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HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • They have to figure out how to modernize it after all these decades.
  • They have to figure out how to modernize it after all these decades.
  • They have to figure out how to<00:50:27.760><c> modernize</c><00:50:28.240><c> it</c><00:50:28.480><c
  • </c> to modernize it after all these decades. to modernize it after all these decades.
  • </c><02:50:29.200><c> it</c> those laws were passed because it it those laws were passed because it it
Committee: House Finance
CO

Colorado 2026 Regular Session

Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 116 May 9th, 2026

Colorado House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • They presented it like it was new, but it wasn't.
  • It was it was new, but it wasn't.
  • it just it really were always asked it just it really seemed<02:50:47.040><c> like</c><02:50:47.120><
  • But it wasn't. It wasn't.
  • It is it is important. Water is life. It is it is crucially<04:31:10.960><c> important.
Keywords: 981, all
NH

New Hampshire 2025 Regular Session

House Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services (02/18/2025)

Labor, Industrial and Rehabilitative Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:32:29.960><c> me</c> sir thank you so it it would seem to me sir thank you so it it would seem
  • It doesn't hurt to retain it.
  • It doesn't hurt to retain it.
  • It doesn't hurt to retain it.
  • </c> on their soul it really it it's it on their soul it really it it's it really<04:19:23.560><c> just
Keywords: 1189, house, all
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

Senate Health and Human Services (04/01/2026)

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> it, in fact. it, in fact.
  • </c> use it. use it.
  • And my view on this legislation is that it is modernizing to catch up the state of New Hampshire to where
  • </c> it in the spotlight? Where is it going? it in the spotlight? Where is it going?
  • A lot of it was anything it said.
Keywords: 1191, senate, all
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House Session (04/23/2026)

New Hampshire House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c> where it goes. where it goes.
  • This is it. This is it. And it's done. This is it. This is it.
  • It attempts to do it, but it doesn't.
  • > when</c><05:01:25.840><c> the</c> use it you plug you put it on when the use it you plug you put it
  • </c> it belongs. it belongs.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
US

US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session

US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, June 5, 2025)

US Federal House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It fills stadiums. It breaks streaming records. It empowers communities.
  • It connects It empowers communities.
  • </c> it past customs. it past customs.
  • was</c> a direction for its urban cities, it was a direction for its urban cities, it was Charles<00
  • > could</c> surrendered its license before it could surrendered its license before it could even<02:58
NY

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

New York State Senate Session - 04/21/2026

New York Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It was very conservative in its approach.
  • It can be messy. It can be slow.
  • value, then it will make it affordable.
  • value, then it will make it affordable.
  • I think it is an optimal way to do it, and that's why it is in the bill.
Keywords: 993, senate, all
Summary: The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several guest introductions, including students from Brooklyn and St. John’s University, followed by adoption of the resolution calendar with exceptions for two items. The chamber then took up a series of previously adopted resolutions recognizing Black Maternal Health Week, Workplace Violence Prevention Month, the one-year anniversary of the Jet Set nightclub tragedy in the Dominican Republic, New York Constitution Day, and the Month of the Military Child. Senators speaking on the maternal health resolution emphasized racial disparities in maternal mortality and the need for culturally competent care; the workplace violence resolution highlighted hospital safety programs; the Jet Set resolution was adopted in memory of the victims; and the Constitution Day speech reviewed New York’s delayed but eventual support for independence in 1776. The military child resolution stressed the sacrifices of military families and support for children of service members. All of these resolutions were adopted, and the resolutions were opened to co-sponsorship. The Senate then moved through the third reading calendar, passing several bills and laying others aside. Measures passed included bills on public health, environmental conservation, executive law, public authorities, and consumer protection. One notable debate involved a bill to require transparency from private arbitration organizations handling consumer cases; supporters argued it would provide basic public data and guard against conflicts of interest, while opponents said it would burden a useful dispute-resolution process and intrude on privacy. The bill passed after debate. Another debated bill would phase out number 4 heating oil statewide; supporters said cleaner alternatives exist and the fuel is harmful to public health, while opponents raised cost and transition concerns, especially for colder regions. That bill also passed. The chamber also considered a bill to create a rebate program for battery-powered landscaping equipment, funded through utility-related mechanisms administered by NYSERDA. Supporters said it would reduce air and noise pollution and help companies transition, while opponents argued ratepayers should not subsidize landscaping equipment. The bill passed after being restored to the non-controversial calendar. Finally, the Senate began discussion of a housing-related bill aimed at preserving manufactured home parks by enabling nonprofits or municipalities to acquire development rights and keep the land dedicated to that use, with the sponsor explaining that the goal is to protect affordable housing and help residents remain in their homes.
ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Legislative Session Day 80 Apr 1st, 2026

Idaho Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • As we think about moving our education system and modernizing it, there are going to be some hard parts
  • to it.
  • it.
  • it?
  • We try to put it with the aunts and uncle, somebody in there, so it keeps it in the family.
Summary: The Senate convened with 31 members present, approved the March 31 journal, and moved through committee reports, gubernatorial messages, and House messages before taking up several bills on final reading. Among the measures considered were House Bill 930 on campaign finance, House Bill 949 on consolidating the STEM Action Center with the Workforce Development Council, House Bill 950 providing a one-time appropriation for a consultant to support Medicaid review work, House Bill 952 revising the Secretary of State’s budget, Senate Bill 1444 for public school support, House Bill 940 revising Idaho Digital Learning Academy policy, Senate Bill 1438 funding the IDLA budget, House Bill 516 on parental rights and education, and House Bill 897 on the Idaho information technology equipment sales tax exemption. The chamber also received and referred additional bills, including House Bill 968 and several appropriations and committee reports. House Bill 930 passed after debate centered on campaign finance transparency, separate campaign accounts, limits on investments, and requiring self-loans over $1,000 to be deposited into campaign accounts. Supporters said it would improve accountability; opponents questioned enforcement and warned against weaponizing campaign reporting. House Bill 949 passed with discussion of consolidating STEM and workforce functions, shifting funds and staff, and reducing administrative costs. House Bill 950 passed as a one-time $200,000 appropriation for a consultant to assist the legislature’s Medicaid review panel. House Bill 952 passed with a small reduction to the Secretary of State’s ongoing general fund budget. Senate Bill 1444 passed despite objections that the school budget underfunds district health insurance and shifts costs to local districts; supporters emphasized federal fund authority and other budget adjustments. House Bill 940 passed after extensive debate on narrowing IDLA’s mission, ending state support for certain uses, limiting elementary and online participation, and reducing enrollments and costs. Senate Bill 1438, the companion IDLA appropriation bill, also passed after debate over the size of the cut, the use of the Public Education Stabilization Fund, and whether the budget should include a cap on enrollments; supporters said it matched the policy changes in House Bill 940, while opponents argued it was too restrictive and could harm students’ access to courses. House Bill 516, dealing with parental rights and education and teacher-union-related payroll and activity restrictions, passed after a lengthy and sharply divided debate over whether it protected taxpayer dollars or unfairly targeted educators and unions. House Bill 897, as amended, was then taken up for final consideration on the Idaho information technology equipment sales tax exemption, with the sponsor explaining that the bill narrows the exemption to internal server equipment and limits it to 20 years in response to changing data-center trends and water-use concerns.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

House - Chamber Meeting Feb 9th, 2026 at 11:52 am

New Mexico House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It had to. It was just going to be a matter of fact.
  • Is it an agency-sponsored bill? Yes, it is. Thank you.
  • So it modernizes the capital outlay system.
  • It modernizes the capital outlay system, provides policies and guardrails so that it doesn't just apply
  • It does.
Bills: HB111 , HB61 , HB43 , HB156 , HB70 , SB3 , HB103 , HB109 , HB128 , HB247 , HJM2 , HJM3 , HM7 , HM17 , HM4 , HM22 , HM23 , HM24 , HM26 , HM2 , HM16 , HM32 , HM11 , HM14 , HM21 , HM34 , HM50
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/24/2026 - Senate Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Appropriations, Transportation and Technology

Transcript Highlights:
  • Vote may it appears the ayes have it. Do have it, so ordered.
  • It appears the ayes have it; it is so ordered. Mr.
  • It appears the ayes have it. It is so ordered.
  • It appears the ayes have it. It is so ordered. Mr.
  • It appears the ayes have it; it is so ordered. Mr.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
  • It appears the ayes have it; it is so ordered.
  • It appears the ayes have it; it is so ordered. Mr.
  • It appears the ayes have it; it is so ordered. Mr.
  • It appears the ayes have it; it is so ordered. Mr.
  • It appears the ayes have it; it is so ordered. Mr.
Summary: The committee first heard Senate Bill 1630, which would direct AHCCCS to seek federal approval for a home- and community-based services program for adults determined to be seriously mentally ill, with quarterly implementation updates, a stakeholder work group, and a cap on enrollment. The sponsor and advocates from Arizona Mad Moms argued the bill would create a Medicaid-funded long-term care option for the most disabled SMI patients, reduce costly hospital and state-only care, and improve continuity of care. A committee amendment narrowed eligibility to individuals needing a long-term SMI level of care, changed reporting to semiannual, reduced the initial cap to 250 members with possible growth tied to savings, and required AHCCCS to keep pursuing approval if CMS denies it. The amendment was adopted, and SB 1630 as amended passed 10-0. The committee then considered Senate Bill 1131, which originally required every school district and charter school to adopt a cardiac emergency response plan and appropriated $1 million for implementation. A Warner amendment replaced the mandate with a reporting requirement on AED counts, CPR/AED-trained staff, and whether a plan exists, while shifting the appropriation toward AED grants and limiting school spending to purchasing and maintaining AEDs. The American Heart Association supported the amendment as a way to gather baseline data and target resources, while some members questioned the funding split and the rural-school priority. The amendment was adopted, and SB 1131 as amended passed 9-1. Next, the committee took up Senate Bill 1582, dealing with the school safety interoperability fund. The amendment changed the appropriation from ADE to ADOA and allocated funds to specific county sheriff’s offices to continue existing interoperable communication systems linking schools and first responders; supporters said the systems had been used in drills and some real incidents, and were important for school safety. One member raised concerns about the auditor general’s report and whether the program should continue, but sheriffs and school officials described it as a useful communication tool. The amendment was adopted, and SB 1582 as amended passed 6-4. Finally, the committee began hearing Senate Bill 1504, which would change retirement rules for Tier 2 and Tier 3 public safety personnel and reduce the waiting period for cost-of-living adjustments. The sponsor, police and fire representatives, and pension consultants argued the bill would improve recruitment and retention and align benefits more closely with what employees were promised, while cities, counties, and taxpayer groups warned it would add substantial unfunded liabilities and undermine the 2016 pension reforms. The committee spent extensive time on actuarial costs, funding status, and the effect of the amendment exempting the bill from statutory pre-funding requirements; the transcript ends during that discussion before a final vote on SB 1504 is shown.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm

Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources

Transcript Highlights:
  • That means building it, operating it, maintaining it, and funding it.
  • all into a pit, bury it, ignore it.
  • it.
  • There's no cure for it, and it can be fatal.
  • It is time to stop ignoring us. It is time.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The hearing covered a broad set of environmental and water-related bills, with much of the testimony focused on blue economy and circular economy proposals, drought management, drinking water safety, flood resilience, and water infrastructure funding. Supporters of bills such as H. 987 and H. 988 described grant programs for blue economy workforce development, research, small businesses, and public education about a circular economy. Other speakers backed measures on coastal erosion research, recreational boating dredging, cranberry water-right transfers, sand mining oversight, and a voucher program for home water filtration in PFAS-impacted communities. Several elected officials and advocates also urged passage of bills to require private well testing, improve school drinking water safety, and address sand mining pollution and PFAS contamination. Water supply and drought issues drew extensive testimony. Senator Eldridge and others supported legislation to let the state, through DEP and the drought management task force, impose regional water-use restrictions during droughts and make the task force permanent in statute. Advocates from watershed groups, farms, and environmental organizations said the current town-by-town approach is inconsistent and ineffective, and they described drought impacts on rivers, farms, private wells, and wildfire risk. A related bill on private wells was supported as a way to help homeowners test and remediate contaminated wells, especially in rural areas without public water. The committee also heard testimony on a bill to allow the Lynnfield Water District to join the MWRA, with local officials saying the move would help address PFAS and other contamination and improve supply reliability. Another major panel supported a water infrastructure funding bill, arguing that aging drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater systems need major new investment, including support for PFAS treatment, sewer rate relief, biosolids research, and regional interconnections. Members asked about costs, funding sources, and the relationship to existing revolving loan funds; witnesses said the bill would need to be paired with future bond funding and new revenue ideas. No votes were taken during the hearing, and the chairs repeatedly invited written testimony and noted the large number of speakers.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

FL House Floor Session - 2026-01-15 (10:00AM Session)

Florida House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It affects our finances, it affects our health, and it affects our quality of life.
  • It retains the liability shield for government, but modernizes the way that citizens can seek redress
  • It retains the liability shield for government, but modernizes the way that citizens can seek redress
  • Is it front-loaded before it goes to court, or would it be during that jury trial?
  • I hope it makes it to the floor.
Keywords: 998, house, all
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Appropriations Feb 27th, 2026 at 10:30 am

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • We appreciate it.
  • it applies to.
  • We build it, we lease it, and we want it to succeed. But the reality you...
  • We build it, we lease it, and we want it to succeed.
  • And it is not.
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Emerging Issues Jan 20th, 2026

Emerging Issues

Transcript Highlights:
  • Is it somebody that's against this, or is it somebody that's for it?
  • doing it.
  • I think it increases it.
  • It makes it less safe for young women in sports.
  • it again, why it still needs to be separated.
Keywords: 959, house, all
HI
Transcript Highlights:
  • was it initiated in your budget and it was it put<00:08:21.919><c> out</c><00:08:22.159><c> or</c><00
  • We can scoop it and delete it all.
  • </c> then we can scoop it and delete it all then we can scoop it and delete it all yes<00:48:25.920><
  • it on and review it again?
  • </c><01:16:22.320><c> it</c> know what I'm saying and so it it know what I'm saying and so it it doesn't
Keywords: 912, senate, all
Summary: The joint Committee on Higher Education and Agriculture heard Senate Bill 1158, which would authorize general obligation bonds and appropriations for a controlled environment agriculture research and demonstration facility at the Magoon Research and Teaching Site in Manoa. Testimony was overwhelmingly supportive from the University of Hawaiʻi, Department of Agriculture, Farm Bureau, Maui County, MetroGrow Hawaiʻi, and other agricultural groups, who said the project would strengthen food resilience, support year-round production, create clean jobs, and provide a demonstration site for urban vertical farming. University representatives said the project would include demolition of an existing condemned building, a research and lab component, and a multistory vertical farm, with an estimated cost of $6 million and a projected two-year build time. Members questioned whether Manoa was the best location, whether the project fit the university’s broader strategy, and whether the request would displace other priorities. The University said the site is tied to SEAR activities, close to students and faculty, and intended to support hands-on training and commercial-scale production. In response to concerns about soil testing and stakeholder needs, the University said it would restart the soil testing lab using internal funds, though not as part of this bill, and would request additional staff for efficiency. The committee then recessed and later reconvened in decision-making, where the chairs recommended and the committee adopted amendments to SB 1158, including a name correction and deferral to July 31, 2050, and the bill passed with amendments. The committee then took up Senate Bill 663, relating to the University of Hawaiʻi College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources and SEAR research and experiment stations. The University testified that the stations are important for locally relevant agricultural research but are short staffed, with 34 positions down since 2005, and that the bill requests eight new positions, including agricultural technicians and four county community coordinator positions, to improve station operations, community engagement, and workforce development. The Farm Bureau supported the measure, saying the positions are needed to revamp extension services and that Manoa is an appropriate urban location for the vertical farming component. Members questioned why vacant or existing positions could not be used instead of new ones, and the University explained that some listed vacancies reflected old federally funded positions or inaccurate counts, promised a written update, and said it was working to fill current openings. No final vote on SB 663 was reached in the portion provided.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Ways and Means Mar 27th, 2026

Joint Committee on Ways and Means

Transcript Highlights:
  • Appreciate it.
  • You called it a landmark piece of work; it really is.
  • It took a lot of work. Well, first, it took a tragedy. It took the fire within the hospital.
  • It was not anything related to the jail diversion program, its benefits, or its impact on communities
  • It happened to my own sister, and you've addressed it.
Summary: The hearing was a Joint Committee on Ways and Means budget session on health and human services, held in Clinton and opened with remarks from the House and Senate co-chairs, local officials, and committee members. The chairs emphasized the importance of hearing directly from agencies about the Commonwealth’s health care and human services budget needs, thanked Clinton for hosting, and introduced the day’s panels, beginning with the Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) and then MassHealth. Secretary Kiame Mahania presented Governor Healey’s FY27 EOHHS budget, describing a $33.7 billion request driven largely by non-discretionary cost growth, caseload increases, and federal uncertainty. He highlighted targeted investments in foster parent reimbursement, family resource centers, maternal health, food assistance, immigrant legal services, and workforce rates, while warning that federal cuts and the Trump administration’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act could strip billions from state health funding. Members questioned him about primary care shortages, federal program integrity audits, ConnectorCare, regional health disparities, and the proposed cap on adult dental coverage; he defended the cap as a difficult but necessary cost-control measure and said the administration would continue cooperating with federal partners. Undersecretary Michael Levine then testified for MassHealth, saying the agency faces two major challenges: rapid cost growth and looming federal changes. He outlined a $22.7 billion gross MassHealth budget and proposed actions including a moratorium on new expansions, capping adult dental benefits at $1,000, ending GLP-1 coverage for weight loss only, reducing care management spending to peer-state levels, and convening work groups to slow growth in personal care attendant, adult foster care, and adult day health programs. He also warned that federal policy changes could cause about 300,000 residents to lose coverage by 2030 and reduce federal revenue by about $3.5 billion, and said MassHealth would use outreach and systems changes to help eligible members stay covered. Members raised concerns about the impact of these cuts on homeless care, preventive services, dental access, GLP-1s, and regional hospital and specialist shortages, while Levine argued the proposals were aimed at preserving core coverage and sustainability.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
  • They do it at 62.
  • It will make it incredibly difficult to maintain all the access points that are helpful, and then it
  • It also does not provide work hours; it only...
  • It also does not provide work hours. It only provides wages.
  • The rationale, if we did it before and it wasn't as crazy...
Summary: The subcommittee heard an extended briefing on the impacts of H.R. 1 on Medi-Cal and CalFresh, followed by testimony from the Legislative Analyst’s Office and county officials. DHCS described major Medi-Cal changes in H.R. 1, including work/community engagement requirements, six-month redeterminations, reduced federal matching for some emergency services, narrower immigrant eligibility, reduced retroactive coverage, and limits on provider taxes and directed payments. CDSS outlined CalFresh changes, especially the expanded able-bodied adults without dependents time limit, reduced exemptions and waivers, and the new federal-state-county administrative cost split. Both departments emphasized implementation plans, automation, outreach, and county coordination, while acknowledging significant expected coverage losses and administrative burden. The LAO and an independent policy expert discussed how H.R. 1 could increase demand on county indigent care systems and public hospitals as people lose Medi-Cal. They reviewed the history of county indigent care, 1991 realignment, and AB 85, explaining that counties already rely on a patchwork of funding and that current realignment revenues are often used for public health rather than indigent care. They warned that counties may face large increases in uninsured residents, with wide variation in how counties respond, and raised concerns about equity, financing, and whether a more standardized state-county program should be created. Committee members pressed witnesses on county funding, exemptions, homelessness, older adults, undocumented residents, and the effect of administrative burden versus true ineligibility. County representatives from Los Angeles, Santa Clara, Tulare, and San Bernardino described the expected local impacts and asked for additional state support. They said H.R. 1 would drive major losses in Medi-Cal and CalFresh enrollment, increase uncompensated care, strain eligibility staff, and worsen homelessness and food insecurity. Several counties urged the Legislature to fund eligibility workers, preserve enrollment, and consider a CalFresh match waiver; Santa Clara and San Bernardino also cited local tax measures and staffing reductions already underway. No formal vote or committee action was taken in the portion provided.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Bill to ban semiautomatic military-style assault weapons 2/24/26

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • It is so guttural and dark that it breaks everyone who hears it.
  • It is not a sound you forget or ever it.
  • It is not It is not a clean recovery.
  • It does not end at six months. It will not end at a year. This is our life. It is forever.
  • </c> planning to do it. planning to do it.
Keywords: 1183, house