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NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Ways and Means (04/15/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- Yeah, of course. of the second sentence.
- Number two is how we split the money and the differential.
- Number two is how we split the money and the differential.
- <01:17:29.600>
the Um number two is um how we split the Um number two is um how we split the - any updates you might have on the split any updates you might have on the split of<02:21:58.960>
Summary:
The committee held a public hearing on SB 60, which would expressly authorize advanced deposit wagering for horse racing in New Hampshire and set the online tax rate at 1.25%, matching the existing rate for in-person horse betting at Seabrook and Belmont. Senator Tim Lang said the bill is intended to clarify that online horse betting is permitted, regulate the activity, and create a revenue stream while keeping the tax rate consistent with brick-and-mortar wagering. Members asked about the rate compared with other states, whether the bill was really about casino front money, and whether geofencing would apply; Lang and later witnesses said the bill is narrowly limited to parimutuel horse racing and would use geofencing to keep wagering within New Hampshire.
Peter Bragdon, speaking for Churchill Downs, supported the bill and described advanced deposit wagering as remote betting on horse races under the Interstate Horse Racing Act of 1978. He said Churchill Downs and other operators have long been active in New Hampshire, but the state’s lack of a specific statute has created a gray area. Bragdon said Churchill Downs stopped its own New Hampshire online operations in 2022 after discussions with the Lottery Commission and attorney general, while competitors continued operating, and he framed the bill as a fairness and consumer-protection measure that would clarify the law going forward. He also said the bill would not affect historic horse racing machines and would not create cannibalization of charitable gaming.
Lottery Director Charlie McIntyre said the Lottery Commission and attorney general had identified the issue as similar to the earlier fantasy sports situation, where legislation was used to regulate an activity rather than pursue enforcement. He said the commission requested the bill, would serve as the regulator, and would address violations through rulemaking and penalties. McIntyre said operators would maintain customer and transaction records, with the commission reviewing them as needed, and he noted that three operators are currently active in the state and not paying the proposed 1.25% rate. No vote was taken during the hearing.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- Secondly, the state-federal split on administrative costs is going to change from a 50/50 split to a
- 75/25% split, with 75% being the state and 25% the feds, effective October 1 of this year.
- Secondly, the state-federal split on administrative costs is going to change from a 50/50 split to a
- So those splits again, the >> Thank you.
- It says it should be noted sentence.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Second reading of bills: HB 2366, voting sentence; HB 2372, school board candidate electronic; HB 2375
- How many more families need to be split apart? How many more nightmares do we need to create?
- How many more families need to be split apart? How many more nightmares do we need to create?
Summary:
The House convened with prayer by Deacon Ernie Gonzalez, the Pledge of Allegiance, approval of the prior journal, and recognition of Dr. Pamela Murphy as Doctor of the Day. Members also introduced guests, including local officials, Arizona Game and Fish commissioners, and advocates from the Alzheimer’s Association. A proclamation was read designating January 26, 2026, as Arizona Aviation Day, highlighting the industry’s economic impact and the role of airports, aerospace, and aviation-related jobs in the state.
The clerk then recorded a large number of bills and resolutions for first and second reading, covering water and energy policy, education savings accounts and school choice, elections and campaign finance, veterans issues, public safety, housing, health care, immigration-related matters, and land and natural resources. Representative Gress also read a resolution recognizing National School Choice Week and praising Arizona’s school choice programs, including charter schools and empowerment scholarship accounts.
A lengthy portion of the meeting consisted of members’ personal privilege remarks responding to violence and immigration enforcement actions in Minnesota and Arizona. Many members condemned ICE tactics, described fear and harm in immigrant communities, and called for constitutional rights, due process, and accountability; several requested or observed a moment of silence. No substantive floor votes on legislation were taken during the transcript beyond the motion to adjourn, which passed, and the House adjourned until 1:15 p.m. Tuesday, January 27, 2026.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session-Day 15, February 26, 2026-AM
Wyoming House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- When somebody is convicted of a crime, the sentencing judge will have a pre-sentence investigation done
- When somebody is convicted of a crime, the sentencing judge will have a pre-sentence investigation done
- When somebody is convicted of a crime, the sentencing judge will have a pre-sentence investigation done
- When somebody is convicted of a crime, the sentencing judge will have a pre-sentence investigation done
- When somebody is convicted of a crime, the sentencing judge will have a pre-sentence investigation done
AR
Arkansas 2026 1st Special Session
INSURANCE & COMMERCE - SENATE AND HOUSE Feb 13th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- I mean, the credit union—this was through Arkansas Federal—they took care of me lickety-split the day
- And then if we get appointed, we prosecute all the way to sentencing.
- After sentencing, it becomes the AG's office for appeal and what have you. The issue that...
- And then if we get appointed, we prosecuted all the way to sentencing.
- After sentencing, it becomes the AG's office. to sentencing, after sentencing, it becomes the AG's office
Summary:
A joint House-Senate Insurance and Commerce meeting focused on the growing threat of financial fraud in Arkansas, with members hearing from bankers, regulators, law enforcement, AARP, and mortgage and insurance industry representatives. Witnesses described a wide range of scams, including spoofed bank calls and texts, fake websites and social media impersonation, romance and investment scams, business email compromise, gift card fraud, check fraud, wire fraud, reverse mortgage scams, and crypto kiosk schemes. Several speakers emphasized that fraud is increasingly organized, technology-driven, and amplified by artificial intelligence, and that seniors are disproportionately targeted and often suffer the largest losses.
Testimony highlighted both prevention and recovery efforts. Bankers said institutions spend heavily on training, customer education, and fraud detection, but often cannot stop losses once customers have been convinced to authorize transfers. The Attorney General’s office described its Consumer Protection Division, a new Financial Fraud Task Force, and examples of recovering funds quickly from crypto kiosk and wire fraud cases. The State Bank Department and Securities Department said Arkansas’s 2025 crypto ATM legislation and related education requirements have helped, and they urged continued public education. The Insurance Department reported major insurance-fraud trends, including fake insurance cards, forged policies, premium-finance schemes, and staged auto accidents, and said it prosecutes these cases aggressively.
Members asked about reporting scams, the security of tap payments, how fraud losses are tracked, the role of crypto kiosks, and whether Arkansas should pursue model legislation or stronger action against telecom and social media companies. Witnesses said tap payments are generally safer than chip or swipe, that crypto transfers are often unrecoverable, and that spoofed caller ID and impersonation ads remain major problems. Paul Benda of the American Bankers Association urged state and federal action against telecom and social media platforms and supported national scam legislation. No new bills were voted on at the meeting, but members approved the November 3, 2025 minutes and several witnesses offered to share model legislation, consumer education materials, and state-by-state fraud data with the committee.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session-Day 12, February 23, 2026-PM
Wyoming Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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as entities and would be an easy split as entities and would be an easy split - This amendment splits things right down the middle.
- This amendment splits things right down the middle.
- This amendment splits things right down the middle.
- you're sitting on somebody's sentence you're sitting on somebody's sentence that's<01:28:13.199>
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- Increasing sentences has not made a dent in the several very recent times we’ve increased sentences,
- and it’s not because we didn’t make the sentences long enough.
- Those investments prevent harm; longer sentences after the fact do not.
- Longer sentences after the fact do not.
- It's split.
Keywords:
medical malpractice, malpractice reform, patient's compensation fund, PCF, health care liability, tort reform, damage caps, punitive damages, hospital liability, physician liability, nurse practitioner, certified nurse-midwife, outpatient facility, ambulatory surgical center, urgent care, free-standing emergency room, insurance surcharge, superintendent of insurance, New Mexico hospitals, medical review process
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Finance Division I (05/13/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- So you could do the parking, you could remove the sentence that you object to, Mr.
- the sentence that you object to Mr. the sentence that you object to Mr. chair,<01:28:43.920>
- So, um, I guess, you know, we're splitting hairs here.
- So, um, I guess, you know, we're splitting hairs here.
- <01:40:40.320>
hairs guess, you know, we're splitting hairs guess, you know, we're splitting
Summary:
The committee took up House Bill 74, which would require agencies issuing certain real-property-related permits to track and report how many permits they issue and how long the process takes. Representative Carol McGuire introduced the bill and said the goal is to gather data on permit timing and fees, especially for DES and DOT permits involving wetlands, alteration of terrain, driveway permits, and similar approvals. Supporters argued the state needs better visibility into permitting delays and whether statutory deadlines are realistic; they also noted the bill had passed the House on a voice vote with no debate.
Adam Crapo of the Department of Environmental Services said DES is generally supportive of the reporting concept but warned that the agency’s data are spread across many separate, partly manual databases. He said DES can already do this for some land resources permits through its new system, but not across all of its more than 90 permit types without additional help. DES estimated it would need two part-time positions to compile the reports, especially for waste management and water programs, and said otherwise existing permitting staff would have to do the work, potentially slowing permit processing. He also said the agency is already working to simplify rules and move more permits onto a new online platform, but could not meet the bill’s 2026 reporting deadline with current staffing and systems.
Committee members questioned whether delays are often caused by incomplete applications rather than agency inaction, and Crapo said that is frequently the case. He said DES already tracks timelines to some extent for management and statutory compliance, but not at the individual-permit detail the bill would require. He also said some letters and records are captured in One Stop, but not all are. Members expressed support for the bill’s transparency goals while also worrying about added workload and possible slowdowns. The discussion then moved to DOT, where Susan Clawson said DOT is neutral on the bill because it recently implemented Salesforce and now has good data for reporting; DOT’s fiscal note reflects software-related costs, but the agency can already track the required information in its system.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Chamber Meeting Feb 9th, 2026 at 11:52 am
New Mexico House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- But I know that during our freshman year, the capital outlay was split a third, a third, a third, and
- But I know that during our freshman year, the capital outlay was split a third, a third, a third, and
- Speaker, gentlelady, I think what you need to remember also is a discretionary sentence.
- If you just go to the sentencing statutes, Madam Chair, Mr.
- Sentencing statutes, you can see where it says a second-degree felony is punishable up to nine years.
Bills:
HB111, HB61, HB43, HB156, HB70, SB3, HB103, HB109, HB128, HB247, HJM2, HJM3, HM7, HM17, HM4, HM22, HM23, HM24, HM26, HM2, HM16, HM32, HM11, HM14, HM21, HM34, HM50
Keywords:
water law, state engineer, civil penalty, compliance order, water rights, overdiversion, illegal diversion, groundwater storage and recovery, well license, permit violation, water enforcement, New Mexico water code, irrigation district, conservancy district, water diversion, unauthorized water sales, measuring device, district court appeal, water resources, water compliance
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Shifting to the death penalty, how does the mandatory death sentence for undocumented...
- Maximum sentence is death; it is a death-eligible offense and that is the maximum sentence in the case
- We already have on death row 30 cases of wrongly sentenced human beings.
- We already have 30 people on death row wrongly accused and sentenced to death.
- Being an immigrant should not command a death sentence.
Keywords:
immigration enforcement, unauthorized alien entry, death penalty, capital felonies, 287G agreements, in-state tuition, undocumented students, DACA, TPS, Venezuelan immigrants, law enforcement funding, immigration detention, federal preemption, equal protection, constitutional challenges, immigration status determination, school resource officers, conscientious objection, clergy protection, teacher protection
Summary:
The Florida House passed two immigration enforcement bills during a special session. Senate Bill 4C creates new state offenses for unauthorized alien entry/reentry into Florida and mandates the death penalty for unauthorized aliens convicted of capital felonies. Senate Bill 2C establishes a state immigration enforcement board, provides $300+ million for local law enforcement immigration cooperation, creates a $1,000 bonus program for officers participating in federal immigration enforcement, and repeals in-state tuition for undocumented students effective July 1, 2025. Multiple amendments were proposed but failed, including protections for Venezuelan TPS holders, DACA recipients, students in critical professions, and conscientious objection provisions for clergy and teachers. Debate included constitutional concerns about federal preemption, equal protection violations, and mandatory death penalty provisions. The session also included a memorial urging DHS to provide 287G agreement training opportunities.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Health and Human Services Feb 16th, 2026 at 09:04 am
House Health & Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- And let me give you some detail of how that gets split and some other unique features of this.
- This, it would, if there were a 50-50 split, there'd be 40 to 50 MDs, 80 to 90 allied health professionals
- Depending upon how the money gets split out, it could be 170 a year.
- And the amendment adds this sentence: if the department does not receive.
Keywords:
SB 101, Health Care Delivery and Access Act, repeal of repeal, sunset repeal, delayed repeal, health care, healthcare, access to care, medical services, provider regulation, state health law, New Mexico, SB 21, Medicare supplement, Medigap, open enrollment, guaranteed issue, birthday month enrollment, health insurance, insurance regulation
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Courts, Corrections and Justice Sep 23rd, 2025
Courts, Corrections & Justice Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- We provide that information to the judge, which may assist in sentencing considerations. considerations
- and decisions, possibly conditioning treatment as part of the sentence, and things like that.
- So I mentioned we have kind of split up what was the original program. Thank you for doing that.
- Clients who are committed to prison get pre-sentence confinement time.
- to a deferred sentence and probation.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- One of you split your head open.
- It’s not 50-50 split. It’s 50 percent to this. It’s 50% to spouse-spouse-spouse.
- Repeat sexual offenders face longer mandatory minimum sentences.
- Certain offenses are incorporated into Florida's criminal punishment code to ensure sentencing reflects
- Certain offenses are incorporated into Florida's criminal punishment code to ensure sentencing reflects
Summary:
The Senate began with opening prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and recognitions, including the doctor of the day and a lighthearted “Cannoli Day” introduction. The chamber then held an extended farewell celebration for Senator Joe Gruters, with numerous senators, colleagues, and family members praising his loyalty, political skill, family focus, and service in the Legislature and Republican Party. Gruters was presented with a commemorative gift recognizing his work on a 2019 public-safety and immigration bill that prohibited sanctuary cities and required local cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. The Senate adopted a motion to spread Gruters’s remarks upon the journal and then recessed briefly.
After recess, the Senate returned to regular business and took up third-reading bills. Committee Substitute for Committee Substitute for Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 354, relating to blue ribbon projects, was temporarily postponed. The chamber then considered Committee Substitute for Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 1758, relating to public assistance, with Senator Gates explaining that it contained five reforms to the public assistance system discussed earlier in session.
During debate on SB 1758, Senator Berman opposed the bill, saying he could not support it in its current form because he believed the Medicaid-related provisions would create a coverage cliff after the one-year transition period and could leave people without care while increasing costs to hospitals and taxpayers. He also said SNAP error reduction should be a priority, but argued the state should focus on fixing administrative errors and fraud rather than imposing a work requirement whose costs and effects were uncertain.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, especially if we are creating a single category for all of these rather than splitting the speed.
- <03:37:25.840>
Um <03:37:26.880>this <03:37:27.040>is splitting the speed. - Um this is splitting the speed.
- I'm just making sure I understand the structure of the sentence.
- One with a speed splitting it to account for things that go faster, have access to more everything.
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session-Day 8, February 18, 2026-AM
Wyoming House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I think that expresses our intent all by itself, and I don't think we need the next sentence. >> Thank
- . sentence. sentence.
- That's the 50-50 split for the administration of the program. So, we're actually funding both.
- That's the 50-50 split the same amount.
- That's the 50-50 split for<00:43:36.880>
the <00:43:37.119>administration <00:43:38.319>
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- have a mental health evaluation and follow the recommendations of treatment if the defendant is sentenced
- Additionally, for defense, Getting treatment as a part of his or her probation sentence.
- Additionally, for defendants who are sentenced to prison, it requires DOC to evaluate the mental health
- And all it takes is a split second to do a head-on or kill somebody, and really, really close.
- Well, now the officer in that split second is going to stop me and accuse me of something.
Summary:
The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, doctor and guest introductions, and then took up Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 168, the Tristan Murphy Act, on mental health. Senator Bradley described the bill as a major criminal justice and behavioral health reform measure that would expand pretrial mental health diversion, strengthen treatment-based probation conditions, broaden grant uses for mental health and substance abuse programs, add Hillsborough County to a forensic hospital diversion pilot, require certain DOC mental health evaluations, and create a Florida Behavioral Health Data Repository. Senators from both parties spoke in strong support, emphasizing treatment over incarceration, public safety, data collection, and the Murphy family’s role in advancing the bill. The Senate passed the bill 37-0 and then approved 37 co-sponsors.
The chamber then received the Senate’s 2025-26 General Appropriations Bill, SB 2500, with Chair Hooper outlining a $117.4 billion budget that he said reduces spending, preserves reserves, and includes major investments in water quality, transportation, education infrastructure, and reporting requirements. Committee chairs summarized their portions: K-12 funding at $34.7 billion with increases for FEFP, scholarships, VPK, school hardening, and school safety; higher education at $11.5 billion with workforce, nursing, reading, autism, and student aid investments; health and human services with a $1.8 billion increase for Medicaid, mental health, opioid response, disability services, and veterans programs; criminal and civil justice at $7.6 billion for corrections, juvenile justice, law enforcement, courts, and judgeships; transportation/tourism/economic development at about $18 billion including roads, housing, Visit Florida, and cultural grants; and agriculture/environment/general government with major Everglades, water quality, citrus, food bank, and agency IT funding.
Members then questioned several budget items, especially education funding formulas, the shift of scholarship dollars below the line, the impact on public school districts, AP/IB and other accelerated program funding, the APD wait list, opioid settlement spending, arts grants, and the My Safe Florida Home and condo pilot programs. Chairs generally said scholarship and accelerated-program dollars were being restructured for transparency and flexibility rather than cut, that school districts would still receive funding based on enrollment, and that APD and other human services issues would continue to be worked out in conference. The budget discussion concluded with remarks praising staff and noting a 4% across-the-board pay raise for state employees and targeted increases for law enforcement and firefighters, followed by a recognition for FAMU Day at the Capitol.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Education Finance Mar 5th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Rebenching, we are rebenching TK in a way that what we're utilizing to rebench, we are still doing the split
- Splits that, so 89% is going to support K-12 programs, 11% for community colleges.
- are treating that growth as if it was a normal growth of Proposition 98, which then you would do the split
- Probably important to clarify here the split. That's not based on a statute or a budget...
- So, it is essentially a death sentence for a small town to consolidate schools.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- So it's more important to kind of split those two groups apart.
- Her assailant punched her so many times, he split.
- Her assailant punched her so many times he split her jaw, and then he sexually assaulted her.
- Many times they're sitting there longer than what their sentence would have been.
- So if you get sentenced for 30 days in jail, that sounds good on paper.
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- And it makes a technical change, adding the word 'or' in a sentence. ...adds the word 'or' in a sentence
- “And the state pays all of that, or is it split between the parishes?”
- And most of the damage that happened in hurricanes in recent years is because trees split houses.
Bills:
HR118, HR196, HR237, HR285, HCR85, HB442, HB443, SCR5, SCR29, SCR33, SCR63, SB25, SB202, SB319
Keywords:
water utility, tax credit, excessive rates, residential service, subcommittee, fallen trees, property damage, insurance, property values, hurricanes, storm damage, local government, homeowners, risk management, committee study, census, military population, Department of Defense, representation, federal funding
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
House of Representatives Second Regular Session of the 60th Legislature Day 49 - Afternoon Session Apr 29th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Oklahoma House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It took me forever to figure out how to get the middle of my sentence not to interrupt the beginning
- of your sentence.
- Mickey, what you don't know is in a split second in my mind, I was standing there and I... had I had
- This would allow a seven-day prescription to be split into two shorter prescriptions, hopefully ending
Bills:
HR1055, SB2170, SB1833, SB1198, HR1056, SB1730, SB563, SB1379, SB1645, SB2155, SB1280, SB1455, SB1456, SB1461, SB1457, SB1463, SB1465, SB1466, SB1344, SB1309, HR1054, SB2159, SB1948, HB1371, SB1365, SB1976, SB1975, SB2026, SB1565, SB1621, SB237, SB933, SB1427, SB1642, SB171, SB1873, SB2067, SB1623, SB1771, SB1805, SB1826, SB2072, SB444, SB2184, SB1966, SB1812, SB2117, SB2135, SB330, SB1239, SB1428, SB1531, SB1484, SB1405, SB3