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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Floor Session 5/12/26 - Part 2
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Lastly, the bill includes House File 4492, which is Chair Bliss's bill that puts the commandos task force
- Lastly, the bill includes House File 4492, which is Chair Bliss's bill that puts the commandos task force
- Nine of 10 of the most deadly shootings were committed with military-style assault weapons.
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with deadly shootings were committed with deadly shootings were
Summary:
The House received several Senate messages returning House File 3426 on natural resources and House File 4252 on higher education with Senate amendments, and in both cases the House refused to concur and moved to conference committee. The House also acceded to the Senate’s request for a conference committee on Senate File 4612, which concerns state government and Department of Health and Human Services provisions. Speaker appointments to the conference committees were announced for all three bills.
The House then concurred in Senate amendments to House File 3522, a veterans bill allowing the Department of Veterans Affairs to temporarily close state veterans homes under a CMS order. Representative Duran said the Senate had bundled several veterans-related bills into HF 3522, including measures on SGU veterans, National Guard pay, grant requirements in the MDBA process, burial eligibility in veterans and National Guard cemeteries, honor guard eligibility, and codifying a commandos task force. The bill passed 134-0 and was read to pass.
On the floor calendar, Senate File 3210, a human rights bill on disability accommodations, was laid on the table by agreement for later consideration. House File 4017, a study bill on unlawful shipments of infectious or pathological waste, was presented as a worker-safety measure; an A6 technical amendment was adopted, and the bill passed 126-8. House File 4138, dealing with social media platforms and minors, was amended with A10 and A11 changes emphasizing transparency, privacy defaults, limits on data use, and a shift from “child” to “minor” in the age provisions; Representative Bonner argued for extending protections to age 18, while Representative Scott said the bill was a first step and opposed the amendment. The A11 amendment was adopted, and debate on the bill continued as the transcript ended.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Motion to suspend rules in order to debate gun control, gun violence prevention package 5/14/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Was it the guns that he was carrying that made him deadly?
- deadly weapons out of dangerous hands. deadly weapons out of dangerous hands.
- exactly what happens when deadly exactly what happens when deadly firearms<03:56:12.880>
are< - This is deadly serious. This is a matter of life and death.
- This is deadly serious. very seriously. This is deadly serious.
Summary:
The House took up a motion to suspend the rules so House File 5140 could be recalled from committee, given second and third readings, and placed on passage. Representative Long and Representative Greenman argued the bill was an urgent, comprehensive gun violence prevention package that had already passed the Senate and should be acted on immediately in response to recent shootings, including Annunciation School, Burnsville, and Accent Signage. They said families, students, survivors, doctors, and community members had been pressing legislators to act, and Greenman described the bill as including mental health, intervention, anonymous threat reporting, bans on weapons of war, ghost guns, and binary triggers.
Representative Heintzeman opposed the urgency motion and focused on specific bill language, arguing that parts of the proposal were unclear or overly broad. He questioned whether the language on protruding grips would effectively ban all handguns, whether the penalties section could turn lawful gun owners into felons for possessing multiple noncompliant items, and whether the firearms assembly language could criminalize routine cleaning and reassembly of guns. He said these issues should have been addressed in committee and argued members needed clearer answers before voting on urgency.
Greenman responded that the language was intended to target additional protruding grips, not ordinary handgun grips, and said she was willing to adopt an amendment to clarify that point. On the penalties and assembly questions, she said the bill was aimed at certifying existing weapons, banning ghost guns, and preventing harm, and repeatedly urged members to vote for the urgency motion so the full bill could be considered. The exchange remained focused on the motion to suspend the rules and on the substance of the gun violence prevention package; no final vote or other action is shown in the transcript excerpt.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, June 8, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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to Christians in China are forced to Christians in China are forced to worship - >
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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:
- These seeds are deadly, for studies have discovered that one seed can kill up to 80,000 bees and even
- First, an act relative to the Pesticide Board would establish a task force studying the Commonwealth's
- First, an act relative to the Pesticide Board would establish a task force studying the Commonwealth's
- I'm not... ...caught early, if you don't see your animal getting into the poison, it can be deadly for
- In April 2024, citizens overwhelmingly voted for a home rule petition that would ban the deadly SGARs
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources held a hybrid hearing on a large slate of bills focused on pesticides, pollinators, rodenticides, mosquito control, invasive species, and local authority over pesticide regulation. Chair Becca Rausch set strict two-minute testimony limits due to the very large number of speakers. Early testimony from Senator Moore and Representative Hawkins strongly supported a bill to restrict second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides, citing harms to wildlife, pets, and public health, and noting that California has already adopted a similar model. Testimony also supported a Lowell home rule petition to allow the city to prohibit or restrict these rodenticides, with local officials describing documented raptor poisonings and municipal efforts to phase out use on city property.
A major portion of the hearing focused on pollinator protection and neonicotinoid-treated seeds. Witnesses from environmental groups, conservation organizations, academics, and beekeepers argued that neonics harm bees and other beneficial insects, contaminate soil and water, and provide little or no economic benefit in most corn and soybean fields. Several speakers pointed to New York, Vermont, and Quebec as models for restricting treated seeds, and one panel cited research showing only a small percentage of fields benefit economically from the treatments. Support was also voiced for a bill establishing an ecologically based mosquito management program, with advocates criticizing aerial and truck spraying and urging non-chemical, locally tailored approaches.
Other testimony supported bills to reform the pesticide board and pesticide regulation process, to give vulnerable municipalities more local control over pesticide use, to protect schoolchildren from pesticides on school grounds, and to respond to invasive species through a centralized state office, coordinator, strategic plan, and trust fund. Many speakers, including representatives from Mass Audubon, MSPCA, the Xerces Society, the Sierra Club, watershed groups, and local wildlife rehabilitators, described impacts on hawks, owls, pets, fish, and broader ecosystems. No votes were taken during the hearing, and committee members generally asked few questions, with the hearing remaining in testimony mode throughout.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- Particularly now, when we have outbreaks popping up all over the country of other preventable deadly
- Particularly now, when we have outbreaks popping up all over the country of other preventable deadly
- Particularly now, when we have outbreaks popping up all over the country of other preventable deadly
- Particularly now, when we have outbreaks popping up all over the country of other preventable deadly
- Particularly now, when we have outbreaks popping up all over the country of other preventable deadly
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Health and Human Services Apr 1st, 2025
Health & Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Patients and their loved ones in some situations were forced to go as far as to obtain court orders.
- What's more, they were harmful and deadly to many patients.
- Does the Fort Worth Department have a specific task force for group homes?
- This policy forces youth to relocate far from their homes to receive continued care.
- I'm an Air Force retiree and the President and CEO of Blue Skies of Texas, formerly known as Air Force
Bills:
SB331, SB883, SB926, SB1137, SB1138, SB1144, SB1151, SB1236, SB1270, SB1522, SB1869, SB2207, SB2422
Keywords:
healthcare, cost disclosure, transparency, administrative penalties, health facility compliance, COVID-19, off-label use, prescription drugs, patient access, medical standards, insurance, physician ranking, incentives, fiduciary duty, health plan issuers, SB 1137, group home, assisted living, residential care, board and care
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, June 10, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- in 1991 and was selected for an Air Force ROTC scholarship in 1997.
- It's why 77 deadly flow of fentanyl.
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Following the police force. Close quote. Following the police force. - social, political, and economic forces social, political, and economic forces are<04:32:39.199><
- Force, retiring as a master sergeant. Force, retiring as a master sergeant.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, January 16, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- and friends we must bring the full force and friends we must bring the full force of<00:16:39.000
- Speaker, of physical force.
- Marshals Gulf Coast Violent Offenders Task Force, serving a warrant on a repeat offender.
- Coast violent offenders task force Coast violent offenders task force serving<02:19:10.519>
a - <04:14:12.479>
to SpaceX together with the Air Force to SpaceX together with the Air Force
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, July 17, 2025)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- That they would care that Palestinians have been forced to eat grass, human beings, animal feed, while
- Now, the Israeli forces are deliberately shooting and killing starving Palestinians lined up for food
- Trump administration, is a deadly sham. Trump administration, is a deadly sham.
- Speaker, forcing the Navy to maintain a fleet of broken, expensive ships is simply irresponsible.
- and support my amendment armed forces and support my amendment number<04:14:48.640>
106.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- Distracted driving is becoming more pronounced, more dangerous, and more deadly.
- <01:04:00.640>
This more dangerous, and more deadly. - This more dangerous, and more deadly.
- <01:08:57.679>
on on the governor's special task force on on the governor's special task force - I chair the New Hampshire Motorcycle Safety Task Force.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Friday, January 9, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- fewer workers forced into long commutes. fewer workers forced into long commutes.
- for the president's deadly insurrection. for the president's deadly insurrection.
- It's merely forcing them to buy savings.
- outrageously expensive and forced outrageously expensive and forced students<02:06:40.800>
and - authorization for use of military force authorization for use of military force within<02:26:21.600
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- And the local sheriffs can't force them to take meds, um.
- It will force, uh, primarily the teeth you're talking about.
- I think it will force the DA and the defense to do their jobs more timely.
- Also, deadly force encounter.
- This is a burglary of a vehicle at nighttime is a justified deadly force encounter by a civilian.
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Agriculture and Forestry Committee Apr 23rd, 2025
Agriculture and Forestry
Transcript Highlights:
- infecting their beloved pets or even their children with a disease. pets or even their children with a deadly
- For me, that would have... force. For me, that would have been horrible as a 12-year-old.
- Because they would be forced to kill RSD. They would be forced to kill RSD species if injured.
- If they get permitted, they'll be forced to kill.
Keywords:
wildlife rehabilitation, conservation, good samaritan, injured animals, orphaned animals, debilitated wildlife, wild birds, wild animals, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, DCNR, permit exemption, animal rescue, animal welfare, veterinary medicine, veterinary licensing, animal cruelty, wildlife care, rehabilitation act, non-federally protected species, endangered species
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, Select Aug 5th, 2025
Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, Select
Transcript Highlights:
- You're not forcing people to sell their land; instead, you're encouraging them not to develop.
- That forces the water around that improvement, pushing it up into higher ground.
- Medical Task Force, EMTF, that has ambulances and ambulance strike teams, and mobile medical units, and
- measures, especially for flood-prone areas and rural areas where communication failures can lead to deadly
- I just wanted to highlight those and encourage you to adopt them to prevent the loss of life and deadly
Keywords:
emergency communication, interoperability, grant program, first responders, state council, disaster response, emergency management, mass fatality, justices of the peace, training programs, emergency manager license, volunteer management, justice of the peace training, criminal history checks, state health services, broadband, public safety, disaster preparedness, funding, flood disaster plan
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- for the Committee on Energy Resources HB 101 by Guyen reeling to the State Guard professional Task Force
- education HB 2436 by Huffner relating to the exception of the application for the offense of the deadly
- HB 2475 by Simmons relating to the Medical Education force work and cultural competence and implicit
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- that's already in crisis and provides no safety valve for the innocent and those justified in using deadly
- force in the state of Alabama.
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using innocent and those justified in using innocent and those justified in using deadly - <00:19:12.720>
force <00:19:13.080>in <00:19:13.159>the <00:19:13.240>state deadly force in the state of Alabama. deadly force in the state of Alabama.
Bills:
SB118, SB203, HB420, HB414, HB363, HB405, HB261, HB263, HB327, HB348, HB228, HB282, SB273, HB7, SB296, SB199, SB47, SB204, HB80, HB11, HB192
Keywords:
bail, offenses, constitutional amendment, criminal justice, law enforcement, public safety, dental insurance, medical loss ratio, premium regulation, insurance commissioner, rebate, consumer protection, Baldwin County, local bill, education funding, school tax, privilege license tax, county tax revenue, municipal school board, Baldwin County Board of Education
MS
Transcript Highlights:
- And really, these parents like families are being forced to make absolutely impossible decisions to pay
- families And really, these parents like families are<00:14:53.440>
being <00:14:53.839>forced - <00:14:54.240>
to <00:14:54.480>make <00:14:54.959>absolutely are being forced - Their seizures can be frequent, violent, or deadly.
- or deadly. or deadly.
Summary:
The committee heard presentations on several Medicaid-related topics. First, a pharmacy representative discussed nonopioid pain medications as a way to reduce opioid dependence and overdose risk, emphasizing that options such as acetaminophen, NSAIDs, and topical diclofenac can be useful for pain management. She cautioned that nonopioids can still have risks and said any policy should avoid requiring patients to step through opioids before accessing safer alternatives, while still allowing reasonable step therapy among nonopioid options. The presenter said the goal is to keep patients from being pushed toward opioids by cost or insurance design.
The committee also heard emotional testimony from parents of a child with Prader-Willi syndrome, who described the condition as a rare genetic disorder that causes severe, lifelong hyperphagia and requires rigid supervision and ongoing treatment. They argued that alternative funding programs can disrupt access to medically necessary drugs such as human growth hormone, forcing families into costly and uncertain coverage gaps. They asked lawmakers to ensure insurance coverage remains stable for rare disease patients and thanked Senator Blackwell for prior support of rare disease legislation.
Next, a Livanova representative urged the committee to support higher Medicaid reimbursement for vagus nerve stimulator surgery for drug-resistant epilepsy. He said inadequate hospital reimbursement has reduced access in Mississippi, causing patients to travel long distances or go without treatment, and argued that better reimbursement would improve outcomes and save money over time. He cited studies showing seizure reductions, lower ER use, and a projected $2.8 million in five-year savings for Medicaid based on 40 patients, and asked that hospitals be reimbursed at 100% of Medicare rates for the procedure codes.
Finally, a Medicaid official gave a broad overview of hospital payment structure, including fee-for-service, managed care, MHAP, DSH, UPL, provider taxes, and related funding mechanisms. She explained that hospital payments are interrelated and have shifted over time, with major changes tied to managed care, MHAP/UPL increases, and provider taxes. At the end of the discussion, the committee was running short on time and asked her to skip ahead to the provider tax component; no votes or formal actions were taken in the portion provided.
LA
Transcript Highlights:
- In the city of New Orleans alone, we had 13 lethal force encounters involved in private security.
- Even if it was not determined to be a justified use of force by a... ...even if it was not determined
- , officers come on the force, so they are kind of moving in that respect.
- , officers come on the force, so they are kind of moving in that respect.
- We have the sheriff running our police force.
Summary:
The committee first approved the May 5 minutes and then heard House Bill 578, which would define sex in Louisiana law as biological sex, replace references to gender with sex in various statutes and forms, and direct the Law Institute to make conforming changes. Supporters from the governor’s office said the bill would bring clarity and consistency, while opponents argued it could create conflicts with existing law and weaken protections tied to gender identity. After debate, the committee reported HB 578 favorably.
Members then considered House Bill 1250, a measure aimed at aerospace-related litigation. The bill would allow a special motion to strike certain claims against aerospace flight entities when the claims are preempted by federal law. Senators raised concerns that the language was broad enough to affect airports, airlines, contractors, and even unrelated incidents, and the author said he was willing to work on narrowing amendments. The committee nevertheless reported HB 1250 favorably. House Bill 718, dealing with liability protections for private airstrips used for recreation, was amended to narrow its scope and then reported favorably, while House Bill 163, a narrower related airstrip bill, was voluntarily deferred so the committee could work from the other measure.
The committee also approved House Concurrent Resolution 61, which asks the Louisiana Law Institute to review possible conflicts between the constitution and statutes on expropriation. House Bill 180, defining foreign adversaries and agents of foreign adversaries for a proposed constitutional amendment, and House Bill 192, a constitutional amendment barring foreign adversaries from expropriating land in Louisiana, were both reported favorably. House Bill 1008, which sets out academic freedom and whistleblower protections for higher education, was rejected on a roll-call vote after concerns about its scope and limits on university discipline. House Bill 638, a prompt-payment bill for contractors, was set aside while amendments were being located.
Finally, the committee took up House Bill 71, which would extend existing liability protections for justified use of force to properly trained armed security guards. The author and the Board of Private Security Examiners said security officers receive training and often face dangerous situations, but opponents argued the bill would give too much protection to personnel with far less training than law enforcement and could shield bad shootings. After debate, the committee voted to defer HB 71. The last measure discussed was House Bill 1082, which would change venue rules for lawsuits involving the Municipal Police Employees’ Retirement System so actions by the system would be filed where the employer is located; the author said the bill was meant to help small municipalities, and members indicated they were open to narrowing amendments.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee Apr 8th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- And as amended, the bill addresses the fashion industry's toxic chemical impacts by putting the force
- of law behind the industry-developed frameworks for chemical management. ...the force of law behind
- have to worry that their drinking water has been contaminated by toxic forever chemicals linked to deadly
- have to worry that their drinking water has been contaminated by toxic forever chemicals linked to deadly
Summary:
The committee heard several environmental and consumer-safety bills. AB 405, the Fashion Act, would require fashion companies to disclose and manage toxic chemicals in their supply chains; supporters said it would reduce worker and consumer exposure and align with existing industry frameworks, while retailers and business groups argued it would duplicate existing laws and raise costs. After questions about DTSC workload, international standards, and affordability, the bill was moved on a due-pass-as-amended motion to Natural Resources and held on call with three votes. AB 762 would ban the sale and distribution of disposable vape devices; supporters emphasized battery-fire risks, recycling contamination, and waste impacts, while cannabis and convenience-store interests warned it would push consumers to illicit markets and harm legal businesses. The bill passed on a due-pass motion to Business and Professions with three votes and was held on call.
The committee also adopted the consent calendar with six votes. AB 794 would direct California to keep in place the federal PFAS drinking-water standard if federal protections are weakened, with supporters citing health risks and the need for certainty, and water agencies opposing the emergency-rulemaking authority and potential costs. Members debated whether the bill was too broad and whether federal funds would cover implementation; the bill passed on a due-pass-as-amended motion to Appropriations with four votes and was held open. AB 1148, the Safer Food Packaging Act, would restrict certain chemicals in food packaging; supporters cited cancer and reproductive-health concerns, while chemical, beverage, and manufacturing groups argued the bill should go through existing regulatory processes and that some chemicals lacked feasible alternatives. The author said she would remove antimony trioxide later in the process after hearing opposition concerns; the bill passed on a due-pass motion to Judiciary with four votes and was held open.
Finally, AB 1338 would allow local air districts to recover costs for implementing fence-line air monitoring at metal shredding facilities, building on prior legislation and local air district efforts in AB 617 communities. The author said the bill would preserve local control and improve efficiency, and the South Coast Air Quality Management District testified in support. The transcript ends as the district witness begins testimony, with no vote yet taken on AB 1338.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Texas and implemented its own rules and so forth and primarily at that time, what was the driving force
- legislature chose to, um, give us additional positions for firefighters and we built out two task forces
- numbers of dead birds which were tested and found to have highly pathogenic avian influenza, the deadly
- If that happens, we could be staring down the next deadly human influenza pandemic. Uh, slide 3.
Bills:
HB294