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NH
Transcript Highlights:
- to legislate. Thank you Mr. President. to legislate. Thank you Mr. President.
- recommendation in expeding to legislate. recommendation in expeding to legislate.
- I move SB 623FN inexpedient to legislate. Senate Bill 623FN, inexpedient to legislate.
- Please speak. legislate on Senate Bill 623. A roll legislate on Senate Bill 623.
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re-referring introducing legislation, re-referring bills to committee, scheduling
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FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Senate in Special Session A Jan 27th, 2025
Florida Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- President's reference: Fiscal Policy.
- President's reference: Fiscal Policy.
- President's reference: Fiscal Policy.
- President's reference: Fiscal Policy.
- President's reference: Fiscal Policy.
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with a prayer recognizing International Holocaust Remembrance Day, and recited the Pledge of Allegiance. The Secretary then read Governor DeSantis’s proclamation calling the Legislature into special session from January 27 to January 31, 2025, limited to five subjects: combating illegal immigration, condominium regulation, agricultural relief after natural disasters, replenishing the My Safe Florida Home Program, and changes to the citizen initiative petition process.
The chamber read the filed bills within the call, including several Senate bills on illegal immigration and petition process issues, all referred to Fiscal Policy. A motion was adopted to send any bills filed outside the call to the Rules Committee to determine whether introduction was warranted. The Senate President then discussed President Trump’s immigration executive orders and said Florida would align with federal efforts while preserving the Legislature’s constitutional role.
He announced that Senator Gruters would sponsor legislation to implement Trump’s border and immigration plan, including funding to reimburse law enforcement costs and incentives to recruit more officers. He said the bill would be posted, referred to Appropriations later that day, and heard on the floor the next day. The session then adjourned sine die by motion without objection, with senators told the chamber would reconvene momentarily for the special session.
VT
Transcript Highlights:
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LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Transportation, Highways and Public Works May 21st, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- And do you— It's matching other language that's in legislation to allow OMV to refer debt if they choose
- When would a decision be made whether to refer or not to refer? What's the criteria used?
- It's matching other language that's in legislation to allow OMV to refer debt if they choose.
- When would a decision be made to, whether refer or not to refer, what's the criteria used?
- We reference Revised Statute 32:863(A)(3)(a). You know what that refers to?
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works met with five members present and approved the May 14, 2026 minutes. The committee first considered HCR 32, which urges the Port of New Orleans to secure backup motors for the aging St. Claude Avenue Bridge; members discussed the bridge’s importance, the relatively low cost of the motor, and the traffic and emergency-response impacts of repeated breakdowns. HCR 32 was reported favorably. HCR 68, a request to Congress for funding to remove unusable bridges along Highway 90 as part of reconnecting the corridor toward New Orleans East, was also reported favorably after brief discussion about federal representatives and coordination with DOTD.
House Bill 582 was deferred without objection. The committee then took up HB 762, which clarifies that the Office of Motor Vehicles may, rather than must, refer certain delinquent reinstatement-fee debts to the Office of Debt Recovery or other collection channels. Testimony from OMV and the bill author emphasized that the measure was intended to clean up prior language and preserve OMV discretion, while senators raised concerns about political influence, collection practices, and the impact of fees and debt on drivers. HB 762 was reported favorably.
HB 730, concerning automatic dependent surveillance broadcast devices on aircraft, was amended to limit its application to aircraft over 2,500 pounds and to prohibit the use of the imposed fees on smaller aircraft. Supporters said the bill restores the original safety purpose of the devices and prevents their use for fee collection; the committee reported the bill favorably as amended. The committee also reported favorably on HCR 53, which creates a study committee on oversized vehicle permits and their parish-level impacts, and HCR 60, which urges DOTD to pursue the DRIVE initiative to study and improve safety on the I-12 corridor. The meeting concluded with a motion to adjourn.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- The motion is inexpedient to legislate. The motion is inexpedient to legislate.
- The motion is inexpedient to legislate. The motion is inexpedient to legislate.
- inexpedient to legislate is adopted. inexpedient to legislate is adopted.
- to legislate on House Bill 629. to legislate on House Bill 629.
- inexpedient to legislate is adopted. inexpedient to legislate is adopted.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate Chamber Feb 9th, 2026 at 11:18 am
New Mexico Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- President, I move that we go to the order of business, third reading of legislation.
- Thank you. our business third reading of legislation. I yield to Senator R.M. Mr.
- President, I move that we go to that our business third reading of legislation.
- There's been a request. ...to that order of business, third reading of legislation.
- Senate Bill 264, germane, thence referred to the Rules Committee.
ND
North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Administrative Rules Committee Jun 11th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- But all of that is legislatively driven.
- The lottery filed the rules with the Legislative Council.
- We do send notice to legislators who sponsored the legislation pertaining to those proposed rules that
- It's what's referred to as a LOSAP.
- First, I'll discuss the legislatively driven rule changes.
Summary:
The Administrative Rules Committee met on June 11 and first approved the March 12, 2026 minutes by voice vote. It then granted the Board of Medicine an extension of time to implement rules tied to recent legislation, including North Dakota’s participation in the physician assistant licensure compact and a new physician nutrition continuing education requirement. The Board said it was waiting on compact rules and fee information before finalizing its own changes.
The committee heard a lengthy presentation from the Office of Management and Budget on broad personnel rule revisions, including salary administration, recruitment, leave, sick leave, funeral leave, service awards, appeals, and shared leave. OMB said the changes modernize HR language and implement recent legislation such as enhanced annual leave for hard-to-fill positions and new hire leave. Members questioned the hard-to-fill leave provisions, but OMB and counsel said those standards come from statute, not the rules. The committee also heard and accepted rule packages from the Lottery, the Board of Examiners for Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, the State Electrical Board, the Industrial Commission, PERS, and Health and Human Services, with each agency describing mostly technical, clarifying, or statutory-conforming changes and noting the public notice and comment process.
The most significant action came during the Gaming Commission rules presentation. After questioning whether the commission had authority to raise the poker tournament buy-in limit from $300 to $1,500, members moved to void Section 99-01.3-09-01 on the ground that the agency lacked statutory authority for that change. The motion passed on a roll call vote. The committee also discussed several gaming-related issues, including online raffles, kiosk use, advertising restrictions, and the broader policy question of whether charities should be allowed to own bars, but took no further formal action on those topics.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- I refer to the Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence, HB 508 by Moran.
- Refer to the Committee on Public Education, HB 529 by Baumgarner.
- Refer to the Committee on General... Jurisprudence.
- Refer to the subcommittee on property.
- Refer to the Committee on State Affairs, HGR 52 by HHS.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
House Chamber - Wed Feb 5, 2025, 12:00PM HST - Day 13
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- As a matter of practicality, I utilize the Legislative Reference Bureau in lieu of HM.
- I also am very thankful the Legislative Reference Bureau has been wonderful in their support of my endeavors
- As a matter of practicality, I utilize the Legislative Reference Bureau in lieu of HM.
- As a matter of practicality, I utilize the Legislative Reference Bureau in lieu of HM.
- As a matter of practicality, I utilize the Legislative Reference Bureau in lieu of HM.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
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uh appropriate to once again reference uh appropriate to once again reference - the inspector general or the legislative auditor. we we had the uh legislative auditor we we had the
- The section, as described, says that everything the legislative auditor receives must be referred to
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on State and Local Government - 03/18/25
State and Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
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- There's just many references in the bill that have to be changed.
- There's just many references in the bill that have to be changed. All right.
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AR
Transcript Highlights:
- Criminal charges were filed in 28 of the matters referred.
- Criminal charges were filed in 28 of the matters referred.
- referred and you're wondering what happened next.
- Number of matters referred: 164.
- So I don't know if we could legislate the creation of intent.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
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NM
Transcript Highlights:
- So we are going to go to the third reading of legislation.
- I rise in support of the legislation.
- But yet we are going to put this particular legislation.
- Some of that do better is stuff that we can do through legislation.
- Bill 19, do pass, and thence referred to the Education Committee.
VT
Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session - 2026-05-28 - 10:00AM
Vermont Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Establishing reference-based pricing.
- So if anyone would like to know what reference-based pricing is, I refer you to the work that we did
- If you want to know the states that have reference-based pricing, I'm happy to refer that to you in a
- If you would like to know where we began thinking about this, I'll refer you to our legislation in 2022
- as I indicated earlier, when you put reference-based pricing in for state Reference-based pricing in
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Labor and Employment Committee Jun 10th, 2026
Labor and Employment
Transcript Highlights:
- SB 1059, Archuleta, do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations.
- Putting a face to the legislation that we will be voting on. So thank you.
- We believe that that will lead to forum shopping and some previous legislation.
- We believe that that will lead to forum shopping and some previous legislation.
- Motion is do pass and re-refer. Item number eight, SB 1185, Cortese.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
House - Chamber Meeting Mar 19th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- So that's what this is in reference to.
- Please reference that.
- As community or legislative members, Mr.
- the legislative staff.
- That's why I'm a legislator: to pass legislation like this.
VT
Transcript Highlights:
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Council. Legislative Council. Legislative Council. - support this legislation. support this legislation.
- legislative oversight. legislative oversight.
- legislative council. legislative council.
- to advance this legislation. to advance this legislation.
Summary:
The House resumed consideration of H.606 on firearm procedures and first took up Section 3 and its effective dates. A member from Northfield spoke at length in support, arguing the provision is narrowly tailored, based on actual dangerousness rather than mental illness alone, and is more limited than federal law because it applies only to specific court findings and is temporary, with rights restorable upon recovery. The House then approved Section 3 and its effective dates, approved the remainder of the Judiciary Committee report, and ordered third reading.
The chamber then moved through third readings and passed H.385 on remedies and protections for victims of coerced debt, H.556 on exceptions to the state minimum wage, H.559 on the parole board, H.723 on posting of land, and H.757 on manufactured homes and limited equity cooperatives. On H.814, relating to neurological rights and AI in health and human services, the House adopted an amendment offered by the member from Burlington that required the advisory council to include proposed definitions for neurotechnology, artificial intelligence, and related terms in its report; the House Health Care Committee reported the amendment favorable 11-0-0, and the bill then passed. H.816, regulating the use of artificial intelligence in the provision of mental health services, also passed, as did H.927, technical corrections for the 2026 session.
The House then took up H.930 on chronic absenteeism. The committee member from Manchester described the bill as an AOE proposal responding to high post-pandemic absenteeism rates and their impact on learning, and outlined provisions adding definitions, updating compulsory attendance language, requiring a state model policy, strengthening notification and truancy procedures, and preserving existing penalties. The member said the Education Committee heard from a wide range of education and child welfare witnesses and passed the bill 11-0. After a brief clarification on the absences section, the House proceeded toward third reading of H.930.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight
Transcript Highlights:
- Legislation.
- I can make reference to one.
- The Secretary is referring to. No, the direct regulation is not. There's not. I was referring to.
- So you're making a reference... So you're making a reference to Chapter 274, right? Correct.
- This legislation does not appear, that aspect of this legislation does not appear to be gray.
Summary:
The Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight held an oversight hearing on draft regulations implementing Article 97 of the Massachusetts Constitution under Chapter 274 of the Acts of 2022, the Open Space Act. Chairs Cabral and Collins framed the hearing as a review of how the new process for dispositions or changes in use of Article 97 land would work, including public notice, environmental justice protections, replacement land, appraisals, and the role of the legislature. Under Secretary Stephanie Cooper and Commissioner Adam Bakke testified for EEA/DCAM, followed later by Deputy Inspector General O’Neill and Deputy Inspector General Giles on appraisal review.
Much of the discussion focused on how the draft regulations would operate in practice. EEA said the regulations would require advance public notice, define “comparable location” for replacement land, and allow the Secretary to make findings on whether an action would adversely affect environmental justice communities. Members pressed for longer public comment periods, clearer notice to local officials, more frequent updates to the site evaluation tool, and a clearer definition of terms such as “limited duration” for permits and licenses. EEA said the regulations are intended to standardize a process that has been handled through policy and case-by-case review, and that the legislature still retains the final authority to approve any Article 97 disposition.
Committee members also questioned whether the draft rules shift too much discretion to the Secretary and whether the proposed “proponent” process could allow private entities to drive Article 97 actions. EEA responded that non-public proponents would still need municipal support and legislative sponsorship, and that the regulations do not create a new avenue to bypass the existing home rule and legislative process. Members raised concerns about the current policy’s unanimous-vote requirements for municipal commissions, the proposed waiver provisions, whether MEPA applies, and the lack of explicit enforcement or penalty language in the act or regulations. EEA and DCAM said the act does not provide an enforcement mechanism and that disputes would generally be handled through the courts or the Attorney General.
The Inspector General’s office explained its role in reviewing appraisals for special legislation, including Article 97 matters, to ensure compliance with USPAP standards and to forward its review to DCAM. The hearing did not include any votes or formal committee action; members indicated that the committee may later issue recommendations to the executive agencies based on the testimony and questions raised.