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VT

Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Session - 2026-03-31 - 10:00AM

Vermont House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • This amendment is 10:06 this morning.
  • As a remedy, the Strekal amendment As a remedy, the Strekal amendment before<00:31:22.200> you
  • <00:31:44.440> is The structure of the amendment is The structure of the amendment is consistent
  • :59.920> amendment.
  • Supports the amendment.
Keywords: 926, house, all
Summary: The House began with a devotional and then took up several Senate bills for first reading and referral: S. 323 on miscellaneous agricultural subjects, S. 325 on regional planning and Act 250 tier jurisdiction, and S. 328 on housing and common interest communities. The chamber then adopted House Resolution 16, reaffirming Vermont’s friendship with Taiwan and supporting stronger bilateral relations and Taiwan’s participation in international organizations. The resolution was adopted by voice vote after its reading, and remarks followed welcoming guests from Hazen Union School and Director General Charles Lao of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Boston. During the action calendar, the House postponed action on H. 657, relating to services for unaccompanied homeless youth, for one legislative day. It then passed H. 727 on sustainable data center deployment, H. 935 on emergency management, and H. 938 establishing the Vermont homelessness response continuum. The House also committed H.R. 15, another Taiwan friendship resolution, to the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development. The main substantive debate centered on H. 941, relating to municipal regulation of agriculture. The committee explained the bill as a response to a Vermont Supreme Court ruling and described it as restoring limits on municipal regulation of farms while allowing narrow local exceptions and creating a stakeholder group to continue studying the issue. Testimony came from a broad range of agricultural, municipal, and policy stakeholders, and the committee reported a 7-0-1 vote. An amendment offered by Representative Durfee, based on feedback from the House Environment Committee, replaced a Tier 1A concept with parcel-size-based exceptions, clarified state authority over growing fruits, vegetables, and flowers, and adjusted the stakeholder charge; the House adopted the amendment and ordered the bill to third reading. The House also heard announcements about committee appointments, caucus meetings, a public hearing on community safety concerns, and then adjourned until April 1, 2026.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/16/2026 - Senate Federalism and Family Law

Federalism and Family Law

Transcript Highlights:
  • If you would, now we're voting on the bill as amended. Please call the roll. No, as amended.
  • Oh, I'm sorry, you moved the amendment. I took my job.
  • I move HB 2908 as amended receive a due pass recommendation.
  • I move HB 2908 as amended receive a due pass recommendation.
  • This has First Amendment implications, major First Amendment implications, because organizations and
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session: 2025 First Special Session 6/9/25 - Part 3

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The amendment is coded A1. number 17. The amendment is coded A1.
  • withdraw the A1 amendment. withdraw the A1 amendment.
  • amendment is adopted. amendment is adopted.
  • . amendment. amendment.
  • The A25 amendment amendment amendment puts<02:29:02.240> a<02:29:02.479> sunset<02:29:03.120
Keywords: 1183, house
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

Room 224 Conference AM - 05-01-2026

Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The agreed CD1 has a number of amendments.
  • It's, uh, has a number of amendments.
  • <00:02:56.840> as approval, and tech amendments as approval, and tech amendments as necessary
  • <00:03:51.320> Co-Chair amendments. Chair votes I. Co-Chair amendments. Chair votes I.
  • <00:21:08.440> or and it changes quote adopt amend or and it changes quote adopt amend or
FL

Florida 2026 4th Special Session

February 4, 2026 - 01:30 PM

Transcript Highlights:
  • Florida is the First Amendment here for my First Amendment right.
  • That's when the amendment window is open.
  • The First Amendment is the most important amendment, the right to freedom of speech and to be able to
  • The First Amendment protects that.
  • So we would not amend a policy here.
MN

Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session

House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/13/25

Human Services Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • Would you like to speak to it, give testimony through the amendment, or have us adopt the amendment first
  • <00:02:40.400> is amendment is amendment is adopted<00:02:42.120> welcome<00:02:42.400>
  • I would like to move the A1 amendment, and I have an oral amendment that I'd like to move on the A1 amendment
  • On the A1 amendment, I would move an oral amendment to strike lines 1.4 and 1.5.
  • All right, to the A1 amendment.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • just pass with amendments.
  • <00:53:51.720> making forward um with amendments making forward um with amendments making
  • > a technical amendments adding in a technical amendments adding in a defective<00:53:53.720><
  • moving this forward with amendments moving this forward with amendments though<00:54:41.720>
  • consideration passing with amendments consideration passing with amendments adding<00:59:23.000>
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The committee heard testimony on a series of transportation-related bills. SB 21 on water carriers would create an inflationary cost index mechanism; DOT, Agriculture, DCCA, the PUC, and several harbor and logistics interests supported it, while Pacific Transfer opposed. SB 1478 would require vessel masters to follow harbor master evacuation orders during emergencies; DOT clarified it applies only to commercial ports, with support from Hima and the Harbor Users Group and opposition from the Hailongm Association. SB 108 would authorize DOT to regulate vessel noise near commercial harbors; the White Harbor Users Group opposed, while DOT said it supported the intent but warned the bill may be preempted by federal law. SB 1475 would raise the bond ceiling for harbor improvement projects from $100 million to $600 million, and SB 1473 would cap central services assessments on DOT funds at $5 million and tie them to CPI; DOT supported both, and Budget and Finance explained the central services fee is generally a 5% deduction from special funds with some statutory exceptions. The committee also heard SB 1402 on securing mooring lines in state commercial harbors, which drew support from the General Contractors Association of Hawaii and the Hawaii Longline Association. SB 1522 on vehicle title transfers was supported by the City and County of Honolulu’s Department of Customer Services. SB 599 would require DOT or counties to scan deceased cats and dogs for microchips before disposal; DOT said it would provide scanners, the Hawaiian Humane Society and a private witness strongly supported the bill, and the committee discussed that the measure would not charge pet owners and that Oʻahu microchip rates are about 80% for dogs and 70% for cats. SB 1025 would allow service and non-service animals on mass transit under certain conditions; DHS offered comments, Maui and Honolulu opposed, while the Hawaiian Humane Society, the Environmental Caucus, and others supported it, and an opponent raised concerns about large pets, service animals, and the need for size and off-peak restrictions. Later, the committee heard SB 1096 on license plate-flipping devices, with DOT and Honolulu police supporting it. SB 384 would expand victim restitution in DUI-related negligent homicide cases to include child support for surviving minor children; DOT, MADD, and the Kiki Injury Prevention Coalition supported it, while the Public Defender opposed, arguing the restitution amounts would be unverified and better handled through civil remedies. SB 597 would extend the deadline for the administrative driver license revocation office to issue decisions, and the Attorney General, police, and Maui prosecutors supported it because of drug-testing delays, especially on neighbor islands. Finally, SB 1285 would create a lower-level impaired driving offense and authorize administrative action; the Attorney General and Public Defender both raised concerns about charging discretion and resource impacts, while county, public health, alcohol policy, and victim advocates strongly supported the bill as a life-saving measure. The transcript ends partway through testimony on SB 1285, with no final committee votes or actions recorded in the excerpt.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
  • Would you repeat the amendment, please? Yes. The amendment is 2025-2328H. Thank you.
  • like to move amendment 2020. like to move amendment 2020.
  • that is the amendment that is the amendment 15. >> Thank you.
  • <01:45:54.639> Thank amended with a proposed amendment.
  • Thank amended with a proposed amendment. Thank you. you. you.
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The subcommittee first took up House Bill 525, which would have transferred administration of the program for the deaf and hard of hearing and the related board to OPLC. The chair said the sponsor was no longer interested in moving forward, and Representative Schmidt moved ITL. The motion passed 14-0 with two members absent, and the bill was placed on the consent calendar. The committee then considered Senate Bill 182 on the maternal mortality review committee. The chair described a narrower amendment that would keep the name change, clarify operations so recommendations are returned to the appropriate entities, and expand contact with family members and close contacts, while dropping a proposed addition of a Department of Corrections member. The amendment was adopted unanimously, and the bill was then moved ITL and placed on the consent calendar. Senate Bill 185, dealing with OPLC investigations and backlog reduction, received an update from OPLC General Counsel Nicholas Fry. He described efforts to improve public communication, clear the complaint backlog, standardize intake and expert review, add automated responses and website updates, use weekly legal-viability reviews, create preliminary investigation protocols, and establish a process for law-enforcement referrals. Members asked about board involvement and criminal-conviction cases; Fry said boards are kept informed and that such matters can proceed either through complaints or application/background-check processes. Representative Groa requested a follow-up update in January, and the committee agreed to an oral report then if needed. The bill was then voted ITL unanimously and placed on the consent calendar. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 349 on optometrists performing ophthalmologic laser procedures. Dr. Angelique Sawyer testified in support, saying the amendment adds more specific proctoring and qualification requirements, based on language requested after earlier hearings, and that similar systems exist in other states. Representative Sers confirmed that the new sections were the key additions, while Representative Schmidt said he remained open to the concept but wanted a thorough review and asked about a subcommittee. The discussion was still ongoing when the transcript ended, with no vote recorded on HB 349.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Finance May 11th, 2026

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • No amendment on it. No amendment on it. Would you say that again?
  • I don't have an amendment before me. I have a motion. Okay. I don't have an amendment before me.
  • As amended. As amended. As amended. I see no questions. The bill will be reported as amended.
  • Okay, could we get that amendment? Okay, Senator Pressly, you want to go through the amendment?
  • I'll move to adopt the amendment set, if we can do that, Mr. Chairman. We can. Amendment set 3510.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/26

Workforce, Labor, and Economic Development Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • We actually have an amendment. There's two amendments.
  • They're sort of drafted as an amendment and an amendment to the amendment.
  • and amendment to the an amendment and amendment to the amendment.<00:02:13.920> Um<00:02:14.319
  • > amendment is your amendment is your amendment representative<00:57:18.079> Berg.
  • a<00:57:28.720> technical<00:57:29.040> amendment amendment is a is a technical amendment
Bills: HF3889, HF2567, HF3878
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Senate Session Apr 3rd, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Members, there is an amendment. Secretary will read the amendment.
  • Secretary will read the amendment. Floor Amendment No. 2 by Johnson.
  • Secretary will read the amendment. Floor Amendment No. 3 by Hughes.
  • Secretary will read the amendment. Floor Amendment No. 4 by Creighton.
  • Members, there is an amendment. Secretary will read the amendment. Floor Amendment No. 5 by West.
Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, heard an invocation, and adopted the previous day’s journal. Members then adopted Senate Resolution 358 honoring the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley on its 10th anniversary, with remarks highlighting UTRGV’s growth, degree production, research expansion, medical school, and role in serving the Rio Grande Valley and South Texas. The chamber also recognized the doctor of the day and adopted additional resolutions, including one for Denton County Days at the Capitol and another recognizing Texas HBCU Day. The Senate gave extensive recognition to outgoing Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp through Senate Resolution 368. Senators from both parties praised his long public career, leadership of the A&M System, support for regional universities, and bipartisan approach. The resolution was adopted after multiple members added their names. The chamber also heard from advocates with the Texas Streets Coalition, and received gubernatorial nominations for the State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors and the Texas Commission on Fire Protection. On legislation, the Senate passed several major bills. Committee Substitute Senate Bill 27, relating to rights and support for public school educators, was debated and amended to address teacher vacancies, bilingual certification testing, paid leave options, classroom removals, and appeal rights, then passed unanimously. Senate Joint Resolution 12, proposing a constitutional amendment on parents’ right to direct a child’s education, advanced on a 22-9 vote. Committee Substitute Senate Bill 1741, aimed at preventing foreign influence and intellectual property theft at public institutions of higher education, passed unanimously. Committee Substitute Senate Bill 29, the business entities bill, also passed after debate over corporate governance and shareholder protections. Senate Bill 857, authorizing law enforcement to tow certain vehicles driven by unlicensed or uninsured drivers, passed despite some concern about towing abuses during disasters. The Senate also took up Committee Substitute Senate Bill 1536 on dementia and Alzheimer’s training for certain guardians, but the transcript ends as that bill is being laid out.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Ways and Means Committee 5/15/25

Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • forward, we will have the DE amendment. forward, we will have the DE amendment.
  • the DE amendment. the DE3 amendment<00:00:56.160> to<00:00:56.320> House<00:00:56.640>
  • All those amendment to House File 1143.
  • The bill is amended. by the same sign. The bill is amended.
  • <00:13:39.360> be House File 1143 is amended be House File 1143 is amended be recommended<
Keywords: 1183, house
HI

Hawaii 2025 Regular Session

EIG-AEN Public Hearing 03-21-2025

Energy and Intergovernmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • <00:31:24.799> Chair SCR34 passing with amendments. Chair SCR34 passing with amendments.
  • So that is the one suggested amendment<00:32:20.159> amendment<00:32:20.640> to<00:32:20.880
  • > these<00:32:21.200> two amendment amendment to these two amendment amendment to these
  • Chair votes with amendments.
  • STR 41 SR25 is to pass with amendments. STR 41 SR25 is to pass with amendments.
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The committee heard several resolutions focused on agriculture, invasive species, biodiversity, and clean energy finance. STR 34/SR 20 asked Hawaii’s congressional delegation to urge USDA to address unequal treatment of Hawaii in exporting agricultural goods; the Department of Agriculture supported the measure. STR 41/SR 25 encouraged each county to develop its own biosecurity plan, with testimony from the Department of Agriculture, the Hawaii Invasive Species Council, and the Coordinating Group on Alien Pest Species supporting county-level planning and coordination. Testifiers emphasized the importance of local response capacity for invasive species, while also noting that quarantine authority should remain at the state level; one witness requested an amendment to include possible legislative changes needed at the state and county levels. STR 110/SR 91 requested a study on the feasibility of a state green bond program, with support testimony submitted by Coalition Earth and no oral testimony from the energy office. Members asked questions about how county biosecurity plans would interface with existing state efforts, and witnesses described current interagency work and county response plans already being developed for species such as little fire ant, coconut rhinoceros beetle, and coqui frogs. The discussion also referenced a recent Oahu coqui detection on Sand Island and the need for flexible treatment options. For the green bond measure, members described it as a potential tool for renewable energy goals. No opposition testimony was presented on the measures discussed. On decision-making, the committees recommended passage of STR 34/SR 20 with technical non-substantive amendments, STR 41/SR 25 with the suggested amendment from CAPS, STR 56/SR 40 without amendment, and STR 110/SR 91 with technical non-substantive amendments. The recommendations were adopted by the committees, and the agenda concluded with adjournment.
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

March 12, 2025 - 10:15 AM

Transcript Highlights:
  • Without objection, show the amendment adopted. Take a vote on the amendment? Okay. Okay.
  • Let me have an amendment. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
  • And I see you have an amendment on the bill? I do. You're recognized to explain the amendment.
  • Without any objections, so the amendment adopted.
  • Okay, members, we are in debate on the bill as amended.
Summary: The Economic Infrastructure Subcommittee met with a quorum present and considered five bills. The first, PCS for HB 987, was an honorary transportation facility designation bill naming several roads and an overpass for fallen officers, a military service member, and first responders. An amendment added the Sheriff Gary S. Borders Memorial Highway designation in Lake County. Members offered supportive remarks, and the bill passed 17-0. The committee then heard HB 703, which would require authorities such as FDOT or local governments to pay the costs when they require telecom providers to relocate infrastructure from public rights-of-way. Support came from Charter Communications, Associated Industries of Florida, and Florida Internet and Television, with discussion focused on the communication services tax and the cost burden of relocations. The bill passed unanimously 18-0. HB 1523 followed, addressing municipal utilities serving customers outside their boundaries by requiring public meetings, annual reporting, limits on transfers to general revenue, and reduced or eliminated surcharges for outside-boundary customers. Municipal utility representatives opposed parts of the bill, citing rural impacts, debt obligations, and the need for a glide path, while supporters argued for transparency and fairness to ratepayers outside municipal boundaries. An amendment changed a reporting date to January 31, 2026, and the bill passed 14-4. HB 867 established a legal framework for commuter rail operations along Florida’s coastal corridor, including insurance and indemnification arrangements for Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties using the Florida East Coast Railway right-of-way. An amendment clarified that Florida East Coast Railway and Brightline are not state entities and do not have sovereign immunity unless expressly provided by law. The bill passed 18-0. Finally, HB 1137 clarified a prior energy preemption law by adding boards, agencies, commissions, and authorities of counties and municipal corporations to the entities covered, aimed at preventing discriminatory energy-source practices by an appointed board. Public testimony included support from the Florida Natural Gas Association and the Florida Home Builders Association and opposition from Florida Student Power. Members noted the bill was a cleanup measure, and it passed favorably.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
  • So I did draft an amendment, um, specifying that, um, and we received, um, another amendment from—I'm
  • Would you like to come up to the table and, um, just explain what you did here in this amendment?
  • Amendments that have been drafted um in Amendments that have been drafted um in in<00:02:40.879> in
  • <00:03:11.760> um renewals so I did draft an amendment um renewals so I did draft an amendment
  • I'm not sure what additional amendment has been suggested.
Keywords: 928, house, all
Summary: The subcommittee discussed HB 694, focusing on how to set fair market rates for lease renewals involving state agencies and political subdivisions. Members and the New Hampshire Association of Counties worked through draft language defining fair market value, including how appraisals, depreciation, and building deficiencies should be considered. Testimony emphasized that market value and appraised value can differ significantly, and that the bill should allow flexibility rather than require a rigid formula. The group also debated what expenses should be included in lease terms. After discussion of examples such as utilities, custodial services, insurance, maintenance, and newer needs like communications or internet service, members agreed not to create an overly specific list. They settled on language stating that additional expenses, including but not limited to utilities and custodial services, would be negotiated separately. The final amendment was revised to apply to lease renewals for land, buildings, or space between a political subdivision and the State of New Hampshire, with renewals at fair market rate unless otherwise agreed by the lessor. The subcommittee agreed to have the amendment drafted at OLS and then closed the public subcommittee meeting on HB 694.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Banking, Financial Services and Pensions REVISED: HB1182 - Removed Feb 17th, 2026 at 03:00 pm

Banking, Financial Services and Pensions

Transcript Highlights:
  • You have an amendment. Yes, sir. Would you like to explain the amendment?
  • There's an amendment on the bill. There's a PCS 1. I'm sorry. It's an amendment, not a PCS.
  • Any questions on the amendment? Seeing none, we'll adopt the amendment without objection.
  • Just the amendment. The amendment basically changes some dates to bring this up to date.
  • Without objection, we'll adopt the amendment to the PCS.
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Standing Committee on Housing, Construction and Community Development - 02/04/2026

Housing, Construction, and Community Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • Bill Number 925 by Senator Kavanaugh: An act to amend the Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law in
  • Bill Number 1461 by Senator Kavanaugh: An act to amend the Administrative Code of the City of New York
  • As it stands now, that amendment could take place, and our codes can take no action at all.
  • So it's not, and those amendments could... ...time getting the codes right.
  • So it's not, and those amendments could, it's true that those amendments could make things more difficult
Keywords: 993, senate, all
Summary: The Senate Housing, Construction and Community Development Committee met with quorum present and considered a full agenda of housing, code enforcement, and rent regulation bills, many of which had passed the Senate in prior years. Early measures included a statewide residential rental registry (S.912), penalties and reporting for vacant and abandoned properties (S.925), and extending tenant response time for major capital improvement rent increase applications (S.1461). The committee also advanced several code-enforcement and fire/building-code bills, including measures to expand remedies for Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code violations (S.3406), increase the Secretary of State’s code enforcement powers (S.4165 and S.4534), and authorize investigations into code administration and enforcement (S.4535). Members raised concerns about local fiscal impacts, the scope of state authority, contractor use, and whether the bills adequately define or limit “imminent threat” and related enforcement powers. A substantial portion of the meeting focused on S.4852, which would require the Codes Council to review and act on updates to international model codes within 18 months. Senators debated whether the bill would speed up code adoption or, as some feared, weaken economic reasonableness considerations by striking the word “economically” from the statutory standard. Supporters said the bill was intended to ensure prompt review of widely used model codes and noted other statutory safeguards remain in place; opponents worried about reduced attention to cost and practical impacts, especially amid housing and utility capacity constraints. The committee also discussed S.6368A, requiring complainants to receive copies of compliance orders issued after code complaints, and S.6600B, mandating inspections of certain non-fireproof buildings in New York City. Additional bills advanced included standards for all-gender bathroom design and construction (S.7131A), compensation for required code-enforcement personnel training (S.7159), and audits of individual apartment improvements in rent-regulated units (S.8046A). Several measures were reported to Finance, while others were reported to the floor. Throughout the meeting, votes were largely along expected lines, with some members voting negative or “without recommendation” on the more expansive code-enforcement bills. No bill was defeated, and all items on the agenda were reported out of committee.
NM

New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

Senate - Finance Oct 1st, 2025

Senate Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • We do have an amendment. I'll sign the amendment. And so we'll let you introduce the bill.
  • Questions on the amendment? Senator Shindle. Just looking at the language in the amendment.
  • So, it's all having the amendment, Mr. Chair. Thank you. Any other questions on the amendment?
  • Can I have a motion on the amendment? Senator Campos moves the motion on the amendment.
  • But I did notice in the amendment, and I probably should ask this in the amendment.
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, March 25, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • <05:15:28.638> Amendment designate the amendment. Amendment designate the amendment.
  • in opposition to the amendment. in opposition to the amendment.
  • against this amendment. against this amendment.
  • <05:44:38.798> Amendment designate the amendment. Amendment designate the amendment.
  • But again, this amendment<06:02:40.400> on<06:02:40.718> this amendment on this amendment
AL

Alabama 2026 Regular Session

Alabama House Madison County Legislation Committee Feb 12th, 2026

Madison County Legislation

Transcript Highlights:
  • I think it's going to address amendment.
  • Um, everybody should have it amendment.
  • And then it relates to the amendment, which... amendments are... and then determine what what level of
  • <00:10:04.640> which um relates to the amendment which um relates to the amendment which amendments
  • <00:10:05.440> are amendments are amendments are >> this<00:10:06.320> amendment<
Keywords: 1136, house, all