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CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session and Joint Convention State of the Judiciary Address Mar 23rd, 2026
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Recognizing the symptoms can be the difference between a small bruise and a visit to the emergency room
- This is an especially dangerous... ...small bruise and a visit to the emergency room.
- Room 444, Natural Resources will be in Capitol Room 437, Transportation will meet in the swing space
- Following committee hearings upon adjournment, Emergency Management will be in Capitol Room 444, Natural
- Resources will be in Capitol Room 437, Transportation will meet in the swing space, Room 1100, and the
Summary:
The Assembly met, established a quorum after a roll call, and handled a series of procedural motions, guest introductions, and floor items. Members recognized several guests and student groups, then moved through the daily file, including second-reading items, Senate amendments, and the consent calendar, which was adopted 54-0. The chamber also adopted ACR 151 recognizing March 25 as Greek Independence Day, with 59 co-authors added, and ACR 146 designating March 2026 as Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month, with 61 co-authors added; both resolutions were adopted by voice vote. ACR 140, proclaiming March 21 as Women in STEM Day, also passed with 56 co-authors added and was adopted by voice vote.
The most substantial debate centered on AB 2156, which renames Cesar Chavez Day as Farm Workers’ Day and declares an urgency clause. Majority Leader Aguiar-Curry and several members spoke in support, emphasizing recognition of farm workers’ collective contributions and, in light of recent revelations about Cesar Chavez, the need to honor the broader movement rather than one individual. Other members echoed support while discussing farmworker history, accountability, and the importance of acknowledging survivors. Assembly Member DeMaio supported the bill but criticized state policies affecting agriculture and argued for broader recognition of Latino Californians and farmworker policy reforms. The bill passed with 67 votes and was transmitted immediately to the Senate.
Later, the Assembly recessed for the Joint Convention and heard the 26th State of the Judiciary address from Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero. She focused on judicial independence, threats to judges, remote proceedings, CARE Act implementation, trial court funding and judgeship shortages, AI use in courts, immigration-related courthouse concerns, State Bar reforms after the February 2025 bar exam problems, and judicial salaries. She also highlighted the judiciary’s centennial, the importance of collaboration with the Legislature and Governor Newsom, and the need to preserve equal access to justice. After the address was ordered printed in the Journal, the joint convention adjourned and the Assembly later adjourned until Thursday, March 26 at 9 a.m.
FL
Florida 2026 4th Special Session
January 28, 2026 - 03:30 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- Sherry Chapman: I've worked in hospitals with emergency trauma, and I can tell you sometimes what seems
- The pediatrician recommended that she be taken to the emergency room for follow-up because he had never
- The child was examined and sent to the emergency room for a follow-up. It seemed to be concerning.
- And this can happen to any family who walks into an emergency room with their child.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Autonomous vehicles regulated 3/4/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:33:42.480><c> transportation</c> workforce for emerging transportation workforce for emerging
- :35:07.119><c> require</c> with emerging technologies, they require with emerging technologies, they
- </c> fact, many of these emerging fact, many of these emerging technologies<00:35:15.200><c> and</c><
- Well, there’s Whimo here in the room.
- Uh we there's Whimo here in the room.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- Everyone in this room wants and deserves public safety, but no matter what your vision of public safety
- Funston, moved next door to you guys, anybody in this room, you know what? You'd move. You'd move.
- Because if you wouldn't, then you should step up and offer the parole board... ...a room in your house
- And when they came out of the dressing room, they were forcibly raped, beaten.
- So I think there's plenty of room in there for the lifetime... ...of room in there for a lifetime.
Committee:
Senate Public Safety
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- This is a 3:05 p.m. agenda, and we are in Room 229.
- Do they go to a separate room, separate time?
- Do they go to a separate room, separate time?
- Is there anyone in the room wishing to testify in this measure before I go to Zoom?
- They were originally hired as basically an emergency hire.
Committee:
Senate Education
Summary:
The joint Committee on Education and Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs heard Senate Bill 422, which would authorize the Department of Education to award a high school diploma to qualified people whose schooling was interrupted by military service or wartime practices during World War II, the Korean War, or the Vietnam War. The Department of Education testified in support, noting a prior law that created the Kono diploma program before it sunset in 2020. Several members of the public also testified in support. Both committees later recommended passage of SB 422 without amendments, and the recommendation was adopted by voice votes.
The committees then heard Senate Bill 530 on Braille literacy. The bill would establish Braille literacy as state policy, require Braille-related literacy assessments for eligible blind and low-vision students, authorize DOE rulemaking, create a Braille Literacy Resource Center, and appropriate funds. DOE and the Department of Human Services supported the measure, as did the National Federation of the Blind, Hawaii Disability Rights Center, and a blind testifier who described the importance of early Braille instruction. The Attorney General’s office raised concerns about statutory language requiring yearly assessments and suggested revisions so annual decisions remain with IEP teams. The committees voted to pass SB 530 with amendments, including the Attorney General’s suggested changes, and adopted the recommendation.
The next measure was Senate Bill 532, which would allow school staff and agents trained by a licensed clinician to volunteer to administer medication to students in public schools under certain conditions and clarify who may prescribe such medication. DOE and Department of Health testimony supported the bill. The Attorney General recommended replacing the term “licensed clinician” with the defined term “health care professional.” The Hawaii Academy of Physician Assistants supported the bill but asked that physician assistants be included among providers who may prescribe medications for school administration. After questions about current school health aide duties and field-trip medication procedures, the committees voted to pass SB 532 with amendments, including the Attorney General’s terminology change, and adopted the recommendation.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Responsibilities to emergency service districts through interlocal agreements.
- Senate Bill 628 would clarify the authority of commissioners courts to contract with emergency service
- districts in the county for the administration of the fire code, and specify that emergency service
- Delays due to board approval processes can compromise emergency response capabilities.
- We had really great testimony from one landowner in this room from Austin.
Bills:
SB208 , SB628 , SB777 , SB1042 , SB2354 , SB2477 , SB2521 , SB2523 , SB2608 , SB2703 , SB2778 , SB2835 , SB2965 , SB2367 , SB3044
Committee:
Senate Local Government
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Local Government met with a quorum and limited public testimony to two minutes per person. The committee heard Senate Bill 628 by Senator Zaffirini, which would clarify that counties may enter interlocal agreements with emergency service districts to administer and enforce county fire codes, including for multi-county ESDs in the committee substitute. Witnesses from Travis County ESD-11, the Travis County Fire Marshal’s Office, and a member of the public supported the bill as a way to reduce duplication, costs, and jurisdictional confusion. Public testimony was closed and the committee substitute was left pending.
The committee then heard several housing-related bills. Senate Bill 208 by Senator West would create a Workforce Housing Capital Investment Fund to provide zero-interest loans to nonprofit builders for workforce housing; Habitat for Humanity representatives, a Brownsville nonprofit developer, and housing advocates supported it as a way to finance infrastructure and land development for affordable homes. Senate Bill 2835 by Senator Johnson would allow cities to opt into single-stair apartment buildings for small-scale, multi-story housing; supporters said the design is safe and could expand housing supply, while the Texas APA expressed qualified opposition over code-process concerns and fire-safety questions. Both bills were left pending after testimony.
Additional bills heard included SB 1042 updating the Kimble County Hospital District’s enabling law; SB 1708, a committee substitute protecting familial property divisions from platting requirements; SB 2778 raising the ESD expenditure threshold requiring board approval from $2,000 to up to $50,000; SB 2608 expanding LIHTC eligibility for certain public housing projects; SB 3044 adding board representation for Marfa and Presidio on the Presidio County Underground Water Conservation District and adjusting an exemption; SB 2367 extending park board authority to Waller County; SB 2523 clarifying ETJ reduction procedures and owner opt-out rights; SB 2521 requiring death-certificate reporting to appraisal districts to help address squatting and homestead exemption issues; and SB 2477 easing office-to-residential conversions in larger cities. In each case, the bills were laid out, testimony was taken, and the measures were left pending subject to call of the chair. The committee then recessed until 15 to 30 minutes after adjournment.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Administrative Regulation Review Subcommittee. (2-9-26)
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> regulations, these emergency regulations, these emergency regulations.<00:30:08.559><c> And</c><
- 470, emergency 510, and emergency 530.
- </c> Emergency 460 emergency 470 emergency Emergency 460 emergency 470 emergency 510<02:01:48.719><c>
- emergency</c><02:01:49.599><c> and</c><02:01:50.000><c> 530</c><02:01:51.119><c> emergency.
- </c> 510 emergency and 530 emergency. 510 emergency and 530 emergency.
Summary:
The committee first approved the minutes and then took up Department for Medicaid Services regulations 907 KAR 23:010 and related rules. DMS explained that one regulation would establish a beneficiary advisory council and another would remove language barring coverage of GLP-1 drugs for obesity-related use. The department said coverage would still be limited by prior authorization and clinical criteria, with use tied to underlying chronic conditions such as diabetes or cardiovascular disease, and that the pharmacy and therapeutics committee would help set the detailed standards. Members discussed the potential health benefits, but several raised concerns about cost, timing, and whether the legislature and the Medicaid Oversight and Advisory Board should review the policy first. DMS said the drugs are already on the formulary, that current Medicaid users with diabetes are already covered, and that the fiscal impact was estimated using current utilization, rebates, and expected savings; the department also said it would only cover the drugs if subject to rebates. The committee then voted 5-1 to find 907 KAR 23:010 deficient.
The committee next considered several emergency regulations from the Public Protection Cabinet’s Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control implementing SB 100. The rules covered tobacco, nicotine, and vapor product licensing, including the application form, denial standards, and transitional licensing. ABC counsel said the department had received about 5,500 applications and issued nearly 5,000 licenses, with additional provisional licenses issued to avoid interruption in sales after the law’s effective date. He said some applications remained pending because inspections and photographs revealed possible unauthorized nicotine vapor products, and the department was seeking documentation before approval. A staff amendment was adopted without objection before the ABC presentation continued.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- room.
- Again, I mentioned in the opening about people having to go to the emergency room because they don't
- You can't, anybody can walk into an emergency room at any time and cannot be denied if that hospital
- I'm excited to be in the room with y'all.
- But also, if your plan has been reduced and you don't know it, and you have an emergency room visit or
Bills:
HB139 , HB1818 , HB1942 , HB1959 , HB2221 , HB2254 , HB2563 , HB2067 , HB2275 , HB3211 , HB139
Committee:
House Insurance
Keywords:
HB 1818, Texas Insurance Code, Texas Department of Insurance, commissioner of insurance, health maintenance organization, HMO, insurer, utilization review, preauthorization, prior authorization, medical necessity review, health care services, medical care, insurance regulation, insurance examination, regulatory oversight, confidential records, public information exception, Chapter 843, Chapter 1301
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- House Bill 1014 passes, and the corresponding emergency clause is adopted.
- House Bill 1014 passes, and the corresponding emergency clause is adopted.
- By vote of 34-0-0, House Bill 1062 passes, and the corresponding emergency clause is adopted.
- By vote of 34-0-0, House Bill 1073 passes, and the corresponding emergency clause is adopted.
- We may be poorer than a lot of people in this room, but we're not poor.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Extending aspects of the state's reinsurance program 3/5/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- More Minnesotans present themselves at our emergency rooms, which is the highest cost of care and is
- More Minnesotans present themselves at our emergency rooms, which is the highest cost of care and is
- More Minnesotans present themselves at our emergency rooms, which is the highest cost of care and is
- More Minnesotans present themselves at our emergency rooms, which is the highest cost of care and is
- More Minnesotans present themselves at our emergency rooms, which is the highest cost of care and is
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate - 02/19/25
Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate
Transcript Highlights:
- Wednesday, February 19th, 2025, 12:30 p.m., and we're here in the Minnesota Senate Building in Committee Room
- Ideally, securitization is a tool that would never need to be used, but have available if an emergency
- /c><00:03:50.560><c> arises</c><00:03:51.560><c> and</c><00:03:51.680><c> is</c> available if an emergency
- arises and is available if an emergency arises and is determined<00:03:52.640><c> that</c><00:03:53.360
- here to um to to um outside of the room here to um to to make<00:16:17.199><c> sure</c><00:16:17.639
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate - Health and Public Affairs Jan 26th, 2026 at 01:45 pm
Senate Health & Public Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you, Madam Chair, members of the committee, joining us on the webcast and in the room.
- That's why it's located in our emergency shelter. To them within our shelter.
- That's why it's located in our emergency shelter in our organization.
- rooms, jails, law enforcement, and families.
- I'm sitting in a back room with Adrian and trying to get Senate Bill 3 done.
Committee:
Senate Senate Health & Public Affairs
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- take care of the other folks in this room.
- :01:07.560><c> this</c><00:01:07.720><c> room.
- So, I thank you for folks in this room.
- So we could make emergency rule process.
- Um, I see the fact that this is really just emerging.
Committee:
House Revenue
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- Would the Education Committee be in the education room?
- Would the Education Committee be in the education room? Probably, you're right.
- The question I have is on the emergency clause. ...emergency clause.
- I didn't work specifically on the bill that had the emergency clause, but I did ask that it be put in
- , and maybe there's... ...specifically on the bill that had the emergency clause, but I did ask that
Committee:
Senate Education
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- But that pathway, as was mentioned, is overly narrow and actually excludes emergent bilingual students
- years, advocating for policies that recognize and support the linguistic talents of 1.3 million emergent
- There are 842 fire departments and 300 emergency services districts across the state of Texas, and most
- There are 32 standalone emergency medical services across the state of Texas, and the tuition exemption
- Whether it's a fire department, emergency service district, or a standalone emergency medical service
Committees:
Senate Education , Senate Education K-16
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, June 23, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- A visit to the emergency room should not be a life-altering financial event.
- Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass S. 629, the Emergency Conservation Program the Emergency
- measures funds to carry out emergency measures under the Emergency Conservation Program and for other
- The Emergency The Emergency Conservation Program and the Emergency Forest Restoration Program are two
- Uh, let that hang in this room, Mr.
Bills:
HB2323 , HB6644 , SB629 , HB8882 , HB8881 , HB8880 , HB8879 , HB4238 , HR915 , HR826 , HB7401 , HB7396
Keywords:
Big Bend National Park, land acquisition, boundary adjustment, Secretary of the Interior, conservation, Holodomor, Ukraine famine, 1932-1933 famine, genocide recognition, Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin, collectivization, grain confiscation, human rights, Ukraine, Ukrainian people, Russian aggression, Vladimir Putin, foreign affairs, sense of the House
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- Okay. 1:30 p.m. in this room, 224.
- </c> conference room 224. Sounds good. Okay. conference room 224. Sounds good. Okay.
- p.m. in this room uh April 23rd at 1:31 p.m. in this room 224?
- Conference room 224. 23rd 2:30 p.m. Conference room 224. Thank<00:18:01.120><c> you.</c> Thank you.
- 3:2 4 and we are conference room 3:2 4 and we are conference room 224.<00:20:13.919><c> At</c><00:20:
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee Jun 24th, 2026
Utilities and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- Any individual who is disruptive may be removed from the room.
- Everyone in the room shares the same goal: improving energy affordability.
- The motion is due pass to Emergency Management with commitment to take amendments and emergency management
- Emergency preparedness there is arguably unlike anywhere else in California.
- We all need that emergency preparedness.
Committee:
House Utilities and Energy
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- The emergency response grant rejection rate is at about 71%.
- </c><00:16:19.120><c> response</c> funding requested for emergency response funding requested for emergency
- And then for the emergency grant, line.
- </c><01:03:53.599><c> Uh,</c> room here that we're speaking about.
- Uh, room here that we're speaking about.
Bills:
HF4148
Committee:
House Legacy Finance
OK
Transcript Highlights:
- room, and drive off.
- This bill, you'll have to—I left my notes in the other room, but I'll try to do it by memory.
- The other one is in a public or private location, like a locker room or a hotel room or anywhere you
- 'It being immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, an emergency
- I mean, it's an emergency. We will adopt that amendment and present your bill as amended.
Bills:
HB3765 , HB4324 , HB3678 , HB4170 , HB3495 , HB3040 , HB3062 , HB4140 , HB4106 , HB4109 , HB4104 , HB3581
Committee:
House Criminal Judiciary
Summary:
The committee considered a series of criminal justice bills, many of them focused on penalties for theft, public safety, and offenses involving foreign ownership or riot-related conduct. House Bill 3765, as amended, increased the punishment from two to five years for certain felony conduct involving unlawfully acquired foreign land ownership, and was reported do pass. House Bill 4324, a prosecutor-initiated resentencing bill, was also reported do pass after brief explanation and no opposition. Other bills approved included HB 3678, expanding the definition of public officials to cover municipal and public school board members for purposes of harassment/intimidation protections; HB 417, increasing penalties for theft causing environmental damage from crude oil or gasoline; HB 3495, criminalizing straw purchases of land for foreign nationals; HB 3040, expanding “zone of safety” protections for children by adding places like skating rinks, youth recreation centers, pools, arcades, amusement parks, and water parks; HB 362, extending firearm-carry authority to retired municipal judges; HB 4140, creating a uniform felony penalty for firearm theft and possession of stolen firearms; HB 4106, lowering the grand larceny threshold to $900 and adding penalties for repeat petty larceny; HB 4109, creating a duty to report certain crime-related evidence and circumstances at hospitals and other facilities; and HB 4104, restructuring peeping-tom/voyeurism offenses and sex-offender registration consequences. Several of these bills were amended before passage, including HB 4106 and HB 4104, and HB 3581 was taken up later with a committee substitute and amendment before discussion of its riot-related provisions. The committee also laid over HB 3497 and HB 4142, and adjourned after reporting the remaining bills out with mostly unanimous or near-unanimous votes, typically do pass or do pass as amended.