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AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Banking and Insurance Committee Apr 2nd, 2025
Banking and Insurance
Transcript Highlights:
- Senator Katie Britt and other leaders are fighting back, proposing legislation to remove reputational
- . be opposed to this piece of legislation because they know sooner or later it's going to affect them
- One thing that Massachusetts has done is put this into similar legislation in place.
- And if they aren't or won't, then it tells us exactly why we need this legislation.
- Over the last nine years, we've had level legislative funding.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Mar 10th, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Legislative Caucus to support HR 14, recognizing Women's History Month.
- I rise in strong support of H.R. 14 on behalf of the Legislative Jewish Caucus.
- We each sit whether it's a member of this legislative body or one of our honorees.
- As Chair of the Legislative Women's Caucus, it's a pleasure.
- And on behalf of the Legislative Women's Caucus, we want to ring the bell.
HI
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Summary:
The Senate convened, called the roll, and approved the previous day’s journal. Members then made several introductions recognizing visitors in the gallery, including staff and guests connected to tourism, a group from the Luso-American Development Foundation from Portugal, and students and administrators from Kahakai Elementary School. Senator Kim also introduced four University of Hawaiʻi Shidler College of Business Travel Industry Management students and their academic advisor and professor. Senator DeCoite spoke about Tourism Day at the Capitol, thanking HTA, HBCB, CNH, and Kilohana for their participation and youth-focused tourism programs, and later introduced the FLAD visitors from Lisbon, Portugal.
The clerk reported Governor’s Message Nos. 713 to 717 transmitting nominations to boards and commissions, and Governor’s Message No. 718 withdrawing a nomination to the Hawaii Hurricane Relief Fund board. The Senate also received Senate Concurrent Resolutions 51 to 67 and Senate Resolutions 33 to 51 for referral to committee, which were ordered referred. The Chair announced that the deadline to file Senate Concurrent Resolutions and Senate Resolutions with the Clerk’s Office was 4:30 p.m. that day.
At the close of business, Senator Wai moved that the Senate stand in recess, leaving the journal open until 4:30 p.m. for receipt of resolutions and reconvene at 11:30 a.m. on Monday, March 10. Senator Dort seconded the motion, and the Senate recessed without objection.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- And so you should be able to access those via the legislative website.
- The last sheet here in your packet... is a list of LESC-endorsed legislation.
- Lily-Mae Ortiz, I'm the legislative...
- And then we also have for you the 2025 legislative program, which has.
- The Finance Committee and then the Legislative Education Study Committee recommendations.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Commission on Data Practices 1/22/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Resources, Recreation and Development (02/05/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
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Summary:
The committee first discussed scheduling and notice for upcoming executive sessions on a larger slate of bills, including plans to take up eight bills in the morning and possibly the last three bills in the afternoon, with caucus time provided if needed. The chair emphasized advance notice, publication, and flexibility if more bills are added later. The hearing then opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and proceeded to HB 568, a bill allowing local planning boards to request water supply studies for subdivisions to ensure water adequacy as housing density increases.
Representative Kat McGee, the prime sponsor, said HB 568 was developed after constituent concerns about private wells being affected by nearby development. She described the bill as narrowly tailored, non-mandatory, and intended to preserve local control while clarifying that planning boards may request studies under local regulations. She noted bipartisan support, an exclusion for community water systems and larger groundwater withdrawals regulated elsewhere, and said the bill would help prevent water shortages and related problems for new and existing homes. Questions from members focused on whether the bill should specify that it applies to subdivisions of four or more lots, since that language had been in an earlier version.
Testimony on HB 568 was mixed. Bob Quinn of the New Hampshire Association of Realtors opposed the bill, arguing it lacked a definition of “water supply study,” could lead to expensive hydrology studies, and might raise housing costs; he suggested more work with DES or a study committee. DES administrator Brandon Kernin said the department had worked from a 2010 groundwater commission report, that such problems arise only intermittently in certain areas, and that the bill would make explicit local authority to adopt such ordinances. He also said DES data and homeowner surveys can help identify problem areas and that more robust wells could be considered in the long term. The committee noted 10 online submissions in favor and 3 opposed, plus blue-sheet testimony of 2 in favor and 1 neutral, and then closed the hearing on HB 568.
The committee immediately opened HB 582, a bill on safety requirements for operation of personal watercraft. Representative Darby, the sponsor, said the bill responds to the speed and maneuverability of modern personal watercraft, which he described as more like motorcycles on water than traditional boats, and cited a fatal accident on Lake Monomonac as an example of the risks. He said the bill is not intended to restrict ordinary recreation or wake surfing, but to update safety standards for a newer class of larger, quieter three-person PWCs. The hearing began with Darby’s presentation, and no vote or final action was taken in the portion provided.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session 4/25/25 - Part 1
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Education Committee Jun 24th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- And so big kudos to the author for this legislation.
- We do have some significant concerns regarding the legislation. ...legislation.
- So maybe you may have to amend your legislation. More independently.
- That doesn't mean our work as legislators ends.
- So you've done a significant amount of amending legislation.
Summary:
The committee began without a quorum and first heard AB 302, which would prohibit schools from requiring students to use addictive social media feeds as a condition of participating in extracurricular activities and would require schools to offer a non-social-media way to communicate with students and families. The author and a student witness argued the bill protects minors from being forced onto addictive platforms, while senators asked how coaches and clubs would communicate; the author said email, built-in messaging, and other direct methods would still be allowed. The bill was held on call for absent members.
The committee then took up AB 2504, creating a pilot program to train creative-industry workers for AI-related changes through partnerships among community colleges, employers, unions, and tech companies. Supporters from WME and the Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office said the program would help workers adapt to rapid industry change, while senators discussed the pilot’s size, geographic diversity, and sunset date. The bill passed on a due-pass motion to the Senate Privacy, Digital Technologies, and Consumer Protection Committee.
AB 1534 followed, adding state guardrails for federal Workforce Pell short-term training programs, including limits on tuition, restrictions on certain financing products, and transparency rules for partnerships with unaccredited entities. Support came from TICAS, EdTrust-West, and the Campaign for College Opportunity; senators questioned the scope of state authority and why private institutions were not clearly included, and the author said the broader approval framework was being handled in trailer bill language. The bill passed on a due-pass motion to the Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Committee.
The committee also heard AB 1381, a gut-and-amend proposal to strengthen screening for school teachers with histories of egregious misconduct while balancing due process and privacy concerns. Supporters and opponents both emphasized student safety and the need for reliable information-sharing, and members noted the bill was similar to a previously held measure; the author said amendments were still being worked out. The bill passed to the Senate Privacy, Digital Technologies, and Consumer Protection Committee. AB 2202, which would create a Closing the Achievement Gap Commission to coordinate statewide efforts, drew broad support from school board and education groups but also concern that it could duplicate existing work and add bureaucracy; after extended debate about whether the commission would identify causes or solutions, it passed to the Senate Appropriations Committee. Finally, AB 1547, requiring a UC feasibility study for a branch medical school in Kern County, drew local support but opposition from a senator who argued the Legislature cannot direct UC’s internal operations under the state Constitution; the chair said the Legislature can make recommendations and the bill remained under discussion.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery
Transcript Highlights:
- and urge favorable reporting of this legislation out of the committee.
- Please support this legislation and get this thing going.
- And finally, the overdose prevention site legislation.
- This legislation will save lives. This legislation will protect the people working to save lives.
- thank you, legislators and lawmakers, for listening to us today.
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use, and Recovery held a public hearing on several harm reduction bills, including measures to decriminalize simple possession and paraphernalia, authorize overdose prevention centers, and expand access to naloxone for first responders. Chair Mindy Domb and Senator John Velis opened by describing harm reduction as an evidence-based public health strategy and noting Massachusetts’ recent decline in fatal overdoses. They emphasized that testimony would help shape whether and how the bills advance, and explained the hearing process, including time limits and written testimony.
Testimony was sharply divided. Supporters, including Rep. Kate Donaghue, Sen. Cindy Friedman, Rep. Marjorie Decker, Rep. Manny Cruz, public health professionals, recovery advocates, and people with lived experience, argued that harm reduction saves lives, reduces stigma, and can connect people to treatment. They supported overdose prevention centers and decriminalization as tools to keep people alive long enough to enter recovery, and several speakers described personal losses to overdose or family experiences with addiction. Some supporters also framed the bills as racial justice measures, arguing that criminal penalties for possession have disproportionately harmed Black and brown communities.
Opponents, including Sen. Nick Collins and several South End residents, argued that overdose prevention centers and decriminalization would worsen public drug use, crime, and neighborhood disorder, especially around Mass and Cass. They said current approaches such as Section 35, diversion, and police leverage into treatment are more effective, and they urged more treatment beds and recovery facilities instead of harm reduction sites. Committee members questioned witnesses about research, local siting, crime data, and the relationship between harm reduction and treatment, and several members said neighborhood impacts must be considered alongside overdose prevention. The committee did not take a vote during the hearing; it continued receiving testimony and announced a later break before resuming on H. 2196 and S. 1393.
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, Senator Roberts, legislative day. Uh, Senator Roberts, legislative day.
- Secretary call next legislative day. Secretary call next legislative day.
- Senate bill number legislation. Senate bill number legislation.
- Again, when you look at the legislation, the legislation, the legislation, uh the uh it as I mentioned
- So, uh, so why the legislation? We've talked about that a legislation?
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Aug 3rd, 2026
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And on behalf of the Legislative Black Caucus, I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- And on behalf of the Legislative Black Caucus, I respectfully ask for an aye vote.
- So please say hello to the future legislative leaders. Thank you all for being here.
- Colleagues, I rise on behalf of the Legislative Black Caucus in strong support of H.R. 102.
- But that's not what this legislative... ...and preserve the environment better.
Summary:
The Assembly convened after a quorum call, opened with a Native American song and prayer by Assemblymember Ramos, observed a moment of silence for former staff member Eric Washington, and then handled a series of procedural motions, including removing several items from consent, rescinding prior action on SB 626, returning AB 643 to the Senate, and placing SB 1294 on the inactive file. The chamber also approved a request to allow an Elections Committee informational hearing on AB 1923.
The main floor action centered on ACR 208, recognizing California Native American Day and the California Indian Cultural Awareness Conference. Ramos and several caucus leaders spoke in support, emphasizing Native history, sovereignty, cultural preservation, missing and murdered Indigenous people, and the importance of representation. The resolution was adopted by voice vote after 61 co-authors were added, and the Assembly then held a Native American Day ceremony honoring several tribal leaders and elders with cultural performances and guest introductions.
The Assembly also adopted HR 102 recognizing Filipino American History Month after extensive support from multiple caucuses, with members highlighting Filipino American history, labor activism, healthcare, public service, and community contributions; 64 co-authors were added before the voice vote. ACR 213 designating September 2026 as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month also passed by voice vote after 62 co-authors were added, with testimony focused on pediatric cancer research, treatment access, and personal stories of loss and survival. ACR 230 proclaiming California Firefighter Appreciation Month and California Firefighter Memorial Day likewise passed unanimously after 66 co-authors were added, with members citing firefighters’ emergency response work, wildfire service, and occupational health risks. Several concurrence items also passed, including ACR 126 on Captain Vidar Anderson Memorial Highway, AB 1651 on AI disclosure in the bar exam, AB 2789 on mediation, AJR 27 urging federal disaster aid for Eaton and Palisades fire victims, and AB 2134 on parental leave protections for local officials.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session (Full Formal with Calendar) Jul 9th, 2026
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And that's why this legislation walks a fine and purposeful line.
- So I'm very proud to be part of this legislation.
- If we can't legislate, Have a real obligation.
- I want to thank the majority leader for filing this legislation.
- So again, I just want to stress how important I think this legislation is.
Summary:
The Senate took up several local and special bills for final passage, including measures on culverts and dams in Town Line Brook and Lindenbrook, alcohol license conversions and additions in Milford, Salem, and Bridgewater, and special legislation allowing William Pilarie to take a firefighter civil service exam in Arlington despite the age limit. All five bills were passed to be enacted. The Senate also concurred in House amendments to bills on alcohol licenses in Bolton and conservation restrictions in Hanson, and adopted a resolution commending the National Safety Council and recognizing June as National Safety Month.
The chamber then considered Ways and Means reports and orders for House bills on improving Massachusetts home care and requiring health care employers to prevent workplace violence. Both bills were amended with new Senate text and ordered to second reading on July 16, 2026, with the new text pending and further amendment procedures specified. The Senate also advanced several House bills passed to be engrossed, including land transfers in Norton, transportation bond terms, and Watertown property tax classifications, each being ordered to a third reading.
The main debate centered on Senate No. 30, a bill to protect children from addictive social media feeds, which was taken up with a Ways and Means substitute draft, Senate No. 3164. Senators supporting the bill argued it targets addictive design features such as algorithmic feeds, autoplay, infinite scroll, and overnight notifications while preserving access to social media, privacy, and First Amendment rights; opponents and some supporters raised concerns about parental authority and the role of the state. The Senate adopted a series of amendments, including changes to the definition of user, stronger limits on minors’ nighttime notifications, parental consent and privacy protections for location sharing and age verification, exemptions for nonprofits and open-source platforms, age-signal clarifications, dark-pattern restrictions, and data-security/reporting provisions, while rejecting several other amendments. The debate remained ongoing at the end of the transcript, with additional amendments and discussion still pending.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session (Full Formal with Calendar) Jul 9th, 2026
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And that's why this legislation walks a fine and purposeful line.
- So I'm very proud to be part of this legislation.
- If we can't legislate— If we can't legislate and do everything in our power to advocate for our kids,
- I want to thank the majority leader for filing this legislation.
- So again, I just want to stress how important I think this legislation is.
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- It's meaningful legislation. Thank you for that.
- So the bill just clarifies legislative intent And from So the bill just clarifies legislative intent
- But it really just expresses legislative intent. That from happening.
- I think you have a lot in this legislation that's unknown.
- It's their top legislative priority.
VT
Transcript Highlights:
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MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Fifty One - Tuesday, April 14
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm being told that I think we can take care of it in committee and legislative review.
- I think we can take care of it in committee and legislative review. Well, there you go.
- This legislation mirrors Florida's 2025 law entitled Brooke's Law.
- I urge you to support this legislation. Thank you. Further discussion on House Bill 1887.
- And people that are in this industry come together and work on good legislation, solid legislation.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- There was no draft of any legislation. ...changes.
- There was no draft of any legislation.
- There was no sponsors of bills that were potentially going to bring that legislation.
- Why is legislation required to address this issue? Gentleman from 21. Thank you, Mr.
- Why is legislation required to address this issue? Gentle 21. Thank you, Mr.
Summary:
The House convened with 67 members present, approved the journal, welcomed a substitute member, and received Senate messages and committee reports. Several bills were printed, referred, or advanced, including new House bills on medical advanced healing, state affairs, solid waste, public assistance, and other topics. The House also received and processed multiple committee recommendations, including bills on health and welfare, judiciary, state affairs, and commerce, along with enrollment and transmittal of previously passed bills.
On the floor, the House passed a series of measures after debate. These included House Bills 838 and 721 on budget-process and plan-review issues, House Bill 817 on a mobile cigar business permit, House Bill 752 on restroom/changing-room restrictions, House Bill 680 on recording child abuse investigative interviews, House Bill 860 on medical parental rights-related fixes, House Bill 875 on vacancy-based personnel budget calculations, House Bill 876 on the State Board of Education maintenance budget, House Bill 877 on vocational rehabilitation rent, and House Bill 795 responding to litigation concerns over House Bill 710. House Joint Memorial 18, urging Congress to prohibit unauthorized solar geoengineering over Idaho, also passed.
Later, the House suspended rules to take up and pass House Bill 826 on the Honey Commission, House Bill 832 on CTE professional qualification rules, House Bill 843 on the homeowners exemption, House Bill 872 on ballot formatting for constitutional amendments and initiatives, and Senate Bills 1242, 1243, and 1283 on potato commission cleanup, soil and water conservation code cleanup, and direct sales from small producers. Senate Bill 1373, a maintenance appropriation for economic development agencies, also passed. Most measures were approved with little or no debate, though several drew discussion over budget process, education funding cuts, election administration, and restroom policy.
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Agenda Mar 5th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- This legislation reflects a thoughtful collaboration between us, legislators, the insurance providers
- This legislation is very vague. I don't think it's well thought out.
- All we’re asking for is a seat at the table and proper legislation to be written. Thank you.
- All we’re asking for is a seat at the table and proper legislation to be written. Thank you.
- Because I, for one, do not like that we're adding legislative intent into bills.
Summary:
The committee first heard House Bill 754, which would add physical therapists to Idaho’s direct primary care statute so they can enter direct payment agreements with patients without those arrangements being treated as insurance contracts. The sponsor and supporters said the bill would improve access, especially for patients who need frequent therapy or live in underserved areas, and emphasized that it would not expand physical therapists’ scope of practice. One member objected that the bill’s wording could blur the definition of primary care and create scope confusion. After testimony from a physical therapy association representative and a small business health care provider, the committee voted to send the bill to the floor with a do-pass recommendation, with several members recording no votes.
The committee then took up House Bill 724, which would add and clarify safety-related rights for children in foster care, including safe placement, access to medical and forensic exams after abuse disclosures, basic necessities, and consideration of safety in visitation and placement decisions. The sponsor said the bill is a narrow child-safety measure that does not alter parental rights or removal standards, while foster parents, a psychologist, former foster youth, and others testified in support with accounts of abuse, unsafe placements, and inadequate oversight. Some members raised concerns about enumerating rights in statute and about broad language that could have unintended future consequences; a substitute motion to send the bill to amending order failed on a roll call vote, and the original motion to send the bill to the floor with a do-pass recommendation passed.
Finally, the committee heard House Bill 759, a budget-related measure to reduce Medicaid residential habilitation funding and require a new audit/rate study of home and community-based services. The sponsor said the reduction reflects a governor’s budget recommendation and that the audit would help determine appropriate rates and spending. Providers and family members of people with disabilities testified that the bill was too vague, that prior rate studies were not fully followed, and that any reductions could harm staffing and services; they asked for clearer standards, collaboration, and assurance that rate-study results would actually be used. A motion to hold the bill until a later date was offered, but the sponsor opposed delaying the budget item and the committee continued discussion toward a floor recommendation.
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- Legislation that is critically important to preserving Missouri's victim services infrastructure and
- Thank you for your consideration of this important legislation. Thank you for your testimony.
- This bill mirrors Georgia legislation that was passed last year.
- Finally, the legislation respects and empowers parents.
- This legislation does not create unnecessary burdens. It creates clarity.
VT
Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session
Caucus of the Whole - State of the Guard - 2026-02-19 - 9:00AM
Vermont House Floor Meeting
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