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CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee Jan 14th, 2026

Revenue and Taxation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Under Proposition 19, a recipient must move into the home, claim it as their principal residence, and
  • Happy to support this bill and ask a motion to move it when appropriate. Thank you.
  • It is adopted. Unanimous. The bill is out. Thank you, Senator. Well, thank you.
  • due to its status as a low- to no-property-tax jurisdiction.
  • No, it hasn't. The bill now has been moved. Secretary, would you call the roll?
Summary: The committee heard several tax and local revenue measures. SB 288, by Senator Seyarto, would clarify that for inherited homes going through probate, the Proposition 19 one-year deadline to move in and claim the homeowner exemption begins when the property is legally declared to belong to the heir, rather than during probate. The author accepted committee amendments; Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association supported the bill, and it passed 4-0 to Appropriations. SB 347, by Senator Choi, would reduce the state annual minimum tax from $800 to $600 for LLCs, LLPs, limited partnerships, S corporations, and C corporations. The bill was supported as a small-business tax reduction and passed 5-0 to Appropriations. The committee also considered two veterans property tax measures. SCA 4, by Senator Archuleta, would allow eligible veterans to stack the homeowners exemption with the veterans’ or disabled veterans’ exemption and remove outdated property-value limits in the constitutional veterans’ exemption. Testimony from veteran advocates and the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association supported the measure, and it was adopted 5-0 and referred to the Committee on Elections and Constitutional Amendments. SB 623, the companion statutory bill, would make conforming changes to implement SCA 4; it also drew support from veterans’ groups, the County of San Diego, and Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, and passed 5-0 to the Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs. SB 762, by Senator Archuleta, would authorize the city of Hercules to place before voters a local sales tax increase of up to 1% to help fund public safety, parks, infrastructure, and other services. Supporters described it as a narrowly tailored local control measure, while the committee noted it would let residents decide whether to tax themselves. The bill passed 4-1 to Local Government. SB 575 by Senator Laird was taken up on the consent calendar, the committee adopted technical amendments, and the consent calendar passed 5-0. The meeting then adjourned after all business was concluded.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
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  • just let it let it go and then you know just let it let it go and then you know we<01:14:23.679><c> don't
  • means give it away, sell it, rescue it, or adopt it out, by law in New Hampshire you're supposed to
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Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The Environment and Agriculture Committee held an introductory orientation for members, many of whom were new or newly assigned to the committee. Leadership emphasized that the committee is intended to operate in a nonpartisan, collaborative way, and members introduced themselves and described their backgrounds in farming, gardening, food service, environmental work, water and waste issues, veterinary work, and related fields. Several members noted personal ties to homesteading, livestock, orcharding, food security, landfill concerns, and animal welfare, while others said they were eager to learn the committee’s work. The chair then reviewed committee procedures and expectations. Members were told the committee would generally meet on Tuesdays, with hearings starting around 10 a.m. and often running until about 4:30 p.m., and that absences, substitutes for executive sessions, and email communications would be handled through House rules and the committee’s email system. The chair also covered decorum rules for live-streamed meetings, including professional dress, limiting food and drink at the table, and giving full attention to witnesses. Members were reminded that legislative emails are subject to public records laws and that the committee may soon transition to a new email domain. The chair also explained logistics such as bill folders, committee room storage, and emergency procedures for evacuation or shelter-in-place. No bills were debated or voted on in this meeting, but the chair noted that the committee already had roughly two dozen bills pending, including animal welfare, landfill, policy, and cat-and-dog related measures. Members were told to expect a broad mix of topics beyond agriculture, including solid waste and animal-related legislation.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Apr 8th, 2025

Alabama House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Our third priority is modernization of changes it to modernization of changes it to modernization of
  • I just want it to pass. I to it. I just want it to pass. I to it. I just want it to pass.
  • It made it upstairs.
  • I I've tried to read it and it seems very tried to read it and it seems very tried to read it and it
  • So it spell it out.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

FL House Floor Session - 2026-03-03 (10:00AM Session)

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It will modernize the way Florida purchases, manages, and oversees major IT projects and programs.
  • It certainly seems like it.
  • It certainly seems like it.
  • It affects speech. It affects association. It affects livelihoods.
  • own hearing, its own debate, That deserves its own careful bill, its own hearing, its own debate with
Keywords: 998, house, all
FL

Florida 2026 5th Special Session

Senate in Session Apr 9th, 2025

Florida Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • of it said that it was unworkable.
  • Oh, you want—now you found it. I got to do it. I found it, Madam President.
  • This bill really enhances IT efficiency and modernization by requiring standardization and oversight
  • of IT procurements, extremely important, as well as tracking and addressing technical debt to modernize
  • It is a step. It is a step.
Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, doctor and guest introductions, and then took up Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 168, the Tristan Murphy Act, on mental health. Senator Bradley described the bill as a major criminal justice and behavioral health reform measure that would expand pretrial mental health diversion, strengthen treatment-based probation conditions, broaden grant uses for mental health and substance abuse programs, add Hillsborough County to a forensic hospital diversion pilot, require certain DOC mental health evaluations, and create a Florida Behavioral Health Data Repository. Senators from both parties spoke in strong support, emphasizing treatment over incarceration, public safety, data collection, and the Murphy family’s role in advancing the bill. The Senate passed the bill 37-0 and then approved 37 co-sponsors. The chamber then received the Senate’s 2025-26 General Appropriations Bill, SB 2500, with Chair Hooper outlining a $117.4 billion budget that he said reduces spending, preserves reserves, and includes major investments in water quality, transportation, education infrastructure, and reporting requirements. Committee chairs summarized their portions: K-12 funding at $34.7 billion with increases for FEFP, scholarships, VPK, school hardening, and school safety; higher education at $11.5 billion with workforce, nursing, reading, autism, and student aid investments; health and human services with a $1.8 billion increase for Medicaid, mental health, opioid response, disability services, and veterans programs; criminal and civil justice at $7.6 billion for corrections, juvenile justice, law enforcement, courts, and judgeships; transportation/tourism/economic development at about $18 billion including roads, housing, Visit Florida, and cultural grants; and agriculture/environment/general government with major Everglades, water quality, citrus, food bank, and agency IT funding. Members then questioned several budget items, especially education funding formulas, the shift of scholarship dollars below the line, the impact on public school districts, AP/IB and other accelerated program funding, the APD wait list, opioid settlement spending, arts grants, and the My Safe Florida Home and condo pilot programs. Chairs generally said scholarship and accelerated-program dollars were being restructured for transparency and flexibility rather than cut, that school districts would still receive funding based on enrollment, and that APD and other human services issues would continue to be worked out in conference. The budget discussion concluded with remarks praising staff and noting a 4% across-the-board pay raise for state employees and targeted increases for law enforcement and firefighters, followed by a recognition for FAMU Day at the Capitol.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/25

Energy Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Was it new construction or was it retrofit or was it even folks that just said, hey, it exists, let's
  • Was it new construction or was it retrofit, or was it even folks that just said, hey, it exists, let's
  • </c><00:18:45.520><c> type</c> spinski uh so it it depends on the type spinski uh so it it depends on
  • And once we do get on the grid, that battery system can help modernize that grid and help make it more
  • And once we do get on the grid, that battery system can help modernize that grid and help make it more
Keywords: 1183, house
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • It was pocket vetoed. It passed the House and the Senate. It was very late in session.
  • It's been a while since I saw it, but I have seen it. I've seen it personally.
  • I didn't know what it was or what it meant or whether it was okay.
  • to legislate it or regulate it in any way?
  • You already paid it once when you bought it. You should not pay it again when you trade it in.
Summary: The House began with a quorum call, then moved into a series of special presentations recognizing guests and champions, including the Talihina state football team, the Hodgson Bulldogs state basketball champions, Sooner Start families and advocates, the Edmond Republican Women’s Club, Leadership Miami, and other visitors in the galleries. Members also adopted Senate Concurrent Resolution 17, honoring the long friendship between Oklahoma and Ireland and welcoming Irish Senator Aubrey McCarthy to the Capitol. The chamber then considered and passed several bills on third reading. Among them were HB 4226, creating a formal recusal/disqualification process for judges with timelines; HB 4432, addressing itemized deductions and gambling-related tax treatment; HB 3304, requiring Service Oklahoma to check the methamphetamine user database before issuing a commercial driver’s license; HB 3411, requiring PFOS testing and related safeguards for biosolids land application; HB 3435, creating a single-subject rule for municipal bonds; HB 4339, updating probate publication requirements for rural Oklahoma; HB 4341 and HB 4342, both CASA-related measures; HB 1770, directing OSU Veterinary Medicine to study the elk population in the northwest zone; HB 1016, setting up trust protections for minors featured in monetized online content; and HB 413, clarifying that people with felony convictions may vote once they have fully completed incarceration, parole, supervision, and probation. The House also passed HB 2950, removing an ACT requirement tied to Oklahoma’s Promise for homeschool students; HB 4141, funding a statewide sexual assault nurse examiner coordinator if money becomes available; HB 3277, cleanup language for VIN inspections on salvage vehicles; HB 2988, expanding the Terry Peach Act; HB 3029, requiring a four-year planning process for the State Department of Education; HB 3338, regulating the pool industry after reports of consumer losses; HB 1889, restoring benefits for a small group of police and fire retirees; HB 3834, authorizing ibogaine clinical trials for PTSD, addiction, and related conditions; HB 3831, seeking state support for Oklahoma Task Force One urban search and rescue; HB 2939, removing fax-machine references from election law; HB 3045, extending response-fee limits to municipal fire departments; HB 3657, modernizing OESC reporting and data sharing; HB 1739, reinstating a half-pay provision for OHP members; HB 3759, setting a June 30 date for temporary school allocations; HB 3755, clarifying juvenile detention medication funding and custody language; HB 4484, allowing certain state vehicles to be used between residences and work sites; HB 4486, creating a Gold Star Families Memorial Monument at the Capitol; HB 4108, adding airports to the critical infrastructure trespass list; and HB 1250, creating a revolving fund for public safety technology tied to the Blue Jay app. Most bills passed with broad support, though a few drew significant debate, especially the homeschool/Oklahoma’s Promise bill and the pool regulation bill, which passed with narrower margins.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Public Safety Committee Jun 30th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • And that is because it is relatively unregulated. It is instantaneous. It is worldwide.
  • judge why it matters, what to do with it, or how it fits into the ultimate decision.
  • It is, as Mr.
  • It builds the knowledge of instincts. It makes a measurable difference when it comes to outcomes.
  • It would...
Summary: The committee heard several bills, though no final votes were taken because a quorum had not yet been established. SB 493 by Senator Becker would add war or armed conflict to California’s price-gouging emergency triggers, with the author and supporters arguing it would protect consumers from gas-price spikes tied to international conflict. Opponents, including business and housing groups, warned the bill could over-trigger emergency powers and create broad, ongoing price controls. The chair indicated support for an aye-as-amended recommendation once quorum was reached. SB 1056 by Senator Grayson would require protective orders for disclosure of sexually explicit material involving adult victims in specified criminal cases. Denise Huskins-Quinn and Aaron Quinn testified in support, describing how sensitive evidence in their case was copied and handled without adequate safeguards; supporters said the bill would extend privacy protections similar to those already used for child sexual abuse material. Criminal defense attorneys supported the goal but raised concerns about notice procedures and how the bill would apply when material is in the public domain. The chair said the bill filled a gap in existing law and would receive an aye recommendation. SB 1208 by Senator Grayson would let law enforcement seize and return crypto assets used in scams and fraud to victims. The Attorney General’s office and law enforcement groups supported the bill as a tool to recover losses from transnational crypto fraud, while the ACLU and public defenders argued it lowered the burden of proof, raised constitutional concerns, and could be misused against unbanked or low-level defendants. The chair nevertheless said the bill aligned with existing law for stolen property and would be recommended aye. SB 874 by Senator Weber-Pearson would strengthen oversight of Medi-Cal behavioral health treatment services, including requiring background checks for employees of providers and convening a stakeholder workgroup; it drew support from the California Association for Behavior Analysis and no opposition was heard. Later, SB 1266 by Senator Stern would change how the value of stolen copper and related infrastructure damage is calculated, aiming to address copper theft and its costs to cities and utilities. Supporters said the bill would better capture the real harm from thefts that disrupt streetlights, telecom, and emergency services, while opponents argued it would inflate charges, turn many misdemeanors into felonies, and increase court and incarceration costs. The author said he would continue discussions and accept the amendments. Senator Cervantes presented SB 1379, which would separate the Riverside County sheriff and coroner offices and create an independent medical examiner; supporters cited in-custody death concerns and conflicts of interest, while opponents said the problem was not unique to Riverside and that the bill would override local control. Cervantes also presented SB 1418 to extend ballot-custody protections to other election records and equipment after a Riverside County ballot seizure, with support from the Attorney General’s office. Finally, Senator Blakespear began presenting SB 936 on nitrous oxide misuse, describing public health, impaired-driving, and disposal concerns, but the transcript cuts off before the bill’s testimony concluded.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Environment Committee Meeting - 2026-03-26

Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
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  • batteries, be it e-waste, be it, you batteries, be it e-waste, be it, you know,<01:35:00.720><c> even
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Elections Finance and Government Operations Committee 3/18/26 - Afternoon Meeting

Elections Finance and Government Operations

Transcript Highlights:
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  • I think it makes sense to modernize these statutes and appreciate the consideration of the bill.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Capital Investment Committee 2/25/25

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
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Keywords: 1183, house
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

Transportation Mar 19th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
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Keywords: 999, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 2/25/25

Commerce Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • One handout that is in your packet says, 'Modernization: Minnesota Liquor Laws,' and it looks like this
  • One handout that is in your packet says, 'Modernization: Minnesota Liquor Laws,' and it looks like this
  • One handout that is in your packet says, 'Modernization: Minnesota Liquor Laws,' and it looks like this
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  • c><00:13:15.360><c> in</c><00:13:15.480><c> Minnesota</c> it it allows at least in Minnesota it it allows
Keywords: 1183, house
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Education Finance Committee 4/3/25

Education Finance

Transcript Highlights:
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  • It makes me think back to those much more modern versions of those commercials that would go, "The more
  • It makes me think back to those much more modern versions of those commercials that would go, "The more
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  • ><01:21:11.880><c> is</c> portfolio program it is a vital it is portfolio program it is a vital it is
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Capital Investment Committee 4/9/26

Capital Investment

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> laid it out um well. laid it out um well.
  • What is it now and what will it be? Well, uh, per resident.
  • Appreciate it.
  • Appreciate it. All you for coming. Appreciate it.
  • But that's something we can, again, if it takes negotiations, that's what it does. I'm up for it.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education May 1st, 2025

S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education

Transcript Highlights:
  • You'll have to help me on that last name if I mispronounced it. You nailed it. OK.
  • It encourages you to push yourself.
  • So that's why I really vouch for it, because it changed me as a person and made me really blossom into
  • It might as well be the bill. Good morning, y'all. It is early, isn't it?
  • I asked him, and he said he just overlooked it, and so he added it. Oh perfect. Well then.
Bills: HB 1079, HB3651, HB4980
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Early Learning & Human Services Jan 30th, 2026 at 08:30 am

Early Learning & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • It is offered by Representative Taylor, and it adds investigations by Adult Protective Services to the
  • It removes the emergency clause. It removes the emergency clause.
  • It also expands membership of the task force, modifies its duty, and... ...and how words matter, also
  • It just doesn't seem like it's going to come together like it should.
  • It has been moved and seconded.
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Emerging Issues May 12th, 2026

Emerging Issues

Transcript Highlights:
  • It is not a person. It is not a licensed professional.
  • We should ask who used it, deployed it, or relied on it.
  • It was incorrect, and it wasn’t true. It wasn’t a real image. It wasn’t a true story.
  • And I found the image on Facebook and shared it out. It was incorrect, and it wasn’t true.
  • It wasn’t a real image. It wasn’t a true story.
Keywords: 959, house, all
WA
Transcript Highlights:
  • It allows for certain, It makes a number of changes to the underlying bill.
  • It specifies that the transfer authority for individuals 21 or older who, It specifies that the transfer
  • It also expands membership of the task force, modifies its duty, and... ...and so we think this is a
  • It just doesn't seem like it's going to come together like it should.
  • It has been moved and seconded.
Summary: The committee met in executive session on four bills. HB 2230, which limits DHS to one annual routine review of community residential service business providers and requires better coordination and record-sharing, was amended with Harrow 796 to clarify that Adult Protective Services investigations are not limited by the bill. The amendment and the substitute bill were both adopted and HB 2230 was reported out with a due pass recommendation by an 11-0 vote. HB 2364, which renames and revises the Legislative Executive Workforce Poverty Reduction Oversight Task Force, had no amendments. Members discussed the long new title and expanded membership and duties; the bill was reported out with a due pass recommendation on an 8-3 vote. HB 2389, dealing with juvenile offender sentencing and juvenile rehabilitation capacity procedures, was considered with a proposed substitute that made multiple changes, including midpoint review rights, programming participation, capacity reporting, and transfer/release rules; the substitute removed an emergency clause and was reported out with a due pass recommendation on a 7-4 vote. HB 2429, implementing the Washington Thriving Strategic Plan for Children and Youth Behavioral Health, was amended with Wickham 846 to adjust leadership council and work group membership and add two tribal representatives nominated through the Governor’s Indian Health Advisory Council, while preserving tribal consultation requirements. The amendment and substitute were adopted, and the bill was reported out with a due pass recommendation by an 11-0 vote. The committee then noted upcoming executive session deadlines, with amendment requests due Monday at 10 a.m. and released by 4 p.m., and adjourned.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Rules Committee Jan 21st, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is what this bill does: it makes it the official nickname for the state of Washington.
  • The ayes have it.
  • Is it here in favor? I'll signify by saying aye. Aye. Close no. The ayes have it.
  • The ayes have it; the motion carries.
  • The ayes have it; the motion carries.
Summary: The committee first approved moving Senate Bills 5067 and 5758 from the X-file to the white sheet. It then advanced a long series of measures from the white sheet to the floor calendar, including SB 5067 on impaired driving (lowering the per se BAC threshold from 0.08 to 0.05), SJM 8002 opposing Medicare privatization, ESSB 5061 on annual prevailing wage adjustments for public works contracts, SB 5855 restricting unlawful face coverings by law enforcement, SB 5865 updating garnishment forms for variable pay schedules, and SB 5081 clarifying remote vehicle starting on streets. Also advanced were ESSB 5268 on 12 months of community custody for unlawful firearm possession, SB 5272 on school event safety and interference penalties, SCR 8406 on civic health, SB 5000 making “the Evergreen State” the official nickname, SB 5500 modernizing Working Connections Child Care reimbursement rates, ESSB 5105 addressing digitally altered sexually explicit depictions of minors, and SSB 5156 on elevator standards. Additional measures moved forward included SJM 8006 asking the state Supreme Court to reinstate and expand the limited licensed legal technician program, SB 5325 designating the Columbia Plateau cactus as the state cactus, SB 5286 creating a community partnership policing program for Medical Lake and Eastern State Hospital while recognizing the existing Lakewood/Western State Hospital partnership, and SB 5937 concerning smart access systems in residential properties under the Landlord-Tenant Act. Several members briefly explained their bills, with some noting bipartisan support, prior committee approval, or existing budget provisos. The only recorded substantive opposition came from Senator King, who said he had concerns that SB 5067 might not achieve its intended safety outcomes. Most other motions were adopted by voice vote with no further debate. The meeting ended after a brief clarification that one motion should have been to the second-and-third-reading calendar, followed by adjournment.