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HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

JHA Public Hearing - Fri Mar 28, 2025 @ 2:00 PM HST

Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • There are some other out-of-class type devices that we don't have current definitions for.
  • There are some other out-of-class type devices that we don't have current definitions for.
  • There are some other out-of-class type devices that we don't have current definitions for.
  • A Class C felony is a major charge.
  • way to deal with it not creating a class way to deal with it not creating a class C<00:52:06.119
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The House Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs heard several transportation and public safety measures on March 28, 2025. SB 1195 would prohibit parking within certain distances of crosswalks and intersections, direct parking fine revenue to the Safe Routes to School special fund, and remove the need for signs or curb markings in some cases. The Department of Transportation, Department of Health, and Ulupono Initiative supported the bill, emphasizing improved visibility, pedestrian safety, and funding for school-route improvements; written testimony included both support and one opposition. No vote was taken during the hearing segment provided. The committee also heard SB 1102 on the aircraft rescue firefighting unit chief, which would set term-based appointment provisions for the airport division’s fire chief. DOT supported the measure, saying it would give the director flexibility to select leadership and adapt to changing needs, while a member asked about current removal procedures for underperforming employees. The bill was presented as a management and leadership measure, with no action taken in the excerpt. SB 1216, addressing noisy mufflers and safety inspection requirements, drew DOT support in principle but concern that existing rules already cover inspection standards and that enforcement after inspection remains difficult; DOT also described a planned noise-detection camera pilot on Oʻahu. Testimony included support from neighborhood and advocacy groups and opposition from three individuals. For SB 30, which would require helmets for moped riders under 21, DOT and HPD supported the bill, citing crash data and injury prevention; testimony was evenly split overall, with six in support and six in opposition. SB 344 would require helmets for skateboard users under 18; DOT supported it, and a DOT witness explained current helmet rules for other devices such as e-bikes, scooters, and motorcycles. SB 1095, increasing decal size limits for special number plates, drew DOT concerns that larger decals could interfere with plate readability and automated enforcement. SB 1522 would make proof of filing required vehicle-transfer notice forms a complete defense to actions arising from the vehicle’s later use or abandonment; the Judiciary said it had no position on the bill’s merits but objected to language requiring new court forms and raised access and legal-advice concerns, while Honolulu’s Department of Customer Services supported the measure. The committee then heard SB 597, extending the deadline for the Administrative Driver’s License Revocation Office to issue written review decisions. The Attorney General and DOT supported the extension, citing limited toxicology capacity and shipping delays for testing, and several law enforcement and public health entities also supported it. In contrast, the ADLRO hearing officer testified with serious concerns about due process, warning that eliminating or delaying the review process could create constitutional problems, disproportionately burden people without attorneys, and jeopardize thousands of cases. Finally, SB 1285 proposed a tiered revocation system for DUI arrests; ADLRO strongly opposed it on due process grounds, while DOT supported it as a safety measure and the Hawaii Public Health Institute commented that evidence is lacking for standalone mandatory revocation and suggested stronger impaired-driving standards instead. The committee had not yet taken final action in the portion provided.
VA

Virginia 2026 Regular Session

March 14, 2026 - Regular Session

Virginia House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • So, you know, graduating with a class of only 60 kids in West Point, it was a special time. hearing.
  • So, you know, graduating with a class of only 60 kids in West Point, it was a special time.
  • Class of only 60 kids in West Point. It was a special time.
  • We have class reunions every five years, and it's not just about our class.
  • Other classes come as well because we built those relations and we built those bonds, Mr.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • For failure to distribute election supplies from a Class C misdemeanor to a...
  • Class A misdemeanor for obstructing the distribution of election supplies from a Class C misdemeanor
  • to a Class A misdemeanor.
  • The bill also creates two Class...
  • That's simply out of reach for most working-class and poor parents.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • These premier facilities welcome world-class performances, ranging from concerts and comedy to symphony
  • City is a world-class destination. Thank you. Open to any questions. Members, any questions for Ms.
  • First, the substitute will include prioritization based on the mentioned class as a prohibited method
  • of hotel occupancy tax dollars based on mentioned classes as a prohibited method.
  • You just can't prioritize it by class.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • What class is it these days? Sorry? What class? Is it like class one?
  • It used to be class 10, which was a low class number.
  • Now it is level one, class 100, and it went to class 10. Level one, maybe.
US
Transcript Highlights:
  • Each leg of our triad is undergoing a generational modernization. includes the Columbia-class submarine
  • to replace the Ohio-class, the B-21 bomber to replace the B-1 and B-2 bombers, and the Sentinel ICBM
  • could impact plan transition. from Ohio class submarines.
  • If Columbia class submarines are not available in general, what plans have we taken in that regard to
  • And you're right, right now we're anticipating a 12 to 16 month delay for the first Columbia class.
Summary: The meeting focused on the strategic posture of U.S. military capabilities with an emphasis on deterrence amid growing global threats. General Cotton from STRATCOM and General Whiting from SPACECOM provided insights into the modernization efforts of the nuclear triad. Key discussions involved the importance of maintaining control over specific frequency spectrums critical for military operations and the implications of potential auctioning of these bands. Members expressed concerns regarding the evolving landscape with adversaries like China and Russia, emphasizing that swift action is needed to adapt and preserve U.S. national security. Various proposals and existing programs, including the B-21 bomber and the nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise missile (SLICOM), were debated, alongside the necessity of increasing military investment in hypersonic defense systems.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

House - Education Jan 27th, 2025

House Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • Because of class load sizes, as well as requirements that once class loads exceed a certain amount, you
  • And so a kindergarten class, for instance, with 18 students has a teacher and an educational assistant
  • As class sizes are allowed to get a little bit bigger, you don't have those requirements for educational
  • at the high school level, where a homeschool student might want to come in and take your calculus class
  • or your physics class or AP physics.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 3/12/26

State Government Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'd like to thank Speaker Hortman for making the class of 2019 an awesome class of legislators, for mentoring
  • She came in in the class of 2019.
  • She came in in the class of 2019.
  • She came in in the class of 2019.
  • She came in in the class of 2019. She came in in the class of 2019.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Day 22 (2-6-26)

Kentucky Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • B misdemeanor to a therapy from a class B misdemeanor to a class<00:10:09.520> A<00:10:09.640
  • a class B misdemeanor.
  • <00:13:53.880> B prostitution with which is a class B prostitution with which is a class B
  • The law says that any person who gives a massage is liable for a class A misdemeanor.
  • <00:14:46.160> A massage is liable for a class A massage is liable for a class A misdemeanor
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the pledge, roll call, and approval of the February 5, 2026 journal. The House clerk then delivered messages that the House had passed House Bills 103, 188, 189, 258, 276, and 419 and requested concurrence. The chamber also received second-reading reports for Senate Bills 2, 4, 71, 136, and 183, which were sent to the Rules Committee, and later committee reports that posted SB 2, SB 4, and SB 71 for Monday, February 9, and SB 136 and SB 183 for Tuesday, February 10. The Committee on Committees also referred several bills to standing committees, including SB 155, 118, 153, 158, 160, 72, 98, and 145. The main floor action was passage of Senate Bill 132, relating to massage therapy. The sponsor said the bill was intended to help local governments investigate businesses posing as massage parlors and to strengthen enforcement against unlicensed practice, including raising the penalty for certain violations from a class B to a class A misdemeanor and treating each unlicensed session as a separate offense. Supporters said it would aid efforts to combat human trafficking and preserve local zoning and licensing authority. Several senators voiced concerns that the bill could be too broad and might unintentionally affect trafficking victims or impose harsh penalties for unlicensed massage without injury or fraud, but they still voted yes. SB 132 passed 32-0. The Senate also adopted Senate Committee Substitute 1 for Senate Bill 18 and then passed the bill 32-0. SB 18 updates Kentucky’s podiatry laws, formally recognizes podiatric assistants and residents, gives the Board of Podiatry authority to license and regulate them, allows podiatrists to supervise physician assistants with board approval, limits supervision to four assistants, and requires new podiatrists starting in 2027 to complete at least two years of residency training. The sponsor said the measure modernizes oversight and improves access to foot and ankle care, especially for patients with diabetes. After the floor work, the Senate recessed for meetings of the Rules Committee and Committee on Committees, and later received the committee reports noted above.
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Finance Division III (03/18/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • And generally speaking, many of them, in many cases, they're budgeted in class 102, 103 for standard
  • contracts and then class 74 for our federally funded contracts.
  • But there are a number of other areas, and there's a lot of history behind these unique class lines that
  • Those are class lines that were created over time, oftentimes at the request of about contracts, this
  • then class 74 for our fed federally<00:08:09.120> funded<00:08:09.560> contracts.
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The committee met after recess to hear a Department of Health and Human Services overview of its contract structure, with CFO Nathan White explaining that DHS currently has 969 active agreements spanning service contracts, grants, data-sharing agreements, use-of-premises agreements, and MOUs. He said contracts are budgeted across multiple class lines and accounting units, often braided with federal funds, which makes the system complex; he also noted that the department’s top spending list was limited to 18 items rather than 20 and included both individual contracts and grouped regional/provider contracts. White emphasized that many contracts support direct services to residents, while others support departmental operations such as software support and staffing. Commissioner Hardy said the listed contracts are essential to serving vulnerable populations and supporting required administrative infrastructure, and she stressed that the department tries to work with providers and families rather than impose changes on them. In response to questions about area agencies and developmental disability services, DHS officials said the agencies’ duties are spelled out in contract and statute, including family support services, billing-related functions, and services tied to the state’s community-based system; they said some billing duties have already been moved outside the contract. They also explained that the department rejected a previously discussed two-tier waiver concept after stakeholder feedback in October 2023 and instead shifted to rate-based work, including CIS assessments, to better align payment with individual need. Members also raised concerns about possible waste, sole-source contracting, and subcontracting. Hardy said she had not seen specific evidence of waste beyond a whistleblower call mentioned by a member, but acknowledged that inefficient execution can occur in government and said the department is trying to improve management. On procurement, she said sole-source contracts require her approval and that competitive procurement is the default when possible. White added that subcontracting is allowed only with written state permission under the standard P-37 terms, and subcontractors must meet the same obligations as the prime contractor. No votes or formal actions were taken.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • <01:42:15.679> might the premise of or how that class might the premise of or how that class
  • Um, and developed both of those classes.
  • Students from all three of those campuses take that class.
  • There isn't a class in No, no kidding.
  • <01:53:48.239> for hands-on culinary medicine classes for hands-on culinary medicine classes
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The task force met for its third meeting, approved the minutes, and heard testimony from Dr. Jack on behalf of the American Beverage Association and Kentucky Beverage Association. Dr. Jack argued that the “totality of the science” supports low- and no-calorie sweeteners as safe and useful tools for reducing sugar and calories, citing FDA and other domestic and international reviews, clinical trials, and the FDA’s recent healthy-label rule. He also described the industry’s transparency efforts, including a “Good to Know” database compiling ingredient and safety information, and said the beverage industry has voluntarily worked to offer more choices with less sugar. Members questioned him about whether beverage ingredients are restricted in other countries, possible health effects beyond weight and cancer, concerns about metabolic issues and gut microbiome effects, whether sweeteners are addictive, and why companies do not simply remove sweeteners. Dr. Jack responded that most ingredients are permitted in many jurisdictions, that broad food-safety reviews have looked at multiple endpoints and found the ingredients safe, that the gut microbiome is still being studied, and that recent clinical evidence does not show increased sweetness preference. He also said business decisions about formulations are up to companies and noted that cane sugar and high-fructose corn syrup are metabolically similar. The committee also discussed consumer apps and ingredient-scoring tools; Dr. Jack said the industry’s website presents facts without interpretation and is based on food-safety agency assessments. At the end of his testimony, the chair accepted additional fact sheets for the committee. The meeting then moved on to introduce Dr. Gary Huber, who began testimony by emphasizing integrative medicine, metabolic syndrome, and the role of diet, exercise, sleep, and stress in health, but his full presentation was not included in the excerpt.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Financial Services Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:30 am

Joint Committee on Financial Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Lauren Chua continued: "...of the hands-on world-class research.
  • Massachusetts, you're more and more likely to see a graduate student up at the front teaching the class
  • Like our faculty peers, graduate workers teach our own classes and complete our own research.
  • A Ph.D. requires some classes in the beginning."
  • they um Even though they are, you know, teaching the majority of classes, they are the ones who are
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Joint Committee on Financial Services held a public hearing with about 43 witnesses and a 1:00 p.m. hard stop, and the chair repeatedly asked speakers to keep testimony to three minutes. Much of the hearing focused on S. 747/H. 1336, which would extend paid family and medical leave and unemployment insurance to graduate student workers. Supporters included legislators, union leaders, graduate workers from MIT, Harvard, BU, WPI, UMass Lowell, and others, and legal advocates. They argued graduate workers perform full-time teaching and research work, pay taxes, and should not be excluded from basic safety-net benefits; several witnesses described personal hardships involving childbirth, serious illness, mental health crises, funding cuts, or fear of losing income. Testifiers also said the change would be revenue-neutral or revenue-generating and would not create major administrative burdens for universities, which already provide similar benefits to other employees. The committee also heard testimony on insurance-related bills. Christopher Stock of the Massachusetts Insurance Federation supported H. 1113 on public adjusters and H. 1345/S. 753 on flood-zone notifications for homebuyers, but opposed H. 4112, which would add a $2 surcharge on home insurance policies to fund fire cistern programs. The Metropolitan Area Planning Council strongly supported H. 1345, saying flood disclosure is needed because Massachusetts lacks statewide flood-notification requirements and flooding risks are increasing. Karen Alvarado supported H. 4352 on travel insurance, and John Fielding supported H. 1186 on pet insurance; both said the bills would create uniform regulatory frameworks and consumer protections. Rep. LeBoeuf testified for H. 4061 on workers’ compensation premium fraud, describing the bill as a transparency measure to combat fraud in construction by creating a public certificate-of-insurance database and QR-code verification system. Joe Bright of the carpenters’ union also supported H. 4061, citing fraud, misclassification, and the harm to injured workers. The hearing also included testimony on H. 4112, a bill to create a statewide fire suppression water resource fund and cistern program. Rep. Hogan and a Stowe fire chief described drought, brush fires, and the need for dedicated cisterns in communities without municipal water systems, saying the tanks provide reliable water for firefighting and are relatively low-tech once installed. Committee members asked questions about tank capacity, siting, maintenance, and funding. No votes or formal actions were taken during the hearing.
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Boards, Agencies and Commissions Committee Feb 25th, 2026

Boards, Agencies and Commissions

Transcript Highlights:
  • This gives them the option of what I see to offer some of their classes as such and not all of them on
  • They're the ones that kind of dictate how that class goes and how it's how this all this gives them the
  • the ones that kind of dictate<00:04:58.400> how<00:04:58.639> that<00:04:58.800> class
  • goes<00:04:59.360> and<00:04:59.520> how<00:04:59.680> it's dictate how that class
  • goes and how it's dictate how that class goes and how it's how how how this<00:05:02.800> all
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • He even signed up for my computer science class this semester because I invested in him.
  • He even signed up for my computer science class this semester because I invested in him.
  • <01:53:52.000> in school or even business classes in school or even business classes in college
  • If their phones are blowing up like that, they're not focusing in class.
  • like that they're not focusing in class like that they're not focusing in class and<02:06:01.960
Keywords: 910, house, all
Summary: The committee first took up House Bill 707 on the College Savings Program. Members discussed a suggested amendment from the Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities to include the Hawaii ABLE Savings Program. The chair said the Department of the Attorney General advised there was no title problem, so the bill could be broadened to cover both the College Savings Program and the ABLE program. The committee also noted technical, non-substantive changes and a defective date of July 1, 3000 for further discussion. HB 707 HD1 was then voted on and the recommendation to pass with amendments was adopted unanimously by the members present, with two members excused. The committee then heard House Bill 424, which would provide free breakfast and lunch beginning the next school year to students who currently qualify for free and reduced-price meals. The Department of Education supported the measure, and testimony in favor came from teachers, public health and food security advocates, and several organizations. Supporters described students being denied meals because of unpaid balances, said school meals should not depend on family debt, and argued that the bill would reduce stigma and help hungry students learn. Committee questions focused on meal pricing, the impact of raising prices on families who pay full price, and whether portion sizes could be increased; DOE said breakfast costs less than lunch, full-price students would bear any increase, and portion sizes must follow USDA rules. Hawaiʻi Public Health Institute and Hawaiʻi Children’s Action Network said many families above the free/reduced thresholds still cannot afford meals, citing estimates that the DOE collects about $20 million a year in meal payments and that federal reimbursement totals are much larger. The committee then heard House Bill 757, the universal free school breakfast and lunch bill. DOE and the Department of Health supported it, and testimony was overwhelmingly in favor from county officials, teachers, students, food banks, advocacy groups, and community organizations. Witnesses argued that universal meals would eliminate stigma, reduce paperwork and debt collection, and ensure students do not fall through the cracks because of income cutoffs, language barriers, or administrative hurdles. Several students from Castle High School described classmates asking for food and families struggling to keep meal accounts funded, while teachers said they regularly see negative meal balance notices and hungry students. Advocates also said the bill is the better equity vehicle because it avoids means testing and reaches students who are not currently receiving meals despite needing them. The hearing on HB 757 was still ongoing at the end of the transcript, and no final vote on that bill was shown.
AR

Arkansas 2026 Regular Session

SENATE CONVENES Apr 29th, 2026

Arkansas All Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • He's currently in the National Guard as a private first class. So welcome to you both.
  • recognize the Parkview Arts and Sciences Magnet High School Patriots boys basketball team as the 2006 Class
  • You all, I'm going to ask the Secretary to read out the resolution for the 2026 Class 5A state champions
  • As the Parkview Arts and Sciences Magnet High School Patriots boys basketball team clinched the Class
  • winning the 2006... their persistence, teamwork, dedication, and character, and for winning the 2006 Class
Keywords: 1204, all
ND
Transcript Highlights:
  • I mean, if you want students to have their classes done before... 26.
  • I mean, if you want students to have their classes done before.
  • If a professional student takes one master's degree class, one upper-level class, that, according to
  • It's a fair discussion than to dismiss randomly; it's a higher class.
  • It's not individual classes and courses that we pay based on multipliers now.
Summary: The committee met to discuss higher education funding and capital building policy. Members first heard an update from NDUS Deputy Commissioner Lisa Johnson on low-producing academic programs. She described a proposed board policy using a five-year rolling window and thresholds of fewer than 10 undergraduate graduates or fewer than 5 graduate graduates, with programs flagged for three consecutive review periods going to the board. Possible outcomes would include continuation, continuation with modifications, inactivation, or termination. Members asked about how the review would account for program costs, service to other students, workforce demand, and the difference between inactivation and termination. Johnson said the board would consider broader factors and that campuses already do detailed program analysis. Several members also asked about cost savings and staffing impacts from program terminations, and Johnson said the board would try to provide more information later. The committee then received a report on the Capital Building Fund from Jamie Wilkie. He reviewed the program’s history, matching requirements, and recent uses, noting that about $334 million in state and matching dollars has been invested overall, with most going to deferred maintenance and extraordinary repairs. Members discussed whether the program is reducing deferred maintenance and requested updated systemwide data on deferred maintenance and campus space utilization. Wilkie said the board is considering a new study to update deferred maintenance figures, which are based on information more than 12 years old. He also reported that several institutions have used current biennium funds for projects such as residence hall renovations, health sciences housing, generators, and building repairs. Later, the committee began a detailed walkthrough of a draft bill that would replace the current higher education funding formula with an FTE-based model and also revise the capital building fund structure. The draft would use fall enrollment FTEs, add completion incentives for degrees in in-demand fields, and create a separate research funding component for UND and NDSU tied to doctoral completions and external research expenditures. Members raised concerns about the use of older data in the formula, the treatment of waivers, the weighting of professional and health sciences programs, and the use of CIP codes to define CTE and education incentives. The bill draft would also combine capital building fund tiers, broaden eligible uses for deferred maintenance and legislatively authorized projects, change matching requirements, repeal the old formula chapter and the capital pool, and transfer funds from the Strategic Investment and Improvements Fund into the capital building fund. No final votes were taken during the portion provided; the meeting was primarily discussion and review.
LA
Transcript Highlights:
  • One question I've had is, why are you carving out a special class?
  • The poor and the middle class can even afford energy in this country.
  • These class action type lawsuits are both disingenuous and hypocritical, These class action type lawsuits
  • Otherwise, we may have a class action lawsuit on our hands.
  • and then they had to take an online class and then they had to take an online class, and they had to
Summary: The committee first took up HB 804, the Louisiana Energy Protection Act, which was presented as a narrowly focused ban on climate-change damages lawsuits rather than a measure affecting emissions claims, pollution claims, or private property rights. The author and supporters said the bill was intended to stop speculative suits targeting energy producers, farmers, truckers, manufacturers, and other businesses for global climate impacts, while preserving claims for actual legal violations under state or federal environmental and safety laws. After a substitute amendment was adopted to clarify and streamline the bill, the committee heard extensive support from oil and gas, chemical, business, port, and legal reform groups, along with a few opposition speakers who argued the bill could still be read to shield industry too broadly or weaken climate accountability. HB 804 was reported favorably as amended. The committee then considered HB 802, as amended, which creates a watershed conservation fund tied to the Amite River Basin. The author explained that the bill was narrowed from a statewide proposal to a basin-specific program to reduce flood risk and restore watershed areas using existing severance revenue from sand mining, modeled in part on coastal restoration funding. Supporters from the concrete industry, landowners, levee boards, and conservation groups described it as a practical, low-cost, non-government solution to help remediate old sand and gravel pits and improve flood control. With no opposition cards and no objections, HB 802 was reported favorably as amended. Finally, the committee heard HB 934, as substituted, which would allow licensed wildlife rehabilitators to possess white-tailed deer fawns under specific conditions, including disease monitoring, release only within the same management zone, and other handling requirements. The author said the bill was meant to prevent the euthanizing of orphaned fawns that could be rehabilitated and to create a lawful pathway for licensed care. A supporter described her experience rescuing an orphaned fawn that was later confiscated and killed, while the Louisiana Wildlife Federation opposed the measure, warning it could effectively create a captive deer program, undermine wildlife conservation principles, and lead to dangerous or inhumane facilities. The transcript ends during testimony on HB 934, before final committee action is shown.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Apr 23rd, 2025

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • Uh, and in that capacity, I trained all the rookie classes that I trained all the rookie classes that
  • Uh with this bill, resisting arrest goes from a class B resisting arrest goes from a class B resisting
  • arrest goes from a class B misdemeanor to a class A misdemeanor. misdemeanor to a class A misdemeanor
  • D felony. and resisting arrest class D felony. and resisting arrest class D felony. and resisting arrest
  • C another individual becomes a class C another individual becomes a class C felony. felony. felony.
Bills: HB265, HB146, SB254, HB202, HB3, HB42, SB18
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Rules Committee May 13th, 2026

Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • the board took a position to remove Algebra I as one of the components or, you know, as a mandatory class
  • , not a mandatory, but a class that... ...being a mandatory class, not a mandatory, but a class that
  • interest when they get to the middle school level, which then allows them to maybe take an eligible class
  • That if he had not taken that class, it would be more difficult for him to get into a STEM career, which
  • Gonzalez's second grade class is still watching, they should be very proud of their teacher.
Keywords: 987, senate, all