ethnic uh ethics uh principles or ethnic uh studies<01:00:52.960><c> and</c><01:00:
- The committee legislative assistant will take the roll. Oh. Oh. What? Oh, excuse me.
Summary:
House File 29 was heard in committee as a proposal to suspend adoption of the revised social studies standards, push implementation to 2030-31, repeal the requirement to embed ethnic studies across all standards, and cancel related appropriations. The bill sponsor argued Minnesota schools should focus on basic academic achievement and that ethnic studies requirements add burdens and distract from reading, math, and science. The chair moved the bill to the Committee on Education Finance after opening the hearing and then took extensive public testimony.
Testimony was sharply divided. Supporters of HF 29, including Katherine Kersten, Deanna Moose, Kendall Qualls, Hillary Swanson, and Diane Smith, argued the ethnic studies framework is ideological, overly focused on race, insufficiently transparent, and costly in professional development time; several said it would divide students or burden teachers. Some supporters also claimed the standards or framework promote activism, critical race theory, or racial stratification. Opponents, including Mark Westfall, Crystal Johnson, Jim Grathwol, Marcus Penny, Claude Sigman, and Courtney Major, said the standards are inclusive, research-based, and designed to help students understand multiple perspectives, civic life, and the contributions of diverse Minnesotans. They emphasized that ethnic studies can improve engagement, critical thinking, and representation, and that teachers should be trusted to implement the standards.
No final vote on the bill was taken in the portion of the meeting provided. The only formal action noted was the chair’s motion to re-refer House File 29 to the Committee on Education Finance.