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CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • This year at Valley College, we celebrate 100 years, our centennial.
  • We just celebrated unanimously a floor presentation for LGBT pride. Things have changed so much.
  • Our state needs are sitting in our classrooms every day being trained to go out into the workforce.
  • Every day, I meet students with really extraordinary talents, and we've heard a couple of them here today
Summary: The Assembly Higher Education Committee heard several Senate measures focused on community college procurement, higher education access, and student support. SB 1154 by Senator Reyes would allow community college districts to use best-value procurement for public works projects over $1 million. Supporters, including San Bernardino Valley College, the San Bernardino Community College District, labor groups, and several districts, said it would improve delivery of complex facilities and align community colleges with other education systems. Opponents, including the Associated General Contractors, argued the bill’s skilled-and-trained workforce requirements and labor-compliance scoring would narrow the bidder pool and raise costs. The committee passed the bill to the Assembly Floor on a due-pass vote, with some members voting no or not recorded. SB 1255, also by Senator Reyes, would create a California Hispanic-serving institution designation. Supporters from HACU, the CSU Chancellor’s Office, UC, community colleges, and other education organizations said the designation would recognize campuses that serve large numbers of Latino and low-income students and strengthen accountability and student success. The committee approved the bill as amended and re-referred it to Appropriations, with one no vote. SB 1328, presented on behalf of Senator Cervantes, would require LGBTQ+ points of contact at satellite or branch campuses of CSU and community colleges, either through designated staff or regular office hours. Testimony emphasized gaps in access at remote centers and the need for confidential support; one member raised concerns about staffing, costs, and whether existing systems could meet the need remotely. The bill was passed as amended and sent to Appropriations. The committee also considered SB 960 by Senator Cabaldon, which would expand the circumstances under which community colleges could offer bachelor’s degrees in response to unmet workforce needs, especially where CSU programs are impacted or not realistically accessible locally. Supporters said the bill would help meet workforce demand and expand access for place-bound and adult learners. CSU and faculty representatives opposed unless amended, urging stronger partnership requirements, clearer workforce-need standards, and safeguards around duplication and Prop 98 funding. Members discussed impaction, regional access, and the role of partnerships; the bill was passed as amended and re-referred to Appropriations. Finally, SB 632 by Senator Otagan would extend the California College Promise fee waiver to part-time community college students enrolled in nine units. Supporters said many students cannot attend full time because of work, caregiving, and living costs, and the bill would better reflect student realities; the transcript ends during testimony on this measure, before any vote is shown.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Legislative Administration (02/25/2026)

Legislative Administration

Transcript Highlights:
  • Boswin on the day as described in Boswin on the day as described in paragraph<00:25:11.279><c> 1,</c>
  • having a celebration and things. Um so having a celebration and things.
  • I think you um Mother's Day as well.
  • Seeing none, I will ask the clerk, our replacement clerk for the day.
  • Is um, is the last day March 5th, right?
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, September 17, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
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  • Speaker, let us celebrate the principles that make our nation great on this Constitution Day.
  • </c> this Constitution Day. Thank you, Mr. this Constitution Day. Thank you, Mr.
  • Speaker, today we celebrate Constitution Day, September 17th each year.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
  • Opening day. Opening day at the Arizona Legislature is always special.
  • It will be on the governor's desk in a matter of days.
  • Some days it's bone dry, and other days it's a vigorous torrent.
  • It seems like every day we learn about With no accountability.
  • We believe in and realize the promise of freedom every day.
Summary: The transcript is the opening joint session of the Arizona Legislature’s 57th Second Regular Session, featuring remarks from House and Senate leaders and Governor Katie Hobbs. House and Senate leaders emphasized a conservative governing agenda focused on affordability, public safety, parental rights, accountability, school choice, election integrity, and water policy, while also highlighting plans for tax cuts and cooperation across chambers. Governor Hobbs centered her address on the “Arizona promise,” stressing affordability, security, and freedom. She highlighted prior actions on job growth, medical debt relief, housing, public safety, border security, water management, and economic development, and announced new proposals including a middle-class tax cut package, a capacity and efficiency initiative to save state funds, a new active management area for La Paz County, a Colorado River Protection Fund, elimination of the data center tax exemption, a housing acceleration fund, and an Arizona Affordability Fund funded in part by a short-term rental fee. She also called for more accountability in the ESA program and for renewing Prop. 123 to support public schools. The governor and legislative leaders also addressed political violence, honoring retiring Senator Lela Alston and recognizing public safety and firefighting personnel. No formal votes or legislative actions were taken in the session; it concluded with the joint session being dissolved after the governor’s remarks.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
  • Opening day. Opening day at the Arizona Legislature is always special.
  • It will be on the governor's desk in a matter of days.
  • Some days it's bone dry, and other days it's a vigorous torrent.
  • It seems like every day we learn about With no accountability.
  • We believe in and realize the promise of freedom every day.
Summary: The transcript is the opening joint session of the Arizona Legislature’s 57th Second Regular Session, featuring remarks from House and Senate leaders and Governor Katie Hobbs. House and Senate leaders emphasized a Republican governing agenda focused on affordability, public safety, parental rights, tax cuts, election integrity, school choice, and holding government accountable, while also highlighting cooperation on water policy and border security reimbursement. Senate President Warren Petersen said the legislature would pursue a major tax cut, send an election integrity measure to voters, defend women’s sports and school choice, and continue negotiations on Colorado River guidelines. Governor Hobbs framed her agenda around the “Arizona Promise,” stressing affordability, public safety, water security, housing, and economic opportunity. She highlighted prior-year accomplishments including job growth, medical debt relief, lower costs for child care and housing, public safety investments, and major business recruitment. She called for an immediate middle-class tax cut, more efficient government spending, and new initiatives including a Colorado River Protection Fund, elimination of the data center tax exemption, a housing acceleration fund, and an Arizona Affordability Fund financed in part by a nightly fee on short-term rentals. Hobbs also announced a new active management area for La Paz County to address groundwater depletion, defended her administration’s water and housing policies, and urged renewed funding for public schools while criticizing the ESA program for lack of accountability. She called for bipartisan action on disaster relief after floods in Globe and Miami, and condemned political violence. No legislative votes were taken; the joint session concluded with the governor’s address and the session was dissolved.
LA
Transcript Highlights:
  • Celebrating that we're seeing victims. That makes sense.
  • It is happening every single day.
  • How many tips come in per day to Louisiana?
  • I wouldn't be able to say, because some days it's 300, some days it's 1,000.
  • Poor guy that has to receive all of that every day, all day long. Yes. Wow. Yes.
Summary: The committee held its inaugural meeting and heard opening remarks from the chair and vice chair about the committee’s purpose: studying issues affecting women and children in Louisiana, including health, education, economic opportunity, safety, and criminal justice. After roll call, the committee proceeded with informational presentations rather than taking any formal votes. Members emphasized the committee’s role in gathering testimony and identifying policy solutions. The first major presentation came from the Governor’s Office of Human Trafficking Prevention. The director reviewed 2025 data showing 2,963 identified victims, 15,437 service instances, and trafficking reports in 62 of 64 parishes. She explained Louisiana’s coordinated response system, including screening tools, child advocacy center referrals, and the DCFS hotline option for trafficking reports. She also described familial trafficking, new victim outreach and identification tools, and two priority bills: HB 321, which would create immunity from prostitution offenses for child victims under Safe Harbor principles, and SB 83, which would require school board trafficking policies and expand victim advocacy services to labor trafficking victims and survivors up to age 21. Committee members asked about reporting procedures, school use of the tools, service gaps, and whether the data showed increases due to better identification. The committee then heard from the Attorney General’s office on online child exploitation and child sexual abuse material. The presenter said the Louisiana ICAC Task Force received 31,203 tips in 2025, made 545 arrests, identified or rescued more than 80 child victims, and executed over 1,500 search warrants. He described rapid tip-to-arrest responses in recent cases, the expansion of partner agencies statewide, and the creation of an Orleans Metro ICAC task force. Members asked about community presentations, the role of social media in exploitation, the use of geolocation, the prosecution of out-of-state offenders, and the need for more analysts and outreach staff. The discussion also covered sadistic online enticement, sextortion, live-streamed abuse, and the need for parents and schools to monitor children’s online activity. At the end of the meeting, the committee began receiving a legislative auditor’s presentation on the treatment and care of incarcerated women, focusing on jail policies, health care, restraint use, and reentry, but the transcript cuts off before that presentation is completed. No committee votes or formal actions were recorded in the portion provided.
FL

Florida 2026 5th Special Session

Senate in Session May 2nd, 2025

Florida Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Is 25 the cumulative number, like one day you can hand in 10 signed and another day you can hand in 15
  • I can have 25 or 10 one day, 15 another day. Senator Grohl: Thank you, Mr. President.
  • Is 25 the cumulative number, like one day you can hand in 10 signed and another day you can hand in 15
  • I can have 25 or 10 one day, 15 another day. Senator Grohl. Thank you, Mr. President.
  • Fair day.
Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several introductions, then moved into a series of special-order bills and House messages. Early floor action included passage of a claim bill for Mandy Penny Lemon (HB 6503) and bills on sewer collection systems (HB 1123) and farm products (HB 211), all passing unanimously. The chamber also took up an ad valorem tax exemption resolution for agricultural tangible personal property (CS/HJR 1215), which passed 37-0. Several other measures were temporarily postponed before the Senate recessed and later returned to House messages and additional special orders. The Senate then addressed multiple House amendments and conference-style motions. It concurred in amended versions of SB 994 on driver safety, SB 180 on emergency preparedness and response, and HB 1609 on waste incineration/auxiliary containers after extended debate over hurricane recovery rules, local government restrictions, and plastic container preemption. The chamber also concurred in CS/HB 1205 on citizen initiative petitions, increasing the number of petitions a volunteer may carry from 2 to 25, and in CS/HB 733 on Brownfields. Other House amendments were rejected or sent back, including SB 234 on offenses against law enforcement, SB 116 on veterans policy, SB 168 on mental health, and HB 1101 on out-of-network provider referrals. Later, the Senate approved CS/HB 1255 on education and CS/HB 875 on educator preparation, with discussion focused on school readiness, teacher training, and changes to certification and testing requirements. It also concurred in CS/HB 1427, a broad health care bill, after the House added a major nursing education amendment that tightened Board of Nursing oversight, required standardized evaluation and remediation, and imposed accountability measures tied to NCLEX pass rates and program performance. Several members raised concerns or praised negotiated compromises throughout the day, but the recorded actions were mainly concurrence motions, refusals to concur, and final passage votes on the bills considered.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

House Chamber - Mon Mar 23, 2026, 12:00PM HST - Day 32

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Mahalo. >> [applause] >> If there are no further introductions, let's move on to the order of the day
  • </c> let's move on to the order of the day. let's move on to the order of the day.
  • Hina Mauka provides residential treatment, day programs, and outpatient services for individuals who
  • It's the day right before Sine Die, so not much is going on. Make sure to reserve your time now.
  • So not much day right before Sine Die.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/18/2026 - House Floor Session

Arizona House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Doctor of the Day today is Dr. Kai Sun from Legislative District 4. Dr.
  • Welcome to the... ...of the day at the Arizona State Capitol. Welcome to the House, Dr. Sun.
  • House Resolution 2001, Health Workforce Well-Being Day.
  • Date this 18th day of March, 2026. Representative Selina Bliss, Legislative District 1.
  • This is a health care workforce well-being day of awareness, so I appreciate that.
Summary: The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, approval of the journal, and recognition of the Doctor of the Day, Dr. Kai Sun. Members also welcomed newly sworn Representative Cody Rhyme and congratulated Sergeant-at-Arms Chuck Fitzgerald on his recent wedding. Several members introduced guests and visiting groups, including pharmacists at Pharmacy Day at the Capitol, the Arizona Education Association, the Well-Being Collaborative of Arizona, and local officials and constituents from around the state. The chamber then took up House Resolution 2001, which designated March 18, 2026 as Health Workforce Well-Being Day in Arizona. The resolution cited burnout and workforce shortages among physicians, nurses, medical students, residents, pharmacists, and other health professionals, and urged state officials and health organizations to prioritize workforce well-being. It was adopted without objection to waive first and second reading, and Representative Bliss introduced guests connected to the Well-Being Collaborative. The House also considered several bills on third reading. House Bill 2375, relating to housing and historic neighborhoods, drew extensive debate over local control, historic preservation, housing shortages, and concerns about exclusion and segregation; it passed 31-24, but without the required two-thirds vote for its emergency clause. House Bill 2931, concerning the Arizona Civil Rights Advisory Board, passed 36-19, and House Bill 2992, creating a child sexual abuse and assault awareness and prevention pilot program, passed 35-20 after debate over whether funds should instead support broader sex education. Senate Bill 1010, substituted for House Bill 4027 and relating to historic names, passed 33-22. The House also handled committee assignments, referrals, and first readings of additional Senate bills before adjourning until the next day.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Standing Committee on Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs - 05/18/2026

Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • Veterans Service Law in relation to creating a Women's Veterans History Trail in order to recognize and celebrate
Summary: The Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs Committee held its fourth and final meeting on May 18 and considered a series of bills related to veterans services, emergency preparedness, and related state programs. Measures discussed included revising the New York State Veterans Memorial and Monument Registration process, recognizing military experience for institutional transfer credit, creating an insurance liaison on the Disaster Preparedness Commission, requiring DMV to share certain veteran information with the Department of Veterans Services, clarifying the alternative veterans exemption, and creating a veterans bill of rights. The committee also took up bills on home care information for veterans, eligibility for New York State veterans’ homes, opportunities for veteran and emerging businesses, the New York Emergency Responder Act, a report on coordinated services for veterans with service-connected disabilities, and a Women’s Veterans History Trail. Members generally moved each bill without substantive debate, and the chair repeatedly called for motions and votes. Most measures were approved unanimously or without recorded opposition, with several reported to Finance, several to the floor, and others referred to other committees such as Higher Education, Health, or Finance depending on subject matter. The meeting concluded after the final bill was reported and the chair noted that it was the committee’s last meeting.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

04/28/2026 - Senate Floor Session

Arizona Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • For this reason, we continue to celebrate your unchanging majesty throughout the ages and beyond our
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session May 27th, 2025

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • to learn, every day to feel safe.
  • Are there every day to learn? Every day to feel safe.
  • They're literally happening every single day.
  • , every day.
  • Mental health is not visible, and it's challenging every day.
Summary: The Assembly met in session, established a quorum, and opened with a prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance. Members then moved through guest introductions, including students and fellows from California Lutheran University, UC Merced’s CAPE program, the Maddy Institute, and Madera High School’s Madtown Robotics Team 1323, which was recognized for multiple robotics world championships. The chamber also adopted an adjournment in memory and took up the daily file. Several bills and resolutions were considered and passed, including AB 1390 on school board compensation thresholds, AB 1338 on air district cost recovery for fence-line air monitoring, AB 648 on community college housing, AB 1207 on cap-and-trade price ceilings, ACR 66 recognizing Skin Cancer Awareness Month, AB 49 on keeping ICE out of public schools, AB 317 on a CEQA exemption for certain single-family homes, AB 527 on geothermal exploratory wells, AB 665 on the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation ombudsman report, AB 940 creating quantum innovation zones, AB 1021 on workforce housing for education agencies, AB 1112 on property tax apportionment in Rancho Mirage, AB 1318 on nonprofit eligibility for public funding, and AB 1470 on using student housing loan funds for affordable housing in downtowns and commercial districts. Most measures passed with broad support; AB 49 and AB 1318 were urgency bills and passed with the required higher vote threshold. The floor also adopted H.R. 40, declaring May 25 as Rosenda’s Day to honor a teen killed by a drunk driver, and H.R. 42, recognizing May as Behavioral Health Awareness Month. Both drew extensive personal testimony from members about mental health, suicide, substance use, and the need to reduce stigma and expand access to care. Additional health-related bills passed, including AB 408 creating a physician health and wellness program, AB 546 requiring coverage for HEPA purifiers for certain enrollees after wildfire disasters, AB 967 expediting licenses for out-of-state physicians, and AB 968 expanding pharmacist authority to provide non-hormonal contraception. The Assembly also debated AB 1056 on phasing out gill net fishing and AB 1376 on limiting juvenile probation terms, with supporters framing both as conservation or rehabilitation measures and opponents warning about economic harm or public safety concerns. Both bills ultimately passed. Throughout the session, members repeatedly emphasized public safety, education, housing, climate, health care access, and support for immigrant and youth communities, with recorded roll-call votes and voice votes taken on each measure.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Feb 11th, 2025

Alabama House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I am wearing my purple Miles College coach's coat to celebrate the Miles College... ...celebrate the
  • I see it all day; I see it every... them. I see it all day; I see it every day.
  • I was laughing the other day because I...
  • But God will take care of that one day.
  • But there are 110 million chickens a day... ...there are 110 million chickens a day that are not laying
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/18/2026 - House Floor Session

Arizona House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Doctor of the Day today is Dr. Kai Sun from Legislative District 4. Legislative District 4.
  • Welcome to the... ...of the day at the Arizona State Capitol. Welcome to the House, Dr. Sun.
  • Business on the Speaker's desk: House Resolution 2001, Health Workforce Well-Being Day.
  • House Resolution 2001, Health Workforce Well-Being Day.
  • This is a health care workforce well-being day of awareness, so I appreciate that.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Mar 2nd, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It is the custom and tradition of the Senate that we begin our session each day with a prayer.
  • Would you please recognize Senator Hamilton to introduce the doctor of the day?
  • Would you now recognize Senator Paxton to introduce the psychologist of the day? Mr.
  • Pro-Temp, Paxton, you're recognized to introduce the psychologist of the day. Thank you, Mr.
  • As you know, March is the month where we celebrate Saint Patrick's Day.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session Feb 12th, 2026

Washington House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • For the Seahawks who unite our state and all the 12s who celebrate what can be done when teamwork thrives
  • For a president born on this day whose humble roots give cause to say that greatness cannot be defined
  • And for this day that we embrace the challenges within this place that will impact the lives we serve
  • With the consent of the House, the minutes of the preceding day will stand approved; hearing no objections
  • find a hazard or a contractor with written notice when they find a hazard on the job site, within 10 days
Summary: The House convened with a quorum present, the Pledge of Allegiance and prayer were offered, and the chamber approved the previous day’s minutes. Members then caucused briefly before moving into second reading and third reading action on several bills, with the day also marking the start of the three-minute debate rule through House of Origin cutoff. The House passed House Bill 2338, which expands the low-income home weatherization program to support community-scale weatherization projects, especially for multifamily housing. It also passed House Bill 2353, raising the threshold for requiring predesign work on public projects from $10 million to $15 million, and Substitute House Bill 2363, a trailer bill allowing music therapy students to practice under supervision while exam scores are pending. Members described these as efficiency measures and consumer or workforce improvements. The chamber also approved Substitute House Bill 2525 to establish the Heritage Orchard Program and a registry at Washington State University to preserve rare and heritage apple varieties, with sponsors emphasizing the importance of Washington’s apple industry and agricultural history. Additional bills passed unanimously included Substitute House Bill 2420 on increasing small works roster thresholds, Substitute House Bill 2428 on preventing unintended lapses in life insurance by allowing third-party designees, House Bill 2604 allowing electronic signatures for transferring salvage vehicles to insurers, and Substitute House Bill 2107 making permanent a pilot requiring Labor and Industries to notify employers of identified job-site hazards within 10 days. Finally, the House adopted Amendment 1517 and passed Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2247, which updates veterinarian-client-patient relationship rules to allow telehealth between required physical visits and requires annual veterinarian oversight for certain animal production, commercial, and breeding operations. All of the listed bills received overwhelming support, with each final passage vote recorded at 94 yeas and 0 nays, except House Bill 2338, which passed 93-1.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 3/6/25

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • Amanda said that, day to day, she works with young women who are struggling, and that mental health is
  • </c><00:07:49.440><c> working</c> sitting in my office dayto day working sitting in my office dayto day
  • I have stories that I could talk about for days if you have any questions. Please reach out to me.
  • Just celebrate her achievement. Why is that hard?
  • I'm a fan of his. celebrate her celebrate her celebrate her celebrate her achievement<01:02:11.119><c
Bills: HF1233
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence May 7th, 2025

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • Every year we celebrate her birthday, we must also mourn the day that he died.
  • As we gathered to celebrate Christmas...
  • I had to adapt and adjust, as I still do to this day.
  • It was hard for me just to get out of bed every day.
  • And that's with Medicare paying within 30 to 60 days.
Bills: HB4806
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Elections Mar 13th, 2025

Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, members, I know this is a very special day at the Capitol.
  • OK, and on election day it's how high?
  • At the time of the day. That's how an algorithm works.
  • to day.
  • Day to day ballot board nerds, sorry, I mean that in the best way y'all, you know, who can actually answer
Bills: HB429 , HB496 , HB640 , HB657 , HB665 , HB677 , HB952
Committee: House Elections
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 3/26/25

Commerce Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • People were sort of celebrating this, and yet, no surprise, their premiums steeply went up.
  • </c><00:10:16.959><c> this</c><00:10:17.560><c> and</c> people were sort of celebrating this and people
  • I know you have a full day. I just request support for House File 856. Thank you for your time.
  • We just celebrated being able to stay in business one year.
  • </c><01:22:06.280><c> but</c><01:22:06.719><c> on</c> you just dream of it every day but on you just
Bills: HF2228 , HF46 , HF856 , HF2149 , HF2215