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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session - Part 2 - 05/19/25
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Number one, I think this bill helps protect taxpayer dollars by penalizing illegal kickbacks in the child
- ><c> penalizing</c> protect taxpayer dollars by penalizing protect taxpayer dollars by penalizing illegal
- ><c> kickbacks</c><00:13:06.959><c> in</c><00:13:07.200><c> the</c><00:13:07.360><c> childare</c> illegal
- kickbacks in the childare illegal kickbacks in the childare assistance<00:13:08.320><c> program.
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
House Standing Committee on Natural Resources & Energy (3-12-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- It will still be illegal to dump hazardous substances in our water. Mr.
- /c><00:05:07.400><c> will</c><00:05:07.560><c> still</c><00:05:07.800><c> be</c><00:05:08.120><c> illegal
- </c><00:05:08.600><c> to</c><00:05:08.759><c> dump</c> dumping it will still be illegal to dump dumping
- it will still be illegal to dump haers<00:05:09.400><c> of</c><00:05:09.639><c> substance</c><00:05:
Keywords:
Meeting Start 00:00
Attendance Roll Call 00:04
SB 89 Discussion 00:59
SB 89 Roll Call Vote 24:49, 958, all
Summary:
The committee met in a special called session, confirmed a quorum, and took up Senate Bill 89. The sponsor, Scott Maiden, said the bill was intended to address permitting issues affecting coal and other industries, and he described it as supported by a broad coalition of business, agriculture, and industry groups. He said the bill would align Kentucky’s definition of “waters of the Commonwealth” with federal definitions and would codify the existing definition and calculation method for long-term treatment bond requirements at mine sites. He also emphasized that the bill would not eliminate groundwater protections, drinking water protections, or prohibitions on hazardous substance dumping.
A committee amendment was discussed and adopted to add and clarify definitions, including navigable waters, sinkholes with open drains, certain springs, and wellhead protection areas. The sponsor said the amendment was intended to address concerns that the bill was too broad and noted that it was worked on with Louisville Water and other stakeholders. Testimony in opposition came from Rebecca Shelton of Appalachian Citizens Law Center, who argued the bill would leave private wells and groundwater vulnerable and cited groundwater contamination data. Nick Hart of Kentucky Waterways Alliance urged the committee to preserve the current definition and requested a statutory review and economic impact analysis. Audrey Ernsberger of Kentucky Resources Council said the bill would strip protections from most groundwater, ephemeral streams, karst aquifers, and many private wells, and warned of higher water-treatment costs and pollution risks.
Members asked questions about the meaning of “carcinogenic” and the difficulty of cleaning up contamination in private wells. During roll call, several members explained their votes, with supporters saying the amendment protected water while preserving needed flexibility for industry, and opponents saying they could not risk weakening water protections or harming private wells and agriculture. The committee voted to pass SB 89 as amended with a favorable recommendation to the Senate, and then moved to roll the committee amendment into a committee substitute.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Press Conference: Addressing Abuses of AI Nudification Technology - 02/24/25
Transcript Highlights:
- would they think that an app that they can download on their phone and then notify someone it is illegal
- their phone and then notify someone<00:14:37.000><c> it</c><00:14:37.160><c> is</c><00:14:37.320><c> illegal
- </c><00:14:37.959><c> right</c><00:14:38.120><c> we</c><00:14:38.240><c> want</c> someone it is illegal
- right we want someone it is illegal right we want companies<00:14:38.800><c> to</c><00:14:39.040><c>
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Press Conference: Republican Leadership Roll Out the Minnesotans First Agenda - 01/30/25
Transcript Highlights:
- doing in his budget proposal, and what he is proposing we continue to do, is to fund benefits for illegal
- continue to do is to fund<00:18:59.360><c> benefits</c><00:19:00.120><c> for</c><00:19:00.400><c> illegal
- </c><00:19:00.760><c> immigrants</c> fund benefits for illegal immigrants fund benefits for illegal immigrants
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Health and Human Services (02/04/2026)
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- It just transfers that risk and when there's more risk then the prices have to increase to cover that
- that risk and when just transfers that risk and when there's<01:05:27.280><c> more</c><01:05:27.440>
- What this bill would do: overdose deaths would rise, HIV, hepatitis, and other transferable diseases
- And that breadth can capture not only items associated with illegal drug use but also harm reduction
- </c> not only items associated with illegal not only items associated with illegal drug<02:16:01.119>
Committee:
Senate Health and Human Services
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 2/24/26
Energy Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- We received a one-time appropriation of $45 million, and then we also received a $60 million transfer
- Currently, they're not illegal technically.
- Currently, they're not illegal<01:45:16.719><c> technically.
- :45:18.080><c> Um</c><01:45:18.639><c> but</c><01:45:18.960><c> just</c><01:45:19.280><c> one</c> illegal
- Um but just one illegal technically.
Committee:
House Energy Finance and Policy
Keywords:
virtual power plant, VPP, distributed energy resources, DER, demand response, load management, grid modernization, peak demand, peak shaving, battery storage, energy storage, solar photovoltaic, solar panels, electric vehicles, smart thermostats, heat pumps, aggregator, public utilities commission, PUC, rate recovery
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- conveyance tax, which requires that all conveyance tax revenues collected from the conveyance or transfer
- continues, pressure mounts to do something, leading to repeated emergency requests and in some cases illegal
- continues, pressure mounts to do something, leading to repeated emergency requests and in some cases illegal
- continues, pressure mounts to do something, leading to repeated emergency requests and in some cases illegal
- continues, pressure mounts to do something, leading to repeated emergency requests and in some cases illegal
Bills:
SB2982 , SB2367 , SB2818 , SB2944 , SB2022 , SB2240 , SB2986 , SB2547 , SB2401 , SB3031 , SB3035 , SB3032
Committee:
Senate Water, Land, Culture and the Arts
Keywords:
foreign influence, campaign finance, contributions, state elections, transparency, election integrity, Ala Wai Small Boat Harbor, Ala Wai Harbor, DLNR, BLNR, Department of Land and Natural Resources, Board of Land and Natural Resources, state boating facility, small boat harbor, public-private partnership, PPP, marina management, harbor lease, fast lands, submerged lands
Summary:
The committee heard testimony on several measures, beginning with SB 2982 on campaign finance, which would prohibit foreign entities and foreign-influence businesses from making contributions and expenditures. The Attorney General’s office testified first, followed by the Campaign Spending Commission, which supported the bill but asked for clarification on constitutional review authority and additional implementation time for certifications, forms, and procedures. Common Cause also supported the measure, arguing it would help protect elections from dark money and foreign influence. No vote was taken.
The committee then took up SB 2367 on a state boating facilities lease program for the Ala Wai small boat harbor. DLNR supported the bill, while UPW opposed it, warning about privatization of a public asset and possible job displacement. Several members of the public supported the concept but urged amendments to protect public access, affordability, youth ocean programs, and state employee jobs. Committee members questioned DLNR about the scope of the lease, the role of the Board of Land and Natural Resources, and whether public access and existing concessions would remain protected. DLNR said current leases would remain, the board would retain approval authority, and employees would not necessarily be displaced, but members indicated more discussion and possible amendments were needed.
For SB 2818 on boating penalties, DLNR testified in support and there was no opposition testimony. The committee also heard SB 2944 on conservation, which would require wildlife viewing guidelines that substantially conform to NOAA guidance and reporting requirements; DLNR said it stood on its written testimony. SB 2022 on water code penalties drew support from DLNR’s Commission on Water Resource Management, which said the bill’s two-tiered penalty structure would preserve deterrence while keeping the current $5,000 penalty for first-time or non-harmful violations. The Board of Water Supply submitted comments, and Ulupono Initiative supported the measure as a needed enforcement tool. Committee members discussed whether the higher penalty ceiling should be phased in and asked for stakeholder input on the amount of the penalties.
Finally, the committee began SB 2240 on land use, which would require water availability certification from the Commission on Water Resource Management before a district boundary amendment proceeds to the Land Use Commission. DLNR supported the bill and said it often reviews project documents that lack sufficient information on water needs and availability, so the measure would allow earlier review and comment. The committee also indicated it would seek amendments and further feedback on the water penalty bill before it moved to the next committee.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Emerging Issues Mar 11th, 2026
Emerging Issues and Professional Registration
Transcript Highlights:
- multi-gender porta-potties would be okay, but two stalls next to each other, like in the airport, are illegal
- Imagine for a minute that my party is in power, and that because I can, I pass a law that would make it illegal
Summary:
The committee met in executive session with 14 members present and took up a series of House bills, several with House Committee Substitutes (HCSs). Early discussion centered on HB 1893 and HB 2075, both described by opponents as “potty police” bills affecting restroom access in public settings; members debated privacy, enforcement, and the scope of exemptions, and both HCSs were adopted before the bills were reported do pass. HB 2536, another restroom-related measure, drew extensive testimony from supporters and opponents, including concerns about impacts on transgender people, private causes of action, and the role of outside advocacy groups; its HCS was adopted and the bill was reported do pass on a 9-5 vote.
The committee then considered HB 1914, where members said the bill was intended to keep technicians in Missouri but raised concerns about whether it would actually do so and whether the committee was being asked to referee a contract dispute between dealers and manufacturers; the HCS was adopted and the bill passed 9-3 with one present. HB 3423 passed without discussion, and HB 3204 was amended at the request of the Department of Mental Health to remove an unnecessary sentence about prevention resource centers before being reported do pass unanimously.
The final bills dealt with camps and other regulatory issues. HB 3142’s HCS shifted licensing authority from DESE to DSS, removed day camps, carved out universities and colleges, dropped website-reporting requirements, and added CPR and background-check requirements; members discussed possible delayed implementation and the extent of rulemaking authority, and the bill passed 11-2. HB 2855 and HB 2922 both passed with little or no discussion, HB 2643 passed unanimously, and HB 2828 was amended to remove nitrous oxide language before passing unanimously. The meeting then adjourned.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/03/2026 - Senate Natural Resources
Senate Natural Resources Committee of Reference
Transcript Highlights:
- Chairman, as I’m sure you know, cesspools are illegal throughout the state of Arizona.
- These do not contain the same cleaning framework that septic tanks do and have become, as of 1976, illegal
Summary:
The Natural Resources Committee heard three bills related to water policy and all were given do pass recommendations. HB 2029 would require disclosure information for applicants to the Water Conservation Grant Fund, and an amendment broadened the disclosure requirements from only certain water users to all eligible entities. WIFA testified neutral on both the bill and amendment, noting it already collects much of the information; the committee adopted the amendment and then passed the bill 8-0.
HB 2096 would allow counties to receive WIFA financial assistance, including forgivable principal, for cesspool remediation, closure, or replacement when there is a risk to water or public health. WIFA and county representatives from the County Supervisors Association and Gila County supported the bill, explaining that counties need clearer authority to accept loans and grants for cesspool cleanup, especially in rural areas with thousands of aging cesspools and flood-related contamination. Members discussed impacts in Gila County and other areas, and the bill passed 8-0.
HB 2116 would appropriate $1 million from the State General Fund in FY 2027 to the Colorado River Litigation Fund. The Arizona Municipal Water Users Association supported the measure as preparation for possible Colorado River litigation, while members emphasized that the funding is a placeholder and that they hope litigation will not be necessary. The committee passed the bill 8-0 and then adjourned.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
01/20/2026 - House Natural Resources, Energy & Water
House Natural Resources, Energy & Water Committee of Reference
Transcript Highlights:
- In Heala County, we have approximately 5,000 cesspools, which have been deemed outlawed and illegal.
- Approximately 5,000 cesspools have been deemed outlawed and illegal since 1976.
Summary:
The House Committee on Natural Resources, Energy and Water heard three bills related to the Water Infrastructure Finance Authority (WIFA) and water conservation funding. HB 2029 would require grant applicants to provide additional information about how water-conservation grant funds will be used, including expected long-term water savings, efficiency improvements, or reliability benefits. WIFA testified neutral, saying most of the information is already collected in agency policy and that the program is voluntary and reimbursement-based. The bill passed 9-1 with a due pass recommendation.
HB 2030 would remove education and research programs from the list of allowable uses for the water conservation grant fund. Committee discussion focused on how much funding had gone to education/research projects and whether those projects still produced meaningful water savings. WIFA said about 15 projects with education or research components received roughly $10.5 million and were associated with an estimated 180,000 acre-feet in savings, though those savings were projections and the projects were not purely educational. Several members opposed removing those categories, but the bill passed 6-4 with a due pass recommendation.
HB 2096 would expand WIFA financing to include remediation, closure, or replacement of cesspools that threaten groundwater, surface water, or public health, and would allow counties to use revolving-fund financing and income-based assistance for such projects. County and association witnesses supported the bill, describing the public health risks of aging cesspools and the need to help homeowners afford replacement systems; ADEQ was neutral. WIFA said the bill clarifies county authority to enter loans for this purpose and noted the funding would come from existing federal revolving-fund resources. The bill passed unanimously, 10-0, with a due pass recommendation, and the meeting adjourned.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
01/20/2026 - House Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Transcript Highlights:
- In Heala County, we have approximately 5,000 cesspools, which have been deemed outlawed and illegal.
- ...of approximately 5,000 cesspools, which have been deemed outlawed and illegal since 1976.
Committee:
House Natural Resources, Energy & Water
Keywords:
water conservation, grants, infrastructure, environmental protection, sustainability, grant fund, Arizona water law, A.R.S. 49-1332, water efficiency, water reuse, education programs, public outreach, rainwater harvesting, gray water, graywater, drought-resistant landscaping, xeriscaping, turf removal, groundwater recharge, aquifer health
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- that were to happen, we would have all sorts of records where citizenship was verified and then transferred
- voter rolls are accurate and reduce both the administrative burden and the chance for error while transferring
- It does not return a value for natural-born citizens or illegals.
- And I know in Texas it's, Okay, and I know in Texas, it's my understanding it's illegal to give a voting
- We have people that want to get hold of one for good or bad reasons, and that it's illegal.
Committee:
House Elections
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (02/11/2025)
Science, Technology and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- That payment and transfers that, or the taxpayer could make a pilot payment and then separately make
- I collect samples, find out it's F somehow, qualifies under this as being illegal.
- I just say I've documented illegal working happenings, but there's no recourse, so I don't understand
- </c> qualifies under this as being illegal qualifies under this as being illegal there<05:09:14.000><
- working happenings but there's illegal working happenings but there's no<05:09:21.280><c> recourse</
Committee:
House Science, Technology and Energy
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House/Senate DFL Press Conference 4/10/25
Transcript Highlights:
- government, who have government contracts that have been cancelled, that have been frozen legally and illegally
- We are fighting the—our attorney general is fighting in court illegal funding freezes.
- We're fighting illegal unconstitutional executive orders.
- We are fighting the—our attorney general is fighting in court illegal funding freezes.
- We're fighting illegal unconstitutional executive orders.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, March 10, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Illicit tunnel pathways into our country have only made it easier for criminals to bring their illegal
- COUNTRY HAVE ONLY MADE IT EASIER FOR CRIMINALS TO BRING THEIR ILLEGAL BUSINESSES INTO THE HOMELAND, FROM
- Over the last 30 years, cartels have created illegal and sophisticated tunnels under our border walls
- s targeting and our detection capabilities, which will help officers find and stop more illegal drugs
- agents and includes technology that assists agents in cargo and vehicle screening that can detect illegal
CO
Colorado 2026 Regular Session
Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 023 Feb 5th, 2026
Colorado House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Transferable development rights program.
- </c> clearly has a definition of transferable clearly has a definition of transferable development<02
- A transferable development rights program means an enacted local program that authorizes the transfer
- Four of them don't dabble in transferable development rights.
- I'll show you the math, or transferred to a successor organization, which is not named in here.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Press Conference: Legislators Call for Humanitarian Parole for Detained Minnesotan - 04/23/26
Transcript Highlights:
- I understand she entered illegally, but she had an asylum claim.
- I understand she entered illegally, but she had an asylum claim.
- Generally speaking, if someone enters the country illegally but has an asylum claim, how would previous
Summary:
The meeting focused on the detention of Andrea Pedro Francisco, a 23-year-old Burnsville resident and Minnesota constituent who was detained by ICE and transferred from Camp East Montana in El Paso to the El Paso Processing and Detention Center while awaiting surgery for a large ovarian cyst. Senator Lindsey Port, Congresswoman Angie Craig, and Senator Alese Matson argued that she has been denied adequate medical care, receiving only Tylenol and constipation medication despite an emergency room confirming she needs surgery. They said the delay could lead to severe pain, bleeding, loss of fertility, infection, or death, and repeatedly called for her immediate release on humanitarian parole.
Pastor Ellery Deikman described visiting Andrea in detention with other clergy and her lawyer, saying she appeared thin, in pain, and deeply distressed, though she brightened when told people in Minnesota were praying for her. He and others framed her situation as a humanitarian and human rights issue, criticizing the detention system as punitive and for-profit. Senator Matson, who is also a physician, explained that the standard treatment for a cyst of this size would be surgery and that waiting is medically dangerous. Participants also said Andrea had been in detention for close to 80 days, had limited access to legal and medical records, and had been separated from family and faith community.
The speakers tied Andrea’s case to broader concerns about immigration enforcement under the current administration, saying detentions and arrests have increased sharply and that many detainees have no criminal record. Vicki Schmidt of Abriendo Fronteras said detention numbers and costs have risen, conditions are often inhumane, and many people are being held in for-profit facilities. She and others urged support for HR 7335, the Humanitarian Standards for Individuals in ICE and CBP Custody Act, and called on DHS to grant Andrea parole immediately. In the question-and-answer portion, the physician-senator reiterated that surgery is the only treatment, that the condition could worsen at any time, and that prior practice generally allowed asylum seekers to remain in the community while their cases proceeded if they were not a danger.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/09/2026 - House Public Safety & Law Enforcement
House Public Safety & Law Enforcement Committee of Reference
Transcript Highlights:
- American people witnessed a catastrophic breakdown of our borders, resulting in an estimated 11 million illegal
- ICE agents are wrongfully to do that...” “...Compliance, record-keeping, illegal exposure with zero reimbursement
- This bill requires and allows law enforcement, once they arrest or apprehend an illegal alien, to make
Summary:
The Committee on Public Safety and Law Enforcement first heard SB 1032, which appropriates $1.5 million from the State General Fund to the Corrections Oversight Fund in FY27 to help operate the Independent Correctional Oversight Office. Supporters, including Justice Action Network, Representative Blackman, and a family member describing her son’s death in custody, argued the office is needed to address serious problems in the Department of Corrections, including mental health care failures, staff shortages, lawsuits, and the state’s federal receivership. Members largely agreed the office could improve transparency and accountability, and the bill received a due pass recommendation on a 14-0 vote with one absent.
The committee then considered SB 1107, which creates an alternative certification pathway for honorably discharged U.S. veterans who served as military police to become Arizona peace officers through abbreviated training and recognition of prior military training. Members asked whether the bill would include equivalent roles from all branches, such as Air Force security forces, and staff said the bill is intended to track Department of Defense training standards. Supporters emphasized the value of recruiting experienced applicants to address public safety staffing shortages, while one member raised concerns about applicants with prior misconduct in other states. The bill passed with a due pass recommendation on an 11-1 vote, with two present and one absent.
Finally, the committee heard SB 1055, which requires law enforcement to immediately notify ICE or CBP when arresting a person unlawfully present in the United States. The bill drew strong support from one proponent who framed it as a public safety and immigration enforcement measure, and strong opposition from the ACLU and several community members who argued it would chill crime reporting, burden local agencies, raise civil rights concerns, and risk wrongful detention of citizens and tribal members. Representative Cruz offered a strike-everything amendment that would instead restrict DOC inmate telephone contracts from generating revenue above operating costs; supporters said it would reduce costs for families and improve communication, but the amendment failed 6-8. The committee then returned to the underlying SB 1055 and gave it a due pass recommendation on an 8-6 vote with one absent.
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Commerce -continued- Jan 14th, 2026 at 10:15 am
Transcript Highlights:
- I had our manager get a 19-year-old niece, technically legal in Missouri, kind of federally illegal,
- And it becomes effective immediately, and it is now illegal for a retailer since that time, date, illegal
Summary:
The Commerce Committee reconvened and continued its hearing on House Bill 2085, a measure to establish statewide preemption over the sale of tobacco, vape, and nicotine products. Supporters, including representatives of vape stores, grocers, convenience stores, and petroleum marketers, argued the bill would prevent a patchwork of local ordinances, protect small businesses, and create consistent statewide rules for retailers. Several supporters said federal Tobacco 21 rules already control underage sales, and that local bans or flavor restrictions would hurt businesses and push sales to neighboring jurisdictions.
Opponents, including the Missouri Public Health Association and the Springfield-Greene County Health Department, said local tobacco regulation has helped prevent youth smoking and that the bill could invite litigation over existing ordinances and limit future public health regulation. Committee members repeatedly questioned whether the bill would affect zoning authority or local decisions about where vape shops can locate, especially near schools and child care facilities. The sponsor, Representative Keithley, said the bill was intended to preempt only state standards on the sale and retail regulation of tobacco products, not local zoning, and emphasized that local governments would remain free to regulate zoning.
Much of the hearing focused on the bill’s language, especially whether it required a 21-and-over purchase age or merely allowed local jurisdictions that already use 21 to keep doing so. The sponsor explained that the bill was designed to preserve local 21 ordinances without forcing all localities to change from 18 to 21, while still setting statewide standards for sale-related rules. An informational witness from MOST Policy Initiative described health risks of vaping, including nicotine addiction and youth appeal from flavored products, and noted that Missouri does not currently impose a special tax on vapor products. The committee took no vote and adjourned after concluding testimony on HB 2085.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session Jan 8th, 2026
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And as a consequence, point of pride for our Attorney General, we preserved about $168 billion in illegally
- You can't send the military into American cities without justification, and you cannot cruelly and illegally
- couple days ago that he will... ...where Donald Trump just announced a couple days ago that he will illegally
Summary:
The Assembly met, initially lacking a quorum, and the Clerk called the roll until a quorum was established. The chamber then proceeded through routine opening business, including prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, recognition of Native lands, approval of procedural motions, and several unanimous-consent actions to re-refer bills and allow committees to notice bills pending re-referral. The Assembly also recessed regular session to convene a joint convention for the Governor’s State of the State address.
In the joint convention, Governor Gavin Newsom delivered his final State of the State speech, focusing on California’s economic performance, education investments, housing reforms, public safety, homelessness, climate policy, insurance issues, and the state’s response to federal actions. He highlighted budget plans, including a proposed $248.3 billion general fund, increased reserves, major education funding, child care and after-school investments, housing and affordability measures, mental health and homelessness funding, infrastructure projects, clean energy goals, and wildfire recovery efforts. He also praised legislative collaboration on AI regulation, tax credits, and other policy areas while criticizing federal policies and calling for continued state action.
After the address, the Governor’s speech was ordered printed in the journal, the joint convention adjourned sine die, and the Assembly returned to regular session. The Speaker announced the desk would remain open for introduction of the budget bill, noted the next floor session would be Monday, January 12 at 1 p.m., and the House adjourned on motion of the Majority Leader.