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MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Combatting Antisemitism Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Transcript Highlights:
  • OGR held a competitive application process during the fall.
  • First, Kevin, if I might, on the approval process, am I correct in...
  • Yes, it's a competitive grant application process.
  • They receive a numeric rating, then they come to me and the staff that runs that process.
  • And then we go through the review process.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Special Commission on Anti-Semitism met to focus on the role of law enforcement in responding to anti-Semitic incidents. After approving amended minutes, the chair opened with remarks emphasizing that the Commission would confront anti-Semitism from any political direction and outlined the day’s agenda: extremist activity trends, hate-crime statutes, intergovernmental coordination, and security funding. The first presentation came from Ben Pott of the ADL Center on Extremism, who described rising extremist propaganda and anti-Semitic incidents nationally and in Massachusetts, highlighting groups such as NSC-131, GDL, and Patriot Front. He said these groups increasingly use anti-Zionist language, public disruptions, and online platforms to spread hate, and recommended prosecution where possible, civil litigation, education about symbols and tactics, and community reporting to law enforcement and ADL. Assistant District Attorney David Solvin then reviewed federal and Massachusetts hate-crime laws, including federal civil-rights and hate-crime statutes and state provisions for civil-rights violations, assault and battery to intimidate, religious vandalism, terroristic threats, and criminal harassment. He explained that many of these laws enhance penalties based on bias motivation, but some do not create standalone offenses or qualify as dangerousness predicates under current law. Commissioners pressed him on hypothetical fact patterns involving anti-Semitic slurs, symbols, and attacks, as well as on the limits of existing law for pretrial detention and the need for better data collection. Solvin said more training, better reporting, and possible legislative updates could improve enforcement, and he noted pending bills that would require more regular hate-crime reporting and expand protected classes. Detective Lieutenant Ryan Cepiel of the State Police Anti-Terrorism Unit and HART described the unit’s creation in 2023, its role in implementing prior hate-crime task force recommendations, and its work with local, state, federal, and community partners. He said HART has trained civil-rights officers, developed recruit and in-service curricula, created resource pamphlets and a Teams page, and is building a GIS-based reporting portal to improve tracking and victim support. Cepiel reported a year-over-year rise in reported anti-Semitic hate crimes in Massachusetts, while noting that current numbers are incomplete because reporting is inconsistent and there is no mandate for local departments to notify HART. Commissioners discussed underreporting, rural versus eastern Massachusetts coverage, the need for more officers and training, and the importance of making victims feel safe coming forward. The meeting ended with agreement that better data, training, and coordination are needed to address the rise in anti-Semitic hate and bias incidents.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • We know that disagreement is part of the process, and as members come in, I will remind them that this
  • And as members come in, I will remind them that this is about a respectful process, where we are going
  • I want to thank members of the public and stakeholders who have engaged in this process.
  • And so our office released a report shortly ago kind of evaluating this process as a whole.
  • So the diaper banks wouldn't get any of those funds, but they can apply through the RFP process?”
Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Health held an informational hearing on the Governor’s May Revision, focusing first on the Commission on Behavioral Health, then EMSA, and then the California Department of Public Health (CDPH). The Department of Finance said the state faces a third consecutive deficit and that the May Revision includes difficult trade-offs, including proposed eliminations or reversions of some behavioral health and public health funds. The LAO echoed concern about the structural deficit and said it was still awaiting some budget details before offering a full analysis. For the Commission on Behavioral Health, Finance proposed eliminating $20 million in Mental Health Wellness Act funds, arguing the money would help offset General Fund costs and noting future Proposition 1 innovation funding. The commission strongly opposed the cut, saying it would eliminate or delay launch-ready grants for early childhood supports, full-service partnerships, and peer respite, and would eventually end ongoing grant programming. Several advocates and commissioners testified that the funds support underserved communities and that Proposition 1 is not a substitute for the existing programs. The chair asked Finance to look for alternatives, but no vote was taken. EMSA presented mostly technical budget adjustments: increased authority for the California Poison Control System, a correction to EMSIS funding, and a reappropriation for enterprise services and data management. CDPH then reviewed a broader set of May Revision proposals, including reversions from the California Reducing Disparities Project, workforce development, STD prevention, hepatitis C prevention, hospice, and extreme heat funding, as well as a new generative AI pilot for health facility survey reporting. Members raised concerns about cuts to CRDP and gender health equity programs, especially because many grants are mid-contract and serve underserved communities; CDPH said the reversions were part of solving the deficit and that CRDP had been successful, while also clarifying that abortion.ca.gov would not be eliminated. Public comment was overwhelmingly opposed to the CRDP and related cuts, with many speakers describing the programs as life-saving and cost-effective. No formal votes or actions were taken during the hearing.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, May 19, 2026)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
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  • At every step of the process, Mr. At every step of the process, Mr.
  • Taxpayer Due Process Enhancement Act. Taxpayer Due Process Enhancement Act.
  • snuffed out by bureaucratic process. snuffed out by bureaucratic process.
  • I yield. deliberative process. The process in the deliberative process.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Senate Standing Committee on Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection (2-26-26)

Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection

Transcript Highlights:
  • own child marriage laws, judges authorizing marriages to 16-year-olds, clerks bypassing required judicial
  • We have one caveat that did allow for 17-year-olds to get married if they had approval from the judicial
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The Standing Committee on Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection met with a quorum and heard one agenda item, Senate Bill 156, which would close remaining loopholes in Kentucky’s child marriage law and require marriage at 18. Senator Julie Rocky Adams presented the bill, joined by Donna Simmons of the Revive Collective, who gave extensive testimony about her own experience with child marriage, abuse, and the legal and institutional failures she said allowed exploitation to continue. Adams said the 2018 law setting 18 as the marriage age had been undermined by the 17-year-old exception and that the bill would simply eliminate that exception. Committee members responded sympathetically. Senator Boswell said he supported the bill but raised questions about how it would affect some 17- and 18-year-old couples, suggesting the issue might need further tightening. Senator Smith praised Simmons for sharing her story and said the committee should examine broader institutional failures that left her without protection. Adams reiterated that the bill was intended to close a loophole that had been exploited and not followed as intended. A motion and second were made, and the committee voted unanimously in favor of SB 156. The chair announced that the bill passed with a favorable expression. No other business was taken up before adjournment.
FL

Florida 2026 5th Special Session

Ethics and Elections Mar 31st, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • The PSC application process came up numerous times in my thought process, and I just felt compelled to
  • And that starts with the process.
  • I think that's a step in that process.
  • And that begins the process.
  • And I think through that process, it’s important that consumers understand how the PSC process works,
Summary: The Committee on Ethics and Elections met with a quorum present and Senator Polsky excused. The committee first heard Senate Bill 1416 by Senator DeSigley, which would move municipal elections to coincide with the general election and extend incumbent terms until the new election schedule takes effect. Members asked about runoff elections, with the sponsor saying runoffs would likely shift to the August primary and that he was open to further discussion, including possibly eliminating runoffs. The bill drew support from a senator citing potential taxpayer savings, while the Florida League of Cities and Florida Association of Counties were noted as opposed. SB 1416 was reported favorably. The committee then considered Senate Bill 766 by Senator Burgess, as amended by a strike-all that refocused the bill on agents of “countries of concern” and narrowed disclosure requirements. The sponsor said the measure was intended to increase transparency around foreign-backed political activity and align with federal Foreign Agents Registration Act concepts. The amendment was adopted, and the bill as amended was reported favorably. Members next heard the reappointment of Mike LaRosa to the Public Service Commission. LaRosa described the PSC’s role regulating investor-owned utilities and emphasized transparency, consumer protection, workforce development, and adapting to new energy technologies such as small modular reactors. Senators questioned him closely about recent Florida Supreme Court criticism of PSC orders as insufficiently reasoned and overly reliant on utility assertions. LaRosa acknowledged the criticism, said PSC procedures and orders had become more detailed, and committed to continued improvement. Despite concerns, his nomination was advanced favorably to the full Senate. The committee then approved a block of nominations in tabs 4 through 27 without objection and without separate hearings. At the end of the meeting, Senator Grall asked to be recorded as voting in the affirmative on SB 1416 and SB 766, and the committee rose.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Judiciary Committee Jun 9th, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • NICB has seen unscrupulous repair shops abuse this process.
  • Even if tenants ask, some landlords withhold that information until the very end of that process.
  • As a small landlord myself, I understand the need for flexibility and workable processes.
  • But the process was much harder than it needed to be. That transparency would have helped me.
  • The Supreme Court blessed that process in cases like United States v. Lee and Teal v. Felton.
Keywords: 988, house, all
Summary: The committee heard several bills, beginning with SB 99, which would require courts and law enforcement to better recognize military protective orders in domestic violence cases and allow civilian judges to consider those orders when reviewing restraining order requests. Supporters, including the Department of Defense and military-related organizations, said the bill would close jurisdictional gaps that leave military families vulnerable off base. The bill drew no opposition and was approved on a unanimous vote, with members also expressing support for the author’s request to be added as coauthors. Members then heard SB 1237, a pay equity reporting enforcement bill that would increase penalties for repeat noncompliance with California’s employer pay-data reporting requirements. The author and supporters from Power California Action and HOPE argued that stronger penalties are needed because the state is still missing pay data for hundreds of thousands of workers and wage gaps persist, especially for women of color. There was no opposition testimony, but one member voted no; the bill passed to Appropriations and was placed on call. SB 1387 followed, proposing to allow Jewish identity to be reported as an ethnic category in state demographic data collection. Supporters said the change would improve data accuracy and help identify discrimination, while opponents from Jewish Voice for Peace and other Jewish speakers argued the bill was unworkable, unnecessary, and could be harmful or exceptionalizing. The committee approved the bill on a unanimous vote to Privacy. The committee also approved SB 932, which would require assignees filing civil actions to identify the original party in the case caption, after testimony that the change would improve transparency and help courts, the public, and journalists track assigned claims. SB 988, an auto glass industry bill, drew the most extensive debate: the author and the National Insurance Crime Bureau said it would curb fraud, restrict certain assignment-of-benefits practices, and improve consumer safety, while independent glass shops and their associations warned it could restrict consumer choice and favor insurers or large networks. Despite those concerns, the bill passed to Appropriations. SB 1296, requiring landlords to disclose pet policies before collecting application fees, also passed after supporters described the bill as a narrow transparency measure and opponents raised concerns about pet addenda and eviction procedures. Finally, SB 747, the “No Kings Act,” would create a state cause of action for constitutional violations by federal officers; supporters cited abuses by ICE and Border Patrol and the need for accountability, while law enforcement groups warned about uncertainty around qualified immunity and retroactivity. The bill was supported by several members, but the transcript ends before a final committee vote is shown.
AL

Alabama 2026 1st Special Session

Alabama House Mar 12th, 2026

Alabama House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
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  • .<00:42:36.079> So process.
  • So process.
  • So we're being judicious about our approach in this.
  • Um judicious about our approach in this.
Keywords: 1136, house, all
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

FL House Floor Session - 2025-04-16 (2:00PM Session)

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • THIS ADDRESSES A FEW SERVICE PROCESS STATUTES FOLLOWING THE COMPREHENSIVE SERVICE PROCESS BILL PASSED
  • ON THE OPPOSING PARTY PRIOR AND SPECIFIES A SUBSTITUTE SERVICE PROCESS TO THE FLORIDA SECRETARY OF STATE
  • . >> COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL 157 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT RELATING TO SERVICE AND PROCESS
  • OF CHAPTER 83, THIS IS A LENGTHY PROCESS AND WOULD BE A SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL BURDEN.
  • I'M DISAPPOINTED IN THE PROCESS OF THIS.
Keywords: 998, house, all
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence May 21st, 2025

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

Transcript Highlights:
  • Members, this is Senator Menendez's bill relating to judicial training requirements regarding elder abuse
  • I mean, in theory, they could do that, but it's, it's the same process that attorneys would move in and
  • So it doesn't change that process and, no, no, I don't have to do it.
  • some more pending business. 2742 amends the estates codes to enhance the guardianship application process
CO

Colorado 2026 Regular Session

Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 086 Part 2 Apr 10th, 2026

Colorado House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
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  • Let me first say cow amendments are part of the process and they're a respected part of the process.
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  • . process. process.
  • Eligibility overflow processing. Return mail processing. Income verification programs.
Keywords: 981, all
Summary: The committee and floor took up House Bill 1411, which concerned the Cover All Colorado program. Debate centered on whether removing the program’s cap would create an open-ended entitlement and add pressure to the state budget. Supporters and opponents argued over fiscal impacts, with several members saying the program had grown far beyond its original cost estimate and that the state needed to protect the budget and maintain a balanced plan. The bill was ultimately passed as amended. House Bill 1412 was then considered, authorizing the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing to use statistical sampling and extrapolation to recover Medicaid overpayments in certain provider audits, including ABA therapy and non-emergency medical transportation. Sponsors said the measure would help recapture millions in overpayments tied to fraud, waste, and abuse, and noted safeguards such as strict benchmarks, internal audit review, and a third-party audit firm. An amendment striking the word “alleged” from the bill was adopted, and the bill passed as amended. House Bill 1413, which changes leave provisions for certain public servants, was also approved. The bill removes a statutory cap on how much sick leave state employees may earn, while leaving actual leave policies to departments and bargaining agreements, and increases annual military leave to align with federal law. Members described it as a modest employee-benefit measure in a year without across-the-board pay raises. The House also laid over House Bill 1410 until later in the day and received the committee of the whole report on a large slate of other bills. Later, Representative Richardson sought to reverse the committee’s action on an amendment to House Bill 1389, which involved the comprehensive human sexuality education grant fund, arguing the grant program should be repealed if it is no longer funded.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • Maybe you can take a stab at this, but what would be the process if we grant this authority to issue
  • What would be the process before they actually issue it? Yeah, that's a really good question.
  • What would be the process before they actually issue it? Yeah, that's a really good question.
  • What would be the process before they actually issue it? Yeah, that's a really good question.
  • of what I respect to be a process of what I respect to be a process already<01:08:26.000> in<
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The committee first heard House Bill 707, which would create a state income tax deduction for contributions to Hawaii 529 college savings accounts and conform state law to federal changes allowing 529 funds to be used for K-12 expenses. The Department of Taxation said it could administer the bill as written. The Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities supported the measure but asked that ABLE accounts be included and that the program title be changed; the Department of Taxation indicated the title issue could be a problem because the bill’s expanded purpose may not fit the current program name. No vote was taken. The committee then heard House Bill 617, which would fund a Bachelor of Science in Nursing program at the University of Hawaiʻi Community Colleges. UH Community Colleges supported the bill, and Maui nursing staff testified that faculty recruitment is challenging but manageable, clinical placements are available, and the campus already has a statewide RN-to-BSN pathway; they said the new program would create two tracks, including a four-year BSN option. Members also heard support from several organizations, including the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, nursing groups, and health care associations. No action was taken. Next were several UH-related measures. HB 718 would fund faculty and staff positions at the John A. Burns School of Medicine; the dean and other supporters testified in favor. HB 1279 would create a medical education liaison position tied to Project ECHO; the Attorney General raised constitutional concerns about statewide concern and grant standards, while an individual witness supported the concept but suggested the bill should focus on liaison/support functions rather than program administration. HB 1169 would consolidate conference center revolving funds, and HB 1168 would authorize up to $800 million in UH revenue bonds; UH’s CFO said both were procedural/housekeeping measures and supported them. On HB 1168, members questioned debt service, possible uses, and whether deferred maintenance would be included; the CFO estimated annual debt service could be about $33 million to $41 million at current rates, said likely uses could include student housing and research facilities, and said deferred maintenance was not the current strategy. The CFO also explained that revenue bonds require both legislative authorization and a Board of Regents resolution approving the project and amount. Finally, the committee heard HB 548, which would authorize revenue bonds and appropriations to acquire the St. Francis School campus for UH Mānoa. UH supported the bill but noted the property is privately owned and not known to be for sale. A supporter described the site as a unique 11-acre parcel contiguous to the main campus and urged the committee to seize the opportunity for future generations. No vote or final action was taken on the bills in the transcript.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Courts, Corrections and Justice Sep 22nd, 2025

Courts, Corrections & Justice Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • A lot of times, we didn't really have the processes or systems in place to accurately gather all the
  • The current process that we use is whenever there's an incident that occurs within our field service.
  • Lean into the judicial system to help us with the intervention aspect of this.
  • Process.
  • We don't delay the process, but we provide, the intent is to provide an umbrella of safety.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Transportation - 04/15/26

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • , stand up additional executive, judicial, stand up additional executive, judicial, and<00:05:18.200
  • <00:46:04.080> to<00:46:04.200> replace are affixed, and the process to replace are
  • Senator Dibble on process, Madam Chair.
  • Only bills that have already been vetted through the rigorous process.
  • Only bills that have already been vetted through the rigorous process.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

RM 411 Conference PM - Fri May 1, 2026

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

House Chamber - Fri May 1, 2026, 6:30PM HST - Day 56

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

RM 329 Conference AM - Fri May 1, 2026

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

RM 325 Conference PM - Fri May 1, 2026

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

RM 325 Conference AM - Fri May 1, 2026

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

RM 329 Conference PM - Fri May 1, 2026

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The bill would give minimum certification periods for our elderly during the application process and
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

RM 309 Conference AM/PM - Fri May 1, 2026

Hawaii House Floor Meeting