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NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Senate Judiciary (01/20/2026)

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • Recently, my son, who's in first grade, had one of his first lockdown drills at his school.
  • </c> Recently, my son, uh, who's in first Recently, my son, uh, who's in first grade,<02:34:39.920><c
  • </c><02:34:40.880><c> lockdown</c> grade, had one of his first lockdown grade, had one of his first lockdown
  • There's no legitimate reason for an adult to bring their firearm into my son's first grade classroom.
  • There's no legitimate reason for an adult to bring their firearm into my son's first grade classroom.
Committee: Senate Judiciary
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Ways and Means Apr 27th, 2026

Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • It also sets a clear rule that children with the greatest financial needs get priority first.
  • from this, I mean, of course, they don’t have children that are, you know, in school level, school grade
Summary: The House Ways and Means Committee met in executive session to consider House Bill 2379, which had a pre-distributed House Committee Substitute. The bill sponsor, Rep. Cecily Williams, explained that the substitute was revised to align with a Senate version and to clarify definitions, limit applicability to certain counties, rename the fund the Early Childhood Education Fund, expand eligible uses to include child care services, move fund custody to the county treasurer, broaden the types of eligible providers, and prioritize children with the greatest financial need. Members discussed how the measure would work in practice, with repeated clarification that it does not create a new tax but instead governs how locally approved early childhood sales tax revenue would be collected and distributed. Several members focused on whether the bill involved tax credits or a sales tax, whether any tax was already in place, and whether the money would otherwise go to general revenue. The sponsor and other members clarified that local governments already have authority to place an early childhood sales tax on the ballot, and the bill would require any revenue approved for that purpose to be deposited into a dedicated children’s service fund rather than diverted to general funds. Supporters, including Rep. Taylor and Rep. Wright, said the bill would improve transparency and ensure funds are used for the intended early childhood purpose, while Rep. Davis questioned the fairness of a sales tax that would be paid broadly but benefit only families with young children. Rep. Coleman also raised questions about the funding mechanism and remained uncertain during the discussion. The committee first adopted the House Committee Substitute by voice vote. It then voted on the substitute version of House Bill 2379 and passed it do pass by a roll call vote of 7 ayes and 2 noes. The committee then adjourned.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • appreciate the opportunity to come before you this morning. to lay out SCR 23, which designates the first
  • Administrative code 89.1 requires that each district provide services for gifted students at all grade
Bills: SB2053 , SCR19 , SCR23 , SCR29
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Administration Apr 14th, 2025

Administration

Transcript Highlights:
  • appreciate the opportunity to come before you this morning to lay out SCR 23, which designates the first
  • Administrative code 89.1 requires that each district provide services for gifted students at all grade
NH
Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> concerned about the uh first concerned about the uh first uh<00:21:38.240><c> first</c><00:21:38.480
  • four-year-old year, will enter kindergarten at or above a kindergarten reading level, oftentimes at a first-grade
  • grade.
  • </c><05:27:14.240><c> So,</c><05:27:14.878><c> um</c> the time he got into first grade.
  • So, um the time he got into first grade.
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The committee opened hearings on SB 69, including a germane amendment on school board votes to accept or reject gifts and donations, and a non-germane amendment creating a virtual early childhood readiness family engagement program for preschool children not yet in kindergarten. Prime sponsor Rep. Glenn Cordelli said the literacy program was modeled on earlier HB 671, would be funded through gifts and donations rather than state appropriations, and would include reporting requirements to the governor and legislature. Members questioned changes from the earlier bill, including the move away from center-based language, the lack of a dollar threshold for school board action on donations, anonymous gifts, and whether the amendment preserved enough evaluation data. Testimony on the donation provisions raised concerns about broad language, timing, and public-meeting requirements. Rep. Timothy Han and Becky Wilson of the New Hampshire School Boards Association both noted that school districts already have policies and asked how the bill would work for routine donations, anonymous gifts, and situations that might require non-public discussion under right-to-know law. Wilson cited examples such as field-trip scholarships, backpack drives, and sports uniforms, and said the association was not taking a position but wanted clearer guardrails. Rep. Han said school boards may need to discuss some gifts in non-public session and that the bill should better address those circumstances. On the early literacy amendment, Wilson and others questioned whether the program was sufficiently developed, whether it was appropriate to rely on a primarily online model for very young children, and how it would interact with special education services and IEPs. A representative from Waterford.org, Rob Riley, testified in support, saying the program would be supplementary, adaptive, and family-engagement based, and that Waterford could provide devices and internet access for families who need them. He said the program would work alongside school districts and IEP teams rather than replace existing services. No vote was taken during the hearing; the chair said the committee would later exec the bills and try to get reports in for the calendar.
MD

Maryland 2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session, 3/19/2026 #1

Maryland House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> read the first bill. read the first bill.
  • </c> first year of the child's life. first year of the child's life.
  • The clerk will read the first bill. 11. The clerk will read the first bill.
  • The clerk will read the first bill. 15. The clerk will read the first bill.
  • </c> will read the first bill. will read the first bill.
Summary: The House convened with 122 members present, opened with prayer, and approved the previous day’s journal. The chamber then took up two congratulatory resolutions: one honoring Layla Wishard of Hagerstown for winning gold with Team USA at the Junior Roller Derby Association World Cup in Australia, and another recognizing Delores Millhouse as the 2026 Maryland Mother of the Year. Both resolutions were read and adopted with applause. The House then considered a series of committee reports, primarily from the Committee on Economic Matters, and advanced multiple bills to third reading after adopting committee amendments and favorable reports. Measures included consumer contract protections in House Bill 103, workers’ compensation presumptions for hypertension in House Bill 347, broadband access and affordability in House Bill 382, housing and land-use changes in House Bills 548 and 894, data privacy in House Bill 711, franchise law changes in House Bill 730, a blockchain-based real property title pilot program in House Bill 810, bankruptcy exemptions in House Bill 1098, and telecommunications infrastructure protections in House Bill 1100. Several bills drew questions and were special ordered for further review. House Bill 711, the Data Privacy Act, prompted extended discussion about whether its geolocation provisions could affect stadium and venue security tracking; the sponsor said the bill was intended to close loopholes around cell phone and vehicle location data and would not change existing permission-based rules, but the bill was still special ordered until the next day. House Bill 894, the transit-oriented development bill, also drew questions about local government concerns and was special ordered, with the floor leader saying county and municipal groups were generally satisfied with the amendments. House Bill 1100 was also taken up after the amendments were adopted, and the title amendment process began as the transcript ended.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 2/25/26

Public Safety Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • First<00:02:22.720><c> bill</c><00:02:22.879><c> in</c><00:02:23.040><c> the</c><00:02:23.360><c> first
  • </c><00:02:23.599><c> bill</c><00:02:23.760><c> on</c><00:02:23.920><c> the</c> First bill in the first
  • bill on the First bill in the first bill on the agenda<00:02:24.319><c> is</c><00:02:24.560><c> House
  • </c><00:09:17.519><c> started</c> when the perpetrator first started when the perpetrator first started
  • ><c> talking</c><00:10:14.399><c> about</c> when he first started talking about when he first started
Bills: HF2358 , HF3496 , HF3504 , HF2169 , HF3440
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Session (06/05/2025)

New Hampshire House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Fourth grade Representative McDonald.
  • ><c> Mount</c><00:10:29.360><c> Vernon</c> fourth grade students from Mount Vernon fourth grade students
  • First is the way.
  • </c><05:44:43.040><c> First,</c> how we are addressing them. First, how we are addressing them.
  • </c> most for students in grades K to 12. most for students in grades K to 12.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session 4/9/26

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> First reading of Senate files.
  • First reading of Senate File 3868, an act relating to commerce.
  • First Hearing no objection, so ordered.
  • First on Health, Finance, and Policy.
  • Okay, yeah, What's the first one? Okay.
Keywords: 1183, house
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Culture, Recreation & Tourism May 1st, 2025

Culture, Recreation & Tourism

Transcript Highlights:
  • It helps grade school students foster their love of history and go experience it in real life.
  • Members as first Senate concurrent resolution concurrent resolution is a companion to HCR 113 by Representative
  • Members, this is the first Senate bill as the companion for HB 3962 by Representative Garin relating
  • Let's take the first step and create an action plan for wildlife corridors.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Culture, Recreation & Tourism May 1st, 2025

Culture, Recreation & Tourism

Transcript Highlights:
  • It helps grade school students foster their love of history and experience it in real life.
  • Members, this first Senate Concurrent Resolution is a companion to HCR 113 by Representative Mary Gonzalez
  • Members, this is the first Senate bill, a companion to HB3962 by Representative Guerin, relating to the
  • When it comes to the safety of our wildlife and Texans, let's take the first step and create an action
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:01:21.200><c> we're</c> order today on the agenda first we're order today on the agenda first
  • I missed their first steps, their first words, and my oldest son's kindergarten.
  • I missed their first steps, their first words, and my oldest son's kindergarten. in family court and
  • steps their<00:32:40.559><c> first</c> their first their first words<00:32:42.519><c> and</c><00:32:
  • c> have carjacking if first deegree robbery have carjacking if first deegree robbery is<00:41:30.319>
Summary: The House Standing Committee on Families and Children met and first took up House Bill 479, which would require one hour of dementia training for DCBS workers. Representative Derrick Lewis and the Alzheimer’s Association said the bill was a straightforward, bipartisan effort to address dementia awareness and improve worker training, with no fiscal impact. Members spoke in support, including remarks about personal family experiences with dementia and the importance of recognizing symptoms early. The committee voted 11-0 to pass the bill with favorable expression. The committee then heard House Bill 574, the “Baby Maya” child protection bill, sponsored by Representatives Dossett and Lewis. The bill would require reporting when a child is born to a parent who previously had children removed for neglect or abuse, create a rebuttable presumption allowing the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to make an initial safety determination, authorize emergency custody procedures, and name the measure the Baby Maya Law. Sponsors said it was intended to add guardrails after the Baby Maya case and stressed that it would not automatically remove children or add new mandatory-reporter penalties. Members asked about hospital involvement, HIPAA, and information-sharing; the Cabinet commissioner said the agency would be open to better data-sharing with hospitals, but currently has no such system. The bill passed 12-1 with favorable expression. Finally, the committee considered House Bill 291, the Family Preservation and Accountability Act, with a committee substitute. The bill would expand sentencing alternatives for primary caregivers convicted of nonviolent offenses, allowing judges to consider family status and use options such as counseling, parenting classes, and related services. Supporters argued it would keep families together, reduce harm from parental incarceration, and save money; one witness cited a report estimating $4 million in direct incarceration savings and broader economic benefits. Another witness, Amanda Hall, gave emotional testimony about the long-term harm of parental incarceration and said access to help would have been better for her family than prison. The committee adopted the committee substitute and passed the bill 12-1 with favorable expression.
IA

Iowa 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate in Session Mar 2nd, 2026 at 04:59 pm

Iowa Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Food-grade grains are a whole different ballgame.
Keywords: 913, all
CO

Colorado 2026 Regular Session

Colorado Senate 2026 Legislative Day038_b Feb 23rd, 2026

Colorado Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • From banking from he first did start.
  • He was the first black mayor of Webb.
  • </c><00:20:52.400><c> 7</c> Association for all members in grades 7 Association for all members in grades
  • </c><01:02:46.880><c> determined</c> that individuals are first determined that individuals are first
  • </c> you that Monday uh we have our first you that Monday uh we have our first nuclear<01:22:35.120><
Keywords: 981, all
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • Our first responders are out there.
  • Our first responders are out checked.
  • </c> are uh July 1st is the end of that first are uh July 1st is the end of that first biennium,<00:18
  • When stuff happens, they're the first ones on scene.
  • When stuff happens, they're the first ones on scene.
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The committee received a budget and program update from Kentucky Emergency Management on the state’s urban search and rescue buildout. Eric Gibson and Doug Hargrave said the legislature’s funding was used to create FEMA-type urban search and rescue capacity, including Kentucky Task Force 1 and 2, the incident support team, and the helicopter aquatic rescue/hoist team. They emphasized that the effort is not just equipment purchases but also training, credentialing, warehouse and training-facility development, canine program expansion, and coordination with local search and rescue agencies across the Commonwealth. Gibson reported that the agency executed 99.4% of the $16.175 million appropriation by the end of the fiscal year and said the team met its readiness target ahead of schedule, with equipment already being deployed in recent flood response operations. He also said $500,000 per year was set aside for local search and rescue grants, with about $482,000 awarded to 29 teams in one year and $490,000 to 36 teams in the next, averaging about $20,000 per grant. Several members urged the committee to consider increasing support for local responders in future budgets, noting rising equipment costs and the importance of local teams as first on scene. Members asked about staffing, coverage, and benefits. Gibson explained that the task force is a mixed workforce of full-time fire personnel loaned from local departments, professional service staff such as doctors and engineers, and temporary deployment staff, with workers’ compensation coverage provided through KYEM and/or home agencies depending on the arrangement. He also said local search and rescue members are not currently included in line-of-duty death benefits. In response to questions about coverage and deployment, he described the two task force locations as designed to keep resources within roughly 100 miles of every Kentuckian. The discussion also turned to recent flood response and disaster recovery. Gibson said the state had mobilized up to 24 teams over the weekend, documented roughly 60 to 80 water rescues or assisted evacuations, and was seeing significant damage in counties such as Cumberland, Clinton, and Metcalfe, including agricultural losses. He said several counties were meeting FEMA public assistance thresholds and that the state was preparing a broader relief request that could include FEMA, SBA, and USDA assistance. He also updated members on efforts to claw back and reallocate unused “strained fiscal liquidity” funds by the statutory deadline, saying notices were sent and funds were redirected where possible to unmet local needs.
MA
Transcript Highlights:
  • First one is a process-related one as we talk about recommendations to get on the table.
  • And so we kind of started the first half of today talking about a number of We kind of started the first
  • We've got to give them an opportunity to have first and last month's rent.
  • Attendance is graded. Behavior is graded.
  • So, to your point, I think the Senator brought up his first option was a mega...
Keywords: 1212, all
Summary: The commission met for an open discussion focused on developing recommendations for its report on correctional consolidation and collaboration. Chairs Dan Hunt and Senator Brownsberger said the group is moving from information-gathering into idea generation, with a report due to the legislature by the end of September. Members discussed whether recommendations should be broad “guardrails” or more specific proposals, and several urged that future recommendations be grounded in firsthand experience, data, and written submissions from agencies and stakeholders. A major theme was how to create a more integrated correctional and reentry system. Participants raised the need to hear more from reentry centers, minimum-security and pre-release facilities, probation and parole, and the judiciary. Ideas included expanding step-down pathways, improving coordination among DOC, sheriffs, probation, and parole, standardizing programming and outcomes data, and better educating judges about available programs at sentencing. There was also discussion of whether the sheriff’s role should be expanded beyond the current two-and-a-half-year House of Correction limit, with questions about sentence structure, good-time credits, and how such a change would affect security and reentry outcomes. Members also emphasized the importance of consistency, transparency, and minimum standards across facilities. Several speakers said the system remains fragmented and that different counties use different definitions, practices, and program models. Suggestions included reviewing prior commission reports, looking at other states and even European models for best practices, and considering regional hubs or specialized facilities for behavioral health, workforce development, and reentry. The chairs noted that the commission has already toured several facilities and plans more visits, including Framingham and Bridgewater, and that future hearings will include unions and other stakeholders. The discussion also touched on restrictive housing, mental health, and contraband K2. Members cited recent suicide concerns and expert reports suggesting some units function like restrictive housing even if not labeled that way. There was broad agreement that custody conditions, programming access, and institutional culture affect trust and rehabilitation. No formal votes were taken; the meeting was primarily a working session to surface ideas and frame possible recommendations for later drafting.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

House Chamber - Opening Day Wed Jan 15, 2025, 10:00AM HST - Day 1

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The first identifies with us as people, akahai, to be kind. Be kind to yourselves.
  • [Music] [Music] [Music] First, over the rainbow, rainbow, rainbow.
  • She is our first openly transgender legislator in the state of Hawaii.
  • </c> Rights Commission she is our first Rights Commission she is our first openly<02:11:53.480><c> transgender
  • We know and love our Hawaiʻi, so first, cost of living.
Keywords: House Agenda:, 910, house, all
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/25/2026 - Senate Floor Session

Arizona Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Clerk, will read the first bill on the calendar.
  • Majority Leader, we'll read the report first. Mr. Majority Leader, we'll read the report first. Mr.
  • Do we need to read it first? Okay, we're good. All right, Mr.
  • Read or read the first bill on the calendar.
  • Introduction, first reading, reference of bills: HB 2010.
Keywords: 1182, all
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Apr 9th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I thought that was the first question.
  • These are the sixth-grade students from Lecombe Middle School.
  • These are the sixth grade students from Lecombe Middle School.
  • Members, this is a bill presented on behalf of our First Lady.
  • First set of amendments offered by Representative Schlegel, set number 3290.
Summary: The House convened with a quorum, opened with prayer by guest minister Reginald Tate, and adopted the journal and several leave requests. The chamber received Senate messages, including concurrence in HCR 44 and Senate adoption of SCRs 19 and 26, and referred a number of Senate resolutions and bills to committee. It also reported and adopted several House resolutions honoring individuals, schools, and organizations, including H.R. 112, 113, 114, and 52, and referred HCR 51 to Appropriations for a study of assessor and clerk compensation. The House then processed many bills on second and third reading, with numerous measures reported favorably or amended and advanced without objection. Topics included criminal justice and public safety (including hit-and-run as a crime of violence, video voyeurism, intentional exposure to HIV, bail conditions for human trafficking defendants, and post-conviction custody rules), health and insurance matters (AI disclosure in health care, hearing aid coverage, anti-cancer medication parity, pharmacy benefit managers, Medicaid/SNAP integrity, and rare cancer treatments), education and governance (special education due process, school funding, campaign finance, public records, and legislative website transparency), and natural resources and transportation items. Several bills were substituted or renumbered, and many were engrossed and passed to third reading. Two floor debates drew extended discussion. HCR 15, urging Congress to pass the SAVE Act and require voter identification in federal elections, passed 65-32 after questions about voter roll purges and documentation requirements. HCR 14, supporting federal efforts to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education, prompted extensive debate over federal education funding, Title I, special education, student loans, land-grant institutions, desegregation oversight, and whether federal functions could be shifted to other agencies; it was adopted 59-28 with 23 coauthors. Later, HB 108, barring persons convicted of violent crimes or sex offenses from jury service, passed 68-32 after debate over jury pool size, second chances, and whether the bill would apply to civil and criminal trials. The House also passed HB 98 on penalties for unlawful release of victim information, HB 131 on custody pending appeal, HB 161 on bail conditions for human trafficking defendants, and HB 288 requiring “miscarriage” to appear alongside “spontaneous abortion” in medical records and billing.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House of Representatives Apr 9th, 2026

Louisiana House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Speaker Pro Tem, first in this order is H.R. 15 by Representative Weibel.
  • I thought that was the first question.
  • These are the sixth grade students from Lecompte Middle School.
  • Members, this is a bill presented on behalf of our First Lady.
  • First set of amendments offered.