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NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Jan 23rd, 2025
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- Income index, family income index units.
- The formula funds 1.25 units.
- So essentially, a 7th through 12th grader is worth a unit and a quarter.
- Chair, Representative Varela, yes, that's House Bill 63.
- The STAR system houses all the student and teacher information.
Committee:
House House Appropriations & Finance
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
JHA Public Hearing - Wed Feb 19, 2025 @ 2:00 PM HST
Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Next measure, House Bill 995.
- Next bill, House Bill 457.
- House Bill 979.
- House Bill 979.
- Last bill, House Bill 22.
Committee:
House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs
Summary:
The House Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs met on February 19, 2025, and first heard House Bill 150, which would prohibit lending a firearm to someone who does not have a firearm permit or a registered firearm. The Department of Law Enforcement and the Honolulu Police Department supported the bill, though HPD said enforcing any time limit on a loaned firearm would be difficult. Several members of the public opposed the measure, arguing it would interfere with lawful lending for hunting, competitions, training, military-related use, and family situations, and could create unintended criminal liability. One supporter said the bill would strengthen gun safety and encourage more responsible ownership. No vote was taken during the testimony portion described.
The committee then heard House Bill 186, which would make harassment by stalking a class C felony. The Office of the Public Defender requested deferral, arguing the bill would remove a misdemeanor option that can help deter escalation and could be unnecessarily severe and burdensome. Honolulu Police Department supported the bill, saying stalking can be a precursor to more serious violence. The Hawaiʻi State Coalition Against Domestic Violence and the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney raised concerns about how the new felony would fit within the existing grading scheme, noting that aggravated harassment by stalking and first-degree terroristic threatening are already class C felonies. April Bautista testified in strong support, describing her own experience with domestic violence and stalking and urging passage of the bill. Committee members discussed whether other penalty structures might be possible, but no final action was taken in the portion provided.
The committee also heard House Bill 991, which would delete the term “agent of the contractor” from criminal history record check provisions to comply with FBI requirements. The Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center supported the bill with comments, explaining that the FBI had found the term too broad for fingerprint-based background checks tied to access to federal tax information. In addition, House Bill 995 was introduced, changing deadlines for annual firearms carry reporting; the Department of the Attorney General supported it, saying the revised deadlines would allow a more complete report, and HPD was also heard on the measure. The transcript ends before any votes or final committee actions on these bills.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Transportation Mar 3rd, 2026
Joint Committee on Transportation
Transcript Highlights:
- And this development brought 2,100 residential units to the area.
- We're not sure what will be housed under, just more the idea that we can support housing development
- There's growth in housing.
- There's growth in housing, there's growth and economic growth in the area.
- to connect new housing to existing infrastructure.
Committee:
Joint Joint Committee on Transportation
Summary:
The Transportation Committee heard testimony on House Bill 4987, the Healey-Driscoll administration’s transportation bond bill financing long-term improvements to municipal roads and bridges. Administration officials said the bill would authorize more than $5 billion overall, including $1.2 billion for Chapter 90 over four years, $500 million for accelerated road and bridge repairs, $200 million for MBTA rail modernization and reliability, $200 million for transportation projects supporting housing development, $200 million for a new DCR parkway resilience and safety program, and reauthorizations for federal-aid highway projects, non-federal highway projects, municipal pavement, and Shared Streets and Spaces. They emphasized that the proposal is backed by Commonwealth Transportation Fund revenues, including registry fees, gas tax, and Fair Share surtax revenue, and said it would improve safety, reliability, housing production, and regional equity.
Committee members asked about the four-year Chapter 90 authorization, the housing-related transportation funding, federal funding uncertainty, and how the MBTA money would support commuter rail electrification and regional rail. Administration witnesses said the multi-year structure would help municipalities plan and avoid more expensive deferred maintenance, that the housing funds would be flexible for infrastructure needs tied to development, and that the state is pursuing federal grants while relying on state-backed capital financing. They also described process improvements at MassDOT that have reduced project bid-to-notice timelines by 60% and said the rail modernization funds would support locomotive procurement, including battery-electric and Tier 4 diesel locomotives.
The Massachusetts Municipal Association and local officials from Sherborn, Conway, and Yarmouth strongly supported the bill, saying the increased Chapter 90 funding and road-mile formula have made a major difference for small and rural communities and that four-year funding would improve predictability, project bundling, and cost savings. They cited local road, bridge, culvert, and gravel-road needs and urged favorable action. A Better City and MAPC also supported the bill but urged the committee to use it for broader transportation policy changes and new revenue tools, including possible reforms to TNC fees, regional pricing, and other funding mechanisms. The committee took no vote during the hearing and adjourned after testimony.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Facing Minnesota's Affordability Crisis by Addressing Healthcare Costs and Home Construction Hurdles May 1st, 2026
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- According to the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, the state needs to build 182,000 new housing units
- There's a lack of housing and, many times, a lack of affordable housing.
- housing housing ownership<00:17:23.160><c> situation.
- And obviously building build a house.
- </c> Revenue or the Housing Finance Agency. Revenue or the Housing Finance Agency.
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
MS House Floor - 12 February, 2026; 10:00 AM
Mississippi House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We thank you for the Speaker of the House. We thank you for the President of the United States.
- </c><00:37:33.440><c> Bill</c> >> on House Bill 12 item 9, House Bill >> on House Bill 12
- House Bill gentlemen of the House, uh House Bill 710<01:25:56.000><c> is</c><01:25:56.080><c> a</c><01
- House<01:48:11.199><c> Bill</c><01:48:11.520><c> 538.</c> House Bill 538. House Bill 538.
- Speaker, House<04:54:08.320><c> Bill</c><04:54:08.878><c> 1744</c> House Bill 1744 House Bill 1744 um
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Natural Resources and Environment Apr 8th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- We're going to start with House Bill 886.
- Next bill: House Bill 855 by Representative Ogeron. House Bill 886 is reported favorable.
- In closing, I refer to House Resolution 101 passed by the House in 2014.
- Members, we are a united working coast, and we cannot afford to lose in another, We are a united working
- I know it might be hard in the future, housing.
Summary:
The committee took up House Bill 886 by Rep. Orgeron, which would make seasonal catch totals and related reporting for the commercial menhaden fishery publicly available by carving out an exception to confidentiality rules. The author said the bill was intended to align with the original intent of prior reporting legislation and to ensure the public can see how much menhaden is being taken from Louisiana waters. Supporters, including Louisiana Wildlife Federation, CCA, charter captains, and recreational anglers, argued the fishery uses a public resource and that transparency is needed for policymaking. Opponents said they did not object to transparency in principle, but one speaker asked that size-sampling data be removed, arguing it has no scientific value and is already handled through NOAA and Gulf States Marine Fisheries Council processes. The committee reported HB 886 favorably without opposition.
The committee then heard House Bill 855, also by Rep. Orgeron, which would establish a 22-foot depth requirement for the commercial use of purse seines in the menhaden fishery. The author said the bill was based on a state-funded bycatch study showing red drum bycatch rises sharply in shallow water and that the current quarter-mile buffer is insufficient, especially in nearshore areas where recreational fishing and sensitive habitats are concentrated. Supporters emphasized the public trust nature of menhaden, the economic value of recreational fishing, and concerns about bycatch, beach fouling, and localized depletion. Several speakers cited the bycatch study, public comments opposing the recent reduction from a half-mile to a quarter-mile buffer, and the belief that deeper-water fishing would reduce impacts on redfish and other species.
Department of Wildlife and Fisheries staff and the study’s principal investigator, Dr. Scott Rayburn, answered questions about the current buffer rules, enforcement, and the science behind the 22-foot threshold. They explained that the recent reduction to a quarter-mile buffer came from a commission directive and that the department had investigated complaints but found no violations. Dr. Rayburn said the 22-foot figure came from modeling red drum bycatch as a function of depth and that the study focused on red drum because of its economic and social importance, while not analyzing every species in the same way. Opponents of the bill, including West Bank Fishing and Ocean Harvesters representatives, said the rule of three is a standard confidentiality concept, argued the bill should not be framed as anti-transparency, and urged removal of the size-sampling provisions. The committee heard extensive testimony but no final action on HB 855 was recorded in the excerpt.
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
December 2, 2025 - 01:00 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- MEMBERS, HOUSE BILL 355 ADDRESSES THE LACK OF PEDIATRIC READINESS STANDARDS IN OUR HOSPITAL EMERGENCY
- THE CONGRESSMAN WAS A REPRESENTATIVE IN THE FLORIDA HOUSE.
- FEWEST FALLS ON THEIR UNIT EACH MONTH WE RECOGNIZE THE UNIT WITH THE FEWEST FALLS WHETHER IT'S A PIZZA
- YES WE ARE AT FULL CAPACITY TODAY AND WE DO HAVE A MEMORY CARE SECURE UNIT SO OUR MEMORY CARE UNIT IS
- BUT THEY ARE ON THE SECOND FLOOR WITHIN A SECURE UNIT.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Those houses are not being built yet because housing sales have declined.
- We have 148 million residential houses in the United States.
- They can have as much as 72,000 new housing units, or what's even worse, none at all, since the wording
- The House has it at $501 million.
- The House has it at $501 million.
Committee:
Senate Rules
NY
New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York State Senate Session - 02/24/2026
New York Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I was born in the houses, very proud to say. Born in the houses.
- I was not born in the hospital, I was born in the houses. No midwife.
- I WAS BORN IN THE HOUSES, VERY PROUD TO SAY. BORN IN THE HOUSES.
- Just the name alone for PUSH: People United to Save Humanity.
- I would like to remind the House this vote is on the procedures of the House and the ruling of the Chair
Summary:
The Senate convened, approved the prior Journal, and began with ceremonial recognitions before moving to legislative business. Members honored the Schenectady Belmont Pop Warner football team for winning the Eastern Regional Championship and being a top-ranked national team, with Senators Parker and Tedisco praising the players, coaches, and volunteers. The chamber then adopted Senate Resolution 1636, mourning the death of Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson and recognizing his lifetime of civil rights, labor, voting rights, and social justice advocacy. Multiple senators spoke in support, reflecting on his influence on politics, the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, and the message that “I am somebody.”
After the resolution, the Senate took up the calendar and passed a series of bills, largely focused on health care, insurance, and public health. These included measures on municipal law, mental hygiene, correction law, executive law, and several insurance and public health bills addressing prescription drug pricing, pharmacy benefit managers, rebates, and anti-competitive drug practices. Senators Myrie, Borrello, Jackson, Fernandez, and others explained votes in support of transparency, patient access, and lowering drug costs; some members noted concerns about pharmacy deserts and corporate consolidation. Most bills passed with broad margins, though a few drew more opposition, including Calendar 304 on anti-competitive drug agreements.
On Calendar 289, an amendment concerning domestic violence was ruled non-germane by the chair. Senator Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick appealed, arguing the amendment would create a public registry for persistent domestic violence offenders to help protect potential victims. The Senate voted on the appeal, the ruling of the chair stood, and the bill was then restored to the non-controversial calendar and passed. The Senate then completed the calendar, had no further business, and adjourned until Wednesday, February 25 at 3:00 p.m.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- We're calling the House Comman on Labor to order.
- </c> vote thank you chair voting on House vote thank you chair voting on House Bill<01:01:17.559><c>
- </c> the vote thank you chair voting on House the vote thank you chair voting on House Bill<01:05:17.240
- </c> the vote thank you chair voting on House the vote thank you chair voting on House Bill<01:06:31.799
- </c> vote thank you chair voting on House vote thank you chair voting on House Bill<01:06:56.760><c>
Committee:
House Labor
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- The game management units 13 and 18 were added as potential hunting areas for auction and lottery tags
- , should seasons be open in those game management units.
- in the state, Unit 1, where I happen to live.
- In Idaho, there are 99 big game hunting units.
- Now that's been taken away completely in 55 units and for two and a half months in the other 44.
Committee:
Senate Resources and Environment
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- I must say that we go without our business messages from the House.
- Message from the House. The reader will read. 57th Legislature, First Session 2025.
- Message from the House of Representatives: Mr.
- President, I am directed to inform the Senate that the duly enrolled and a gross copy of House Bill 1
- with emergency clause has been read in full and signed by the officers of the House. in open session
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Housing Finance and Policy Committee 2/25/25
Housing Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- We're going to talk about these a little bit together, so House File 177 and House File 178 is brought
- </c><00:03:36.200><c> roughly</c> have a a $500,000 house roughly have a a $500,000 house roughly $165,000
- </c> type thinking as we address our housing type thinking as we address our housing Supply<00:05:03.120
- So it says to qualify the first-time home buyer must own and occupy at least one unit of the housing.
- unit of the<00:26:04.880><c> housing</c><00:26:05.320><c> this</c><00:26:05.440><c> says</c><00:26:05.760
Committee:
House Housing Finance and Policy
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Regulated Industries Jan 14th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- FOR INSTANCE, IF I HAVE GOT A UNIT, A MILLION-DOLLAR UNIT AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, WHEN SOMEONE SAYS IT IS
- UNIT?
- A LOT OF TIME IT DEPENDS ON THE VALUE OF THE UNIT.
- WE ENDED UP LOOKING INTO IT AND IT WAS $13,000 ON THE UNIT.
- THERE'S NOT A MASSIVE UNDERSTANDING OF THE UNIT. 2.6% OF THE VALUE OF THE UNIT. SO YEAH.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Special Committee on Tourism Apr 15th, 2026
Special Committee on Tourism
Transcript Highlights:
- House. We're good. Thank you. I feel like Letterman. That's a wrap.
- Racial discrimination in public housing or housing anywhere is a dark chapter in American history, and
- We will now return to some of the House bills, and will...
- We will now return to some of the House bills, and we'll open the hearing on House Bill 3216, sponsored
- This is House Bill 3216, and it designates May 10th...
Committee:
House Special Committee on Tourism
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Emerging Issues Feb 9th, 2026
Emerging Issues and Professional Registration
Transcript Highlights:
- There is a severe shortage of affordable housing in our community, and a city-county housing study found
- that 3,800 housing units are not...
- And a city-county housing study found that 3,800 housing units are needed for the lower half of income
- housing receive it.
- In short, House Bill 1778 is about clarity and prevention, and House Bill 2760 is about a remedy after
Summary:
The committee first heard House Bill 3037, which would allow certain Missouri Empowerment Scholarship Account tax credits, beginning in 2028, to be carried back to the immediately prior tax year. Representative Allen said the bill was a technical timing change that would not alter the credit amount, cap, refundability, transferability, or other safeguards. Supporters, including the American Federation for Children and a representative of the scholarship organization, said the change would help donors better match contributions to their actual tax liability and could increase participation. One member raised concern about the fiscal impact on education funding, noting the Department of Revenue’s estimate of reduced revenue, while the sponsor said the delayed start date was intended to give the state time to plan.
The committee then heard House Bill 2830, which would increase the recorder fee that funds the Missouri Housing Trust Fund from $3 to $9 per real estate document. Representative Collins said the increase would strengthen funding for affordable housing, rental assistance, and homeless prevention. Supporters from Empower Missouri, Love Columbia, Peter and Paul Community Services, and Missouri’s Coalition of Recovery Support Providers testified that the fund is under-resourced, with many requests going unmet and some housing programs unable to support new construction or rehabilitation projects. They described local housing shortages, homelessness, and the need for more capital funding, arguing the fee increase would help meet demand without using general revenue. No opposition testimony was presented.
Finally, the committee took up House Bills 1778 and 2760, both aimed at protecting religious exercise during emergencies. The sponsors said the bills were prompted by COVID-era restrictions on churches and would prevent government orders from limiting worship services, while still allowing compliance with building and fire codes and excluding violence or harm. Members debated whether the bills would create a special exemption for houses of worship and whether they could interfere with public health responses to future outbreaks. A Baptist minister testified in opposition, arguing that religious gatherings should not receive special treatment and that restrictions should apply consistently to all mass gatherings. The hearing ended without a vote, and the committee adjourned after public testimony.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Jun 29th, 2026
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- , Consumer Services, and Housing Agency and creating two standalone agencies: the California Housing
- on the ballot last week to support housing production, homelessness prevention, and affordable housing
- We need workforce housing.
- people who don't have housing get housing they can afford.
- Strongly encourage an aye vote. ...who don't have housing get housing they can afford.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> protecting the interests of the United protecting the interests of the United States<00:07:11.120
- </c> surroundings, directly impacting unit surroundings, directly impacting unit cohesion,<00:08:52.399
- </c> encourage the committee to support House encourage the committee to support House Bill<00:08:58.160
- It's a House, so I wasn't aware.
- </c> Criminal Justice Committee in the House. Criminal Justice Committee in the House.
Committee:
Senate Judiciary
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- House is ready to transact business.
- House is ready to transact business.
- But we have to stay consistent in this house. We can't be biased in this house.
- We can't be biased in in this house. We can't be biased in this<00:32:48.159><c> house.
- We are the people's this house.
MD
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:10:10.880><c> of</c> senator and one member of the house of senator and one member of the house
- [Applause] welcome to the Affordable Housing welcome to the Affordable Housing Coalition.<00:12:22.240
- <00:20:02.799><c> States</c><00:20:03.120><c> Congress,</c> United States Congress, United States Congress
- </c> the United States in 1860. the United States in 1860.
- </c><00:25:47.200><c> people</c> era in our history by uniting people era in our history by uniting people
Summary:
The Senate convened with 39 members present, heard the invocation from Reverend Meredith West, and journalized her remarks. The chamber then recognized several guest groups and observances, including Omega Psi Phi Fraternity’s Second District Corridor 1 for “100 Q’s in Annapolis Day,” the Kent Island High School boys lacrosse team for winning the Maryland 2A state championship, Arts Day participants, Rural Maryland Council members, Maryland Affordable Housing Coalition advocates, and visitors from the Maryland Judiciary. Senators also spoke about the meaning of Kente cloth during Black History Month, and the chamber recognized a birthday and thanked protocol staff for Valentine’s Day decorations.
The Senate’s featured presentation was the annual Lincoln Day speech by the Senator from the 37th District. The senator reflected on Abraham Lincoln’s life, political career, and moral leadership, emphasizing his self-education, opposition to the expansion of slavery, the Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg, and the idea that the nation’s founding principles of liberty and equality guided Lincoln through the Civil War. The minority leader praised the address, and the Senate agreed without objection to journalize the remarks.
After the ceremonial portion, the Senate moved to business. Bond initiatives on the calendar were read and referred to the Capital Budget Subcommittee. The Executive Nominations Committee reported favorably on a list of recess appointees, including gubernatorial secretaries, district court judges, and a state board appointee, and the report was special ordered to Monday, February 16, 2026. The chamber then began second-reader consideration of Budget and Taxation bills: Senate Bill 25, altering the cyber security technology and service tax credit, was amended and ordered printed for third reading; Senate Bill 58, creating a property tax credit for retail service station conversions, was discussed with questions about who would receive the credit and why the incentive was needed, and consideration was ongoing when the transcript ended.