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HI
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

HIC21 - Nov 15 @ 9:30am HST

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

HI
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

HIC21 - Nov 9 @ 9:30am HST

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

HI
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

HIC21 - Oct 28 @ 1:00pm HST

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

HI
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

HIC21 - Oct 28 @ 9:00am HST

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

HI
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

HIC21 - Oct 21 @ 1:30pm HST

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

HI
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

HIC21 - Oct 21 @ 9:30am HST

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

HI
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

HIC21 - Oct 20 @ 9:30am HST

Hawaii House Floor Meeting

HI
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

HSG Public Hearing - Tue Feb 16, 2021 @ 10:30 AM

VA
VA

Virginia 2026 Regular Session

March 10, 2026 - Regular Session

Virginia House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • practice and support the profession.
  • Victor was a luminary in law and worked diligently to advance his practice and support the profession
  • Code of Virginia relating to towing, impoundment, and immobilization and storage costs, payments or
  • to amend and reenact the Code of Virginia relating to financial institutions, officers, and directors
  • Virginia's hospitals and hospital-owned practice groups count their revenues in the billions, and it's
Keywords: March 10, 2026 - Regular Session, 976, house, all
CA
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Judiciary Committee Jun 16th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • But the requirement being created in the Civil Code for the utilization of the preliminary change in
  • But this is creating something new in Civil Code for requirement.
  • But this is creating something new in Civil Code for requirement.
  • Yep, so Welfare and Institutions Code 5203 says that it's a misconduct.
  • And they've got a force majeure clause in their back pocket the whole time, and that's practically a
Summary: The committee heard several bills. SB 911, by Senator Becker, would require notification and verification of defensible-space compliance when homes in high wildfire severity zones are transferred, using the preliminary change of ownership report; supporters said it would improve wildfire resilience and insurance availability, while county assessors opposed the use of the PCOR and urged a different recorded document. Members generally supported the bill but raised concerns about the 12-month compliance window and the need to keep working with assessors; the bill was held pending a quorum and later placed on call. SB 1016, by Senator Blakespear, would create a pathway for a higher-level mental health evaluation when a Care Court petition is dismissed because the person is too ill to participate or otherwise needs more intensive care. Supporters, including psychiatrists, family members, and local officials, said Care Court is leaving many severely ill people untreated and that the bill would connect them to existing LPS processes. Opponents, including Disability Rights California, county behavioral health directors, counties, and other advocacy groups, argued it would expand involuntary detention, bypass existing pre-petition screening safeguards, and undermine Care Court’s voluntary nature. The bill passed the committee on a roll call vote and was placed on call. SB 1112, by Senator Archuleta, would create a faster court process for victims of illegal or excessive “bandit towing” to recover their vehicles by posting a bond and obtaining a release certificate. Support came from Enterprise Mobility and the author, who said the bill targets bad actors and helps equalize leverage for vehicle owners; the California Auto Body Association sought an amendment to exclude auto repair shops. The committee passed the bill as amended to Appropriations and placed it on call. SB 1119, by Senator Padilla, would impose child-safety requirements on AI chatbots, including risk assessments, crisis-response protocols, parental controls, limits on time and data use, reporting, audits, and a private right of action. The bill was driven by testimony from the mother of a teenager who died by suicide after prolonged chatbot interactions; industry and business groups opposed or sought amendments, citing overlap with recent law, vague standards, and prescriptive design mandates. Members expressed strong support for the bill’s goals while urging tighter definitions, and the bill was moved on a roll call vote and placed on call.
TX
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

89th Legislative Session - Second Called Session Aug 21st, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • HB 1 by Darby, relating to resident youth camp emergency plans and preparedness, authorizing a civil
  • organizations, creating a criminal offense, increasing a criminal penalty, and providing a civil cause
  • We assess criminal penalties and civil remedies.
  • HB 1 by Darby, relating to resident youth camp emergency plans and preparedness, authorizing a civil
  • organizations, creating a criminal offense, increasing criminal penalties, and providing a civil cause
Bills: HB1, HB2, HB3, HB5, HB20, HB22
Keywords: youth camps, emergency preparedness, safety standards, health regulations, camp licensing, disaster preparedness, emergency management, flooding, mass fatality, mass casualty, fatality tracking, body recovery, autopsy, justice of the peace, medical examiner, county judge, sheriff, mayor, emergency coordinator, emergency manager license
Summary: The House convened in special session with a gubernatorial proclamation adding subjects related to penalties for legislators who absent themselves, ivermectin access, and groundwater study authority. The chamber also handled routine motions, committee scheduling, and first-reading referrals before moving to the main floor calendar focused largely on disaster response and public safety legislation. The central theme throughout the day was the July 4 flooding and related tragedies, with repeated references to families of victims and the need for stronger preparedness and prevention measures. House Bill 1, on youth camp emergency plans and preparedness, was the most emotional and heavily amended measure. Members adopted changes requiring annual emergency plans for resident youth camps, staff training, parent notification, evacuation maps, floodplain-related disclosures, restrictions on sleeping quarters in flood-prone areas, and funding for enforcement. One proposed amendment to require air conditioning or heat in sleeping quarters failed, while another amendment on floodplain restrictions passed after debate over floodplain versus floodway language. HB 1 ultimately passed the House 136-1 on second reading and later 135-1 on final passage. Senate Bill 2 / House Bill 2 on disaster preparedness, response, and recovery also advanced after extensive discussion. The bill creates training for justices of the peace in mass-fatality events, establishes an emergency manager licensing system, sets local succession procedures, creates a statewide volunteer management system, authorizes drone interdiction in disaster zones, expands disaster loan eligibility, and adds review and planning provisions for certain infrastructure and weather-related issues. Members debated the scope of the training, drone impacts on press coverage, volunteer registration, and infrastructure-related amendments; some proposals were adopted and others tabled or withdrawn. SB 2 passed the House 130-4 on third reading and later 132-4 on final passage. The House also passed House Bill 3 creating the Texas Interoperability Council and a grant program for emergency communications equipment, House Bill 20 addressing disaster-related scams and fraudulent charitable solicitations, House Bill 22 expanding allowable uses of the broadband infrastructure fund for emergency communications, and Senate Bill 5 providing supplemental appropriations for disaster relief, including funds for local warning systems and weather monitoring. Each of these bills passed overwhelmingly, with only one or a few dissenting votes, and members repeatedly emphasized the need to improve coordination, communications, funding, and fraud prevention in the wake of recent disasters.
CA
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Public Safety Committee Jun 9th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • SB 498 builds in our framework by making electronic messaging free and also ends the practice of limiting
  • SB 562 would remedy a consequential financial injustice imposed on people who were innocent and unnecessarily
  • Angelina Palsato, on behalf of California's Civil Liberties, and we support. Thank you.
  • California's Civil Liberties, and we support.
  • Return of premium is, in most counties, a civil matter, and then there may not be the defendant themselves
Summary: The Assembly Standing Committee on Public Safety heard several bills, with testimony largely focused on criminal justice, public safety, and detention-related issues. SB 498 by Senator Becker would make electronic messaging free for incarcerated people in CDCR facilities and end 15-minute limits on voice calls; the author and supporters argued it would strengthen family ties and rehabilitation, while no opposition testified. SB 953 by Senator Niello would require two DMV points for misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter cases even when diversion is granted; victims’ family members and law enforcement groups supported it as an accountability measure, while the ACLU and Debt-Free Justice California opposed it, arguing diversion should remain an incentive for rehabilitation and safer roads. The committee also heard SB 1306 by Senator Cortese, which would align state law with federal exemptions for certain GBL-containing chemical mixtures used in semiconductor manufacturing; the author and SEMI said it would reduce unnecessary regulation and protect California’s semiconductor industry, and there was no opposition testimony. Members also considered SB 941 by Senator Padilla, which would cap commissary markups in private immigration detention facilities at 35% above vendor cost. The author and supporters described high prices for basic necessities and poor conditions in private detention centers, while no opposition witnesses appeared. SB 691 by Senator Wahab would require law enforcement body-camera policies to include a process for EMS personnel to request redaction of recordings before public release when patients are receiving medical treatment; supporters said it would protect patient privacy, while the Sheriff’s Association opposed it as duplicative and potentially confusing. SB 562 by Senator Ashby would allow partial refunds of bail bond premiums when charges are not filed or are dropped early; supporters framed it as a fairness measure for low-income families, while bail industry representatives and victims’ advocates warned it could discourage bail agents from posting bonds and could affect domestic violence cases. The committee also took up several additional measures on consent or with no opposition testimony, including AB 2796, SB 891, SB 1012, and SB 1143. After discussion, the committee voted to pass SB 953, SB 1306, and SB 941, and to move SB 498, SB 691, and SB 562 forward as well, with some votes initially held open for absent members. Several bills were pulled by their authors and not heard, including SB 1004, SB 1208, SB 1338, and SB 1401. The meeting concluded with the committee adjourning until the following week.
US
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, September 15, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Patients and VA current VA practice.
  • and best practices that kinds of tools and best practices that are<05:50:29.840> already<05:50
  • and join me in making a practical and join me in making a practical bipartisan<05:50:59.920>
  • <07:53:23.280> Voting that the Civil Rights Act and the Voting that the Civil Rights Act and
  • <07:55:08.478> are Rights Act and the Civil Rights Act are Rights Act and the Civil Rights Act
Keywords: U.S. House of Representatives Floor Proceedings on Monday, September 15, 2025, 1012, house, all
TX
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Corrections Apr 2nd, 2025

Corrections

Transcript Highlights:
  • My name is Danny Woodward, and I am, uh, representing the Texas Civil Rights Project against this bill
  • The Immigration and Nationality Act is a complex body of law that imposes largely civil consequences.
  • The INA imposes civil penalties on people for most immigration violations, and I also want to point out
  • Sure, yes sir, um, 287g references the federal code, and, um, and it is basically an agreement with.
  • We show you registered as the associate director of policy Texas Civil Rights Project and you're for
Bills: HB153
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Education Policy - 02/25/26

Education Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Let's practice some of those. I want you to go home for the next two weeks and do this.
  • c> and technology and AI and agriculture and technology and AI and agriculture and the<00:10:53.519
  • parental engagement, and ensures that every child, regardless of race, zip code, or where they are from
  • Doe fail, this bill also gives parents and students a state-level remedy, which is critical at a time
  • and to learn to read and write and think and to learn to read and write and think and develop<01:
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
AL
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Feb 12th, 2026

Alabama Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • practice is >> And and and the basketball practice is going<01:20:14.719> to<01:20:14.800
  • Put it in to put in and your zip code.
  • <02:04:35.360> and<02:04:35.520> boom, number and maybe a zip code and boom, number
  • And then three, it establishes civil remedies and penalties for franchises so that they have a clear
  • remedies and penalties for franchises remedies and penalties for franchises uh<02:17:32.639> so
Keywords: 920, all
Summary: The Alabama Senate convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, confirmed a quorum, excused absent senators, and adopted the previous day’s journal. The chamber also recognized guests, including members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and employees of the Central Alabama Electric Cooperative. A senator then delivered a Black History Month-style presentation highlighting James Weldon Johnson, A. Philip Randolph, Jan E. Matzeliger, and Percy Lavon Julian for their contributions to civil rights, labor, industry, and science. The Senate received House messages referring two Archives and History board appointments to the Committee on Confirmations, then took up numerous committee reports. Several bills from Finance and Taxation, Judiciary, Education Policy, Agriculture, Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development, Healthcare, Tourism, Veterans and Military Affairs, State Government Affairs, and Local Legislation received favorable reports, some with amendments or substitutes, and were advanced to second reading and placement on the next legislative day’s calendar. The chamber also recommitted Senate Bill 266 to the Tourism Committee. The Senate confirmed multiple appointments, including Llaya McNair to the Alabama Trust Fund Board, several members to the Credit Union Administration Board, and Elizabeth Smithart, Leslie Sanders, and Wayne Sers to the Alabama State Board of Human Resources. It then adopted several resolutions, including commendations and memorials, such as resolutions honoring Mary Francis Holland, the Stanhope Elmore boys bowling team, and Alicia Cannon for more than 50 years of service to the Alabama judicial system. The Senate also adopted a resolution creating the Study Commission on Artificial Intelligence and Children’s Internet Safety, after discussion about its purpose, membership, and duties; an amendment to the commission resolution was adopted before the resolution itself was adopted.
MN
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Cause of action for violations of civil rights created 2/24/26

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • must be a remedy. And the public agrees. must be a remedy. And the public agrees.
  • And there are civil law time to time.
  • What remedy does that person have? And without this, I think the answer is none.
  • <00:47:52.720> And accountability though is the remedy.
  • And accountability though is the remedy.
Keywords: 919, house, all
Summary: The committee heard House File 3477, Representative Long’s “Universal Constitutional Remedies Act,” which would create a civil damages remedy for constitutional violations by government actors, including federal officials. Long and supporting testifiers argued the bill fills a gap in current law, noting that people can sue state and local officials under Section 1983 but generally lack a meaningful damages remedy against federal actors. Supporters said the bill would improve accountability, make harmed individuals whole, and is consistent with the Supremacy Clause and federal law. Public testimony included Dr. Roger Day, who said the bill was important to people harmed by “color of law” abuses and urged broad, inclusive language. Members then considered amendments. The A1 amendment, offered by Representative Duran, removed subdivision 2, which had required federal law enforcement partners entering agreements with Minnesota to agree to abide by the state and federal constitutions; the amendment was adopted. The A2 amendment, which would have added a six-year lookback and limited the bill to future causes of action, was debated at length and rejected. The A3 amendment, which would have required state agencies to absorb litigation costs, was also debated; House fiscal staff said a fiscal note was not complete and costs were uncertain, and the amendment was not adopted. In discussion after amendments, opponents argued the bill would conflict with federal supremacy, duplicate or interfere with existing federal remedies, and could create fiscal and operational burdens. Supporters responded that the bill is modeled on existing remedies for state and local officials and that federal accountability is currently inadequate. The bill, as amended by A1, was then moved toward the general register, with a roll call requested on the bill.
WY
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Joint Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions, May 22, 2026 - PM

Corporations, Elections & Political Subdivisions

Transcript Highlights:
  • And again, the Wyoming code says that we And again, the Wyoming code says that we can<00:02:29.720>
  • civil rights were violated and demands $10 million.
  • that his civil rights were violated and that his civil rights were violated and demands<01:00:59.800
  • It also refines mobility and practice privileges.
  • without<02:26:13.600> delay and begin practicing um without delay and begin practicing um
Keywords: 916, all
MA
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Formal House Session 100 Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am

Massachusetts House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • and spending income, local, state, and federal taxes, charitable giving, how to balance ledgers and
  • Financially literate citizens are less likely to fall victim to predatory practices and more likely to
  • students' ability to read and who intervened with the best practices that they knew.
  • poor literacy instruction for their kids and the harm. ...forward trying to remediate poor literacy
  • evidence-based practices necessary to identify and support struggling readers early, before they fall
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The House took up several procedural orders early in the session, including extending the reporting deadline for the Housing Committee on H.4655 and suspending Joint Rule 12 for a petition seeking to rescind prior Article 5 constitutional convention applications. It then advanced three Ways and Means bills on education-related topics: personal financial literacy education (H.4670), expanded access to the state seal of biliteracy (H.4671), and teacher preparation and student literacy (H.4672), each moving through amendment adoption and third reading or engrossment procedures. A major portion of the meeting focused on H.4670, which would require personal financial literacy instruction in middle and high school and establish a financial literacy trust fund for curriculum and teacher training. Members spoke in support, emphasizing budgeting, credit, student loans, and long-term financial planning, and the bill passed to be engrossed by a 154-0 roll call. H.4671, which broadens access to the seal of biliteracy for students in public and private schools, also drew support and passed to be engrossed 155-0. The most extensive debate centered on H.4672, a literacy bill requiring evidence-based reading instruction, DESE-approved curricula or approved local alternatives, screening and progress monitoring, professional development, and related implementation measures. Members described concerns about declining reading scores and argued for a shift away from three-cueing toward phonics-based, science-of-reading approaches. Several amendments were considered: a proposal to change intervention language from “significantly” to “at risk of falling behind” failed, while amendments adding funding language, stakeholder collaboration, and other implementation details were adopted. One amendment clarifying that pictures may be used as a supplement in literacy curricula was also adopted, and the bill ultimately passed to be engrossed 155-0. The House also observed moments of silence for former Judge Leslie Harris, former Representative Mark Carron, and former Representative Dennis Rosa, and adjourned to meet the next day at 11 a.m.
CO
CO

Colorado 2026 Regular Session

Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 111 May 4th, 2026

Colorado House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • By contrast, HB 261054 would allow plaintiffs to seek statutory damages and state civil penalties under
  • By contrast, HB 261054 would allow plaintiffs to seek statutory damages and state civil penalties under
  • and and rig areas.
  • If we are out and and and rig areas.
  • transportation, and we had a wrong code transportation, and we had a wrong code for<03:22:46.960
Keywords: 981, all