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VT
Transcript Highlights:
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- </c> Will the House please take a brief recess? Will the House please come to order?
- </c> The So, the question is shall the house The So, the question is shall the house refuse<00:04:13.040
- </c> rules to message our action on House rules to message our action on House Bill<00:04:59.120><c>
- </c> appropriate design code act. appropriate design code act.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session May 26th, 2026
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- the cost of housing for our working-class families.
- One of the promises is factory-built housing and modular housing.
- with using their vouchers and actually connecting to housing.
- By chance, is this your last bill from the House of Origin? Last bill from the House of Origin?
- This applies only to 100% affordable housing developments.
CA
Committee:
House Rules
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Natural Resources and Environment May 26th, 2026
Natural Resources & Environment
Transcript Highlights:
- At appropriate time, Mr. Chair. It is an appropriate time unless the Senator wishes.
- That's appropriate time, Mr. Chair. It is an appropriate time unless the Senator wishes to close.
- We're going to do House Bill 510. Representative Schamhorn, Ms.
- With that, make a motion to voluntarily defer House Bill 510.
- Members, House Resolution 279 by Vice Chairman Ogeron recognizes the value House Resolution 279 by Vice
Committee:
House Natural Resources & Environment
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- I was just going to move favorable at the appropriate time. Okay, Representative Billings.
- Unfortunately, our committee on the House side did not get to reap the benefits of our work.
- But that $10 million set appropriated to that one piece of the project, this will allow LED to make that
- is there any way we can possibly or potentially move the timeline up to where we can, I guess, the House
- The House takes it up to see if we can scrub any savings.
Bills:
SB406
Committee:
House Ways & Means
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Joint Legislative Performance Audit Oversight Committee (05/22/2026)
Transcript Highlights:
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- </c> appropriate to do so. appropriate to do so.
- We are required to obtain sufficient appropriate evidence in order to support the conclusions that we
- </c><00:26:22.320><c> to</c> office as it's needed appropriately to office as it's needed appropriately
- appropriate evidence in accordance<00:36:52.320><c> with</c><00:36:52.440><c> our</c><00:36:52.600><
Summary:
The committee received an update from the LBA on three audits related to education programs. Christine Young reported that the special education audit is in report-writing, with 44 of 81 observations completed, and that a draft is expected early in the third quarter with a final report later in the summer. She also said the doorway program audit has a draft report with 12 observations, auditee responses were received May 14, an exit conference was held May 18, and the report is now expected to be presented at the June fiscal committee meeting.
The bulk of the discussion focused on the education freedom accounts audit and a proposed expansion of scope. Beulah Skids explained that the original audit, required by the 2022 law creating the EFA program, would be expanded to examine whether students were New Hampshire residents at enrollment and throughout participation, and whether records of educational attainment satisfied program requirements. She described the current work, the draft cooperation agreement being developed with the Department of Education and the Children’s Scholarship Fund, and the department’s concerns about the audit period and the term "educational progress," which the LBA said it would revise. The committee discussed that the expanded work would depend on a written agreement giving the LBA access to needed records, policies, and staff, with the Department of Education potentially serving as an intermediary for data access.
Members raised concerns about the scope period and data access. Senator Lang asked that the residency review be limited to the 2024-25 and 2025-26 school years, rather than the broader 2022-25 period, because those years captured the major program expansions; the committee appeared to agree, with clarification that the reference was to school years, not fiscal years. Members also discussed reconciliation of EFA funds, noting that the department has agreed to reopen rulemaking to make reconciliation more frequent so unused funds can be returned to the state sooner. Several members expressed frustration that access to data had been delayed, while LBA staff said the cooperation agreement is intended to prevent further roadblocks and that the AG’s office could review it if needed.
VT
Transcript Highlights:
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- 49.120><c> allows</c> The House appropriation version allows The House appropriation version allows the
- House Appropriations Committee, it the House Appropriations Committee, it deletes<00:31:29.039><c> section
VT
Transcript Highlights:
- And so, your House Appropriations Committee favorably reports that S. 23 has passed the Senate and amended
- further amended by House Appropriations by a vote of 10-0-1.
- further amended by House Appropriations by a vote of 10-0-1.
- And um, I'm having a hard time containing my excitement from House Appropriation on the waving of fees
- the House Appropriations Committee today.
VT
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- </c> will hang somewhere in the State House. will hang somewhere in the State House.
- </c> House today. House today.
- </c> the People's House? the People's House?
- </c> Ladabouche to the People's House. Ladabouche to the People's House.
- </c> and and housing. and and housing.
VT
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session May 22nd, 2026
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- appellate housing.
- This backlog further exacerbates the housing crisis, and The backlog further exacerbates the housing
- Matter of fact, I like this bill so much in this housing session.
- It was awarded a housing award by Quirk-Silva because I've now established my own housing ward.
- Assembly Bill 2058 by Assembly Member Harbidian and others and accolated in housing.
VT
Transcript Highlights:
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- </c> friendships and served as on the House friendships and served as on the House Committee<00:03:01.120
- </c> found on page 3452 of today's house found on page 3452 of today's house calendar.<00:07:09.599><
- After additions proposed by the General and Housing Committee, the House reviewed and passed the bill
- The house had added two provisions.
VT
Transcript Highlights:
- They are House Bill 841, House Bill 938, House Bill 941, and House Bill 957.
- House Bill 841, House Bill 938, House Bill 941, and House Bill 957. I hope I said that first one.
- House Bill 841, House Bill 938, House Bill 941, and House Bill 957.
- The bill is referred to the committee on appropriations pursuant to House Rule 35A, pending its entry
- The bill is referred to the committee on appropriations pursuant to House Rule 35A, pending its entry
VT
NH
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session May 21st, 2026
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- notice whenever it is going to be appropriate.
- notice whenever it is going to be appropriate.
- This is a good housing bill. We all say we care about housing.
- I want to get to yes on housing.
- And members, we have former Assembly Member Medina in the house. I guess he missed House of Origin.
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
Labor and Industrial Relations May 20th, 2026
Labor & Industrial Relations
Transcript Highlights:
- Today, Wednesday, May 20th, this is the final meeting of the House Committee on Labor and Industrial
- This bill would say, at the closest appropriate possible pay period time, you can control your own money
- And here we are today in House Labor with Representative Eccles' amendment that, as we all witnessed,
- way that Senator Lambert's amendment was presented and voted on unanimously, nonpartisan, both in House
- Thank you all so much for your patience on this last meeting of the House of Representatives.
Committee:
House Labor & Industrial Relations
Summary:
The House Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations met for its final meeting of the 2026 session and took up SB 312 by Senator Talbot, a bill concerning labor organizations, employee dues and fees, withdrawal from unions, annual notice requirements, and related reporting and notification provisions. The committee first adopted a technical amendment set, then debated a larger amendment set that shifted the cease-withholding request to the employer, required electronic confirmation, placed certain administrative costs on the labor organization, and added language about employer notification and authorization procedures. Members discussed whether the bill was needed, whether employees already have the ability to opt out, and whether the amendments would create confusion or unnecessary bureaucracy. Supporters said the bill protects employee choice and ensures dues stoppage happens at the nearest payroll period; opponents argued the added language was unclear and burdensome. The committee also adopted a separate technical amendment adding mass transit employees to the list of exemptions.
Testimony came from the bill author and several stakeholders. Senator Talbot said the bill is meant to ensure workers know they do not have to join a union, can revoke dues authorizations, and can stop deductions without waiting for a fixed annual window. Representative Eccles defended the amendments as employee protections and a way to shift administrative costs away from taxpayers. Jim Patterson of LABI supported the amendments, saying they protect public employers and taxpayers from administrative costs. After the amendments were adopted on a roll call vote, union representatives Matt Wood of the Louisiana AFL-CIO, Peter Robbins-Brown of the AFL-CIO, and Larry Carter of the Louisiana Federation of Teachers and School Employees testified in opposition to the amended bill, saying they had worked in good faith on a simpler opt-in/opt-out framework and objected to the new cost and bureaucracy provisions. Several members also spoke in favor of the bill as a matter of freedom of choice and employee control over paycheck deductions.
At the end of debate, Representative Wilder moved to report SB 312 with amendments. The motion passed on a roll call vote, and the bill was reported from committee with amendments. The committee then adjourned.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Committee of Conference on HB 1099, HB 1807 (05/20/2026)
Transcript Highlights:
- Just to characterize it in a slightly different way, The House version is, too.
- For the House.
- is coming from where where the house is coming from right<01:01:47.280><c> now.
- </c> back to the house version. back to the house version.
- </c> Did you want to come back with your House on 3 here?
Summary:
The conference committee first discussed HB 1099, which creates a committee to study private business providing special education services and local school district reimbursement. Members explained that the issue is broader than special education alone, involving residential placements, foster care, court-ordered placements, and questions about which entity pays for education and care costs when students are placed in residential facilities. The House proposed an amendment to expand the study to include students placed in residential facilities by school districts as well as those placed through episodes of treatment or court order, and members agreed the existing commission would not resolve the issue before its July 1, 2026 expiration.
Representative Coker raised concern about the phrase “but not limited to,” but members said the broader language was needed to capture placements beyond the existing statutory categories. The committee then agreed to accede to the Senate version of HB 1099 with a committee amendment, and the House voted unanimously to adopt amendment 2026-1845H. The bill was placed on the consent calendar, and the meeting adjourned.
The transcript also includes a separate conference committee discussion on HB 1807, concerning mandatory reporting to voters. The main dispute was how to present administrator compensation: the House favored total administrative cost, while the Senate initially preferred average administrator salary. Members debated whether voters would be better informed by totals or averages, and whether the bill should define “administrator” more clearly by reference to DOE rules. The committee reached a tentative compromise to add both an average administrator salary graph and a total administrator cost graph, define administrators by reference to ED 501.02(B), scale the graph more precisely, and list the top 10 highest-paid administrators plus any employee earning over $100,000. Both chambers then gave unanimous support to the revised approach, with the understanding that the draft would be finalized and signed later.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Special Committee on COVID Response Efficacy (05/20/2026)
Transcript Highlights:
- Welcome to the New Hampshire House of Representatives Special Committee on COVID Response Efficacy for
- I'd like to let the public know that um this week and next week we have in the House and Senate committees
- this week and next week we have<00:27:22.880><c> in</c><00:27:23.760><c> the</c><00:27:24.080><c> House
- and Senate committees have in the House and Senate committees of<00:27:25.679><c> conference</c><00:
- for the legislature, the general court, gc.nh.gov, you can find the House and, uh, hit that tab.
Summary:
The Special Committee on COVID Response Efficacy met briefly without a quorum because many members were tied up in legislative committee of conference work. The chair said the committee would resume in June and, in the meantime, directed members to the committee webpage and the 2024 committee’s report and COVID-19 after-action report, which he said could be reviewed for possible updates and legislative recommendations on how New Hampshire should respond to future pandemics.
The chair then introduced two recent articles as framing material: one about the U.S. Supreme Court declining to hear a challenge to the Los Angeles Unified School District’s COVID vaccine mandate, and another about CDC internal emails and alleged failure to publicly acknowledge vaccine safety signals. He argued these examples raised concerns about mandates, transparency, and the balance between individual rights and public health, and said the committee would revisit the issue in future meetings. Representative Pollazok thanked the chair for presenting both legal and medical perspectives and suggested the committee focus on reviewing scientific methodology and the quality of evidence behind competing claims.
A member asked whether vaccine pamphlets now include risks and benefits, and the chair responded that FDA-approved products should have patient inserts available on the FDA website, including sections listing adverse events from clinical studies and commercial use. He said he would research and email the committee copies or excerpts. Members also discussed how to evaluate studies over different time periods, dosing levels, and the timing of side effects, as well as the difficulty of comparing vaccinated and unvaccinated outcomes when definitions change over time.
Before adjourning, the chair said the committee would ask the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services how it would monitor and assess vaccine or pandemic-related issues in real time and whether additional structures would be needed in a future emergency. He said the committee would likely take July and August off, resume in September, and aim to have a draft report by mid-October and a final report by late October ahead of the November elections.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Committee of Conference on HB 244 (05/20/2026)
Transcript Highlights:
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- In in the version returned to the house.
- </c><00:28:28.160><c> language</c><00:28:28.800><c> in</c> appropriate to have that language in appropriate
- We've all agreed upon that, and it'll be on consent in the House. Amen.
- So with that thank in the house. Amen.
Summary:
The Conference Committee on House Bill 244 met to resolve remaining drafting issues in the bill updating and recodifying municipal enforcement of building and fire codes. The chair explained that the measure is largely a technical recodification, moving statutory references and correcting broken cross-references after review by the subcommittee, the Senate, AI-assisted checking, and the Building Code Review Board. Members emphasized that Amendment 2026-1923H contains no policy changes, only reference updates and language cleanup to ensure the bill points to the correct current RSA sections.
The committee then discussed a few specific drafting questions, including a reference on page one and language on page two concerning the phrase “remove the prohibition on a building permit.” Some members questioned whether that wording should instead describe a variance or exception, but the chair and Representative Darji explained that the language is intended to allow an applicant to return to the zoning board to remove a prohibition attached to a specific building permit, not to broadly eliminate the underlying rule. The committee also noted a corrected reference to current statutory language because the underlying law had changed since the bill was introduced.
After the explanation, the House receded from its position of non-concurrence and concurred with the Senate amendment as further amended by 2026-1923H. Members agreed to place the measure on the House consent calendar, and the committee adjourned.