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NM
Transcript Highlights:
- President, your Rules Committee has had under consideration Senate Executive Letter number 44.
- I move adoption of the committee report. Senators, we have a motion to adopt the committee report.
- I move adoption of the committee report. Senators, we have a motion to adopt the committee report.
- It was an honor to be on the Rules Committee to listen to Greg in his comments and his thoughts on being
- I just learned today that you were up for appointment in the Rules Committee and was just thrilled and
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Energy and Natural Resources (03/10/2026)
Energy and Natural Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- Welcome to the committee. >> Thank you, committee.
- </c> committee. Thank you very much. committee. Thank you very much.
- Rules were developed. We moved ground. Rules were developed.
- </c> committee amendment. committee amendment.
- </c> other committee. Go. other committee. Go.
Committee:
Senate Energy and Natural Resources
VT
Transcript Highlights:
- Committee on Appropriations.
- 31 is referred to the state under rule 31 is referred to the committee<00:05:54.760><c> on</c><00:05
- to the Committee on Appropriations.
- </c> and carrying an appropriation under rule and carrying an appropriation under rule 31<00:06:33.680
- <c> and</c><00:08:28.919><c> welfare</c> Your committee on health and welfare Your committee on health
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- The chair lays out the proposed committee rules for consideration.
- The committee rules are standard, like the rules the committee operated under during the last session
- The chair lays out the proposed committee rules for consideration.
- The committee rules are standard, like the rules the committee operated under during the last session
- Members, do you have any questions regarding the proposed committee rules? Okay.
Committee:
Senate Administration
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- The Rules Committee has been very nice.
- Follow rules, so it'd be really nice to be a part of.
- We'll talk a little bit more about the committee.
- Because we are kind of a workhorse committee and we're a morning committee before the floor, I'm glad
- If committee members have bills, or if they're going to have lengthy amendments or committee substitutes
Committee:
Senate Senate Rules
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- The Committee on Rules recommends the following bills are proper for consideration.
- The Committee on Rules recommends the following bills, 63 relating to midwifery.
- All righty, there is a Rules Committee amendment. Mr.
- Let's amend the Rules Committee amendment.
- There is a Rules Committee amendment. Mr.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Informal House Session 41 Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Report of committee.
- The Committee on Rules reports recommending the following resolutions ought to be adopted: resolutions
- The report of committee: The Committee on Rules and the Committee on Rules of the Two Branches act concurrently
- Rules are suspended. Question comes on suspension of Joint Rule 12. All those in favor say aye.
- Joint Rule 12 is suspended. Thank you. Mr.
Summary:
The House began with the Pledge of Allegiance and then took up a report from the Committee on Rules recommending adoption of several resolutions. These included resolutions honoring the Buddhist community of Massachusetts for Vesak Day 2025, congratulating Joshua Robert Baylowe and Sedanth Roe on achieving Eagle Scout rank, and recognizing David Sheedy for his years of service to East Bridgewater. The House suspended the rules, adopted the resolutions, and also welcomed seventh graders from Widdowsville Christian School as guests of Representative Muradian and Senator Fattman.
The House then considered a concurrent report from the Committee on Rules and the Committee on Rules of the Two Branches recommending suspension of Joint Rule 12 on two petitions to establish sick leave banks for Massachusetts Department of Transportation employees Mark Krapman and Daniel Yender. The House suspended the rules and Joint Rule 12, allowing the petitions to be sent to the Committee on Public Service.
Finally, the House adopted an order to adjourn when the session ended and to reconvene Thursday at 11 a.m. in an informal session. The House then adjourned.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Informal House Session 57 Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The Committee on Rules reports recommending that the following resolutions ought to be adopted.
- Hogan of Stow now moves suspension of the rules. All those in favor say aye.
- The Committee on Rules and the Committees on Rules of the two branches act concurrently report recommending
- The ayes have it; the rules are suspended. The question now is on suspension of Joint Rule 12.
- The ayes have it; Joint Rule 12 is suspended. The House will be in a brief recess.
Summary:
The House opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and then took up a series of ceremonial resolutions reported by the Committee on Rules. These included congratulations and honors for Deborah M. Russell as a 2025 Commonwealth Heroine, amateur radio operators for Amateur Radio Week and Field Day, Anne Kavino Goldenberg on her 100th birthday, Nancy G. Hill on her retirement from the East Bridgewater Council on Aging, Kate Fitzpatrick for 35 years of service to Needham, and the 300 Committee Land Trust Incorporated on its 40th anniversary. The House suspended the rules and adopted the resolutions.
The chamber then considered a concurrent report to suspend Joint Rule 12 on two petitions: one concerning fraternal organizations conducting bazaars and another establishing a municipal tax amnesty program. The House approved the suspension of the rules and then suspended Joint Rule 12, allowing the petitions to proceed to the Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies and the Committee on Revenue, respectively.
Finally, the House adopted an order to adjourn today and reconvene on Thursday at 11:00 a.m. After the order was adopted, the House adjourned to meet Thursday next at 11 a.m. in full formal session.
VT
Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session - 2026-05-22 - 10:00AM
Vermont Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:05:17.040><c> of</c> We don't have the committee of We don't have the committee of conference
- 44A, is referred to the Committee on Rules. >> Orders of the day.
- </c> the rules. the rules.
- </c> uh the committee chair for her words. uh the committee chair for her words.
- Committee.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Human Services Committee Mar 11th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Do I have a motion and a second to adopt the committee rules? Second. Move by.
- To have a motion, a second, to adopt the committee rules. So moved? Second.
- Madam Secretary, please call the roll on the committee rules. To adopt the committee rules. Lee?
- The committee rules are adopted. Thank you. All right. The committee rules are adopted. Thank you.
- Madam Secretary, please open the roll for the committee rules.
Summary:
The Assembly Committee on Human Services met, adopted its committee rules, and then considered four items, including two consent bills. The chair opened with remarks about protecting California’s safety net and set limits on testimony. The committee rules were adopted by roll call, and the consent calendar later passed 5-0, with the remaining member’s vote added afterward for a 6-0 final tally on the rules and consent items.
AB 276 by Assemblymember Bennett addressed delays in out-of-state child abuse registry background checks for children’s residential agency staff. Supporters, including the California Alliance of Child and Family Services and Casa Pacifica, said long clearance times were worsening staffing shortages and causing qualified applicants to leave, while the bill would allow provisional hiring only after DOJ, FBI, and California Child Abuse Central Index clearance and without unsupervised contact with children. There was no opposition, and the committee approved the bill 5-0, sending it to the Assembly Public Safety Committee.
AB 319 by Assemblymember Jackson sought to improve services for foster youth with severe trauma by requiring counties to submit and update detailed plans to the Joint Interagency Resolution Team for providing effective therapeutic interventions in the least restrictive settings. A former foster youth testified in support, and a committee member noted the ongoing shortage of therapists serving foster youth. The bill was approved 5-0 as amended and sent to the Assembly Appropriations Committee. After the consent calendar and remaining votes were completed, the hearing adjourned.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- with the rule, and finally, what I'm asking the committee to decide.
- House Rule 6.1 gives this committee authority to address the conduct that violates House rules, accepted
- In closing, I respectfully ask the committee to apply the statute and House rules to the facts as documented
- We ask that the committee dismiss, or I guess if we follow the procedural rules, find that there's no
- Okay, House Rule 610 allows the Ethics Committee<00:46:15.720><c> to</c><00:46:15.920><c> recess</c>
Committee:
House Ethics
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Are we going to go ahead and call the Judiciary Committee meeting to order?
- The last time I presented before this committee, The last time I presented before this committee, three
- of Civil Procedure or the probate rules Actions governed by the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure or
- We have a committee, a steering committee on families and children in the court, that looks at issues
- Is there any other business before the committee?
Committee:
Senate Judiciary
Summary:
The Judiciary Committee met with a quorum present and heard several Office of the State Courts Administrator presentations. Judge Mark Mahan discussed the impact of 2023’s HB 837 litigation reforms on court operations, explaining that the law’s changes to comparative negligence, filing deadlines, collateral source evidence, premises liability, bad faith claims, attorney’s fees, and offer-of-judgment rules triggered a major March 2023 civil filing surge. He described how filings tripled statewide, with especially large increases in auto negligence and premises liability cases, and outlined how circuits responded through active case management, added resources, and workflow changes. Members asked whether the bill’s immediate effective date contributed to the surge and whether clearance rates would normalize over time; Judge Mahan said the court system viewed its response as a success and expected rates to settle as the backlog is worked through.
The committee then received a presentation on problem-solving courts from Jennifer Grandal and Judge Nina Richardson. Grandal reviewed Florida’s drug courts, mental health courts, veterans courts, dependency and early childhood courts, noting statewide best-practice standards, annual reporting requirements, funding sources, and data collection systems. Judge Richardson gave a local perspective on treatment courts, emphasizing that they address underlying mental health and substance use issues, rely on judicial supervision and sanctions as well as incentives, and help participants achieve recovery and avoid reoffending. She said the programs are accountable, transparent, and effective, and thanked the Legislature for continued support.
Finally, Judge Rachel Nordby and Eric McClure outlined the judicial branch’s legislative agenda. Nordby summarized the Supreme Court workgroup’s recommendations to expand Florida’s vexatious litigant law, including broader coverage, fewer qualifying adverse cases, a longer lookback period, and a public records exemption for stricken defamatory or sham material. McClure then highlighted additional agenda items: modernizing the duty-judge statute, expanding senior management retirement eligibility, authorizing additional judgeships based on workload studies, removing the statutory cap on court-ordered nonbinding arbitration compensation, protecting appellate clerks’ personal information, allowing alternative authentication for certain judicial notarizations, and creating a hearsay exception for guardian ad litem reports and testimony. No votes were taken, and the committee adjourned after member introductions and staff introductions.
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- Good morning, Madam Chair, members of the committee.
- Last session, it passed out of this committee 13 to 0 and out of Rules 8 to 0.
- Last session, toward the end, it passed out of this committee 13 to 0 and out of Rules 8 to 0.
- So I'm really learning a lot here in this committee.
- Good morning, Madam Chair, members of the committee.
Committee:
House Economic Development
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- The Judiciary and Rules Committee reports that the Senate Journal, the proceedings of January 22nd, 2006
- Senate Concurrent Resolution 114 will be referred to the Judiciary and Rules Committee for printing.
- There is no... 14 will be referred to the Judiciary and Rules Committee for printing.
- The Judiciary and Rules Committee reports the Senate Joint Memorials 106-107.
- Senate Bill 1226 will be referred to the Judiciary and Rules Committee, and Senate Bill 1227 will be
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum present, opened with prayer and the pledge of allegiance, and approved the previous day’s journal. The chaplain’s remarks focused on “Liberty Friday” and the story of Betsy Ross as a symbol of faithful, humble service. The chamber also welcomed visiting fourth-grade students from Coal Valley Christian and recognized guests and birthdays during miscellaneous business.
Several committee reports and gubernatorial appointments were received and referred to the appropriate committees or held for one legislative day. These included appointments to the Commission of Pardons and Parole, the Idaho Health Insurance Exchange Board, the State Board of Education, the State Insurance Fund Board, and the Parks and Recreation Board. The Senate also received House Concurrent Resolution 22, which had been enrolled and signed, and the President signed it for return to the House.
Three new bills were introduced and sent to the Judiciary and Rules Committee for printing: Senate Bill 1228, which would make freedom from discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity a civil right; Senate Bill 1229, revising election provisions for single-county-wide highway district commissioners; and Senate Bill 1230, revising alcoholic beverage application and license fee provisions. The Senate then adjourned by motion until 11 a.m. Monday, January 26, 2026.
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2025-03-26 (3:00PM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Speaker: Your Rules and Ethics Committee herewith submits the special order for Wednesday, March 26,
- Your Rules and Ethics Committee herewith submits the special order for Wednesday, March 26, 2025.
- By Judiciary Committee, State Affairs Committee, Criminal Justice Subcommittee, Representative Oliver
- Members, Representative Redondo moves that the rules be waived and committee substitute for HB 157 be
- Representative Maggard moves that the rules be waived and Committee Substitute for House Bill 421 be
Summary:
The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, quorum confirmed, and several recognitions, including a moment of silence for retired fire captain Bill Guston and a welcome for guests in the galleries. The Speaker then outlined the House’s budget approach, saying the proposed General Appropriations Act would be lower than both the governor’s proposal and last year’s budget, and announced plans to seek a permanent 0.75% reduction in the state sales tax. The chamber also received the governor’s veto message on portions of HB 5001 and began considering motions to restore several vetoed appropriations.
Members unanimously reinstated funding for the Florida Senior Veterans and Crisis Fund, the Rockledge Advanced Water Treatment Phase 1 project, the automated staffing/time management system for the Department of Corrections, and the Baldwin sanitary sewer and water main replacement project. The House also adopted special order and GAA amendment-procedure reports. On the special order calendar, the chamber passed HB 289 on boating safety (“Lucy’s Law”), HB 735 on water access facilities, HB 11 on municipal water and sewer utility rates, CS/HB 85 on hazardous walking conditions, and CS/HB 157 on service of process, all by wide margins.
The most debated measure was HB 6017, which would repeal Florida’s “free kill” law limiting wrongful-death damages in medical negligence cases. Supporters described the bill as a long-sought justice measure for families who lost adult children and were barred from suing, while opponents argued it was needed to provide accountability and fairness. The bill passed 104-6. The House then took up HB 759, which would lower the minimum age to purchase or transfer a firearm from 21 to 18. An amendment to keep the age at 21 was defeated, and debate featured strong arguments on both sides about constitutional rights, public safety, Parkland, military service, and data on youth violence; the transcript ends during continued debate on the bill, before final passage is shown.
AL
Transcript Highlights:
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- </c> rule say I. rule say I. >> Any<00:21:10.320><c> opposed?</c> >> Any opposed?
- County Legislative Committee.
- Tourism Committee.
- Tourism Committee.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, June 3, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><02:23:16.479><c> on</c><02:23:16.640><c> rules</c> in the report of the committee on rules in the
- </c><02:23:28.800><c> on</c><02:23:29.040><c> rules</c> the report of the committee on rules the report
- /c><02:23:58.319><c> amendments</c> committee on rules or against amendments committee on rules or against
- > this</c> committee on rules accompanying this committee on rules accompanying this resolution<02:24
- <04:42:41.760><c> committee</c><04:42:42.080><c> print</c><04:42:42.718><c> 119-32</c> rules committee
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- I move to suspend the five-day posting rules, remit the Committee on Public Education in a hearing on
- I move to suspend the five-day posting rule to permit the Committee on Public Health in a public hearing
- on calendars rule For the committee substitute of her Senate bill one the amendment reduces the appropriation
- rule.
- Speaker I move to suspend the five day posting rule to permit the Committee on Criminal Justice Subcommittee
Keywords:
appropriations, budget, state funding, education, healthcare, infrastructure, state budget, mental health funding, education funding, infrastructure improvements, public safety, groundwater, water conservation, financial assistance, Texas Water Development Board, innovation fund, local conservation districts, transportation protection agreement, funeral services, insurance exemption
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> by the same rules. by the same rules.
- </c> Judiciary Committee. Judiciary Committee.
- Members, Senator Port led the federal impacts on Minnesotans committee, subcommittee of rules.
- Members, Senator Port led the federal impacts on Minnesotans committee, subcommittee of rules.
- </c> committee, subcommittee of rules. committee, subcommittee of rules.
VT
Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session
Judicial Retention - 2026-03-25 - 10:30AM
Vermont Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- . committee. committee.
- of</c> Committee operates under rules of Committee operates under rules of procedure<00:21:40.080><c
- </c> rulings and decisions promptly. rulings and decisions promptly.
- </c> available to the committee. available to the committee.
- Committee. Committee. Without<00:55:27.400><c> objection.