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ID
Transcript Highlights:
- Crime statistics are related to illegal aliens arrested in Idaho. That's the statistic.
- So this says you collect crime statistics related to illegal aliens arrested in Idaho.
- What would those statistics possibly include for arrested illegal aliens?
- Whether it be illegal aliens.
- I think it's very clear that this has to do with the illegal aliens arrested in Idaho.
Committee:
Senate Judiciary and Rules
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
01/12/2026 - House Floor Session - Opening Day Ceremony
Arizona House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We know about at least two veterans in Arizona that have been deported and then repatriated, but it's
- a shame that our country is deporting people that have worn the uniform to serve our country.
- Federal government, but also the state government, and that is to stop deporting military veterans.
- a shame that our country is deporting people that have worn the uniform to serve our country.
- Is deporting people that have worn the uniform to serve our country.
Summary:
The House convened for opening-day proceedings with prayers in English and Spanish, the Pledge of Allegiance, and musical performances, then recorded attendance and welcomed the Doctor of the Day, Dr. Jason Jameson. The Speaker introduced numerous guests and dignitaries, including statewide officials, university presidents, former lawmakers, and family members, and delivered remarks about Arizona’s history, the importance of civility, and the role of state government in protecting residents from federal overreach. Coaches Kenny Dillingham and Tommy Lloyd also addressed the chamber, speaking about leadership, talent development, and the ways sports can unite and inspire Arizona communities.
The House then took up organizational business. Members adopted proposed changes to Rule 9 and then adopted the amended rules for the 57th Legislature, Second Regular Session. The chamber also agreed to read bills by number and short title only, declared an emergency for that purpose, and announced the creation of two new standing committees: Artificial Intelligence and Innovation, chaired by Representative Justin Wilmeth, and Rural Economic Development, chaired by Representative Teresa Martinez. A House Organizational Committee was appointed to notify the Senate that the House was organized and ready for business and to inform the Governor that the Legislature was ready to receive her message.
The remainder of the session was largely devoted to points of personal privilege, with members introducing family, constituents, local officials, educators, veterans, business leaders, and advocacy groups. Several members highlighted issues they intend to work on this session, including affordability, water security, deed fraud, education, health care, rural development, and veterans’ issues. The House later recessed to accommodate the joint organizational proceedings with the Senate.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Feb 3rd, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Separated from their families, subject to deportation without due process. These are the facts.
- The denial of due process, the plans for mass deportation on an unprecedented scale.
- This money will be used to pay for attorneys to defend immigrants, illegal immigrants from deportation
- I stand before you as a formerly deported undocumented immigrant. Coming to this country.
- Studies have shown that mass deportations result in labor shortages, abandoned fields, and skyrocketing
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Vehicle by an unauthorized alien is an imminent safety hazard.
- alien.
- They are not aliens, period, point blank.
- We're going to go to tab 2, SB 642, foreign and alien bail bond insurers.
- Interesting, we're using alien in two different ways.
Committee:
Senate Criminal Justice
Summary:
The committee met with a quorum present and took up a series of bills, beginning with SB 1300 on education and workforce development for current and former inmates. Senator Claudio explained that the bill is intended to expand collaboration between the Department of Transportation and the Department of Corrections to provide training opportunities tied to Florida’s need for CDL drivers. The bill was reported favorably without debate.
Members then considered SB 896 on campus safety, as amended by strike-all and late-filed amendment. The bill would require postsecondary institutions to adopt active assailant response plans, conduct security risk assessments, improve threat reporting and information sharing, and allow voluntary participation in the guardian program; the late-filed amendment removed a prohibition on guardians wearing uniforms. After questions about the firearm-discharge provision near campuses and testimony both for and against, the committee reported the bill favorably. The committee also reported favorably SB 86 on commercial motor vehicles operated by unauthorized aliens, SB 642 on foreign and alien bail bond insurers, and confirmed appointees listed on tabs 10 through 19.
The committee next heard SB 712 on pyramid promotional schemes, which would create a new prohibition and increase penalties while preserving legitimate direct sales plans. Members raised concerns about whether participants in such schemes might themselves be victims, and the sponsor said prosecutorial discretion would distinguish victims from primary wrongdoers; the bill was reported favorably. SB 1224 on rental housing application fraud was also amended and reported favorably after testimony from apartment and realtor groups in support.
In the latter part of the meeting, Chair Martin presented SB 1370 to expand habitual traffic offender status to repeated unlicensed driving, and SB 1712 to create a statewide FDLE counterintelligence and counterterrorism unit. SB 1370 was reported favorably unanimously. SB 1712 drew extensive questioning and public opposition over concerns about broad language, surveillance, and possible impacts on speech and protest, but the sponsor said the unit would focus on protecting the state from adversary intelligence threats and operate within constitutional limits; it was reported favorably. Finally, SB 758 on the Justice Administrative Commission was amended to adjust commission membership and reported favorably unanimously. The committee then recorded additional votes for members and adjourned.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
01/12/2026 - House Floor Session - Opening Day Ceremony
Arizona House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We know about at least two veterans in Arizona that have been deported and then repatriated, but it's
- a shame that our country is deporting people that have worn the uniform to serve our country.
- We know about at least two veterans in Arizona that have been deported and then repatriated, but it's
- a shame that our country is deporting people that have worn the uniform to serve our country.
- And then while the is deporting people that have worn the uniform to serve our country.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- I beg you to vote in opposition, and please, for the love of God, stop calling people aliens.
- alien.
- They are not aliens, period, point blank.
- We're going to go to tab 2, SB 642, foreign and alien bail bond insurers.
- Interesting, we're using alien in two different ways.
Committee:
Senate Criminal Justice
Keywords:
unauthorized aliens, commercial motor vehicles, safety regulations, civil penalties, law enforcement, bail bond, insurance regulation, foreign insurers, financial disclosure, premium reporting, pyramid schemes, consumer protection, fraud prevention, legal affairs, penalties, justice, administrative commission, membership, state attorneys, public defenders
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division III (02/18/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
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Summary:
The meeting began as a Division 3 work session on HB 71, but much of the early discussion focused on whether a previously discussed non-germane amendment could be considered or voted on that day. Members and the chair debated process and notice requirements, and the clerk’s guidance was that the amendment needed a separate public hearing before the full Finance Committee. The amendment was described as requiring DHHS contracts and addenda to include compliance with the Patient Bill of Rights, with a repeal date so the requirement would expire on November 30, 2026. The motion to move OTP on HB 71 with the amendment was withdrawn, and the committee agreed the amendment would be scheduled for a future full Finance hearing instead.
The committee then turned to HB 71 itself and heard testimony from DHHS representatives John Williams and Jenny O’Higgins on the fiscal note and policy implications. Members questioned the estimate that the bill could put $12 million to $18 million per year in federal funding at risk, including HUD and Office of Refugee Resettlement funds. DHHS explained that the estimate was based on a broad reading of the bill’s term “specified alien,” which they said was not clearly defined in the bill, so they analyzed it using the federal definition of “alien” and assumed the bill could affect lawfully present non-citizens as well as undocumented individuals. They said the figure represented a worst-case scenario and that they were not claiming the loss was certain.
Members also pressed DHHS on whether the bill could affect emergency sheltering in schools, public academies, or institutions of higher learning during disasters. DHHS said the language could create conflicts with federal funding conditions because emergency shelter programs generally cannot impose barriers on who may be sheltered, and they warned that excluding certain people could affect refugee-related and HUD funding. Questions were raised about whether the bill’s language would apply to private institutions as well as public ones, and whether the state could still use schools in short-term emergencies. DHHS said the language was broad, that they could not answer every legal question definitively, and that they would need input from public health and legal staff. No final vote on HB 71 was taken in the portion provided; the committee remained in discussion/work session mode after the amendment motion was withdrawn.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships Apr 7th, 2025
S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships
Transcript Highlights:
- Slowly, slowly, they flip the case from reason to believe to parental alienation.
- The courts are struggling with parental alienation.
- Since 2008, much when you're dealing with alienation is counterintuitive.
- Is parental alienation considered abuse in some cases?
- You don't fix alienation with alienation, and the abuser is using their... child, weaponizing their child
Bills:
HB168 , HB 1044 , HB1534 , HB1914 , HB2240 , HB2530 , HB3284 , HB3395 , HB3515 , HB3783 , HB4034 , HB4213 , HB168
Keywords:
marriage age, minors, family law, void marriage, rights of minors, Texas marriage law, marriage ceremony, authorized officiants, family code, judges, religious leaders, parent-child relationship, Department of Family and Protective Services, legal rights, notice requirements, HB 1914, Texas Family Code, Chapter 156, conservatorship, custody
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Megan Boss, 37, found decapitated by an illegal alien.
- Luis Lopez, 15 years old. alien.
- Nate Baker, killed by an illegal alien.
- Katie Abraham, killed by an illegal alien. killed by an illegal alien.
- Katie Abraham, killed by an illegal alien.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House State Government & Tribal Relations Sep 29th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- harm to children who experience family separation if their parents or caregivers are detained or deported
- When we're talking about legal behavior, illegal behavior, we have now seen a broad mass deportation
- We've had cases here in my district in particular where people have been deported to third countries
- without third-country deportation hearings.
- Some families are choosing to make difficult decisions around self-deportation because they don't want
Summary:
The Tribal Relations Committee held a work session on the Keep Washington Working Act, hearing first from the Office of the Attorney General, then the Office of the Governor, and finally advocates from the ACLU of Washington, Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, and One America. The Attorney General’s office described the 2019 bipartisan law as limiting state and local involvement in federal civil immigration enforcement, emphasizing minimal data collection, privacy protections, definitions in the statute, model policies for agencies, and the role of court orders and federal funding exceptions. Committee members asked about consistency in legal guidance, possible federal challenges, and whether the law has been litigated in Washington or elsewhere; the office said it has not been challenged in Washington and cited similar laws in other states that have been upheld or dismissed in litigation.
The governor’s office said the administration is implementing the law across agencies through case-by-case review of data-sharing requests, coordination with the Attorney General and privacy officials, and a new executive order creating an immigration sub-cabinet to improve agency coordination and community input. Officials said the state will continue to protect immigrant communities, avoid using state resources for civil immigration enforcement, and comply with federal funding requirements where necessary, citing Medicaid and other programs as examples. They also discussed recent court rulings in Washington that blocked federal grant conditions tied to immigration enforcement and said agencies are being trained to review data privacy and sharing practices.
Advocates argued that Keep Washington Working is grounded in anti-commandeering principles and is meant to ensure state resources are used for state purposes, not federal immigration enforcement. They said the law helps immigrant communities trust police, schools, and public services, but warned that data sharing and aggressive federal enforcement are eroding that trust and harming families. The panelists described cases involving alleged unlawful local cooperation with federal immigration authorities, family separation, detention, and due process concerns, and suggested possible improvements such as stronger enforcement mechanisms, a private right of action, and broader limits on data sharing. No votes or formal actions were taken; the committee closed the hearing after members thanked the presenters and invited follow-up on implementation issues and potential legislative changes.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Pro Forma Floor Session Jan 27th, 2026 at 12:30 pm
Washington Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Sadly, he was definitely on the list for deportation. There is a plaque outside of his house.
- as is common in Germany, where they have identified people who were stolen from their homes and deported
- And it says, Richard Solomon, Dirk Solomon, deported to Auschwitz, murdered, 1940.
- Richard Solomon, Dirk Solomon, deported to Auschwitz, murdered, 1942.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- We need to find out how many We need to find out how many students are under foreign alien status that
- , which means that they have permanency, permanent status, or they're a non-qualified alien.
- If they're a lawful permanent alien or if they're a qualified alien, they're going to have the paperwork
- And then lastly, if they're not any of those other three, they're a non-qualified alien.
- Good representative, my concern is the non-qualified alien category of this.
Committee:
House Education
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security Jun 21st, 2026 at 09:00 am
Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security
Transcript Highlights:
- I cared for a young man whose father was deported when he was eight years old.
- Henry DeLima continued by saying that local law enforcement should never help or collude in deporting
- Local law enforcement should never help or collude in deporting our friends and neighbors.
- My stepfather was deported before he ever got to see his day in court.
- Pretextual stops and consequent charges lead all the more easily to deportation proceedings.
Summary:
The committee held a public hearing on several public safety bills, with testimony first on S.2681, Colby’s Law, which would establish safety standards for BMX and motocross tracks. Supporters, including the family of a child killed at a track, argued the bill is needed because some tracks lack basic protections such as barriers, emergency plans, on-site medical staff, and adequate track maintenance. A motocross track representative opposed the bill as overregulation that could impose major costs and argued existing safety efforts and voluntary safety committees are preferable. No vote was taken during the hearing.
The committee also heard testimony on S.2680, which would expand emergency preparedness requirements around aging nuclear power plants and nuclear waste sites from a 10-mile to a 50-mile radius. Supporters from Cape Cod Downwinders, Massachusetts Peace Action, physicians, and other advocates said current law is outdated and insufficient, citing risks from radioactive waste storage, limited federal oversight, and the need for broader evacuation and emergency planning. Testifiers urged the bill’s passage, and no action was taken.
A major portion of the hearing focused on the Protect Act, H.5158, dealing with limits on cooperation between state/local agencies and federal civil immigration enforcement. Sheriffs testified about how ICE detainers and notification requests work in practice, emphasizing discretion, public safety, and the difference between sentenced prisoners and pretrial detainees. Supporters from labor, education, and health care groups said immigrant communities are living in fear and asked for stronger protections, including bans on 287(g) agreements and clearer limits on ICE activity in schools, hospitals, and other sensitive locations. The hearing also included testimony on H.4697 regarding training and certification of constables and civil deputy sheriffs, with the Hampshire County sheriff saying sheriffs are already working with POST and MPTC on training standards and that the bill may be duplicative.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security Mar 18th, 2026
Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security
Transcript Highlights:
- I cared for a young man whose father was deported when he was eight years old.
- Local law enforcement should never help or collude in deporting our friends and neighbors.
- My stepfather was deported before he ever got to see his day in court.
- Pretextual stops and consequent charges lead all the more easily to deportation proceedings.
- Pretextual stops and consequent charges lead all the more easily to deportation proceedings.
Summary:
The hearing covered several public safety bills and related testimony. On S. 2681, “Colby’s Law,” which would establish safety standards for BMX/motocross tracks, the committee heard emotional testimony from the family of a teen killed at a track and from advocates who said minimum standards are needed for barriers, medical staff, emergency planning, insurance, and oversight. A track owner and rider also testified that safety is important but argued the bill was incomplete and should better distinguish between BMX and motocross and include more specific equipment and weather-related rules. On S. 2680, a bill to expand emergency planning around aging nuclear plants and high-level nuclear waste sites, supporters from Cape Cod, medical groups, and anti-nuclear organizations urged a 50-mile emergency planning radius and stronger state preparedness, citing risks from long-term waste storage and inadequate federal oversight. The committee also heard testimony on a Barnstable home rule petition to allow certain emergency response vehicles to use red lights, with the town supporting the change to improve response times on the water.
A substantial portion of the hearing focused on H. 5158, the Protect Act, which would limit state and local cooperation with federal civil immigration enforcement. County sheriffs testified about how ICE notifications and detainers work in practice, distinguishing between criminal warrants and civil immigration requests to notify, and describing their discretion when people are released on bail or at the end of a sentence. Sheriffs said they generally notify ICE when requested, especially in cases involving serious charges, but emphasized the need to balance public safety, victim notification, and due process. Committee members pressed them on the impact of ICE pickups at courthouses and jails, and several lawmakers and witnesses argued that pretrial detainees taken by ICE can disrupt prosecutions and deny victims their day in court.
Supporters of the Protect Act included labor, education, health care, and immigrant advocacy groups. They said immigrants and mixed-status families are living in fear of routine interactions with police, schools, courts, and hospitals, and urged the committee to ban 287(g) agreements, prohibit law enforcement from asking about immigration status or providing operational assistance to ICE, and add stronger protections for sensitive locations such as schools and health care facilities. Medical witnesses described patients and families avoiding care because of ICE presence, and educators said students are missing school out of fear. No votes or final actions were taken during the hearing; the committee heard testimony and indicated it would continue receiving written testimony before taking action later.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security Mar 18th, 2026
Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security
Transcript Highlights:
- I cared for a young man whose father was deported when he was eight years old.
- We must stand up to cruel mass deportation policies. First, we urge that you ban 287(g) agreements.
- Local law enforcement should never help or collude in deporting our friends and neighbors.
- My stepfather was deported before he ever got to see his day in court.
- Pretextual stops and consequent charges lead all the more easily to deportation proceedings.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 3/4/25
State Government Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- comes by way of state tax revenue, that individual must be either a citizen of the United States or an alien
- Nearly 94,000 of them have been deported, so in this case you're wondering how confusing the fluidity
- of<01:25:24.960><c> them</c><01:25:25.719><c> have</c><01:25:25.880><c> been</c><01:25:26.119><c> deported
- </c><01:25:27.119><c> so</c><01:25:27.360><c> in</c><01:25:27.560><c> this</c> of them have been deported
- so in this of them have been deported so in this case<01:25:28.560><c> um</c><01:25:28.760><c> you're
Bills:
HF10
Committee:
House State Government Finance and Policy
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, July 22, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Among the accomplishments by President Donald Trump, illegal alien border crossings are historic lows
- Among the accomplishments by President Donald Trump, illegal alien border crossings are historic lows
- Trump said his mass deportation agenda would only target violent criminals, but over 90% of detainees
- Trump said his mass deportation agenda would only target violent criminals, but over 90% of detainees
- Trump said his mass deportation agenda would only target violent criminals, but over 90% of detainees
Keywords:
Federal Retirement Fairness Act, FERS, federal retirement, creditable service, temporary employees, temporary federal service, Postal Service, USPS, Office of Personnel Management, OPM, retirement buyback, annuity, pension, civil service retirement, federal workforce, government employees, Members of Congress, retirement benefits, Great Lakes, fishery management
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Pro Forma Floor Session Jan 27th, 2026
Washington Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Sadly, he was definitely on the list for deportation. There is a plaque outside of his house.
- as is common in Germany, where they have identified people who were stolen from their homes and deported
- And it says, Richard Solomon, Dirk Solomon, deported to Auschwitz, murdered, 1940.
- Richard Solomon, Dirk Solomon, deported to Auschwitz, murdered, 1942.
Summary:
The Senate met in a pro forma session and first suspended Rule 46 so committees could continue meeting during the session. The journal was approved, and the chamber moved through introductions and referrals, including first reading of Senate Bill 6314 and a referral adjustment sending Senate Bill 6321, which would establish the Washington Institute for Scientific Advancement, to the Committee on Higher Education and Workforce Development.
The main floor item was Senate Resolution 8670 recognizing International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The resolution recounted the history of the Holocaust, the liberation of Auschwitz, and the ongoing problem of anti-Semitism, including a cited rise in incidents in Washington State. Senator Solomon spoke at length in support, sharing personal family history tied to Nazi persecution and warning about rising anti-Semitism and the need for vigilance, remembrance, and community support. Senator Short also spoke in support, emphasizing responsibility to prevent such atrocities and the value of education and open-mindedness.
Senator Hasegawa moved that the sponsor’s remarks be spread across the journal, and the Senate agreed without objection. The resolution was then adopted by voice vote. The President recognized guests from the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, the Anti-Defamation League, and the Holocaust Center for Humanity in the gallery. The Senate then adjourned until 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, January 28, 2026.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, February 25, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- How about we don't detain and deport American citizens? How about we don't unmask?
- How about we don't detain and deport American citizens? How about we don't unmask?
- They tend to render alien to each other those who ought to be bound together by fraternal affection.
- They tend to render alien to each other those who ought to be bound together by fraternal affection.
- 02:28:38.640><c> connect</c><02:28:38.960><c> them</c><02:28:39.120><c> with</c><02:28:39.359><c> aliens
Bills:
HB4758
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Section 11 of our state constitution to require, require the denial of bail for an illegal... alien,
- The definition of an illegal alien in the resolution aligns with the federal definition.
- And assist the federal government in their efforts to prevent violent, illegal aliens from terrorizing
- That's the bail denial for illegal aliens. And you had a substitute?
- He was in the hospital. an illegal alien that was given a bond. She got a protective order.
Committee:
Senate Criminal Justice