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MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Informal House Session 36 Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Report of Committee.
- The Committee on Rules reports recommending that the following resolutions ought to be adopted.
- Report of Committee.
- Committee on Ways and Means and Committee on Steering, Policy and Scheduling report recommending that
- Rules are suspended.
Summary:
The House opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and then took up several ceremonial resolutions. On the Committee on Rules report, members adopted resolutions commemorating the Armenian Genocide and the 50th anniversary of Black April after suspending the rules. Representative Howard also recognized April 17 as the 50th anniversary of the Cambodian genocide, noting the Legislature’s prior designation of Cambodian Genocide Remembrance Day and observing a moment of silence for victims and survivors.
The House also welcomed visiting student athletes from Weston High School, including the boys’ indoor track and field team and the boys’ fencing team, both state champions. Later, the Committee on Ways and Means reported House 1, the fiscal year 2026 state budget bill, with a total appropriation of about $61.4 billion. The bill was read a second time and, on motion of Representative Mikelowitz, further consideration was postponed until April 28, with the matter laid on the table.
Finally, the House adopted an order to adjourn today to meet again Tuesday at 11 a.m. The chamber then adjourned.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Rules and Legislative Administration Committee 4/9/26
Rules and Legislative Administration
Transcript Highlights:
- We will call the Rules Committee to order for Thursday, April 9th, and note that there is a quorum present
- Pursuant to Rules 1.21 and 3.33, the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration will designate
- Pursuant to rules 1.21 21 3.33 the<00:01:52.079><c> committee</c><00:01:52.240><c> on</c><00:01:52.399
- ><c> rules</c><00:01:52.640><c> and</c><00:01:52.799><c> legislative</c> the committee on rules and legislative
- the committee on rules and legislative administration<00:01:54.000><c> will</c><00:01:54.159><c> designate
Committee:
House Rules and Legislative Administration
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Business meeting to consider S.558, to provide for the consideration of a definition of antisemitism set forth by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance for the enforcement of Federal antidiscrimination laws concerning education programs or Apr 30th, 2025 at 09:00 am
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- What is the rule? Is the rule that we each get two minutes on each amendment?
- Chairman, could I ask for the parliamentarian of this committee to rule on the germanness of my amendment
- It violates Rule 15 of the Standing Rules of the Senate. Accordingly, I rule it out of order.
- Will you waive the two hour rule? I don't have the authority to waive the rule.
- We'd like a vote on waiving the two-hour rule. A vote yes is to waive the two-hour rule.
Keywords:
civil rights, higher education, discrimination, complaints, awareness campaign, antisemitism, education, Civil Rights Act, IHRA definition, federal enforcement, Jewish community, anti-discrimination laws, Anti-Semitism Awareness Act, Protecting Students on Campus Act, First Amendment, Senator Tim Scott, free speech, college campuses, legislation, Trump administration
Summary:
The committee meeting primarily focused on reviewing two significant bills: S558, the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act of 2025, and S163, the Protecting Students on Campus Act. Senator Tim Scott introduced S558, emphasizing its importance in combatting anti-Jewish violence and harassment, and providing the Department of Education with necessary tools to investigate incidents of anti-Semitism on college campuses. The bill sparked a vigorous debate among members who expressed concerns over potential implications for free speech, particularly regarding its definitions of anti-Semitism, and whether it would infringe upon First Amendment rights.
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- and Administration Committee for printing.
- He said it is a good bill, as did the committee, and asked for a green light.
- So the Transportation Department has done their rules.
- So this was the set of rules from the Education Committee. They were minimal.
- Speaker, we are the Committee on Judiciary, Rules and Administration, and report that we've enrolled
Summary:
The House convened with 61 members present, approved the House Journal, and received several committee reports and messages from the Senate. Committee actions included printing and referral of multiple bills and memorials, and the filing of House Joint Memorial 10 with the Secretary of State. The House also introduced a number of new measures, including bills on child care licensing, foster care, administration services to cities, elections, sex crimes, education certificates, and a constitutional amendment on state-owned land.
On the floor, the House considered and passed House Bill 501, which requires petition signature gatherers to disclose on their name tags who is paying them if they are compensated. Members also passed House Bill 558, codifying protections for foster youth survivor benefits, House Bill 608, clarifying the school district facilities fund and repayment rules, and House Bill 636, allowing school district facility funds to be used for lease-purchase arrangements. Each of these bills passed by voice or recorded vote with no title corrections.
The House also passed House Resolution 21, related to Transportation Department rules and preserving a manual backup process for electronic registration, and House Resolution 22, which approved Education Committee rules. House Joint Memorial 12 was held on the third reading calendar for one legislative day, and House Joint Memorials 9 and 11 were enrolled and sent for signatures. The session ended with announcements and adjournment until 10:30 a.m. the next day.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session Jan 8th, 2026
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- To be reported by the Committee on Ways and Means with the recommended new draft, Senate No. 2900, on
- Duner, moves that the rules be suspended to consider the matter forthwith.
- Order that, notwithstanding Senate Rule 7 or any other rules to the contrary, the Senate bill relative
- Order that, notwithstanding Senate Rule 7 or any other rules to the contrary, the Senate bill authorizing
- Duner, moves that the rules be suspended to consider the matter forthwith.
Summary:
The Senate opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and then took up several routine and local matters. It adopted an emergency preamble for Senate 2799, an act establishing a sick leave bank for Jeffrey Asinthe of the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, and later passed the bill to be enacted. The chamber also adopted a congratulatory resolution honoring the Warren Public Library on its 150th anniversary.
The Senate passed several local bills on third reading or final passage, including a bill providing for filling vacancies in the office of mayor in the City of New Bedford, a bill further regulating vacancies among town meeting members in the Town of Milford, and an act amending the Charter of the City of Malden. It also adopted a committee report extending the Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure’s reporting deadline to March 5, 2026, and referred a House petition regarding the Massachusetts Uniform Commercial Code to the Committee on Financial Services.
The chamber then adopted multiple special orders setting up future consideration of Ways and Means redrafts for bills on campaign finance reporting by state ballot question committees, preventing property tax bill shocks, municipal tax relief, senior property tax deferral, and a means-tested senior citizen property tax exemption. It also agreed to adjourn on Monday at 11 a.m. without printing a calendar. Finally, the Senate adjourned in memory of Mary Ann Lomba of Dorchester after a brief tribute describing her community service and family life.
TX
Texas 89th 2nd C.S.
Licensing & Administrative Procedures May 6th, 2025
Licensing & Administrative Procedures
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you, Chairman and committee members.
- Um, the committee substitute takes out TABCs.
- I would remind the committee that nobody, none of the committee, uh, couriers that have testified today
- those rules.
- And in response, instead of rolling back the rules, the lottery commission changed the rules again to
Bills:
SB 28
Committee:
House Licensing & Administrative Procedures
Keywords:
groundwater, groundwater conservation district, Water Code, Water Development Board, modeled available groundwater, aquifer, water permit, groundwater transfer, export groundwater, out-of-district transfer, management area, desired future conditions, well permit, retail public utility, potable water, emergency interconnect, subsidiary, controlled entity, aquifer management, water resources
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session Apr 30th, 2026
California Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Committee on Rules.
- And pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c), the following bills are referred to the Committee on Rules: file
- She was approved by the Rules Committee on April 15th and a five— Reporters Association.
- She was approved by the Rules Committee on a 5-0 vote on April 15th.
- Our Senate rules require members of the Senate Committee on Rules to be elected by this body.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Government, Elections And Indian Affairs Feb 13th, 2026 at 08:39 am
House Government, Elections & Indian Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Welcome to our committee, and you may begin. Good morning, Madam Chair, members of the committee.
- Thank you, committee.
- So, Madam Chair, in conclusion to the committee, this So, Madam Chair, in conclusion to the committee
- We're all a committee here.
- Thank you so much, members of the committee and Madam Chair. the committee and Madam Chair.
MI
Transcript Highlights:
- The Senate Committee on Housing and Human Services is called to order.
- Chairman, and members of the committee.
- The committee appreciates your urgings, but I am not seeing any questions from the committee. so I will
- The committee appreciates your urgings, but I am not seeing any questions from the committee.
- And there being no further business before the committee, without objection, the Senate Committee on
Committee:
Senate Housing and Human Services
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Housing and Human Services met with a quorum, adopted the June 16, 2026 minutes, and then unanimously adopted S-1 substitutes for House Bills 5570 and 5571. The chair said the committee would take testimony and likely not move to final passage that day, in order to allow more discussion and questions. The bills, as substituted, would allow local governments to permit certain multifamily buildings up to four stories to be built or converted with a single staircase, subject to conditions such as limits on units per floor, floor size, and existing fire safety requirements. A sunset provision was described as ending the statute once LARA adopts corresponding building code rules.
Representatives Fairbairn and Wooden testified in support, saying the bills are intended to address Michigan’s housing shortage by making smaller infill and “missing middle” projects more feasible and less costly. They argued the current two-stair requirement drives up costs, makes land assembly harder, and limits development on narrow or irregular lots. Senators asked about stair width, emergency safety, the choice of four stories instead of six, and why the American Institute of Architects opposed the approach; the sponsors said the 48-inch stair width was intended to allow two-way movement, four stories was a compromise aligned with expected code changes, and the architects preferred rulemaking over statutory change.
Supportive testimony came from Pew Charitable Trusts, which said research from New York City, Seattle, and other places found fire death rates in modern single-stair buildings to be indistinguishable from other multifamily buildings, and that modern safety features such as sprinklers, alarms, and fire-rated construction make these buildings safe. A developer from Ann Arbor and the Michigan Home Builders Association said the reform would improve floor-plan efficiency, reduce wasted circulation space, lower construction costs, and help smaller projects pencil out. Abundant Housing Michigan also supported the bills, estimating they could reduce apartment construction costs by nearly 13%. The clerk read in numerous written cards in support from business, housing, municipal, and advocacy groups, while the Michigan Association of Fire Chiefs and the Michigan Professional Firefighters Union were listed as neutral. The committee adjourned without further business.
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session (Full Formal with Calendar) May 21st, 2026
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The Chair will, is about to enumerate those measures in making a ruling. Okay.
- the ruling of the Chair, it be taken by call of the yeas and nays.
- The yeas and nays will be ordered when the ruling is made.
- To recap, the ruling of the Chair stands and the ten amendments previously read are being ruled out of
- Pursuant to Senate Rule 57D, 57D.
Summary:
The Senate continued debate on the FY27 state budget, with several distinguished introductions and a series of amendment actions. Early amendments from Senator Collins on restoring DCF social worker funding and educator pay were withdrawn without objection. The Chair then sustained a point of order that a group of tax-related amendments, including proposals on teacher tax relief, tips, overtime, estate tax, and income tax rates, were out of order because they would create money bills that must originate in the House; the Senate voted 35-4 to uphold that ruling. Senator Tarr’s gas tax suspension amendment and several other amendments were defeated, while Senator Fattman’s amendment extending domestic violence leave protections to contract employees was adopted unanimously, 39-0. The Senate also adopted Senator Fernandes’ amendment creating a commission to study the adequacy, reliability, and distribution of unrestricted general government aid (UGA), after debate focused on inequities in local aid distribution and the need for a modern formula.
The chamber then took up House No. 5375, the Chapter 90 municipal roads and bridges bill, and passed it to be engrossed. Additional amendments were considered on the budget, including a community programming amendment and a Senate Ways and Means amendment, both adopted, after which the Ways and Means amendment as amended was adopted and the underlying budget was ordered to a third reading. The Senate also handled several procedural matters, including concurrence in a House referral for a bill on poverty-related legislation and ordering a sick leave bank bill for Carla Johnson to a third reading.
After extensive closing remarks from the Ways and Means chair, minority leader, and others praising the collaborative budget process and highlighting investments in local aid, education, public safety, and other priorities, the Senate voted on final passage of House No. 5501, the FY27 appropriations bill. The roll call showed 40-0 in favor, and the bill was passed to be engrossed. The Senate then adopted an order to reconvene the following Tuesday at 11 a.m. and adjourned in memory of Trooper Kevin Thomas Traynor.
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
MS House Floor - 10 February, 2026; 10:00 AM
Mississippi House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Report of select committees. committees. committees.
- </c> got a committee sub. Gentlemen. got a committee sub. Gentlemen.
- </c> committee sub?
- It is in the committee committee sub? It is in the committee sub.<01:08:03.280><c> Mr.
- Are there questions on the committee<01:08:09.440><c> sub?</c> committee sub? committee sub?
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Formal House Session 67 Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The Committee on Rules reports recommending the resolutions filed by Representatives Cabral of New Bedford
- The Committee on Rules reports recommending the resolution be adopted. Mr.
- Rule 7A is suspended. Second reading of the bills.
- Mike Woods of Boston moves suspension of the rules. Mr.
- The ayes have it, rules are suspended.
Summary:
The House opened with the Pledge of Allegiance and first took up a Rules Committee report recommending adoption of a resolution honoring the 200th anniversary of the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in New Bedford. The House suspended the rules and adopted the resolution. The Steering, Policy and Scheduling Committee then reported a series of local bills for consideration, including measures on legal notices, charter changes for Chicopee, Bridgewater, Wellesley, Weston, Somerville, and Watertown, as well as bills on firefighter residency, a checkout bag fee in Sudbury, senior tax exemption eligibility in Williamstown, and liquor licenses in Lexington. The House suspended Rule 7A, gave the bills second reading, and ordered them to a third reading.
The House also considered a Ways and Means report on H. 4257, financing long-term improvements to municipal roads and bridges. The committee recommended an amendment in the form of a substitute bill, H. 4307, authorizing $1.185 billion in general obligation bonds. After suspension of the rules, the House adopted the amendment and ordered the bill to a third reading. Later, during floor debate on H. 4307, members spoke in support of the bill as a major transportation funding package, emphasizing Chapter 90 aid, road mileage-based distribution, culvert and small bridge repairs, congestion relief projects, and the bill’s fiscal and credit-rating benefits. A roll call was ordered, and the bill passed to be engrossed 156-0.
The House also passed to be engrossed a bill validating the results of a special election in Hardwick. In addition, the House adopted an order to meet the next day at 11 a.m. and agreed to adjourn in memory of former Representative and Senator Matthew C. Patrick of Falmouth. The session included several guest introductions, including Mandela Fellows studying at Bridgewater State University, former legislator Vincent Dimacido, Bellingham Council on Aging guests, and interns in Representative Linsky’s office.
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Children and Family Law (02/11/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- Chairman, members of the committee.
- She urged the committee to pass the legislation so it could go to the Finance Committee.
- committee committee the finance committee obviously<03:10:14.200><c> worked</c><03:10:14.920><c> on<
- Thank you, committee.
- by law rule 2.2 indicates New prohibited by law rule 2.2 indicates New Hampshire<04:08:12.159><c> Rules
Summary:
The House Children and Family Law Committee opened with a brief prayer for Representative Grossman’s son, Oscar, who was reported to be in critical condition after a traumatic fall. The committee then took up House Bill 430, which would reduce DHHS retention of unfounded abuse and neglect reports from 10 years to 3 years. Prime sponsor Chairman James Spain argued that 10 years is excessive and burdens families with a long-lasting stigma, while emphasizing that founded reports and reports with reasonable concern would still be retained indefinitely. Committee members questioned whether longer retention helps identify malicious reporting or patterns of abuse, and whether parents understand the distinction between unfounded and unfounded with reasonable concern.
The Office of the Child Advocate and DCF opposed the bill. Child Advocate Cassandra Sanchez said historical reports are important for identifying patterns, reviewing critical incidents, and understanding family dynamics, and that screened-out and unfounded reports can be essential context when later reports arise. She also noted that the records are highly confidential and not publicly accessible. DCF General Counsel Susan Larabe added that the bill could create inconsistencies by retaining screened-out reports longer than unfounded reports, and explained that unfounded reports can be used in court and in administrative reviews when there are multiple prior reports. The committee discussed how other states handle retention, with testimony that some keep records indefinitely and others for long periods. The hearing on HB 430 concluded, and the chair said the bill would not be executed until early March, leaving time for amendments.
The committee then opened House Bill 187, concerning restraining orders sought by a parent on behalf of a minor child. Prime sponsor Representative Mike Belcher said the bill is intended to correct a gap in the law so children can access the same restraining-order protections adults can, through a parent or guardian, and framed it as an equal-protection issue. Members questioned why the proposal was placed in the child abuse and neglect statute rather than the civil restraining-order statutes, and whether it should instead be handled as a broader civil-law fix. Alanda Peterson, who said she created Jade’s Law, testified that the original wording was meant to protect all children, not just those harmed by family members, and supported expanding the language. The hearing continued with additional discussion of the bill’s scope and purpose.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Public Works and Highways (01/27/2026)
Public Works and Highways
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:56:36.799><c> So</c> capital improvements committee. So capital improvements committee.
- </c><03:38:16.000><c> Yes,</c> administrative rules. Yes, administrative rules.
- Uh, it could be in rule or it could not be in rule. >> This is brief.
- </c> rule or it could not be in rule. rule or it could not be in rule.
- . rules. rules.
Committee:
House Public Works and Highways
WA
Transcript Highlights:
- Before we get started, Senate Rule 69 requires that your testimony before this committee be under oath
- committee.
- committee.
- Committee.
- All right. ...sent to the Rules Committee. Thank you. Is there any discussion?
Committee:
Senate Housing
Keywords:
residential building, construction permits, housing development, planning efficiency, state regulations, affordable housing, homelessness, homeless shelter, emergency shelter, emergency housing, supportive housing, permanent supportive housing, transitional housing, low-income housing, very low-income, extremely low-income, housing crisis, land use, zoning, local preemption
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- Any questions of the<00:07:58.879><c> committee?</c> the committee? the committee?
- ruling, and then also in this Rand ruling he did not prescribe a specific amount or date.
- see from the Supreme Court ruling can see from the Supreme Court ruling ruling<01:31:43.280><c> in</c
- </c> sure the committee had a full picture. sure the committee had a full picture.
- I apologize to the<02:11:54.159><c> committee.</c> the committee. the committee.
Committee:
Senate Education Finance
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session - Part 2 - 05/19/25
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Senate Resolution 53 will be referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
- </c> the conference committee. the conference committee.
- </c> pursuant to rule 40.7. Thank you, Mr. pursuant to rule 40.7. Thank you, Mr.
- </c> committee. Those things were adopted. committee.
- </c> pursuant to rule 40.7. pursuant to rule 40.7.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Common Education REVISED: SB1614 - Added Apr 8th, 2026 at 03:00 pm
Common Education
Transcript Highlights:
- Committee and the oversight committee, it caps the professional development requirement for teachers
- Seeing no debate, please open the rules. Anybody want to change the rules? Seeing no, vote.
- That will be the ruling. Please discuss your bill, sir. Thank you.
- Please close the rule and announce the vote. With 11 yes, zero no.
- Please open the rules. Does anybody want to change the vote?
Bills:
SB1734 , SB1630 , SB1894 , SB1975 , SB1432 , SB1437 , SB1812 , SB346 , SB1250 , SB710 , SB1489 , SB2045 , SB1614
Committee:
House Common Education
Keywords:
artificial intelligence, AI, schools, public school districts, education technology, edtech, student privacy, FERPA, data privacy, data security, emerging technologies, machine learning, generative AI, classroom technology, instructional technology, teacher oversight, human-in-the-loop, student data, parental consent, opt-out
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- Welcome to the committee.
- Welcome to the committee.
- So there are lots of rules on health. There's lots of rules on breeding.
- All right, committee, before us, we have a motion to send SJM 110 to the All right, committee, before
- So. in this committee I've enjoyed so much and all the work that you've done so if we thank you committee
Committee:
House Agricultural Affairs
Summary:
The House Agricultural Affairs Committee approved the March 12, 2026 minutes and then heard Senate Bill 1241 as amended, known as the Working Animal Protection Act or “Leilani’s Law.” The sponsors said the bill is intended to protect working animals used in agriculture, ranching, hunting, transportation, education, and related activities from local ordinances that would effectively ban or unduly restrict them. Testimony in support came from family members, FFA students, the Idaho Farm Bureau, and others who described working animals as well cared for and important to Idaho’s agricultural heritage. One testifier from Horse and Halo raised concerns that the bill could limit animal welfare oversight or create conflicts when inspections or local rules affect operations, but the sponsors said the bill does not override existing animal cruelty and care laws and still allows the Department of Agriculture to enforce them. The committee then passed SB 1241 as amended to the House floor with a due pass recommendation.
The committee next considered Senate Joint Memorial 110, which urges Congress and the President to update federal sugar policy, especially the tier-two over-quota duty, to better protect Idaho’s sugar beet industry from low-priced, subsidized imports. The bill sponsor and industry witnesses from the Snake River Sugar Beet Growers Association and Amalgamated Sugar said world sugar markets are distorted by subsidies in countries such as Brazil, Thailand, and India, and that Idaho growers are facing rising costs and market pressure. The committee approved the memorial and sent SJM 110 to the floor with a due pass recommendation.
The final agenda item was the annual report from Candy Fitch, executive director of the Idaho Apple, Cherry, and Hop commissions. She reviewed market conditions for hops, apples, and cherries, noting reduced hop acreage, continued pressure on apple prices, and a difficult cherry market affected by crop timing, pricing, and export uncertainty. She also described specialty crop grant-funded promotions, trade missions, and commission budgets, and announced her retirement at the end of June. Committee members thanked her for her long service to Idaho agriculture and to the committee. The meeting then adjourned.