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MO
Transcript Highlights:
- Now, that relevant federal rule is Rule 702. Missouri adopted a new expert standard back in 2017.
- Now, the Federal Rules Committee, when they proposed these amendments to Federal Rule 702 in 2023, they
- These rules apply to me as well.
- The current rule matched what was then Rule 702 of the federal rule, okay?
- Madam Chair, Committee, Madam Chair, Committee, my name is Benny Cook.
Committee:
House Judiciary
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- We think that they are the best committee to come forward with the rules of evidence for crime.
- The Supreme Court would then need to reform a committee to redo Rule 412.
- I understand the difference between. a committee of lawyers and judges coming up with a rule versus the
- So the truth of the matter is, the Rules Committee is out in front in terms of putting out the rape shield
- But I do think it's just not a great idea to overrule the committee in terms of a set rule that is put
Committee:
House Criminal Jurisprudence
Keywords:
SB 535, Texas criminal procedure, rape shield, victim sexual history, past sexual behavior, sexual assault evidence, trafficking of persons, continuous trafficking, indecency with a child, continuous sexual abuse, aggravated sexual assault, indecent assault, consent defense, in camera hearing, Rule 412, Rule 609, victim protection, evidence admissibility, criminal evidence, sexual offense prosecution
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, April 29, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- being on the Rules Committee.
- </c> rules committee yesterday evening. rules committee yesterday evening.
- </c><01:08:31.440><c> committee</c> ranking member of the rules committee ranking member of the rules
- </c><01:08:51.199><c> Committee</c> the Republican Rules Committee the Republican Rules Committee chairwoman
- </c><06:19:08.320><c> committee,</c> them what I heard at rules committee, them what I heard at rules
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Informal House Session 11 Feb 2nd, 2026
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- by the Committee on Rules.
- The Committee on Rules, to whom was referred the order filed by Representatives Livingstone of Boston
- The Committee on Rules recommends the following resolutions ought to be adopted: resolutions filed by
- The Committee on Rules and the committees acting concurrently report recommending that Joint Rule 12
- The Committee on Rules and the committees acting concurrently report recommending that Joint Rule 12
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Agenda Mar 19th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Speaker, and members of the committee.
- Chairman, members of the committee.
- Committee, we have docket number 13-0108-2401 before the committee. Representative Boyle.
- The pending rule is the logical outgrowth of the... ...rule remains the same.
- So this committee is adjourned.
Summary:
The committee first took up House Bill 895, which would require data centers using water for cooling to use non-consumptive closed-loop systems or secure water from a municipality or other water user so they do not draw more from the system than can be sustained. Representative Raybould presented the bill, and Representative Mickelsen moved it to the floor with a due pass recommendation. The committee approved that motion by voice vote.
The bulk of the meeting focused on Idaho Fish and Game’s advanced hunting technology rule package, including restrictions on transmitting trail cameras, thermal optics, night vision, drones, and related technologies. Fish and Game staff and Director Jim Frederick described a lengthy public process, survey results showing broad hunter opposition to many technologies, and the commission’s effort to balance hunter opportunity, fair chase concerns, and enforceability. Several committee members objected to the rule package, arguing it conflicted with state law, changed substantially from the original proposal, and should have been handled by legislation rather than rulemaking. After debate, the committee adopted a motion to hold the docket until an odd-numbered day the following week, effectively delaying action.
The committee then heard House Bill 910, which would create a statutory framework for the Department of Lands and Parks and Recreation to jointly manage recreation opportunities on endowment lands while protecting existing uses and maximizing revenue to the endowment. The bill drew questions about approval authority, existing MOUs, impacts on grazing and other current uses, and whether it would expand recreation development. Supporters said it would streamline management and generate revenue; opponents worried it would promote more recreation on endowment lands and create conflicts. The committee approved the bill on a 9-6 roll call vote. It also sent Senate Bill 1303, updating renewable energy language in a state fund statute, and Senate Concurrent Resolution 124, recognizing wildlife crossing projects, to the floor with due pass recommendations. House Bill 878, dealing with firefighter pay and fire suppression fund issues, was sent to House General Orders. Finally, the committee heard Senate Joint Memorial 111 on protecting federal public lands from disposal; after testimony and debate over public access, fragmented parcels, and federal land management, the committee had not yet reached a final disposition in the portion provided.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Government Efficiency Feb 12th, 2026 at 08:00 am
Government Efficiency
Transcript Highlights:
- Well, under the current law, the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules reviews formally promulgated
- rules.
- Well, under the current law, the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules reviews formally promulgated
- rules.
- Second, it gives the committee the authority to determine whether an agency action constitutes a rule
Committee:
House Government Efficiency
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- More rules. Department of Commerce, grant program rules. Thank you.
- Book for pending rules.
- administrative rules under ZBR.
- In closing, Chairman Holtzclaw, members of the committee, this pending rule represents a housekeeping
- In closing, Chairman Holtzclaw, members of the committee, this pending rule represents a housekeeping
Committee:
House Commerce and Human Resources
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Judiciary Committee Aug 18th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- This is actually a question for probably you, because you stood on the Rules Committee.
- How often does the Rules Committee actually overturn an administrative rule? Do you know?
- This is actually a question for probably you, because you stood on the Rules Committee.
- How often does the Rules Committee actually overturn an admin rule? Do you know?
- committee that could arbitrarily negate those rules?
Summary:
The Judiciary interim committee met with a full quorum and approved the June 17 minutes. The main discussion centered on a detailed Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation presentation about prison population, placement authority, classification, recidivism, and the role of transitional facilities. Director Colby Braun emphasized that DOCR’s job includes incarceration, supervision, victim services, and reentry, and said the department is operating over capacity, with people waiting in county jails and deferred placements. He described current and planned bed expansions, including added beds at MRCC, a proposed 600-bed minimum-custody men’s facility, and broader campus studies, while stressing that minimum, medium, and maximum custody are different security levels and that transitional facilities are tightly controlled placements, not releases.
Committee members questioned the meaning of “release” versus “placement,” the use of terms like inmate and resident, and whether state law should be clarified to distinguish incarceration from supervision or placement in community-based settings. Braun said the parole board controls release authority, while DOCR controls placement, and explained that people who reoffend while in community placement are generally returned to prison after due process. He also reviewed data showing lower one-year recidivism in recent years, the impact of GPS monitoring, and statistics indicating that most people released never get a transitional-facility placement, while those who do generally have better outcomes. Members also discussed whether transitional facilities and work-release programs should be considered halfway houses and how much freedom and security they involve.
The committee then heard a report from the Attorney General’s office on House Bill 1193 funding for law enforcement retention bonuses and tuition assistance. The office said all funds had been distributed, 73 of 101 recipients had reported back, 1,490 officers had received bonuses, and the average bonus amounts differed by agency size. Members generally viewed the program positively. Representative Steve Vetter also presented a pretrial services report, describing constitutional and statutory limits on pretrial detention, the use of risk assessment tools, court reminders, victim-notification practices, and North Dakota’s pilot pretrial programs. He suggested possible future legislation to expand detention authority for certain serious offenses and to require the Judiciary Committee to receive updated jail-population data before sessions. Finally, Megan Gordon from Legislative Council began her annual technical corrections bill presentation, outlining a series of non-substantive Century Code fixes such as cross-reference corrections, punctuation changes, and obsolete-reference removals.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- Speaker, we, your Committee on Judiciary, Rules and Administration, report that we have read and approved
- House Bills 583 and 528 are referred to the Judiciary, Rules and Administration Committee for enrolling
- House Bills 583 and 528 are referred to the Judiciary, Rules and Administration Committee for enrolling
- Speaker, your Committee on Judiciary, Rules and Administration reports that we have printed House Bill
- House Resolution 26 is referred to the Judiciary, Rules and Administration Committee for printing.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- However, there will be a Committee on Rules meeting immediately following recess of the floor.
- I wish to announce that the Committee on Rules will be meeting in House Hearing Room 4 immediately upon
- The bills from the Committee on Rules will be placed on the active calendar.
- Speaker, I move that pursuant to House Rule 12P, Senate Bill 1198 be referred to an additional committee
- I move that pursuant to House Rule 12-P, Senate Bill 1552 be referred to an Additional Committee of the
Summary:
The House convened, completed roll call, approved the journal, and took up several Senate bills and one Senate concurrent resolution through motions to reconsider, return bills for reconsideration, and refer measures to additional Committee of the Whole sessions for further amendment. Early actions included returning SB 1175 and SB 1198 to the Senate for reconsideration, rescinding passage of SB 1336 so it could be reconsidered, and referring SB 1111 and SB 152 to an additional COW. The House also recognized Representative Travers for a personal privilege statement honoring National Women Veterans Recognition Day and recorded attendance.
In Committee of the Whole, members adopted floor amendments and recommended passage for SB 1511, SB 1552, SB 1198, SB 1110, SB 1618, SB 1431, and SCR 1004, with some debate on SB 1110’s home-confinement/reentry program, SB 1618’s Military Affairs Commission changes, and SB 1431’s city and town authority over residential project standards and streetscapes. The House later adopted the COW reports and moved the measures to engrossing or third reading as appropriate. SB 1336 and SB 1519 were also advanced from committee, while SB 1004 was reconsidered and ultimately failed on reconsideration.
On third or final reading, the House passed SB 1127, SB 1180, SB 1428, SB 1198, SB 1336, SB 1511, SCR 1004, SB 1552, HB 2104, HB 2105, HB 2114, HB 2311, HB 2729, and HB 4117. SB 1687, SB 1004, SB 1519, and SB 1502 failed. Members explained votes on several measures, including support for tax administration clarity in SB 1180, objections and support for the May primary proposal in SB 1687, concerns about sex offender monitoring in SB 1004, support for the Arizona Beef Council in SB 1198, and debate over the photo enforcement referral in SCR 1004. The session also included recesses for caucuses, lunch, and dinner, plus a brief technical outage of the live stream.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Informal House Session 11 Feb 2nd, 2026
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The Committee on Rules, to whom was referred the order filed by Representatives Livingstone of Boston
- The Committee on Rules, to whom was referred the order filed by Representatives Domb of Amherst and DuBois
- The Committee on Rules and the committees acting concurrently report recommending that Joint Rule 12
- The Committee on Rules reports recommending that the following resolutions ought to be adopted.
- The Committee on Rules and the committees acting concurrently report recommending that Joint Rule 12
Summary:
The House received a gubernatorial message proposing fiscal year 2026 supplemental appropriations to respond to recent federal actions, which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. Members also adopted several procedural orders, including extensions of reporting deadlines for the Committees on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities and on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery, and they concurred in a Senate-passed sick leave bank petition for a Department of Corrections employee.
The House suspended Joint Rule 12 to allow consideration of two petitions: one to further regulate state and local participation in federal civil immigration enforcement, and another on energy costs, transparency, and sustainability. The Committee on Steering, Policy and Scheduling also reported a slate of bills for consideration, including measures on school exemptions for Hancock and Warwick, homeowners insurance repairs, landlord notice for utility shutoffs, locksmith notice requirements, retirement benefits, regional transit authority advisory boards, and a Sandwich overpass naming.
Several bills were advanced on the floor. The House ordered the scheduled bills to third reading, then passed to be enacted Senate 24 on the Great Barrington Fire District and House 4589 authorizing Ludlow to pay an unpaid bill. It also engrossed House bills authorizing Rochester to keep its fire chief, waiving the Boston police maximum age requirement for one applicant, increasing Orange’s selectboard membership, and establishing a sick leave bank for a Suffolk County Sheriff's Office employee. The House also adopted an order to meet again Thursday at 11 a.m. and then adjourned.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- The Committee on Rules recommends that SB 1045 be proper for consideration. Mr.
- The Committee on Rules recommends that SB 1432 be proper for consideration. Mr.
- The Committee on Rules recommends that SCR 1003 be proper for consideration. Mr.
- The Committee on Rules recommends that SCR 1033 be proper for consideration. Mr.
- The Committee on Rules recommends that SCR 1033 be proper for consideration. Mr.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Administrative Rules Mar 9th, 2026 at 11:00 am
Joint Committee on Administrative Rules
Transcript Highlights:
- The Joint Committee on Administrative Rules will now be called to order.
- By our rules, we can't be in this committee if one of the chambers is in.
- You're right that we get a lot of interaction on our draft rules and our rules.
- I think by the time we got to the formal On our draft rules and our rules.
- This committee is respectfully asked to disapprove a proposed rule that overtly creates investment disincentives
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- You're recognized to present your rules. So this morning we have three rules before the committee.
- The rule we have is the update to the rules governing the Arkansas Adult Diploma Program.
- You can present your rule. This rule is amending the Medicaid Rehab Hospital Manual.
- Rule C is the recovery audit contractor exemption rule.
- Seeing none, without objection, this rule and these rules are both reviewed and approved.
Committee:
All ALC-ADMINISTRATIVE RULES
Summary:
The Administrative Rules Subcommittee met to review a series of agency rules and related requests. The Department of Corrections and Post-Prison Transfer Board reported quarterly updates and had no questions, so both were filed. The Department of Commerce sought repeal of rules tied to the minority and women-owned business enterprise programs and the Consolidated Incentives Act, explaining the rules were repealed by implication or duplicative of statute; all were reviewed and approved. The Insurance Department presented a new rule implementing Act 426 of 2025 for online marketplace guarantee providers, using Airbnb-style host damage protection as an example, and it was approved. The Department of Education updated the Arkansas Adult Diploma Program rule to reflect statutory payment amounts for milestones and diplomas, and it was approved. DFA presented a rule creating a reporting method for the Arkansas rice beer and sake excise tax credit; members asked about verification of Arkansas rice use, and the rule was approved. DHS presented a SNAP rule implementing federal changes to work requirements and energy assistance counting, including raising the able-bodied adult without dependents age limit to 64 and removing some exemptions; it was approved after questions about terminology and waiver-related issues.
The committee also approved DHS Medicaid rules allowing rehab hospitals to bill for psychiatric units and exempting Arkansas from the federal recovery audit contractor requirement, citing other program integrity measures already in place. The State Board of Public Accountancy, under Labor and Licensing, presented rules implementing Act 428 of 2025, including a new CPA licensure pathway with a bachelor’s degree plus two years’ experience, substantial equivalency for out-of-state CPAs, and removal of the government not-for-profit accounting requirement; despite some negative comments, both rules were approved. The committee then granted the Department of Education’s request to be excluded from certain reporting requirements, and approved its request to retain all 18 Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation rules under Act 781 review. Remaining outstanding 2023-session rulemaking and monthly updates were noted in packets with no questions, and the meeting adjourned.
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- You're recognized to present your rules. So this morning we have three rules before the committee.
- The rule we have is the update to the rules governing the Arkansas Adult Diploma Program.
- Seeing none, this rule is without objection, this rule is reviewed and approved.
- You can present your rule. This rule is amending the Medicaid Rehab Hospital Manual.
- Rule C is the recovery audit contractor exemption rule.
Committee:
All ALC-ADMINISTRATIVE RULES
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The rule is suspended. The chair lays out on second reading Committee Substitute Senate Bill 648.
- The rule is suspended. The chair lays out on second reading Committee Substitute Senate Bill 401.
- The rules of the Senate are suspended on second reading of committee substitute for Senate Bill 1626.
- Senator Paxton, you recommend to suspend the constitutional three-day rule on committee substitute for
- I move to suspend the posting rules and all necessary rules to allow the Committee on Jurisprudence to
Summary:
The Senate first adopted a motion to move the intent calendar deadline to 4 p.m. and then took up several bills by suspending the regular order of business. Senate Bill 2031, concerning removal of high fences around breeder deer release sites, passed after an amendment shortened the testing period from five years to three, tied visible identification requirements to the date Parks and Wildlife began requiring them, and made the bill effective immediately. Senate Bill 1490, a cleanup to adult charter high school funding, and Committee Substitute Senate Bill 2227, creating a process for delayed birth certificates and renamed the Charles E. Barton Act, both passed unanimously after floor amendments. Committee Substitute Senate Bill 1964, regulating artificial intelligence systems used by state agencies, also passed unanimously after the author described guardrails for high-risk AI and disclosure requirements.
The Senate then considered Senate Bill 2877, which increases penalties for election fraud and related attempts; after debate over whether existing law already covers some conduct and whether the bill was necessary given the small number of convictions, it passed to engrossment and later final passage on a 21-10 vote. Committee Substitute Senate Bill 2658, on brackish groundwater production and study, passed after four amendments, including one giving water districts authority to stop production if monitoring shows harm to freshwater supplies or subsidence and another returning a portion of transported water revenue to districts. Committee Substitute Senate Bill 648, strengthening recording requirements for real property instruments to help prevent deed theft, also passed on a 26-4 vote.
Other measures approved included Committee Substitute Senate Bill 401, making it easier for homeschool students to participate in UIL activities through local district opt-in/nearest-district participation rules; Committee Substitute Senate Bill 407, requiring health care facilities to honor conscience or religious vaccine exemptions for employees, despite extensive questioning about patient safety and immunocompromised patients; Committee Substitute Senate Bill 2117, creating a Texas Committee on Foreign Investment to review risky foreign acquisitions; Senate Bill 1718, adding the NRA annual meeting to the major events reimbursement program after a failed amendment seeking equal space for gun-control advocacy; Committee Substitute Senate Bill 1626, clarifying limits on censorship and interference with digital expression by social media platforms; and Senate Bill 2206, updating the state R&D franchise tax credit and related sales tax treatment, which passed 31-0.
The chamber also debated Senate Bill 1395 on school health advisory councils. An initial amendment to restore voting seats for teachers and school employees failed, but a later amendment by Senator West added students back in an advisory, non-voting capacity. The Senate then handled routine motions, committee scheduling, first-reading referrals, and adjourned until April 29, with the session ending in memory of two constituents.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- Committee, welcome. Welcome, everybody. We've got some more rules to go through.
- These rules were previously approved by this committee in 2025.
- Committee, we have next up for consideration docket 24-1901-2501, Rules of the Board of Examiners of
- I respectfully ask the committee to approve the pending rules as final, and I stand for any questions
- Committee, that is our dockets for rules today. Thank you for your participation.
Committee:
Senate Health and Welfare
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The committee on rules, acting concurrently with the other branch, to whom were read several Senate petitions
- The ayes have it, and the rule is suspended. The question now comes on suspension of Joint Rule 12.
- committees.
- Sal DiDomenico for the committee. The question comes on acceptance of the report of the committee.
- Order that, notwithstanding Senate Rule 7 or any other rules to the contrary, the Senate bill to end
Summary:
The Senate session began with the Pledge of Allegiance and several ceremonial welcomes, including recognition of the 2025 Duxbury Girls Soccer Team, the MIAA Division II state champions, and the Medfield Girls Soccer Team, the Division III state champions. Senators offered congratulatory remarks highlighting each team’s season records, championship wins, coaches, and standout performances.
The chamber then took up several procedural matters and local bills. The Senate adopted a House order establishing a special joint committee on initiative petitions, passed to be enacted a bill providing for the recall of elected officers in the Town of Sharon, and adopted resolutions congratulating Oxford Fire Chief Lawrence R. McDonald on 45 years of public service. It also advanced multiple local measures for Bridgewater, Cambridge, and Natick, including bills on town council structure, temporary absence of the town manager, appointment powers, a Cambridge employment and job training trust, and a Natick home rule charter amendment.
The Senate also acted on several House amendments and Ways and Means reports. It concurred in a House-amended bill on protections for individuals with disabilities after adopting a further Senate amendment with an emergency preamble, ordered a sick leave bank bill for a Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office employee to third reading, and adopted orders placing bills on the Orders of the Day for future second reading, including measures on consumer protections, CPA licensure pathways, and fair housing. The session concluded with adjournment orders and moments of silence in memory of Jim Parker and Kimberly Parker, with the Senate set to reconvene the following Monday at 11:00 a.m.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:23:21.240><c> Committee</c><00:23:21.560><c> last</c> I mentioned in the Rules Committee last
- We had a similar motion in a proposal in Rules Committee, which Rules Committee did appropriately reject
- It was just in rules and committees.
- Um, this rule change came appropriately before the Rules Committee.
- Um, this rule change came appropriately before the Rules Committee.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- on Public Education, HB 3704 by ANHA rulings to the notaries public or for the Committee on Judiciary
- HB 3753 by Cunningham ruling to the allocation of low income housing tax credits or for the Committee
- On the provisions of the services for the Committee on State Affairs, HB 3768 by Hernandez ruling to
- HB 3775 by Paul Rulings of the processing early voting voted by mail for the Committee on Elections.
- HB 3839 by Curry relating to the state agency review of adopted rules for the Committee on Delivery of