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HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • Robert Greg in support. Okay, that's all the testimony we've received.
  • Robert<00:37:15.400><c> Greg</c><00:37:16.280><c> in</c><00:37:16.400><c> support.
  • Governor's Message 587, Robert Watring to the Hawaii Medical Board.
  • Governor's Message 591, Robert Collins to the Motor Vehicle Repair Industry Board.
  • Governor's Message 587, Robert Watring to the Hawaii Medical Board.
Summary: The Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee heard a series of gubernatorial nominations to boards and commissions under the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. The chair explained the 90-minute agenda, the 2-minute testimony limit, and that written testimony had been reviewed in advance. Testimony was generally supportive for each nominee, with agency boards, professional associations, and individuals submitting written or oral support. For the Board of Barbering and Cosmetology, Michael Basta Jr. described his 40 years in the industry, ownership of two salons, and experience training educators. For the Board of Dentistry, Christopher Woo said he had served as an interim board member since July 1 of the prior year, and Jerry Young said she was a retired pediatrician and former Hawaii Medical Board member; in response to questions, she identified a potential conflict through her role with Pu'ulu Lapa'au and said she would recuse herself when appropriate. For the Board of Psychology, Sean Scanlon and Sherry Takuishi Sara both emphasized long careers in the field and service to the community. Several members questioned psychology and medical nominees about interstate licensing compacts and access to care. Scanlon said he supported expanding the profession but would need to recuse himself on compact issues because of his role at Chaminade University, and he noted growth in local training programs. Sara said her main concern with compacts was cultural sensitivity and Hawaii’s unique cultural milieu, though she acknowledged the need for more psychologists. Pediatrician Robert Watring, nominated to the Hawaii Medical Board, said he supported local providers and was cautious about compacts, emphasizing the need to ensure qualified care in Hawaii; he said he had not seen much change from temporary licensing measures on Kauai. For the Contractors License Board, Jerry Nishik said backlog problems were driven by staff shortages and board vacancies, noting the board lacked quorum for upcoming meetings and needed more members and staff. Other nominees included Albert Dennis and Nolan Miyahara for the Motor Vehicle Repair Industry Board, both of whom said they wanted to continue public service and help ensure legitimate, certified repair shops; Miyahara described his career path from apprentice to automotive technology professor. The committee also heard support for Robert Woltering’s nomination to the Hawaii Medical Board, with Woltering saying he wanted to help ensure quality health care providers, especially for children on Kauai. The transcript does not show any final votes or confirmations during the excerpt provided.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
  • Robert Singleton**, Senior Director of Policy and Public Affairs. And **Mr.
  • My name is **Robert Singleton**.
  • My good friend Robert here already talked about what trucks do better.
  • Correct me if you know something I don't, Robert.
  • Again, as Robert Remick mentioned...
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Legislative Health and Human Services May 20th, 2025

Legislative Health & Human Services Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, so, Robert Cagle, and give me one second, Robert, um, Stop this.
  • And also, um, Xander is handing out a handout from Robert and, and this is, this is Robert's opinions
  • So whenever you're ready, Robert.
  • OK, Robert, that's 3 minutes, wrap it up. OK.
  • Thank you, Robert. Thank you.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Special Session 2026 May 7th, 2026

Alabama Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Roberts. Mr. Sessions. Mr. Shelnutt. Mr. Singleton. Mr. Smitherman. Mr. Stewart. Mr. Stutts. Mr.
  • Mr.<00:02:45.520><c> Roberts.</c> Mr. Roberts. Mr. Roberts. Mr.<00:02:47.360><c> Sessions.</c> Mr.
Summary: The Alabama Senate convened with a prayer and pledge led by Todd Russell of ALCAP, followed by roll call showing 32 senators present, establishing a quorum. Senator Wagner moved to excuse absent senators and to dispense with reading the previous day’s journal; both motions were adopted without objection. No bills were introduced during the bill introduction segment. Under committee reports, the Committee on County and Municipal Government reported House Bill 1 favorably by a vote of 6 yeas and 3 nays. The bill concerns primary elections and would authorize a special primary election for congressional districts affected by a federal court ruling, require the governor to call such an election under certain conditions, set an election calendar, and address qualification of affected candidates. The title was read, and the bill received second reading and was placed on the calendar for the next legislative day. After committee reports concluded, Senator Gudger moved to adjourn until 9:00 a.m. Friday, May 8, and the Senate adjourned by voice vote. Before adjournment, the presiding officer recognized special guests in the gallery, including fourth graders from Springville Elementary, guests of Senator Bell.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate State Governmental Affairs Committee Feb 25th, 2026

State Governmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • . >> Senator Roberts, >> Senator Stewart, and Senator Butler ... here. >> We have a quorum and first
  • transfer their credits to their professional or occupational lifestyle outside of… &gt;&gt; Senator Roberts
  • , &gt;&gt; Senator Roberts, &gt;&gt; Senator<00:06:05.919><c> Stewart,</c><00:06:06.800><c> and</c><00
  • Coleman-Madison, >> Senator Elliott, ... hi. >> Senator Kelley, >> Senator Orr, ... hi. >> Senator Roberts
Bills: HB213 , HB136 , HB182 , HB213 , HB136 , HB182
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Veterans and Armed Forces Feb 17th, 2026

Veterans and Armed Forces

Transcript Highlights:
  • Roberts. Sites. Violet. Walsh. Walshmore. Wolfen. Here. Here. Wolfin? Here. There's more.
  • Roberts. Aye. Bites. Aye. Violet. Aye. Walshmore. Aye. Wulfon. Aye.
  • Representative Roberts came earlier today and asked that we put that off until next week.
  • Thank you, Representative Roberts, for coming to me today and talking about this.
CO

Colorado 2026 Regular Session

Colorado Senate 2026 Legislative Day 008 Jan 22nd, 2026

Colorado Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • . >> Roberts. Roberts. >> Excused.
  • Schoffler, please add Senator Roberts to the roll. Majority Leader Rodriguez. >> Thank you, Mr.
  • The great senator, both senators, Senator Pelton R. and Roberts. >> Thank you, Mr. President.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee Apr 23rd, 2025

Finance and Taxation Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senator Figures, Senator Gavan, Senator Hatcher, Senator Hovie, Senator Kelly, Senator Melson, Senator Roberts
  • Senator Melson, Senator Roberts, Senator Sessions. Hi. Senator Singleton. Senator Smitherman. Hi.
  • Senator Roberts offers the amendment, seconded by Senator Allen. Any discussion on the amendment?
  • Senator Roberts moved favorable. Let me get a second. Senator Gavan seconds. Senator Figures.
Bills: SB213 , HB24 , HB163 , HB226 , HB271 , HB288 , HB319 , HB24
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • Representative Roberts, here. Representative Sharp... Representative Stevenson... Representative T.
  • Roberts? Representative LaFerty... Representative Thomas, present. Vice Chair Bratcher.
  • Representative Roberts, here. Representative Wesley, here. Chair McCool, here.
  • Representative Roberts, yes. Representative Sharp, I.
Summary: The House Standing Committee on Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection convened with a quorum, opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and prayer, and briefly discussed the ongoing flooding in eastern Kentucky. Members and the chair asked for prayers for affected families, first responders, utility workers, and others dealing with the disaster. The chair also reminded members about Military Kids Day on Tuesday, February 25 at 9:00 a.m. The committee then took up House Bill 234. Sean Butler, executive director of the Kentucky Police Chiefs Association, testified that the bill would fix an omission in current law so airport police departments can participate in grant funding when they turn in firearms for destruction or sale through the Kentucky State Police, as other departments already can. He said airport police are fully sworn and certified officers but were left out because they fall under a different statute. After questions, the committee voted on the bill and it passed with favorable expressions, advancing to the House floor. The chair said the second bill would not be considered that day because of unresolved issues and would be brought back later. A member also asked to register attendance before the meeting concluded.
VA

Virginia 2026 Regular Session

March 14, 2026 - Regular Session

Virginia House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Speaker, I move that the body adjourn in honor and memory of Robert Wayne Grove. Mr.
  • Speaker, I move that the body adjourn in honor and memory of Robert Wayne Grove, and I'd like to speak
  • Very much like the seat, the empty seat to my left, Robert Wayne Grove, we called him Bobby, represented
  • Speaker, I move today that the House adjourn in honor and memory of Robert Wayne Grove.
  • County, Delegate Weber, moves that the House, when it adjourns today, do so in honor and memory of Robert
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • Roberts. All right.
  • </c><01:00:40.880><c> This</c> Representative Roberts, thank you.
  • This Representative Roberts, thank you.
  • ><c> want</c><01:14:25.679><c> to</c> Representative Roberts, if you want to Representative Roberts,
  • </c> &gt;&gt; Thank you repres Representative Roberts &gt;&gt; Thank you repres Representative Roberts
Summary: The committee met for its sixth meeting, established a quorum, and approved the minutes from the October 21 meeting. The main agenda item was a presentation from Kentucky Association of Counties (KACo) leaders and county officials on jail funding and jail-system reform. Speakers said county jail costs have reached crisis levels, citing large and rising general-fund subsidies in counties such as Hardin, McCracken, and Warren, and noting that county general-fund contributions to jail funds have increased by 76% since 2019. KACo outlined a three-part legislative approach for the upcoming session: incentivizing regional jails, clarifying responsibility for pre-trial felony detainees, and redefining the model for housing state inmates in county jails. On regional jails, they proposed one-time state construction funding, statutory changes to allow former county jails to serve as 96-hour holdover facilities, broader participation of jailers on regional jail authority boards, an increased supplement for closed county jails, and a one-time payment for counties that close local jails and join regional facilities. Union County Judge Adam Onan described his county’s savings from contracting with Webster County and said regionalization can reduce costs where feasible. Harlan County Judge Executive Dan Mosley focused on pre-trial felony detainees, saying counties bear the full cost of housing people awaiting trial for long periods, sometimes years, and that pre-trial time is later credited toward state sentences. He argued the state benefits from that credit and referenced prior bills that would have reimbursed counties for time-served credit. Shelley Hampton then proposed replacing the current per diem model for state inmates with contracts requiring the Department of Corrections to pay actual housing costs and to support programming such as substance abuse treatment, cognitive behavioral programming, re-entry services, workforce training, and academics. No votes were taken on the jail proposals, and the meeting ended with the presentation and discussion of the county recommendations.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

HHS-JDC, HHS-JDC Public Hearings 02-13-2025

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
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  • Robert, also need to have 21-year-olds. I'm sorry, Robert, it's other people's time right now.
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Summary: The joint Health and Human Services and Judiciary meeting heard testimony on several measures, with most of the discussion focused on SB 709 and SB 955. On SB 709, relating to mental health data and related appropriations, the Department of Health supported the bill’s intent and said the funding would help maintain a data dashboard and positions, though it had no suggested amount for one blank appropriation. Members also discussed whether sections of the bill were duplicative of existing data reporting. The committees later recommended SB 709 be passed with amendments, including technical changes, deferring the date to December 31, 2050, and blanking out the appropriation for later clarification. SB 955, relating to fitness to proceed, drew mixed testimony. Judiciary opposed portions of the bill, saying some changes could have unintended practical consequences. The Office of the Public Defender supported the bill’s intent but urged keeping a three-member evaluation panel rather than reducing it to two, warning that a two-panel process could create delays if a third evaluator had to be added later. A former Hawaii State Hospital clinician said the bill placed too much blame on the courts and should address institutional and administrative problems at the hospital more directly. The Department of Health supported the intent and said it appreciated efforts to address overcrowding. After discussion about examiner shortages and status hearings, the committees recommended SB 955 be passed with amendments reducing the number of qualified examiners from three to one and making related technical changes. The committee also heard SB 1228, a child welfare services measure creating a working group related to youth legal representation and child welfare reform. DHS requested adding a Child Welfare Services representative to the work group, and multiple advocates, including the National Center for Youth Law and Hawaii Youth Services Network, testified in strong support, emphasizing the need for youth voice and implementation of Malama Ohana recommendations. Members asked whether this working group overlapped with another recently passed working group bill; testimony indicated the two measures addressed different issues. The meeting then recessed and later resumed for decision-making on the 9 o’clock calendar, where SB 709 was adopted with amendments and SB 955 was adopted with amendments.
CO

Colorado 2026 Regular Session

Colorado Senate 2026 Legislative Day 105 Apr 29th, 2026

Colorado Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
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  • Roberts Roberts Pelton<01:57:05.599><c> R.
  • Roberts Roberts Mullica Mullica.
  • Roberts Roberts Catelyn Catelyn Catelyn Helton<02:01:06.239><c> R</c><02:01:07.520><c> Kirkmeer</c>
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government Mar 3rd, 2026

Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • Okay, do we have Robert Muscali? Yes, Robert Muscali is here. Can you hear me? Okay.
  • Robert Muscali is here. Can you hear me?
  • Robert Muscali is here. Can you hear me?
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • You. >> Representative Roberts.
  • &gt;&gt; Representative<01:22:51.440><c> Roberts</c><01:22:52.480><c> Roberts.
  • </c><01:22:52.719><c> Excuse</c> &gt;&gt; Representative Roberts Roberts.
  • Excuse &gt;&gt; Representative Roberts Roberts. Excuse me.
  • ,</c> Bivvens and Representative Roberts, Bivvens and Representative Roberts, thanks<01:42:10.239><c>
Summary: The committee first approved the June 10, 2025 minutes, then took up House Bill 198, Angela’s Law, sponsored by Representative Samara Heavrin. The bill would add a new aggravating circumstance in death-penalty cases when an offender abuses the corpse of a kidnapping or murder victim by engaging in deviate sexual intercourse, sexual intercourse, or sexual contact. Representative Heavrin and the victim’s parents described the underlying case and argued the current law does not adequately account for postmortem sexual abuse, leaving the offender parole-eligible despite the family’s view that the conduct warranted harsher punishment. Several members expressed sympathy and support, and one member suggested the proposal should be drafted carefully so it would apply broadly enough to cover co-conspirators or multiple offenders. No vote on the bill was taken in the portion provided. The committee then heard an informational presentation on KRS Chapter 202C from Judge Lisa Payne Jones and Shauna Mitchell of the Kentucky Judicial Commission on Mental Health. They explained that Chapter 202C, enacted in 2021 to close a gap in the civil-commitment statutes, applies to respondents found incompetent to stand trial who are charged with qualifying serious offenses such as capital offenses, certain Class A and Class B felonies causing death or serious injury, rape in the first degree, or sodomy in the first degree. The process begins with a Commonwealth’s petition, followed by a prompt evidentiary hearing, appointment of a guardian ad litem, and then a commitment hearing if the offense is proven. The presenters outlined the procedural standards and recent statutory changes. At the evidentiary hearing, the Commonwealth must prove the charged offense by a preponderance of the evidence before a judge, with the respondent able to present defenses; if the Commonwealth fails, the respondent must be released. If the case proceeds, the commitment hearing requires proof beyond a reasonable doubt of at least one involuntary-commitment criterion, and the hearing may be before a jury if requested. They noted that a 2024 amendment changed the commitment criteria from requiring all four factors to only one, and added language about recent criminal behavior and prior involuntary hospitalizations under Chapters 202A or 202B. If commitment is ordered, the respondent is placed in a designated forensic psychiatric facility, currently KCPC.
CO

Colorado 2026 Regular Session

Colorado Senate 2026 Legislative Day 050 Mar 5th, 2026

Colorado Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Gonzalez, Hinrichsen, Jodeh, Kipp, Kirkmeyer, Kolker, Lindstedt, Marchman, Mullica, Pelton, Rich, Roberts
  • Gonzalez, Hinrichsen, Jodeh, Kipp, Kirkmeyer, Kolker, Lindstedt, Marchman, Mullica, Pelton, Rich, Roberts
  • Senator Rich, Senator Roberts, Senator Rodriguez, Senator Simpson, Senator Snyder, Senator Sullivan,
  • And we'll hear bill 261041. >> Senator Roberts. >> Thank you, Mr. President.
  • to hear House Bill 1182, House Bill 1067, and then Senate Bill 62 for action only. >> And Senator Roberts
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee Feb 26th, 2025

Finance and Taxation Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senator Hovie, Senator Kelly, Senator Melson, Senator Roberts, Senator Sessions, Senator Singleton, Senator
  • Chestin, Senator Figures, Senator Gavan, Senator Hatcher, Senator Hovie, Senator Melson, Senator Roberts
  • Senator Albritton, and the second, Senator Roberts. Any other discussion? All right. ...Roberts.
  • Senator Hovi, Senator Kelly, Senator Melson, Senator... ...Senator Kelly, Senator Melson, Senator Roberts
Bills: SB175 , SB195 , SB196 , SB199
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development Committee Apr 1st, 2026

Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:13:00.360><c> Senator</c> Senator Dan Roberts was part of that.
  • Senator Roberts. Senator Sessions. Senator Woods. Senator Weaver. Senator Bell.
  • Senator<00:21:07.360><c> Roberts.
  • </c><00:21:08.360><c> Senator</c><00:21:08.720><c> Sessions</c> Senator Roberts.
  • Senator Sessions Senator Roberts.
Bills: HB586
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Mar 11th, 2026 at 10:00 am

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • of the Senate, I have the honor to submit the following appointment subject to your confirmation: Robert
  • President, I move that Robert A.
  • Robert A.
  • President I move that Robert A.
  • Senate gubernatorial appointment number 9050, Robert A.
Bills: SCR8410
Summary: The Senate convened on March 9, 2025, approved the previous day’s journal, suspended Rule 46 to allow committees to meet during floor sessions, and referred committee and gubernatorial reports as designated. It also received several new bills and appointments, including Senate Bill 6359, and later suspended Rule 20 to allow additional floor resolutions. The chamber then moved through a series of gubernatorial confirmations, with broad support for Megan Matthews as Director of the Washington State Office of Equity and for several college board trustees, including Robert A. Zupon (Renton Technical College), Denise E. Gideon (Clark College), Adria Buchanan (Clover Park Technical College), Michelle R. Smith (Columbia Basin College), and Edison A. Valerio (Columbia Basin College). Each confirmation passed by majority roll call vote, with some members excused. The Senate then considered Engrossed Substitute House Bill 2711, a transportation revenue and policy measure. Members rejected the Transportation Committee’s original striking amendment and adopted a narrower striking amendment that, among other changes, repealed the luxury aircraft tax and replaced it with higher aircraft fuel taxes, registration fees, and an annual excise tax, while also making technical corrections and creating a sustainable aircraft fuel account. Supporters said the bill reflected a bipartisan agreement, improved transportation funding, and supported aviation sustainability; opponents argued it would disproportionately burden small aircraft owners and general aviation. The bill passed the Senate on a 33-15 vote. The final major action was adoption of Senate Resolution 8703 honoring Senator Steve Conway for his 34 years of legislative service. The resolution highlighted his long career in the House and Senate, his leadership on labor, pensions, veterans, and local projects, and his reputation for institutional knowledge and mentorship. Numerous senators from both parties offered personal remarks praising his integrity, advocacy for working families, and support for colleagues. The resolution was adopted by voice vote, and Senator Conway, joined by family and friends in the gallery, offered brief remarks thanking the Senate, his staff, family, and constituents before the chamber recessed for lunch and caucus.
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Veterans and Armed Forces Mar 3rd, 2026

Veterans and Armed Forces

Transcript Highlights:
  • Bromley, Fountain Henderson, Harbison, Hardwick, Irwin, Jameson, Jobe, Lucas, Miller, Overcast, Plank, Roberts
  • Roberts? Aye. Seitz? Aye. Violet? Aye. Walsh Moore? Aye. Wolfin? Aye. Wolfin. Seitz?
  • Roberts worked with the Missouri Veterans Commission on the changes on this.
  • Roberts. Seitz? Aye. Violet? Aye. Walsh Moore? Aye. Wolfin.
  • Representative Roberts. Representative Roberts. Thank you, Mr. Chair, to inquire. Yes, proceed.
Summary: The committee met with a quorum and first went into executive session, where it adopted committee substitutes and voted do pass on House Bills 383, 2940, and 1869 by unanimous roll-call votes. The chair then moved to public hearings and announced shortened testimony times because of the late hour. A large portion of the hearing focused on several nearly identical proposals to provide property tax relief to disabled veterans and, in some versions, surviving spouses. Representatives Jobe, Crosley, Bolerking, Schmidt, and Jones described different approaches: tiered exemptions based on VA disability ratings, homestead-based exemptions, county opt-in or opt-out provisions, sunsets, and in some bills relief tied to assessed value or personal property/vehicle taxes. Committee members raised questions about acreage limits, transfer of benefits to new residences, remarriage of surviving spouses, annual recertification, and whether counties should have discretion. Several witnesses in favor, including veterans and veterans’ advocates, urged broader eligibility, especially for 100% permanent and total veterans and those with individual unemployability, and argued the benefit would help veterans remain in Missouri. A public advocate opposed the bills on fiscal grounds, citing large projected costs to local governments, school districts, and state funds. The committee also heard testimony from veterans and advocates on the importance of recognizing spouses and families, and on the need to avoid burdensome county administration. Representative Schmidt presented two related bills, one offering a percentage-based property tax discount and another creating a homestead tax credit with county participation and a market-value cap; members discussed combining the measures and revising sunset and spouse language. Representative Jones presented bills extending relief to 100% disabled veterans and to personal property/vehicles, emphasizing that counties could opt in and that the credit should not shift costs to other taxpayers. The hearing ended before the final witness finished, and the committee adjourned.