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NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Fish and Game and Marine Resources (01/28/2026)
Fish and Game and Marine Resources
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:11:55.200><c> It</c> legislation doesn't say the 30th. It legislation doesn't say the 30th.
- I’m the new legal and legislative liaison.
- Uh and as legal and legislative liaison.
- So again, I'm not introducing legislation to enable ferrets for the use of hunting.
- </c> expedient to legislate. expedient to legislate. >> Thank<01:22:18.960><c> you.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- The legislative body writes the legislation, passes the legislation, hopefully the governor signs our
- The legislative body<00:46:06.079><c> writes</c><00:46:06.400><c> the</c><00:46:06.680><c> legislation
- writes the legislation, passes the legislation,<00:46:09.440><c> hopefully</c><00:46:09.839><c> the<
- ><c> the</c><00:46:12.400><c> agency</c> signs our legislation, but the agency signs our legislation,
- </c> to the general funds or have legislative to the general funds or have legislative authority<00:51
HI
Hawaii 2026 Regular Session
WAM-HHS, WAM-EDU Informational Briefings 01-14-2026
Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- The other um that's in our legislation.
- </c> these were aligned with the legislation these were aligned with the legislation itself. itself.
- You might need legislation.
- It wasn't as legislatively introduced.
- You might need legislation. You them. You might need legislation.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, July 14, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> separate pieces of legislation separate pieces of legislation that<02:31:15.840><c> all</c><02:31
- </c> are supporting this legislation. are supporting this legislation.
- And I yield back. legislation will not bring down the legislation will not bring down the price<03:11
- . legislation. legislation.
- </c> colleagues to support this legislation colleagues to support this legislation and<05:45:34.080><
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, June 10, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Last night, the rules legislation.
- . legislation. legislation.
- ><c> common</c><02:23:41.280><c> sense,</c> legislation before us is common sense, legislation before
- legislation restores fairness and legislation restores fairness and support<04:37:57.920><c> for</c>
- </c><05:27:42.558><c> is</c> democracy. is why this legislation is democracy. is why this legislation
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
WAM-LBT, WAM-TCA, WAM-HHS Informational Briefings 01-16-2025
Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><01:18:18.040><c> coordinator</c> rodriges uh legislative coordinator rodriges uh legislative coordinator
- Previous funding was $150,000 last legislative session.
- Previous funding was $150,000 last legislative session.
- Previous funding was $150,000 last legislative session.
- Previous funding was $150,000 last legislative session.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- Wuli is a past recipient of GIA funds through your legislative investments.
- Hello, legislators.
- Hello, legislators, Sonos with Kon Hawaiʻi today.
- Hello, legislators, Sonos with Kon Hawaiʻi today.
- Hawaii helloha legislators Sonos with Hawaii helloha legislators Sonos with Kon<03:57:38.680><c> Hawaii
Summary:
The joint Ways and Means and Finance informational briefing on grants and aids was held February 14 and was organized as a high-volume public testimony session with strict procedures: no Q&A, one representative per applicant, one minute per testimony, in-person testimony first, and then Zoom participants. The chairs also announced a recess at 11:00 a.m. for floor sessions and a reconvening at 1:00 p.m. Testimony was heard first from neighbor island applicants, then Oʻahu applicants, with members repeatedly directing speakers to line up and keep remarks brief.
Neighbor island testimony focused on a wide range of capital and operating requests. Health and community projects included Hawaii Island Community Health Center’s workforce housing in Kau, Wuli Hawaiian Homestead Association’s learning center and predevelopment work, Rescue Tube Foundation’s beach rescue tube expansion, Puna Community Medical Center’s planned hospital/ER campus, Maui Humane Society’s free veterinary care after the wildfires, Hawaiʻi Care Choices’ palliative care readiness, and the Lyman Museum’s HVAC replacement. Other requests included the Maui Advanced Manufacturing Alliance’s Pāʻia Mill redevelopment, Laua 2020’s preschool and learning lab, Mālama Aina’s USDA-compliant meat processing facility, the Hawaiian Lifeguard Association’s water safety programs, Kaha P Organization’s agriculture education support, Ohana Arts’ youth performance project, Friends of the Children’s Justice Center’s emergency closet, EOA Pacific’s Marshall Islands teacher training, and the Central Pacific Youth Athletic Club’s new facility.
Oʻahu testimony included the YWCA Oʻahu/Pythink Center’s renovation of Juliet M. Atherton Hall and its community kitchen, West Oʻahu Community Health Center’s wildfire protection and security needs, the Early School’s playground improvements, Surfing the Nations’ food distribution center expansion, and Sounding Joy Music Therapy’s weekly services for people with disabilities. Speakers generally emphasized community benefit, workforce development, health access, food security, disaster recovery, and support for children, seniors, and underserved populations. No votes or formal committee actions were taken during the briefing.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Resources, Recreation and Development (02/04/2026)
Resources, Recreation and Development
Transcript Highlights:
- We also support the legislation.
- Thank you." the 1188 commission to talk about the 1188 commission to talk about legislation legislation
- I've also testified on several legislative bills this legislative session on cyanobacteria funding.
- ,</c> multiple state agencies, legislators, multiple state agencies, legislators, and<05:10:04.958><c
- </c> stakeholder interests and legislative stakeholder interests and legislative capacity<05:13:29.600
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Cmte on Rules - Subcommittee on the Federal Impact on Minnesotans and Economic Stability - 01/29/26
Transcript Highlights:
- And those are proposals that we can consider as a part of the upcoming legislative session.
- I'm available; my organization is available for legislative pursuits.
- </c><01:26:01.520><c> We</c> available for legislative pursuits.
- We available for legislative pursuits.
- I'll talk more even legislative justice.
Summary:
The hearing of the Minnesota Senate Select Subcommittee on Federal Impacts on Minnesotans and Economic Stability focused on federal immigration enforcement in Minnesota, especially ICE and CBP operations, and their alleged constitutional and civil-rights impacts. Opening remarks from both parties emphasized the need for calm, cooperation, and public safety, though they sharply differed on the causes of the current situation. Republican members argued that violent criminal undocumented immigrants should be removed and that state and local officials should cooperate with federal authorities. Senator McEwen and other Democrats described the federal presence as abusive and terrorizing, citing deaths, family separations, and community fear, and called for accountability and truth-telling. The chair also held a moment of silence for Renee Mlin Good and Alex Prey before testimony began.
Testimony from the ACLU of Minnesota and the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota described what they said was a large-scale federal enforcement operation, including Operation Metro Surge, with widespread alleged violations of the First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Tenth, and other constitutional amendments. Witnesses cited alleged racial profiling, warrantless arrests, excessive force, denial of counsel, detention out of state, and failure to comply with court orders. They referenced specific cases involving Susan Tinure, Abdi Khadir Nure, Victor Manuel Diaz, and others, as well as reports of journalists and community members being threatened or detained while documenting ICE activity. The witnesses also said the federal government’s lack of transparency makes it difficult to know how many people have been detained or deported and argued that the harm extends to both immigrants and citizens.
Committee members asked questions about ICE entering homes without judicial warrants, federal claims about constitutional limits, and access to counsel for detainees moved out of state. The witnesses said that out-of-state detention, poor locator systems, paid phone access, and lack of privacy make legal representation difficult or impossible, and that civil-rights remedies often come too late because people are removed before cases are resolved. No votes or formal committee actions were taken during the portion of the hearing provided; the committee moved from opening statements into testimony and member questions.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- I want to preface my comments by saying that I 100 percent support this legislation.
- ALL WE ASK IS THAT WE KEEP THREE WORDS IN THIS LEGISLATION: IN GOOD FAITH.
- Thank you for this good legislation. Certainly, we have several... >> Sen.
- Thank you for this good legislation.
- Good piece of legislation.
Bills:
SJR37, SJR57, SCR8, SB8, SB108, SB125, SB251, SB318, SB378, SB379, SB396, SB472, SB487, SB503, SB533, SB565, SB583, SB608, SB650, SB686, SB689, SB707, SB710, SB763, SB854, SB875, SB916, SB924, SB925, SB958, SB961, SB965, SB987, SB988, SB1006, SB1019, SB1021, SB1024, SB1026, SB1038, SB1146, SB1185, SB1194, SB1202, SB1252, SB1253, SB1330, SB1343, SB1362, SB1497, SB1498, SB1499, SB1527, SB1547, SB1596, SB1697, SJR36, SJR12, SJR57, SJR37, SCR22, SCR12, SCR8, SB925, SB1362, SB565, SB765, SB62, SB666, SB707, SB888, SB687, SB847, SB1248, SB504, SB857, SB305, SB296, SB284, SB1497, SB1499, SB1498, SB241, SB304, SB621, SB1023, SB1024, SB686, SB371, SB204, SB609, SB670, SB850, SB854, SB413, SB1346, SB1033, SB1220, SB1073, SB810, SB1539, SB447, SB875, SB406, SB985, SB965, SB1119, SB1505, SB1194, SB1253, SB1215, SB1302, SB856, SB583, SB673, SB681, SB1172, SB1252, SB378, SB608, SB955, SB957, SB988, SB1019, SB1021, SB1120, SB251, SB541, SB379, SB1737, SB266, SB1415, SB1527, SB125, SB599, SB1330, SB53, SB916, SB1352, SB785, SB710, SB472, SB1450, SB1502, SB1566, SB414, SB1062, SB961, SB1038, SB578, SB711, SB746, SB942, SB1404, SB1448, SB1738, SB108, SB8, SB318, SB507, SB533, SB689, SB1026, SB1349, SB1355, SB1433, SB1434, SB1596, SB1403, SB1146, SB763, SB667, SB1059, SB617, SB1567, SB503, SB16, SB310, SB311, SB396, SB505, SB1209, SB1210, SB1470, SB264, SB924, SB1029, SB1185, SB1202, SB1358, SB1364, SB1569, SB1697, SB1376, SB1228, SB519, SB878, SB1350, SB462, SB1535, SB827, SB1585, SB207, SB1207, SB1619, SB1396, SB920, SB1484, SB1273, SB1741, SB7, SB927, SB1227, SB1229, SB1353, SB1366, SB1464, SB1709, SB1729, SB1733, SB1744, SB1772, SB1816, SB1841, SB2188, SB1147, SB879, SB1008, SB378, SB710, SB916, SB1019, SB1146, SB1194, SB1253, SB1499, SB213, SB925, SB1362, SR263, SR311, SR333, SCR8, SB2407, SB2722, SB2949, SB2407, SB2722, SB2949
Keywords:
voter ID, citizenship, election integrity, constitutional amendment, voting rights, central bank digital currency, CBDC, Federal Reserve, digital dollar, digital currency, cashless payments, financial privacy, cybersecurity, government surveillance, financial surveillance, money laundering, terrorism financing, illicit finance, banking policy, monetary policy
MD
Transcript Highlights:
- we passed last the N rec legislation we passed last year. year. year.
- </c> pro-nuclear legislation in 2024. pro-nuclear legislation in 2024.
- Um I think at a appropriate legislation.
- </c><01:27:24.280><c> record</c> If you say for the legislative record If you say for the legislative
- </c> for it and call it a legislative for it and call it a legislative energy<01:35:25.000><c> relief
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you all for those who provided the legislation, the bills, and the support for this part.
- </c><02:39:49.800><c> that</c> result of some of the legislation that result of some of the legislation
- And in labor and industry, we want to be thoughtful, careful in how we legislate.
- And the labor industry, we want to be thoughtful, careful in how we legislate.
- </c> requires a report of legislative requires a report of legislative employees.<03:17:47.720><c> It's
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, September 17, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><02:12:53.360><c> with</c><02:12:53.520><c> reps</c> biccameal legislation with reps biccameal legislation
- 15.120><c> improve</c><02:22:15.439><c> the</c> legislation does nothing to improve the legislation does
- </c><06:37:08.240><c> days</c> all members have five legislative days all members have five legislative
- </c> between the executive and legislative between the executive and legislative branches<06:59:56.160
- Um, legislation um I think in history.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- ><c> and</c> Legislative hearings in 2023 and Legislative hearings in 2023 and advocacy<01:04:02.560>
- </c> bar association program for legislators bar association program for legislators that<01:04:18.320
- </c> investigations from the legislative investigations from the legislative branch.<01:20:30.240><c>
- </c> is that it provides a clear legislated is that it provides a clear legislated opportunity<01:38:
- </c> note for HP 369 stated the legislative note for HP 369 stated the legislative budget<01:49:53.760
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- ,</c><00:45:16.480><c> I</c> come down to um local legislation, I come down to um local legislation,
- I think the uh piece of legislation.
- Thank you, Chairman. >> Thank you for the legislation.
- And so, I really think I file this<04:57:00.878><c> legislation,</c> this legislation, this legislation
- </c> But, um, one thing the legislation But, um, one thing the legislation wasn't<05:10:02.320><c> addressing
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:52:18.720><c> Senor</c> that is inexpedient to legislate Senor that is inexpedient to legislate
- </c> that it is inexpedient to legislate that it is inexpedient to legislate represent<01:34:52.280><
- </c><01:39:26.080><c> representative</c> inexpedient to legislate representative inexpedient to legislate
- :43.160><c> based</c><05:32:43.400><c> on</c> cannot legislate Health Care based on cannot legislate
- </c><05:51:06.040><c> ensures</c> kids this legislation ensures kids this legislation ensures that<05
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- He carried multiple pieces of legislation and was invaluable in the Texas House and the U.S.
- Your legislation does not ban organizations that do...
- This is the first piece in a series of very important legislation designed to fit. God.
- Creating legislation like this, T visas and U visas have been created for a reason.
- Vote no on this piece of legislation. Mr. Smithee to close.
Bills:
SB664, SB40, SB9, SJR1, SJR5, SB27, SB207, SB2938, SB1901, SB1227, SB1248, SB912, SB1321, SB2143, SB2145, SB1497, SB1239, SB2180, SB1388, SB1762, SB1662, SB1951, SB1537, SB493, SB378, SB1020, SB1018, SB992, SB958, SB920, SB1350, SCR25, SB687, SB1332, SB2185, SB552, SB664, SB40, SB9, SJR1, SJR5, SB458, SB482, SB927, SB984, SB651, SB1620, SB2124, SB2448, SB841, SB843, SB402, SB2662, SB2053, SB2332, SB2112, SB745, SB1247, SB1789, SB27, SB207, SB2938, SB1901, SB1227, SB1248, SB912, SB1321, SB2143, SB2145, SB1497, SB1239, SB2180, SB1388, SB1762, SB1662, SB1951, SB1537, SB493, SB378, SB1020, SB1018, SB992, SB958, SB920, SB1350, HCR76, HCR127, HCR9, HCR40, HCR118, HR559, HCR59, HCR135, HCR141, HCR46, HCR109, HCR10, SCR25, HB2525, HB142, HB140, HB29, HB451, HB3809, HB3307, HB 1130, HJR1, HB9, SB17, SB260, SB509, SB1506, SB1637, SB2308
Keywords:
Texas courts, judicial officers, associate judge, magistrate, master, referee, hearing officer, court administration, Government Code Chapter 54, Government Code Chapter 54A, bail training, Article 17.024, Article 15.17, local administrative judge, State Commission on Judicial Conduct, Office of Court Administration, county courts, criminal justice, criminal jurisprudence, judicial qualifications
MS
Mississippi 2026 Regular Session
MS Senate Floor - 10 February, 2026; 10:00 AM
Mississippi Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> and it builds upon uh some legislation and it builds upon uh some legislation Senator<00:52:07.240
- </c> address with this piece of legislation address with this piece of legislation today.<02:03:43.480
- ,</c><02:45:34.440><c> and</c> under this piece of legislation, and under this piece of legislation,
- ><c> this</c><03:26:54.680><c> summer</c> Legislation goes into effect this summer Legislation goes into
- </c> uh with this legislation? uh with this legislation?
NH
New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session
House Commerce and Consumer Affairs (02/19/2025)
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:35:30.880><c> they're</c> towards this legislation they're towards this legislation they're actually
- So I think I understand the sponsor of this legislation.
- when this legislation history of this this this legislation<01:57:18.520><c> how</c><01:57:18.760><c
- </c><02:15:20.760><c> on</c> expedient to legislate on expedient to legislate on um<02:15:22.760><c>
- </c><04:05:31.840><c> is</c> agree but I think this legislation is agree but I think this legislation
Summary:
The committee first heard testimony on House Bill 437, which would change New Hampshire law on undischarged mortgages by creating a shorter period after which certain old mortgages would be treated as unenforceable. Prime sponsor Representative Bill Boyd said the bill was developed with input from bankers, lawyers, realtors, the Attorney General’s office, and the Banking Department, and he noted a drafting correction needed on line 18. He explained that the proposal would replace current law with a new framework modeled partly on Massachusetts, including a five-year expiration after a stated maturity date and a 35-year period for mortgages without an expiration date. Supporters said the bill would help clear obsolete title defects, reduce costly quiet-title litigation, and make real estate transactions easier for consumers, attorneys, and conveyancers.
Representative Mary Hakken-Phillips, Susan Cole of the New Hampshire Association of Realtors, and Michelle Coffin all testified in support, describing the bill as a consumer protection measure. They said undischarged or improperly discharged mortgages often surface during title searches, causing delays, legal expenses, and failed or delayed closings. Coffin and Hakken-Phillips emphasized that many of these cases involve old, effectively obsolete mortgages and that the current process often requires expensive court action even when no one contests the title. Cole described a recent transaction in which a title defect caused a buyer to walk away and later restart the financing process, creating costs for both buyer and seller. A committee member asked about notice to mortgage holders; the response was that the lender bears responsibility for recording and extending the mortgage, and that due process rights would remain if a lender later contested the discharge.
Ryan Hill of the New Hampshire Bankers Association said the banking industry had reviewed the bill and was generally comfortable with it, while requesting a delayed effective date so members would have time to adjust their recording practices. He said the bill’s January 1, 2028 effective date reflected that request. After closing the hearing on HB 437, the committee opened a hearing on House Bill 721, the Gold and Silver Legal Tender Act. Representative Juliet Harvey-Bolia introduced it as a bipartisan economic justice bill intended to recognize gold and silver as legal tender, protect against inflation, and address concerns about trust, taxes, and government taking. She argued that gold is a stable store of value and discussed tax treatment in neighboring states, federal history, and digital gold platforms. The hearing on HB 721 was still in progress when the transcript ended, with the chair limiting questions because of time.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
House Science, Technology and Energy (01/13/2026)
Science, Technology and Energy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><00:15:35.600><c> history,</c> matters, legislative history, matters, legislative history, comparisons
- </c><00:26:01.600><c> and</c> rules about recusals for legislators and rules about recusals for legislators
- . legislators. legislators.
- </c> specific um you know either legislative specific um you know either legislative recommendations<
- </c> pretty robust turnout of uh legislative pretty robust turnout of uh legislative staff<04:08:08.479