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MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee 2/17/25

Agriculture Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • They tried to get off the ground, and it was during COVID, so a virtual class is not great for hands-on
  • and it was during Co and so a uh ground and it was during Co and so a uh virtual<00:16:56.759> class
  • great<00:16:57.720> for<00:16:59.040> on<00:16:59.279> course virtual class
  • is not great for on course virtual class is not great for on course like<00:16:59.720> ours<00
  • <01:34:40.119> food promote our region as a world class food promote our region as a world
Bills: HF711, HF653
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, March 4, 2026)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Emelin is a nonprofit organization that brings world-class performing arts to all of Westchester
  • In addition, the Mustangs had five team members who took first place in their individual weight classes
  • Serrano each won their individual weight Serrano each won their individual weight class<00:50:15.920>
  • Speaker, I yield five minutes to my colleague from Florida, a member of our freshman class, one of the
  • I next want to yield three minutes to my colleague from South Carolina, a member of our freshman class
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

February 2026 State Budget and Economic Forecast Presentation - 2/27/26

Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • or a little bit lower than middle class of how things hit them.
  • <01:16:46.800> or<01:16:47.040> a<01:16:47.199> little looking at that middle class
  • or a little looking at that middle class or a little bit<01:16:47.360> lower<01:16:47.679>
  • than<01:16:47.840> middle<01:16:48.000> class<01:16:48.239> of<01:16:48.480
  • > how bit lower than middle class of how bit lower than middle class of how things<01:16:49.040
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Health Finance and Policy Committee 2/23/26

Health Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Um, one of the things that maybe we should do is have DHS give us a class on how they develop encounter
  • Um, one of the things that maybe we should do is have DHS give us a class on how they develop encounter
  • Um, one of the things that maybe we should do is have DHS give us a class on how they develop encounter
  • Um, one of the things that maybe we should do is have DHS give us a class on how they develop encounter
  • Um, one of the things that maybe we should do is have DHS give us a class on how they develop encounter
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session-Day 6, February 16, 2026-AM

Wyoming House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It doesn't protect a different class. We're talking about one class being protected.
  • <00:43:47.760> We're doesn't protect a different class.
  • We're doesn't protect a different class.
  • talking about one class being protected. talking about one class being protected.
  • This is the senior class of Moorcroft High School. There are 29 members up there.
Keywords: 916, all
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Day 21 (2-5-26)

Kentucky Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • How much longer is rural Kentucky going to be treated as a second-class citizen? We deserve this.
  • "We're going to test you guys not over what we present in class.
  • <01:12:38.159> We've all have a really smart class. We've all have a really smart class.
  • in class. in class.
  • treated like a second-class citizen.
Keywords: 958, all
Summary: The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, roll call, and approval of the prior journal. The House communicated that it had passed House Bill 4 and requested concurrence. The chamber then received second-reading reports for Senate Bills 18, 33, 85, and 132, and committee reports indicating Senate Bills 136, 183, 2, 4, and 71 should pass, with some substitutes and title amendments. The Senate also introduced Senate Resolutions 79 and 80 honoring Joseph Harden McFarland and Jeremiah Parsons. The main floor action centered on Senate Bill 5, relating to Kentucky-grown agricultural product procurement. The sponsor described it as a way to improve school nutrition, support Kentucky producers, and keep food dollars in local communities. Several senators spoke in support, including references to the Make America Healthy Task Force and the idea of using food procurement as a tool for rural prosperity and better nutrition in schools. Senate Bill 5 passed by roll call, 38-0. The Senate also passed Senate Bill 73, which would allow home-based processors to use beef tallow in cosmetic products. The sponsor said the bill would expand existing home-processing authority beyond food products to cosmetics. It passed unanimously, 38-0. Senate Bill 12, relating to medical provider coverage and level four trauma centers, drew the most extended debate. Supporters argued it would help rural hospitals join the trauma network by allowing nurse practitioners and physician assistants to work under physician supervision, including remote supervision, and said it would improve access and save lives in underserved areas. Opponents, including a physician senator, argued the bill would lower trauma-care standards and could put patients at risk by allowing non-physician staffing in facilities that need immediate hands-on medical expertise. After lengthy discussion, the bill was advanced and then passed by roll call, with supporters emphasizing rural access and opponents warning about patient safety and the adequacy of physician coverage.
KY
Transcript Highlights:
  • And for certain low-risk defendants, low- to moderate-risk class A misdemeanors and class D felonies,
  • And for certain low-risk defendants, low- to moderate-risk class A misdemeanors and class D felonies,
  • And for certain low-risk defendants, low- to moderate-risk class A misdemeanors and class D felonies,
  • But it does allow some class D felonies to get out of jail.
  • class D felonies to uh get out of jail. class D felonies to uh get out of jail.
Summary: The committee first established a quorum, approved the minutes from the November 7, 2024 meeting, and then heard an update on disaster response and courthouse recovery efforts after the April flooding. Representatives from the Administrative Office of the Courts, the Franklin County Circuit and District Court Clerk’s office, and the Franklin Circuit Court described damage in Perry, Hardin, and especially Franklin counties. Perry County had limited roof and water infiltration issues with no operational impact. Hardin County’s justice center basement took about 18 inches of water, affecting court records and mechanical/electrical equipment, and court operations were briefly suspended. Franklin County’s courthouse was far more severely damaged, with about four feet of water on the first floor, forcing relocation of court operations to temporary sites, including AOC space and the regional jail for custody proceedings. Witnesses said damaged files from Hardin and Franklin counties were removed, sent to an out-of-state vendor for drying and remediation, and would be returned or destroyed as appropriate. They estimated combined costs for file restoration, building repair, and remediation at about $11 million, with insurance through KCOJ/KO expected to cover only part of the losses and FEMA reimbursement still pending a federal disaster declaration. They also said the Franklin County courthouse’s first floor remains gutted, electrical panels and HVAC systems need major replacement, and the second and third floors may be used temporarily once power and data are restored. Members asked about roof damage in Hardin County, the status of FEMA applications, digitization of court records, and whether Senate Bill 25 restricted funds could be used to cover the funding gap; staff said the funds cannot be spent without General Assembly authorization. The committee also discussed broader record-retention and e-filing issues, with members noting the limits of paper filing and the need for better digitization as a backup in emergencies. AOC staff said they are working with the Supreme Court and state law librarian on what records can be digitized and how long hard copies must still be retained. After the disaster-response presentation, the committee moved on to a separate informational presentation on pre-trial services, with introductions from the executive officer of pre-trial services, the president of the Kentucky District Judges Association, a circuit judge, and the manager of pre-trial services, who began explaining how the pre-trial system works for newer committee members.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
  • I don't necessarily have an answer for that question regarding class sizes.
  • I think that overall class sizes have declined over the last 15 years.
  • I I think that overall class sizes have I I think that overall class sizes have declined<00:15:34.639
  • students we just made smaller classes students we just made smaller classes which<00:15:42.800><
  • So it's a revolving loan fund for Class 3 and the COG railway.
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The Joint Committee on Dedicated Funds met to review the House budget provision that would impose a 5% administrative charge on a broad list of dedicated funds, with some exemptions. Members discussed the House approach versus the Senate’s more general approach of leaving the governor discretion over which funds could be charged. The chair explained the committee was hearing from agencies about any legal, contractual, or practical reasons their funds should be exempt, and the agenda was expanded to include several departments and written submissions from others. The Department of Education testified first, identifying several funds it said should be exempt: a printing revolving fund that is funded by transfers rather than fees; teacher certification, which is self-funded by educator licensing fees and would require an immediate fee increase if charged; a vending stand set-aside tied to the federal Randolph-Sheppard program and subject to federal approval and vendor committee procedures; and a public school infrastructure/safety account, where most revenue is transferred from the education trust fund or general fund rather than generated by fees. Members questioned the department about the effect on school safety projects and whether the fee would simply reduce the number of projects completed each year. The Veterans Home asked for exemptions for three funds: a donation benefit account used for recreational activities and quality-of-life expenses for residents, a small memorial trust fund whose interest supports veteran activities, and a resident member account that holds veterans’ personal income such as Social Security and pensions. The department argued the charge would reduce donations, cut services, and effectively function like an income tax on vulnerable veterans. The Banking Department also requested exemption for its consumer credit administration license fund, saying it is used to keep exam fees low and is expressly intended by statute to reduce costs on regulated businesses; it said the 5% charge would undermine that framework and could eventually force higher fees. The Department of Justice began testimony on its dedicated funds, starting with the medical legal investigative fund, which pays for death investigations and related services under statute and without general fund support. No votes or final actions were taken in the portion of the meeting provided; the committee mainly heard testimony and asked questions about the practical and legal effects of applying the administrative charge.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Debate on bill to bar transgender athletes from girls sports 3/3/25

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • want<01:35:04.159> to<01:35:04.480> take<01:35:04.639> a<01:35:04.920> class
  • <01:35:05.280> in<01:35:05.480> school are you want to take a class in school are you
  • want to take a class in school you<01:35:06.080> want<01:35:06.199> to<01:35:06.360>
  • That principle is exactly why we have divisions in sports at all: age divisions, different weight classes
  • I recognize the member from Hennepin, Representative Long. class of 75 would not compete in the class
Keywords: 1183, house
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Health Finance and Policy Committee 2/17/25

Health Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm not advocating for an increase in price for MinnesotaCare, but rather than excluding a whole class
  • <00:18:46.440> excluding<00:18:46.960> a<00:18:47.080> whole<00:18:47.400> class
  • <00:18:47.600> of rather than excluding a whole class of rather than excluding a whole class
  • <01:03:32.119> working<01:03:32.599> class status work classing working class status
  • work classing working class Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota families<01:03:35.839> um<01:03:36.079
Bills: HF10, HF27
NH
Transcript Highlights:
  • We're not a state that sees massive torts or massive class action lawsuits.
  • <00:33:23.240> class massive torts or massive class class massive torts or massive class class
  • And lastly, we see a lot of this involved in class action lawsuits, and there's plenty of examples out
  • lastly um we see a lot of this involved lastly um we see a lot of this involved in<01:07:27.480> class
  • action lawsuits um and and in class action lawsuits um and and there's<01:07:30.920> plenty<01
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The committee held a public hearing on HB 733-FN, a bill on third-party litigation financing (TPLF). Representative Cole, the prime sponsor, described TPLF as outside investors financing lawsuits in which they have no personal stake, arguing that the practice is largely unregulated, can involve foreign entities, and contributes to litigation abuse, higher insurance costs, and what he called a “tort tax.” He said the bill is modeled on an NCOIL proposal and would require disclosure of TPLF agreements, with specific references to foreign-entity restrictions, consumer-protection guardrails, and reporting requirements. He also noted a few technical fixes to the draft, including adding the word “knowingly” and restoring a section that had been omitted. Committee members questioned how the bill’s foreign-entity language would work, including whether a governor or the Department of Safety would designate countries of concern, and whether the bill would bar foreign parties from using litigation funding. Cole and others clarified that the bill was intended as a reporting measure, not a ban on litigation funding itself, and that the goal was to disclose who is funding lawsuits and to what extent. Representative Sal asked whether the bill would prevent a litigant from getting outside financing; Cole answered no, emphasizing disclosure rather than prohibition. Brandon Grat of the Attorney General’s Consumer Protection and Antitrust Bureau testified that the bill’s enforcement provisions were too limited. He said the draft appears to give the Attorney General only a civil-penalty remedy, likely too small to deter violations, and not the broader Consumer Protection Act tools such as injunctions, restitution, or investigation authority. He also raised concerns about whether the Attorney General or Insurance Department would have proper jurisdiction, given that the product may be financial or insurance-related. Insurance Commissioner DJ Benton Court said the department sees possible benefits from transparency because disclosure of litigation funding could help insurers assess risk, improve underwriting, and potentially ease hard-market pressures, especially for nonprofits and child care providers. He also said the bill’s language likely needs further work to clarify agency authority and suggested involving the Attorney General, Insurance Department, and banking regulators. Opposition testimony came from the New Hampshire Trial Lawyers Association. Marissa Chase and Samantha Hering argued the bill is one-sided because it requires disclosure only on the plaintiff side and not from defendants or insurers. They said New Hampshire already has court rules and discovery procedures that cover relevant disclosures, making the bill unnecessary, and questioned whether the existence of a funding contract is even relevant in litigation. The hearing ended with the committee continuing to discuss possible revisions and enforcement options, but no vote or final action was taken in the transcript.
MD

Maryland 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session, 3/3/2026 #1

Maryland Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senator Simonaire and Anne Arundel County alcoholic beverages class C licenses memberships.
  • Senate Bill 76 alters the criteria for a class C veterans organization license in Anne Arundel County
  • Amendment two clarifies that a golf course is a class GC license, not a class C license.
  • The board may not issue more than one class A license for every 2,000 registered voters in the county
  • , but may not issue fewer than two class A licenses in each election district.
Summary: The Senate convened with an invocation, journalized the prayer, and recognized Read Across America Day with a special resolution congratulating the Maryland State Education Association on the program’s 28th anniversary. Senators also welcomed several guests and student groups, including Eleanor Roosevelt High School students, Maryland Federation of Republican Women members for Red Scarf Day, medical shadows from Johns Hopkins, a student page prospect, and a group from Matthew Henson Elementary School. The chamber then took up multiple Finance Committee consent calendars and individual local alcohol-related bills, all of which were reported favorably, adopted without objection, and ordered printed for third reading. Measures included changes to alcohol license fee refunds for uniformed service members, Anne Arundel County license classifications and compensation for liquor board officials, a Baltimore City racetrack license extension, a Cecil County license quota change, and new or expanded licenses for golf courses, sports venues, and barber shop/beauty salon establishments. The Senate also advanced bills on social work licensing, a rural readiness economic development program, a Maryland-Ireland Trade Commission extension, peer-to-peer car sharing insurance rules, telematics-based auto insurance disclosures and appeals, and veteran status notation on public profiles. Several bills were amended before being advanced, generally with technical or clarifying changes and no recorded opposition. Senate Bill 18 would create a provisional social work license; Senate Bill 351 would regulate insurer use of vehicle telematics data; Senate Bill 395 would revise insurance and liability rules for peer-to-peer car sharing; and Senate Bill 197 would alter comprehensive plan elements in land use law. Senate Bill 439, protecting fire and rescue public safety employees from adverse action based on medical cannabis certification, also moved forward without amendment. One measure, Senate Bill 69, which would make permanent the nonprofit navigator position in the Department of Commerce, was discussed at length after a member raised concerns about oversight of nonprofit grant funding. On request, the bill was special ordered to the next day for further consideration. All other bills discussed in the transcript were advanced to third reading by unanimous or near-unanimous voice action, with no recorded roll-call votes.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

89th Legislative Session May 24th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Renters are people who are of all income classes.
  • Renters are people who are of all income classes.
  • It is a Class B misdemeanor. Okay. Yeah, it may be a misdemeanor offense, yes. Okay.
  • The amendment would require the display of certain Hindu texts, adding a new distinct class.
  • The amendment would require the display of certain Hindu texts, adding a new distinct class.
Summary: The House convened, established a quorum, heard an invocation and pledges, and approved several routine motions, including excuses for absent members, permission for committees to meet while the House was in session, and postponements of some bills. The chamber also received a Senate message listing measures passed by the Senate and adopted a memorial resolution honoring the 21 victims of the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, with remarks entered into the House Journal after a moment of silence. The House then took up a long third-reading calendar and passed a series of Senate bills on topics including criminal justice and corrections sunset provisions (SB 2405, 2406, 2407), election equipment testing (SB 2166), electric grid reliability and attack-preparedness exercises (SB 2148), firefighter collective bargaining (SB 777), DFPS and foster care procedures (SB 1141 and SB 1398), Medicare durable medical equipment billing (SB 1330), property tax administration (SB 1453), probate cleanup and record transfers (SB 1448 and SB 1839), mental health filing procedures (SB 53), school residency for children in safety placements (SB 226), diabetes-related amputation study (SB 1677), rapid DNA analysis (SB 1723), utility rate transparency and capacity cost recovery (SB 1664 and SB 1856), community supervision eligibility (SB 552 postponed), and other measures. Several bills passed with broad support, while others drew notable opposition and narrower margins, including SB 777, SB 2137, SB 2111, SB 1677, SB 1936, SB 1453, and SB 38. Two bills drew especially extensive debate. SB 2148, dealing with electricity supply chain reliability and tabletop exercises for critical facilities, was discussed as a grid-security measure aimed at coordinating utilities, law enforcement, ERCOT, and the PUC in the event of physical attacks; it passed unanimously. SB 1936, changing how LSD is measured for criminal prosecution from dosage-based to weight-based calculations, prompted extended discussion about lab consistency, carrier mediums, and fairness in charging, with supporters saying it would help crime labs and law enforcement and opponents warning it could distort penalties depending on the medium used; it passed 108-26. The House also passed SB 36, creating a Homeland Security Division within DPS, after questions about overlap with TDEM and the cost of adding personnel. Late in the day, the House debated SB 38 on eviction procedures, with supporters saying it targeted squatters and streamlined removal of unauthorized occupants, and opponents arguing it would make evictions too easy and worsen homelessness; it passed 85-44. The chamber also began debate on SB 37, a major higher-education governance bill that would expand governing-board oversight of curriculum, hiring, and faculty senates; members raised concerns about academic freedom, faculty governance, and the impact on humanities programs, and debate was still underway at the end of the transcript.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Education Finance Committee 3/25/25

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • When you only have one section of each grade, meaning we have one kindergarten class total, we can't
  • kindergarten grade meaning we have one kindergarten grade meaning we have one kindergarten class
  • Gone are the CTE programs we once had, shop classes, no foreign language, no band, thank goodness for
  • Gone are the CTE programs we once had, shop classes, no foreign language, no band, thank goodness for
  • Please join us in taking our students forward by passing HF 827. shop classes no foreign language no
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 3/6/25

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • As Minnesotans, we recognize that discrimination based on a person's membership in a protected class
  • Well, let's start with the fact that sex has been a protected class in the Minnesota Human Rights Act
  • Sex has been a protected class in the Minnesota Human Rights Act since 1967.
  • 01:23:50.040> actively<01:23:50.440> exclude<01:23:50.800> a<01:23:50.960> class
  • <01:23:51.159> of going to actively exclude a class of going to actively exclude a class of
Bills: HF1233
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Policy Committee 2/25/25

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Well, it's not that there are kids in class more; it's just that it was coded so.
  • Well, it's not that there are kids in class more; it's just that it was coded so.
  • Maybe they just need to go to math class.
  • maybe they just need to go to math class maybe they just need to go to math class like<00:40:37.440
  • kids and and getting them back to class kids and and getting them back to class on<01:00:50.359>
Keywords: 1183, house
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 2/19/25

Public Safety Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:30:25.360> or<00:30:25.640> search<00:30:25.960> warrant<00:30:26.559> class
  • warrant class um so just<00:30:28.240> want<00:30:28.360> to<00:30:28.519> make
  • Another question, Representative Insance, about—because you had mentioned a couple different classes.
  • And then for your sergeants and above, if they want to go to a leadership class, those are anywhere from
  • And then for your sergeants and above, if they want to go to a leadership class, those are anywhere from
Keywords: 1183, house
NH
Transcript Highlights:
  • Most of us have both of those classes because the ICISF has created what they call a GRIN class, where
  • they take those two classes.
  • When you take your class initially, and then in the teams themselves, we do continuing education to make
  • Representative Cre, could I ask you if you make sure that people who attend the class actually know what
  • There's still a whole other class of employees that don't have the same benefits.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
Summary: The committee first heard House Bill 180, which concerns critical incident stress management teams. Representative Mark PR, the bill sponsor, proposed an amendment to add a definition of “team leader” and to clarify that teams may or may not be affiliated with a municipality. He argued that a certification test offered by the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation is unnecessary and too expensive at $400, since team members are volunteers who already receive training and continuing education. Committee members asked about the training structure and certification language, and the sponsor explained that the teams are self-certified and that the amendment was intended to clean up the bill’s language. The committee then voted on HB 180 in executive session. Amendment 0261H was adopted 11-0, and the bill was then moved as amended and passed 11-0. The committee placed the bill on consent. Later, the committee heard House Bill 438, sponsored by Representative Timothy Horan, dealing with immigration detention and related state policy. Horan described the bill as an update to earlier legislation and said it would codify best practices, prohibit state cooperation with mass deportation efforts, bar for-profit operation of immigration detention facilities, and require Executive Council approval before the governor could deploy the National Guard for immigration deportation activities. Committee members questioned whether the bill could be read as authorizing detention facilities and discussed the relationship between the state and Strafford County Jail. An amendment presented on behalf of Representative Patrick Long was described as a technical rewrite that removed several sections and changed language, but the hearing ended before any vote was taken on HB 438.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

UMN Regent Candidate Forum - 02/04/25

Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • First, as I've mentioned, I'm a PhD candidate, and I've taken classes and pursued my own research on
  • I teach my own classes as a grad instructor, and I TA graduate and undergrad students.
  • I teach my own classes as a grad instructor, and I TA graduate and undergrad students.
  • diversify the financial sustainability of the M Health system so it can continue to allow for world-class
  • delivering access to world-class delivering access to world-class learning<01:26:16.080> in
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
Summary: The forum focused on the University of Minnesota system’s future, with candidates largely agreeing that the five campuses should remain distinct while working more closely together. Speakers emphasized the land-grant mission, the importance of serving Greater Minnesota, and the need for each campus to have a clear value proposition tied to local communities. Several suggested stronger cross-campus partnerships, more use of technology, and more seamless student pathways between campuses, while also noting enrollment declines and the need to preserve campus identities. A second major topic was public trust in higher education and the perceived value of a college degree. Candidates pointed to rising tuition, student debt, and concerns about post-graduation job prospects as key challenges. Proposed responses included better storytelling about university outcomes, stronger partnerships with schools, legislators, and communities, more targeted fundraising and commercialization of research, and clearer evidence of return on investment for students and families. The discussion then turned to athletics, where most candidates described sports as the university’s “front door” but said academics must remain the priority. They raised NIL, revenue sharing, and the need to keep athletics funding separate from core university funding, while also recognizing athletics’ role in campus culture and student recruitment. In later questions, candidates discussed why they sought regent service and how to support diversity, equity, and inclusion, with responses stressing access, belonging, open debate, and meeting students where they are. No formal votes or actions were taken in the transcript.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Criminal Justice and Public Safety (01/15/2026)

Criminal Justice and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • class A felonies with these penalties.
  • Profit for ROC face class B and class A felonies with these penalties.
  • <03:54:51.279> Um it becomes a class B felony. Um it becomes a class B felony.
  • <04:29:00.080> A and a person is guilty of a class A and a person is guilty of a class A misdemeanor
  • Or else you commit a class B felony.
Keywords: 1189, house, all