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MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session (Full Formal with Calendar) Jul 9th, 2026
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The report of the committee. Senator, the report of the committee.
- Report of the committee. The order is adopted. Report of the committee.
- Report of a committee: Committee on Rules, in a two-branching act concurrently, to whom was deferred
- Report of the committee.
- Committee on Rules, the True Planning Act, currently to whom is where the petition accompanied by Bill
Summary:
The Senate took up several local and special bills for final passage, including measures on culverts and dams in Town Line Brook and Lindenbrook, alcohol license conversions and additions in Milford, Salem, and Bridgewater, and special legislation allowing William Pilarie to take a firefighter civil service exam in Arlington despite the age limit. All five bills were passed to be enacted. The Senate also concurred in House amendments to bills on alcohol licenses in Bolton and conservation restrictions in Hanson, and adopted a resolution commending the National Safety Council and recognizing June as National Safety Month.
The chamber then considered Ways and Means reports and orders for House bills on improving Massachusetts home care and requiring health care employers to prevent workplace violence. Both bills were amended with new Senate text and ordered to second reading on July 16, 2026, with the new text pending and further amendment procedures specified. The Senate also advanced several House bills passed to be engrossed, including land transfers in Norton, transportation bond terms, and Watertown property tax classifications, each being ordered to a third reading.
The main debate centered on Senate No. 30, a bill to protect children from addictive social media feeds, which was taken up with a Ways and Means substitute draft, Senate No. 3164. Senators supporting the bill argued it targets addictive design features such as algorithmic feeds, autoplay, infinite scroll, and overnight notifications while preserving access to social media, privacy, and First Amendment rights; opponents and some supporters raised concerns about parental authority and the role of the state. The Senate adopted a series of amendments, including changes to the definition of user, stronger limits on minors’ nighttime notifications, parental consent and privacy protections for location sharing and age verification, exemptions for nonprofits and open-source platforms, age-signal clarifications, dark-pattern restrictions, and data-security/reporting provisions, while rejecting several other amendments. The debate remained ongoing at the end of the transcript, with additional amendments and discussion still pending.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Health and Human Services (04/16/2026)
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- In March 2023, a new rule appeared in the DHHS rules section H-P 301.13(e)(1).
- In March 2023, a new rule appeared in the DHHS rules section H-P 301.13(e)(1).
- </c> questions from the committee? questions from the committee?
- </c><00:46:38.319><c> Uh</c> of the committee. Uh of the committee.
- </c><00:50:53.920><c> My</c> committee. Thank you for having me. My committee.
Committee:
Senate Health and Human Services
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The second rule that we've tackled is related to large load forecasting, and this is a rule that we adopted
- Under current rules, it's non-refundable.
- The rules are not yet finished.
- Chairman and members of the committee.
- Chairman and committee members.
Committee:
House State Affairs
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, March 24, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:28:46.000><c> 1</c> back pursuant to Clause 12a of rule 1 back pursuant to Clause 12a of rule
- The rules are suspended.
- The rules are suspended.
- </c><03:12:53.359><c> on</c> our ranking member of the committee on our ranking member of the committee
- </c><06:36:33.680><c> 20</c> vote pursuing to Clause 9 of rule 20 vote pursuing to Clause 9 of rule 20
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Informal House Session 58 Jun 18th, 2026
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Board of Committee.
- The Committee on Rules reports recommending the resolution filed by Representative Beal of Boston commending
- With the endorsement, it has been referred under suspension of Joint Rule 12 to the Committee on Environment
- The Committee on Rules, acting concurrently, reports recommending that Joint Rule 12 be suspended on
- Joint Rule 12 is suspended. Joint Rule 12 is suspended. Board of Committee.
Summary:
The House opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and then took up several routine and legislative matters. It adopted a resolution commending Bill Spain on his retirement from the Castle Island Association and his work preserving Fort Independence. The House also concurred in a Senate petition concerning improved public access and climate resiliency on the Mystic River and referred it to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
The chamber suspended Joint Rule 12 for two petitions: one establishing a sick leave bank for a Massachusetts Department of Transportation employee and another creating a Legion of Merit motor vehicle license plate. It also suspended Rule 7A to consider House Bill 4101, relative to the Dracut Water Supply District, and ordered the bill to a third reading.
On third reading, the House passed to be engrossed House 5034, waiving the maximum age requirement for Boston police officer Matthew Cummings. It also adopted an amendment to House 1338, allowing fair compensation of Massachusetts credit union directors, and passed that bill to be engrossed as amended. Finally, the House enacted Senate Bill 1646 on hot work process regulations and Senate Bill 5511 on teacher preparation and student literacy, then adopted an order to adjourn and recessed/adjourned to meet the following Monday at 11 a.m. in informal session.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Formal House Session 28 Mar 25th, 2026
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The Committee on Rules reports recommending the resolutions filed by Representative...
- The Committee on Rules reports recommending the resolutions filed by Representatives Mocle of Falmouth
- The Committee on Rules and the committees on rules of the two branches acting concurrently report recommending
- Rules are suspended.
- The Committee on Ways and Means, to whom was referred the bill Promoting Rule of Law, Oversight, Trust
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
Senate Energy and Natural Resources (02/18/2025)
Energy and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- And I would point out, as the committee has already noted, that new landfill rules were adopted by Joe
- has already noted that new committee has already noted that new landfill<01:19:17.880><c> rules</c><
- version of the rules.
- Any other questions from the committee? Thank you, members of the committee.
- Any other questions from the committee? Thank you, members of the committee.
Committee:
Senate Energy and Natural Resources
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Aug 21st, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Okay, pursuant to Assembly Rule 69, the amendments were approved by the committee chair, and the bill
- That is not a rule of this body. That is a rule of decorum.
- I want to play by the old rules. I don't like the new rules.
- And so rather than change his policies or play by the rules, he's trying to change the rules.
- The rules are suspended.
Summary:
The Assembly met after a quorum call, recess, prayer, and the Pledge of Allegiance, then moved into a highly procedural and contentious floor session centered on redistricting measures. Members debated a point of order raised by Assembly Member DeMaio challenging the constitutionality of SB 280, ACA 8, and AB 604; the Speaker ruled the point not well taken, and the Assembly sustained that ruling on appeal. The body also took up consent-calendar and procedural motions, including suspending rules to adopt late amendments on ACA 8 and to bring the measure up without reference to file. Several motions to re-refer or suspend rules on related measures failed, while the motion to adopt the late amendments on ACA 8 carried.
The main substantive item was ACA 8, the Assembly Constitutional Amendment related to redistricting, presented by Assembly Member Berman as a response to mid-decade redistricting efforts in other states, especially Texas. Supporters argued the measure was a temporary, voter-driven response to protect democracy, counter partisan gerrymandering, and address broader threats tied to the Trump administration, including immigration enforcement and health care cuts. Opponents argued ACA 8 would undermine California’s independent citizens redistricting commission, violate the state Constitution, and amount to partisan gerrymandering or a power grab. Members on both sides framed the issue as a defense of democracy, but disagreed sharply over whether the Legislature should act or leave redistricting to voters and the existing commission.
No final vote on ACA 8 is shown in the transcript excerpt, but the Assembly did vote on several procedural matters: the appeal of the Speaker’s ruling was sustained 58-18; the motion to adopt late amendments on ACA 8 passed 58-19; a motion to re-refer ACA 8 and SB 280 to Judiciary failed 19-58; and a motion to take up A.J.R. 21 without reference to file failed 19-58. The session remained focused on ACA 8 and related redistricting questions, with extensive floor speeches from both supporters and opponents.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- The Judiciary and Rules Committee reports to the Senate journal that the proceedings of March 30, 2006
- The Judiciary and Rules Committee reports that enrolled Senate Bills 1226, 1426, and 1427 were delivered
- Senate Bill 1449 will be referred to the Judiciary and Rules Committee for printing.
- They've been reviewed and approved by the Senate Judiciary and Rules Committee.
- The committee voted to approve pending rule docket number 58-0101-0802, Idaho Rules for Public Drinking
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Informal House Session 71 Jul 20th, 2026
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The Committee on Rules reports recommending the following resolutions ought to be adopted: resolutions
- Wangas-Auggest now moves suspension of the rules.
- The Committee on Rules, to whom was referred the order filed by Representatives Gordon of Bedford and
- Rules are suspended. Question now is on suspension of Joint Rule 12.
- Joint Rule 12 is suspended.
Summary:
The House began with the Pledge of Allegiance and then took up several routine matters from the Committee on Rules. It adopted resolutions congratulating Mark D. Chiraco on his retirement from the Veterans Health Administration and Gene M. Bubon on her retirement from the town of Sturbridge, and it also adopted an order extending the Education Committee’s reporting deadline on House document 5991 to July 31, 2026. The chamber then suspended Joint Rule 12 to receive and refer several Senate petitions, including a proposal to conform state law to the Electoral Count Reform Act of 2022, a Buzzards Bay Water District easement bill, and measures involving Fish and Game easements and the leasing of Pilgrim Memorial Park.
The House also accepted the Steering, Policy and Scheduling Committee’s recommendation to place several bills on the calendar, including Senate No. 785 on insurance claims, House bills naming the official vegetable and crustacean of the Commonwealth, and a local bill for additional alcohol licenses in East Bridgewater. After suspending Rule 7A, the House gave second reading and ordered these bills to third reading. It then passed to be enacted House 4321, authorizing the Dalton Fire District to continue employing interim fire chief Christopher Francis Cherat, and House 899, dedicating park and field space in South Boston.
Later, the House considered several third-reading bills and passed them to be engrossed, including Senate 2735 dissolving the North Carver Water District, House 5421 on transportation of vessels in Barnstable, House 5426 amending the North Attleboro charter, and House 5543 establishing a sick leave bank for Andrew Bartlett of the Department of Public Health. House 5528, a sick leave bank bill for Edward Gillian, was amended to add an emergency preamble and then passed to be engrossed as amended. The House adopted an order to meet again Wednesday at 11 a.m., then adjourned, with a Democratic caucus notice announced for noon in rooms A1 and A2.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Informal House Session 77 Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The Committee on Rules reports recommending that the resolutions filed by Representatives Roy and Franklin
- The Committee on Rules, to whom was referred the order filed by Mr.
- The Committee on Rules, to whom was referred the order filed by Mr.
- The Committee on Rules, to whom was referred the order filed by Mr.
- Rule 7A is suspended. Second reading in the bills. Aye, the ayes have it. Rule 7A is suspended.
Summary:
The House opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and then took up several Committee on Rules reports. It adopted a resolution congratulating Jeffrey P. Lynch on his retirement from the Medway Fire Department, and it also adopted two orders extending until March 18, 2026, the reporting deadline for the Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure on current House documents.
The Committee on Steering, Policy and Scheduling reported a group of bills for House consideration, including measures on subprime loans, Registry of Motor Vehicles procedures for surviving spouses and next of kin, motor vehicle distributors, banning tinted license plate covers, councils on aging, and two sick leave banks. The House suspended Rule 7A, took the bills through second reading, and ordered them to a third reading.
The House then considered House No. 3952, authorizing Dartmouth Fire District Number One to appoint the position of treasurer, and passed the bill to be engrossed. Finally, the House adopted an order to adjourn until Thursday at 11:00 a.m., and then adjourned to meet then in informal session.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Informal House Session 10 Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The Committee on Rules reports recommending that the resolutions filed by Representative LaNatra of Kingston
- The Committee on Rules and the Committee's on Rules and the Committee's on.
- The Committee on Rules and the committees on rules of the two branches, acting concurrently, report recommending
- The ayes have it; rules are suspended. Question: it was on suspension of Joint Rule 12.
- The ayes have it; Joint Rule 12 is suspended.
Summary:
The House opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and then adopted a resolution congratulating the town of Kingston on its 300th anniversary after suspending the rules. The chamber also recognized the 2025 cheerleading squad captains and coaches for winning the MSAA small co-ed division championship and being named grand champions, as well as the Franklin High School girls’ varsity volleyball team for winning the MIAA Division I championship.
The House received a gubernatorial message submitting fiscal year 2026 supplemental appropriations requests, which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. It also suspended Joint Rule 12 to allow consideration of a petition authorizing eminent domain in Norwood, referring that matter to the Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight. The Committee on Steering, Policy and Scheduling then placed several local bills on the calendar, including measures for Plainville, Milford, Westboro, Revere, and Hopedale.
Those local bills were taken up on second reading and ordered to a third reading. The House also considered Senate amendment House 4171, concerning vacancies among town meeting members in Milford; the amendment was reported correctly drawn, the House concurred, and the bill was passed to be enacted. The session ended with adoption of an order to adjourn and the House standing adjourned to meet Monday at 11 a.m. in informal session.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Formal House Session 36 Apr 15th, 2026
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Transportation Jan 29th, 2026 at 04:00 pm
Transportation
Transcript Highlights:
- to the Rules Committee.
- Rules Committee.
- Rules Committee.
- Rules Committee.
- the Rules Committee.
Committee:
Senate Transportation
Keywords:
traffic safety, roadway fatalities, Washington traffic safety commission, policy update, road safety, accident prevention, disability, parking privileges, accessibility, special parking, local government, oil tankers, restricted waters, environmental safety, maritime regulations, state law, fifth-wheel, travel trailers, vehicle regulation, transportation
TX
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Agenda Mar 24th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Now we have the rule. Opposed? Nay. The ayes have it, and it'll be done.
- deal with that chapter and the rules.
- and proposed rule, which states any agency may adopt a pending rule that varies in context from that
- rule is a logical outgrowth of the proposed rule, and the original notice was written so as to assure
- Well, thank you, committee. Maybe we should have been a morning committee.
Summary:
The Resources and Conservation Committee met at 8:00 a.m. with a quorum present. Representative Petsky presented House Bill 939, which would restrict certain hunting technologies during big game season, including night vision, thermal devices, transmitting trail cameras, and drones, while adding carve-outs for predator control (wolves, mountain lions, and other predatory wildlife), agriculture, retrieving wounded animals, and monitoring traps. Petsky said the bill was intended to balance conservation and hunting opportunity with practical uses of the technology, though he acknowledged some enforcement questions may need to be revisited later.
Representative Mickelson moved HB 939 to the floor with a do pass recommendation, and Dexton Lake of the Idaho Farm Bureau testified in support, saying the organization appreciated the collaboration and supported the bill. Representative Manwaring asked to move the bill to second reading for time reasons, and the committee agreed by unanimous consent. The committee then voted aye to send HB 939 to the floor with a do pass recommendation.
The committee also took up Fish and Game rule docket 13-0108-2401. Representative Boyle moved to adopt the docket except for sections 410(04)(G) and (H), citing concerns about conflicts with the Idaho Constitution’s right to hunt, fish, and trap, state law on taking wolves, the Fish and Game Commission’s authority, and administrative procedure requirements. The committee approved the motion and accepted the docket with those two sections rejected. The meeting then adjourned.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Informal House Session 58 Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Board of Committee.
- The Committee on Rules reports recommending the resolution filed by Representative Beal of Boston commending
- With the endorsement, it has been referred under suspension of Joint Rule 12 to the Committee on Environment
- The Committee on Rules reports recommending that Joint Rule 12 be suspended on the following petitions
- Joint Rule 12 is suspended. The ayes have it. Joint Rule 12 is suspended. Board of Committee.
Summary:
The House opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and then took up several committee reports and procedural motions. It adopted a resolution commending Bill Spain on his retirement from the Castle Island Association and his work preserving Fort Independence. The House also concurred in a Senate petition concerning improved public access and climate resiliency on the Mystic River and referred it to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources. In addition, the House suspended Joint Rule 12 for two petitions: one establishing a sick leave bank for a Massachusetts Department of Transportation employee and another creating a Legion of Merit motor vehicle license plate.
The chamber then advanced House Bill 4101, relative to the Dracut Water Supply District, suspending Rule 7A, taking a second reading, and ordering it to a third reading. On third reading, House Bill 5034, waiving the maximum age requirement for Boston police officers for Matthew Cummings, was passed to be engrossed. House Bill 1338, allowing fair compensation of Massachusetts credit union directors, was amended to add an emergency preamble and strike Section 2, then passed to be engrossed as amended.
Later, the House recessed and then returned to final passage on House Bill 1646, concerning violations of regulations regarding the hot work process, and House Bill 5511, concerning teacher preparation and student literacy; both were passed to be enacted. The House also adopted an order to adjourn to meet the following Monday at 11 a.m., and then adjourned to that time in informal session.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate Resolution 72 will be referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
- </c><00:12:31.839><c> on</c><00:12:32.080><c> Rules</c><00:12:32.560><c> and</c> referred to the Committee
- on Rules and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.<00:12:33.360><c> No</c><00:12:33.600
- </c> pursuant to rule 40.7. pursuant to rule 40.7.
- </c> decision or ruling. decision or ruling.
TX
Texas 89th 1st C.S.
Senate Special Committee on Congressional Redistricting Jul 25th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- The committee rules are identical to what the redistricting committee passed in 2021.
- The committee rules are identical to what the redistricting committee passed in 2021 and again in 2023
- Hearing none, the committee rule—I'm sorry, Senator Alvarado, yes, as well, registering my no vote.
- And that's the rules y'all just voted in. Yes, sir. That is the committee rules.
- In SR 5 that we passed on Monday, and Rule 2, Subsection F states, the committee may not consider or
Summary:
The Senate Special Committee on Congressional Redistricting held its first regional hearing, focused on South and Central Texas, including Bexar County, Travis County, and the Rio Grande Valley. After establishing a quorum, the committee adopted its rules on a 6-3 roll-call vote, with Senators Alvarado and Miles voting no. Chair Phil King explained the regional-hearing format, the use of 2020 census data, the online testimony process, and the availability of written comments and future hearings. Several members then gave opening remarks, with Republicans emphasizing public input and Democrats arguing the special session and mid-decade redistricting were unnecessary and aimed at minority districts.
A major procedural issue arose over whether the committee should invite or subpoena the DOJ attorney who authored the July 7 letter that prompted the redistricting discussion. Senator Miles moved to subpoena the attorney; the motion was seconded but then set aside after the chair said the committee could not take formal action on a non-procedural matter during a regional hearing under the adopted rules. The chair said he would consult legal counsel about issuing an invitation, and members discussed the August 7 deadline referenced in the DOJ letter. The committee then moved on to public testimony.
Witnesses, including Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia, law professor Ellen Katz, and Texas NAACP president Gary Bledsoe, argued that the DOJ letter misread the law and that the targeted districts were lawful opportunity or coalition districts. They said the Fifth Circuit’s Pettway decision was limited to Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and did not declare coalition districts unconstitutional, and they cited Bartlett v. Strickland as warning against intentionally dismantling effective minority districts. Garcia and Bledsoe said the hearing was politically motivated and would harm Black and Latino representation; Katz said Texas would act illegally if it followed the DOJ letter’s instructions. Members asked questions about the legal status of coalition districts, the 2021 map-drawing process, and the difference between opportunity, coalition, and crossover districts. The hearing continued with additional public witnesses, including labor representative Emily Amps, who said workers and communities of color were being harmed by the proposed redistricting effort.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate Chamber Feb 7th, 2026 at 12:19 pm
New Mexico Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- So, Madam President, if we were adopting a new rule and it had not gone through the Rules Committee,
- Committee's Committee, then to Senate Rules, then to Senate Judiciary.
- and referred to the Committee's Committee, then to Senate Rules, and then to Senate Judiciary Committee
- Madam President, the Senate Rules Committee will meet at 9 a.m. on Monday in Room 321.
- Madam President, the Senate Rules Committee will meet at 9 a.m. on Monday in room 321.