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CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Higher Education Committee Jun 9th, 2026
Higher Education
Transcript Highlights:
- This hearing is the first of two hearings we will have for Senate measures.
- We have three measures on consent.
- With that, I look forward to supporting the measure here today. Do we have a motion?
- That measure is 10 ayes and it's out. Thank you so much, Senator.
- That measure is out with 10 votes.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- This is for veteran's suicide prevention, so I think it's important. Senator Burgess for a motion.
- This is for veteran's suicide prevention, so I think it's important.
- This is for veteran's suicide prevention, so I think it's important. Senator Burgess for a motion.
- The Legislature shall consider only the following measures: 1.
- Be it further resolved that all other measures in both houses are indefinitely postponed and withdrawn
Summary:
The Senate convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several introductions, then moved into special order and returning messages. Early floor action included passage of HB 6503 (relief for Mandy Penny Lamon by Sarasota County), HB 1123 (sewer collection systems), HB 211 (farm products), and a joint resolution on ad valorem tax exemption for agricultural tangible personal property, all approved without opposition. Several other measures were temporarily postponed before the chamber recessed and later returned to messages from the House.
The Senate then took up a series of House amendments and conference-style motions on major bills. SB 180 on emergency preparedness and response was amended and concurred in after debate over hurricane recovery, local government moratoriums, evacuation timing in the Keys, and property tax and redevelopment provisions; it passed 34-1. CS/HB 1609 on waste incineration and auxiliary containers was heavily debated over plastic and polystyrene preemption, local beach and park regulations, and landfill/incinerator provisions, then passed 26-10. CS/HB 1205 on citizen initiatives was amended to allow volunteers to carry up to 25 petitions without registration/training and passed 28-9. The Senate also refused to concur in a House amendment to SB 234 on offenses against law enforcement, and in SB 116 on veterans, seeking to restore funding for veteran suicide prevention.
Later, the chamber approved or advanced several education and health-related bills. CS/HB 1255 on education was amended and passed, with changes to school readiness and other education provisions. CS/HB 875 on educator preparation passed after discussion of cognitive science, classroom management, teacher excellence programs, and the phaseout of the general knowledge test. CS/HB 1105, a large education package, passed after debate over charter school conversions, cell phone restrictions, and other school governance changes. In health care, CS/HB 1427 was introduced as a comprehensive package combining multiple health-related provisions, though the excerpt ends before final action on that bill. Throughout the day, the Senate also concurred or refused to concur in various House amendments on mental health, financial institutions, land development, brownfields, and out-of-network provider legislation, with votes generally recorded and several measures passing on divided but mostly favorable roll calls.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
WAM-LBT, WAM-TCA, WAM-HHS Informational Briefings 01-16-2025
Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- and then start new measures.
- </c><00:15:15.680><c> of</c> report didn't show any measurements of report didn't show any measurements
- </c><00:15:42.360><c> and</c> where we close out the old measures and where we close out the old measures
- </c> do any training so that you can prevent do any training so that you can prevent these<00:29:49.200
- </c> as well as uh any security measures as well as uh any security measures there<02:20:09.800><c> um
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><01:14:32.400><c> that</c> a very sensible costsaving measure that a very sensible costsaving measure
- 34.880><c> imposing</c> amendment also prevents imposing amendment also prevents imposing additional<
- </c><03:30:14.319><c> others</c> enforcement of that to prevent others enforcement of that to prevent
- Government ought to be measures.
- It allows us a measure of War.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Formal House Session 97 Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Education to this team so that we have another perspective on when a fatality happens and how to prevent
- Education to this team so that we have another perspective on when a fatality happens and how to prevent
- It improves our ability to measure outcomes and identify weaknesses.
- Education to this team so that we have another perspective on when a fatality happens and how to prevent
- It improves our ability to measure outcomes and identify weaknesses.
Summary:
The House opened with ceremonial business, including adoption of resolutions recognizing the Copernicus Institute and honoring October 2025 as Polish American Heritage Month. Members also concurred in Senate petitions and suspended Joint Rule 12 to allow several new petitions to be referred, including proposals on employer notice of I-9 records, Lobular Breast Cancer Awareness Day, a sick leave bank for a trial court employee, and the purchase or lease of Fenn Farm. The chamber then advanced several local and administrative bills, including legislation authorizing MassDOT to convey land in Stoneham and bills on child welfare protections, transit-worker assault penalties, and other local matters.
The most substantial debate centered on House No. 4645, a substitute bill addressing assault and battery on transit workers. Supporters argued that transit employees face rising violence and deserve protections similar to other public employees, citing MBTA assault statistics and testimony from workers describing threats, spitting, weapons, and serious injuries. The House accepted the substitute bill and passed it to be engrossed by roll call, 116-0. The chamber also passed to be engrossed a child welfare bill, House No. 4644, after debate on expanded DCF reporting, discharge planning, the independence of the Office of the Child Advocate, education coordination for children in care, and child fatality review reforms; amendments were adopted, including one adding a Department of Social Services social worker to the fatality review team and another creating a commission to study a digital education portfolio for foster youth.
The House also adopted an emergency preamble for a bonds bill and passed several engrossed local bills, including measures affecting Hull, Lanesborough, and Norton. The session included a formal visit from a Hokkaido, Japan delegation marking the 35th anniversary of the Massachusetts-Hokkaido sister-state relationship, with remarks entered into the Journal. Members observed moments of silence for Bernard Fang and former Representative Thomas George, and the House later adopted a special adjournment in memory of Mark Haren before adjourning to meet the next day.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session Jan 22nd, 2026
California Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Without objection, measures reported by the Appropriations Committee with the recommendation due pass
- Without objection, measures reported by the Appropriations Committee with their recommendation due pass
- stopped by the courageous actions of Brandon Tsay, who confronted and disarmed the shooter, thereby preventing
- Personal accounts of the gunman depict ...to preventing such events in the future.
- Brandon Tsay, whose courage in disarming the gunman, prevented even more lives from being taken and reminded
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee Jan 12th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- well, leaving the burden on families, schools, and taxpayers to cover the cost of treatment and prevention
- AB 796 is a fair accountability measure.
- crisis when we have a governor address the state, saying that we should be looking at draconian measures
- And this is something that's preventable.
- And I see the parents' face, and this is something that's preventable, but we have to be insistent on
Summary:
The Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation heard two bills. AB 796 by Assembly Member Lowenthal proposed a California Social Media Accountability Act that would impose a recovery fee on social media platforms’ advertising revenue and direct the proceeds to a Social Media Safety Trust Fund for education, mental health care, research, and social services related to youth harms from social media. The author and supporters, including a Long Beach Unified School District administrator and a pediatric emergency physician, argued that social media is contributing to youth mental health crises, cyberbullying, self-harm, and related school and health system costs, and that platforms should help pay for mitigation. Opponents, including taxpayer, business, and industry groups, argued the fee would raise costs for businesses and consumers, especially small businesses that rely on targeted digital ads, and warned of likely legal challenges under federal law, including the Internet Tax Freedom Act.
Committee members discussed the bill’s legal distinctions from Maryland’s digital advertising tax, the potential pass-through of costs to advertisers, and whether the proposal would meaningfully address youth harms. Several members expressed support for the bill’s goal and concern about social media’s effects on children, while others raised questions about how the revenue would be allocated and whether the tax burden would fall on small businesses. After testimony and debate, AB 796 was held in committee and referred to the suspense file.
The committee also took up AB 1265 by Assembly Member Haney, which was already on the suspense file. The chair recommended an aye vote on the bill as amended, with a clarification to reporting requirements, and the committee approved it 5-0, sending it to Appropriations.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee Jan 12th, 2026
Revenue and Taxation
Transcript Highlights:
- well, leaving the burden on families, schools, and taxpayers to cover the cost of treatment and prevention
- AB 796 is a fair accountability measure.
- the kids when they're in crisis, this bill is about shifting the costs off taxpayers and toward prevention
- And this is something that's preventable. But we have...
- And I see the parents' faces, and this is something that's preventable, but we have to be insistent on
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
March 25, 2025 - 09:00 AM
Transcript Highlights:
- By offering these, the legislature can adopt a more meaningful motivation for proactive defensive measures
- You know, you can put all these measures in, and my organization did.
- One is that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
- We've seen an initial vision and support lead to moderate successes, but persistent failures have prevented
- It has prevented our ability to have that directed approach.
Summary:
The committee first took up House Bill 1183, by Rep. G. Lombardo, as amended by a strike-all. The bill would provide liability protection for local governments and private-sector entities that substantially comply with certain cybersecurity practices, including multi-factor authentication, disaster recovery plans, and related policies and procedures. Rep. Lombardo said the measure is intended to create incentives for better cybersecurity and to limit class-action exposure after incidents, while still allowing suits where negligence can be shown. Supporters included TechNet, the Florida Justice Reform Institute, the Florida League of Cities, Associated Industries of Florida, the Florida Association of Counties, and Dr. Edward Long of the James Madison Institute; Vice Chair Steele, Rep. Blanco, and Rep. McFarland also spoke in favor. Ranking Member Bracy Davis opposed the bill, saying she was not comfortable granting liability protections to entities that may have contributed to breaches and questioning whether substantial compliance would be self-attested. The amendment was adopted, and the bill was reported favorably by a 14-2 vote.
After the vote, the committee shifted into an extended discussion about Florida’s state IT governance structure, procurement, and project management. Members criticized the current federated model as fragmented and lacking clear accountability, with repeated references to long-running problems such as cost overruns, weak vendor oversight, workforce shortages, and the troubled I-Connect system. Several members argued that the state needs a single accountable leader or stronger enterprise authority over agency technology decisions. Ranking Member Bracy Davis raised concerns about the impact of broken systems on vulnerable populations and asked about the role of advisory councils. Rep. G. Lombardo, Vice Chair Steele, Rep. Miller, and Rep. Groh all emphasized the need for centralized leadership, better alignment of authority and budget, and more disciplined procurement and integration practices.
A public witness, Victoria Zep of Team 180, testified in support of a more enterprise-wide approach and said the private sector also wants more organization and transparency. She criticized short procurement timelines, limited competition, and poorly written scopes, and urged the state to post procurements more openly and seek broader vendor input. She also discussed the need to respect agency-specific federal requirements while still improving statewide coordination. The chair closed by asking members to bring forward ideas for immediate and long-term reforms, including review of Senate Bill 7026, and the meeting adjourned without further business.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs (03/12/2025)
Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> for timely treatment that can prevent for timely treatment that can prevent serious<01:47:20.840
- </c> bill will result in preventable bill will result in preventable deaths<03:37:06.439><c> and</c><
- </c><03:56:27.800><c> millions</c> declines in diseases preventing millions declines in diseases preventing
- </c><03:58:12.319><c> disease</c> estimates at uh preventing disease estimates at uh preventing disease
- preventable illnesses they the vaccine preventable illnesses they would<04:17:30.399><c> be</c><04:17
Summary:
The House Committee on Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs heard testimony on House Bill 606, as amended, a bill aimed at preventing physicians from denying medically necessary sterilizing or fertility-affecting treatment based on a patient’s age, number of children, marital status, or a doctor’s speculation about future reproductive intentions. Representative Ellen Reed, the sponsor, described the bill as a response to her own long experience with PCOS, heavy bleeding, and repeated refusals by doctors to perform a hysterectomy despite her clear wishes. She said the amendment narrows the bill to medically necessary care, adds definitions for “medical condition” and “appropriate reproductive care,” and removes earlier provisions about voluntary sterilization referrals. She also said the bill does not target religious objections, and that doctors could still refuse for medical, payment, or existing religious reasons not addressed by the bill.
Committee members asked about religious freedom, informed consent versus waivers, and the scope of the new definitions. Reed responded that religion was not added to the list of prohibited reasons for denial, and that the amendment is intended to protect doctors when patients sign informed consent or waivers. She explained that “appropriate reproductive care” includes procedures such as hysterectomy, oophorectomy, orchiectomy, salpingectomy, and endometrial ablation, and that the bill now focuses on medically necessary treatment rather than elective sterilization. She said the change was intended to make the proposal narrower and more tailored after earlier concerns.
Several witnesses supported the bill with personal accounts of being denied hysterectomies or other procedures despite serious symptoms. Representative Lauren Selig described a decade-long effort to obtain a hysterectomy after years of cycle problems and migraines, saying doctors dismissed her concerns and treated her symptoms as normal. Jade Flad also testified in support, saying she had long been told to simply endure her cycle problems and noted that her husband was offered a vasectomy without similar barriers. The sponsor said online support was strong and that there was little or no written opposition testimony. No vote or final committee action was taken during the portion of the hearing provided.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, January 22, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> argue that the Second Amendment prevents argue that the Second Amendment prevents all<04:31:45.760
- With that, I ask for adoption of this measure and yield back the balance of my time.
- </c><05:18:48.440><c> and</c> ask for adoption of this measure and ask for adoption of this measure and
- </c><07:54:06.878><c> destructive</c> that will works to prevent destructive that will works to prevent
- Their efforts have made a measurable impact in reducing impaired driving and protecting lives.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Election Laws Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Election Laws
Transcript Highlights:
- Being granted the right to vote will encourage positive participation with our communities and prevent
- It does not prevent crime or promote safety, but restoring voting rights can foster a sense of dignity
- women who testified earlier today, as well as the Massachusetts residents who are supporting these measures
- And guaranteed voting rights for certain marginalized communities and building off of measures passed
- serving their time, and either way, voting is about reshaping the conditions in our communities to prevent
Summary:
The committee heard extensive testimony on S. 7 and H. 63, proposed constitutional amendments to restore voting rights to people incarcerated for felony convictions. Sponsors Rep. Erica Iderhoven and Sen. Liz Miranda argued that Massachusetts should reverse the 2000 disenfranchisement change, describing it as a recent and racially discriminatory policy that excludes thousands of residents—disproportionately Black and Latino—from civic participation. They said the amendment would put the question before voters, likely in 2028, and noted that implementation details such as domicile and where incarcerated people would register to vote would be handled separately through legislation and existing jail-based voting work.
A large number of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people testified in support, many speaking remotely from MCI Norfolk, MCI Shirley, and MCI Framingham. They said voting would affirm dignity, accountability, rehabilitation, and connection to community, and several described civic education programs inside the facilities that had helped them engage with public policy. Witnesses repeatedly characterized disenfranchisement as “civil death,” linked it to racial injustice and the legacy of slavery, and urged the committee to advance the bills favorably. A few speakers also addressed practical questions about voting location and domicile, with sponsors saying those issues are not specified in the constitutional amendment and would be worked out later.
Committee members asked several questions, including whether incarcerated people would vote in the community where they were incarcerated or where they previously lived, and whether future legislation could include carve-outs based on offense type or time served. Testifiers and sponsors generally said the amendment itself does not decide those implementation questions, and some said they would oppose carve-outs. One member raised a broader moral objection about allowing people convicted of serious crimes to vote; supporters responded that punishment should not erase democratic rights and that voting can support rehabilitation and reentry. No vote or final committee action was taken during the transcript provided.
The hearing also briefly included testimony on a separate matter, S. 521, a proposed ratification of the federal Child Labor Amendment. Witnesses supporting that measure warned against renewed child labor rollbacks in other states and argued Massachusetts should reaffirm protections for children and education. That portion of the hearing was separate from the voting-rights discussion.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
House Chamber - Thu Mar 27, 2025, 12:00PM HST - Day 40
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Trevor's critical actions that day prevented the Kohaa ohana from mourning two deaths.
- Members, we'll be taking up discussion of companion measures in tandem, beginning with House Standing
- </c><01:19:27.840><c> So</c><01:19:28.239><c> I</c> somehow prevent it from changing.
- So I somehow prevent it from changing.
- </c><01:25:09.040><c> before</c> Madam Speaker, on the measures before Madam Speaker, on the measures
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
House Chamber - Tue Apr 8, 2025, 9:00 AM HST - Day 47
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- ><c> minority</c><00:24:14.960><c> members</c> measures before us, all minority members measures before
- On the measures before us, all Speaker.
- On the measures before us, all majority members vote aye.
- On the measures before us, all majority members vote aye.
- On the measures before us, all majority members vote aye.
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Transportation, Highways and Public Works May 26th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- A question I have is: what is to prevent the selected contractor with the average bid from subcontracting
- A question I have, what is to prevent the selected contractor with the average bid from subcontracting
- No matter how the initial award is made, these change orders will not be prevented.
- With Secretary Ladee about this resolution, urging them just to evaluate impediments to safety measures
- I would ask that we'll move this measure favorably. The board is clear. You have a right to close?
Summary:
The House Transportation Committee met on May 26 and considered several resolutions and one Senate bill dealing with transportation project delivery, vehicle safety, school-zone safety, flooding, and highway signage. The committee first took up SCR 64, which creates a task force to study construction management at risk (CMAR) for public works. An amendment added representatives from Louisiana Associated General Contractors and Associated Builders and Contractors to the task force, and the resolution was reported with amendments. The committee also heard HR 282, which creates a task force to study utility terrain vehicles with Louisiana State Police and other stakeholders; an amendment added the State Fire Marshal, and the resolution was reported with amendments.
The most extensive discussion centered on SB 513, which addressed public works project delivery methods and included a proposal for an average-bid award method as well as design-build authority for airports and vertiports. Testimony from a Reason Foundation policy analyst and a Louisiana Associated General Contractors representative opposed the average-bid concept, arguing it lacked U.S. precedent, could encourage collusion, and could raise costs, while airport-related design-build provisions were supported. The committee adopted an amendment in concept to remove the average-bid language, then reported SB 513 with amendments by a vote of 11 yeas and 4 nays.
The committee also reported SCR 62 favorably, which urges DOTD to evaluate all school zones on state highways in response to safety concerns and near misses involving crossing guards and distracted driving. In addition, HCR 112 was reported favorably to study flooding on Louisiana Highway 1 in Shreveport, and HR 275 was reported favorably to study an interstate highway signage maintenance and reporting program. The meeting concluded after all items were acted on and the committee adjourned.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Federal Funding Stabilization Subcommittee Jul 31st, 2025
Federal Funding Stabilization Subcommittee
Transcript Highlights:
- Other notable litigation in this category includes challenges to prevent the dismantling of the Department
- of Health and Human Services and to prevent reductions in force across federal agencies.
- litigation against social media companies like Meta and Snapchat for claiming that they had adopted measures
- So, were these budgetary cuts solely done through OMB measures, or were some of them also directed via
- Preventing implementation of the birthright citizenship ban, we did as well, but then the federal government
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Hearing Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Human Services and Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Health Mar 25th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- And so how do we prevent a lot of those things from happening? ...time.
- So how do we prevent a lot of those things from happening?
- The use of the IHSS residual program prevents unnecessary institutionalization.
- BUPS stepped in at exactly the right moment and prevented her from hospitalization.
- So that is one of the biggest growing ones to help prevent isolation for our seniors.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> in part to relatively High measured in part to relatively High measured inflation<00:28:58.559><
- </c> is going to have have a higher measured is going to have have a higher measured cross<00:58:55.160
- </c><01:05:07.359><c> and</c> about any kid um as a cost measure and about any kid um as a cost measure
- </c> to create a process to describe measure to create a process to describe measure and<01:44:06.920
- </c><01:44:45.400><c> effectiveness</c> collection plan to measure effectiveness collection plan to measure
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Budget Review Subcommittee on Health and Family Service (7-15-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- It's a state performance standard system measure, or an SPSS.
- here goes through and u the measure here goes through 6:3025. 6:3025. 6:3025.
- in</c><00:15:02.880><c> place</c><00:15:03.040><c> to</c><00:15:03.279><c> prevent</c> what measures
- were in place to prevent what measures were in place to prevent it<00:15:03.760><c> from</c><00:15:04.000
- Uh what measures are it from happening.
Summary:
The Budget Review Subcommittee on Health and Human Services met to review budget items carved out in the prior session budget, including long-term care surveyor contracts, funding for local health departments, and expansion of the central laboratory. The committee approved the June 4 minutes and then heard an update from the Office of Inspector General’s Division of Health Care on long-term care certification surveys and complaint investigations.
Officials said the $1 million annual appropriation for contracted survey work, along with salary increases and other resources, helped the state reduce its backlog. They reported that Kentucky completed 101 long-term care certification surveys in fiscal year 2024, up from 28 in fiscal year 2023, and had completed 186 surveys by July 7, 2025, with a goal of 40 to 50 more before the end of fiscal year 2025. Outstanding complaints fell from 1,565 at the end of fiscal year 2024 to 695 by July 7, 2025, and outstanding priority-one or immediate-jeopardy complaints were reduced to zero. Members asked about the definition of priority-one cases, survey timing, the number of facilities still overdue, vacancy rates, federal funding reliance, and the use of contract surveyors. Officials said priority-one cases involve serious harm or high risk of harm, that surveys are required within a 12- to 15.7-month window, and that the agency now has 40 contract surveyors and an outside team option. Several members praised the progress but warned that delays in surveys can endanger residents and urged continued funding and monitoring.
The committee then began hearing from Mike Tuggle of the Department of Public Health on the Public Health Transformation Initiative, with Tuggle noting the legislation’s importance to public health financing. The transcript cuts off as he began his remarks.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Education Finance Apr 14th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- They were conducting suicide prevention trainings.
- We had districts using community schools funding, right, to conduct suicide prevention trainings.
- They were conducting suicide prevention trainings.
- We had districts using community schools funding, right, to conduct suicide prevention trainings.
- So that has to be required so that we're actually measuring what matters in it.