Video & Transcript Research : 'Senate Concurrent Resolution 22'
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NY
Transcript Highlights:
- , the Chairperson of the State Senate Finance Committee, joined by our Ranking Member, Senator Thomas
- O'Mara, who are joined by the members of the majority, Senator James Skoufis and Senator Michelle Hinchey
- Senator Liu, I have a question. Sure.
- And we've also been joined by Senator Connery and Senator Gannardis.
- I've also been joined by Senator Connery and Senator Gannardis.
Summary:
The New York State Senate Finance Committee met to consider a slate of roughly 30 gubernatorial nominations to state boards, authorities, commissions, and advisory councils. The nominations included appointments to the Advisory Council on Agriculture, the Dormitory Authority, the Power Authority, NYSERDA, the Public Health and Health Planning Council, the Gaming Commission, the Thruway Authority, the Buffalo and Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority, SUNY and Cornell boards, and several other entities. Senator O’Mara introduced the list, and Senator Liu presided in place of Chair Liz Krueger.
During the meeting, Senator O’Mara asked whether Mark Schroeder listed for the Buffalo and Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority was the same person nominated to the Convention Center Operating Corporation; Senator Liu confirmed that it was the same individual. No testimony on the merits of the nominations was presented, and no discussion of the nominees’ qualifications was recorded beyond that clarification.
Members were instructed to mark their vote sheets with aye, nay, or aye without recommendation for each nomination. After a brief period for voting, the committee adjourned. No roll-call results or final disposition of the nominations were announced in the transcript.
NY
New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Standing Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction - 06/03/2026
Crime Victims, Crime and Correction
Transcript Highlights:
- I am the committee chair, Senator Julia Salazar [member_7073].
- Hi, Senator Rolison. Good evening, Madam Chair. Good to see you, too.
- We are also joined by Senator Luis Sepulveda [member_6959], Senator Jamaal Bailey [member_7027], Senator
- So I'll take a staff for senators who would like to ask questions.
- Second by Senator Bailey and Senator Bullitt.
Summary:
The Senate Standing Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction met to consider the nomination of Alexander Dockery to serve as a part-time commissioner on the State Commission of Correction (SCOC). Chair Julia Salazar introduced the nomination, noting that the role was created under recent prison reform legislation and that one commissioner must be a formerly incarcerated person. Dockery described his background as a justice-impacted individual who spent years incarcerated in New York, earned a master’s degree, and now works with justice-impacted people on reentry, housing, employment, and education. He said his lived experience and work in a youth detention setting would help him bring both an incarcerated-person and staff perspective to the commission.
Senators asked Dockery about why he wanted the position, how his experience would inform oversight, how to improve correctional conditions, how to reach young people before they enter the system, and how to support the Correctional Medical Review Board in investigating deaths in DOCS custody. Dockery emphasized rehabilitation, education, humane conditions, and collaboration with other commissioners and community networks. He said people with direct experience, including formerly incarcerated individuals and former gang members who have turned their lives around, should be brought back into facilities to speak with youth. On deaths in custody, he said existing reporting laws should be enforced and that timely information to families is important.
Several senators offered supportive comments, calling the nomination historic and stressing the importance of lived experience, credibility, and the responsibility of being the first formerly incarcerated commissioner. After discussion, the committee moved the nomination, with Senator Harckham making the motion and Senator Bailey and Senator Bullitt seconding. The committee voted to report the nomination to Finance, and the motion carried without opposition.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you, Senator Choi. Senator Cabaldon.
- Thank you, Senator Choi. Senator Cabaldon.
- Thank you, Senator Choi. Senator Cortese, appreciate you bringing... Thank you, Senator Choi.
- File item 22, AB 2248 Hoover. Motion is due pass to the Senate Appropriations Committee.
- File item 22, AB 2248 Hoover. Motion is do pass to the Senate Appropriations Committee.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- The Senate Committee on Health will come to order.
- Senator Weber Pierson? Aye. Senators Weber Pierson, aye. Valadares, aye. Caballero, aye.
- Senators Weber Pierson? Aye. Valadares? Aye. Call the roll. Senators Weber Pierson. Valadares.
- I might add that this committee heard this bill last year, carried by Senator Menjavar, and the Senate
- Senators Gonzalez, aye. Grove. Thank you. Senators Gonzalez, aye. Grove. Perez. Rubio.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- The Senate Committee on Rules will come to order.
- Senator Reyes? Thank you.
- Senator Reyes? I don't know. Thank you, Senator Reyes. I don't know.
- Senator Laird. I beat out the other senators. Senator Laird. I beat out the other senators.
- Thank you so much, Senator.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee Jun 3rd, 2026
Energy, Utilities and Communications
Transcript Highlights:
- All right, let's call the Senate Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications to order.
- And, Senator, we really appreciate the work you've done. And I'll tell you, that will...
- I know the Vice Chair's got a question in Senator Archuleta.
- Yeah, I think you're right, Senator.
- Senator, I think we could have been better prepared for the situation that we're in today.
NY
New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Standing Committee on Finance and Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation - 06/02/26
Transcript Highlights:
- In addition to Senator Serrano, we're also joined by Senator Salazar, Senator Stanton, Senator Mayors
- , Senator Stavisky, Senator Ramos, Senator Spellis, and Senator Bailey.
- Senator Ramos, Senator Scudas, and Senator Bailey, and our ranking member, Senator Tom O'Mara, who will
- Thank you very much, Senator Serrano. Questions from Senator Mayer. Senator Rachel May: Yes.
- and senators to this.
Summary:
The joint meeting of the Senate Finance Committee and the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks, and Recreation considered Governor Hochul’s nomination of Kathleen “Kathy” Moser to serve as Commissioner of the Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation. Moser described her background in conservation and public lands, and said her priorities would include improving access and belonging for all New Yorkers, maintaining health and safety, modernizing infrastructure, addressing climate change and sustainability, and strengthening partnerships with local governments, community groups, and the Legislature.
Members questioned her on a range of park issues, including visitor fees, safety at swimming areas such as Lake Welch, security measures at parks, access for urban residents through nature buses and school transportation grants, maintenance and capital needs, event permitting, workforce recruitment and retention, and coordination around the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. Moser said the department has targeted capital and safety investments at popular parks, is installing fencing, lighting, cameras, and license plate readers at entrances at selected sites, and is planning extensive 250th commemoration programming and historic-site renovations.
She also discussed efforts to expand community stewardship, including partner groups, culturally specific amenities like cricket fields, and outreach through traveling exhibits and social media. Senators raised concerns and suggestions about renewable energy siting, cell service in rural areas, invasive species prevention, and local infrastructure needs. After questioning concluded, the committees voted to advance the nomination, and the motion was reported to the Senate floor.
NY
Transcript Highlights:
- And then Colorado, Senator Liu, said by Senator Lu, Senator Liu, Senator Laudez.
- The bill is reported. 22, Ohio. And that's under Halma. To be Senator Bailey, say, Senator Myrie.
- By Senator Liu, Senator Liu, Senator Liu, Senator Mayer, all in favor? Opposed?
- By San Luis, Senator-Lews, Senator-Lews, Senator-Lews, Senator-Fever-A, law.
- Law and Southman, Senator-Fezza, Senator-Fezza, Senator-Fezza, Senator-W, Thank you very much.
Summary:
The Committee on Rules met and considered a long list of Senate bills, most of them identified only by number and sponsor. For each measure, the chair called for a vote, and the committee repeatedly reported the bills without recorded opposition. The topics referenced in the transcript included amendments to the Highway Law, Mental Hygiene Law, General Business Law, Uniform City Court Act, Local Finance Law, Retirement and Social Security Law, Village Law, Real Property Tax Law, and various chapters of prior laws, along with several authorization and technical amendment bills.
Several bills were moved and seconded by different senators, including Griffo, Stec, Myrie, Bailey, Comrie, Mayer, Liu, Gallivan, González, Helming, Dabab, and others. The transcript suggests the committee was processing both new legislation and chapter amendments/repealers, but the audio is garbled and many bill titles are unclear. No testimony or substantive debate is reflected in the record beyond the motions and calls for votes.
In each instance, the committee asked whether members were in favor or opposed, and the bills were reported. No roll-call vote counts, amendments adopted during the meeting, or negative votes were clearly recorded in the transcript.
NY
New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York State Senate Session - 06/02/2026
New York Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Senator Gianaris. >> And now let's take up Resolution 2258 by Senator Hinchey and call on Senator Hinchey
- The resolution is adopted. Senator Serrano.
- Senator Sutton, for this resolution.
- >> THANK YOU, SENATOR. SENATOR CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK ON THE RESOLUTION.
- >> THANK YOU, SENATOR. SENATOR MARTINS ON THE RESOLUTION.
Summary:
The Senate convened, approved the prior day’s journal, and then processed a large number of motions to discharge bills from committees and substitute identical Senate or Assembly versions for third reading. The chamber also adopted the resolution calendar with exceptions and took up several resolutions and ceremonial recognitions, including a resolution mourning Hudson Talbott, a Dairy Month resolution highlighting New York’s dairy industry, and introductions honoring Niskayuna academic teams, Gabriella Scheer for receiving the Liberty Medal, the Hartstein family’s civic engagement, and Diana Cochran’s advocacy for safe firearm storage.
The Senate then moved through the calendar and passed many bills on topics including insurance, public health, education, labor, social services, banking, local government, veterans, public service, consumer protection, criminal procedure, cannabis, parks, taxation, election law, and highway matters. Several members explained votes on notable measures: support for acupuncture insurance coverage, consumer protections for doorbell-camera data sharing, expanded protections in debt collection cases, trauma-informed procedures for sexual assault survivors, a Legionnaires’ disease awareness program, changes to mandatory minimum sentencing, and universal safe storage of firearms. A number of home rule and local authorization bills were also approved, including parkland alienation measures and local tax exemption authorizations.
Most measures passed with broad bipartisan support, though some drew recorded opposition. Notable roll calls included the consumer debt uniformity bill, the mandatory minimum sentencing bill, the safe storage/firearms bill, and the public housing and public health measures, each with more divided votes. The chamber also accepted a lengthy Rules Committee report sending many additional bills directly to third reading, and then began the supplemental calendar, passing at least the first items before the transcript ended.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Committee Substitute for Senate Joint Resolution 2F.
- Senator Avila: Thank you, Mr. President. Of this joint resolution. Senator Ravel: Thank you, Mr.
- Committee substitute for Senate Joint Resolution 2F.
- Committee substitute for Senate Joint Resolution 2F.
- Senator 39th, Senator Avela, moves the joint resolution be read a third time.
NY
New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York State Senate Session - 06/01/2026
New York Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- >> THANK YOU, SENATOR. SENATOR STAVISKY ON THE RESOLUTION.
- >> THANK YOU, SENATOR. SENATOR BORRELLO ON THE RESOLUTION.
- >> THANK YOU, SENATOR. SENATOR GRIFFO ON THE RESOLUTION.
- Thank you, Senator Harckham. Senator Liu on the resolution.
- Thank you, Senator Hinchey. Senator Jackson on the resolution.
Summary:
The Senate convened, approved the prior journal, and then processed a series of motions to discharge bills from committees and substitute identical Senate bills, which were so ordered. Several bills were also recalled from the Assembly, had reconsideration votes taken, and were restored to the third reading calendar after receiving 58 ayes. Amendments were received on a number of bills, and those measures retained their place on the calendar.
The main business of the day was Privileged Resolution 2318, sponsored by Leader Stewart-Cousins, honoring Senator Michael Gianaris with the President Pro Tempore and Senate Majority Leader’s Legislative Legacy Award. The resolution and floor remarks reviewed his long career in the Assembly and Senate, his role as Deputy Majority Leader and floor leader, and his work on housing, criminal justice, voting rights, labor, environmental, consumer, transit, animal welfare, and other major legislation. Members from both parties spoke at length, praising his strategic skill, mentorship, humor, and influence, while also noting his support for younger members and his commitment to family.
Several senators described personal experiences showing Gianaris’s mentorship and political guidance, and many referenced his Greek American identity, Queens roots, and interests such as Star Wars and the Mets. Senators also emphasized that he was leaving on his own terms to spend more time with his wife and daughters. The resolution was adopted with broad support, and Gianaris then spoke in response, reflecting on nearly 30 years in state government, the major laws passed during his tenure, and the relationships he built in the chamber.
NY
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate Bill 291 by Senator Rose, and that's the law.
- Moved by Senator Liu, second by Senator Mayer.
- Second by Senator Liu, Senator Mayer.
- Moved by Senator Liu, Senator Mayer. All right. All right, Senator Mayer. Senator Mayer.
- By Senator Hernandez, second by Senator Harckham. In fact, Senator Gallo, second by Senator Griffo.
Summary:
The Senate Standing Committee on Rules met and reported a long list of bills, with most measures advancing on unanimous or near-unanimous voice votes after motions and seconding by various senators. The bills covered a wide range of topics, including Environmental Conservation, Education, Executive Law, Civil Service, Public Health, Public Service, Election Law, Social Services, Correction Law, Traffic Law, General Law, Administrative Code, Retirement and Social Security, and several chapter-amendment or authorization measures. In many cases, the chair noted the bill number, sponsor, and subject area, then asked for objections; none were recorded, and the bill was reported.
A few measures were laid aside by the sponsor, including bills referenced as 5711, 5727, and 9539, though the transcript is repetitive and some bill numbers/topics are difficult to discern because of transcription errors. Several bills involved retirement-related changes, including retroactive Tier 4 membership and other retirement system provisions, while others amended existing laws or chapters. The committee also reported bills affecting city administrative code provisions, public authorities, elder law, and public officers law.
No substantive debate or testimony appears in the transcript; the meeting was largely procedural, focused on motions, seconds, and reporting bills out of committee. The final action on the listed measures was committee approval and reporting, with no recorded roll-call votes or amendments described in the transcript.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Rules and Administration - 06/01/26
Rules and Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- That's the Senate Committee Resolution, a proposed resolution that provides compensation for Senate employees
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Committee Uh that's the Senate Committee Uh that's the Senate Committee Resolution,<00:01:01.520 - Seeing no questions, then Senator Rest moves to adopt committee resolution 19.
- Seeing no questions, then Senator Rest moves to adopt committee resolution 19.
- Seeing no questions, then Senator Rest moves to adopt committee resolution 19.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Legislative Audit Committee Jun 1st, 2026
Joint Legislative Audit
Transcript Highlights:
- Senator Cabaldon? Aye. Ashby? Aye. Becker? Senator Cabaldon, aye. Ashby, aye. Becker?
- Okay, we have a motion by Senator Jones and a second by Senator Hoover.
- Senator, you can start.
- Senator Jones. Thank you.
- Senator Jones. Any other questions or comments? Senator Ransom. I'll be very brief.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session Jun 1st, 2026
California Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Senator Grove. Senator Grove, I’m so sorry.
- Secretary, please read: Senate Concurrent Resolution 179 by Senator Niello, relative to Celiac Disease
- Senator Becker. Senator Cabaldon. Senator Cabaldon. We are at committee announcements.
- We will now return to motions and resolutions. Senator Becker. Adjournment. Thank you.
- Thank you, Senator.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- The Senate Human Services Committee will come to order. Good afternoon.
- Yes, well, we had one from Senator Laird. Please call the roll. Becker? Aye. Becker, aye.
- That concludes this very rapid hearing on the Senate Human Services Committee. We are adjourned.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- The Senate will be in order.
- Senators and guests in the gallery, please rise for the opening prayer that will be given by Senator
- Senate Joint Resolution 2F by Senator Avila, a joint resolution proposing amendments to Sections 4, 6
- decided to leave the Senate: Senator Hooper, Polsky, and Jones.
- Senator Polsky. Senator Polsky, Tina. Senator Polsky, Tina, I too am going to miss you greatly.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Senator Rouson. Here. Senator Berman. Senator Brodeur. Senator Burgess. Senator DiCeglie.
- Senator Garcia. Senator Grall. Senator Harrell.
- Senator Grall, Senator Harrell, Senator Martin, Senator Massullo, Senator McClain, Senator Pizzo, Senator
- Senators, that is the joint resolution.
- The proposed Senate Resolution, SJR-2F, is an attack on local communities and working families.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Lowering Energy Costs Through Innovation / Improving Housing Affordability and Fraud Protections May 29th, 2026
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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- >> The Senate is now adjourned. >> The Senate is now adjourned.
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Summary:
The program focused first on Minnesota’s energy and affordability agenda, with Senator Nick Frentz discussing the state’s clean-energy leadership, rising electricity demand, and the Senate’s 100% clean energy framework. He said Minnesota’s clean energy growth supports jobs, lowers costs for ratepayers, and includes recent wins such as sustainable aviation fuel tax treatment in the supplemental budget. Frentz also said the Senate passed an energy omnibus bill that continues clean-energy permitting reforms, promotes conservation and demand response, and includes a nuclear study rather than lifting the nuclear moratorium.
Frentz spent much of the interview defending data centers as both a challenge and an opportunity. He said large hyperscale projects can create major construction jobs and substantial local property-tax revenue, while a 2025 law requires data-center companies to contribute to low-income energy assistance and report water use. He pointed to the Google data center planned for Pine Island as an example, saying it is air-cooled, will pay $5 million a year, and will fund 1,600 MW of clean energy at its own expense, which he argued could save Xcel ratepayers money over time. He also said climate change is already driving higher costs through homeowners insurance and storm damage.
The second segment highlighted Senator Zach Duckworth’s housing and banking bills. Duckworth said Senate File 4168 would make it easier to finance investment properties by giving buyers more flexibility to roll closing costs and lender fees into payments, while keeping strong protections in place for primary residences. He emphasized that the bill is not about predatory lending and is intended to expand options for informed investors. He also described Senate File 4652 as an anti-fraud, no-cost measure that lets bank customers name a trusted contact so banks can alert someone if suspicious activity is detected. Duckworth said both bills passed unanimously in both chambers, and he credited quick action and good working relationships across the aisle for their success.
The program closed with a broader reflection on the end of session and the Senate’s political climate. It noted that 15 senators are retiring and two are leaving for higher office, and that final floor votes often split along party lines, including one bill passing 34-33. Several retiring senators used farewell speeches to urge civility, compromise, and putting people first, while the segment emphasized that despite partisan conflict, quiet bipartisan cooperation still produced much of the session’s enacted legislation.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Improving Housing Affordability and Fraud Protections | Senator Zach Duckworth May 29th, 2026
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Senator, thank you for being here. >> Thanks for having me. >> Absolutely.
- things, um you have another bill, Senate things, um you have another bill, Senate File<00:04:29.440
- No co-authors at all here in the Senate.
- And they passed And they passed unanimously in the Senate and in the House. That is wild.
- And so, being in the minority in the Senate, and to your point, having both of those bills heard, and
Summary:
The discussion focused on two Minnesota Senate bills authored by the senator: Senate File 4168 and Senate File 4652. SF 4168 would give buyers of investment properties more flexibility in financing, including the ability to roll certain closing costs and lender fees into the loan, with the senator emphasizing that the measure is limited to investment properties and is not intended for primary residences. He stressed that the bill is meant to provide options, not force borrowers into any particular structure, and repeatedly distinguished it from predatory lending, saying it has nothing to do with fraudulent or abusive mortgage practices.
SF 4652 addresses fraud prevention at banks by allowing account holders to designate an additional contact person who can be notified if a bank suspects suspicious activity and cannot reach the account owner. The senator described it as a common-sense, no-cost, anti-fraud measure aimed at early detection and protecting both banks and customers. He said fraud is a widespread problem and that the bill would help institutions act quickly when something appears wrong.
The senator said both bills moved quickly because he wanted to get them heard and passed this session, and he noted that he was the sole author on each. He said the bills passed unanimously in both the Senate and the House. In broader comments, he credited bipartisan relationships and committee cooperation for helping the bills advance, and said the session showed House-Senate collaboration on practical legislation, with more political items being pushed toward compromise and further discussion.