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MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session (Full Formal with Calendar) Jun 21st, 2026 at 12:00 pm
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- President, need to express our appreciation for the gentleman from Westfield, for his leadership and
- So I want to thank him for that.
- our city and for this department.
- We thank you for your bravery, for your leadership, and for the legacy that you leave behind.
- He was known for giving young people a second chance, for recognizing humanity over bureaucracy, and
Summary:
The Senate began with routine formalities, then took up several final-passage and engrossment matters. It adopted emergency preambles for House Bill 1590, establishing a sick leave bank for Eric J. Iwanek, and House Bill 1024, authorizing the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority to provide sewer service to a parcel in Sharon. The Senate also passed to be enacted Senate Bill 2528, allowing Marblehead to establish fines related to parking violations, and adopted a pair of congratulatory resolutions. Later, it ordered several House bills to third reading, including measures for an additional off-premises alcohol license in Somerset and sick leave banks for David A. Russell and Jean McCarran, and concurred in a gubernatorial amendment to a vital statistics bill.
The chamber then considered major committee reports and amendments on military and veterans issues. It advanced a Ways and Means substitute for a bill on free expression and a substitute for a bill on assault and battery upon a transit worker, placing both on the Orders of the Day. The Senate also debated and amended Senate Bill 2503, the EASE Act for military-connected families, with remarks emphasizing school stability for military children, special education continuity, juvenile justice transfers, and use of military protective orders in domestic violence cases. Several proposed amendments were withdrawn or rejected, including tax relief proposals for 100% disabled veterans, while an amendment requiring tracking of veteran suicides was adopted. The bill was then ordered to third reading and passed to be engrossed by roll call, 39-0.
Another major item was Senate Bill 2501, clarifying the duties of the adjutant general. The Senate adopted a Ways and Means substitute and considered multiple amendments, including one withdrawn proposal on entry by non-federalized armed forces from other jurisdictions and another adopted amendment requiring recruit training on lawful orders; other amendments were withdrawn. The bill was then ordered to third reading and passed to be engrossed. The Senate also passed House Bill 3388, designating September 22 as Military Service Members and Veterans Suicide Awareness and Remembrance Day. Throughout the session, members also offered and adopted several adjournment motions honoring the lives and service of Judge Leslie E. Harris, former Newton Mayor Seyi Warren, and Anthony P. Dwingnan, and the Senate adjourned to meet again the following Monday at 11:00 a.m.
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Education Study Jun 27th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- In uh in Mesa can use the same health clinics and thing for for students.
- But thank you all for coming and thank you so much for your help with getting the money for the air races
- You all heard the land commissioner this year delaying some land for sale, uh, for the point or for lease
- The second thing that our students have in common is that they are up for a high academic challenge.
- , for a particular subgroup and so you'll see increases for all students, but specifically for Hispanic
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- I worked in education for about 10 years before I went to law school, including four years in high school
- I worked in education for about 10 years before I went to law school, including four years in high school
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- Just the clause for safety that is there is too high of a bar.
- I don't have much prepared for this, but we know that queer and marginalized populations face high bullying
Committee:
Senate Education
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- manager for my school for four years, and I also showed lambs for my first year.
- Thank you so much for being here. We hope you have a great, great day at the Capitol. Thank you.
- for high school.
- for Idaho.
- Thank you for your work. Any questions for Dr. Kaiser? All right. Thank you so much for being here.
Committee:
Senate Agricultural Affairs
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Senate Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources Committee, February 19, 2026
Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- So, um, any consideration would be for those, but not for, um, for the example the resident in my county
- So, um, any consideration would be for those, but not for, um, for the example the resident in my county
- So, um, any consideration would be for those, but not for, um, for the example the resident in my county
- So, um, any consideration would be for those, but not for, um, for the example the residence in my county
- So, um, any consideration would be for those, but not for, um, for the example the residence in my county
Bills:
SF0024
Keywords:
lottery, debit card payments, gambling regulations, state revenue, financial transactions, 916, all
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- So you could use it for paraprofessionals, you can use it for contracting for instructional purposes,
- Provides for the annual review for inflation.
- </c><00:48:07.359><c> the</c> except for the uh average salary for the except for the uh average salary
- offer 12 credits for all juniors and seniors in high school.
- uh all juniors and seniors credits for uh all juniors and seniors in<00:52:53.520><c> high</c><00:52
Bills:
HB0159
Committee:
House Education
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
Environment and Natural Resources Mar 25th, 2025
Environment and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- for?
- And we thank you so much for this wonderful bill, and we hope you all will vote for it. Thank you.
- The flamingo is a symbol of hope for our state in a dark time.
- The flamingo is a symbol of hope for our state in a dark time.
- Thanks for having me, Madam Chair, because Senator Martin was here that it's already nice and high.
Committee:
Senate Environment and Natural Resources
Summary:
The committee heard and acted on a long agenda of environmental and natural resources bills. It reported favorably SB 1784 on sewer collection systems, allowing municipal sewer revenues to be used for expansion; SB 1388 on vessels, which prohibits random vessel inspections without probable cause, creates a five-year safety decal, bars local fuel-type boat bans, and expands funding options for boat ramps and marinas; and SB 880, which designates the American flamingo as Florida’s state bird and the Florida scrub jay as the state songbird. SB 946, as amended, was also reported favorably; it restricts certain waste facilities and incinerators near the Everglades, with the amendment narrowing the focus to the Broward/Miami-Dade area near the C-9 impoundment project. SB 1792 on dry sandy beaches was reported favorably after amendment, creating a pilot and process to inventory beaches and explore voluntary public access or conservation arrangements with private owners. SB 866 on anchoring limitation areas was reported favorably despite opposition from cruisers and boaters who argued existing law should be used instead of new county-specific restrictions. SB 832 on former phosphate mining lands was reported favorably with amendments that removed language about the necessity of phosphate mining and clarified that landowners requesting a radiation study must pay for it. The committee also reported favorably SB 1326 on hurricane evacuation clearance times and permit allocations in the Keys, and SB 1580, after a delete-all amendment, which authorizes DEP to use public-private partnerships for coastal resiliency projects. Finally, SB 1300 on oil and gas drilling permits was introduced to require DEP to consider potential harm from accidents or blowouts to natural resources when reviewing drilling permits, but the transcript cuts off before final action on that bill. The committee also took up confirmations, temporarily postponing the vote on Rodney Barreto’s FWC reappointment after public criticism of his leadership, while recommending favorably the other listed appointments.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
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- I taught in a majority white high school, and white students are even hungry for this content as well
- I'm 17 and a junior at Highland Park Senior High. Thank you for having me here today.
- </c><01:05:51.640><c> me</c> Park Senior High thank you for having me Park Senior High thank you for
Committee:
House Education Finance
Keywords:
railroad, infrastructure, transportation funding, environmental remediation, capital investment, HF921, tax increment financing, TIF, excess tax increment, school district aid, levy adjustment, property tax levy, education finance, Minnesota education aid, decertification, local government finance, school funding formula, state aid reduction, referendum equalization aid, debt service equalization
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Forty Six - Thursday, April 2
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The Workforce Diploma Program provides virtual diplomas for kids who dropped out of high school but are
- First of all, we have two other existing successful online options for adults wanting to finish high
- And we know that for every person who gets their high school diploma, that is $300,000 less in safety
- And we know that for every person who gets their high school diploma, that is $300,000 less in safety
- That is a recipe for disaster. It is high time that Missouri update its DUI laws.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Business and Professions Committee Apr 14th, 2026
Business and Professions
Transcript Highlights:
- At the appropriate time, as chair, I respectfully ask for high vote. Thank you very much.
- For that reason, we've put forward a series of amendments that we're hopeful will be considered by the
- For that reason, we've put forward a series of amendments that we're hopeful will be considered by the
- And so we're fighting for fairness and hope we'll get your support on this bill.
- And so we're fighting for fairness and hope we'll get your support on this bill.
Committee:
House Business and Professions
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Human Services Committee May 27th, 2026 at 09:00 am
Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- I hope that’s okay, but it’s simply a reference for you.
- So I think this is really hopeful for simplification and for unification of child care providers so that
- This is lower than we had been hoping for.
- We did not expect that to be so high because this was for non-D kids.
- What services are designed at the community level for residential services for DD children with high-risk
Committees:
Joint Human Services , Joint Human Services Committee
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Committee of Conference on HB 1, HB 2 (06/12/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- Chris, can I do DRA low and high for fiscal year 2025 based on May data?
- Um DRA low and high for do Thank you.
- <00:15:51.600><c> year</c> and a high with May data for fiscal year and a high with May data for fiscal
- But it's not to say that it's not necessarily an anomaly, an extraordinary event we all hope for.
- </c><00:22:13.840><c> But</c> extraordinary event we all hope for.
Summary:
The Committee of Conference on HB 1 and HB 2 was called to order, and Legislative Budget Assistant Michael Kaine reviewed the working documents before the committee. He explained the compare report, the detailed change sheet, the HB 1 index, the HB 2 side-by-side, the surplus statement, and a revenue handout, noting that the committee would vote up or down on all detail-change items and that unresolved items on hold would be removed from the final bills. He also identified staff available to answer technical questions and noted that the committee would track the dollar impact of decisions as it proceeded.
Members then turned to the revenue outlook, with discussion focused on the gap between the House and Senate budget positions. House members said their budget guidance was based on revenue estimates that were significantly below the governor’s proposal, and they discussed whether additional revenue could close part of the gap. Department of Revenue Administration Commissioner Lindsey Stepp presented updated revenue estimates based on May data, explaining the methodology and the ranges for fiscal years 2025, 2026, and 2027. She said business taxes were the largest source of uncertainty, with estimates reflecting current economic conditions, recent revenue performance, and a range of possible growth rates.
Committee members questioned the assumptions behind the business-tax ranges, including why the low and high scenarios were set at 2% and 8% growth. Stepp said the range was based on historical performance and current economic factors such as inflation, tariffs, and business behavior, and she noted that June is a major estimate-payment month for business taxes. Members also discussed recent revenue trends, including the effect of tariffs and the possibility of federal tax policy changes affecting repatriated profits. The commissioner and House members also discussed other revenue sources, including rooms and meals and real estate transfer taxes, with the House side arguing that lower mortgage rates and home prices could increase real estate transfer revenue. No votes were taken in the portion provided, but the committee discussed possible upward adjustments to House revenue assumptions, including increases of roughly $70 million in total based on the updated outlook and additional insurance-related revenue.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Housing Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Joint Committee on Housing
Transcript Highlights:
- for.
- We're creating a city for luxury units only for profit. Some of those are not for sale.
- This data is detailed, and it allows for sophisticated calculations to determine just how high the rent
- In Abby's case, our staff completed a high-speed investigation, prepared for an evidentiary hearing,
- If I am looking for an apartment and think that the rent is too high, I should be able to walk across
Committee:
Joint Joint Committee on Housing
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Housing held a hybrid hearing on a broad slate of landlord-tenant and home rule bills, with most testimony focused on rent stabilization, tenant opportunity to purchase (TOPA), tenant fees, access to counsel, algorithmic rent fixing, and tenant protections in subsidized housing. Chairs Cyr and Haggerty outlined the hearing procedures and noted that written testimony could also be submitted. Several members and invited speakers emphasized that the committee was hearing from both local officials and residents affected by housing instability, especially in Somerville and other communities facing high rents and displacement.
Supporters of rent stabilization and local-option rent control argued that Massachusetts needs tools to prevent displacement while new housing is built. Senator Eldridge, Senator Jalen, Somerville officials, tenant organizers, and residents described steep rent increases, no-fault evictions, and the loss of naturally occurring affordable housing. Somerville’s home rule petition was described as allowing annual increases tied to CPI plus 2%, capped at 5%, with exemptions for owner-occupied two- and three-family homes and a 15-year exemption for new construction. TOPA supporters said it would let tenants or their designees buy buildings before speculative buyers, preserving affordable housing stock; opponents, including small landlords and property managers, argued rent control would reduce supply, discourage investment, and that TOPA could delay sales and harm properties.
The committee also heard testimony on bills to curb junk fees and regulate tenant charges, including limits on late fees, lease renewal fees, payment portal fees, attorney’s fees, and other add-on charges. Advocates said these fees can add hundreds of dollars a month and disproportionately harm low-income renters and renters of color. Another major topic was algorithmic rent fixing: Senator Moore and Representative Sabadoza said landlords should not use software such as RealPage to coordinate pricing, citing federal antitrust actions and arguing that competition is essential to lowering rents. Additional testimony supported a statewide right to counsel in eviction cases, with legal services providers saying representation dramatically improves outcomes and can save the state money, and a bill to create an office of tenant protections to better enforce sanitary code violations. No votes or final actions were taken during the hearing.
AR
Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session
CHILDREN & YOUTH COMMITTEE- SENATE & AGING, CHILDREN & YOUTH, AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS- HOUSE Feb 11th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you all for being here. Thanks for your time. Thanks for your passion. Thanks for your work.
- So we're really hoping, and we need for our commitments to drop back to close to where they were in 2020
- So we're really hoping and we need for our commitments to drop back to close to where they were in 2020
- But for medications and for, you know, And Medicaid can pay for those expenses, but for medications and
- For those in the audience, thank you for your time and patience, and for the agencies present.
Summary:
The Senate and House Joint Committee on Children and Youth approved the December 10 minutes and confirmed Representative Mary Bentley to the Child Maltreatment Investigations Oversight Committee. The committee then heard the annual Arkansas Infant and Child Death Review report, which said the state reviewed 148 of 170 non-natural child deaths in 2023; the reviewed deaths included 69 accidents, 14 suicides, 18 homicides, and 47 undetermined causes. Members asked about how the report’s recommendations could be used, grant opportunities tied to prevention work, and whether the data could be broken down by age; presenters said the report is intended as a prevention tool for agencies and nonprofits and that some age detail is available in later pages of the report.
The committee next took up HCR 1010 and then a broader discussion of juvenile justice reform. Senator Missy Irvin, judges, and Administrative Office of the Courts staff described Arkansas’s use of validated risk assessments, including SAVRY, the Ohio Youth Assessment Tool, MAYSI, and substance-abuse screening, as part of a long-running effort to reduce juvenile incarceration and tailor services to individual youth and families. They said the reforms have contributed to fewer delinquency filings, fewer DYS commitments, and more diversions, while also emphasizing that mental health, substance abuse, school issues, and trauma often drive juvenile court involvement. Several members raised concerns about data gaps, school collaboration, and whether community-based services are sufficient, and presenters said more shared data and stronger school use of safety dashboards could help intervene earlier.
Division of Youth Services Director Michael Crump then presented custody, education, recidivism, and cost data. He said DYS commitments rose after the pandemic, secure residential populations remain high, and detention-center use increased when intake beds filled; he also noted that DYS pays about $320 per day for secure custody and that detention beds cost roughly $90 to $100 per day. Crump said most youth in custody are older teens, about 80 percent are male, and many have behavioral-health needs or educational deficits; he reported 222 GEDs and 102 high school diplomas over six years. He also said about 15 to 19 percent of youth return to DYS within three years and that a larger share later enter the Department of Corrections, while members pressed him on how assessments relate to commitments, how low-risk cases are handled, and how to improve mental health and substance-abuse services statewide.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Hearing Assembly Select Committee on Biotechnology and Medical Technology and Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee Aug 4th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- So thank you for that.
- For sensors, it turns out that half of Americans have high blood pressure.
- It is not just education for the sake of education. It is education for what it can do for people.
- That's for periodic review and for content generation.
- We hope that the legislature appropriates funding for that resource.
ND
North Dakota 2026 1st Special Session
Higher Education Institutions Committee Jun 18th, 2026 at 10:00 am
Higher Education Institutions Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- So again, it’s not just for that young person coming out of high school.
- So it does become an effect, especially for UND and NDSU, with such a high portion of Minnesota students
- So it does become an effect, especially for UND and NDSU, with such a high portion of Minnesota students
- It's more focusing on the high school grads and such. So it'll be food for thought.
- It's more focusing on the high school grads and such, so it'll be food for thought.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Committee on the Census Feb 10th, 2026
Senate Committee on the Census
Transcript Highlights:
- Pretty high up on the list for its size.
- And then I think they'll talk to you about what we would call a high-series ready-for-what-comes scenario
- Okay, so we got low, middle, and high scenarios for population growth, and as you said, explained, the
- What's a high-side number for the immigrant household size?
- So it does account for a larger, it's for actually a growing immigrant population in that high-growth
Committee:
Senate Senate Committee on the Census
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
The July 2025 Flooding Events, General Investigating Apr 27th, 2026
The July 2025 Flooding Events, General Investigating
Transcript Highlights:
- For the families who lost loved ones, for a community that lost its sense of safety, and for those who
- And all of that rushed back, I know for you and for me.
- All cabins are constructed on high safe locations regarding training for last year.
- For two hours.
- She said she was neck high in water and clung to that column for two hours and lived. And lived.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- Mahina Angu, for W High School, and support. Robbie Melton and support. Katherine Auni and support.
- Mahina Angu, for W High School, and support. Robbie Melton and support. Katherine Auni and support.
- And the goal for that space is really to create a high-tech workforce development program so we can train
- And the goal for that space is really to create a high-tech workforce development program so we can train
- </c><00:07:28.919><c> example</c> for nothing right so for example for nothing right so for example we
Committee:
Senate Economic Development and Tourism
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Economic Development and Tourism heard confirmations for two Hawaii Technology Development Corporation board nominees, Jaclyn Ka and Gregory Oara. Testimony for both was overwhelmingly in support. Supporters for Ka emphasized her Kauaʻi roots, work in workforce development and digital equity, and ability to connect schools, industry, and community needs. In her own remarks, Ka said she wants to bring resources to Kauaʻi and the neighbor islands, strengthen local workforce pathways, and use the HTDC board to help local residents access technology jobs and training.
Members questioned Ka about how to reduce reliance on mainland hires for jobs at PMRF and other technology employers, how to better align training with local needs, and how to connect Kauaʻi schools, community college programs, and creative media/digital technology efforts. Ka described KDB’s role in building islandwide digital media and drone clubs, professional development for teachers, and partnerships intended to create a pipeline from school to workforce. She also said the legislature can help mainly by listening and staying informed about local needs.
For Oara, supporters highlighted his engineering and semiconductor background, his experience in academia, industry, and startups, and his potential to help HTDC with technology commercialization, IP, and exportable services. Oara said he wants HTDC to better support early-stage companies, improve coordination among universities, government, and the private sector, and create a directory of technical skill sets to connect startups with needed expertise. He also discussed AI, saying Hawaii can contribute by developing smaller, locally relevant models rather than only relying on large-scale data-center infrastructure. The hearing focused on these nominations and testimony; no vote or final committee action was stated in the transcript.
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- My mother is waiting in a crypt near Mount Vernon, Washington, for the last four years, hoping that this
- My mother is waiting in a crypt near Mount Vernon, Washington, for the last four years, hoping that this
- My mother is waiting in a crypt near Mount Vernon, Washington, for the last four years, hoping that this
- And if you look at the original RCW language for, say, audio and video, there was a high and a low fee
- We’re seeing large, high-volume canisters, flavored, sold as culinary, but instead used for intoxication
Bills:
HB2543
Committee:
Senate Law & Justice