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MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Session Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am

Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • And now is the opportunity for us to demonstrate once again our continuing commitment. So, Mr.
  • But in this close-out supplemental budget, we went down the path of diverting funds from that statutory
  • And that we will continue to work in a bipartisan That we joined her with and that we will continue to
  • to continue.
  • Massachusetts residents first, and guarantee that we're going to continue to fund their SNAP benefits
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Senate first adopted an emergency preamble for H. 4521, establishing a sick leave bank for Kathleen Roder of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, by standing vote, with 8 in favor and none opposed. The chamber also suspended rules to refer several petitions to committee, including a resolution to rescind prior Article 5 constitutional convention applications and a petition on officer training related to stage suicides. Committee reports moved several bills forward, including legislation clarifying the duties of the Adjutant General and enhancing access and support for military-connected families, both with new drafts, and a bill designating Veterans Suicide Awareness and Remembrance Day, which was ordered to a third reading. A major portion of the session focused on the House’s nonconcurrence in the Senate’s amendment to the fiscal year 2025 supplemental budget and the appointment of a conference committee. Senators from both parties debated how to respond to the federal government shutdown and the threatened lapse in SNAP benefits, with repeated calls for the Commonwealth to use available state resources to prevent hunger, protect vulnerable residents, and seek federal reimbursement. Several members criticized the governor’s use of taxpayer-funded communications on the issue, while others defended the administration’s limited initial response and emphasized fiscal constraints. The Senate ultimately insisted on its amendment and appointed a conference committee consisting of Senators Rodrigues, Comerford, and O’Connor. The chamber also passed several local and special bills, including measures exempting Natick’s assistant fire chief from civil service, authorizing sewer service in Sharon, changing the term of the elected moderator in Holden, updating Medford’s linkage exaction program, and establishing sick leave banks for Candy J. Pike and Kathleen Roder. The Senate later adopted amended resolutions calling on the President of the United States to release contingency funds for SNAP during the shutdown, adopted an order to adjourn to the following Monday, and then adjourned.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Elect Committee Meeting - 2025-03-26

Elections Finance and Government Operations

Transcript Highlights:
  • We will move on and continue to make changes, continuing to work on this to make it better so that it
  • All while the need in our community continued to grow.
  • This meant that we were unable to continue with our originally planned model for shelter.
  • We're continuing on Sunshine for—just ended Sunshine Week—for these kinds of positions.
  • Both bills were essentially introduced during Sunshine Week, and so they are continuing.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee 4/14/26

Higher Education Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • And I think we should just continue as it's always been.
  • Um, as we continuing this conversation.
  • <01:30:14.960> the inform all of us as we continue the inform all of us as we continue the
  • <01:31:12.880> um want to thank you for your continued um want to thank you for your continued
  • whatever but I'll be able to continue whatever but I'll be able to continue this<01:36:26.480>
Bills: HF4479, HF4368, HF4889
Summary: The committee approved the April 9 minutes and then took up House File 4479, which would require public postsecondary institutions to make space available for town halls and similar official events by elected officials, with limits intended to keep the events on the official side and not campaign-related. Representative Frederick said the bill is meant to prevent universities from creating barriers such as fees or parking charges and to ensure a neutral, accessible venue for community conversations. The bill was laid over for possible later action. The committee heard supportive testimony from Jim Dimmick of Minnesota State University, Mankato, who argued that town halls should be public, open, moderated, and dialogic rather than speeches, and said universities should be centers for public discourse. He also said charging fees can undermine neutrality and that using partisan student groups to sponsor events can create the appearance of bias. Minnesota State official Mr. Omen said campuses often host these events, fees are set locally to cover costs, and student government sponsorship can sometimes avoid charges; he also noted the fee at Mankato is discounted and depends on room size. Several members raised concerns about the bill. Representative Scott, Chair Robbins, Representative Schwarz, Representative Allen, and others argued that campuses should not be required by statute to give legislators special treatment, that fees and parking costs cover real expenses, and that universities should remain focused on education rather than political events. Questions also focused on who would decide what room size is reasonable, how disputes would be handled, and who would pay for security if protests or safety issues arose. Representative Frederick responded that room selection would be a good-faith partnership with the university, that the bill does not require a town hall or guarantee a specific room, and that security funding is not spelled out in the bill.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

Committee on Health and Human Services - 03/20/25

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • Yeah, I really appreciate you're continuing to work on this.
  • <00:29:54.760> talking uh well we're going to continue talking uh well we're going to continue
  • 2346 as it is crucial for the continued 2346 as it is crucial for the continued success<00:37:47.200
  • They got 50%. continue to support them and help help continue to support them and help help them<01:40
  • <01:49:31.280> to highest level of need as we continue to highest level of need as we continue
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
NH
Transcript Highlights:
  • The declaration of policy said it is further designed to provide a continuous, sustained yield of wood
  • <00:55:58.600> sustained provide for that continuous sustained provide for that continuous
  • So, taking them on a case-by-case basis is, I think, the correct way to continue to proceed, subject
  • way to continue to proceed, subject<01:00:43.560> to<01:00:43.640> this<01:00:43.840><
  • <01:42:10.880> provisions whether other statutory provisions whether other statutory provisions
Keywords: 1189, house, all
Summary: The meeting opened with a quorum present and approval of the April 17 minutes. The commission then heard a presentation from attorney Jacob Rhodes of Cleveland, Waters and Bass on the history and legal basis of New Hampshire’s timber tax, explaining that timber was historically treated as part of real property, that a 1913 case confirmed that view, and that a 1949 constitutional amendment created a separate timber yield tax to discourage clear-cutting and support forest conservation. He described the tax as a tax on the yield when timber is severed, not an income tax, and noted that towns are reimbursed through a system based on Department of Revenue Administration market data and local reports of cut. Members and guests asked how “yield” is defined, how the timber tax interacts with current use, and whether carbon sequestration could be treated similarly. Testimony explained that current use generally is not affected by harvesting timber, that towns can tax standing timber under RSA 79:5 but rarely do because it is labor-intensive, and that carbon credits might be valued using a similar market-data approach. Several speakers discussed a prior bill drafted with DRA input that would have treated carbon more like timber, but noted it never fully advanced in the General Court and that the version ultimately discussed by the House differed from the earlier DRA-comfortable draft. The discussion also covered whether carbon sequestration agreements are effectively long-term leases or transfers of timber rights, with Rhodes suggesting that 99-year arrangements could be taxable transfers of real property under DRA rules, though he had not reviewed specific agreements. DRA staff said they do not currently have a timber-like survey mechanism for carbon and would likely need access to proprietary market data or a subscription service to build one. No formal vote was taken beyond approving the minutes; the commission appeared to agree to revisit the carbon/timber valuation issue and the draft bill at a future meeting.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 3/24/26

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • > additional I continued to receive additional I continued to receive additional concerning<00:24
  • continue with your testimony. continue with your testimony.
  • > including All other statutory duties, including All other statutory duties, including record
  • Um we look forward to our continued work Um we look forward to our continued work with<01:26:03.760><
  • with the author to continue to working with the author to continue to strengthen<01:37:22.440> it
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Public Safety Apr 7th, 2026 at 09:00 am

Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • You have to continually work with the dogs and work with the trainers to maintain that readiness.
  • Loft now has a statutory obligation to calculate the savings.
  • trying to block your vehicle when you're trying to get down the street that you are able to take and continue
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

01/21/2026 - Senate Public Safety

Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chairman, it's already in the statutory language, but what I'm going to do is just throw on some legislative
  • role of public protests and holding the government accountable, we must ensure that Arizonans can continue
  • Experienced staff continue to leave for better-paying departments.
FL

Florida 2026 5th Special Session

Education Pre-K - 12 Jan 20th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • there are many indications that can make us optimistic about Florida's educational performance, math continues
  • The bill requires that students continue to take and pass the end-of-course exam and sustain and fulfill
  • Today, districts are doing the best they can within a very rigid statutory framework, but the law gives
Summary: The Senate Education Pre-K through 12 Committee met with a quorum and considered several education-related bills. SB 1036 on school counselors was amended with a technical clarification and reported favorably. SB 1136 on dental screenings for K-12 students was converted by delete-all amendment to place the screening definition in the School Health Services Act and align notice and parent-exemption procedures; it also passed favorably, with support noted from PTA and other witnesses. SB 920 on mathematics education was reported favorably after discussion of applied algebra courses tied to career pathways, while preserving Algebra I standards, the end-of-course exam, graduation requirements, and university admission eligibility. SB 1216 on public school personnel compensation, which would give districts more flexibility on pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and advanced degrees, also passed favorably with broad support from educators and former school board members. The committee then approved SPB 7022, which reenacts and extends a public records exemption for classroom examination and assessment instruments through 2031 and expands coverage to district school boards and public schools. SB 464 on observance of Veterans Day in K-12 schools was reported favorably after extensive debate about whether schools should be closed or could instead hold Veterans Day programs; supporters emphasized statewide consistency and honoring veterans, while some members raised scheduling and instructional-day concerns. SB 538 on physical education and extracurricular participation was amended to establish standardized eligibility rules for public, private, virtual, and home education students, limit duplicate participation across schools, require annual participation in the Presidential Youth Fitness Program, and leave coach compensation to district discretion; it was then reported favorably. SB 178 on athletics and public K-12 schools was amended to add a $15,000 annual cap on coach personal spending per team and was reported favorably after discussion about good-faith support for student-athletes, recruiting concerns, and the need for guardrails. A temporary postponement was announced for SB 430 on the oath of school personnel. At the end of the meeting, Senator Osgood recorded a favorable vote on SB 1036, and the committee adjourned without further business.
AL

Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee Mar 19th, 2025

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • you will see, subsection C is the newly added language from the existing law, which sets out the statutory
  • regarding existing law, is the policy of the state to assure that minor children have frequent and continuing
  • I... just to the circuit judges I spoke with are... circuit judges I spoke with have continued to do
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session - 04/22/25

Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • We need to continue to fight to lower these costs.
  • I hope we will continue to move these conversations forward through this process.
  • 37.520> these will continue to move these will continue to move these conversations<00:18:38.559
  • This particular company did and continues to hit the ceiling at every possible time.
  • They could continue uh encourage a no vote. Thank you, Senator encourage a no vote.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • While I am recommending an aye today, I would like the author and the supporters to continue thinking
  • This matters, and we are gratefully appreciative for the continued dialogue.
  • I want to thank the Senator for continuing to work on this issue.
  • Yet automated management continues to pose serious harms to workers.
  • Let AI continue to infiltrate our lives without any sort of, without sufficient protection.
Summary: The Assembly Labor and Employment Committee heard several bills focused on worker protections, AI in the workplace, bereavement leave, and construction labor standards. SB 909 by Senator Smallwood-Cuevas would increase public works contractor registration fees, raise prevailing wage and related penalties, and direct half of collected penalties back into the Public Works Enforcement Fund. Supporters said the bill would help combat wage theft and misclassification and strengthen enforcement; opponents argued the higher fees and penalties would burden contractors without fixing enforcement backlogs. The committee voted the bill out on a due pass motion to Appropriations. The committee also approved SB 951 by Senator Reyes, which would require 60-day notice when 25 or more workers are displaced by technology and require reporting on AI-related job impacts. Supporters framed it as a response to rapid AI-driven layoffs and a way to gather real-time data; opponents raised concerns about small employers, proprietary information, and litigation. SB 947 by Senator McNerney, the “No Robo Bosses Act,” would require human review of automated discipline, termination, or deactivation decisions and restrict predictive behavior analysis. Supporters said it would prevent biased or mistaken automated decisions; opponents objected to the inclusion of independent contractors, private rights of action, and other provisions. Both bills were advanced to the Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection. The committee also passed SB 1149 by Senator Durazo, which would expand bereavement leave to cover a “designated person,” including chosen family relationships. Supporters, including AARP and a witness who described losing a long-term partner, said the bill reflects modern family structures; there was no opposition. In addition, SB 1185 by Senator Cortese, applying skilled and trained workforce standards to pharmaceutical facility construction, was approved despite opposition from business and construction groups who said there was no demonstrated safety problem and that the mandate could raise costs and reduce competition. Several other bills on the consent calendar were also approved, and all measures were reported out of committee.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Land & Resource Management May 1st, 2025

Land & Resource Management

Transcript Highlights:
  • And create statutory authority for these original owners to get back the property that was theirs if
  • Currently, it operates under statutory limits that prevent it from designating non-contiguous areas for
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

CPC Public Hearing - Wed Apr 22, 2026 @ 2:00 PM HST

Consumer Protection & Commerce

Transcript Highlights:
  • especially in the space of pharmacy pharmaceuticals, and we feel that on behalf of all of our members continue
  • especially in the space of pharmacy pharmaceuticals, and we feel that on behalf of all of our members continue
  • especially in the space of pharmacy pharmaceuticals, and we feel that on behalf of all of our members continue
  • other imported fuels with direct consideration of its potential effects on or delays to the state statutory
Summary: The Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce heard several Senate concurrent resolutions related to utilities, pharmacy access, critical infrastructure, and energy policy. STR 96 SD1 asked the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to report on the progress of the Hawaii Electric Reliability Administrator; the PUC offered written comments and the measure later advanced as is. STR 109 SD1 urged the insurance commissioner to study expanding mail-order pharmacy use. Testimony was split: DCCA’s insurance division, HMSA, and the Hawaii Association of Health Plans supported the study, while Shipa and the Hawaii Pharmacist Association opposed it, arguing mail-order pharmacy is already available and that in-person pharmacist counseling should be preserved. The measure was ultimately deferred. The committee also heard STR 164 SD1 on protecting Hawaii’s critical infrastructure from foreign influence. Greenpeace Hawaii and 350 Hawaii strongly supported the resolution, framing it as a consumer protection and resilience measure tied to reducing dependence on imports and strengthening local food and energy systems. No opposition was presented, and the resolution was moved out as is. STR 172 SD1 HD1 directed the PUC to conduct a comprehensive analysis of ways to maximize cost reduction and minimize financial risk while meeting state goals. DCCA, the Hawaii State Energy Office, and the PUC offered comments, and Earthjustice supported the measure; it was also advanced as is. For STR 166 SD1, which concerns how the PUC should evaluate generational energy commitments, DCCA, the Hawaii State Energy Office, and the PUC provided comments, while 350 Hawaii, Greenpeace Hawaii, and others opposed any move toward LNG, arguing it would harm ratepayers and conflict with Hawaii’s renewable goals. After discussion, the committee amended the resolution to add language directing the PUC to evaluate any LNG or other imported-fuel proposal for its potential effects on or delays to the state’s renewable portfolio standards, including the 2045 deadline. The amended resolution then passed, and the committee adjourned.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

Fiscal Policy Mar 20th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • THIS IS WHY THOSE ENHANCED PENALTIES CONTINUING TO DRIVE ON A SUSPENSION AS WELL AS CRIMINALIZING OF
  • THE CONTINUATION ALLOWS MILITARY FAMILIES TO KNOW FLORIDA IS AND WILL ALWAYS BE THE MOST FRIENDLY STATE
  • INSTRUCTION AT THE END OF EVERY CASE, THAT JURY INSTRUCTION WILL BE REMOVED BECAUSE THERE WILL BE NO STATUTORY
  • I HAVE POLICE OFFICERS IN MY FAMILY BUT THERE ARE SOME THAT DON'T AND I THINK AS WE CONTINUE TO PUSH
Keywords: 999, senate, all
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on the Judiciary Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on the Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • In those instances, the hearing will continue.
  • I'm continuing.
  • Please continue.
  • compassion, and continuity of care.
  • If you continue, I will kick you out of here.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Joint Committee on the Judiciary held a lengthy hearing on several juvenile justice and parole-related bills, with much of the testimony focused on H. 2051/S. 1087 to end lifetime parole for juveniles and emerging adults, and H. 1923 to raise the age of juvenile court jurisdiction to include 18-, 19-, and 20-year-olds. Chairs Brandy Fluker-Reid and Lydia Edwards opened the hearing by noting the large number of bills and witnesses, the need to keep testimony moving, and special procedures for incarcerated witnesses and sensitive testimony. They also acknowledged the historic nature of the hearing being chaired by two Black women attorneys. No votes were taken during the hearing itself. Many incarcerated speakers and advocates supported ending lifetime parole, arguing that young people can change, that lifetime supervision creates constant fear of technical violations, and that it undermines rehabilitation, family stability, employment, and reintegration. Several testified about their own trauma, youth, and growth in prison programs, while others emphasized the costs of decades of supervision and the racial disparities in the system. Support also came from elected officials, UTEC, the Transformational Prison Project, United Way, CPCS’s Youth Advocacy Division, the Massachusetts Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence, and others, who said juvenile systems are better suited to developmentally appropriate treatment and that the bills would improve public safety and reduce recidivism. There was also opposition, including testimony from family members of a murder victim who argued that lifetime parole should remain for serious violent crimes and that some offenders are not sufficiently rehabilitated. One virtual witness described a family tragedy involving the kidnapping and murder of her infant nephew and warned that ending lifetime parole could remove needed long-term supervision for dangerous offenders. In addition to the juvenile justice bills, the committee heard testimony on H. 1867, a bill related to continuing care for severe mental illness, and H. 2063, which would increase penalties for assaults on correction officers and other prison staff; the correction officers’ union supported H. 2063 and related safety bills. The hearing continued with many more witnesses and bill topics, but no final committee action was announced in the portion provided.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Education Policy and Administration (02/09/2026)

Education Policy and Administration

Transcript Highlights:
  • ><01:00:16.240> requirements report meets the statutory requirements report meets the statutory
  • <03:35:16.160> As<03:35:16.319> a continue talking? Absolutely.
  • As a continue talking? Absolutely. As a teacher,<03:35:16.800> could.
  • the other kids in the class can continue the other kids in the class can continue to<03:37:03.840
  • ,<04:14:02.239> then substantial risk of it continuing, then substantial risk of it continuing
Keywords: 1189, house, all
MA
Transcript Highlights:
  • And before we continue, I want to acknowledge that there is a Senate Democratic caucus scheduled today
  • And before we continue, I want to acknowledge that there is a Senate Democratic caucus scheduled today
  • So, here’s a quick question: if we continue, you said it’s still reporting, will the recording actually
  • That doesn't even fall under our purview, as he continues to say that we should be doing that.
  • But again, this legislature will continue to force manufacturers out of the state.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Special Commission on Emerging Firearm Technology met to review its work on intentional microstamping and personalized firearms and to discuss draft recommendations for a final report. The co-chairs summarized testimony received from manufacturers, advocates, law enforcement, and officials from New Jersey, New York, and California. For microstamping, the discussion focused on how the technology could help trace spent casings, its limits in forensic use, and concerns about wear, tampering, implementation costs, and whether it would burden lawful gun owners. For personalized firearms, members reviewed testimony about biometric smart guns, their current commercial availability, higher cost, and potential benefits for preventing accidental shootings and unauthorized use, especially involving children and suicide prevention. Commissioners expressed a range of views. Several supported microstamping as a crime-solving tool and endorsed a recommendation that the legislature direct a feasibility and viability study, set standards and training, fund implementation, and create penalties for tampering. Others opposed microstamping, arguing it has not worked in other states, may not reduce crime, and could impose costs on manufacturers and owners. On personalized firearms, most commissioners supported encouraging the technology, but there was disagreement over whether to create a temporary sales tax exemption; some favored an incentive to promote adoption, while others opposed any tax subsidy for firearms or questioned whether the data justified it. The co-chairs said they would draft a report reflecting the majority consensus and circulate it for review before a final vote at a later meeting, likely in July. The commission also discussed which executive branch agency should conduct the microstamping feasibility study, with the Attorney General’s office and EOPSS mentioned as possibilities. The meeting ended with agreement to reconvene for final votes on the report and recommendations.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Committee Jun 10th, 2026

Labor, Public Employment and Retirement

Transcript Highlights:
  • I'll provide... ...the committee amendments in the analysis, but we continue to oppose the bill based
  • It continues to have significant problems.
  • I look forward to our continuing discussions with the author. Thank you. Thank you.
  • This was a newer conversation that we had, and we'll continue to engage with them as well.
  • You have my commitment to continue that conversation and try to work out some of those issues.
Keywords: 987, senate, all
US
Transcript Highlights:
  • Do you feel the challenge of judicial security continues to grow in intensity? Thank you.
  • So we will continue the intensity and the tenacity. of investigating each and every threat and taking
  • We look forward to continuing that partnership. And increasing in areas that we can. Thank you.
  • And continue the discussion, yes, sir. All right. Thank you. Mr.
  • If I am confirmed, I pledge to you that we will continue to keep all our judges safe.
Summary: The committee meeting centered on the urgent crisis of fentanyl abuse and the government’s response to the drug trafficking epidemic. Key discussions revolved around the nomination of Terrence Cole as the Administrator of the DEA and Judea Serrata as Director of the U.S. Marshals Service. Cole emphasized his commitment to combating the fentanyl crisis, highlighting the rising number of overdose deaths and the necessity of bipartisan efforts to dismantle drug cartels. Members engaged in dialogue on the effectiveness of various strategies and the importance of education aimed at preventing drug-related deaths among youth. Additionally, the challenges of social media in drug trafficking were highlighted, indicating a need for greater accountability in how platforms handle such issues. Senators voiced concerns about the impact of administration policies on judicial security and the resources available for marshals to perform their critical roles.