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NJ
Transcript Highlights:
- President, I move to waive the 30-bill limit imposed by Rule 17-7. Thank you, Majority Leader.
- The existing... ...and Appropriations Committee regarding this legislation.
- Substitution motion by Senator Cruz-Perez: Resolved that pursuant to Rule 17:3, Assembly...
- Motion by Senator Lagana: Resolved that pursuant to Rule 17:3, Assembly Bill A-40...
- The amendments have been stripped according to the rules. Senator Stack moves the amendments.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- The committee rules recommend the following bill as proper consideration: HB 2120, signed by David C.
- The committee rules recommend the following bill as proper consideration: HB 2174, signed by David C.
- The committee rules recommend the following bill as proper consideration: HB 2289, signed by David C.
- The committee rules recommend the following bill as proper consideration: HB 2289, signed by David C.
- The Committee on Rules recommends the following bill as proper consideration: HB 2383. Mr.
Summary:
The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, guest introductions, and a light April Fools proclamation directing the sergeant-at-arms to wear a silk top hat for the day. The chamber then agreed to the House request to adjourn from April 2 to April 7, and messages from the House were received, including transmission of some bills to the Governor. The body also briefly recognized visitors from the Arizona Psychiatric Society and the nominee to lead the Department of Emergency and Military Affairs.
In Committee of the Whole, the Senate considered several bills. On the first calendar, it advanced HB 2120 on property tax exemptions and disability determinations, HB 2174 on insurance business and modeling data, HB 2289 on truth-in-taxation bond notices, HB 2861 on marital/postnuptial agreements, and HB 2903 on banks and financial institutions. On the second calendar, it advanced HB 208 on school libraries, HB 2040 on public educational institutions and adoption information, HB 2075 on school employee contracts, HB 2203 on public school reporting requirements, HB 2255 on school employee training, HB 2383 on school property leases and housing development, and HB 2903 again as amended. Several floor amendments were debated, including a successful hostile amendment to HB 2075 that was later rejected, and committee amendments to other bills were adopted.
The Senate then took third-reading votes on multiple bills. HB 257, HB 2131, HB 2223, HB 2264, HB 2857, HB 2120, HB 2174, HB 2289, HB 2861, HB 2903, HB 2008, HB 2040, HB 2075, HB 2203, HB 2255, and HB 2383 all passed, with recorded roll-call votes and several members explaining their opposition or support. HB 2255 passed with the required three-quarters vote. The chamber also adopted the Committee of the Whole reports and transmitted the bills as appropriate.
Before adjournment, Senator Miranda read a proclamation recognizing Farm Workers Day, and Senator Tothley offered a statement and moment of silence in memory of Passion Swartz, urging review of turquoise alert practices. The Senate then voted to adjourn until Thursday, April 2, 2026 at 10 a.m.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Elections Committee Mar 26th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Before we get to bills, our first order of business will be to adopt committee rules for the 2025-26
- Our first order of business will be to adopt committee rules for the 2025-26 legislative session.
- Do we have a motion to approve the proposed committee rules?
- Oh, yeah, let's start with the committee rules. We have a motion to adopt our committee rules.
- On the committee rules, Mr. Bennett? I. On the committee rules, Mr. Bennett, aye. Bennett, aye.
Summary:
The Assembly Elections Committee met on March 26, 2025, adopted its 2025-26 committee rules, and approved a five-bill consent calendar. The committee then heard several election-related measures focused on transparency, accessibility, and election administration. AB 775 (Fong) would modernize behested payment reporting by extending filing deadlines, requiring direct filing with the FPPC in most cases, and improving online public access; the FPPC chair testified in strong support, and the bill drew no opposition. AB 287 (Lackey) would require vote centers and polling places to provide accessible parking and curbside voting accommodations for voters with disabilities; Los Angeles County election officials and Disability Rights California supported the bill, while LAUSD raised concerns about parking shortages and storage costs and requested amendments. AB 331 (Pellerin) would clarify that certification of election results is a ministerial duty, address misleading ballot return envelopes, and ensure voter information guides reach incarcerated voters in a usable format; the Attorney General’s office sponsored the bill, while the Secretary of State expressed concerns about the feasibility of a state takeover of county canvassing and said it was working on a solution with the author.
The committee members generally supported the bills, emphasizing transparency, voter access, and election integrity. AB 775 and AB 287 both received favorable votes after brief discussion, with members noting the importance of transparency in campaign-related reporting and accessibility for voters with disabilities. AB 331 also passed, though the Secretary of State’s office flagged implementation concerns about the proposed certification backstop and the lack of state equipment and staff to canvass ballots. The chair indicated she would continue working with the Secretary of State and other stakeholders on amendments or a workable remedy.
All items ultimately passed out of committee. AB 775 was approved 5-0 and re-referred to Appropriations, AB 287 passed 6-0, and AB 331 passed 6-0 and was re-referred to Public Safety. The committee also later confirmed the votes of absent members and adjourned after all agenda items were disposed of.
AL
Alabama 2026 Regular Session
Alabama House Financial Services Committee Jan 28th, 2026
Financial Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Well this these are the rules follow.
- </c> rule, we did not pull it out of the air. rule, we did not pull it out of the air.
- </c><00:15:12.880><c> and</c><00:15:13.360><c> those</c><00:15:13.680><c> rules</c> of promulgating rules
- and those rules of promulgating rules and those rules will<00:15:14.480><c> have</c><00:15:14.560><c
- </c><00:28:55.120><c> we've</c> financial services um committee we've financial services um committee
Committee:
House Financial Services
Keywords:
income tax credit, tax incentive, recruitment, remote work, remote worker, recruited worker, rural counties, small counties, county population tiers, opportunity zone, teacher recruitment, nurse recruitment, law enforcement recruitment, workforce development, economic development, relocation incentive, Alabama Department of Revenue, nonrefundable tax credit, tax carryforward, state income tax
NY
Transcript Highlights:
- This bill is reported from committee and to the Rules Committee.
- The bill is reported from committee to the Rules Committee.
- All right, the bill is reported from committee to the Rules Committee.
- The bill is reported from committee to the Rules Committee.
- The bill is reported from committee to the Rules Committee.
Committee:
Senate Elections
Summary:
The Elections Committee met on January 12 at 3:48 p.m. with Chair Kristen Gonzalez presiding and a quorum present. Seven bills were on the agenda, and the committee moved through them quickly, generally with motions, seconds, and voice votes. Most bills were reported to the Rules Committee, with some members voting no or no recommendation on certain measures.
The committee advanced S.324, the Democracy Preservation Act; S.568, establishing portable polling locations for early voting, which Senator Walczyk questioned because the Assembly has not advanced a companion bill; S.1035, requiring mandatory training for election commissioners and key staff, which Senator Borrello opposed as an unfunded mandate and staffing burden for counties; S.10306, allowing voter registration at any residence with which a voter maintains a continuous connection and intent to remain; and S.1085, prohibiting voter suppression, with Senator May noting it addressed conduct she said occurred in the 2006 elections and had been introduced years earlier by Senator Cousins.
The committee also reported S.8604, moving the presidential primary to the first Tuesday in March, and S.8646A, a new bill sponsored by Chair Gonzalez on New York Election Officer Protection. Gonzalez said S.8646A had been developed recently with advocates, including the Brennan Center for Justice, and amended to align more closely with a model Peace Act. After the final bill was approved, the chair thanked members for a quick and productive meeting and adjourned the committee.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- That approach raised concerns in<01:37:40.680><c> committee.</c> in committee. in committee.
- </c> the fraud committee to testify. the fraud committee to testify.
- is</c> officer under rule House Rule 3.21 is officer under rule House Rule 3.21 is appealed<02:26:03.440
- </c> rules against that?" rules against that?"
- Speaker, under House Rule 4.05, when a budget resolution has not been adopted by the Ways and Means Committee
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- The Committee on Rules reports proper consideration of House Bill 2033, signed David C.
- The Committee on Rules reports proper consideration of House Bill 293, signed by David C.
- The Committee on Rules reports proper consideration of House Bill 293, signed by David C.
- The Committee on Rules recommends the following bills for proper consideration.
- The Committee on Rules recommends the following bills for proper consideration.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- Madam Chair, members of the committee.
- Madam Chair, members of the committee.
- rules correctly, Of these types of rules, if I'm reading the rules correctly, things like this should
- Thank you, Committee. Thank you.
- No, no, no, you just need to recite the committee substitute from finance because it's not our committee
Committee:
House House Judiciary
Keywords:
cannabis, cannabis packaging, cannabis labeling, cannabis regulation, Cannabis Control Division, adulterated cannabis, artificial color additive, food dye, youth appeal, minor appeal, child-resistant packaging, black-and-white packaging, edibles, product labeling, consumer protection, marijuana, hemp, dispensary, licensed cannabis business, cannabis manufacturer
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Informal House Session 61 Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Court of Committee a message from her Excellency the Governor.
- Report of the Committee on Rules and the Committees on Rules of the Two Branches, acting concurrently
- Rules are suspended. Question now is on suspension of Joint Rule 12. All those in favor say aye.
- Joint Rule 12 is suspended.
- Rule 7A is suspended.
Summary:
The House received a message from the Governor submitting fiscal year 2026 appropriation requests, including supplemental appropriations and other projects, and referred the message to the Committee on Ways and Means. It also concurred with a Senate petition to designate bar pizza as the official pizza of the Commonwealth, and suspended Joint Rule 12 to send two other petitions forward: one on virtual credit cards used by dental insurance providers and one regulating the sale of kratom.
The House then took up House No. 2465, an act relative to athletic training. After suspending Rule 7A, the bill was ordered to a third reading. The chamber also considered House No. 4103, establishing a sick leave bank for Stephen Forgett of the Worcester County Sheriff's Office. The emergency preamble was adopted by a separate vote, and the bill was then passed to be enacted.
At the end of the session, the House adopted an order to meet again on Thursday at 11:00 a.m. and adjourned to that time in informal session.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- Speaker, your Committee on Judiciary, Rules, and Administration reports that we have read and approved
- It is the recommendation of the committee that all the pending rules be approved in their entirety, with
- Speaker, we, the Committee on Judiciary, Rules and Administration, report that we have printed House
- House Bill 579, by the Judiciary, Rules and Administration Committee, relating to justifiable homicide
- House Judiciary, Rules and Administration Committee will meet Wednesday, February 11th, at 1:30 p.m.,
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Housing Jun 18th, 2026
Joint Committee on Housing
Transcript Highlights:
- The Joint Committee on Housing hearing is now in order. Good morning, everyone.
- I'm Representative Richard Haggerty, Chair of the Joint Committee on Housing.
- If those changes are then made, that would then negate the need for the home rule.
- If those changes are then made, that would then negate the need for the home rule.
- If those changes are then made, that would then negate the need for the home rule.
Committee:
Joint Joint Committee on Housing
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Housing held a hybrid hearing on two bills: H. 5447, a home rule petition concerning the Town of West Tisbury’s affordable housing trust fund, and H. 5317/H. 5314, relating to condominium conversion or partition of co-owned two-unit buildings. Chair Richard Haggerty and Senate co-chair Julian Cyr opened the hearing and explained the format, including three-minute testimony limits and a July 31 deadline for written testimony.
Peter Harrington testified in support of updating the partition law so courts could use condominium conversion when dividing co-owned property. He said the current law is rooted in medieval-era rules and can hinder preservation of middle-class housing, especially where a two-family home might otherwise be sold and redeveloped. He argued the change would give judges a modern tool to preserve existing housing stock and noted the issue arises in some partition cases, though not every day.
Laura Silber testified for West Tisbury in support of H. 5447, saying the town wants its affordable housing trust fund expanded to serve households up to 180% of area median income and to support seasonal-community workforce needs, including public sector essential workers. She said the town and Martha’s Vineyard Commission also support broader seasonal-community housing tools and a future local option transfer fee. Senator Cyr questioned whether the home rule petition was necessary given the Seasonal Communities law, and Silber responded that the petition was a short-term measure while technical fixes and a pooled year-round housing trust are developed. No votes were taken, and the hearing ended with adjournment after testimony concluded.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Business, Trade & Economic Development Jan 28th, 2026 at 08:00 am
Business, Trade & Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
- And William, if you could brief the committee. Madam Chair, members of the committee, good morning.
- This bill sets a simple rule.
- Chair and committee members, John Kim, committee staff. Before you is SB 6248.
- I move the proposed substitute receive a due pass recommendation and be sent to the Rules Committee.
- Madam Chair, I move that the bill receive a due pass recommendation and be sent to the Rules Committee
Keywords:
rural county, frontier county, public facilities funding, economic development, local option sales tax, sales and use tax, workforce housing, affordable housing, county tax authority, RCW, Washington state, community economic revitalization board, CED, infrastructure funding, public works, job creation, job retention, job expansion, county planning, state auditor reporting
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session Mar 16th, 2026
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The committee rules that two granting acts concordantly to whom was to heard the petition accompanied
- Senator John Rule 12 refers to the Committee on Revenue. The question comes on suspension.
- Joint Rule 12 is suspended. The matter is referred to the Committee on Revenue.
- Senator John Rule 12 refers to the Committee on Revenue. The question comes on suspension.
- Joint Rule 12 is suspended. The matter is referred to the Committee on Revenue.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, April 30, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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- There being no further amendments under the rule, the committee rises. >> Vote.
- </c> committee of the whole under the rule. committee of the whole under the rule.
- and also on the Rules Committee, Chip Roy, has labored tirelessly to defend the constitutional rights
- </c> committee and also on the rules committee and also on the rules committee.<07:02:32.400><c> Chip
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Press Conference: Republican Media Availability to Discuss Special Session - 06/09/25
Transcript Highlights:
- and in their committees themselves.
- And so, uh, for us, there wasn't a lot of gain in suspending the rules or in not suspending the rules
- And so, uh, for us, there wasn't a lot of gain in suspending the rules or in not suspending the rules
- And so, uh, for us, there wasn't a lot of gain in suspending the rules or in not suspending the rules
- And so, uh, for us, there wasn't a lot of gain in suspending the rules or in not suspending the rules
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session Apr 21st, 2026
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Tarr, to said committee. Report of a committee.
- Committee on Rules of the Two Branching Act and concurrently, to whom was referred the Senate order relative
- Lovely for the committee. Mr. Durant from Worcester and Hampshire moves that the rules... Mr.
- The Committee on Rules of the Act of the Conference, to whom was referred the Senate order relative to
- The Committee on Rules of the Two Branching Act and concurrently, to whom was referred the Senate order
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session - Part 2 - 05/17/26
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Tarr, to said committee. Report of a committee.
- Committee on Rules of the Two Branching Act and currently, to whom was referred the Senate order relative
- Lovely for the committee. Mr. Durant from Worcester and Hampshire moves that the rules... Mr.
- The Committee on Rules of the Act of the Conference, to whom was referred the Senate order relative to
- The Committee on Rules of the Two Branching Act and currently, to whom was referred the Senate order
Summary:
The Senate took up several local and procedural matters. It passed to be engrossed H. 4225, authorizing Marblehead to establish a means-tested senior citizen property tax exemption, and H. 4584, further regulating the appointment of special police officers in Malden. The Chair also announced changes to the Committee on Bills in the Third Reading, with Senator Tarr and Senator Durant exchanging committee membership through resignation and reappointment.
The chamber then considered multiple Senate orders extending reporting deadlines for committees under the Rules of the Two Branching Act. An extension for the Committee on Financial Services under S. 2796 was adopted, with members noting it covered seven bills through May 4, 2026. Another order for the Committee on Veterans and Federal Affairs under S. 2775 was amended to extend the deadline from April 30, 2026 to June 30, 2026, and then adopted. A similar order for the Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery under S. 2776 was also amended from April 30, 2026 to June 30, 2026 and adopted, with members again confirming it covered seven bills.
On final passage, the Senate adopted an emergency preamble for H. 4259, designating the Wider Park tennis courts as the Kim O'Connell Tennis Courts, by a standing vote of 2-0. It then enacted H. 4602, increasing the membership of the select board in the town of Munson, and H. 4259, sending both bills to the Governor. The Senate also adopted an order to reconvene the following Thursday at 11 a.m., and then adjourned.
VT
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> Appropriations Committee. Appropriations Committee.
- ,</c> Services Committee, Services Committee, and<01:20:20.560><c> your</c><01:20:20.760><c> committee
- </c> by your House Appropriations Committee. by your House Appropriations Committee.
- </c> passed by the Judiciary Committee. passed by the Judiciary Committee.
- Now, the Committee on Judiciary.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint House Higher Education Finance and Policy and Senate Higher Education Committee 3/18/25
Transcript Highlights:
- The committee will come to order.
- Rule six allows the committee to extend the question-and-answer period.
- Rule nine provides that if only two nominees remain after one round of voting, the Joint Committee can
- The committee has deadlocked in the past, so rule number 10 provides a mechanism for the committee to
- number six allows the long rule number six allows the committee<00:02:23.360><c> to</c><00:02:23.680