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WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Agriculture & Natural Resources Jan 13th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Agriculture & Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • But your leadership team did pick three reports that we want to hear specifically today because they
  • Then we're going to hear from the Ruckels house or no, sorry, from DNR on the ecosystem services work
  • That isn't universal, but we did hear that quite a bit in our interviews.
  • bill, and we're going to schedule about 90 minutes for that hearing.
  • minutes for that hearing.
Keywords: 904, all
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • I can hear you. I can hear you, which is good at my age. Again, that's right.
  • Hearing none, so ordered. Thank you.
  • Hearing none, so moved.
  • Hearing none, so ordered.
  • Hearing none, so ordered.
Committee: Senate Education
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session Feb 19th, 2025 at 10:00 am

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • All right, the chair will now hear excuses.
  • Chair hears none.
  • Chair hears none, the resolution's adopted.
  • Chair hears none. The rules are suspended.
  • Chair hears none, the resolution is adopted.
Summary: The committee meeting was conducted with several discussions surrounding various proposed bills, addressing both public interests and legislative concerns. Specific bills were presented, and members debated the implications of each, emphasizing their potential impact on the community and state regulations. Notably, several testimonies were heard from stakeholders, which enriched the conversation and provided different perspectives on the bills being reviewed.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 4/15/26

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
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  • </c> mean the same challenge we're hearing mean the same challenge we're hearing here<00:16:08.399><c
  • </c> does not have a quorum available to hear does not have a quorum available to hear a<00:23:33.280
  • </c> from CA to hear the case at WCCA. from CA to hear the case at WCCA.
  • </c> to hear because motans expect to lead. to hear because motans expect to lead.
Bills: HF4862 , HF4598
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • We hear this saying in committee hearings every session and I apologize I'm going to say it again.
  • Did I hear that correctly?
  • Hearing none, it is so ordered.
  • Hearing none, it is so ordered.
  • I'm here speaking on behalf of myself in opposition of this bill I I hear I hear a lot of folks talk
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee Feb 4th, 2026

Budget and Fiscal Review

Transcript Highlights:
  • It's important that we hear from you.
  • But the abortion clinic is not that the priority, as I hear, that is the woman's right, As I hear, that
  • But the abortion clinic is not that the priority, as I hear, that is the woman's right, As I hear, that
  • First, we will be having our next hearing on HR 1.
  • Thank everybody for participating in this hearing.
Summary: The Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee heard AB 106, an early-action budget bill providing $90 million one-time General Fund to support reproductive health providers affected by the federal H.R. 1 prohibition on Medicaid funding. Department of Finance staff explained that the money would be administered as grants through the Department of Health Care Access and Information because affected providers can no longer bill Medi-Cal during the federal restriction, which lasts through July 4, 2026. Members also discussed why the amount increased from an earlier $60 million estimate, with Finance saying the figure was updated based on additional claims data and provider information. The committee debate focused heavily on the policy implications of the funding. Supporters argued the bill is an emergency response to a targeted federal attack on Planned Parenthood and related family planning services, emphasizing that the funding would backfill non-abortion services such as cancer screenings, contraception, STI testing, mammograms, and prenatal care. Opponents questioned the use of General Fund dollars, the grant structure versus loans for other distressed providers, the Public Records Act exemption, and the bill’s priority compared with rural hospitals, developmental services, public safety, and other budget needs. Finance clarified that the federal funds at issue do not pay for abortion services and that the grant program would be open to eligible providers meeting criteria set by the department. Public testimony was overwhelmingly in support from Planned Parenthood affiliates, Essential Access Health, Western Center on Law and Poverty, the California Medical Association, family physicians, OBGYN groups, and others, while some commenters used the opportunity to raise unrelated budget concerns such as Medi-Cal dental cuts, IHSS, and CalHome funding. After discussion, the committee approved AB 106 on a 12-4 vote and reported it out. The chair also noted that a later hearing would examine broader H.R. 1 impacts in more detail.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Finance Jan 23rd, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • We've got three bills to hear.
  • Seeing none, we will hear from our prime sponsor.
  • Seeing none, we'll hear from our prime sponsor. Representative Scott, let's hear about your bill.
  • We're going to close the public hearing on SB 2089.
  • Democrats will caucus in the hearing room behind us.
Bills: HB1960 , HB2194 , HB2089
Committee: House Finance
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Financial Services Jan 13th, 2026

Joint Committee on Financial Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Welcome to our public hearing on Tuesday, January 13th.
  • Yeah, we see you but we cannot hear you.
  • I'm hearing from folks that they're paying $4,000 a year for this coverage.
  • Hello, can you hear me? We can hear you loud and clear. Go right ahead. Oh, thank you.
  • Okay, can you hear me now? Yes, we can hear you loud and clear. Go right ahead.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Financial Services held a public hearing on late-filed matters, chaired by Senator Paul Feeney and Representative Jamie Murphy. The committee heard testimony on several bills, including S. 2738 on rising insurance costs for manufactured home residents, S. 2739 on creating a fire cistern program, and S. 2732 on direct primary care. Members were reminded to keep testimony brief, and several legislators and local officials testified out of turn as they arrived. The hearing ended with a motion to adjourn, which passed unanimously. On S. 2738, Senator Kelly Dooner, Representative Lisa Field, Taunton Mayor Sean O’Connell, Taunton City Council President Barry Sanders, and several residents and local officials described sharp premium increases, limited carrier options, and confusion over coverage for manufactured home communities. Testifiers said many residents are seniors, veterans, or low-income households on fixed incomes, and urged creation of a special commission to study the market and recommend solutions. Some asked that residents themselves be included on the commission and suggested more immediate relief if possible. On S. 2739, fire chiefs from Hopkinton and East Hampton supported a state fund for fire cisterns, saying many communities lack municipal water or hydrants and need reliable year-round water sources for structure fires, wildfires, and newer hazards such as lithium-ion battery fires. They said cisterns improve response and can affect insurance ratings, but maintenance and installation costs are difficult for local departments to cover. The Massachusetts Insurance Federation opposed the funding mechanism, arguing that insurance assessments are being used as revenue generators and warning that the proposal would add to policy costs and trigger retaliatory taxes. The committee also heard strong support for S. 2732 from physicians and specialty groups, including Dr. Jenny Labonte, Dr. Wendy Cohen, Dr. Rica Nair, and the Massachusetts GI Association. They said the bill would allow direct primary care physicians to make referrals for HMO patients and permit in-office dispensing of medications, which they argued would improve access, continuity of care, medication adherence, and affordability. No votes were taken on the bills during the hearing.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Transportation Apr 2nd, 2025

Transportation

Transcript Highlights:
  • Hearing none, we now have...
  • Hearing six ayes and no nays.
  • Hearing none, so ordered.
  • Hearing none, so ordered.
  • Hearing none, so ordered.
Summary: The committee meeting focused on two primary bills, SB1598 and SB1493. SB1598, introduced by Senator Hagen Booth, addresses the clarity of collision report information access for law enforcement, aiming to enhance the tools available to police agencies across Texas for solving crimes. The meeting featured strong support from police representatives, including Sheriff Brian Hawthorne of Chambers County, who emphasized the significance of the CARFAX program for police in facilitating access to vital vehicle information, free of charge. Public testimony reflected a consensus on the necessity of the bill for improved investigatory processes.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
  • Judge Schwartz: That's a great question, and I hear that often.
  • And I'd be curious to hear about your answer on the parties.
  • And I'd be curious to hear about your answer on the parties. In their hearings.
  • And I'd be curious to hear about your answer on the evidence ruling because you just talked about hearing
  • about the facts, yet we're not sure about what evidence we're hearing.
Summary: The Joint Administrative Procedures Committee heard a presentation from Representative Esposito on a proposal to strengthen oversight of agency rulemaking under Chapter 120. The bill would require cost-benefit analysis at the front end and after implementation, create an eight-year sunset and review process for rules, and require express legislative authority for agency rulemaking. Members questioned the lack of concrete examples of burdensome rules, the effect on already slow rulemaking, the choice of an eight-year sunset, and the bill’s origin; Esposito said she was working with stakeholders and cited her chamber-of-commerce background and research with the Cicero Institute. No vote was taken on the bill itself. Staff then reported on legislatively mandated rulemaking from 2023 and 2024, noting that most required rules had been adopted, proposed, noticed, or scheduled, with a few agencies still outstanding. The Department of Financial Services explained a delayed notice of rule development for the MySafe Florida Home condominium pilot program as an oversight that has since been corrected, and the Department of Education said it did not proceed with rulemaking for the Fostering Prosperity grants because the program received no funding in the 2025 budget. The Department of Health described delayed rulemaking for the sickle cell disease and trait registry, saying the registry and opt-out forms were being implemented and that notices of rule development had now been filed. Members pressed the department on why rules took so long and discussed the need for statutory deadlines. The Department of Children and Families reported on two 2023 human-trafficking-related rules: signage requirements for residential treatment facilities and children’s safe homes, and a new certification process for adult safe homes. DCF said the signage rule is now moving forward and the adult safe home certification rule has been submitted for final review after workshops and stakeholder feedback. Senators questioned the lengthy timeline and the lack of oversight during the interim, while the chair emphasized the need for time-certain deadlines in legislation and for JAPAC oversight hearings. The committee also considered staff-proposed amendments to Chapter 120 addressing emergency rules pending legislative ratification and the process for initiating ratification, including a one-year limit and notice to JAPAC. After discussion, the committee voted to forward the proposed amendments to the Senate President and House Speaker. Finally, members discussed a proposed amendment to the administrative law judge appointment and retention process under Section 120.65. DOAH’s interim director opposed the change, saying ALJs and workers’ compensation judges have different functions and warning against shifting appointment power to cabinet officers whose agencies appear before DOAH. Members raised concerns about timeliness, consistency, and accountability in DOAH decisions. The committee voted to forward this proposal as well, with Senator Smith voting no on that motion.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Senate Session Apr 3rd, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • You're hard to hear a little bit. You can't hear me? Now we can hear you. That's the Royce we know.
  • Thank you very much so we can hear.
  • Hearing none. You can do that a little softer. Hearing none, the rules are suspended.
  • Hearing none. Motion is adopted. Any objection? Hearing none, motion is adopted.
  • The chair hears none. The Senate stands adjourned. Any objection? The chair hears none.
Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, heard an invocation, and adopted the previous day’s journal. Members then adopted Senate Resolution 358 honoring the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley on its 10th anniversary, with remarks highlighting UTRGV’s growth, degree production, research expansion, medical school, and role in serving the Rio Grande Valley and South Texas. The chamber also recognized the doctor of the day and adopted additional resolutions, including one for Denton County Days at the Capitol and another recognizing Texas HBCU Day. The Senate gave extensive recognition to outgoing Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp through Senate Resolution 368. Senators from both parties praised his long public career, leadership of the A&M System, support for regional universities, and bipartisan approach. The resolution was adopted after multiple members added their names. The chamber also heard from advocates with the Texas Streets Coalition, and received gubernatorial nominations for the State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors and the Texas Commission on Fire Protection. On legislation, the Senate passed several major bills. Committee Substitute Senate Bill 27, relating to rights and support for public school educators, was debated and amended to address teacher vacancies, bilingual certification testing, paid leave options, classroom removals, and appeal rights, then passed unanimously. Senate Joint Resolution 12, proposing a constitutional amendment on parents’ right to direct a child’s education, advanced on a 22-9 vote. Committee Substitute Senate Bill 1741, aimed at preventing foreign influence and intellectual property theft at public institutions of higher education, passed unanimously. Committee Substitute Senate Bill 29, the business entities bill, also passed after debate over corporate governance and shareholder protections. Senate Bill 857, authorizing law enforcement to tow certain vehicles driven by unlicensed or uninsured drivers, passed despite some concern about towing abuses during disasters. The Senate also took up Committee Substitute Senate Bill 1536 on dementia and Alzheimer’s training for certain guardians, but the transcript ends as that bill is being laid out.
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session Feb 6th, 2026

Washington Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Hearing no objection, so ordered. Senator Riccelli. Thank you, Mr. President.
  • Hearing no objection, so ordered.
  • Hearing no objection, so ordered. Substitute Senate Bill 5993.
  • Hearing no objections, so ordered.
  • Hearing no objection, the Senate now stands adjourned.
Summary: The Senate opened with routine proceedings, including the roll call, approval of the previous day’s journal, referral of committee reports and gubernatorial appointments, and the removal of Senate Joint Memorial 8003 from the consent calendar to the regular calendar. The chamber also received and referred Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1604 to the Committee on Human Services, and later took up several gubernatorial confirmations. The Senate adopted Senate Resolution 8682 recognizing the YMCA’s 150th anniversary in Washington. Senators spoke in support, describing the YMCA’s role in child care, swim lessons, youth programs, civic engagement, camps, and community health, and guests from YMCA organizations were recognized on the floor. The Senate then confirmed Jeffrey P. Fairchild to the Whatcom Community College Board of Trustees, Randall V. Scott to the Lake Washington Institute of Technology Board of Trustees, and Anna M. Franklin to the Community Colleges of Spokane Board of Trustees, each by unanimous or near-unanimous roll call votes. The chamber also observed a moment of silence for the family of Representative Tom Dent after his wife suffered a stroke. After caucuses, the Senate returned to floor action on two major bills. Substitute Senate Bill 5185, creating a pilot pathway to physician licensure for international medical graduates, was advanced to final passage and approved 39-1. Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5993, lowering the interest rate on medical debt, drew extensive debate about affordability, charity care, and the impact on rural hospitals; amendments were considered, including one to make the bill prospective rather than retroactive, which was adopted, while a rural-hospital differential-rate amendment failed. The bill ultimately passed 29-19. The Senate then adjourned until Monday, February 9, 2026.
WA
Transcript Highlights:
  • We have public hearings today, and folks wish to testify, so...
  • We will begin hearing testimony here in a moment.
  • Do you hear me, sir? Chair: I can hear you. We're looking.
  • Can you hear me? Chair: We can hear you. Are you not able to see me?
  • the public hearing on House Bill 2311.
Summary: The committee held a public hearing on HB 2337, which would repeal the planned 2027 requirement that certain family-member long-term care providers complete annual continuing education. Rep. Barnard said the bill was intended to reduce burdens on relatives caring for one loved one and to avoid forcing them into courses that are often not relevant to the person they support. Supportive testimony from family providers and disability advocates emphasized that family caregivers already receive individualized training from doctors and therapists, that the available course library is often geared toward aging-related care rather than developmental disabilities, and that mandatory CE could create compliance barriers and risk losing caregivers. Opponents, including SEIU 775 representatives and family caregivers who support the current system, argued that continuing education improves care quality, helps caregivers stay prepared as needs change, and should remain mandatory; they also said the state had already responded to prior concerns by expanding the course catalog and allowing repeat courses for credit. No action was taken on HB 2337. The committee then heard HB 2311, a technical bill making administrative changes to the Workforce Education Investment and Accountability and Oversight Board. The bill would extend co-chair terms, allow more than four meetings per year, shift consultation on workforce investment effectiveness to the Student Achievement Council, and eliminate the requirement for a public data dashboard. The bill sponsor and supporters from WASAC, Microsoft, and the United Faculty of Washington State said the changes would improve board operations and oversight, while also raising broader concerns that WEA funds have been used to supplant general fund support for higher education. Testimony noted the dashboard had not been funded and that WASAC already tracks related metrics through other tools. No vote was taken on HB 2311 during the hearing. The committee then moved to executive action on HB 2132, which limits disclosure and retention of personally identifying information in WASFA records. An amendment by Rep. Levitt was adopted to allow the Student Achievement Council to share applicant information with entities beyond higher education institutions under binding data-sharing agreements. The committee then adopted the amended substitute bill and voted it out of committee. The final roll call was 9-8 in favor, and Substitute HB 2132 was reported out with a do pass recommendation. The committee also announced that executive action on HB 288 and HB 2148 would be delayed and that no action would be taken on those bills that day.
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

AGR Public Hearing - Fri Apr 11, 2025 @ 10:30 AM HST

Agriculture & Food Systems

Transcript Highlights:
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  • </c> this our last hearing till conference? this our last hearing till conference?
Keywords: 910, house, all
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Border Security Feb 27th, 2025

Border Security

Transcript Highlights:
  • All right, hearing and seeing none, Senator Flores moves that the rules be adopted.
  • Committee rules prior to the hearing.
  • And when you hear your name, please make your way up.
  • You don't hear that as often.
  • You don't, you don't hear that as often.
Summary: The Senate Committee on Border Security held its first hearing of the 89th legislative session, established a quorum, welcomed new and returning members, and adopted the committee rules without objection. The chair said the hearing would be limited to invited state agency witnesses and was intended as a status update for new members on current border operations, especially in light of the change in federal administration. Testimony came from the Office of the Attorney General, Texas Department of Public Safety, and the Texas Military Department. The Attorney General’s representative said border-related litigation is largely in a holding pattern while the new U.S. Department of Justice awaits additional leadership, and noted prior cases involving concertina wire, buoys, and the CBP One app. DPS described Operation Lone Star’s evolution from filling gaps when Border Patrol was overwhelmed to current operations focused on interdiction, criminal arrests, fentanyl and meth seizures, and national security concerns, while also noting improved morale and more voluntary deployments as border pressure has eased. The Texas Military Department reported more than 5,000 personnel on state active duty, extensive use of barriers, drones, boats, and rapid-response forces, and said Operation Lone Star has resulted in more than 531,000 apprehensions and a 90% reduction in illegal crossings. Members and witnesses discussed whether the state should maintain its current border-security footprint while federal policy settles, with the chair emphasizing preserving institutional knowledge and leaving tactical decisions to the governor. Questions also covered trooper fatigue, Border Patrol training under SB 602, and concerns about cartel-driven commercial trucking and fuel depots near the border. The committee heard that Border Patrol training with DPS has resumed, and the chair asked agencies to keep the Legislature informed as legal and operational circumstances change. No bills were heard and no votes were taken beyond adopting the committee rules.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • located just outside the hearing room.
  • The committee will now hear from panels of environmental... witnesses.
  • After Monday night's hearing, it's great to hear a state agency, you know, that recognizes that the legislature
  • It is, because even with my hearing aids in, maxed out, I've lost so much hearing. at the higher frequencies
  • We heard some workforce issues, but what are you hearing from your members?
Keywords: 1185, senate, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee 4/15/26

Children and Families Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • &gt;&gt; hear<00:09:20.280><c> me?
  • </c> &gt;&gt; hear me? Yeah, now we can. Excellent. &gt;&gt; hear me? Yeah, now we can. Excellent.
  • </c> us as an informational um hearing us as an informational um hearing yesterday,<00:11:53.160><c>
  • So, I'm disappointed to hear that.
  • We hear about crisis nurseries.
Bills: HF4382 , HF2929
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

Senate Energy and Natural Resources (03/18/2025)

Energy and Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • open up the hearing on SP 179 FN and hear from the prime sponsor.
  • open up the hearing on SP 179 FN and hear from the prime sponsor.
  • open up the hearing on SP 179 FN and hear from the prime sponsor.
  • open up the hearing on SP 179 FN and hear from the prime sponsor.
  • open up the hearing on SP 179 FN and hear from the prime sponsor.
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Agenda Feb 20th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • So those are the agencies that we're hearing from in the budget hearings.
  • Hearing none, Ms. Figueredo, will you please call the roll for us? Ms.
  • Hearing. Would anyone like to change his or her vote?
  • Hearing none, let's go ahead and vote on this one, please. Ms.
  • Hearing none, let's go ahead and, Ms.
Summary: The committee began by recognizing two pages, Conrad and Easton Chandler, thanking them for their service and presenting letters and gifts before moving into budget work. Christopher LaHosette then gave a general fund budget update, explaining how the green sheet reflected JFAC’s prior base and maintenance actions and highlighting two policy bills tied to budget reductions: House Bill 622, which would reduce the IDLA appropriation by about $9 million, and Senate Bill 1312, which would reduce Medicaid general fund spending by about $21 million through a residential habilitation rate change. The committee then considered several budget-setting items. It approved a $17,800 reimbursement for the military division’s hazardous materials deficiency warrants, but a larger military division enhancement request to restore funding for the State Guardsman Education Assistance Program was debated at length and ultimately failed on the original motion; a substitute motion to hold the item at the call of the chair passed. The committee also approved enhancements for PERSI, the Division of Veteran Services, the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired, the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, and the State Tax Commission’s supplemental request for federal tax conformity implementation costs. The Tax Commission’s larger FY 2027 enhancement package also passed, with language directing that one appropriation be used only for fast tax collection vendor payments and any unused amount revert to the general fund. The committee then took up language for the Division of Veteran Services intended to signal future funding for cemetery maintenance, but that language failed after members objected that it could not bind a future legislature. Additional cleanup language was later adopted to correct previously approved maintenance bill language, including clarifying transfer authority and fixing year references and agency names. The meeting ended with notice that the committee would hold budget hearings for the Department of Water Resources and the Soil and Water Conservation Commission on the following Monday, with no votes scheduled.
ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Legislative Session Day 31 Feb 11th, 2026

Idaho Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Hearing no objection, it is so ordered.
  • Hearing none, it is so ordered.
  • you hear this trouble focusing in school.
  • Hearing no objection, it is so ordered.
  • And we had a lengthy hearing in committee.
Keywords: 989, all