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FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

Ethics and Elections Apr 22nd, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • PLEASE SILENCE ALL ELECTRONIC DEVICES.
  • ANY OF THE 127 APPOINTEES LISTED ON THE BLOCK TAKEN UP SEPARATELY IN THE VOTE.
  • >> I DO NOT BELIEVE THE BOARD VOTED UNANIMOUSLY IN THAT PARTICULAR CONTEXT.
  • IF NOT WE WILL VOTE AT 10:28 A.M.
  • WE HAVE A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WHO IF NOT WE WILL VOTE AT 10:28 A.M.
Keywords: 999, senate, all
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Finance Division II (01/29/2025)

Transcript Highlights:
  • Okay, but a handout—what, you must have produced that electronically?
  • Could you send the electronic document to Mickey? Sure, I did provide it to Cret.
  • Have you seen that, and it's electronic? Yes, absolutely. In color.
  • Have you seen that, and it's electronic? Yes, absolutely. In color.
  • title, electronic lien.
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The Division 2 Finance Committee heard an overview and budget presentation from New Hampshire Fish and Game, led by new Executive Director Stephanie Simi and Business Division Chief Kathy Leonti. The agency described its mission to conserve and manage fish, wildlife, and marine resources, and emphasized growing pressures from disease, climate impacts, habitat change, and increased public demand. Simi said the department is largely funded by hunting and fishing license revenue and federal grants, is reviewing staffing and internal processes, and faces critical needs including permanent funding for environmental review staff, infrastructure and IT modernization, and possible service reductions if additional support is not found. Members asked about specific program and policy issues, including chronic wasting disease in deer, hemorrhagic disease in rabbits and hares, moose population decline, and a proposed bait-disease bill. The department said it is actively monitoring diseases and did not see a need for the bait bill at this time. Legislators also discussed the Hike Safe program, which the department said has grown from an expected $100,000 annually to more than $300,000, and a possible boating version of that program, which the department said remains under consideration but would involve complex logistics and multiple agencies. Questions were also raised about rescue costs, out-of-state hikers, and whether boat registrations could be used as a revenue source; Fish and Game said boat registration is handled by the Department of Safety, though the department receives $5 per registered boat for the public boat access program. The budget discussion focused on revenue projections, use of unrestricted Fish and Game funds, and dependence on federal reimbursements. Leonti said the department met the governor’s general fund target but not the Fish and Game fund target without using surplus unrestricted funds, leaving only about $100,000 in the fund by the end of the biennium. She said the budget uses more than $18 million in Fish and Game funds annually against about $14 million in unrestricted revenue, and that five of 193 full-time positions remain unfunded. The department warned that if federal grants were halted, it could cost about $5 million over five months and force the Fish and Game fund to cover the gap. Committee members also requested that future presentations be sent electronically in advance, and the department agreed to do so.
CO

Colorado 2026 Regular Session

Colorado Senate 2026 Legislative Day 093 Apr 17th, 2026

Colorado Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Might there be any aye votes, no votes?
  • votes, no votes? Senator Peltola. votes, no votes? Senator Peltola.
  • Are there any no votes? Are there any no votes?
  • there any no votes? there any no votes?
  • . vote. vote.
Keywords: 981, all
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Committee on Housing (01/28/2025)

Housing

Transcript Highlights:
  • Chairman Alexander: Yes, I can vote this time.
  • It's unconstitutional, and I would ask you to vote against it. I thank you.
  • It's unconstitutional, and I would ask you to vote against it. I thank you.
  • NHAR would urge you to vote inexpedient to legislate on House Bill 623.
  • <05:12:12.000> in um NH would urge you to vote in um NH would urge you to vote in expedient
Keywords: 1189, house, all
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Health Policy Nov 18th, 2025

Health Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • By your vote, Senate Bill 68 is reported favorably.
  • By your vote, Senate Bill 154 is reported favorably.
  • So I reserve the right to change my vote later on, but I am going to vote for its passage today.
  • So I reserve the right to change my vote later on, but I am going to vote for its passage today.
  • By your vote, Senate Bill 40 is reported favorably. Thank you.
Summary: The committee heard and approved several health care bills. Senate Bill 68, by Senator Harrell, would require all hospital emergency departments to be prepared to treat children by maintaining pediatric equipment, staff training, written policies, a pediatric care coordinator, and completion/public posting of the National Pediatric Readiness Assessment. Senator Harrell said the bill is intended to improve pediatric emergency care in general hospitals, and the bill was supported by the Florida College of Emergency Physicians and the Florida Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. It passed favorably. The committee also approved Senate Bill 154, which corrects the Mobile Act for dentists and dental hygienists by requiring graduates of out-of-state dental schools seeking licensure by endorsement to have attended a CODA-accredited school. The bill drew support from dental and dental hygienist groups and passed favorably. Senate Bill 40, by Senator Sharif, would require Medicaid managed care networks to ensure at least half of primary care providers offer appointments outside regular business hours, including evenings and weekends, to improve access and reduce emergency room use; it also passed favorably. A lengthy discussion centered on Senate Bill 254, also by Senator Harrell, which would tighten oversight of nursing education programs, create a temporary provisional license and preceptorship for new graduates awaiting NCLEX results, require remediation for low-performing programs, add standardized admission and exit-exam requirements, and allow the Department of Health to inspect programs unannounced. Supporters said the bill would improve quality and help students gain experience, while opponents warned it could reduce the number of nursing programs and worsen shortages, especially among private schools. After debate and testimony from nursing and school representatives, the bill passed favorably, with Senator Davis voting no. The committee then received an OPPAGA presentation on interstate health care licensure compacts. OPPAGA reviewed how Florida uses licensure by endorsement, telehealth registration, and compacts for nurses, psychologists, and physicians, and explained the potential benefits and drawbacks of joining additional compacts, including portability, data sharing, and emergency staffing versus costs, administrative burdens, and possible conflicts with Florida scope-of-practice laws. No action was taken on the presentation, and the meeting adjourned after Senator Davis requested to be recorded in support of SB 68 and SB 154.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

December 10, 2025 - 03:30 PM

Transcript Highlights:
  • > Chair Salzman: LET THE RECORD SHOW A QUORUM IS PRESENT AND BEFORE WE BEGIN MAKE SURE ALL YOUR ELECTRONIC
  • WE HAVE LITTLE HONEYS AS OUR COCKTAIL OYSTER, VOTED TOP 35 IN THE GARDEN AND GUN.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security Dec 9th, 2025

Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security

Transcript Highlights:
  • Again, as a reminder, let's please silence all of our electronic devices.
  • But the only ones that vote on anything, as far as moving one situation one way or the other, are the
Summary: The committee heard presentations on domestic security and public safety priorities from Gulf County Sheriff Mike Harrison and Tallahassee Police Chief Lawrence Rebel. Sheriff Harrison outlined Florida Sheriffs Association priorities, including reclassifying xylazine as a Schedule I controlled substance with a veterinary-use exemption, expanding enforcement of pretrial release violations beyond domestic violence cases, providing tuition-waiver benefits for sheriff’s office personnel, advancing the Jason Rainer Act to increase penalties for violent offenses against law enforcement, extending sex-offender residency restrictions, improving access to mental-health-related databases, and continuing support for fusion centers and Florida model jail standards. Members asked questions about xylazine’s veterinary use, canine detection, and public records burdens on small agencies; no votes were taken on these items. Chief Rebel focused on the Florida Police Chiefs Association’s role in disaster response, officer training, and wellness. He described the association’s coordination through the state EOC and regional deployments during hurricanes, then emphasized officer suicide and the need for statewide wellness resources, peer support, and accessible behavioral health care for first responders. He also referenced prior PTSD benefits legislation and urged continued support for the PCIS program and other wellness initiatives. Committee members discussed related resources such as dispatcher support, the Restore program at UCF, hyperbaric chamber treatment for PTSD, and canine support organizations. On domestic security funding, Rebel said FPCA does not have a specific bill package but wants to preserve the Domestic Security Oversight Council and regional task forces, protect limited SHISGAP funding for new projects, and shift ongoing successful programs to state funding. He also supported fixing the long-gun carry loophole, continuing the Jason Rainer Act effort, allowing ethical law-enforcement use of AI with human review, addressing monetization of public records and body-camera footage, and maintaining the ability to investigate anonymous complaints. The committee adjourned after discussion; no formal action or votes were recorded.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Border Security (Part II) Apr 10th, 2025

Border Security

Transcript Highlights:
  • John Asparza, representing the Texas Trucking Association, voting in favor, sir.
  • Five, evidence of communication, whether in person or in writing or electronically, with a known member
Summary: The Senate Committee on Border Security heard several bills related to border security, law enforcement databases, DPS aviation maintenance, and transportation motor fuels. SB 2199, after brief invited testimony from the Texas Trucking Association and DPS, was left pending at first and later reported favorably to the full Senate on a 4-1 vote. SB 2332, relating to aircraft owned and operated by the Department of Public Safety, was laid out by Senator Parker, with DPS and TechSOT witnesses explaining that it would centralize DPS aircraft maintenance under DPS, align state law with FAA responsibility rules, and potentially reduce costs and downtime; it was later reported favorably on a 5-0 vote and placed on the local and uncontested calendar. SB 2949, relating to the regulation of transportation motor fuels, was also adopted as a committee substitute and reported favorably on a 4-1 vote, with a member noting continued interest in refining port-of-entry transloading issues. The committee spent the most time on SB 2201, which would revise Texas intelligence database criteria for criminal street gangs and foreign terrorist organizations. Senator Birdwell described the bill as adding safeguards such as requiring officer identification on submissions, setting retention and validation rules, and updating criteria to reflect technology and social media use. Invited witnesses from the district attorney’s office, DPS, and the Texas Anti-Gang Center generally supported the bill and said it would improve reliability and accountability. Public testimony included support from the Texas Public Policy Foundation and opposition from the Texas Civil Rights Project and the ACLU of Texas, which argued the bill’s language on implied or demonstrated self-admission and other criteria was vague, overly broad, and could lead to erroneous inclusion in the database and downstream consequences. After debate, SB 2201 was reported favorably to the full Senate on a 4-1 vote, with Senator Eckhardt voting no. During questioning on SB 2201, members discussed how gang-database entries are used in investigations and prosecutions, the meaning of “family member,” the scope of self-admission, and how “previously documented areas” would be identified in practice. Opponents raised concerns about due process, First and Fourth Amendment issues, racial profiling, and possible federal consequences if state database information is shared. Supporters emphasized that the database is a law-enforcement tool for identifying organized criminal activity and that the committee substitute adds training, audits, and accountability measures. The committee then completed its business and recessed subject to the call of the chair.
ND

North Dakota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Appropriations - Education and Environment Division Apr 3rd, 2025 at 02:30 pm

Appropriations - Education and Environment Division

Transcript Highlights:
  • court fees could include travel permits, pre-sentence investigations, treatment court program, electronic
  • Only three votes against it, I guess.
Keywords: 908, all
Summary: The committee met to review fiscal aspects of House Bills 1417 and 1425, both part of a broader criminal justice reentry package. HB 1417 would eliminate the $35 public defender application fee and end court-ordered reimbursement of indigent defense costs, while also removing the $55 monthly community supervision fee. Testimony from the Commission on Legal Counsel for Indigents and the Department of Corrections said the bill would replace lost revenue with general fund appropriations of about $310,000 for indigent defense and $1.5 million for supervision fees, and that the fees are rarely collected and can hinder reentry. Representative Clemene said the bill is intended to reduce barriers to successful community reintegration and improve data and supervision practices. HB 1425 would create and fund front-end diversion, deflection, and pretrial services programs. Supporters described it as allowing prosecutors and local jurisdictions to divert appropriate low-level offenders from prosecution, establish deflection programs for people with behavioral health needs, and expand pretrial services. The bill includes a pilot program in three counties, a $1 million appropriation to DOCR for one FTE and contracts with local providers, $750,000 to DHS for treatment services, and $55,000 for a study of pretrial services cost savings. Committee members asked several questions about how the pilot counties would be chosen, how the consultant study would be procured, and what services the DHS funds would cover. The committee also heard House Bill 1603, which would provide a $500,000 matching grant for Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act compliance, with $100,000 available to each of North Dakota’s five tribes if matched. Sponsor testimony said the funds would support a Historical Society NAGPRA compliance committee and help catalog and repatriate human remains and cultural items in coordination with tribes. After questions about the federal mandate and the difficulty of identifying artifacts, the committee voted 4-0 to give HB 1603 a do-pass recommendation, with Senator Meyer assigned to carry it forward.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

S/C on County & Regional Government Mar 24th, 2025

S/C on County & Regional Government

Transcript Highlights:
  • If you wish to testify, uh, please ensure you've completed the electronic witness affirmation form at
  • I was actually going to vote against this, uh, after this committee, um, but your testimony changed that
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

Criminal Justice Feb 4th, 2025

Transcript Highlights:
  • PLEASE SILENCE ALL ELECTRONIC DEVICES.
  • MAKE SURE THIS INFORMATION IS PROTECTED. >> PRIOR TO PASSING AND THE FUNDING THAT WE PROVIDED THAT I VOTED
Keywords: 999, senate, all
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Session (05/21/2026)

New Hampshire House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • . 237 voting yea, 12 voting nay.
  • House will attend to state the vote. 178 voting yea, 170 voting nay.
  • While members present an opportunity to vote, I also intend to state the vote. 184 voting yea, 164 voting
  • opportunity to vote? opportunity to vote?
  • to vote. to vote.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session 4/20/26

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • vote yes. vote yes.
  • Momani Hiltsley votes<02:01:56.520> I. votes I. votes I.
  • yes vote. Thank you. yes vote. Thank you.
  • excited to vote on this bill and vote excited to vote on this bill and vote green.
  • Vote yes.
Keywords: 1183, house
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 4/15/26

Public Safety Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Once it is transferred electronically, the dispatcher on the other end does not have to create it; it
  • Once it's transferred over<00:24:53.240> electronically,<00:24:54.040> then<00:24:54.240
  • > it<00:24:54.440> is<00:24:55.080> it<00:24:55.280> the over electronically
  • , then it is it the over electronically, then it is it the dispatcher<00:24:56.080> on<00:24:56.160
  • amendment and then I have a slightly more controversial thing to say, but I hope it won't affect your vote
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Criminal Justice and Public Safety (01/22/2026)

Criminal Justice and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • then suitable for an ought to pass vote. then suitable for an ought to pass vote.
  • Vice Chair Rhodes voted yes. Representative Proulx voted yes. Representative Lascelles voted yes.
  • Representative Devoid voted yes. Representative Paquette voted yes.
  • No vote. >> But is no vote abstain or no? >> No. Okay. So, what's your no? >> No. Okay.
  • The clerk votes no. Representative Scherr, no. Chair Roy, yes. The clerk votes no.
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The hearing focused primarily on House Bill 1087 and House Bill 123, both related to firearms. HB 1087 was introduced as a Second Amendment measure, but after questions from the chair and discussion with law enforcement, the sponsor agreed it should be set aside and referred to a study committee for further review, rather than advanced as written. The New Hampshire Chiefs of Police Association testified in opposition to the bill as written, while also indicating support for the sponsor’s proposed amendment or a study approach. The bulk of the discussion centered on HB 123, which would require the return of firearms after a not guilty verdict or dismissal. The sponsor and several members described the bill’s purpose as speeding up the return of property, but law enforcement and judicial branch witnesses raised concerns about federal law, the need to ensure a person is still legally eligible to possess firearms, and the bill’s 24-hour return requirement. Witnesses from the State Police and judicial branch explained the current process, including background checks through the state police gun line, and said the existing procedure already aims to return firearms promptly while allowing time to verify disqualifying information. Members and witnesses discussed possible amendments, including removing language that would bar background checks and instead tying return of firearms to completion of the check within a set time frame. Judicial branch and State Police witnesses said a process that requires a background check and return within a reasonable period, with notice if there is a delay or denial, would better address safety and legal concerns. The hearing ended without a vote; the committee closed the public hearing and indicated it would continue working on the language before executive session.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Nominations May 19th, 2025

Nominations

Transcript Highlights:
  • We'll call roll and vote when we get a quorum.
  • We will vote on the nominees.
  • We will have two votes today.
  • The community, the voters, they don't have a vote on you.
  • You are appointed, but I have a vote, we have a vote, and many times you are that lifeline between us
Summary: The Senate Committee on Nominations held its final nomination hearing of the session and considered three nominees: J.B. Goodwin for the Texas Real Estate Commission, Courtney Yaltman for the Public Utility Commission of Texas, and Thomas Gleason as PUC chairman. Goodwin described his long career in real estate and charitable work, and senators questioned him extensively about the Real Estate Commission’s self-directed, semi-independent status, housing affordability, institutional homebuyers, property insurance costs, disclosure issues, and the Burnett v. National Association of Realtors case. Yaltman and Gleason were questioned about PUC oversight of ERCOT, post-Winter Storm Uri reforms, utility resilience and vegetation management after Hurricane Beryl, water and telecommunications oversight, staffing and transparency, and rising infrastructure and utility costs. Much of the discussion focused on housing and utility affordability, with several senators urging the nominees to keep consumer protection and public trust at the forefront. Goodwin said housing affordability and large-scale investment purchases were not within the Real Estate Commission’s direct purview, though he supported further study. Yaltman and Gleason said the PUC had increased oversight of ERCOT, improved communication and accountability with utilities, and was working on resiliency plans, rate-setting issues, and infrastructure planning while trying to avoid overburdening ratepayers. The committee first voted to favorably report nominees left pending from the May 5 agenda by a 6-0 roll call vote. After public testimony was opened and closed, the committee then voted on the nominees heard that day and favorably recommended all three to the full Senate for confirmation by a 7-0 vote. The committee then recessed subject to the call of the chair.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Land & Resource Management Apr 3rd, 2025

Land & Resource Management

Transcript Highlights:
  • House Bill 2225 increases the approval threshold to adopt impact fees from a simple majority vote. vote
  • Three quarters vote should be simple majority. That's how we run in time.
  • Members, we will. vote on pending business as a matter.
  • members present and voting.
  • That concludes the voting.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 01/22/25

Judiciary and Public Safety

Transcript Highlights:
  • know, the private bar would love to be able to access their own case documents in the judicial electronic
  • system um we've talked about electronic system um we've talked about access<00:47:41.160> to<
  • Our phones, our computers, all the electronic forensics, if you will.
  • um our phones our computers<01:07:20.319> all<01:07:21.000> the<01:07:21.240> electronic
  • <01:07:21.799> forensics computers all the electronic forensics computers all the electronic
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
FL
Transcript Highlights:
  • Please silence all electronic devices.
  • And by your vote, CS for SB 156 is reported favorably. Thank you, Senator Leak.
  • And by your vote, CS for SB 54 is reported favorably. Thank you, Senator Sharif.
  • And by your vote, CS for SB 296 is reported favorably.
  • Does any senator wish to be recorded as voting on bills before the committee today?
Summary: The committee received a presentation on the Governor’s fiscal year 2026-2027 public safety budget, which totals $8.2 billion for the public safety silo and includes funding for the Departments of Law Enforcement, Juvenile Justice, and Corrections, along with courts and legal affairs. The Governor’s Office highlighted recurring reductions and vacancy eliminations, while agency heads outlined their major requests: FDLE sought funding for fentanyl enforcement, career offender registry staffing, alert-system upgrades, alcohol testing modernization, officer wellness, criminal intelligence, and immigration-related intelligence work; DJJ requested money for the Florida Scholars Academy, uniforms, residential services, a new Broward detention center, and facility maintenance; and DOC requested major increases for officer pay, additional staff, facility construction and maintenance, communications upgrades, inmate health care, pharmaceuticals, and food service. Members questioned FDLE about immigration enforcement and public records burdens, and DOC about staffing, capacity, mental health services, contraband, housing, and whether prison beds were being used for immigration detainees. Public testimony also urged better prison conditions and basic necessities for incarcerated people. The committee then took up and reported favorably CS/SB 156, the Jason Rayner Act, which would strengthen penalties and clarify that a person may not resist an officer with violence when the officer is performing official duties. An amendment conforming the bill to House language was adopted, and the bill passed with Senator Smith voting no. The committee also adopted an amendment and reported favorably CS/SB 54, which concerns use of substances affecting cognitive function and limits certain medical-record disclosures to information relevant to investigations of violent offenders; Senator Smith voted no on that measure as well. Next, the committee considered Senator Berman’s bills on domestic and dating violence. CS/SB 296 would direct a study of a secure web-based alert platform for victims, including a discreet phone-number/code system and geolocation support, and would expand the Address Confidentiality Program to dating-violence victims. The bill drew emotional support testimony from survivors and advocates describing the dangers victims face when trying to leave abusive situations, and it was reported favorably. Its companion, CS/SB 298, would extend public-records protections in the Address Confidentiality Program to dating-violence victims; it was also reported favorably. The committee then adjourned.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • The chair declares the vote. Aye. The chair declares the vote. Aye.
  • Any members wishing to vote or change your vote? The chair is preparing to close. Declare the vote.
  • Any members wishing to vote or change your vote? The chair is preparing to close. Declare the vote.
  • Members wishing to vote or change your vote? The Chair is preparing to close.
  • Members wishing to vote or change your vote, the Chair is preparing to close.
Summary: The House opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several gallery introductions, including the Oklahoma Elks Lodge Association, Guthrie Day visitors, students from Sanger Ridge Elementary and Stillwater, and multiple honored guests and athletic teams. The chamber also heard a farewell speech from Representative Dale Kerbs reflecting on his 10 years in the House, his committee work, staff, family, and major policy changes during his tenure. A concurrent resolution recognizing the YMCA on its 175th anniversary was also adopted. The bulk of the meeting focused on a series of Senate bills carrying joint committee reports, many of them appropriations or retirement-related measures. The House passed bills providing COLAs or related benefit changes for judicial retirees (SB 1148), firefighters (SB 1147), police retirees (SB 1146), public employees (SB 1145), and teachers (SB 1144), along with a one-time stipend for a small group of retired police and firefighters who missed prior increases (SB 1149). Members asked questions about pension solvency, tiered COLA structures, and whether any bills reduced state contributions; the sponsors generally said the systems were stable or that future legislatures would retain oversight. The House also passed limits bills for the Health Care Authority (SB 1161), State Department of Health (SB 1162), Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (SB 1164), Department of Human Services (SB 1163), Public Safety (SB 1165), Agriculture (SB 1166), and the Oklahoma Water Resources Board (SB 1175 and SB 1176). Several other measures were approved with little or no debate, including appropriations for remediation assistance (SB 1159), a Pardon and Parole Board pay increase (SB 1156), funding for the Office of Juvenile Affairs to ensure juveniles receive prescribed medication (SB 1158), a new OSBI cybercrimes and fraud unit (SB 1157), and OMES provisions for Pay for Success and a public contract-spending database (SB 1167). The House also passed a school bill adding 20 minutes of recess for K-5 students, with members joking about recess for legislators as well. Most bills passed with strong bipartisan margins, and several emergency clauses were adopted by the required two-thirds vote. The House then recalled HB 1933 from engrossing and enrolling and adjourned until Monday, April 20, 2026.