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AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development Committee Special Session 2026 May 5th, 2026
Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- another 115 years and a federal intervention before the Black voters were able to elect another candidate
- the black voters were able to elect the black voters were able to elect another<00:14:55.800><c> candidate
- </c> another candidate of their choosing. another candidate of their choosing.
- </c> candidates of their choice. candidates of their choice.
- </c> choose the candidate of their choice. choose the candidate of their choice.
Bills:
SB1
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
House and Governmental Affairs Apr 8th, 2026
House and Governmental Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- You cross over the line when you start doing certain things with candidates. Okay.
- Bordelon, if it's more than one, if it's multiple candidates, how does that apply?
- We don't delineate between the number of candidates.
- So if they are supporting 10 candidates, but it's still less than that 50%, then they're not going to
- So you had more candidates on the same ballot.
Bills:
HB88 , HB181 , HB210 , HB250 , HB486 , HB529 , HB544 , HB639 , HB996 , HB1036 , HB1071 , HB1113
Committee:
House House and Governmental Affairs
Keywords:
local law, special bill, legislative process, transparency, election amendment, lobbying, public service, ethics, statewide officials, compensation, disclosure requirements, government employment, financial disclosure, public servants, immediate family, psychology, telepsychology, interjurisdictional practice, compact, licensure
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- A person seeking to qualify for nomination as a candidate for office must, at the time of subscribing
- Although the current law requires candidates to state such information and affirm in writing, courts
- The bill also authorizes a qualified candidate or political party with qualified candidates in the same
- race to bring an action based on the claim that the person seeking to qualify as a candidate did not
- The bill also authorize a qualified candidate or political party with qualified candidates in the same
MD
Transcript Highlights:
- that can have positive impact candidates that can have positive impact on<02:14:50.960><c> black</c>
- Can, under this bill, could a pastor endorse a candidate from the pulpit?
- </c> endorse a candidate from the pulpit? endorse a candidate from the pulpit?
- Accordingly, as its titular head, I am unable to endorse a political party or its candidate.'
- </c> its candidate its candidate So,<02:32:10.720><c> Mr.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Community Safety Feb 23rd, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Community Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- The WSP may wait until after the primary election for candidates who advanced to the general election
- Yes, the bill provides that a gross misdemeanor, if there is a gross misdemeanor, then the candidate
- And, yeah, they are the same except we provide for the candidates for elected sheriff.
- And I think my number one issue with this is anybody that does proper hiring for integral candidates
- I always used to have interviews with our candidates and say, one, we want to find out, are you a good
Committee:
House Community Safety
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
House Standing Committee BR Sub. on Justice, Public Safety, & Judiciary (2-25-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:10:54.839><c> did</c><00:10:55.040><c> not</c> too is uh like if if candidates did not too is
- You know, they work with these candidates coming in: here's things that you need to be able to do to
- You know, they work with these candidates coming in: here's things that you need to be able to do to
- You know, they work with these candidates coming in: here's things that you need to be able to do to
- </c><00:19:35.159><c> from</c> where are you getting candidates from where are you getting candidates
Summary:
The House Standing Committee on Justice, Public Safety, and Judiciary met to approve the February 18 minutes and then heard first from Kentucky State Police Commissioner Philip Burnett Jr. on recruitment, Trooper Academy classes, and the Kentucky Emergency Warning System (KQES) lease program. Burnett said KSP had submitted the House Bill 6 recruitment and retention reports, and he reviewed Cadet Classes 104 and 105, including application numbers, age ranges, and the mix of applicants by education, military, and law enforcement background. He said attrition is driven largely by physical fitness failures and homesickness from the resident academy model, but noted KSP has expanded recruiting and mentoring efforts, including college-credit partnerships and targeted recruiting in western Kentucky. Members asked about academy credit, the physical test, dropout reasons, whether applicants can reapply, and where recruits are coming from; Burnett said some do return successfully and that most candidates come from central and eastern Kentucky, while staffing remains hardest at posts in Mayfield, Madisonville, Henderson, Campbellsburg, and Dry Ridge.
Burnett also updated the committee on KQES and the broader radio replacement effort. He described KQES as a 153-tower microwave backbone supporting state and local public safety communications, including DEMA, KET, and seismology equipment, and said KSP is renewing long-term private land leases that were set to expire in the coming years. He reported progress using master agreements and outside leasing firms, with eight leases out for bid and eleven more to follow, plus new interagency leases with the Transportation Cabinet and a site move in Wolf County to Forest Service land. He said about 997 leases still remain to be executed, though some tower sites involve multiple leases, and he expressed optimism that the new process will protect the system’s assets. In response to questions from Representative Sharp, Burnett said he could not give a firm completion date for the new radio system but estimated 18 to 36 months depending on tower construction, and said phase three equipment has already been procured for parts of Posts 8, 11, and 14, including Boyd and Lawrence counties.
After KSP’s presentation and questions from Representatives Sharp, Carney, and Decker, the committee turned to the Kentucky Court of Justice. Zach Ramy, director of the Administrative Office of the Courts, introduced himself and began the court system’s budget overview, but the transcript provided cuts off before that presentation continued.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Administrative Regulation Review Subcommittee (5-12-26)
Transcript Highlights:
- It acts as a clinical, hands-on exam to ensure candidates can physically and safely perform essential
- It utilizes over 90 professional standardized patients to interact with the candidates while they are
- These are professional patients to sit for our candidates as they take the examination, and they move
- And then two of those stations are the candidate showing us that they know how to perform the skill.
- as they take the examination, candidates as they take the examination, and<00:30:05.320><c> they</c>
Summary:
The subcommittee considered an emergency regulation from the Kentucky Board of Optometric Examiners, 201 KAR 5021E, along with a staff amendment to conform the text to KRS Chapter 13A. The regulation was described as implementing an Attorney General opinion and a review of optometrists licensed during the 2020–2023 period when alternative testing and waivers were used during the COVID-19 era. The board explained that the rule requires affected licensees to complete specified examinations or an alternative certification before renewing in 2027, and that it now removes the OEBC Canadian exam as a future pathway while preserving recognition of OEBC results submitted during the period when that option was in effect. The staff amendment was approved without objection.
Testimony was sharply divided. Board representatives and the Attorney General’s office said the regulation is needed to protect public health and to bring the licensure review into the formal administrative process. They said the NBEO Part 3 exam is the nationally recognized hands-on clinical licensure test, while the American Board of Optometry certification is a post-licensure credential for already licensed practitioners and is not a substitute for initial licensure testing. They also said no other state uses the ABOC certification for licensure, and that the board’s approach balances fairness, due process, and public protection.
Opponents argued the regulation would allow individuals who were improperly licensed to continue practicing without meeting the same standards as other Kentucky optometrists. A representative from the Kentucky School for the Blind Charitable Foundation described cases of alleged inadequate care and urged the committee to require full national board passage before independent practice. Representatives from ARBO and NBEO said the emergency regulation is not justified as an emergency, does not adequately address public safety or fiscal impacts, and exceeds the board’s authority by creating a renewal path for licensees whose initial licensure was challenged. They emphasized that NBEO Part 3 is a practical, hands-on exam and that the ABOC certification is not designed or validated for initial licensure. The committee asked several questions about the differences between the exams, and no final vote on the regulation itself was described in the transcript beyond approval of the staff amendment.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session Feb 5th, 2026 at 10:00 am
Washington Senate Floor Meeting
Bills:
SB5223 , SB5286 , SB6002 , SB6178 , SB5892 , SB5177 , SB6039 , SB5874 , SB5863 , SB5972 , SB5941 , SB5203 , SB6014 , SB5993 , SB5831 , SB5928 , SB5912 , SB5825 , SB5223 , SB6178 , SB5892 , SB5177 , SB6039 , SB5941 , SB5993 , SB5831 , SB5928 , SB5912 , SB6183 , SB6071 , SB5995 , SB5966 , SB5841 , SB5840 , SB6061 , SB6058 , SB5931 , SB5944 , SB5520 , SB6011 , SB6087 , SB6076 , SB5916 , SB6016 , SB5936 , SB6137 , SB5185 , SB5956 , SB6025 , SB6009 , SB5833 , SB6161 , SB6188 , SB5890 , SB5917 , SB5820 , SB5973 , SJM8015 , SB5816 , SB6136 , SB6091 , SB6024
Keywords:
criminal offense, fingerprinting, law enforcement, state regulations, public safety, policing costs, state hospitals, local funding, budget allocation, automated license plate reader, ALPR, license plate recognition, LPR, surveillance, driver privacy, vehicle tracking, location data, law enforcement technology, data retention, audit trail
WY
Wyoming 2026 Regular Session
House Special Investigative Committee, February 26, 2026
House Special Investigative Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- money for these candidates.
- </c> candidates. That's what this is about. candidates. That's what this is about.
- </c> conservative candidates. conservative candidates. That's<03:20:00.319><c> it.
- individual candidates. Okay? Okay, I'll individual candidates. Okay?
- </c> didn't see the list of the candidates. didn't see the list of the candidates.
Committee:
House House Special Investigative Committee
WV
West Virginia 2026 Regular Session
Senate in Session Mar 12th, 2026 at 03:29 pm
West Virginia Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- This change ensures that candidates would have to be registered or not registered before the primary
- candidate filing deadline to be eligible to file for the general election.
- I think it encourages new blood and fresh candidates, good candidates, and we don't need more protection
- And on the candidate recruitment trail, what you'll now see happen as you go out, when you...
- In candidate recruitment, as you know, the elections right now tend to be in the primaries much more
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- On page eighteen, Senate Bill Number 165 by Senator Coleman-Madison and others regarding candidates.
- . ...and others regarding candidates.
- the deadline for a candidate to file for... ...the deadline to file for a candidate for independent
- candidates; they have to file within five days of the primary.
- So basically, this would take care of that omission that we left for municipal candidates, ensuring that
Bills:
SJR 3 , SB 5 , SJR 36 , SJR 3 , SB 616 , SB 565 , SB 384 , SB 5 , SB 21 , SB 72 , SB 140 , SB 262 , SB 370 , SB 372 , SB 495 , SB 627 , SB 703 , SB 764 , SB 842 , SB 971 , SB 790 , SB 767 , SB 480 , SB 1066 , SR 44 , SR 135 , SR 171 , SR 180 , SR 185 , SR 187 , SR 188 , SR 191 , SR 197 , SR 198 , SR 199 , SR 200
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session Jun 23rd, 2026
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- objection, one matter will be taken out of the Orders of the Day: An act providing for the election of candidates
- Third reading of the bill: An act providing for the election of candidates in the city of Haverhill,
- objection, one matter will be taken out of the Orders of the Day: An act providing for the election of candidates
- The Orders of the Day: An act providing for the election of candidates in the city of Haverhill, House
- Third reading of a bill: An act providing for the election of candidates in the city of Haverhill, House
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Informal House Session 37 Apr 16th, 2026
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- An act providing for the election of candidates in the city of Haverhill, House No. 4203.
- An act providing for the election of candidates in the city of Haverhill, House No. 4203.
- An act providing for the election of candidates in the city of Haverhill, House No. 4204.
- An act providing for the election of candidates in the city of Haverhill, House No. 4204.
- employment of interim fire chief Christopher Francis Chakot, House No. 4321. for the election of candidates
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:17:52.000><c> supervised</c><00:17:52.960><c> over</c> is um has this candidate supervised over
- is um has this candidate supervised over any<00:17:54.960><c> portion</c><00:17:55.440><c> of</c><00
- Um, I would like, as we bring candidates forward beyond this one, Mr.
- Um, I would like, as we bring candidates forward beyond this one, Mr.
- , candidate, candidate, she's<00:20:18.080><c> uh</c><00:20:18.400><c> getting</c><00:20:18.640><c> ready
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- But this really is a multi-candidate type process.
- But this really is a multi-candidate type process.
- We do that with candidate petitions too.
- We do that with candidate petitions too.
- Well, candidate petitions are about electing a person.
Committee:
Senate Ethics and Elections
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Ethics and Elections met to consider SPB 7016, a major bill revising Florida’s constitutional initiative petition process. Senator Grall presented it as a fraud-prevention and ballot-integrity measure that would add sponsor training, stricter circulator rules, more voter identification information, faster submission deadlines, notice to voters whose signatures are verified, and additional civil and criminal penalties. The committee also considered several amendments, including a $1 million bond requirement, font and page limits for petition forms, restrictions on incentive-based circulator pay, removal of a criminal-conviction prerequisite for certain fines, deposit and reimbursement procedures for supervisors of elections, invalidation of petitions gathered by ineligible circulators, mandatory circulator training, and a prohibition on public funds being used to advocate for or against constitutional amendments. All of the amendments were adopted, with some roll-call votes recorded and most passing on party-line or near party-line splits.
The bill drew extensive questioning from senators, especially about the practical effects of the new requirements. Senator Polsky and Senator Rouson raised concerns about disenfranchising voters, burdening grassroots volunteers, the cost of bonds and deposits, the 10-day return deadline, and whether voters would be notified if a petition they signed was later invalidated. Grall said the measures were intended to protect the constitutionally significant initiative process, reduce fraud, and ensure sponsors—not taxpayers—bear administrative costs. Dave Ramba, speaking for supervisors of elections, supported the deposit and reimbursement concepts but warned that the bill’s implementation would be operationally difficult and that software vendors might not be ready for the changes by the effective date. He also said the process should avoid subsidizing petition drives with county taxpayer money.
Public testimony was overwhelmingly opposed, with speakers from Common Cause Florida, the League of Women Voters, the NAACP Florida State Conference, Florida Rising, Equal Ground, Voices of Florida, and other civic groups arguing the bill would suppress direct democracy, criminalize volunteer activity, impose excessive costs, and create confusion and litigation risk. One speaker from the Florida Chamber of Commerce supported the bill, saying the initiative process should be protected from fraud and outside interests. During debate, Senator Polsky argued the Legislature has steadily made the initiative process harder after recent citizen-led amendments succeeded, while supporters framed the bill as a necessary integrity measure. The committee had not yet taken final action on the bill itself by the end of the transcript.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Informal House Session 37 Apr 16th, 2026
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- An act providing for the election of candidates in the city of Haverill, House No. 4203.
- An act providing for the election of candidates in the city of Haverill, House No. 4203.
- An act providing for the election of candidates in the city of Haverill, House No. 4204.
- An act providing for the election of candidates in the city of Havril, House No. 4204.
- employment of interim fire chief Christopher Francis Chakot, House No. 4321. for the election of candidates
Summary:
The House opened with ceremonial recognitions, including championship girls swim and indoor track teams and visiting students from Quincy. It then adopted a resolution honoring Carl F. Kowalski for more than 40 years of public service to Whitman after suspending the rules.
The chamber took up House No. 528, a fiscal year 2026 supplemental appropriations bill, which came back from the Senate with a full substitute amendment. The House suspended the rules, rejected concurrence, and voted to appoint a conference committee, naming Representatives Michaelowitz of Boston, Diggs of Barnstable, and Sweezy of Duxbury.
The Steering, Policy and Scheduling Committee then recommended several bills for consideration, including measures on Milton’s school deadline, tolling reform, LIHEAP automatic re-enrollment, Massachusetts ID cards, Quincy public safety records, and parity among Massachusetts beaches. The House suspended Rule 7A, ordered these bills to a third reading, concurred in a Senate amendment to House No. 4259 renaming the Weeder Park tennis courts, and passed to be engrossed bills on Haverhill election procedures, Dalton Fire District interim chief employment, and Conway election regulations.
Later, the House scheduled House No. 5500, the fiscal year 2027 budget bill, but on motion it postponed consideration until Monday, April 27. The House also adopted an order to adjourn to Tuesday at 11 a.m. and then adjourned to meet then in informal session.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/04/2026 - House Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections
House Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections Committee of Reference
Transcript Highlights:
- Chair and members, Senate Bill 1029 designates a candidate committee as having the intent to terminate
- upon the death of a candidate and allows the outlined individuals to serve as the treasurer of such
- a committee in place of the deceased candidate.
- particular section is included in statute is because we do need to make an indication that if a candidate
- is deceased that there is that assumed An indication that if a candidate is deceased, there is that
Summary:
The Committee on Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections heard and voted on several election- and campaign-related bills. SB 1006 would raise the threshold for itemizing in-state individual contributions on committee campaign finance reports from $100 to $200 and require aggregate reporting of smaller contributions; it passed 4-3. SB 1029 would treat a candidate committee as intending to terminate upon the candidate’s death and allow designated individuals to serve as treasurer and close out the account; a Town of Queen Creek representative testified in support, describing difficulties after the deaths of two council members, and the bill passed unanimously 7-0.
SB 1038 would require county election officials to transmit the cast vote record to the Secretary of State and prohibit alteration of that record except as otherwise allowed by law. Testimony and debate focused on whether the CVR is already a public record and whether the bill was needed to prevent counties from changing release practices; it passed 4-3. SB 1237 would add county recorders and the chair and ranking members of the House and Senate election committees to the list of officials the Secretary of State must consult when prescribing the Elections Procedures Manual. The Arizona Association of Counties and Pinal County Recorder Dana Lewis supported the bill as a way to ensure recorder input and reduce litigation; it passed 4-3.
SB 1057 would require vendors providing ballot paper fraud countermeasures to meet specified ISO certifications and include at least three listed security features. Members discussed the standards and whether the bill needed further safeguards, with one member noting possible floor amendments and another objecting that ISO is an international standard; it passed 4-3. Several other bills were held, including measures at the sponsor’s request and the remaining items on the agenda, and the committee adjourned without further action.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Senators, at this time, we will turn to tab one and take up CS for Senate Bill 62 on candidate qualification
- Current law requires that a person seeking to qualify for nomination as a candidate for office must,
- Current law requires that a person seeking to qualify for nomination as a candidate for office must,
- Although current law requires candidates to state this information in writing, courts have found that
- or political party with qualified candidates in the same race to actually bring an action based on a
Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Summary:
The Senate Judiciary Committee met with a quorum present and considered three bills. Senate Bill 292, by Senator Ruson, created a public records exemption for the personal information of appellate court clerks and their families. Senator Gaetz opposed the measure, arguing against public records exemptions and favoring prosecution of threats instead, while the State Court System appeared in support. The bill passed 8-1 and was reported favorably.
The committee then heard CS for Senate Bill 62, by Senator Arrington, presented by Leader Berman. The bill would create an enforceable requirement related to candidate party affiliation qualifications and allow a qualified candidate or political party in the same race to challenge noncompliance. There was no opposition or debate, and the committee approved the bill unanimously, 10-0.
Finally, the committee considered Senate Bill 380, by Senator Trumbull, which would expand options for posting legal notices online by clerks, tax collectors, municipalities, and certain constitutional officers, and the committee adopted an amendment clarifying special governmental agencies and setting a two-week online posting standard. The Florida Press Association, local newspaper representatives, and others opposed the bill, warning it would fragment public notice and reduce transparency, while Senator Trumbull and Senator Gaetz emphasized cost savings and the ability of constitutional officers to use their own websites. The amended bill passed 10-0 and was reported favorably. The committee then adjourned.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Informal House Session 105 Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- . - House Bill 3, providing for the election of candidates in the City of Haverhill, local approval received
- . - House Bill 4404, providing for the election of candidates in the City of Haverhill, local approval
- awareness in nursing education, Marnie's Law, House Bill 2489. - An act providing for the election of candidates
- in the City of Haverhill, House Bill 4203. - An act providing for the election of candidates in the
- An act providing for the election of candidates in the City of Haverhill, House Bill 4204.
Summary:
The House opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and then concurred with a Senate referral of a petition by Joan B. Lovely to study discrimination in public accommodations for individuals with service animals, sending it to the Committee on Consumer, Children, Families, and Persons with Disabilities. The chamber also suspended Joint Rule 12 for two petitions by Adam J. Scanlon: one asking CHIA to analyze eliminating or capping copays for mental and behavioral health services, and another concerning no-cost calls for incarcerated individuals, referring them to the appropriate committees.
The House then took up a slate of bills recommended by the Steering, Policy and Scheduling Committee and, after suspending Rule 7A, ordered several to third reading. These included Marnie’s Law on inflammatory breast cancer awareness in nursing education, Haverhill election bills, a New Salem election validation bill, Plymouth charter and digital legal notice bills, a Nantucket charter gender-neutrality bill, and a Nantucket land conveyance bill. The House also separately suspended Rule 7A for House Bill 2614 on medical parole and ordered it to third reading.
On final passage, the House passed House Bill 4249 on vital statistics to be reenacted, adopted emergency preambles for House Bill 3388 designating September 22 as Military Service Members and Veterans Suicide Awareness and Remembrance Day and for House Bill 1024 concerning sewer service in Sharon, and passed House Bill 23/Senate Bill 23 on alternate members to the Squabskine Conservation Commission. The House also engrossed Senate Bill 1830 on continued employment for Herbert A. Chafee II in Brookfield, House Bill 4109 on harbor line changes in New Bedford Harbor, and House Bill 4524 renaming Williamsburg’s Board of Selectmen as the Select Board. The session ended with adoption of an order to adjourn and the House standing adjourned to meet Wednesday at 11 a.m. in informal session.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- the bill is to authorize campaign funds to be used for dependent child care expenses incurred by candidates
- Thirteen other states have since put this into law, and many states also have given opinions allowing candidates
- Candidate records have to be maintained and available for auditing for a minimum of three years.
- it a violation of section 112, the Florida Code of Ethics, for anyone who is a public official, a candidate
- I've seen candidates use this and expand and extract falsities from their background over and over and
Committee:
Senate Ethics and Elections
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Ethics and Elections met with a quorum present and took up two bills. First, it heard SB 72 by Senator Berman, which would allow candidates to use campaign funds for dependent child care expenses incurred while actively campaigning, with limits to prevent use for general family living costs and a requirement to keep records for at least three years. The League of Women Voters appeared in support, and Senator Rouson joked about whether the bill should also cover dependent pets. The bill was reported favorably by committee vote.
The committee then considered SB 348 by Chair Gaetz, dealing with ethics violations related to falsely claiming military rank or honors for material gain and with collection of delinquent ethics fines. Gaetz explained that the bill would make such false claims a violation of the Florida Code of Ethics and authorize penalties including censure, fines, and possible removal recommendations; it would also allow public employers to withhold pay to satisfy unpaid ethics penalties. Senator Bradley asked for clarification that “material gain” includes political and professional benefits, not just money, and the chair confirmed that it does. An amendment defining delinquent penalties as unpaid 90 days after imposition was adopted, and the Florida Commission on Ethics spoke in support of the bill’s salary-withholding provisions and expanded jurisdiction. Senator Collins, a veteran, strongly supported the anti-stolen-valor section. The committee then reported CS for SB 348 favorably and adjourned.