Transcript Highlights:

• Secretary will unlock the board, and senators will proceed to vote. All senators voted.
• Secretary will unlock the board, and senators will proceed to vote. All senators voted.
• Board and senators will proceed to vote. Have all senators voted?
• If all senators have voted, please lock the board and record the vote. 36 yays, zero nays, Mr.
• Senators will proceed to vote. Have all senators voted?

Summary: The Senate opened with a prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and introductions recognizing Dr. Thomas Clem as Doctor of the Day and a YMCA delegation, including Youth and Government students, in the gallery. Senators also noted the YMCA’s 175th anniversary and its community service, and later offered birthday wishes to the President. The chamber then took up several special-order bills. SB 100 adopted the 2026 Florida Statutes and the 2025 session’s enacted statute materials; SB 102 removed provisions that had been repealed or expired; and SB 104 served as the general reviser’s bill, deleting obsolete language, updating cross-references, and correcting drafting errors. All three passed 36-0. The Senate also passed SB 320 on administrative efficiency in public schools, which reduces district-level requirements, expands teacher apprenticeship and certification flexibility, streamlines assessments and budgeting, and adjusts VPK and facility-planning rules; Senator Simon said the goal was to reduce burdens while maintaining accountability. The Senate further passed SB 7010, allowing state and local deferred compensation plans to offer Roth post-tax contributions in addition to pre-tax options. Senator Mayfield explained the bill would give DFS and local governments authority to add that option. The chamber also withdrew SB 1720, relating to public school personnel compensation, from further consideration. At the end of the session, the Senate waived rules so all bills passed that day could be immediately certified to the House, and then adjourned until the next scheduled meeting.

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• Closing vote. Vote closed. Senate Joint Resolution 2: 18 aye, 13 no.
• Vote closed. Vote closed.
• Closing<00:22:02.360> vote. Closing. Vote closed.
• Closing vote. Vote closed. Senate Joint Resolution 6, 24 aye, 7 no.
• Vote closed. Vote closed.

Keywords: 916, all

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• <00:01:45.159> fukunaga for the vote I vote Yes Senator fukunaga for the vote I vote Yes Senator
• If not, Vice Chair, for the vote. Chair votes, I vote yes. Senator Fukunaga, aye.
• If not, Vice Chair, for the vote. Chair votes, I vote yes. Senator Fukunaga, aye.
• If not, Vice Chair, for the vote. Chair votes, I vote yes. Senator Fukunaga, aye.
• /c><01:22:17.880> vote<01:22:18.080> Yes for the vote chair votes I I vote Yes for the

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The committee first took up SB 547 on water conservation, a deferred agenda item that had already been considered by the other joint committees and received no public testimony. The chair recommended adopting Department of Taxation and Department of Health amendments, passing the bill, and adding a defective date of July 1, 2050. The committee voted to adopt the recommendation; the vice chair voted yes, two senators were excused, and the recommendation was adopted. The main hearing focused on SB 1030, which would define election fraud intimidation to include carrying any firearm or weapon at or near a voter service center, place of deposit, or polling place. Testimony was overwhelmingly opposed, with speakers arguing the bill duplicated existing sensitive-places law, raised Second Amendment concerns, and could create confusion for lawful concealed carry holders using ballot drop boxes. A smaller number of supporters, including gun violence prevention advocates and labor representatives, argued the measure would improve voter safety. The committee heard more than 1,560 total testimonies for the hearing overall, and for SB 1030 staff noted over 10 in support and over 80 in opposition; no vote on SB 1030 was taken in the portion provided. The committee then heard SB 38, which would extend Hawaii’s ban on high-capacity magazines from pistols to any firearm with a detachable magazine over 10 rounds. Supporters, including the Department of Law Enforcement, Moms Demand Action, Everytown, Brady, and other gun violence prevention advocates, said the bill would close a loophole, improve consistency in the law, and reduce the harm caused by mass shootings. Opponents, including gun owners, veterans, and Second Amendment advocates, argued the bill would criminalize lawful owners, be difficult to enforce, and would not reduce crime. The committee reported receiving over 40 testimonies in support and over 400 in opposition. Finally, the committee began SB 401, which would add rifles capable of firing .50 caliber or higher ammunition to the list of prohibited weapons, excluding antiques and muzzle loaders. HPD and Everytown testified in support, describing the weapons as military-grade and dangerous, while Jerry Yuan and others opposed the bill, saying it was overbroad and would sweep in firearms and ammunition types that are not used in crime. The transcript ends during testimony on SB 401, before any committee action or vote on that measure.

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• Closing<00:21:42.000> vote. Closing vote. Closing vote.
• Closing<00:48:18.800> vote. Closing vote. Closing vote.
• Closing vote. Vote closed.
• Vote<01:12:16.400> closed. Vote closed. Vote closed.
• Closing vote. Vote closed.

Keywords: 916, all

Transcript Highlights:

• I expect there'll be a motion and a vote. Thank you, Senator McNurney.
• Just respectfully ask for an aye vote. All right, thank you very much.
• I'll vote when the time is appropriate. All right, thank you very much.
• I'll vote when the time is appropriate. All right, thank you very much.
• And with that, I respectfully ask for your aye vote.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

Transcript Highlights:

• So if you were counting on that, vote.
• So at the appropriate time, I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
• Respectfully ask for an aye vote.
• Respectfully ask for an aye vote.
• That has nine votes. It is out. No, that has nine votes. It is out.

Summary: The committee considered several coastal, climate, and air quality measures. Senator Laird presented SCR 136 marking the 50th anniversary of the Coastal Act and Coastal Conservancy Act, and SJR 12 opposing the federal offshore oil and gas leasing program; both drew broad support from environmental groups, local governments, and other advocates, with no opposition heard. Senator Padilla presented SB 10, requiring state climate plans to include gender impact assessments, with supporters arguing climate harms fall disproportionately on women and LGBTQ+ people; the bill also drew no opposition in the hearing. Senator Padilla also presented SB 675 to restructure the Imperial County Air Pollution Control District board and expand public transparency, while supporters cited severe air quality problems and opponents raised concerns about unfunded mandates, consultation, and impacts on local permitting and economic development. Senator Allen presented SB 1229 to limit disaster-rebuild coastal permit exemptions when replacement structures would newly impede coastal access or sensitive protections, with supporters saying it would prevent investor abuse of post-disaster rebuilding rules. After testimony, the committee took up the measures and recorded votes. SCR 136, SJR 12, SB 10, SB 675, and SB 1229 all advanced on party-line or near-party-line votes, with some members voting no on the more regulatory measures. The consent calendar was also approved, including ACR 157, SB 899, SB 949, SB 963, SB 1008, SB 1207, SB 1428, and SJR 5. All of the listed measures were sent onward, generally to Appropriations, and the committee concluded its hearing after the roll calls.

Transcript Highlights:

• The motion fails with insufficient votes on the House side.
• I recommend a no vote on the motion. I recommend a no vote on the motion.
• >> The motion fails with insufficient votes >> The motion fails with insufficient votes
• I would like a roll call on this vote I would like a roll call on this vote and and and >>
• The motion fails with insufficient votes The motion fails with insufficient votes on<00:12:52.400

Keywords: 918, senate, all

Summary: The committee took up a series of conference amendments to House File 4188. The A24 amendment, described by nonpartisan staff as a technical change to data-sharing language, was modified on the floor to delete everything after the reference to section 295.52, then adopted. The A17 amendment, which adjusted effective dates in a previously enacted liquor bill so several provisions would take effect July 1 instead of August 1, was also adopted after staff noted it affected the happy hour provision and two other liquor-related sections involving coolers/nonalcoholic beverages and resorts. The A20 amendment, which changed notification language and directed penalties into a victim’s crime account, and the A22 amendment, a set of technical corrections requested by the Department of Commerce on reinsurance administration, were both adopted. The A23 amendment, adding residential mortgage originators and servicers into chapter 58, was likewise adopted. The committee then considered several Senate provisions. A motion to adopt Senate Article 4, sections 8 through 12, which would prohibit the sale of cats and dogs in pet stores with a grandfather for existing businesses, was debated and failed on a roll call because it did not receive enough House-side votes. A separate motion to adopt Senate Article 4, section 35, dealing with paddle wheel prizes and the maximum value of merchandise prizes for paddle tickets, also failed for lack of sufficient House-side support. Another Senate motion to adopt Article 4, sections 13 through 14, which would restrict minors’ access to chat bots and create Attorney General enforcement and a transition period, was discussed at length. Supporters framed it as a consumer protection measure, while Chair O'Driscoll raised concerns about enforceability and broader AI-related policy needs; the motion failed on a roll call. After the failed motions, the committee recessed to the call of the chair.

Transcript Highlights:

• Clerk, lock machine, the members will vote. Clerk, count the votes: 44 "aye", 0 "no".
• Clerk on the lock machine, the members will vote. Court votes. HB2200 has... Court votes.
• Vote. Clerk lock machine, record votes 10-10. BR has been adopted.
• See the members vote. Clerk, machine record votes. Clerk, machine record votes. 10 I, Z nay.
• Vote clerk, record vote 102, ayes, and noes on HB35. HB35 has passed. Mr.

Keywords: 1136, house, all

Transcript Highlights:

• And your system of vote by mail is over 83 percent, I think, of all of our voting takes place by mail
• you have nothing to vote for.
• Next we have the Help America Vote Act proposals.
• county assistance for improving voting systems.
• not voting unless you have a passport.

Summary: The Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 5 heard updates from the Secretary of State, EDD, the State Controller’s Office, CalHR, and DGS on a range of budget proposals and federal policy impacts. Secretary of State Shirley Weber opened with remarks about California’s election system, emphasizing its safety, transparency, high voter registration and vote-by-mail participation, and the office’s response to bomb threats and other election threats. Her staff then presented funding requests for the Cal-Access Replacement System (CARS) and Help America Vote Act/VoteCal activities, describing them as needed to modernize campaign finance and lobbying disclosure systems and maintain election security and voter services. A major portion of the hearing focused on federal election policy, especially the potential effects of a presidential executive order and the SAVE Act. Secretary of State staff said California would face significant, potentially unquantifiable costs if forced to comply, including new burdens on county recorders, county election offices, and the Secretary of State’s office, and warned of voter disenfranchisement, especially for students, seniors, disabled voters, military and overseas voters, rural residents, and people with limited transportation. Members and public commenters strongly opposed the federal proposals and argued California’s current system is functioning well. The committee also heard that federal HAVA funds were not expected to be at risk because the state draws them down into an interest-bearing account. EDD reported on paid family leave, explaining that recent delays were tied to a system transition and increased claim volume, and said it was simplifying applications and adding staff and automation. Public testimony supported expanding paid family leave to chosen family. EDD also said it is prepared for possible unemployment spikes, citing a recession plan, a command center, and recent hiring. The State Controller’s Office requested funding to continue the Fiscal migration project, which would move the state’s accounting book of record to the new system by July 1, 2026; Finance and LAO had no objections, and the committee expressed support for the project’s progress. CalHR presented a proposal for a statewide recruitment, outreach, and education paid media campaign under AB 1511, saying its current advertising budget is too small to reach diverse communities effectively. The final item addressed Governor Newsom’s executive order requiring a return to office on a four-day schedule. CalHR and DGS said they were working department-by-department to assess space, parking, transit, and other logistics, but had not completed a statewide cost analysis. Members and many public commenters criticized the order, arguing it was rushed, costly, harmful to telework benefits, and potentially disruptive to workers, especially those with disabilities, caregiving responsibilities, or long commutes. No votes were taken during the hearing.

Transcript Highlights:

• to see how the vote goes.
• to see how the vote goes.
• Chair Gabard votes yes. with amendments. Chair Gabard votes yes.
• <00:57:06.319> I will vote yes. Senator W. I will vote yes. Senator W.
• No votes or votes or reservation?

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Judiciary Committee heard testimony on HB 400, the Judiciary’s biennium budget, and HB 727, a proposal to create a women’s court pilot program. On HB 400, Judiciary officials said the request includes operating funds of about $6.17 million in FY 2026 and $6.25 million in FY 2027, 17 permanent positions and one temporary position, plus $11.9 million for capital improvements. Testifiers from the legal services community, including the Legal Clinic, Legal Aid Society of Hawaii, and the Hawaii State Bar Association, supported the budget and emphasized the need for civil legal services and immigration-related legal help. Judge Kim also highlighted Big Island needs, including courthouse design funding and an additional district court judge. HB 727 drew extensive testimony in support from Judiciary officials, treatment court staff, legal and behavioral health organizations, prosecutors, and individuals with lived experience in drug court. Supporters said women in the justice system often face trauma, abuse, addiction, and mental health challenges that are not adequately addressed in existing programs, and argued that a women’s court could improve rehabilitation and reduce recidivism. Judiciary witnesses explained that the proposed program would be a specialty court within the drug court framework, initially focused on the Kona division of the Third Circuit, with possible future expansion to Hilo. A probation officer and a former drug court participant described the benefits of treatment court and the need for women-specific services, including spiritual counseling options. After testimony, the committee recessed briefly for lack of quorum and later returned to vote. HB 400 was passed with amendments, including added amounts in the committee report for civil legal services and immigration-related legal services, and a revised defective date. HB 727 was also passed with amendments, including changes to the purpose section to make the First Circuit women’s court permanent, create a three-year Third Circuit Kona women’s court pilot, and remove the broader expansion language for the time being. The committee adopted both measures by vote, with Senator Chang excused.

Transcript Highlights:

• I mean my vote, Mr. Chair. Yes, sir. Um, I vote I.
• I mean my vote, Mr. Chair. Yes, sir. Um, I vote I.
• Um Um Um I<00:05:14.640> vote<00:05:15.000> I. I vote I. I vote I.
• But I vote I. process. But I vote I.
• Aye, but explain my<01:00:35.480> vote. my vote. my vote.

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Call to Order and Roll Call 00:00:02 Discussion HB 144 00:00:58 Vote HB 144 00:02:40 Discussion HB 169 00:03:21 Vote HB 169 00:05:02 Discussion HB 568 00:05:56 Vote HB 568 00:28:27 Discussion HB 627 00:32:26 Vote HB 627 01:00:26, 958, all

Transcript Highlights:

• President, has everyone recorded their<00:07:26.880> vote? their vote? their vote?
• a.m. voting session. a.m. voting session.
• >> Voting<01:02:26.480> was >> Voting was >> Voting was >> or<01:02:26.960
• the vote the vote was on a >> Sorry, the vote the vote was on a Thursday.
• President, has everyone recorded their vote? Anyone wish to change their vote, explain their vote?

Keywords: Senate streaming session for Tuesday, February 10, 2026, 960, senate, all

Summary: The Senate convened with an invocation, confirmed a quorum, and welcomed several guests and groups, including Maryland Library Association members, Stephen Decatur High School’s boys soccer team, Clarksburg High School’s girls flag football team, NAMI representatives, Baltimore Promise, local soil conservation district representatives, and a 911 center leader. The chamber also journalized the invocation and prepared for the Governor’s upcoming State of the State address by exchanging messages with the House and appointing Senate members to escort the Governor and Lieutenant Governor. The body then took up a series of Finance Committee bills, most of them receiving favorable reports and being ordered to third reading without objection. Measures discussed included SB 14 on small business health insurance SHOP enrollment effective dates; SB 22 on Department of Disabilities housing programs and affiliated foundations; SB 134 on Medicare supplement policy enrollment periods; SB 139 on third-party administrator enforcement; SB 199 on the Individuals with Disabilities and Service-Disabled Veterans Voting Fund; SB 205 codifying federal mental health parity requirements; SB 216 on unemployment insurance confidentiality; SB 43 on the Maryland Community Investment Venture Fund; SB 46 on state veterans cemeteries interment provisions; and SB 226 on the Maryland Heritage Area Authority. Several bills had brief amendments or procedural issues. SB 22 received a technical amendment changing “Attorney General” to “Office of the Attorney General.” SB 199 received an amendment adding a co-sponsor, and SB 46 was briefly set to lie over under the rule after a senator requested time to review a technical clarification. The chamber also received House Bill 1, which was referred to committee, and SB 624 was reassigned to the Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee. Most committee reports were adopted unanimously or without objection, and the Senate repeatedly congratulated the honored school teams and library advocates.

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• voting against this. voting against this.
• ask one more question before we vote? ask one more question before we vote?
• voting on? Yes. Senator Waters. voting on? Yes. Senator Waters.
• Um, but my personal opinion is that if we're voting on this the way it is, I'm going to vote no.
• vote uh may not be a long time.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• Any no votes? Any without recs? We have one no vote. We have one no vote. Moved to the second.
• Any no votes? Any without recs?
• We have one no vote in terms of one of the voting sheets, and this bill will report to third reading.
• Any no votes? Any without recs? We have another no vote on our voting sheets.
• We have another no vote on our voting sheets.

Keywords: 993, senate, all

Summary: The Senate Standing Committee on Energy and Telecommunications met with Senator Kevin Parker presiding and several colleagues present. The committee considered four bills: S.1551, which would prohibit the release of consumption data; S.2258, which would require emergency notices to customers in certain languages; S.2416, which would release victims of domestic violence from certain contracts; and S.9835, which would require gas and electric corporations to give 30 days’ notice before service rate or charge increases. The sponsor and committee briefly introduced each measure, and no substantive debate or testimony was recorded in the transcript. Each bill was moved and seconded. S.1551 and S.2258 each had one recorded no vote, but both still had enough support to advance. S.2416 and S.9835 were also approved without recorded opposition. All four bills were reported to third reading, and the committee then adjourned.

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• It passed the House on a 40-15 vote and one vacant vote.
• You did vote on a similar bill a few weeks ago on the floor.
• You will also recall this bill being voted on a few weeks ago.
• That we just voted on. I can offline with you.
• If you'll remember, we voted on this on the floor. Thank you.

Keywords: 1182, all

Summary: The caucus reviewed a long list of Senate and House bills, many of them on consent or with strike-everything amendments. Topics included advanced air mobility for border security (SB 1457), raising the off-highway vehicle weight limit to 3,500 pounds while striking a proposed law enforcement fund (SB 1519), school property leases and a trampoline court safety citation change (HB 2383), electronic monitoring in health care facilities (SB 1041), dental school complaint handling and board jurisdiction limits (SB 1168), pharmacist-authorized testing and HIV prevention guidance (SB 1713), school district insurance/self-insurance requirements (SB 1497), reporting-requirement cleanup for education statutes (HB 2203), historic neighborhood housing zoning (SB 1118), construction contract payment protections in revitalization districts (SB 1189), timeshare salesperson licensing (SB 1274), workers’ compensation notice and recordkeeping (SB 1428), property tax disability exemption clarifications (HB 2120), insurance modeling/data organization requirements (HB 2174), HOA rules on chickens and pet breed restrictions (SB 1582), first responder death benefits for law enforcement pilots (SB 1503), and changes to virtual veterinary prescribing periods (SB 1286). Members generally asked clarifying questions, and several sponsors were said to intend to concur or refuse amendments, with HB 2010 headed to conference because the sponsor would not accept the Senate’s five-year refund window. On the second calendar, the committee heard HB 2176 on health facility complaint investigations, allowing DHS to investigate older complaints involving alleged abuse; HB 2050 on radiologic technologists and radiologist assistants, restoring direct supervision requirements with limited general-supervision exceptions; HB 2010 on digital goods, where the Senate reduced a refund window from 10 years to five and the sponsor planned to refuse; HB 2875 on unmanned aircraft, expanding airport drone-delivery buffer rules from one mile to two and a half miles and requiring airport consultation; HB 2428 on county certification of emission reduction credits, clarifying participation is voluntary and limiting new credits if fleet participation becomes mandatory; and HB 2877, which was struck and replaced with a veterinary technician certification pathway requiring 4,000 supervised work hours and allowing nonprofit curriculum evidence. Several members noted support or opposition based on prior votes or policy concerns, but no roll-call votes were taken in the caucus itself.

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• I plan to check in with the chair today, but if we do proceed for a vote, I'll ask my members to vote
• <00:03:17.360> no<00:03:17.519> and vote, I'll ask my members to vote no and vote,
• I encourage a green vote. Mr. Chair. I encourage a green vote.
• proposed calendar and the chair votes I. proposed calendar and the chair votes I.
• I will just say for the record, this was the next vote that you all took if you voted no to support Elon

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Representative Perck: No vote. So ordered. Okay, members, we'll be taking a voice vote.
• Seeing no discussion, Representative Morikawa, for the vote.
• Have all votes been cast?
• The bill passes third reading. representative Mor for the vote mam representative Mor for the vote mam
• <00:18:20.120> I before us all minority members vote I before us all minority members vote

Keywords: 910, house, all

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• Just vote vote vote green.<00:02:49.599> Any<00:02:49.840> further<00:02:50.440> discussion
• I recognize the member from vote.
• [Music] Members, please vote. The chief clerk will call the names of the members voting remotely.
• the members voting remotely. the members voting remotely. Green. Green. Yes. Green votes: I.
• Hussein votes: I. McDonald. Go. McDonald. I. McDonald votes: I. The clerk will close the roll.

Keywords: 1183, house

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• I vote yes. our hands in the pie too. So with that, I vote aye. Thank you. Representative Bolt?
• A voice vote on the motion, please. All right. A voice vote. A voice vote on the motion, please.
• And with that, I vote aye. Thank you. And with that, I vote aye. Thank you.
• vote present today.
• to them so I vote yes today being able to vote no on the floor if it does not get fixed.

Bills: HB2107, HB2588, HB2946, HB2950

Keywords: SNAP, nutrition assistance, fast food, vitamins, waiver, food policy, municipal planning, homeowner association, building permits, single-family home, property rights, design standards, development fees, municipalities, infrastructure, public services, annual reporting, property development, tourism improvement area, TIA

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• legal fees under the P00 resolution that was adopted by this committee on February 6, 2025, when the vote
• Item 13.4 provides a 68-vote standard for two motions that can come up on the floor: one is to adjourn
• <00:10:17.560> of<00:10:17.680> at appealed uh the affirmative vote of at appealed
• Germain item 13.4 uh provides a 68 vote Germain item 13.4 uh provides a 68 vote standard<00:10:25.839
• <00:10:39.120> of<00:10:39.279> 68 house by the vote of 68 house by the vote of 68

Keywords: 1183, house