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ID
Transcript Highlights:
- The Judiciary and Rules Committee reports that the Senate Journal, the proceedings of February 27, 2006
- Senate Bills 1347 through 1360 will all be referred to the Judiciary and Rules Committee for printing
- Senate Bill 1361 will be referred to the Judiciary and Rules Committee for printing. Mr.
- So we end up rejecting rules more for these three committees than others.
- So we end up rejecting rules more for these three committees than others.
Summary:
The Senate opened with roll call, prayer, and approval of the corrected journal, then received committee reports and House messages before moving into floor action on several bills. Among the measures introduced and referred were bills on housing, education, machine guns, cash rounding, virtual currency kiosk fraud prevention, unauthorized workers, and other State Affairs topics. The Senate also took up a number of third-reading bills, including Senate Bill 1314 on Health and Welfare board structures, Senate Bill 1316 on newborn screening exemptions, Senate Bill 1301 on brewer retail taprooms, Senate Bill 1331 on a broad rescission/appropriations reduction package, Senate Bill 1332 on cash transfers to balance the budget, and later Senate Bill 1308 on mediation and Senate Bill 1309 on juvenile corrections.
Senate Bill 1314 drew the most substantive debate early in the meeting. Supporters said it would eliminate outdated board structures in the Department of Health and Welfare and regional behavioral health boards that no longer served a necessary function, while opponents argued the boards still provided public accountability, regional input, and transparency, especially for behavioral health services. The bill passed 28-7. Senate Bill 1316, which updated exemption language for newborn screenings to align with other Idaho law and clarify parental rights, passed unanimously 35-0. Senate Bill 1301, allowing small brewers to expand from one to two remote taproom locations, passed 31-4 after supporters framed it as a free-market and small-business measure.
The most contentious vote was on Senate Bill 1331, the rescission bill reducing fiscal year 2026 appropriations by about $192.7 million, including cuts to general fund, federal, and dedicated funds, along with reductions in FTEs and some program funding. Supporters said it was needed to balance the budget amid revenue uncertainty and that agencies had been asked where to make the additional 1% cuts; opponents criticized the bill as an across-the-board, opaque “Christmas tree” approach that cut lean and bloated agencies alike and created confusion about specific reductions. After extended debate, the bill passed narrowly 18-17. Senate Bill 1332, which transferred money from several funds back to the General Fund to help balance the budget, also drew criticism for shifting money from programs such as Launch, water pollution control, and building projects, but it passed 26-9. Later, Senate Bill 1308 passed 35-0 and Senate Bill 1309 passed 35-0 with little opposition. The Senate then returned to other business, introduced Senate Bill 1361 on public safety appropriations, and began consideration of Senate Bill 1300, which would change confirmation and appointment provisions for certain state agency directors.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, July 21, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Speaker, by direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up H.
- </c> consisting of the text of rules consisting of the text of rules committee<02:20:47.120><c> print
- Yesterday, the Rules Committee met and produced a rule, H.
- ><c> met</c><02:25:45.520><c> and</c> Yesterday, the rules committee met and Yesterday, the rules committee
- If the House rules permit it, committee.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate - Judiciary Feb 17th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Chair, committee.
- Chair, members of the committee. Good morning, Mr. Chair, members of the committee.
- 26 and the Colorado rules.
- Chairman, with the collateral source rule, and I don't explain this to you, I explained it to the committee
- That derives from those committees that developed the rules and are adopted by the Supreme Court.
Summary:
The committee first took up House Bill 61, which would raise aggravated battery on a peace officer from a third-degree to a second-degree felony in cases involving great bodily harm or a deadly weapon. The sponsor and supporters said the bill fixes an inconsistency in current law, where aggravated assault on an officer can be punished more severely than aggravated battery causing serious injury. Law enforcement representatives, the Chiefs Association, CBRC, and chamber representatives testified in support, and the New Mexico Sentencing Commission was noted as having endorsed the bill by a 6-3-4 vote. After questions about proportionality and plea bargaining, the committee voted due pass on HB 61 without objection.
The committee then returned to House Bill 99, a medical malpractice reform bill, and several members made conflict-of-interest disclosures before debating amendments. The discussion focused heavily on the patient compensation fund, surcharge setting, and whether an advisory board or the superintendent should control rates. Amendments to segregate future fund money, require surcharges no lower than the advisory board’s recommendation, and create a commission with more actuarial and financial expertise were debated at length; the committee rejected the first two amendments. Members and witnesses argued over whether past undercharging of hospitals and doctors led to insolvency and taxpayer bailouts, and whether the bill should require more transparency and oversight.
The committee also debated amendments on punitive damages. One proposal would have delayed punitive damage claims until after substantial discovery; opponents said it would conflict with civil procedure, prolong litigation, and likely be struck down. Another would have tied punitive damages to a multiple of compensatory damages or a percentage of net worth; supporters said that would better deter harmful conduct, while opponents said it would create uncertainty and more discovery. That amendment also failed. A final punitive-damages amendment would have removed caps in cases involving sexual assault or intoxication by a health care provider and protected the first $5 million of an independent provider’s personal assets; it too was rejected after members said it would shield egregious misconduct and go beyond the bill’s purpose.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Last year, the Joint Administrative Procedure Committee issued a notice of nullification of the rule
- Committee substitute Senate Bill 678 reestablishes the framework of DBPR's administrative rule and statute
- Last year, the Joint Administrative Procedure Committee issued a notice of nullification of the rule
- Committee substitutes Senate Bill 678 reestablishes the framework of DBPR's administrative rule and statute
- Is there any further business before the committee?
Committee:
Senate Finance and Tax
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session Mar 6th, 2026 at 04:30 pm
Washington House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The Speaker is prepared to rule.
- And it says, oh, by the way, taxpayer, the rules for you are more restrictive than the rules for the
- Finally, the taxpayer got a decent ruling.
- This ruling that happened in 2025 on the involved case is one such ruling.
- Representative Macri: It is the ruling that the court made and the implications of that ruling that this
Bills:
HB2720 , HB2073 , HB2487 , SB5816 , SB5919 , SB5831 , SB6137 , SB6244 , SB6044 , SB6132 , SB5109 , SB5877 , SB6258 , HB2720 , HB2073 , HB2487 , SB5816 , SB5919 , SB5831 , SB6137 , SB6244 , SB5420 , SB5868 , SB6044 , SB6132 , SJM8002
Keywords:
behavioral health, emergency services, health insurance, provider access, mental health funding, premium assistance, funding, healthcare, subsidies, insurance tax, state regulation, insurers, taxation, budget impact, juice grapes, agriculture, commerce, market access, fire safety, insurance incentives
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- The Judiciary and Rules Committee reports that the Senate Journal, the proceedings of March 11, 2006,
- March 11, 2006, the Judiciary and Rules Committee reports out House Bills 521, 615, 684, and 695, and
- House Bill 822 will be referred to the Judiciary and Rules Committee.
- In the House of Representatives, House Bill 686 by the Judiciary, Rules and Administration Committee.
- Senators, for those of you on the Judiciary and Rules Committee, Thank you, Mr. President.
Summary:
The Senate opened with roll call, prayer, and the Pledge of Allegiance, then approved the March 11 journal and received routine communications, including notice of a temporary substitute senator and several committee reports. The chamber also received a gubernatorial message transmitting signed Senate bills and House messages on enrolled bills and new legislation. Committee reports moved a number of bills forward, including measures on finance, judiciary, resources, education, local government, agriculture, and transportation, with some bills held for amendment or one legislative day.
On the floor, the Senate considered several third-reading bills. Senate Bill 1351, concerning state office vacancies and limits on reappointed gubernatorial appointees, passed 34-0. Senate Bill 1364, revising the expiration of temporary administrative rules, passed 35-0. Senate Bill 1370, amending the abortion trafficking statute by removing the word “recruiting” after constitutional concerns raised by the Attorney General’s office, passed 28-6. Senate Bill 1337, allowing limited flexibility for small irrigation district boards, passed 34-0, and Senate Bill 1339, replacing continuous improvement plans with multi-year strategic performance plans for schools and reducing reporting requirements, also passed on a 34-0 vote.
The Senate also passed House Bill 576 on the Consumer Asset Recovery Fund, House Bill 731 on participation in the federal tax credit scholarship program, House Bill 591 cleaning up obsolete indigent eligibility law, House Bill 663 shifting agricultural license plate design authority, House Bill 543 updating retirement system Roth contribution language, House Bill 563 revising CPA licensure pathways, and House Bill 652 designating hunting as Idaho’s state sport. Senate Bill 1303, revising provisions related to renewable/sustainable energy resources and the Office of Energy and Mineral Resources, passed 27-8. House Bill 822 was introduced, and Senate Bill 1227 received House amendments that the Senate concurred in.
The major defeat of the day was Senate Bill 1375, the fiscal year 2027 Health and Human Services maintenance appropriation bill. After extensive debate over Medicaid rate reductions, provider impacts, federal funding losses, and the use of reserves versus cuts, the bill failed 10-25 and was retained by the Secretary. The Senate then returned to committee reports, received additional House and Senate messages, and adjourned until 10:30 a.m. the next day.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Transportation Feb 27th, 2026 at 02:30 pm
Transportation
Transcript Highlights:
- So we will have staff reports pursuant to Senate Rule 49 because the committee already heard official
- to the Rules Committee.
- I move House Bill 2604 with a due pass recommendation to the Rules Committee.
- We advance House Bill 2604 with a due pass recommendation to the Rules Committee.
- I move House Bill 2436 with the due pass recommendation to the Rules Committee.
Committee:
Senate Transportation
Keywords:
vehicle ownership, insurance, title transfer, consumer protection, motor vehicle, oil tanker, tank vessel, restricted waters, Puget Sound, San Juan Islands, Rosario Strait, Admiralty Inlet, Discovery Island, New Dungeness, tug escort, pilotage, marine safety, spill prevention, oil transport, petroleum shipment
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- Chairman and committee.
- Representative Wheeler: I'll rule that in order for now, but seeing how half of our committee or more
- Committee, I know we'll have at least one more meeting because we have some more rules to get through
- Representative Wheeler, I'll rule that in order for now, but seeing how half of our committee or more
- Committee, I know we'll have at least one more meeting because we have some more rules to get through
Committee:
House Ways and Means
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Delivery of Government Efficiency Mar 19th, 2025
Delivery of Government Efficiency
Transcript Highlights:
- The committee substitute for HB 865.
- Doge committee.
- And so even for the rules we want to keep, we want to make sure at the end of the day Our rules are clear
- And the rules we're going to be posting for formal comment in May will cut the number of rules for kinship
- now overrides all other rules.
Committee:
House Delivery of Government Efficiency
Keywords:
cybersecurity, state command, information resources, data protection, incident response, information technology, classification officer, job descriptions, state positions, competency-based, information sharing, government efficiency, public sector, private sector, distributed ledger, title registry, real estate, property liens, pilot program, healthcare
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Informal House Session 44 May 11th, 2026
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The Committee on Rules reports recommending the following resolutions ought to be adopted: resolutions
- The Committee on Rules and the Committees on Rules, acting concurrently, report recommending that Joint
- Rule 12 be suspended on a petition of Carol A.
- The rules are suspended. Question now is on suspension of Joint Rule 12.
- Joint Rule 12 is suspended.
Summary:
The House opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and welcomed St. Michael’s School from Fall River, including its eighth-grade graduating class. The chamber then took up several noncontroversial resolutions, including commendations for the Egan Foundation’s IgA nephropathy awareness day, a commemoration of Danvers’ 1776 meeting anniversary, congratulations to two Eagle Scouts, and recognition of the Swansea Fire Department’s 100th anniversary. The rules were suspended and the resolutions were adopted.
Members also suspended Joint Rule 12 to allow a petition by Carol A. Fiola concerning firefighting staffing to be sent to the Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security. The House then suspended Rule 7A and advanced two local bills to third reading: a Senate bill authorizing print-free digital legal notices in Newton and a House bill designating a segment of Route 20 as the Broder Curve. Both bills were ordered to a third reading.
On final action, the House passed to be enacted a bill clarifying the organization of the Lexington Housing Assistance Board. It also engrossed a bill designating a portion of Route 7A in Lenox as the Ross B. Dindio Memorial Highway. Another bill directing the Boston Police Department to waive the maximum age requirement for police officers for Louisa Fernandez was amended to make it effective upon passage and then passed to be engrossed as amended. The House adopted an order to adjourn and recessed until the following Thursday at 11 a.m. in informal session.
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- Chairman, members of the committee.
- , and pleading, procedural rules.
- , and pleading, procedural rules.
- The rules to which you're referring that regulate the profession are not procedural rules. Right.
- Court rules that deal in procedure.
Committee:
House General Laws
Summary:
The Committee on General Laws met with a quorum and first went into executive session on House Bill 3088, where members discussed concerns raised by hospitals about proposed language changes. The bill sponsor said he was still working with hospitals and would continue to refine the measure, but several members objected to voting before seeing the revised language. HB 3088 was nevertheless voted do pass by an 8-4 vote. The committee then approved House Bill 2749 by an 8-4-1 vote, after which it moved into public hearing.
The committee heard House Bill 2844, which would prohibit paraquat use in Missouri and require reporting related to its use. Representative Gallick said the bill was intended to be narrow and focused on paraquat’s toxicity and possible links to Parkinson’s disease. Supporters, including the Michael J. Fox Foundation, Missouri Coalition for the Environment, Sierra Club, and others, argued that paraquat is highly toxic, that research links exposure to increased Parkinson’s risk, and that many countries have banned it. Opponents from the Missouri Soybean Association, Missouri AgriBusiness Association, Missouri Farm Bureau, Missouri Corn Growers, and Missouri Pork Association said paraquat is a restricted-use pesticide already regulated under federal law, is important for weed control and crop production, and that a state ban would set a dangerous precedent and harm farmers. The committee took no final action on HB 2844 during the hearing.
The committee also heard House Bill 1880, which would bar school districts and charter schools from selling beverages with more than 100 milligrams of caffeine per container to students. Representative Reuter said the bill was inspired by students from Seckman High School and cited concerns about adolescent caffeine consumption. Student witnesses described energy drink use at school, health effects such as anxiety, heart racing, dehydration, and sleep disruption, and said the bill would help reduce harmful habits. Several members supported the goal but suggested the threshold might be too high, that private schools receiving state scholarship funds should be included, and that school boards might be a better place to address the issue; others noted the bill lacked an enforcement provision. No vote was taken on HB 1880.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, December 1, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- 6 of rule 20.
- The rules are suspended. affirmative. The rules are suspended.
- </c> rules and pass the bill HR4549? rules and pass the bill HR4549?
- The rules are suspended. affirmative. The rules are suspended.
- Um, committee.
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- Rule. Representative Rule votes aye. Apologies. Sean Scott votes aye.
- The chair would again remind the committee that this is a policy committee, not a fiscal committee, and
- The chair will ask the committee clerk to please pull up the standing committee report.
- Rule votes aye. Representative Rule votes aye. Scott. Scott votes aye.
- They could be in the Policy Committee, the Appropriations Committee, or the floor.
Committee:
House Education
Keywords:
competency-based assessment, graduation requirements, education reform, student opportunity, pathway options, albuterol, asthma, inhaler, rescue inhaler, respiratory emergency, school nurse, student medication, self-administration, anaphylaxis, public schools, private schools, charter schools, tribal compact schools, K-12 health, medication policy
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Informal House Session 49 Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The Committee on Rules reports recommending the following resolutions ought to be adopted.
- The Committee on Rules, to whom was referred the order filed by Representative Gordon of Bedford and
- The rules are suspended. Question now is on adoption of the order. The rules are suspended.
- The Committee on Rules, acting concurrently, reports recommending that Joint Rule 12 be suspended on
- The rules are suspended. Mr.
Summary:
The House opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and welcomed several guest groups, including a fourth grade class from Howard Manning School and the 2026 Hopedale Junior and Senior High School girls basketball team, recognized as Division 5 state champions. The House then adopted several congratulatory resolutions, including honors for Girl Scouts Gold Award recipients and the Worcester Chapter of the Appalachian Mountain Club on its 150th anniversary.
Members also approved a House order extending the Education Committee’s reporting deadline on House No. 5454, concurred with a Senate petition on wake-surfing fines for motorboat operators, and suspended Joint Rule 12 on a Fiola petition to allow municipalities to opt into a temporary pilot extending liquor license hours and permitting public consumption in designated districts. That Fiola matter was referred to the Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies. The Steering, Policy and Scheduling Committee reported several local bills for consideration, including measures for Berkeley and Bolton liquor licenses, Newton municipal charge liens, and a Marion land transfer; the House ordered these bills to a third reading.
On final action, the House adopted the emergency preamble for House Bill 5375, financing long-term improvements to municipal roads and bridges, and passed House Bill 3929 on third reading, which changes the minimum age requirement for original appointment as a police officer in Worcester. The House also adopted an order to adjourn to Thursday at 11 a.m., observed a moment of silent tribute for Charles “Charlie” Van Dini of Plymouth, and then adjourned to meet Thursday next at 11 a.m. in informal session.
ID
Idaho 2026 Regular Session
Agenda Feb 25th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Chairman and committee.
- Chairman, members of the committee.
- Okay, committee, we have some rules to do real quick.
- And the cancellation rule found in Rule 275.06.B.
- rule is enough.
Summary:
The Conservation Committee approved the February 5 and February 17 minutes, then heard House Bill 678, which would allow wolf trappers to use remote cameras on traps and rely on a video-based check in place of the current 72-hour in-person trap-check requirement when the camera is functioning. The sponsor and supporters, including the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, Idaho Wildlife Federation, and Idaho Farm Bureau, said the bill would make trapping more humane and efficient and help with wolf management. The Idaho Conservation League opposed the bill, warning it could leave incidentally captured protected wildlife in traps longer than current law allows and could create enforcement problems. The committee voted to send HB 678 to the floor with a do pass recommendation.
The committee then received the annual update from the Idaho Department of Lands. Director Dustin Miller reported on endowment land management, timber harvest and revenue, fire suppression, recruitment challenges in the fire program, and the department’s shared stewardship and Good Neighbor Authority work with federal partners. Members asked about firefighter pay, mineral permitting, federal timber capacity, road access, and whether the GNA program can sustain staffing through program income; the director said the program is self-sustaining and aimed to expand federal-land restoration and timber output.
Next, the committee considered Parks and Recreation pending rules for Docket 26-1-20-2501. Director Susan Buxton explained proposed fee increases for park entry, annual passes, commercial entry, group camps, boating access, and moorage, but asked the committee to reject the proposed changes to Section 075 and Section 250, with the basic campsite fee section to be revisited next year. The committee approved the docket with those exceptions. Buxton then gave the department’s annual update, highlighting ARPA-funded park improvements, new campsites and docks, trail and recreation partnerships, staffing and retention issues, and major projects at parks including Farragut, Ponderosa, Priest Lake, Eagle Island, and others. The meeting ended after a question about the Eagle Island zip line, which Buxton said would have to be removed because the concessionaire could not maintain it safely.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- Committee for your time and your consideration today.
- So good afternoon, Chair, members of the committee.
- And we had different rules that came before us also.
- , and then we give a list of exemptions to folks that are exempted from that rule. a rule and then we
- the rules.
Committee:
Senate Rules
Summary:
The committee first established quorum and then approved several Governor’s appointments not required to appear, including Indira Cameron Banks to the Civil Rights Council, Sonar Loma Lee to the Board of Barbering and Cosmetology, and C. Don Clay and Joshua Pertula to the UC College of the Law, San Francisco Board of Directors. It also approved references to bills in two committees and floor acknowledgments, all by unanimous or near-unanimous votes.
The main substantive hearing was on the appointments of Linda Hopkins and Patricia Locke Dawson to the Air Resources Board. Both nominees emphasized climate action, public engagement, and balancing environmental protection with economic impacts. Senators pressed them on cap-and-trade, leakage and job loss, agricultural costs, warehouse and truck traffic impacts, emergency vehicle and school bus electrification, hydrogen, nuclear energy, and the need for socioeconomic analysis and better communication with affected communities. Public commenters largely supported both nominees. The committee advanced Hopkins 4-0 and Lock Dawson 5-0 to the full Senate.
The committee then heard Andrew Rakestra’s appointment as chair of the Board of Environmental Safety. He described his background in climate diplomacy and regulatory work and said he would focus on transparency, accountability, fiscal stability, and responsiveness to both regulated entities and disproportionately burdened communities. Senators questioned him about DTSC reform, community engagement in places like Moss Landing and the Exide cleanup, the hazardous waste management plan, fee-setting, and the Environmental Justice Advisory Council. After supportive public testimony, the committee approved his nomination to the Senate floor on a 3-0 vote, with two members not voting or abstaining. The meeting then adjourned.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> pursuant to rule 40.7. Thank you, Mr. pursuant to rule 40.7. Thank you, Mr.
- Uh we heard this in committee. issues. Uh we heard this in committee.
- </c> committee. And in addition, Mr. committee. And in addition, Mr.
- But I just said it, so don't Rule 21 me. That went back, made the changes in Rules Committee.
- But I just said it, so don't Rule 21 me. That went back, made the changes in Rules Committee.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Legislative Commission on Pensions and Retirement - 04/08/25
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Savage, welcome to the committee.
- A career rule is needed now.
- A career rule is needed now.
- Honor the promises made. career rule for teachers. Minnesota is career rule for teachers.
- </c> means the career rule, we'll take it. means the career rule, we'll take it.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- Speaker, we are the Committee on Judiciary, Rules and Administration report that we've read and approved
- House Bill 608 will refer to the Judiciary, Rules and Administration Committee for enrolling.
- House Resolution 25 will refer to the Judiciary, Rules and Administration Committee for printing.
- House Resolution 25 will refer to the Judiciary, Rules and Administration Committee for printing.
- Senate Bill 1296 was referred to the Judiciary, Rules and Administration Committee.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- Chairman and committee.
- Chairman and members of the committee.
- Okay, committee, we have some rules to do real quick.
- The cancellation rule found in Rule 275.06.B, but for clarity's sake for people, if you cancel even on
- rule is enough.
Committee:
House Resources and Conservation