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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House DFL Media Availability 3/27/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- of the Minnesota House was forced to take a side and clearly show the public: are you with the gun lobby
- The gun lobby or are you with kids? Are you with ICE or are you with kids?
- and so, they want to talk about lobby and so, they want to talk about anything<00:15:59.640><c> else
- Is that the gun lobby? Is that Republican leadership? Where does that breakdown happen?
- , is that Republican that the gun lobby, is that Republican leadership?
KY
Transcript Highlights:
- And Rule 71, dealing with restriction to lobbying and access to the chamber areas, will also provide
- And Rule 71, dealing with restriction to lobbying and access to the chamber areas, will also provide
- And Rule 71, dealing with restriction to lobbying and access to the chamber areas, will also provide
- </c> uh dealing with restriction to lobbying uh dealing with restriction to lobbying and<00:11:59.440
- ,</c> rule specifically relates to lobbying, rule specifically relates to lobbying, but<00:13:00.880>
Keywords:
Convene 00:00
Motions, Petitions, and Communications 04:28
Election and Swearing In of Constitutional Officers 04:35
Introduction of New Bills and Resolutions 06:51
HR 1 08:08
HR 2 08:40
HR 3 17:11
Impeachment Petitions reported 18:33
Introduction of New Bills and Resolutions 20:27
Stand at Ease 20:54
Introduction of New Bills and Resolutions 28:30
Adjournment 33:05, 958, all
MI
Transcript Highlights:
- it started off with one client, and then as he grew it, it became the state's first multi-client lobbying
- He stayed very active as a volunteer, as a member of his church, giving back to the community.
- it started off with one client, and then as he grew it, it became the state's first multi-client lobbying
- He stayed very active as a volunteer, as a member of his church, giving back to the community.
Summary:
The Senate met with a quorum, excused several members, and heard a memorial statement from Majority Floor Leader Singh honoring Thomas James Cleary, a longtime Michigan public servant, lobbyist, and civic volunteer. The chamber also recognized a departing staff member from Senator Geis’s office and later welcomed guests from Cleary’s family. No substantive debate occurred during these tributes, and remarks were ordered printed in the journal.
The Senate then handled a large number of introductions and referrals, including Senate Joint Resolution K to prohibit autopen use by certain executive officials, Senate bills on Treasury revenue collection and liquor control, and numerous House bills covering housing, health, insurance, natural resources, education, consumer finance, child care licensing, public employment contracts, and other topics. Several housing and finance-related House bills were sent directly to the Committee of the Whole by unanimous consent. In Committee of the Whole, bills including House Bill 4072, House Bill 5630, Senate Bills 792, 793, 947, 1013, and 885 were considered; substitutes were adopted for House Bill 5630, Senate Bills 1013, 947, and 885, and the committee recommended all of those bills, plus House Bill 4072, Senate Bills 792 and 793, for third reading.
On final passage, House Bill 4042 and House Bill 5630 each passed 34-0, with four members excused. The Senate also concurred in the House substitute to Senate Concurrent Resolution 14, approving an extension of the state energy emergency, by a 33-1 vote. By contrast, concurrence in the House substitute to Senate Bill 878 failed 2-32, sending that appropriations bill to conference committee. The House then named conferees on Senate Bill 878, and the Senate named conferees for both SB 878 and HB 5630 after the chambers disagreed on those measures.
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Fiscal Policy Feb 18th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Senator Harold, if you're still out in the lobby.
- Senator Harold, if you're still out in the lobby.
- to make that arrest even when they didn't witness it, in those scenarios where the person isn't actively
- Currently, there are five active children's initiatives located in the counties of Duval, Orange, Hillsborough
Summary:
The Fiscal Policy Committee met and first adopted a late-filed amendment to SB 774, which expands enhanced workers’ compensation coverage to 911 public safety telecommunicators for mental or nervous injuries. The bill drew supportive testimony from a Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office dispatcher and others, and was reported favorably. The committee also reported favorably SB 770 on forensic services for certain defendants, which would allow the Agency for Persons with Disabilities to consolidate secure forensic services for individuals with intellectual disabilities or autism whose charges were dismissed after incompetency findings.
Members then considered several public safety, family, and workforce bills. CS/SB 86, which declares unauthorized aliens operating commercial vehicles an imminent safety hazard and imposes vehicle impoundment and a $50,000 penalty on motor carriers, was reported favorably after questions about impound procedures and cargo handling; one speaker opposed it. SB 1594, protecting veterans’ benefits for foster youth so the funds are reserved for postsecondary education, training, and after-care services, was reported favorably with supportive testimony from a former DCF attorney. CS/SB 760, creating a new offense for willful violations of no-contact pretrial release conditions in violent crime cases, was reported favorably despite criminal defense attorneys’ concerns about a provision allowing warrantless arrests without officer observation.
The committee also approved a complete rewrite of the nonprofit corporations chapter in SB 554, a sickle cell continuing education bill (SB 844) after extensive emotional testimony from patients, advocates, and family members, and SB 1022 adding two children’s initiative programs in Bay County and Broward County. CS/SB 1246 broadened the Linking Industry to Nursing Education Fund to include health science education programs and related workforce needs and was reported favorably. Finally, the committee approved CS/CS/SB 1230 restricting use and sale of certain firefighting foam containing intentionally added PFAS, and CS/CS/SB 128 directing DEP to mark Red Harris Spoil Island; both passed with favorable votes. Several senators later asked to be recorded as voting in the affirmative on specific tabs, and the meeting adjourned without further business.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
01/28/2026 - Senate Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency
Regulatory Affairs and Government Efficiency
Transcript Highlights:
- amount of utility infrastructure that must be identified and marked whenever there's excavation activities
- Arizona 811 does not lobby for legislation. I just wanted that on record. Thank you. Thank you.
- Arizona 811 does not lobby for legislation. I just wanted that on record. Thank you. Thank you.
- been meaningfully updated in over a decade, despite rapid population growth, increased construction activity
Keywords:
scrap metal theft, study committee, Arizona, regulated industries, public safety, underground utilities, utility locating, dig safe, call before you dig, 811, excavation safety, damage prevention, one-call center, locate request, white lining, large project coordination, buried infrastructure, subsurface utilities, utility marking, locator wire
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions Jun 21st, 2026 at 02:00 pm
Transcript Highlights:
- is why today I'll be presenting information related to public records law and state legislative activities
- You just kind of dig into legitimate legislative activity and if that's... ...you just kind of dig into
- Legitimate legislative activity, really, I think, is pretty broad in its scope in a lot of court cases
- Legislators have protections for kind of personal activities that go beyond that.
- They're essentially lobbying me on a particular position, right?
Summary:
The hearing opened with committee chairs explaining the Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions’ role under Article 48 and outlining the process for initiative petition 25-14, H5-004, an act to improve access to public records. The first panel consisted of subject-matter experts. William Clark of the National Conference of State Legislatures gave an overview of public records laws across states, noting that all states have some form of open-records law but that exemptions for legislatures vary widely. He discussed common legislative exemptions, legislative privilege, and court cases showing that outcomes often turn on specific constitutional and statutory language. Rebecca Murray, General Counsel for the Secretary of the Commonwealth, described Massachusetts public records trends, saying state agency requests and appeals have risen sharply since the 2017 law update, with 2025 setting a record for appeals. She said the initiative would extend the public records law to the General Court and the Governor’s Office and add exemptions specific to those offices, while also noting resource concerns from the growing volume of requests and appeals.
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- , so we had to make a judgment call in order to categorize some of the activity.”
- On DNR-managed land specifically, these fees support snowmobiling and other winter recreation activities
- We've been lobbying for many years.
- We've been lobbying for many years.
- This is a user fee, and the user fee goes directly into the activity that people are wanting to engage
Committee:
House Transportation
Keywords:
vehicle loads, public highways, transportation, road safety, infrastructure, HB2139, snowmobile registration, snowmobile fee, vehicle license fee, registration fee, Department of Licensing, RCW, vehicle registration, winter recreation, off-road vehicle, moped, motorcycle, trailer, recreational vehicle, vintage snowmobile
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- As you can see, other things that have come through our state, and it's going to be lobbied heavily.
- And I know that you have been lobbied hard, and what I'm going to ask you to do, if you would, is just
- And all we are trying to do as former active duty military chaplains is give an option, especially to
- This requires time deployed on active duty, Title 10.
- With active-duty military in the same education that I did.
Committee:
Senate Commerce and Human Resources
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Appropriations and Budget Finance Subcommittee Oct 28th, 2025
A&B Finance Subcommittee
Transcript Highlights:
- We have about 5,400 nonprofits that are actively doing work.
- To prove you're actively doing work, even though...
- But for example, Oklahoma County has almost 1,500 active nonprofits in it.
- to come out here and lobby legislation.
- I lobbied here for 20 years. I know how to pass legislation. Appropriation legislation.
Committee:
House A&B Finance Subcommittee
Summary:
The committee heard an interim study on expanding or simplifying sales tax exemptions for Oklahoma nonprofits. Representatives Stark and Schreiber said the issue has been filed repeatedly over several sessions and framed it as a bipartisan effort to keep more charitable dollars in service of communities rather than paying sales tax. Schreiber also suggested broader tax reform or an omnibus approach rather than continuing to add individual exemptions.
Marnie Taylor of the Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits gave an overview of the sector, describing nonprofits as a major part of the state economy and safety net, and argued that many organizations are highly regulated, under-resourced, and facing declining donations and funding. She said the current patchwork of exemptions is uneven and that a blanket or broader exemption would help organizations serving public needs. Committee members asked for sources behind some of the poverty, education, and health rankings cited in her presentation.
Several nonprofit leaders testified about how sales tax affects their operations. RG Foods described the cost of opening neighborhood grocery markets in food deserts and said sales tax on a Tulsa project would divert about $85,000 from programming. Jubilee Partners, Skyline Urban Outreach, the Pencil Box, the Tulsa Police Foundation, Blue Rose Ranch, and Legacy Parenting Center each explained how exemption status or the lack of it affects food assistance, school supplies, public safety equipment, animal rescue, and diapers and family support. Members asked follow-up questions about food desert definitions, budgets, and how much sales tax savings would change operations. No vote was taken in the excerpt, but the study concluded with closing remarks emphasizing that the exemption would keep more money in direct services and support the nonprofit sector statewide.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- We do restrict activities like gambling and the use of alcohol and nicotine to those who are over age
- Senate Bill 1845 relates to the registration as a lobbyist of persons who engage in certain lobbying
- activities on behalf of a foreign adversary.
- Senate Bill 1845 relates to the registration as a lobbyist of persons who engage in certain lobbying
- activities on behalf of a foreign adversary.
Bills:
SB1065 , SB2117 , SB2217 , SB2363 , SB2533 , SB2742 , SB2743 , SB2881 , SB2964 , SB3013 , SB3014
Committee:
Senate State Affairs
Keywords:
SB 1065, handgun carry, license holder, concealed carry, open carry, government contracts, governmental entity, property lease, state agencies, local government, higher education, university, Texas Government Code, Penal Code 30.06, Penal Code 30.07, Penal Code 46.03, Second Amendment, gun rights, firearms, civil penalty
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- SGA has been active at TCU since the 1910s.
- HB 3615 by Schatzline relating to the use of certain public entities of public funds for lobbying and
- certain other activities for the Committee on State Affairs.
- SB 19 by Middleton release relating to the use of political subdivision for public funds of lobbying
- and certain of their activities are for the Committee on state affairs.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Environment, Climate and Legacy - 02/04/25
Environment, Climate, and Legacy
Transcript Highlights:
- little brief history of the Outdoor Heritage Fund, and Senator Lang will highlight our community activity
- little brief history of the Outdoor Heritage Fund, and Senator Lang will highlight our community activity
- </c> acre standpoint where does the activity acre standpoint where does the activity happen<00:08:26.039
- ><c> mean</c><00:08:27.560><c> is</c> happen and the activity I mean is happen and the activity I mean
- </c> you an idea at least from an activity you an idea at least from an activity standpoint<00:10:35.800
Committee:
Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 03/10/26
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Prior to managed care, providers were actively choosing to not see MA patients or to only serve a limited
- Prior to managed care, providers were actively choosing to not see MA patients or to only serve a limited
- time in a while. there is a very effective and expensive there is a very effective and expensive lobbying
- </c><00:52:57.200><c> And</c> lobbying power against this. And lobbying power against this.
- activities occur. It just seems contrary activities occur.
Committee:
Senate Health and Human Services
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 4 on Climate Crisis, Resources, Energy, and Transportation Mar 19th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- We'll track our success through tree planting and maintenance with urban forest management activities
- Food and Agriculture (CDFA) has received $120 million for infrastructure at our most frequently activated
- I think tree planting is probably our most funded activity.
- Will Rogers, in particular, has really been a lifelong center of activities, weddings, sports events,
- . lobbying.
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- Did you lobby the House or the Senate?
- I don't remember having a conversation with you, so you lobbied the Senate? Yes. Okay.
- Did you lobby the House or the Senate?
- with you, so you lobbied the Senate? Yes. Okay, how'd that experience in the governor's office go?
- So we haven't heard back from the federal government on that, but they've been more active in pursuing
Bills:
HB9 , HB177 , HB181 , HB202 , HB225 , HB398 , HB459 , HB540 , HB906 , HB1052 , HB1057 , HB1245
Committee:
Senate Senate & Governmental Affairs
Keywords:
HB 9, HB9, Act 527, Shreveport, Stuffed Shrimp Capital, state symbol, Louisiana symbols, municipal designation, honorary title, cultural designation, tourism, local pride, seafood, shrimp, stuffed shrimp, cuisine, city branding, Louisiana Revised Statutes 49:170.26, court reporter, official court reporter
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
Legislative Ethics Commission (6-17-25) - Part 2
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> Missouri, a two-year ban on lobbying Missouri, a two-year ban on lobbying was<00:05:51.360><c> declare
- lobbying ban, at that time the legislature met every two years.
- That he didn't challenge the lobbying ban. No, I thought he did the whole thing.
- That he didn't challenge the lobbying ban. No, I thought he did the whole thing.
- </c> that have to do with lobbying. Okay. that have to do with lobbying. Okay.
Summary:
The commission first returned from executive session and noted that discussions there were preliminary only and no final agency action was taken. It then approved the budget report, which staff said was within year-to-date budget parameters.
Members discussed recommended changes to the code of ethics. Staff proposed four items: defining and prohibiting sexual harassment as ethical misconduct; two housekeeping changes related to lobbyist registration notice and campaign contribution language; and a possible reduction of the post-service waiting period for former legislators to become lobbyists from two years to one year. Members agreed the lobbying cooling-off period was a broader General Assembly issue and voted to recommend only the first three changes, leaving the fourth for later review. The chair noted the July 1 deadline for submitting ethics-code recommendations to the LRC.
The commission also approved renewal of a $100,000 contract with Casey Bailey and Mains for Robert Jenkins to continue serving as enforcement counsel, with hourly rates of $125 for the attorney and $40 for the paralegal. Finally, it approved a 3% cost-of-living pay increase for General Counsel Steven Pium, discussed possible conference attendance and informal opinions, and adjourned after no further business.
VT
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:15:13.279><c> beyond</c> kiosk enable criminal activity beyond kiosk enable criminal activity
- </c> other illicit activities. other illicit activities.
- </c> other criminal activity. other criminal activity.
- </c> deterrent unlawful criminal activity. deterrent unlawful criminal activity.
- </c> harmful activity in Vermont. harmful activity in Vermont.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Education Assessment & Accountability Review Subcommittee. (7-1-26)
Transcript Highlights:
- For example, my daughter is activities.
- About complaints uh, that are active.
- We do get complaints about improper political activity.
- We do get complaints about improper political activity.
- We do get complaints about improper political activity.
Keywords:
0:00:03 - Call to Order and Roll Call
0:00:43 - Approval of October 14, 2025 and November 4, 2025 Minutes
0:01:15 - Acceptance of Office of Education Accountability Report: Analysis Of Student Discipline Data in Kentucky Schools
0:02:10 - Implementation Update on 26 RS HB 257
0:49:38 - Career and Technical Education in the Assessment and Accountability System
1:13:50 - Office of Education Accountability Annual Report
1:47:27 – Adjournment, 958, all
Summary:
The Education Assessment & Accountability Review Subcommittee approved the minutes from its October 14 and November 4 meetings and also approved the Office of Education Accountability report analyzing student discipline data in Kentucky schools. The main presentation came from KDE Commissioner Dr. Robby Fletcher on implementation of House Bill 257, which he said has two major parts: selection of a statewide college entrance exam through a new procurement process, and development of locally designed indicators of quality for accountability.
On the college exam, Fletcher explained that the state had to reopen procurement after Senate Bill 197, with the RFP released May 21, vendor questions handled through the Finance and Administration Cabinet, proposals due June 22, and scoring and review expected in July and August, with a vendor decision not likely until October. He emphasized that the exam is a norm-referenced college-readiness measure, not a test of Kentucky academic standards, which are assessed by the KSA. Members asked about the science requirement in statute, the possibility of multiple vendors or district choice, and whether the CLT could participate; Fletcher said vendors must address science in the RFP, multiple vendors could be possible, and any vendor could submit a proposal if it meets the rubric. He also noted that ACT and SAT differ in structure, that either can meet college-readiness benchmarks, and that there were no major complaints about the SAT during its first year of use.
The second major topic was the locally developed indicators of quality under House Bill 257. Fletcher said these are intended to let districts measure themselves against their own goals rather than compare districts statewide, while still aligning with Kentucky standards. He described examples such as achievement, growth, student well-being, safety, fiscal responsibility, civics, internships, apprenticeships, project-based learning, and defenses of learning. He said districts may use local assessments such as MAP, STAR, and I-Ready alongside state data, and that local models should be developed with families, community members, and workforce partners. He added that KDE is providing technical assistance, has applied for a federal CGSA grant, and will use a one-time $15,000 cost offset for districts implementing local accountability models, with a superintendent webcast planned for August.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:30:50.320><c> This</c> of economic activity in your state.
- This of economic activity in your state.
- </c><00:30:52.399><c> and</c> bill threatens the economic activity and bill threatens the economic activity
- Chair, we can move to the next part. lobbyists to come and lobby us to get lobbyists to come and lobby
- or increase the tax base, but activity or increase the tax base, but they<01:25:23.840><c> are</c><01
Committee:
House Taxes
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House committee approves omnibus elections policy bill, HF1378 4/2/25
Transcript Highlights:
- This will help streamline some of our Election Day activities, and this was a measure that our association
- and this was a measure that activities and this was a measure that our<00:03:37.200><c> association<
- Each jurisdiction chooses how they staff those pre-election activities, and requiring them to hire two
- and requiring them to hire activities and requiring them to hire two<00:13:14.959><c> additional</c>
- authorities might cause someone to register as a lobbyist if they are lobbying them.
Summary:
The committee took up House File 1378, an elections administration bill, and first adopted the DE5 amendment. The author described DE5 as a negotiated package combining provisions from several bills on election administration, including notice of temporary polling locations, residence standards for people under civil commitment orders, polling place closure/change notices, absentee voting provisions, special election filing periods, and timelines for filing statements of economic interest. The committee then adopted two additional amendments, A6 and A8, both presented as technical or corrective changes; A8 restored language on off-reservation temporary polling that had been inadvertently left out.
Testimony from county election officials and the Secretary of State’s office was generally supportive of the bill’s election-administration changes. Blue Earth County’s Michael Stalberger said the bill would streamline election-day work, improve absentee ballot deadlines, clarify ballot correction procedures, formalize chain-of-custody plans, and speed out-of-court remedies for ballot errors. He also raised concerns about implementation details, including the timing for first chain-of-custody plans, applying candidate filing changes to townships and school districts as well as cities, the short turnaround for college student housing lists, and whether the statewide system could handle new absentee-ballot data fields. Nicole Freeman of the Secretary of State’s office echoed support for the technical cleanup and several policy changes, including removing the permanent absentee application box from voter registration forms, clarifying ballot-board procedures, chain-of-custody planning, and the out-of-court remedy, while also flagging concerns about the absentee application cutoff, city opt-outs from absentee voting, and staffing requirements for absentee locations.
Later in the hearing, members discussed a separate proposed amendment, A4/A3, dealing with prohibitions on inducements to vote or register, including lotteries or other chances to win money or goods. The author explained it was intended to clarify existing law and respond to recent examples of large-money election-related giveaways, but after discussion the chair declined to offer the amendment in committee, saying it would likely not have enough support and could be taken up later on the floor. The hearing ended with the technical amendments adopted and the bill advanced with the committee continuing broader discussions on the remaining issues.