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Transcript Highlights:
- I'll take cities too. I saw some looks on those faces.
- to city, county to county.
- Because just looking at the cities that have these, about 40% of the state lives in cities that have
- Madam Chairman, Representative, I think I understand your question, was a former city councilman.
- It's one county, Ada County, and it's the following cities. Bellevue, Boise, Cordillane.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session Jan 20th, 2026
California Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- She serves as an Emeryville City Council member and has also served as the Director of External Affairs
- She serves as an Emeryville City Council member, has also served as the Director of External Affairs
- She helped develop and guide programs and campaigns like the Fair Workplace Collaborative, the COVID
- There was no election too small for her. Walking precincts and phone banking was second nature.
- There was no election too small for her. Walking precincts and phone banking was second nature.
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and welcomed a visiting Quebec National Assembly official, Matu Lemay, who was introduced as a special envoy discussing California-Quebec environmental collaboration. The body also approved Senate journals, suspended Joint Rule 62A to allow certain bills to be heard in Appropriations on short notice, and deemed gubernatorial and Assembly messages read.
The chamber then considered three gubernatorial appointments. Courtney Welch was confirmed to the California Housing Partnership Corporation Board of Directors by a 29-1 vote, Janessa Goldbeck was confirmed to the California Veterans Board by a 28-2 vote, and Tom Huntington was confirmed to the State Parks and Recreation Commission by a 28-0 vote. The Senate also adopted the consent calendar, including Senate Bill 607, by a 37-0 vote.
The remainder of the session was devoted to adjournment memories honoring Elizabeth Betsy Hammer Carr, Alberto Ronel, William Louis McIntyre Jr., and Joy Atkinson. Senators highlighted each individual’s public service, community leadership, activism, and family legacy, with particular emphasis on Carr’s labor and housing advocacy, Ronel’s health care and behavioral health work, McIntyre’s business and civic contributions, and Atkinson’s leadership development work for African American women in public life. The Senate then announced its next floor session and recessed.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Public Safety Committee Jun 9th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- City.
- Maybe, maybe in the big cities.
- Good morning, Kendra Begley, on behalf of the City of Corona and City of Eastvale, in support.
- , and make our city safer.
- up to add this program.
Summary:
The Senate Public Safety Committee heard several bills, beginning with AB 647, which would clarify last year’s RV disposal pilot program for Los Angeles and Alameda counties so local agencies can remove abandoned, inoperable RVs more efficiently. Supporters, including a representative for Mayor Karen Bass, said the bill is needed to address public health, fire, sewage, and neighborhood safety hazards. Opponents argued the measure would be used to remove occupied RVs without adequate housing or service referrals and would harm vehicle residents. The committee later approved AB 647 on a do-pass motion to the Appropriations Committee.
The committee also considered AB 1656, which would give judges discretion to delay human trafficking cases when the assigned prosecutor has another trial, preliminary hearing, or motion to suppress, with amendments limiting the continuance to one time and no more than 10 days. Supporters said the bill would help preserve vertical prosecution and trauma-informed continuity for survivors; opponents raised speedy-trial and due process concerns. After discussion about balancing victim continuity and constitutional rights, the committee passed AB 1656 as amended to the floor. AB 1917, a bill to require prosecutors to file a motion before reinstating charges dismissed at preliminary hearing, also drew support from public defenders and defense groups and opposition from district attorneys, who argued the bill used the wrong procedural mechanism. The author agreed to explore moving the process into the existing 995 framework, and the committee passed AB 1917 as amended to Appropriations.
AB 2636 would require courts to consider possession of a loaded firearm when deciding whether a juvenile qualifies for deferred entry of judgment. Supporters, including probation and police chiefs, said the bill would add accountability for serious gun-related conduct while preserving rehabilitation options; opponents said it would reduce access to effective youth diversion and disproportionately affect Black and brown youth. The committee passed the bill to the floor. AB 1632, which would replace notarization with a penalty-of-perjury statement for 602 trespass authorization letters, was supported by cities and law enforcement as a way to reduce bureaucracy and help address trespass and vacant-property hazards, while opponents warned of abuse and Fourth Amendment concerns. The committee adopted the amendment and passed the bill to the floor. The hearing then moved on to AB 1974, a voluntary firearm safe-storage bill, with the author introducing the measure and witnesses from Pierce’s Pledge expected to testify.
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Transcript Highlights:
- To cut this program is not good for the state.
- We had given a lot of money for the literacy program, and the literacy program was intended to have more
- It's an amazing program. What are we doing?
- This is not the death of a program. The program does good work.
- This is not the death of a program. The program does good work. Let's just help it be better.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Apr 27th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It does only affect a small portion of Oklahomans.
- I can't say I know that we're Growing this program very slowly, this is a small parental choice tax credit
- program for only 40,000 students out of 700,000 students.
- House Bill 3980 creates the rule loans assistance program.
- It could be immediately, or they might do a payment program.
Bills:
SJR50, SJR51, SJR52, SJR53, SJR54, SJR39, SB1290, HB4028, HB4029, HB4073, HB4074, HB4075, HB4076, HB4077, HB4078, HB1250, HB2951, HB2961, HB3151, HB3581, HB3705, HB3970, HB3972, HB3980, HB3981
Keywords:
Medicaid, federal funding, state law, healthcare, low-income adults, Oklahoma Constitution, healthcare regulations, Oklahoma Health Care Authority, permanent rules, joint resolution, OHCA, health care rules, administrative rules, major rule, Title 75, Title 317, Oklahoma Administrative Code, OAC 317:30, health policy, state health programs
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Communications and Conveyance Committee Apr 30th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- I am a small business owner. Hello, I'm Jessica Cross. I am a small business owner.
- Both programs are existing programs, and this bill will not raise costs on consumers.
- programs administered by the CPUC.
- like the Affordable Connectivity Program.
- to be a part of those programs.
Summary:
The committee first heard AB 470, which would change California’s carrier-of-last-resort rules and allow a phased transition away from copper landlines in areas deemed well served by alternative phone options. The author and AT&T argued the bill would protect consumers, preserve 911 access, require public notice and CPUC review, and direct investment toward modern fiber and emergency communications. Supporters included a wide range of business, civic, tribal, and community groups, while opponents from TURN, rural counties, labor, digital equity organizations, and local governments warned the bill could let AT&T shed service obligations too quickly, weaken protections for rural and underserved households, and harm workers. After extensive member discussion about CPUC authority, rural carveouts, labor impacts, and reinvestment, AB 470 was passed do pass as amended to Appropriations, with one no vote and one not voting, and the roll left open.
The committee then took up AB 1532, a committee omnibus bill extending funding and surcharge authority for the Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program and the TNC Access for All program, while also adding CPUC accountability provisions. Chair Boerner Horvath explained the bill would not raise consumer costs and would require the CPUC to appear at hearings when requested and adopt rules for commissioner attendance. There was no opposition testimony, and the bill was moved do pass and re-refer to Utilities and Energy, though the roll was left open because it had not yet reached the threshold for immediate transmission.
Finally, the committee heard AB 353, the Affordable Home Internet Act of 2025, which would establish an affordability floor for home broadband for low-income Californians after the expiration of the federal Affordable Connectivity Program. Supporters said broadband costs remain too high and that families, students, and vulnerable communities need a state solution now; opponents from the wireless industry and rural county representatives argued the bill would amount to an artificial price mandate and could complicate existing rural broadband buildouts. Members generally supported the goal but raised concerns about impacts on small ISPs and rural areas, and the bill was moved forward with a motion and second while discussion continued about possible exemptions and amendments.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
2026 Legislative Session - Day Fifty Two - Wednesday, April 15 - Morning Session
Missouri House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- DiAngelo Strickland, out of Kansas City, Phi Beta Sigma.
- It happened in Kansas, in the city of Coldwater, Kansas.
- I thought we were small government people in here.
- Louis City? Yes. You may proceed. Thank you very much. Hello.
- Louis City? Yes. You may proceed. Thank you very much. Hello.
Summary:
The House convened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and approval of the prior day’s journal by a 117-1 vote. Members then spent a long portion of the morning introducing guests and visiting groups, including schoolchildren, university visitors, county officials, business and civic groups, fraternity and sorority members, and legislative conference participants. The Speaker also signed several measures already passed, including Senate Substitute for HB 2061, HB 2641, Senate Substitute for HB 2423, and HB 2934.
The main floor debate centered on HCR 48, which urges Congress to pass the federal SAVE Act requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote. Supporters argued it would protect election integrity and prevent non-citizen voting, while opponents said it would create burdensome, potentially disenfranchising requirements, amount to a poll tax, and interfere with state election administration. After extended debate and a successful previous-question motion, HCR 48 was third read and passed 92-43. The House then took up HCR 23, a federalism resolution reaffirming that states should control election administration; it passed unanimously, 137-0.
The House also perfected and printed two bills. HB 2855, dealing with workers’ compensation funding increments for the workers’ compensation and second injury funds, was amended to allow finer 0.1% adjustments instead of 0.5% increments and then perfected. HB 1906, a simple county-government bill allowing township counties to offer annual, semiannual, or quarterly payment options for real and personal property taxes, also advanced without opposition. The chamber then moved to announcements and recessed until 2 p.m.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Lawmakers hear HF1112, bill to establish $10 million regional food bank grant 3/12/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Food Assistance Program, TFAP, uh, throughout Minnesota.
- </c><00:19:50.480><c> the</c> efficiency of the program the efficiency of the program the percentages
- </c> see that it's a uh 100% Federal program see that it's a uh 100% Federal program and<00:20:27.640
- Um, again, this is about a regional food bank grant program. Regional Food Bank grant program.
- When I think about these small food shelves, so I grew up in Wabasha, Minnesota, and it's a small town
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Appropriations Committee on Higher Education Apr 10th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- We created an AI IGNITE program, which is a 2 plus 2 transfer program to help more students from our
- And I know I'm from Panama City, Florida, and I'm originally from little small town just north of Blountstown
- And what a nice cool down to Panama City campus of FSU for Mariana to Panama City.
- Bennett is also from Panama City.
- , we're not as big as you are a kind of a big town, small city and we like that atmosphere.
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- It represented ownership of a small percentage of a public company.
- I also used to work for the city of Boise as a fire plans examiner and a fire inspector as a city employee
- If you have a small county or a small city, you have to do the legacy payments for the retirements, the
- If you have a small county or a small city, you have to do the legacy payments for the retirements, the
- Our credit hours, our 60 for K-CREP programs, are less than what the MDiv program requires, as others
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Transcript Highlights:
- Stanley, as a sponsored research program, a sponsored program, meaning external funding.
- As a sponsored research program, a sponsored program, meaning external funding, these funds that were
- The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs at UALR reviewed the expenditures per program guidelines
- Is that something the cities pay?
- So the small details do matter.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/5/25
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- and related Office of Inspector General programs; from the Department of Education, programs from the
- </c> Health uh the help me connect program Health uh the help me connect program and<00:04:15.560><c>
- </c><00:29:37.919><c> a</c><00:29:38.039><c> small</c> trafficking it's a small a small trafficking it's
- We do have a new program.
- We do have a new program.
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Transcript Highlights:
- We need to control the runway to get on the program.
- We need to control the runway to get on the program.
- Delegate from Richmond City, Delegate McCoy. Mr.
- Delegate from Richmond City, Delegate Cousins. Thank you.
- Delegate from Richmond City, Delegate Cousins. Thank you.
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Regulated Industries Feb 3rd, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- It eliminates the 25% surcharge on customers outside city limits and reduces the rate differential cap
- We have Rebecca Hare from the League of Cities speaking for information. Good afternoon.
- It has come to my attention that certain cities are requiring annexation as a condition of connection
- It has come to my attention that certain cities are requiring annexation as a condition of connection
- Rebecca O'Hare, Florida League of Cities, speaking against. You are recognized.
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Regulated Industries met with a quorum and considered four bills. First, the committee took up SB 1724 on municipal utility services. A late-filed strike-all amendment by Senator Martin was adopted after he explained it would require annual customer meetings for certain extraterritorial utility customers, cap the use of utility revenues for general government purposes, eliminate a 25% surcharge and reduce the rate differential cap, remove municipal natural gas utilities from the bill, and preserve certain surcharges only as needed to satisfy existing bond covenants. The Florida League of Cities raised implementation concerns about the July 1, 2026 effective date and the time needed for rate studies and budget adjustments, but the bill as amended was reported favorably.
The committee then heard SB 936 on temporary door locking devices by Senator McLean. The bill would define temporary door locking devices, authorize their installation at any height, require the Florida Building Commission to add standards to the Florida Building Code, and require their use to be incorporated into safety plans, drills, and training. With no opposition or debate, SB 936 was reported favorably.
Next, the committee considered SB 1014 by Senator Mayfield, which would prohibit municipalities from refusing water and wastewater service solely because a property owner declines annexation, if the property is near a municipal main line, not served by another utility, and the utility has capacity. An amendment narrowed the bill by defining “main line” and reducing the distance threshold from 2,000 meters to one-half mile. The Florida League of Cities opposed the bill as amended, citing concerns about large users, possible conflict with annexation law, potential enclave creation, and revenue impacts, but Senator Mayfield said he would continue working on the issues. The committee reported the bill favorably.
Finally, Chair Bradley presented SB 1498 on community associations. A strike-all amendment was adopted that made technical changes to video conference recording, turnover inspection reports, and electronic voting, and added provisions requiring associations to provide records to law enforcement and prosecutors, creating a second-degree misdemeanor for willful refusal. It also targeted mandatory club or amenity fee structures controlled by developers or third parties, declaring such provisions against public policy, limiting assessments to proportional expenses, and allowing suits and conveyance of common areas after turnover. Testimony from homeowners described alleged governance abuses and opaque, profit-driven mandatory fees in their communities, while the Community Associations Institute supported the amendment. The committee reported CS for SB 1498 favorably. Members then recorded additional votes for the record, and the meeting adjourned.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, December 3, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- ,</c> us that one person, no matter how small, us that one person, no matter how small, can<00:12:32.320
- </c><00:20:05.520><c> Go</c> have made the city of Ry proud. Go have made the city of Ry proud.
- </c> funding programs with untold dollars. funding programs with untold dollars.
- </c> culture programming. culture programming.
- </c> for six years as Ry City Councilwoman. for six years as Ry City Councilwoman.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Environment & Energy Jan 19th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Environment & Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm the program manager for the solid waste management program at the Department of Ecology.
- I'm the program manager for the solid waste management program at Department of Ecology.
- And we love the Safer Products for Washington program.
- I know there was a comment earlier about the regulatory program there.
- Regulatory Program, I know there was a comment earlier about the regulatory program there, where we are
Keywords:
6PPD, tires, environmental impact, public health, chemical regulation, HB1652, Salish Sea Protection and Marine Clean Fuels Act, marine fuel, low-sulfur fuel, sulfur emissions, ocean-going vessels, shipping, maritime pollution, air quality, particulate matter, Department of Ecology, port visit, regulated waters, fuel switching, vessel emissions
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- City. I know of one specific case where they've been working... ...is in L.A. City.
- Maybe, maybe in the big cities.
- Good morning, Kendra Begley, on behalf of the City of Corona and City of Eastvale, in support.
- , and make our city safer.
- up to add this program.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Business and Commerce (Part I) Feb 27th, 2025
Business & Commerce
Transcript Highlights:
- Regarding kind of the, you know, the programs overall.
- As you'll recall, there were four programs in Senate Bill 2627.
- So let's take the cities of Cleburne and Alvarado. which are both in my in district in Johnson County
- in 2023 their actual load for those those two cities combined was 205, almost 206 megawatts.
- We'll use more electricity than the cities of Cleburne and Alvarado combined.
Keywords:
hemp, consumable hemp, hemp-derived cannabinoids, CBD, cannabidiol, CBG, cannabigerol, delta-8, delta-9, intoxicating hemp, hemp gummies, hemp vape, edibles, cannabinoid regulation, hemp licensing, retailer registration, product registration, QR code labeling, child-resistant packaging, minor access
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Financial Services Jun 21st, 2026 at 10:30 am
Joint Committee on Financial Services
Transcript Highlights:
- The goal really is to simply say, we're going to add a small surcharge.
- Yet these are small, locally owned, family-owned local businesses that support us.
- Yet these are small, locally owned, family-owned, local businesses that support us.
- It's a small, family-owned business. This is who we should be supporting.
- MAPC is the regional planning agency for the 101 cities and towns in Greater Boston.
Summary:
The Financial Services Committee heard testimony on several insurance, transportation, and labor-related bills. Senator Edwards supported bills addressing app-based delivery workers, arguing that food-delivery drivers should be treated as employees with protections and mileage reimbursement, and that a small surcharge on app-based deliveries could raise revenue for the Commonwealth and localities. Kevin Brousseau of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO also backed the delivery-worker bill, saying it would preserve employee status, add data transparency, and create a process for challenging deactivations. MAPC supported a bill to change transportation network company fees from a flat per-ride charge to a percentage-based assessment, saying the current fee is outdated and that a higher fee could raise more transportation revenue and help address congestion and emissions.
A large portion of the hearing focused on auto insurance and collision repair issues. Insurance industry witnesses supported a bill to limit attorney’s fees in PIP cases by giving insurers 30 days after a complaint is served to pay amounts due without fee exposure, arguing that PIP litigation has surged, is clogging courts, and is being driven by out-of-state firms. They also opposed auto body labor-rate bills, saying the market is already adjusting and that a statutory floor is unnecessary. In contrast, auto body shop representatives and the Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of Massachusetts urged favorable action on bills to raise and regularly update collision repair labor rates, saying current reimbursement levels are far below market, have not kept pace with inflation or vehicle technology, and are making it hard to retain workers and keep small shops open. One witness also supported a bill to limit insurance surcharge points for low-damage accidents or minor moving violations.
Committee members asked questions about deactivation rights for delivery workers, the mechanics of the PIP litigation issue, and the gap between body-shop and mechanical labor rates. Testimony emphasized that current auto body reimbursement rates are around the mid-$40s per hour, while mechanical work can be reimbursed at much higher rates, and that advisory-board discussions have produced only limited progress. At the end of the hearing, the chairs asked if anyone else wished to testify, then moved to close the hearing; the motion was seconded and approved unanimously.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Local government zoning authority 3/23/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- versus city officials at city<00:20:12.320><c> planners,</c><00:20:13.360><c> city</c><00:20:13.640>
- <c> commissions,</c> city planners, city commissions, city planners, city commissions, who<00:20:15.440
- And I would also point that cities as a And I would also point that cities as a city<00:21:53.160><c>
- A good city, a good city enemies.
- </c> from cities. from cities.