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HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
CPN, CPN Public Hearings 02-13-2026
Transcript Highlights:
- citizens to forcing law-abiding citizens to subsidize<00:35:18.720>
violations. - They preserve habitability, but they're effectively forced to act as uncompensated custodians of rental
- They preserve habitability, but they're effectively forced to act as uncompensated custodians of rental
- to act as but they're effectively forced to act as uncompensated<01:02:52.160>
custodians <01: - condo associations across the forcing condo associations across the state<01:31:35.920>
of <01
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on SB 2294, which would require condominium associations, boards, and managing agents to comply with declarations, bylaws, county ordinances, and state and federal laws, including mortgage lending requirements. The Community Associations Institute opposed the bill as redundant, arguing existing law already requires compliance and provides penalties. Supporters, including condominium owners and board members, said the measure would clarify that associations are not “self-governing” in a way that exempts them from outside laws, and cited examples where local officials or police told residents to take issues back to their boards. Several supporters said the bill would reinforce board responsibility for permits, safety, and legal compliance. The committee noted 27 pieces of testimony, with 10 in support and 17 in opposition, and then moved on without taking a vote on the measure in the transcript provided.
The committee also took up SB 2298, which would require common interest community proxy forms to include additional language explaining proxy selection options. The Community Associations Institute opposed the bill, saying the proposed language was inaccurate and would not improve consumer clarity unless significantly revised. Supporters argued that proxy forms are confusing and that clearer instructions would help homeowners understand how their votes are being used. Opponents said the added language would make the forms longer and more confusing, and suggested a separate instruction sheet or other educational material instead. Testimony also raised broader concerns about proxy voting being misused in some associations, with one witness urging that proxy voting be eliminated altogether. The committee reported 29 written testimonies, including seven in support, 19 in opposition, and three with comments, and again did not record a final vote in the excerpt.
For SB 2300, which would shorten condominium reserve cash-flow projections from 30 years to 25 years, the Community Associations Institute opposed the bill, saying it would not make housing more affordable, would reduce transparency, and would increase the annual burden by giving associations less time to save for long-life components. The group suggested that if affordability is the goal, lawmakers should consider allowing future loans or special assessments with guardrails. Supporters of the bill said the shorter projection period would better reflect practical budgeting and help associations plan more realistically, though some supporters also warned against relying too heavily on loans and emphasized accountability and fiduciary responsibility. Other testimony stressed that the impact of changing the projection period would vary by association and that many owners are already struggling with rising fees. The discussion remained focused on testimony and policy concerns, with no final action on SB 2300 shown in the transcript.
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- They're not forced to do that. No, 100%. Yeah. No, and I agree with that.
- There was a large masked police force that started arresting them.
- It forces these schools to actually report on the anti-Semitic incidents, which will then force them
- Its policies have disproportionately harmed Palestinians and forced them out of their homeland.
- Palestinians and force them out of their homeland.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- The insurance task force was removed from this bill and may be moving separately in the commerce bill
- <00:52:37.440>
was <00:52:37.760>removed uh the insurance task force was removed uh - the insurance task force was removed from<00:52:38.400>
this <00:52:38.640>bill <00:52: - We use it as kind of a cover to say all allied forces, but they don't mention them out specifically,
- The language about the SGU forces was in the bill when we already passed it.
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
JHA Public Hearing - Tue Mar 24, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST
Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Not force hoteliers and our operators to hold ourselves to a standard that might be better placed in
- First part establishes a traffic fines task force to examine the Finnish tiered traffic fines system
- We have just a task force composition proposed friendly amendment. We strongly oppose part two.
- He added that the traffic fines task force was actually based on international models.
- She said these solutions and task forces are great, but ultimately the task force is an intermediary
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on SB 83, which would require hotel keepers to give adequate notice of service disruptions to guests and third-party vendors. The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs Office of Consumer Protection supported the bill but asked for amendments to restore remedies and add a nonwaiver provision, arguing that without penalties the measure would lack consequences and that consumers should not be able to waive the notice rights. Supporters, including Unite Here Local 5 and individual testifiers, said guests deserve transparency and meaningful recourse when disruptions occur, especially for labor disputes, construction, or other service interruptions that affect the experience they paid for.
Hotel industry representatives, including the American Hotel and Lodging Association, the Hawaii Hotel Alliance, and hotel workers/testifiers, opposed the bill in its current form while offering amendments. They said the measure was too broad, difficult to implement, and could interfere with collective bargaining, third-party booking systems, and existing contracts. They also argued that some disruptions are not easily known in advance and that the bill unfairly singles out hotels compared with other industries. One testifier emphasized that notice should be required only for actual, known disruptions rather than potential events, and another raised concerns about applying the bill to properties not directly involved in a labor dispute.
After the SB 83 testimony, the committee moved on to SB 2798, which would make permanent and expand statewide the agricultural enforcement pilot program created in 2025 and rename it the agricultural enforcement program. The chair introduced the measure and called on the Hawaii Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity as the first testifier, but the transcript excerpt ends before testimony or any vote on SB 2798.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
PSM-JDC, JDC Public Hearings 03-13-2025
Public Safety and Military Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- We also believe this is consistent with the Hawaii State Judiciary's criminal pre-trial task force and
- <00:49:11.599>
and <00:49:11.720>their pre-trial task force and their pre-trial task - force and their recommendations<00:49:12.559>
issued <00:49:12.920>in <00:49:13.480> - It's also a situation where people may be forced to choose between resolving their case on the merits
- <01:36:10.639>
to situation where people may be forced to situation where people may be forced
Summary:
The joint committees heard testimony on several fireworks-related bills. On HB 550, which would allow law enforcement to use drone recordings to establish probable cause for fireworks arrests in public areas and appropriate funds for drones, the Department of Law Enforcement and Honolulu Police Department supported the measure. The Public Defender and some public testifiers opposed it, arguing that a statute cannot mandate probable cause and that the bill raises constitutional concerns. A prosecutor later explained that the bill is intended to address Hawaiʻi case law, especially State v. Kit, which limits aerial surveillance over homes under the state constitution, and suggested that changing “shall” to “may” could reduce constitutional problems. Members also questioned whether current law already allows video evidence of fireworks violations and whether the bill was necessary. Testimony included both support and opposition from individuals and organizations, and no vote was taken during the hearing.
The committees then heard HB 806, which would appropriate funds for the Department of Law Enforcement to conduct sting operations on Oʻahu to enforce fireworks laws. The department and police supported the bill, while the Libertarian Party of Hawaiʻi opposed it, arguing that fireworks are already illegal and that the measure adds unnecessary enforcement powers and constitutional risk. Committee members asked what “sting operation” means and whether the term should be defined more clearly; the department said it refers to police or criminal investigations involving deception and agreed a definition would help guide use of the funds. The department also said the funding would support training, storage, and other operational costs for undercover investigations.
Finally, the committees heard HB 1483, a broader fireworks enforcement bill that would create an adjudication system for fireworks infractions, revise definitions and penalties, establish new offenses, and increase penalties when fireworks offenses cause injury or death. The Attorney General’s office strongly supported the bill, saying it would improve enforcement by clarifying definitions and allowing cases to be proven without particle testing or expert witnesses when fireworks leave no physical evidence. The Department of Law Enforcement also supported it. The Public Defender opposed the bill, focusing on the bill’s penalty enhancements for offenses that are rarely enforced and its concurrent trial provision, which it said raises problems because of the differences between civil and criminal proceedings. No final committee action or vote was reported in the transcript.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- <00:55:40.720>
to landlords that are just being forced to landlords that are just being forced - out they'll at least have a fair forced out they'll at least have a fair shot<01:07:17.799>
at <01:38:29.480>- When this bill passes, good people are going to be forced out of their homes for no good reason.
- In California, the state's largest corporate landlord, Invitation Homes, was forced to pay $2 million
to landlord Invitation Homes was forced to landlord Invitation Homes was forced
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, March 24, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- coercive contracts, including forced coercive contracts, including forced arbitration<03:19:53.760
- <03:35:03.760>
to the lack of transparency and forced to the lack of transparency and forced - Forced to nurse other people's children while they ached for their own.
- Many of them were forced Many of them were forced to<07:43:57.840>
care <07:43:58.160>for - Forced to while theirs were stolen.
MD
Transcript Highlights:
- , uh, county police force, to coordinate with ICE?
- police force? police force?
- So, uh that would that task force model.
- <02:14:12.560>
and department or county police force and department or county police force - We we're forcing this through quickly.
Summary:
The Senate reconvened after a snow delay, heard an invocation from Reverend Scott Shelton, and conducted several floor introductions and recognitions, including birthday wishes for staff, a welcome for a temporary office staffer, recognition of the Center for Urban Families, and introduction of the week’s pages. The chamber then approved the prior journal and moved through bill and bond initiative readings, referring the listed measures to their standing committees or the capital budget subcommittee.
The first substantive action was adoption of a favorable committee report on Senate Bill 17, an emergency bill authorizing the Baltimore City Board of Licensed Commissioners to issue a related event promoters permit for the CIAA tournament. The floor leader said the bill had no amendments, no fiscal impact, and no opposition in committee. The Senate adopted the report without objection and ordered the bill printed for third reading.
The Senate then took up Senate Bill 1 from the Judicial Proceedings Committee, which would require the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission to adopt a statewide policy on law enforcement face coverings, apply it to state, local, and federal officers in Maryland, and enforce violations through a civil citation and discipline. The committee report included two amendments: one technical and one making the policy statewide and preempting local policies. During extended debate, the bill’s sponsor argued that masks undermine transparency and trust and that the measure would create a uniform standard. A senator from Frederick County questioned whether the bill would effectively create a policy for federal agents without Maryland-specific training and raised concerns about enforcement, temporary detention, complaints, and possible conflicts with federal authority. The sponsor responded that officers would retain discretion, that the bill would be enforced through civil citations, and that similar civil enforcement mechanisms have been upheld in Maryland. No final vote on the amended report is shown in the transcript excerpt.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, July 14, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Even 50 years after the fall of Saigon, the legacy of the Republic of Vietnam Forces lives on.
- of Vietnam Armed Forces Day or Nai<00:20:59.600>
Wungluk. - <00:21:07.760>
We Republic of Vietnam Forces lives on. - We Republic of Vietnam Forces lives on.
- trying to tear stand firm against forces trying to tear it<07:41:20.320>
apart.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Committee Budget Briefing (04/08/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- I remember when I was in the Air Force and medical care were free, people went there for every little
- <00:18:38.799>
and remember when I was in the Air Force and remember when I was in the Air - and force them all to take on VLTS. and force them all to take on VLTS.
- force electric vehicles to subsidize the others.
- Is that what... if on a task force or committee or commission taking a look at this?
Summary:
The meeting was a House budget briefing focused on the overall state budget and the first of three divisions. The presenter reviewed the size and structure of the budget, noting that the state had eliminated the interest and dividends tax and still balanced the budget. He explained the major spending categories in the general fund and total budget, emphasizing that health and human services and education remain the largest areas, while transportation is largely self-funded. He also walked through the revenue picture, including business taxes, insurance taxes, court fees, communications taxes, and Medicaid recoveries, and said the remaining interest and dividends tax revenue reflected late payments from prior assessments.
Members asked about the size of the tax cut from eliminating the interest and dividends tax, federal funding stability, and why Medicaid was being reduced if federal support was expected to remain steady. The response was that the lost revenue would have been about $200 million absent repeal, and that the budget gap was addressed through many small cuts across departments. On federal funds, the presenter said most aid is tied to multi-year grants and that core programs such as Medicare and Medicaid were expected to remain relatively stable, though some federal reductions could occur. He also said some agency reductions came from eliminating long-vacant, funded positions and from expected lapses.
The discussion then moved into Division One, which covers smaller and miscellaneous agencies. The division made cuts to the governor’s office, eliminated a temporary position at the Governor’s Commission on Disability, reduced Department of Information Technology spending through a back-of-budget cut, and found savings in Administrative Services. It also delayed maintenance at the Sununu Youth Services Center, stopped advertising for paid family medical leave, changed retiree health insurance funding, and consolidated several personnel-related boards into one. The division eliminated the Commission on Aging and the Office of the Child Advocate, made a temporary special education advocate position permanent, reduced the Secretary of State’s budget, kept municipal rooms-and-meals distributions flat, and made changes to the retirement system, including $55 million to improve Group 2 retirement benefits and a new retirement structure for future state hires. The judicial branch was also asked to find savings and received two additional judges because of expected caseload increases from other eliminations.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, February 10, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you, and I yield back. world's first formidable Air Force in world's first formidable Air Force
- in 1950<02:13:36.679>
Patrick <02:13:37.079>Air <02:13:37.280>Force <02:13:37.480 - >
Base <02:13:37.760>in <02:13:37.920>my 1950 Patrick Air Force Base in my 1950 - Patrick Air Force Base in my district<02:13:38.440>
was <02:13:38.599>named <02:13:38.880 - <04:23:27.040>
the double standard it means forcing the double standard it means forcing the
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 4/7/26
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
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This Priority Admissions Task Force. This Priority Admissions Task Force. - Unit-based billing forces staff to think about the clock instead of the person.
- 01:20:19.760>
in Forcing integrated community supports in Forcing integrated community supports - Unit-based billing forces transactions.
- >
staffing Removing them forces higher staffing Removing them forces higher staffing models<01
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado Senate 2026 Legislative Day 063 Mar 18th, 2026
Colorado Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Armed Forces provide such sacred military funeral honors, recognizing it is the veteran who preserves
- of industry leaders to and a task force of industry leaders to rewrite<00:38:35.200>
and <00:38 - By extending the implementation timeline, this amendment ensures that Colorado farmers are not forced
- By extending the implementation timeline, this amendment ensures that Colorado farmers are not forced
- commercial venues to comply and forces commercial venues to comply with<01:49:57.840>
statewide
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Labor, Health & Social Services, February 11, 2026
Labor, Health & Social Services
Transcript Highlights:
- from forcing centers to provide<00:31:00.480>
or <00:31:00.799>refer <00:31:01.200> - It also found that the requirement forcing non-medical pregnancy centers to add large disclosures about
- Nor is the claim that no state is forcing pregnancy centers to perform or refer for abortions valid.
- You know, the OB desert that we've been talking about for years, the governor's task force, that kind
- , that kind of the governor's task force, that kind of thing.<01:38:04.080>
Can <01:38:04.239><
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- It has a forced main that will facilitate this project. We don't have to invest in that part of it.
- plant and Sewer collection system<00:04:07.760>
has <00:04:07.879>a <00:04:08.040>forced - <00:04:08.480>
main <00:04:09.280>that <00:04:09.400>will system has a forced - main that will system has a forced main that will facilitate<00:04:10.360>
this <00:04:10.599> - the city is forced the city is forced to to to Jet<01:06:18.359>
frequently <01:06:19.160>
Bills:
HF343, HF446, HF448, HF674, HF811, HF832, HF1661, HF1528, HF1536, HF1541, HF1670, HF1438, HF1714, HF1748, HF1835, HF1904, HF1929, HF1942
Keywords:
HF343, Chisago County, Shorewood Park Sanitary Sewer District, Rush Lake, sewer extension, wastewater infrastructure, sanitary sewer, treatment pond, sewage treatment, capital investment, bonding bill, state bonds, Public Facilities Authority, local infrastructure, municipal utilities, water quality, sanitation, bond proceeds fund, Minnesota bonding, HF446
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- on eliminating subminimum wages force on eliminating subminimum wages to<00:03:11.959>
close < - Um, I had served on the task force for eliminating sub-minimum wages back a couple of years ago.
- Um, I had served on the task force for eliminating sub-minimum wages back a couple of years ago.
- Um, I had served on the task force for eliminating sub-minimum wages back a couple of years ago.
- from recommendations from the task force from recommendations from the task force on<01:41:42.280
NY
New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York State Senate Session - 05/21/2026
New York Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- In her role as the director of the citywide task force on pregnant and parenting teens, she advocated
- IN HER ROLE AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE CITY-WIDE TASK FORCE ON PREGNANT AND PARENTING TEENS, SHE ADVOCATED
- this moment to put a Queens part of it back in and not let Brooklyn share all of the power of this force
- THIS MOMENT TO PUT A QUEENS PART OF IT BACK IN AND NOT LET BROOKLYN SHARE ALL OF THE POWER OF THIS FORCE
- THAT WE SHOULD NOT BELIEVE OUR LYING EYES, SEEING A ROGUE PARAMILITARY FORCE SHOOT AND KILL AMERICAN
Summary:
The Senate opened with routine proceedings, approval of the prior day’s journal, and several motions to restore previously passed bills to the third-reading calendar. Senate Print 2436A, an amendment to the Administrative Code of New York City, and Senate Print 7160, an amendment to the Elder Law, were both reconsidered and restored to the calendar by roll call. Amendments were also received on Senate Print 9960, which retained its place on the third-reading calendar. The chamber then paused to honor Madeline Wilson on her 100th birthday and Marilyn D. Mosley through previously adopted resolutions, with family members and guests recognized on the floor. The Senate also welcomed Columbia Kicks Cancer, a student-run East Greenbush fundraising team that raised more than $239,000 for blood cancer research and care.
The Finance Committee reported Senate Print 9005C, a budget bill amending Chapter 268 of the Laws of 1996, directly to third reading, and the Senate accepted the report and the message of necessity. The bill was then taken up on the controversial calendar, leading to extended debate on Part LL, which focused on limits on state and local cooperation with federal immigration enforcement, including 287(g) agreements, informal cooperation, masking rules for law enforcement, sensitive locations such as polling places, and the creation of an Office of Immigration Trust within the Attorney General’s office. Supporters argued the bill would keep state and municipal employees focused on their own duties, protect constitutional rights, and prevent New York resources from being used for federal immigration enforcement; they also said it would not bar all cooperation or prevent local police from responding to crime. Opponents argued it would hinder public safety, restrict law enforcement cooperation, and interfere with local discretion, while some raised concerns about constitutional issues and the practical effects on sheriffs, county jails, and police agencies.
The debate also included a separate provision creating a civil cause of action for constitutional-rights violations by federal, state, or local officials, which supporters described as an accountability measure. Members further discussed the masking section, with supporters saying it applied broadly to officials and was intended to withstand constitutional scrutiny, while opponents cited a recent Ninth Circuit ruling striking down a similar California law. The Office of Immigration Trust and its complaint/referral process were also examined, including the role of the Governor and the State Education Department in reviewing alleged violations. No final vote on the controversial calendar bill was taken in the portion of the transcript provided.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Human Services May 18th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- It forces low-income individuals to spend down modest savings just to qualify for care and trap them
- opposition to the cuts in IHSS, especially the drastic reduction to the asset test limit, which will force
- Families are forced into impossible tradeoffs: food, rent, utilities, or diapers.
- It forces people to live in extreme poverty.
- Too often, regional centers still leave clients with significant gaps in care, or they force clients
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Chamber Meeting Oct 2nd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- ESG was a government-forced set of restrictions, in particular, On banking.
- In the end, it forces government policies on private business and it forces them to deny.
- They are going after anyone who is of illegal status, and we've forced them into that, Mr. Speaker.
- So would insurance then be forced to cover them with no cost sharing?
- About this after COVID, after the mandates, after being forced to make these changes in their life that
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- SEEMS TO BE MAKING IT HARDER FOR WORK, HARDER FOR WAGES TO PROVIDE GOOD LIVING WAGES, AND TRYING TO FORCE
- YOU'RE TRYING TO FORCE PEOPLE BACK.
- IF YOU WANT PEOPLE TO JOIN THE LABOR FORCE, WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS INCREASE WAGES, INCREASE BENEFITS,
- Broward County Drug Task Force and other operations, and the unit no longer exists.
- FLORIDA HAS THE LOWEST PER CAPITA STATE FORCE IN THE COUNTRY.
Bills:
SB 2, HB 2, HB 2000, HB 2196, HB 213, HB 222, HB 645, HB 1458, HB 1022, HB 141, HB 502, HB 643, HB 3093, HB 1700, HB 117, SB 503, SB 2, HB 120, HB 20, HB 150, HB 6, HB 100, HB 210, HB 215, HB 1393, HB 1151, HB 1268, HB 142, HB 451, HB 124, HB 2, HB 2000, HB 2196, HB 213, HB 222, HB 645, HB 1458, HB 1022, HB 141, HB 502, HB 643, HB 3093, HB 1700, HB 117
Keywords:
public education, teacher compensation, certification, funding, school finance, educator rights, education funding, charter schools, staff compensation, state aid, retention allotment, child grooming, sex offender registration, criminal justice, reportable conviction, law enforcement, virtual education, hybrid learning, school funding, average daily attendance