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AZ
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

04/28/2026 - Joint Appropriations

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • I do hope the Department of Corrections has the money that they need for contingencies like riots.
Bills: HB4138 , HB4139 , HB4140 , HB4141 , HB4142 , HB4143 , HB4144 , HB4145 , HB4146 , HB4147 , HB4148 , HB4149 , HB4150 , HB4151 , HB4152 , HB4153 , SB1831 , SB1832 , SB1833 , SB1834 , SB1835 , SB1836 , SB1837 , SB1838 , SB1839 , SB1840 , SB1841 , SB1842 , SB1843 , SB1844 , SB1845 , SB1846
Committee: Joint Appropriations
Keywords: appropriations, education funding, health care, general fund, state budget, local funding, gaming, pari-mutuel, horse racing, regulatory assessment, first-time starters, budget implementation, federal funds, government services, budget stabilization, financial reporting, capital outlay, infrastructure, veterans services, highway construction
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on State and Local Government - 03/03/26

State and Local Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • happened here, and the interference with law enforcement that happened here, erupted many times into near riots
Committee: Senate State and Local Government
NM
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Oct 9th, 2025

Legislative Health & Human Services Committee

Transcript Highlights:
  • The media was quick to call it a riot and to recriminalize those young people.
Committee: House Legislative Health & Human Services Committee
TX
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs Apr 14th, 2025

State Affairs

CA
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Higher Education Committee Mar 18th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • racial classifications may be used: remedying specific instances of past discrimination and quelling riots
Summary: The committee first adopted its 2025-26 rules on a 7-0 roll call, then approved three consent items—AB 88, AB 240, and AB 313—on a due-pass motion to Appropriations. The hearing then moved to AB 648, which would give community college districts the same zoning authority as the UC and CSU systems to build student and staff housing on property they own or lease. The author and supporters argued the bill would help address severe housing insecurity and homelessness among community college students, while opponents and some members raised concerns about local control, zoning exemptions, and the impact on nearby communities. AB 648 passed the committee on a 5-2 vote and was sent to the Local Government Committee. The committee next heard AB 466, which would require California Community Colleges and CSU campuses to provide organ and tissue donor registry information during student orientation, and request UC campuses to do the same. Supporters shared personal stories about transplants and donation, saying college orientation is a good opportunity to increase registrations. Some members worried about information overload during orientation and suggested campuses have flexibility in how they present the material, but the bill advanced on a unanimous 7-0 vote to Appropriations. AB 326 followed, proposing campus-by-campus external audits of the CSU every three years and public release of the audits. The author, faculty supporters, and a student argued that systemwide audits do not provide enough transparency about how money is spent at individual campuses, citing examples of financial mismanagement and fee increases. CSU opposed the bill, saying it already conducts annual consolidated external audits and that campus-level audits would add cost without added benefit. After extensive discussion about transparency, audit scope, and implementation, the bill passed 6-1 to Appropriations. The committee then took up AB 335, which would create a California Black-Serving Institution Grant Program to support Black student success and broader underserved student services; supporters emphasized persistent equity gaps and low completion rates, while an opponent argued the bill needed to be carefully amended to comply with Proposition 209 and equal protection requirements. The transcript ends during that item’s discussion, before a final vote is shown.
US
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, June 8, 2026)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 02/20/26

Judiciary and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • the language, a member of a tactical response team, which we have sometimes seen on our streets in riot
  • 02:53:29.120><c> the</c> sometimes seen on our streets in the sometimes seen on our streets in the riot
  • 30.560><c> that</c><02:53:30.800><c> is</c><02:53:30.880><c> an</c><02:53:31.120><c> appropriate</c> riot
  • gear, uh that is an appropriate riot gear, uh that is an appropriate time<02:53:31.680><c> to</c><02
Committee: Senate Judiciary and Public Safety
NH
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Session (03/20/2025)

New Hampshire House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • by some crazy mirror, able to transfer all of their election laws to New Hampshire, there would be riots
  • Hampshire there election laws to New Hampshire there would<03:46:49.600><c> be</c><03:46:49.880><c> riots
  • </c><03:46:50.479><c> in</c><03:46:50.680><c> the</c><03:46:50.920><c> streets</c> would be riots in
  • the streets would be riots in the streets here<03:46:53.239><c> the</c><03:46:53.439><c> reason</c><03
FL
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Senate in Session Mar 4th, 2026

Florida Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The Stonewall National Monument in New York City in Greenwich Village, where the Stonewall riot occurred
  • The Stonewall National Monument in New York City in Greenwich Village, where the Stonewall riot occurred
MA
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Combatting Antisemitism Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Transcript Highlights:
  • I learned about racism through the Boston busing riots, learned about the human cost of war through the
Summary: The meeting focused on the commission’s work addressing antisemitism in Massachusetts, including security, education, victim services, and legal responses. A major presentation came from former federal prosecutor Eric O’Sham, who described the 2018 Tree of Life synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh, the attack’s planning and execution, the 11 victims killed, the defendant’s white supremacist and antisemitic online activity, the federal prosecution, and the long aftermath for the victim community. Commissioners asked about prevention, radicalization online, security for houses of worship, and how to support victims; O’Sham emphasized the limits of law enforcement when speech is protected, the importance of public education, security grants, and victim-witness support. The commission also heard from Ariel Holman of Agudath Israel, who described a wide range of antisemitic incidents affecting Orthodox Jews, including assaults, threats, vandalism, school harassment, and zoning barriers, and urged expanded security personnel grants, mental health resources, kosher food access, and support for synagogue development. Other speakers included advocates and local officials who supported Holocaust education, the planned Boston Holocaust Museum, cemetery protection, and broader public education efforts, while some public commenters criticized the commission’s focus or raised concerns about definitions of antisemitism and free speech. The meeting concluded with approval of prior meeting minutes and the start of public comment, which was limited to three minutes per speaker due to time constraints.
NH
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Committee of Conference on HB 194, HB 609, HB 1279, HB 1365 (05/27/2026)

Transcript Highlights:
  • And then they could get thrown into a crowd of even more people because there's a riot.
Summary: The meeting began as a Committee of Conference on House Bill 194, but the discussion quickly centered on whether to remove an attached bill, 504, because of concerns about a possible fee or tax and a House rule issue. Members debated the procedural posture of the bill, whether the House version had been non-concurred, and whether the conference committee could still resolve the issue by adopting the House amendment or reconsidering the non-concur. The exchange became tense, with one side warning that failing to pass the measure could jeopardize a linked rural health transformation grant worth about $20 million. The committee ultimately recessed without resolving the 194/504 dispute and planned to return the next day. The committee then opened conference on House Bill 609, which dealt with use-of-force/self-defense language and restraint/seclusion authority in health care settings. On the self-defense portion, House members argued strongly for restoring vehicle language, saying people should be able to defend themselves in a car the same way they can in a home, especially in carjacking or assault situations where no weapon is displayed. Senate members expressed concern about expanding deadly-force protections too broadly and suggested narrowing the language to focus on imminent harm to the person, not property, while also questioning where the provision should be placed in statute. The second major topic in HB 609 was who may order restraint or seclusion in clinical settings. House members argued that physicians are not always immediately available, especially in hospitals and emergency settings, and that APRNs and physician associates should be able to act in crises if properly trained and credentialed. Senate members raised concerns about scope of practice and asked whether the language implied patient consent was required; the Senate side explained that consent language was intended to address capacity and informed decision-making, not to require voluntary consent to restraint. The discussion ended with the sides still apart, though the Senate floated a compromise allowing physician associates to order restraint when no doctor is physically on the premises, while not yet extending that authority to APRNs. The committee took a short break to continue negotiations on the firearm/self-defense piece.
NE
NE

Nebraska 2025-2026 Regular Session

Legislative Morning Session Apr 17th, 2026

Nebraska Unicameral Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Over the years, we have served with 74 other senators and survived COVID, rioting in the rotunda, redistricting
Bills: LR509 , LR510 , LR511
TX
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Criminal Jurisprudence Apr 22nd, 2025

Criminal Jurisprudence

TX
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Appropriations Feb 18th, 2025

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • targeted pay increases And then the other significant ask that we have is last session there was a riot
Committee: House Appropriations
NH
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Session (03/20/2025)

New Hampshire House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • by some crazy mirror able to transfer all of their election laws to New Hampshire, there would be riots
  • Hampshire there election laws to New Hampshire there would<03:46:49.600><c> be</c><03:46:49.880><c> riots
  • </c><03:46:50.479><c> in</c><03:46:50.680><c> the</c><03:46:50.920><c> streets</c> would be riots in
  • the streets would be riots in the streets here<03:46:53.239><c> the</c><03:46:53.439><c> reason</c><03
Summary: The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, the national anthem, leaves of absence, guest introductions, and memorial remarks honoring former Representative Carolyn Gargas of Hollis, who was remembered for her long House service, work on child and family issues, and community involvement. The House then adopted a consent calendar and approved a motion to withdraw House Bill 431, which would have created a commission to review draft rules on minimum standards for public school approval and state academic standards; the motion failed after a roll call vote, so the bill remained in play. The House next took up House Bill 109-FN, relative to false reports to law enforcement. The majority supported the bill as a way to add penalties for knowingly false reports about law enforcement officers, arguing officers deserve protection from false accusations and that the knowingly standard is a high bar. The minority opposed it as duplicative of existing law and warned it could chill legitimate complaints against police. After debate and a division vote, the majority committee report of ought to pass was adopted, 198-173. The House also considered House Bill 218-FN, which would provide victims of crime a free police report. The committee amendment changed the bill so victims would receive a written confirmation that a crime occurred rather than the initial police report, to avoid conflicts with right-to-know law and active-investigation confidentiality. Supporters said the change was a small but important clarification agreed to by law enforcement and domestic violence advocates, while opponents argued the original language was already workable and that the floor amendment was unnecessary. A division vote was requested on the amendment, and the transcript ends during that debate before the final outcome on HB 218 is shown.
NH
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services (01/22/2025)

Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Riot Gul... Richard Gulla, thank you, sir.
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Committee: House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services
US
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, July 21, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • during<04:30:06.560><c> the</c><04:30:06.720><c> George</c><04:30:07.120><c> Floyd</c><04:30:07.520><c> riots
  • </c><04:30:08.000><c> when</c><04:30:08.319><c> BLM</c> during the George Floyd riots when BLM during
  • the George Floyd riots when BLM rioters<04:30:09.680><c> were</c><04:30:10.000><c> chanting</c><04:30
Bills: HB3351 , HB3095 , HB1450 , HB1716 , HB1764 , HB3395 , HB2384 , HB3357 , HB3339 , HB1469 , HB3343 , HB3382 , HR1043 , HR131 , HR183 , HR672 , HB2625 , HB2170 , SB201 , SB423
Keywords: small business, capital formation, financial regulation, Securities Exchange Act, Paperwork Reduction Act, ZIP Code, postal service, community designation, local governance, postal infrastructure, OFAC, Office of Foreign Assets Control, sanctions, licensing, investigators, private sector firms, nominal transactions, financial transactions, pilot program, FinCEN
MO
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

2026 Legislative Session - Day Sixty Four - Wednesday, May 6

Missouri House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Our CERT team supports and helps out with different riots and high-risk incidents in our correctional
Summary: The House convened with prayer, approved the House Journal by a 107-1 vote, and then spent much of the day on introductions of guests, family members, interns, and public servants. Members recognized visitors including family of legislators, a park ranger honored for life-saving work, substance-use treatment advocates, nonprofit and apprenticeship program representatives, students, and staff. The chamber also received committee reports and Senate messages, including a conference committee appointment on House Bill 2818 and fiscal review reports recommending passage of Senate Bill 1020 and Senate Bill 1062. The main floor action centered on the state budget, especially House Bill 2 on public education. The budget chair explained the conference report as providing $8.4 billion for K-12 and the Office of Childhood, with disputes over funding sources and the foundation formula. Several members argued the bill underfunded schools by about $190 million and objected to using blind pension and projected ARPA/lottery-related funds; others defended the budget as record-level funding and emphasized that the total education dollars were unchanged, only the funding mix differed. A substitute motion to reject the conference report and send the bill back to conference failed 62-89, and the conference report on House Bill 2 was then adopted 83-68; the bill was third read and passed 83-68. The House then adopted and passed House Bill 3 on higher education, after debate over a proposed performance-based funding model and language directing the department to develop a new formula by the end of the year. Members generally supported keeping funding flat this year while studying a longer-term model. House Bill 4, covering Revenue and Transportation, was adopted 128-21 and passed 127-27, with discussion of rural roads funding and transportation investments. The House also took up House Bill 5 on the Office of Administration and IT consolidation/accountability, with the sponsor describing it as the central state-government operations bill; debate on that measure began before the transcript ended.
NM
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate Chamber Feb 7th, 2026 at 12:19 pm

New Mexico Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Born in 1791, it survived wars, depressions, riots, and revolutions.
NM
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate Chamber Feb 7th, 2026

New Mexico Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Born in 1791, it survived wars, depressions, riots, and revolutions.
Summary: The Senate convened, established a quorum, offered an invocation, and handled several announcements and courtesy motions, including excusing some members and relaxing the dress code. The chamber then adopted committee reports on several bills, including Senate Bill 50, Senate Bill 30, and Senate Bill 43. It then moved to third reading of Senate Judiciary Committee substitute for Senate Bill 17, the “Stop Illegal Gun Trade and Extremely Dangerous Weapons Act.” SB 17 was read at length and explained by Senator O’Malley and co-sponsor Senator Bergman as a gun crime prevention measure aimed at dealer security, employee training, recordkeeping, reporting requirements, inspections, and a ban on future dealer sales or transfers of certain firearms and accessories, including high-capacity magazines, .50-caliber rifles and cartridges, gas-operated semi-automatic firearms with detachable magazines, and machine guns. Supporters argued the bill targets the retail-to-criminal pipeline, improves accountability, and would help reduce gun trafficking and violence. Opponents argued it infringes on constitutional rights, would not stop criminals from obtaining guns, and would burden law-abiding citizens and dealers. The chamber then debated Floor Amendment No. 1 by Senator Brantley, which would have struck Section 7, the portion banning certain weapons and devices. Supporters of the amendment said Section 7 was the most constitutionally vulnerable part of the bill and would likely be litigated, while opponents said the section was central to the bill’s purpose and consistent with Second Amendment case law. The amendment failed on a roll call vote, 15-22. A second amendment by Senator Block, which would have exempted certain under-21 employees from the bill’s age restriction if they were military members, veterans, or had completed hunter safety or 4-H programs, was then taken up and debated, with supporters emphasizing military training and youth firearms education as evidence of responsibility.