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NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Energy and Natural Resources (01/08/2026)
Energy and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> any way. any way.
- ><c> uh</c><01:21:00.800><c> through</c> one way versus two-way power uh through one way versus two-way
- You could define it that way.
- You could define it that way.
- You could define it that way.
Committee:
Senate Energy and Natural Resources
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- This amendment is a way to secure it.
- By the way, you have the ultimate man's dream.
- And you let that bill go, and you voted the way you voted, and I knew in advance the way you were going
- intersects with a state right-of-way?
- It's the way, the makeup.
Summary:
The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several introductions and memorial remarks, including a moment of silence for service members killed in the conflict in Iran. The chamber then moved to special orders and took up a series of bills, with many measures passing unanimously after brief explanations and, in several cases, substitution of House companions. Early bills included CS/CS/SB 1062 on speech and debate education, which drew extensive supportive debate about the civic value of debate programs and passed 37-0, and SB 1072 on an anti-Semitism task force, which was amended to clarify that criticism of Israel is not prohibited and then passed 37-0.
The Senate also approved CS/CS/SB 1230/HB 1019 on PFAS chemicals and firefighting foam, with discussion focused on phasing out AFFF, testing requirements, exceptions for federal aviation and military uses, and support for firefighters and water quality; the bill passed 37-0. Other measures passed without opposition included SB 1706 on the My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program, SB 186 on student health and safety and seizure response training, SB 598 on funeral and cemetery services, SB 990/HB 883 on protected cell captive insurance companies, SB 554 on nonprofit corporations, SB 560 on child welfare and foster care medication procedures, SB 684/HB 961 on electronic signatures for salvage titles, and SB 778/HB 569 on forensic client services. Two bills, SB 432 on intoxicating substances and SB 928 on dangerous crimes, were temporarily postponed.
A major portion of the meeting was devoted to SB 1134 on official actions of local governments and DEI-related activities. The sponsor argued the bill would prevent counties and municipalities from funding or promoting DEI efforts he described as discriminatory or indoctrinating, while opponents offered amendments to narrow the bill to spending only, add an intent requirement for penalties, and preserve local proclamations and observances. Those amendments were debated at length but were not adopted. The sponsor then continued explaining the bill’s exceptions, including references to holidays, heritage sites, and the Pulse Memorial, and the chamber was still in debate on the underlying measure when the transcript ended.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:08:30.319><c> we</c> they're getting used were the ways we they're getting used were the ways
- </c> significant when we think about the ways significant when we think about the ways in<00:48:48.240
- </c> communities across the state um the ways communities across the state um the ways in<00:49:16.040
- </c> it sounds like you have in place a way it sounds like you have in place a way to<01:33:04.119><c
- That's the way it should be across the whole state.
Committee:
Senate Finance
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Ways and Means Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Joint Committee on Ways and Means
Transcript Highlights:
- Good afternoon to the House Ways and Means.
- I know the ways and means you have a hard job.
- And I liked the way you came around another way and had us think a little bit more about, you know, we're
- But we don't look the way you might imagine.
- It does feel as though we've lost our way.
Committee:
Joint Joint Committee on Ways and Means
Summary:
The Joint Ways and Means Committee held its final public hearing on the FY26 state budget, with chairs and members emphasizing that public testimony would help shape the budget and asking speakers to keep remarks brief. Committee leaders introduced members, explained the hearing process, and repeatedly thanked residents, students, and advocates for participating. No votes were taken during the hearing.
Testimony focused heavily on education funding and the Chapter 70 formula. Students from Amherst, Northampton, Gateway Regional, Chester Elementary, and other districts described budget-driven cuts to electives, special education supports, paraprofessionals, counselors, transportation, and building maintenance. They urged higher Chapter 70 aid, increased minimum aid, rural school aid, and a reopening or restructuring of the funding formula, arguing that current formulas leave many districts unable to meet student needs and force local layoffs and overrides.
Other speakers urged funding or protection for a range of programs and facilities, including the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute for homicide survivor services, the Museum of African American History, the Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and CART/interpreter services, the Access to Counsel housing legal aid program, the Department of Mental Health and Pocasset Mental Health Center, and Pappas Rehabilitation Hospital for Children. One speaker opposed offshore wind-related spending and urged a reset of the state’s energy approach, while another advocated ending the aircraft sales tax exemption. Committee members responded sympathetically to many speakers, asked a few follow-up questions, and several expressed support for maintaining or expanding the programs discussed.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/17/26
Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh and we way. Thank you, Represent.
- So thank you for coming today. opportunities that way. But again in the opportunities that way.
- algorithmic way.
- </c><00:48:33.040><c> up</c> your way up your way up and<00:48:35.760><c> um,</c><00:48:36.000><c> once
- </c><01:15:47.520><c> that's</c> technology is designed in a way that's technology is designed in a way
Keywords:
HF1316, child support, new hire reporting, centralized work reporting system, independent contractors, payors, employers, payor of funds, withholding orders, income withholding, child support enforcement, Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families, gig economy, rideshare drivers, delivery drivers, W-9, W-4, newly hired workers, rehired employees, labor organization
MD
Transcript Highlights:
- . way. way.
- </c><00:14:17.160><c> and</c><00:14:17.280><c> means</c> in ways and means in ways and means and<00:14
- </c> You had a bill just like this in Ways You had a bill just like this in Ways and<00:16:22.640><c>
- </c><00:34:52.560><c> and</c> Report of the Committee on Ways and Report of the Committee on Ways and
- to go all the way across Baltimore County and Baltimore City the way WMATA does.
Summary:
The House met in Annapolis on February 27, 2026, with 128 members present. After a prayer, the chamber adopted the previous day’s journal and recognized a resolution honoring Brunswick High School’s first Tech Challenge team, Minerva’s Mechanics, for winning the FTC Regional Championships and qualifying for the World Championship in Houston. The resolution was read and adopted with applause.
The main legislative item was House Bill 355, concerning the Education, Sexual Abuse and Assault Awareness and Prevention Program and human and sex trafficking; the House adopted the favorable committee report and ordered the bill printed for third reading. The next bill, House Bill 534 on nonpublic school transcripts and prohibiting punitive measures related to student debt, also received a favorable report. Debate then centered on an amendment offered to HB 534 that would have tied school funding to student choice for students in repeatedly one-star-rated schools and allowed parents of habitually violent or disruptive students to consider military boarding school options. The sponsor argued Maryland’s public schools, especially in Baltimore City, were failing students despite heavy spending, citing low literacy, violence, and the book Failure Factory; several members echoed concerns about school performance, bureaucracy, and the need for educational freedom.
Opponents and procedural speakers said the amendment was not germane to HB 534, which they described as a narrow bill about transcript access for students leaving nonpublic schools with unpaid fees, often students with disabilities. The floor leader urged the body to resist the amendment and stick to the bill’s actual subject. Despite multiple members explaining their votes in support of school choice and criticizing the Blueprint and school outcomes, the House ultimately took a roll call on the amendment after a voice vote was challenged. The transcript cuts off during the roll call and does not show the final recorded result on the amendment.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> impact of that is negative in two ways. impact of that is negative in two ways.
- . way. way.
- This is a way to do it.
- This is a way to do it. It does there. This is a way to do it.
- </c> practical way of discussing it. practical way of discussing it.
Committee:
Senate Finance
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- I don't have a problem either way.
- </c> or use existing space in any other way. or use existing space in any other way.
- Senator Fenton's on her way down. She's in the building. She's on her way down.
- She's on her way down. building. She's on her way down.
- Um, so the way it Oh, hey. Hello.
Committee:
Senate Education
TX
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 2/25/25 - Part 1
Public Safety Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:10:39.320><c> to</c> seems like a very um difficult way to seems like a very um difficult way
- Because either way, they are getting out.
- It is way more complex than the binary. This is offensive.
- It is way more complex than the binary. This is offensive.
- way to keep everyone safe.
Committee:
House Public Safety Finance and Policy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate - 02/17/25
Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate
Transcript Highlights:
- Minnesota is leading the way in climate solutions.
- It encourages growth of load in an as efficient way as possible.
- It encourages growth of load in an as efficient way as possible.
- </c> programs in the next two years the way programs in the next two years the way you<00:46:58.319><
- But you know, Commerce would not drive us that way either.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Interim Joint Committee on Families and Children.(6-17-26)
Families & Children
Transcript Highlights:
- The The way to frame it for this.
- >> So, I'm going to answer that two ways >> So, I'm going to answer that two ways and<01:
- </c> we don't have a way to meet your need." we don't have a way to meet your need."
- So, this is the way we are.
- But that's the sort of cute way to answer, but the more thoughtful way is to say we're on a journey,
Committee:
Joint Families & Children
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Select Committee on Gaming, May 14, 2026 - PM
Select Committee on Gaming
Transcript Highlights:
- ,</c> But the way this reads, But the way this reads, I<00:10:39.960><c> could</c><00:10:40.160><c> just
- </c><00:12:24.400><c> to</c> settle at, but that's another way to settle at, but that's another way to
- </c><00:16:13.760><c> looked</c><00:16:14.000><c> at</c> So, the way that we've looked at So, the way
- A lot of them, it was not that way.
- </c> clearing up what the rules say one way clearing up what the rules say one way or<01:03:23.480><c
Committee:
Joint Select Committee on Gaming
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 03/04/25
Environment, Climate, and Legacy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:03:56.239><c> good</c> you open that up for me that way good you open that up for me that way
- The other question I have is, I do like Como Park, by the way.
- </c> uh kids and families um and it was a way uh kids and families um and it was a way for<00:32:10.600
- </c><00:59:24.920><c> we</c> so many communities along the way we so many communities along the way we
- They're shown a couple of different ways.
Committee:
Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:42:56.839><c> um</c> supplanting the funds in this way um supplanting the funds in this way um
- in the way that they should.
- in the way that they should.
- in the way that they should.
- in the way that they should.
Committee:
Senate Education Finance
Keywords:
HF56, Minnesota bonding bill, capital investment, state bonds, bond proceeds fund, Hutchinson Area Transportation Services, Hutchinson, McLeod County, transportation facility, vehicle storage, equipment storage, fueling facility, temperate storage, local infrastructure, public works, general obligation bonds, education finance, school funding, state aid, appropriations
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 2/19/25
Public Safety Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- down to leverne all driver all the way down to leverne all the<00:48:16.000><c> way</c><00:48:16.119
- That law also covers driving down the wrong way of a one-way lane, so I for sure understand you would
- That law also covers driving down the wrong way of a one-way lane, so I for sure understand you would
- </c> these concerns you know in the best way these concerns you know in the best way that<01:26:39.000
- </c> counties that are approaching this way counties that are approaching this way um<01:32:56.440><c
Committee:
House Public Safety Finance and Policy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Roadmap to Program Integrity and Fraud Prevention 3/9/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It is so really is no other way.
- I think way to the testifier table.
- He said Walls feels the same way.
- He said Walls feels the same way.
- </c> way, and let's keep this moving. way, and let's keep this moving.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Combatting Antisemitism Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Transcript Highlights:
- We look at groups all the way from both purposes, all the way to left-wing extremists as well.
- In any legitimate way.
- , or it could be construed this way.
- Arresting your way out of it, an issue, is clearly not the way to resolve anything, but I think it is
- I think we are uniquely positioned in that way.
Summary:
The Special Commission on Anti-Semitism met to focus on the role of law enforcement in responding to anti-Semitic incidents. After approving amended minutes, the chair opened with remarks emphasizing that the Commission would confront anti-Semitism from any political direction and outlined the day’s agenda: extremist activity trends, hate-crime statutes, intergovernmental coordination, and security funding. The first presentation came from Ben Pott of the ADL Center on Extremism, who described rising extremist propaganda and anti-Semitic incidents nationally and in Massachusetts, highlighting groups such as NSC-131, GDL, and Patriot Front. He said these groups increasingly use anti-Zionist language, public disruptions, and online platforms to spread hate, and recommended prosecution where possible, civil litigation, education about symbols and tactics, and community reporting to law enforcement and ADL.
Assistant District Attorney David Solvin then reviewed federal and Massachusetts hate-crime laws, including federal civil-rights and hate-crime statutes and state provisions for civil-rights violations, assault and battery to intimidate, religious vandalism, terroristic threats, and criminal harassment. He explained that many of these laws enhance penalties based on bias motivation, but some do not create standalone offenses or qualify as dangerousness predicates under current law. Commissioners pressed him on hypothetical fact patterns involving anti-Semitic slurs, symbols, and attacks, as well as on the limits of existing law for pretrial detention and the need for better data collection. Solvin said more training, better reporting, and possible legislative updates could improve enforcement, and he noted pending bills that would require more regular hate-crime reporting and expand protected classes.
Detective Lieutenant Ryan Cepiel of the State Police Anti-Terrorism Unit and HART described the unit’s creation in 2023, its role in implementing prior hate-crime task force recommendations, and its work with local, state, federal, and community partners. He said HART has trained civil-rights officers, developed recruit and in-service curricula, created resource pamphlets and a Teams page, and is building a GIS-based reporting portal to improve tracking and victim support. Cepiel reported a year-over-year rise in reported anti-Semitic hate crimes in Massachusetts, while noting that current numbers are incomplete because reporting is inconsistent and there is no mandate for local departments to notify HART. Commissioners discussed underreporting, rural versus eastern Massachusetts coverage, the need for more officers and training, and the importance of making victims feel safe coming forward. The meeting ended with agreement that better data, training, and coordination are needed to address the rise in anti-Semitic hate and bias incidents.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Vice Chairman Way. Chairman Weninger. Wilmeth? Aye. Vice Chairman Way? Aye. Chairman Weninger? Aye.
- Vice Chairman Way: Aye.
- Is this the way to approach it, or is there a different way where we modify what's eligible to discuss
- Vice Chairman Way, Mr.
- Vice Chairman Way? Aye. Chairman Weninger? Aye. Vice Chairman Way? Aye. Chairman Weninger? Aye.
Bills:
SB1206 , SB1254 , SB1290 , SB1421 , SB1432 , SB1515 , SB1563 , SB1641 , SB1649 , SB1670 , SB1671 , SB1747
Committees:
House Commerce , House House Commerce Committee of Reference
Keywords:
storm damage, catastrophic storm, hail damage, wind damage, roof repair, roof replacement, post-storm repairs, insurance claim, property and casualty insurance, adjuster, public adjuster, contractor licensing, homeowner protections, deductible waiver, insurance fraud prevention, storm chaser, residential construction contract, workers' compensation, joint check, claim solicitation
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Transportation Committee Mar 2nd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Right-of-way has historically been a challenge for us.
- So it's helpful that the way that the way that the a particularly well-suited source to borrow against
- So we have included our budget for right-of-way acquisitions.
- So we have included our budget for right-of-way acquisitions.
- So we are looking at ways to still get into communities, but, you know, all... ...are looking at ways
Summary:
The Assembly Transportation Committee held an oversight hearing on California High-Speed Rail, focusing on the authority’s supplemental project update report and the newly released 2026 draft business plan. Committee leaders emphasized transparency, the project’s funding challenges, and the need for clear answers on costs, schedule, and scope. The High-Speed Rail Authority said the project has made major progress in the Central Valley, including substantial construction completion, right-of-way acquisition, and railhead development, and highlighted over $14 billion in savings from a rebased project plan, plus an additional $2 billion in savings in the draft business plan. The authority also said it expects to begin laying track by the end of the year and continues to pursue private-sector partnerships and clean-energy opportunities.
The Legislative Analyst’s Office and the Inspector General both raised concerns about whether the current funding plan is sufficient and whether the authority has clearly identified the timing of future expenditures versus revenues. The LAO said the project likely still faces a funding gap for Merced-to-Bakersfield once financing costs and the loss of $4 billion in federal funds are considered, and warned that cap-and-invest revenues are volatile and may not be well suited for borrowing without additional safeguards. The Inspector General said the authority still has not provided a precise funding plan, estimated the project is about two years away from lacking funds on hand to stay on schedule, and urged lawmakers to focus on financing costs, procurement timing, schedule risks, and distinguishing true cost cuts from scope changes.
Members questioned the authority about proposed statutory changes, including CEQA and permitting streamlining, court resources, third-party process changes, sales tax exemptions on materials, and expanded land-use/value-capture tools. They also pressed the authority on the loss of federal funds, the withdrawal of litigation over those funds, and whether the project’s revised savings depend on moving station locations away from downtown Merced and Bakersfield and on other scope changes such as more single-tracking and blended operations south of Palmdale. The authority said it is still committed to Merced-to-Bakersfield, believes the business plan shows a path to completion with sufficient funding, and will work with the Legislature on any needed changes before the final plan is submitted.