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MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Elections - 03/13/25

Elections

Transcript Highlights:
  • Section eight refers to temporary locations for absentee voting and allows federally recognized Indian
  • <00:03:50.319> locations<00:03:51.080> for<00:03:51.599> absentee to Temporary
  • locations for absentee to Temporary locations for absentee voting<00:03:52.720> and<00:03:52.920
  • Tribal lands to request a temporary Tribal lands to request a temporary polling<00:03:59.439>
  • location um for tribal a as a temporary location um for tribal a tribal<00:21:16.760> voting<
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs Apr 7th, 2025 at 03:30 pm

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • My parents were blue-collar workers and to this day people will have a hard time understanding me when
  • House Bill 28 threatens to take that away, and if passed, I along with my co-workers and thousands of
  • He employs 40 full-time workers.
  • The worst outcome from hemp is temporary nausea, not long-term addiction and health.
  • Myself, my co-workers, and dozens of thousands of Texans would have their stories told.
Bills: HB 28, SB 3
Summary: The meeting featured significant discussions regarding HB28, where the chair outlined the plans to bring forward a substitute for the bill. The chair emphasized the importance of maintaining order and decorum during the proceedings. Members engaged in deliberations, and a number of public witnesses were invited to testify, thereby enriching the discussion around the bill. This interaction provided valuable insights into public sentiment regarding the issues at hand.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • She was a hard worker and always treated her students with the utmost dignity and respect.
  • How is encouraging teachers and staff to bully their co-workers and their students while punishing teachers
  • and staff who affirm their co-workers and their students a productive use of anyone's time?
  • Born out of COVID was the concept of temporary pickup locations.
  • What we provide is a means for these veterans like myself to find temporary relief. that many of those
VT

Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Session - 2026-05-20 - 3:45PM

Vermont House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • There wasn't an established temporary rate put in place until such rates are set up by the legislature
  • If it's a livestock animal, the temporary security amount is $2.50 per animal per day for food.
  • rate put in place until um temporary rate put in place until such such such um<01:07:44.520> rates
  • > rates<01:08:25.480> that<01:08:25.600> are these are the temporary rates that
  • are these are the temporary rates that are set<01:08:25.920> up<01:08:26.160> and<01:08
Keywords: 926, house, all
Summary: The House first took up S. 298, the Vermont Voting Rights Act. Members explained the Senate’s further proposal of amendment, including changes to language about how the State Ethics Commission may respond to ethics inquiries, a directive for the Secretary of State and Ethics Commission to work out a shared process for the candidate financial disclosure form by January 30, and a technical PAC-related wording change. The committee reported an 11-0-0 vote in favor, and the House concurred in the Senate proposal of amendment. The chamber then suspended rules to take up S. 328, the omnibus housing bill, and heard detailed committee reports from General and Housing, Ways and Means, and Appropriations. The bill addresses common interest community resources, a service-supported housing advisory council, expansion of the 10% for Vermont program to 12.5%, an off-site construction accelerator pilot, VHFA’s rental housing revolving loan program, special assessment districts, municipal housing planning requirements, and several reports on housing-related issues. Ways and Means described revenue impacts from the cash-balance expansion and revised the off-site construction pilot and loan program language; Appropriations removed a section already included in the budget and adjusted advisory council per diem funding. The House adopted the amendments, ordered third reading, suspended rules to place the bill in all remaining stages, passed it in concurrence with proposal of amendment, and messaged the action to the Senate forthwith. The House then suspended rules to take up S. 197, relating to payment reform for primary care. The House Health Care Committee recommended a strike-all amendment, saying the health care system is in crisis, premiums are rising, access to primary care is limited, and clinicians are burdened by documentation and administrative work. The committee vote on its amendment was 10-0-1, and the bill was also referred to Ways and Means and Appropriations because of fiscal implications. The transcript cuts off as the House was beginning consideration of the bill.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • We graduate 4,000 nurses in the state of Minnesota a year, and the provision to have a temporary nurse
  • have<00:32:41.919> a year and the provision to have a year and the provision to have a temporary
  • nurse license for the same temporary nurse license for the same type<00:32:44.960> of<00:32:45.120
  • the<00:33:14.720> lowest Presented that Minnesota has the lowest amount of time for a temporary
  • It allows no state in the Union allows that, and we weren't willing to allow 30 more days on a temporary
Keywords: 1183, house
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

FIN Info Briefing - Thu Jan 16, 2025 @ 9:00 AM HST

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • assistance for needy families temporary assistance for needy families temporary<05:14:42.160> assistance
  • for other needy temporary assistance for other needy families<05:14:44.280> the<05:14:44.440>
  • It was suggested that we create a temporary shelter using field shelters.
  • units for a 5-year 450 modular temporary units for a 5-year program<05:56:05.200> which<05:56
  • <06:03:13.840> in because your units are temporary in because your units are temporary in
Keywords: 910, house, all
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • decision that gave more power to law enforcement officers to prosecute the misuse and tampering of temporary
  • He was killed on October 4, 2020, by a person who was driving on a road with a fake temporary tag.
Bills: HCR10, HCR9
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Room 229 Conference AM - 04-29-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • We pulled out the positions, the two positions, the temporary transfer position as well as the legislative
  • The temporary transfer position as well The temporary transfer position as well as<00:18:24.760> the
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
  • The Senate amendment allows and sets guidelines for DPS to ensure temporary work authorizations while
  • The Senate amended the bill to remove the requirement that any emergency or temporary rule be approved
  • The Senate amended the bill to remove the requirement that any emergency or temporary rule be approved
Keywords: 1182, all
Summary: The caucus reviewed a long list of House bills that had returned from the Senate with amendments, with members repeatedly noting that sponsors intended to concur on most items. Topics included public health and vaccination rules (HB 2086, HB 2248), state investment in gold and silver (HB 2140), property records and voter-registration privacy (HB 2327), municipal and county regulation of business property and development fees (HB 2460, HB 2946, HB 2999), legislative subpoenas (HB 2745), cold plunge regulation (HB 2439), nursing-facility complaint timelines and licensed health aide rules (HB 2195, HB 2189), court-ordered treatment review (HB 2923), Access/Medicaid reimbursement and prior authorization for diagnostic services (HB 2932), inmate mental health study committee language (HB 2673), prenatal development instruction in schools (HB 2830), public records requests by legislators (HB 4056), parents’ rights and social transitioning in schools (HB 2249), school district financial compliance and facilities contracting (HB 2481, HB 2482), Native American language proficiency for graduation (HB 2895), advanced math auto-enrollment (HB 2423), special education and military-family procedures (HB 2621), AI rules for state agencies (HB 2592), eviction record sealing (HB 2244), tax filing penalties (HB 2016), shade structures in HOAs (HB 2342), homelessness-related community restitution (HB 2028), medical records timelines (HB 2557), PFAS firefighting foam restrictions (HB 2641), family-court expert testimony and prisoner transition services (HB 2662, HB 2440), address confidentiality protections (HB 2594), guardianship notice attestation (HB 2661), utilities for high-load customers (HB 2756), and nuclear-ready community planning (HB 2456). The committee also briefly moved to Caucus Calendar 19 for additional bills on mobile food vendors, school board training, out-of-state travel and meeting transparency, and a medical-intervention nondiscrimination bill. Several bills drew substantive discussion or criticism. Members debated HB 2932 at length, with staff explaining that Access said the bill would have a high fiscal impact because it would require reimbursement for non-contracted lab services and eliminate prior authorization for a broad range of diagnostic services, potentially increasing costs substantially. HB 2249 also prompted concern from members who argued it could force teachers to out students and create civil liability for using preferred pronouns or failing to notify parents about social transitioning. HB 2830 was criticized as requiring prenatal-development instruction while barring discussion of sexual activity or reproduction. HB 2028, which allows community restitution instead of a $20 probation assessment for people who are indigent and experiencing homelessness, was questioned as potentially punitive. HB 2481 was discussed as a way to help, rather than punish, small rural school districts struggling with financial-record compliance. The caucus also noted that several of the measures were sponsored by Democrats, which was highlighted as notable during the meeting. No formal votes were taken in the transcript. The caucus chair repeatedly asked for questions, and in most cases there were none, after which the sponsor was understood to intend concurrence with the Senate amendments. The meeting ended with adjournment after the caucus moved through the remaining calendar items.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Appropriations Committee, February 9, 2026

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, first appropriation on page two, line four, is legislative staff permanent and temporary, about 11.5
  • $293,000 for the biennium; Energy Council, $76,000; Council of State Governments, $271,000. and temporary
  • about 11.5 million. and temporary about 11.5 million.
Bills: HB0105, HB0107, SF0002
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session May 27th, 2026

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Because farm worker housing Housing instability in our state.
  • , and electricians, and teams, construction workers, and electricians, and day workers.
  • And yet the data shows that we've had very productive workers.
  • So I do. ...the data shows that we've had very productive workers.
  • Eighty-six percent of our construction workers are non-union.
Keywords: 988, house, all
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Administration of Criminal Justice Apr 23rd, 2026

Administration of Criminal Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • To be clear, it's just a temporary fix. That's correct, right?
  • To be clear, it's just a temporary fix. That's correct, right. LaFleur.
  • organization that represents mental health professionals, psychologists, neuropsychologists, and social workers
Summary: The committee first handled housekeeping by voluntarily deferring HB 123, HB 255, and HB 994 without objection. It then took up SCR 3 by Sen. Myers, which sought to delay implementation of a State Police rule change affecting criminal history background checks for certain health care workers and authorized agents until October 1, 2026, to avoid hiring delays. An amendment was adopted to remove language authorizing parish and local law enforcement to perform checks during the interim. After testimony from health care stakeholders who supported the delay, SCR 3 as amended was reported favorably. The committee next considered HB 978 by Rep. Lecombe, which as amended changed the bill from a town-of-Addis-specific exception to a broader adjustment in the population threshold for municipalities required to remit special costs to the district indigent defender fund, raising the threshold from under 5,000 to under 9,000 population. Supporters said the change would relieve small mayor’s courts and similar local courts of a $45-per-violation burden that was not well suited to those systems. The bill drew support from local officials and was reported favorably as amended. HB 967 by Rep. Moore, which would have expanded parole eligibility for certain long-serving offenders convicted before July 2, 1973 by removing language limiting eligibility to those who had pleaded guilty, generated extensive debate. Supporters argued the bill would only allow elderly prisoners to be considered by the parole board and would not guarantee release, while opponents, including district attorneys and the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, argued the 2022 law already covered those who pled guilty and that the bill would extend relief to people convicted at trial of serious violent crimes. After discussion, the motion to report HB 967 favorably failed on an 8-3 vote. The committee then heard HB 1107 by Rep. Melancon, a post-conviction procedure bill for capital cases involving claims of intellectual disability. The bill, as amended, raised the burden of proof to clear and convincing evidence, required expert reports and IQ information, applied Daubert-style reliability screening, and clarified that it only applies in death penalty cases. Supporters from the Attorney General’s office and district attorneys said the bill would create a clearer procedure and speed resolution of Atkins claims; opponents from disability-rights, criminal defense, and medical groups argued it would replace clinical standards with a rigid statutory definition, rely too heavily on a 75 IQ cutoff, and risk excluding people with genuine intellectual disabilities. Testimony continued through the end of the transcript, with no final committee vote shown on HB 1107.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Insurance Jun 4th, 2026

Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • And since 2018, the percentage of small firms, here counting those with less than 200 workers, has risen
  • Here, counting those with less than 200 workers, has risen significantly.
  • We got a temporary injunction. Rules are being redone. We'll continue that conversation.
  • They continue. problem driving up health care costs for Texas employers and their workers.
  • , 1099s, gig workers.
Keywords: 1184, house, all
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on the Judiciary Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on the Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • Under Section 35, you add a social worker to the equation...
  • workers.
  • When workers are paid fairly, the state has paid their fair share of taxes.
  • I'm an attorney and a licensed certified social worker.
  • Worker in the state of Mississippi. And I was Elle L.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The committee heard extensive testimony on several Judiciary bills, with the largest portion focused on S. 1178/H. 2052 to reduce mass incarceration and end life without parole. People incarcerated at MCI Framingham, MCI Norfolk, and NCCI Gardner described personal growth, rehabilitation, restorative justice work, family separation, and the belief that parole eligibility after long sentences would better reflect public safety and human development. Speakers emphasized that life without parole removes hope and can undermine rehabilitation, while supporters argued that many lifers are older, less likely to reoffend, and could contribute positively if given a chance at parole review. Committee members did not take votes during the hearing. The committee also heard testimony on S. 1139 to restore the statute of limitations for wrongful death claims involving tobacco use, with Sen. Keenan explaining that a recent SJC decision had cut off claims where the injured person did not sue within three years before death. He said the bill would restore families’ ability to seek redress in cases involving long-latency tobacco harms like COPD. Another major topic was S. 1205, which would add abusive litigation to the definition of coercive control in domestic violence law; Sen. Michael Moore said the bill would stop abusers from using repeated court filings to harass and financially burden survivors. The committee also took up S. 1114 on automatic record sealing, with Sen. Friedman and others arguing that the current petition-based process is slow, burdensome, and disproportionately harms people with criminal records, especially Black and Latino residents. Testimony also supported H. 1965/S. 1132 on compensation for wrongful conviction, with advocates and sponsors describing a faster administrative claims process, transitional support, and higher compensation without the current cap. Sen. Payano testified for S. 1241 to expand educational programming for incarcerated emerging adults, saying education reduces recidivism and improves reentry outcomes. A substantial portion of the hearing focused on S. 2522, an update to Massachusetts’ shield law for reproductive and gender-affirming care. Sen. Friedman, the Attorney General’s office, and DPH Commissioner Robbie Goldstein said the bill is needed to strengthen protections against out-of-state legal attacks, protect patient and provider data, clarify enforcement authority, and add a state-level EMTALA-style emergency care requirement. Committee members asked detailed questions about prescription labeling, the prescription monitoring program, attorney discipline, custody and full faith and credit issues, and whether the bill’s enforcement language could create unintended limits or conflicts. The Attorney General’s office said it would provide follow-up written testimony on several technical questions.
VT

Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Session - 2026-05-27 - 10:00AM

Vermont House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Recommendations for a pathway to ease disputes between CTE centers and sending high schools, which is a temporary
  • This bill will be a temporary fix, but it will put us on the path to ensure more equal opportunities
  • This bill will be a temporary fix, but it will put us on the path to ensure more equal opportunities
  • This bill will be a temporary fix, but it will put us on the path to ensure more equal opportunities
Keywords: 926, house, all
Summary: The House took up Senate Bill 313, relating to transforming Vermont’s career technical education system. The Committee on Commerce and Economic Development described the bill as part of a broader effort to integrate CTE more fully into Vermont’s education system, with goals including universal access, more consistent admissions and credit policies, better transportation access, updated rules and procedures, and stronger alignment with workforce needs. The committee emphasized that CTE should be treated as a core part of education, not a stand-alone track, and reported the bill favorably 11-0-0 after hearing from education, labor, workforce, fiscal, and CTE stakeholders. The Committee on Education recommended a few changes, including a typo correction and removal of a legislative working group, explaining that broader education reform work already underway would make a separate working group duplicative. It added a task for the Agency of Education to study how to serve adult diploma students in CTE programs amid federal funding changes, and it supported the bill with an amendment vote of 10-0-1. The Committee on Appropriations said the fiscal impact could not yet be estimated because it depends on future rulemaking, and it recommended the bill ought to pass in concurrence as amended by a vote of 10-0-1. The House adopted the Education Committee amendment, then adopted a further amendment offered by Representative Bartley and others that incorporated language from S. 230 while removing a solicitation provision related to Department of Corrections property. The House then agreed to propose the amended bill to the Senate, ordered third reading, suspended rules to place the bill in all remaining stages of passage, passed S. 313 in concurrence with proposal of amendment, and suspended rules again to message its action to the Senate forthwith. The House then recessed until 1:00 p.m.
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

PSM DEFER, PSM Public Hearings 03-20-2026

Public Safety and Military Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • This measure appropriates funds to the judiciary for the efficient processing of temporary restraining
  • This measure appropriates funds to the judiciary for the efficient processing of temporary restraining
  • This measure appropriates funds to the judiciary for the efficient processing of temporary restraining
  • This measure appropriates funds to the judiciary for the efficient processing of temporary restraining
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs took up several measures, beginning with House Bill 2413 on pre-trial reform, which had been deferred from a prior agenda. The chair said the committee would incorporate judiciary recommendations and other technical, non-substantive amendments to continue discussion, and the measure was adopted with amendments by a 2-1 vote, with one member excused. The committee then heard extensive testimony on House Bill 2062, which appropriates funds for gun violence prevention efforts, including processing temporary restraining orders and gun violence protective orders and funding public awareness campaigns. Supporters, including county, advocacy, law enforcement, and student witnesses, said the bill would improve implementation of an existing law, save lives, and reduce suicides and violence. Opponents argued red flag laws can be abused, raise due process concerns, and may create dangerous enforcement situations. Written testimony was reported as 60 in support, 47 in opposition, and one comment. The committee later passed HB 2062 with amendments, including a corrected effective date, by a 3-1 vote with one member excused. The committee also considered House Bill 1957 on safe entryways, which would establish enforcement procedures in larger cities to prevent blocking of private doorways and entrances. Written testimony included support and opposition, but no oral testimony was offered, and the bill was passed with technical, non-substantive amendments. House Bill 253 on fireworks, which expands civil asset forfeiture for felony fireworks offenses and clarifies air-delivery provisions, was also passed with an amended effective date. House Bill 2581 on emergency management, which would narrow the definitions of disasters and emergencies, drew testimony both supporting the bill as a check on emergency powers and opposing it as incomplete or too broad in its current form; decision-making on that measure was deferred to the committee’s March 23 meeting. House Bill 2498 on a care home resilience pilot program was also deferred to March 23 after no testimony was offered.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

AEN Public Hearing 03-14-2025

Agriculture and Environment

Transcript Highlights:
  • SCR 103 and SR 84, requesting the governor to convene a temporary working group to investigate the existence
  • 00:22:52.920> a requesting the governor to convene a requesting the governor to convene a temporary
  • working<00:22:53.800> group<00:22:54.000> to<00:22:54.120> investigate temporary
  • working group to investigate temporary working group to investigate the<00:22:54.800> existence
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The AEN hearing on March 14, 2025 reviewed several agriculture, biosecurity, animal, and climate-related measures, but the chair announced at the outset that the committee would not have decision-making that day because quorum was not expected. Decision-making for the full agenda was rescheduled to Monday, March 17, 2025 at 1:02 p.m. in room 224. Testimony was limited to one minute per speaker. Measures heard included HB 48 HD2 on coffee labeling and regional origin, HB 782 HD1 creating a Department of Agriculture working group to review obsolete agricultural laws, HB 980 HD1 on mongoose and feral chicken control, and HB 1237 HD1 appropriating funds for agricultural biosecurity and invasive species work in Maui County. The Department of Agriculture supported HB 48, HB 782, and HB 1237, and several industry and conservation groups testified in support of the first two. HB 980 drew strong opposition from Pono Advocacy and the Hawaiian Humane Society, who argued it raised animal cruelty and public health concerns, especially during H5N1 risks; the measure also had support from agriculture-related groups. HB 1237 received broad support, with witnesses asking for language changes to broaden coverage to additional invasive species and to better support Maui Invasive Species Committee work on little fire ants and other pests. The committee also heard SCR 88/SR 71 on a microbial algae soil products pilot program, SCR 91/SR 74 on self-defense law changes for agricultural communities, SCR 93/SR 76 on integrating indigenous knowledge into climate policy, SCR 94/SR 77 on Maui axis deer control and venison, and SCR 103/SR 84 on a PFAS working group. Testimony on SCR 91/SR 74 came largely from ranching and agricultural interests in support, citing trespass, poaching, and safety concerns. SCR 93/SR 76 drew support from a Native Hawaiian testifier and others who emphasized stewardship, intergenerational planning, and climate resilience. SCR 94/SR 77 and SCR 103/SR 84 also received support, including from the Department of Agriculture and the Honolulu Board of Water Supply on the PFAS measure. No votes were taken.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Judiciary (05/06/2025)

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • Well, I understand the temporary situation.
  • In Well, I understand the temporary situation.
  • There is still remains skilled workers.
  • Transgender people are our neighbors, co-workers, students, and family members.
  • Transgender people are our neighbors, co-workers, students, and family members.
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session May 27th, 2026

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • there. ...and harassed just because they were hotel workers there.
  • This would help support our small businesses, consumers, and workers.
  • , electricians, and day workers.
  • And yet the data shows that we've had very productive workers.
  • So I do... ...the data shows that we've had very productive workers.
Summary: The Assembly met in session, established a quorum, approved dispensing with the previous day’s journal, and then took up a long third-reading file. Early procedural actions included moving AB 1589 to the inactive file and continuing reconsideration items. The chamber then considered a series of bills largely focused on immigration enforcement, detention, worker protections, child care, voting access, and related public services. Several immigration-related measures passed, including AB 2393 on damages for false imprisonment/arrest, AB 1994 on an immigrant victims’ rights and resources card, AB 1929 on health plan investment disclosures, AB 1633 imposing a tax on for-profit detention facilities, AB 1650 requiring decals on rental vehicles used for enforcement, AB 1655 protecting CalWORKs benefits when a child is detained, and AB 1896 disqualifying people who participated in immigration enforcement from certain public employment. AB 2230, which would bar immigration enforcement near polling places and child care facilities, also passed after extensive debate. Supporters framed these bills as accountability and protection for vulnerable communities; opponents argued they targeted federal law enforcement, were unnecessary, or raised constitutional concerns. AB 1851 on statewide school mental-health guidance also passed unanimously. After the midday recess, the Assembly returned and continued with more bills tied to immigration impacts and child welfare. AB 2379 passed with urgency, requiring child care providers to be informed of constitutional rights and trained on protections when confronted by immigration enforcement. AB 2460 passed to update school behavioral-health referral protocols for students affected by immigration enforcement trauma. AB 2495 passed to expand prohibitions on employer immigration-related threats, and AB 2662 was presented as a way for California to monitor and document federal enforcement actions and report on their community impacts. Throughout the day, the floor featured repeated exchanges over whether the bills addressed real problems or were political messaging, but the measures that came to a vote generally advanced with majority support.