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CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado Senate 2026 Legislative Day 092 Apr 15th, 2026
Colorado Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We can't judge a race by how far the runners have gotten at the halfway mark.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 02/20/26
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- My heart races every time. last January because of the way ICE has last January because of the way ICE
- </c><02:21:26.319><c> My</c><02:21:26.560><c> heart</c><02:21:26.800><c> races</c><02:21:27.600><c> every
- My heart races every time. seen them. My heart races every time.
Committee:
Senate Judiciary and Public Safety
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- So it does not, um, that article was not about whether landlords are discriminating, uh, based on race
- race with respect to um you know race with respect to um you know identical<01:51:55.760><c> credit</
Committee:
House Housing
KY
Transcript Highlights:
- even with those raises, we make significantly less than what other boards across the country make. race
- um that we were given um partially race um that we were given um partially from<01:44:50.159><c> um<
Bills:
HB60
Committee:
Joint Judiciary
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 4/9/26
Human Services Finance and Policy
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, the city I was living in and I noticed on the ballot, beneath all the races, um, at the bottom it
- Um, the city I was living in and I noticed on the ballot, beneath all the races, um, at the bottom it
Bills:
HF3900
Committee:
Senate Education Finance
Keywords:
permanent school fund, school endowment fund, Minnesota constitutional amendment, school aid, public school funding, State Board of Investment, investment income, distributable amount, school districts, property taxes, income taxes, voter approval, ballot question, constitutional amendment 2026, education finance, fund perpetuity, purchasing power, trust lands, swamp lands, internal improvement land fund
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- And that is why it is still distinct from president, governor, congressman, every other race that is
- And that is why it is still distinct from president, governor, congressman, every other race that is
Committee:
Senate Elections
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, May 21, 2025 - Part 2)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill also advances China in the race for renewable energy superiority, at a time when energy demand
- THIS BILL ALSO ADVANCES CHINA IN THE RACE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY SUPERIORITY, AT A TIME WHEN ENERGY DEMAND
Keywords:
veterans, VA, Department of Veterans Affairs, suicide prevention, mental health, emergent suicide care, Columbia Protocol, Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale, Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program, No Wrong Door for Veterans Act, title 38, adaptive prostheses, prosthetic devices, recreational activities, sports prosthetics, pension payments, veterans benefits, Veterans Affairs Committee, suicide screening, crisis care
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 3/13/25
Higher Education Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- We don't consider race, ethnicity, or their gender identity.
- their GPA we record we don't look at their GPA we don't<01:09:04.719><c> consider</c><01:09:05.159><c> race
Committee:
House Higher Education Finance and Policy
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- on that time frame yes so we just the on that time frame yes so we just the human<00:29:32.960><c> race
- So we just... the human race just has to survive the next four or five hundred years before it starts
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Joint Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources, May 27, 2026 - AM
Travel, Recreation, Wildlife & Cultural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- You know, basically, we're in an arms race with all these other states for Pittman-Robertson funds.
- give licenses to those 65 and older and our veterans, and so we've got many, many categories of... race
- with all these other states for race with all these other states for Pittman-Robertson Pittman-Robertson
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- paramutual wagering on simal cast past paramutual wagering on simal cast past events and live horse and dog races
- events and live horse and dog races events and live horse and dog races under certain conditions and
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Judiciary (03/03/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- In other words, it is saying that you can't just discriminate on the basis of race or sex or whatever
- In other words, it is saying that you can't just discriminate on the basis of race or sex or whatever
- on</c><04:17:14.880><c> the</c><04:17:15.040><c> basis</c><04:17:15.319><c> of</c><04:17:15.520><c> race
Summary:
The House Judiciary Committee met in executive session and first took up HB 148, which would allow classification by biological sex in limited circumstances such as multi-use bathrooms, certain athletic events, and involuntary commitment facilities. Supporters argued the bill was needed to protect privacy and safety, especially for women and girls, and said it was consistent with recent federal actions and prior legislation. Opponents said the bill lacked a clear definition of biological sex, could create confusion and discrimination, and was unnecessary because existing law and sports rules already address the issues raised.
After debate, the committee voted 10-8 to recommend ought to pass on HB 148. The chair asked for a majority report and noted that a minority report would likely be filed. The committee then considered HB 254, a bill related to end-of-life medical decision-making. Supporters framed it as a matter of liberty and relief from suffering for terminally ill patients, while opponents raised moral objections, concerns about suicide being normalized, and worries about deceptive wording and death-certificate reporting.
HB 254 was approved on an 11-7 vote for ought to pass, with the chair indicating he would write the majority report and Representative Perez the minority report. The committee then moved to HB 611 with Amendment 2025-0638, a replace-all amendment restoring prior law on recoupment of appointed-counsel costs from indigent criminal defendants and juveniles. The chair explained the amendment as reversing 2020 changes that had limited cost recovery, and the discussion focused on financial affidavits and the Office of Cost Containment’s ability to review indigency claims. The transcript cuts off before the committee vote on HB 611.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Children and Family Law (02/04/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- click thank you for the question click thank you for the question representative<04:07:25.159><c> race
- c><04:07:25.520><c> this</c><04:07:25.640><c> is</c><04:07:25.920><c> requiring</c> representative race
- so this is requiring representative race so this is requiring that<04:07:26.640><c> it's</c><04:07:26.920
Summary:
The House Children and Family Law Committee opened its February 4, 2025 hearing with a business item on House Bill 553, appointing a subcommittee chaired by Representative Greg and including several named members. The committee then took up House Bill 486, which would revise New Hampshire’s grandparents’ visitation law. The prime sponsor said the bill is intended to address gaps in current law, especially in situations involving divorce, separation, kinship care, and parental substance use, so that children can maintain important relationships with grandparents or other kin caregivers. He emphasized that the proposal was meant to supplement existing law rather than replace it, and said the language was modeled on statutes from other states.
Several witnesses testified in support of HB 486, describing painful family separations and arguing that current law can be interpreted too narrowly. One grandmother said the existing statute had been used to dismiss her visitation case because she was restricted while the parents were separated, and she asked for language changes so courts could still order visitation in similar circumstances. Another witness, testifying online, urged passage of the bill as being in the best interest of children. A third witness described a family living arrangement in which grandparents had been a consistent presence in their grandchildren’s lives but were later cut off during a contentious separation, and said the bill would help repair those relationships. Committee members asked about the six-month timeframe in the bill, whether the proposed language would affect cases where a grandparent does not live with the child but is still a regular caregiver, and whether the sponsor had written amendment language; the sponsor said the six-month language was taken from other states’ statutes and that the new language would not change existing visitation rights but would add to them.
After hearing the testimony, the chair said the committee would hold HB 486 aside for a week or two while awaiting additional information before voting. The hearing then moved to House Bill 320, an act relative to enforcement of marital property settlements. The sponsor explained that the bill would require courts to enforce final property decrees and would clarify the difference between enforcement and contempt, arguing that courts should have clear authority to fashion remedies and that litigants, especially self-represented parties, need clearer statutory guidance. Committee members questioned the legal distinctions the sponsor drew, including whether the bill was aimed at enforcement rather than contempt and how the proposed language would operate in practice. The transcript cuts off before any vote or further action on HB 320.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Senator: 85 specific races. Now we're giving you another couple of hundred million.
- Senator: 85 specific races. Now we're giving you another couple of hundred million.
- Senator: 85 specific races. Yeah. Yes, ma'am.
Bills:
SB 1
Committee:
Senate Finance
Summary:
The committee heard a Legislative Budget Board presentation and then testimony from the Department of Public Safety on the Article 5 public safety budget. LBB said DPS’s 2026-27 recommendation totals $3.7 billion, down from the prior base, while FTEs rise by 856.7. Major items included increased funding for driver license services and customer support, new trooper funding and recruit schools, crime lab operations, border security, and reductions tied to one-time facility, vehicle, and aircraft spending. The committee also discussed new riders, including one to lapse unused trooper funds and require reporting after recruit schools.
Members focused heavily on driver license operations, questioning why prior staffing increases and a prior efficiency study had not solved long wait times, high call abandonment, and appointment delays. DPS and LBB said the agency receives about 22,000 calls per day, answers only about 9 percent, and is seeking more staff plus technology upgrades such as automation, kiosks, and better online processing. Senators also raised concerns about rural access, REAL ID document requirements, and whether the department should rethink its processes rather than simply add employees.
DPS leadership then described needs for the Williamson County training academy, additional troopers, Capitol and Alamo security, border operations, aircraft and vehicle replacement, and regional headquarters in El Paso and San Antonio. Members asked about Operation Lone Star costs, overtime, pursuit safety, border crime, oilfield theft, and sexual assault kit and toxicology backlogs. DPS said border deployments remain focused on criminal threats, that overtime is partly driven by deployments and staffing shortages, and that the sexual assault kit backlog is down to 118 cases with a goal of zero by April. The committee later recessed and began the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission budget presentation, where LBB outlined a $115.1 million recommendation and noted ongoing costs for the AIMS technology project.
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 086 Part 2 Apr 10th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- agency, or club that places restrictions on employment or membership based on sex, sexual orientation, race
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MD
Transcript Highlights:
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MD
Transcript Highlights:
- Every state, whether a state like Virginia has decided to join us in a race to the bottom or not, but
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- to to join us in a race to the bottom<02:07:31.840><c> of</c> bottom of bottom of and<02:07:33.200><c
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - Part 1 - 03/19/26
Judiciary and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- two is deleting all of section one, and that the only change in that section was it was asking for race
- Uh, if I could direct your attention to page two, starting on line 16, race and ethnicity data must be
- Uh, if I could direct your attention to page two, starting on line 16, race and ethnicity data must be
- is for a $2,000 contribution, which would be the maximum contribution for an individual candidate's race
Committee:
Senate Judiciary and Public Safety
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
JHA Public Hearing - Wed Feb 25, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST
Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- interrogation, arrest, or detention, and the clarification that reasonable suspicion may not be based on race
- not</c><00:25:31.440><c> be</c><00:25:31.679><c> based</c><00:25:31.919><c> on</c><00:25:32.159><c> race
- ,</c> suspicion may not be based on race, suspicion may not be based on race, ethnicity,<00:25:33.200
Committee:
House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs
Summary:
The House Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs heard testimony on two immigration-enforcement bills: HB 1886 HD1 and HB 2540 HD1. HB 1886 would limit state and federal collaboration in immigration enforcement, require visible identification and restrictions on facial coverings for law enforcement officers, and create offenses for improper masking, lack of identification, and unauthorized civil immigration interrogation, arrest, or detention. HB 2540 would also limit state and federal collaboration, require law enforcement agencies to adopt and publicly post written civil immigration enforcement policies, prohibit stops or arrests based solely on immigration status, and restrict state and county participation in civil immigration enforcement in certain places.
Most testimony supported both measures. The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, the Office of the Public Defender, the ACLU of Hawaii, the Hawaii Coalition for Immigrant Rights, the Legal Clinic, and several private individuals said the bills would increase transparency, accountability, and community trust, and would help protect constitutional rights and reduce fear among immigrants and other community members. Several testifiers emphasized Hawaii’s history and the need to keep local law enforcement separate from federal immigration enforcement, while others said the bills would help people feel safer going to court, school, work, or public protests. A retired police officer also supported visible identification and uniform standards for officers, including federal agents operating in Hawaii.
A few testifiers opposed the use of masked or unidentified officers and argued that local police should not be diverted from ordinary public safety duties to immigration enforcement. One ACLU witness noted that the federal government has increasingly used local and state agencies to expand immigration enforcement, and said the task-force provisions in the bills are important to prevent blurred lines between agencies. The committee did not take a final vote in the portion of the meeting provided, but it recorded very large numbers of supportive testimonies for both bills, with only a small number in opposition.