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MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/25

Public Safety Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • As a private pilot, I use a program called ForeFlight.
  • In the blue circles on the screen, you can see the best coverage for those.
  • I mean, you think you have a gap now when they keep cutting these essential programs.
  • </c><00:47:13.040><c> or</c> for specialized uh programming or for specialized uh programming or flashing
  • </c><00:52:50.280><c> proposed</c> emergencies the grant program proposed emergencies the grant program
Keywords: 1183, house
ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Legislative Session Day 54 Mar 6th, 2026

Idaho Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • , to provide for the creation of the Idaho Child Care Program.
  • To provide for the creation of the Idaho Child Care Program, In the Senate, Senate Bill 1374, by the
  • Finance Committee, an act relating to the Idaho Child Care Program, to provide for the creation of the
  • Idaho Child Care Program, to establish provisions regarding parent qualifying activities, to establish
  • President, let me just say that the funding that comes into these programs come from non-governmental
Summary: The Senate convened with a quorum, offered prayer and pledge, approved the journal, and received several communications, including substitute legislator designations and gubernatorial appointments to the Idaho Lottery Commission and State Building Authority. Members also made brief announcements and introductions before moving into committee reports and the day’s floor calendar. The chamber advanced a number of bills and resolutions through reading and referral, including measures on the Idaho Child Care Program, Health and Human Services appropriations, elections, development impact fees, hazardous waste, and several House concurrent resolutions and joint memorials. On final consideration, the Senate passed Senate Bill 1285 on occupational licensure for nonpublic school diplomas, Senate Bill 1286 on consumer protections for veterans benefits, Senate Bill 1323 on enforcement of contracts involving gold and silver specie, Senate Bill 1338 on allowing a portion of idle state funds to be invested in gold and silver bullion, and Senate Bill 1342 establishing a limited right for households to keep hens for egg production. The Senate also passed House Bill 531 updating epinephrine delivery system language for schools, House Bill 518 expanding authority for the Attorney General in human trafficking cases, House Bill 512 reinstating an open-book jurisprudence exam for land surveyors, House Bill 551 correcting urban renewal-related property tax treatment for fire and ambulance districts, House Bill 594 codifying a Supreme Court ruling on distribution of late property tax fees and interest, and House Bill 587 clarifying continuous funding for rangeland improvement programs. Debate on several measures included concerns about local control, continuous spending, and oversight, but each bill ultimately received majority support. The Senate reordered the third-reading calendar and then adjourned until Monday, March 9, 2026.
ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Agenda Feb 12th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • is collected through fees or permits, and the money is used to fund operations for that specific program
  • The dark blue represents the agency's actual expenditures, in which they spend anywhere from 73% to 83%
  • We are working towards a full eradication program. The folks here expect nothing else of us.
  • Of that, one-third of our total general fund footprint is the invasive species program.
  • That is not a program that has a ton of dedicated dollars coming into it. There's some.
Summary: The committee heard budget presentations first for the Idaho State Department of Agriculture and then for the State Liquor Division. For Agriculture, analyst Morgan Poloni outlined the agency’s structure, staffing, dedicated funds, and major FY 2025-2027 budget items, including ongoing pay enhancements for investigators and fruit and vegetable inspectors, replacement items, IT hardware, reappropriation of the Resilient Food Systems Grant, and two FY 2026 requests: a deficiency warrant for exotic pest response and a supplemental appropriation for quagga mussel treatment. Director Chanel Tewalt emphasized the history and statutory basis of Idaho’s invasive species program, described the quagga mussel response and its impacts, and said the agency is trying to manage risk while maintaining inspection coverage. Members asked about grant delays, vehicle replacement, signage costs, chemical treatment costs, possible research or biological solutions, and whether cuts would reduce station hours or openings; Tewalt said some stations would be delayed or reduced under cuts and that the department would continue to seek creative enforcement and funding options. The committee then reviewed the Liquor Division budget. Poloni described the division as a dedicated-fund operation with retail, accounting, and distribution functions, and summarized FY 2025-2027 enhancements for personnel, store maintenance, ADA website compliance, replacement items, and IT/security equipment. Director Andrew Arulenandum said he had prioritized spending based on safety, legal exposure, and operational needs, citing a store shelving collapse and warehouse safety concerns as reasons for some requests. Members asked about a pending policy issue involving bulk lottery ticket purchases by out-of-state syndicates, and Arulenandum said the proposal would not have a fiscal impact but would protect the integrity of the lottery. He also addressed questions about liquor pricing and distributor concerns, explaining that Idaho uses a standard tiered markup and that smaller manufacturers can be disadvantaged by higher production costs, though the division sells premium bottles close to cost. The meeting ended with no votes or formal actions taken, and the committee announced it would meet the next morning to take action on FY 2027 maintenance budgets before adjourning.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Insurance Mar 5th, 2025

Insurance

Transcript Highlights:
  • TDI does oversee the Texas Independent Dispute Resolution Program.
  • Water damage, like the blue here, right? That was Uri. That was Uri? Yes.
  • The COPA program we were designated by the governor in last summer as the agency to run the COPA program
  • We do a fairly extensive consumer education program, like TDI.
  • We had the help insure program, which we work on with TDI and Mr.
Committee: House Insurance
Keywords: 1184, house, all
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Emerging Issues Mar 9th, 2026

Emerging Issues and Professional Registration

Transcript Highlights:
  • This is passed in red, blue, and purple states alike.
  • our work similar to the successful incentives for domestic violence shelters or children in crisis programs
  • And we also would just say that our various benevolent tax credit programs are very much welcomed by
Summary: The committee first heard House Bill 3423 from Rep. Darren Chappell, which would require judges in Missouri courts of record to file annual financial disclosure statements, bar judges from hearing cases involving people who have given them money, and extend similar disclosure rules to members of judicial nominating commissions. Chappell framed the bill as a transparency and ethics measure. Business groups supported the proposal, but judges, bar groups, and trial and defense lawyers opposed it, arguing existing judicial ethics rules already address gifts and recusals, that the bill is overly broad in covering “anything of value,” and that it could create unintended consequences, including strategic donations to force recusal and reduced public access to judicial financial disclosures. The Supreme Court’s representative said the bill should be read alongside the full Code of Judicial Conduct and offered to provide the committee with that material. No vote was taken. The committee then heard House Bill 2922 from Rep. Jeff Myers, which would align Missouri’s right-to-try law with federal law by extending access from terminal illness to debilitating conditions and by addressing the use of Schedule I drugs in that framework. Myers said the bill is intended to help ensure access to emerging treatments and has passed in various forms in prior sessions. There was no opposition testimony, and the hearing concluded without action. Next, the committee heard House Bill 2643, also from Rep. Senate, the “Hope for Missouri Patients Act,” which would expand right-to-try access for individualized treatments such as gene therapies, enzyme replacement therapies, and substrate reduction therapies for patients with rare or debilitating diseases. Supporters, including the Goldwater Institute, a parent of a child with a rare disease, and Americans for Prosperity, said the bill could help patients access customized treatments sooner and reduce red tape. The sponsor and witnesses emphasized that the bill would not require insurance coverage and is meant to help patients who cannot wait for lengthy clinical trial or FDA pathways. No opposition testimony was offered. Finally, the committee heard House Bill 3204 from Rep. Senate, which would create a tax credit to encourage private donations to prevention resource centers that work on substance misuse prevention. Supporters from prevention organizations and advocacy groups said the credit would strengthen local prevention coalitions, reduce future treatment and criminal justice costs, and stabilize funding for services such as school education, early intervention, and suicide prevention. One opponent warned that Planned Parenthood could qualify as a prevention resource center and receive tax credits, but supporters said they had no concern about that. The hearing ended with no vote or other committee action, and the committee adjourned.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

S/C on State-Federal Relations Mar 13th, 2025

S/C on State-Federal Relations

Transcript Highlights:
  • They, they go through the, uh, Department of the Interior Federal Training Program in New Mexico.
  • Uh, if this bill were to pass, we would, uh, there would be an abbreviated training program primarily
  • We're seeing, we're seeing big companies like SpaceX to smaller ones like Firefly, Blue Origin along,
Bills: HB176 , HB180
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Session (Part I) Mar 19th, 2025

Texas Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • 1505 is going to expand our compassionate use program that Texas has today.
  • those efforts to expand the program.
  • What happens if a school district has a diversity program? What's the impact?
  • It appears to me that programs like that, programs like the state and federal requirements to consider
  • Floyd became deceased. programs under the guise that these particular programs just drive. division within
Bills: SCR5 , SCR13 , SB3 , SB6 , SB10 , SB12 , SB13 , SB15 , SB17 , SB18 , SB19 , SB24 , SB35 , SB57 , SB65 , SB112 , SB284 , SB290 , SB388 , SB400 , SB402 , SB412 , SB495 , SB499 , SB502 , SB509 , SB621 , SB706 , SB740 , SB815 , SB842 , SB854 , SB875 , SB893 , SB917 , SB974 , SB1025 , SB1061 , SB1073 , SB1106 , SB1268 , SB1281 , SB1300 , SB1362 , SB1379 , SB1447 , SB1451 , SB1555 , SB1902 , SJR36 , SJR12 , SCR13 , SCR25 , SCR5 , SCR22 , SCR12 , SCR24 , SB495 , SB412 , SB10 , SB18 , SB565 , SB372 , SB842 , SB765 , SB62 , SB19 , SB666 , SB707 , SB888 , SB687 , SB706 , SB847 , SB290 , SB13 , SB1248 , SB740 , SB14 , SB1006 , SB504 , SB917 , SB925 , SB388 , SB1902 , SB1121 , SB995 , SB857 , SB305 , SB296 , SB284 , SB35 , SB6 , SB815 , SB3 , SB1281 , SB1379 , SB1300 , SB1497 , SB1499 , SB1498 , SB1451 , SB1061 , SB15 , SB65 , SB241 , SB304 , SB402 , SB499 , SB621 , SB974 , SB1023 , SB1024 , SB1025 , SB1106 , SB686 , SB112 , SB371 , SB204 , SB400 , SB609 , SB1447 , SB670 , SB502 , SB427 , SB850 , SB854 , SB413 , SB1555 , SB1362 , SB1346 , SB1033 , SB1220 , SB1073 , SB810 , SB987 , SB1539 , SB893 , SB447 , SB875 , SB406 , SB509 , SB985 , SB965 , SB17 , SB1119 , SB1505 , SB12 , SB24 , SB57 , SB1194 , SB1253 , SB1215 , SB1532 , SB1268 , SB1302 , SB856 , SB650 , SB583 , SB673 , SB840 , SJR57 , SCR8 , SB213 , SB681 , SB1172 , SB1252 , SB378 , SB610 , SB918 , SB1343 , SB608 , SB487 , SB955 , SB957 , SB988 , SB990 , SB1019 , SB1021 , SB1120 , SB251 , SB958 , SB535 , SB761 , SB1 , SB541 , SB315 , SB379 , SB1018 , SB1737 , SB266 , SB1415
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

06/11/2026 - House Floor Session

Arizona House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • , and pilot program.
  • This program is fully subscribed.
  • I don't mind these programs. ...I don't mind these programs being suggested and allowing schools to do
  • As we heard earlier, the meal program for the free and reduced-price lunch meal program, the additional
  • There are a lot of different programs.
Keywords: 1182, all
MA
Transcript Highlights:
  • I'm with the National Conference of State Legislatures in our Employment, Labor, and Retirement Program
  • I'm with the National Conference of State Legislatures in our Employment, Labor, and Retirement Program
  • , to talk about a little bit of a background. our employment, labor, and retirement program to talk about
  • ability to have open dialogue and conversations with the employees in the effort of getting them on blue
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions held a public hearing on Initiative Petition 2522 / H. 5909, which would amend state labor law to treat the Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS) as a public employer and allow its employees to seek collective bargaining rights. The chair explained the Article 48 initiative process, noted that no opponents or members of the public had signed up to testify, and said written testimony would be accepted through March 20. The hearing focused on whether CPCS staff should be brought within the public-sector bargaining framework and how that would interact with the agency’s statutory duties. Expert testimony began with an NCSL analyst, who gave a national overview of public employee bargaining rights and examples of public defender unions in other states and localities, including Colorado, New York City, Indianapolis, Cook County, Maryland, and Illinois. Department of Labor Relations officials then reviewed prior failed organizing efforts at CPCS and its predecessor, explaining that earlier petitions were dismissed because the agency was not considered a public employer under existing law. They said passage of the initiative would not automatically unionize employees, but would allow a union to petition for an election or written majority authorization, with normal unit-appropriateness and supervisory/confidential employee issues still to be resolved. CPCS Chief Counsel Anthony Benedetti testified that the agency supports providing information to the legislature but is not taking a position for or against unionization. He described CPCS’s statutory responsibilities, size, and current efforts to expand staffing after recent indigent-defense crises, and said any new bargaining framework would need to operate alongside the agency’s obligations to provide counsel. Proponents from SEIU Local 888 and allied labor groups argued that CPCS employees have long been denied the same collective bargaining rights as other public workers, and that a union would provide just-cause protections, a voice on staffing and working conditions, and better support for recruitment and retention. CPCS attorneys and staff testified in favor of the measure, citing heavy caseloads, rapid expansion, inadequate supervision and office support, and the need for representation in disciplinary and workplace disputes. Committee members asked about bargaining-unit composition, the role of the DLR, the effect of unionization on attorneys’ ethical duties, and the use and cost of paid signature gathering. The hearing ended with no votes taken and no opposition testimony presented.
ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Agenda Mar 17th, 2026

Revenue and Taxation

Transcript Highlights:
  • it's this pretty much same language for promotion and development of statewide travel convention programs
  • I mean, Boise State's blue field, I mean, there's a lot of money already being spent on that.
  • and Representative Monks, do we happen to have a list of the grants that have been given under this program
  • again is tied to whether or not you have the homeowners exemption, and then the disabled veterans program
Keywords: 989, all
WA
Transcript Highlights:
  • Look no further than what happened with the WIA program a couple years ago.
  • That program, the taxes remain in place.
  • history is prologue, that in a couple of years we'll be looking back and treating this free lunch program
  • But at the same time, we want to send blue-collar union workers who accidentally make a mistake on the
Keywords: 904, all
Summary: House and Senate Republican leaders held a media availability on day 59 of the session focused mainly on the House-passed income tax on high earners, the pending operating and transportation budgets, and several late-session tax and policy bills. Republicans argued the income tax was unconstitutional under existing state precedent, would lead to capital flight and broader tax expansion, and was being rushed through without adequate public input. They also criticized the budget process as overspending revenues, relying on gimmicks, and setting up future deficits and tax increases. The leaders said the House was preparing to consider a transportation bond bill requiring a three-fifths vote, along with bills on data centers, pharmaceutical wholesale taxes, K-12 funding, highway construction, direct electric vehicle sales, abortion-related funding, and an electric transmission measure. They said Democrats could pass the bond bill without Republican votes if all 59 House Democrats supported it, but Republicans opposed bonding for maintenance and preservation. They also said the budget could be balanced even if some of the tax bills failed. Much of the discussion centered on the 24-hour House debate over the income tax, which Republicans said they extended to force daylight debate and highlight objections. They said the bill passed by two votes and that several Democrats privately opposed it. Republicans also criticized the use of Climate Commitment Act funds in the budget, saying the money should be returned to taxpayers or used for transportation or the Working Families Tax Credit rather than special interests. In closing, they said House Republicans had been successful in opposite-house cutoff, killing 54% of Senate bills sent to the House and helping produce one of the lowest numbers of bills passed in years.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

02/18/2026 - House Floor Session

Arizona House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Nurse-Family Partnership is a voluntary evidence-based program that pairs registered nurses with low-income
  • than 14 million children and families through prevention, intervention, treatment, and advocacy programs
  • It is not a red issue or a blue issue.
  • discussion we had, and that's what this amendment seeks to do, versus saying go ahead and implement the program
Summary: The House convened on Ash Wednesday with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, the journal approved, and a series of guest introductions recognizing Dr. William Thompson, Disability Day at the Capitol participants, Arizona Cattle Growers, a GCU student guest, striking ASU Aramark workers and union supporters, Nurse-Family Partnership nurses, Navajo Nation visitors, and others. Members also made remarks honoring Lent, Ramadan, Black History Month, and various community figures. Attendance was recorded at 54 present, 3 absent, and 3 excused, and the House received committee substitutions and Senate messages without objection. The chamber adopted House Resolution 2006, a death resolution honoring Yvonne Glee Lyme Federson and her work with Childhelp to combat child abuse. The resolution was adopted unanimously, followed by a moment of respectful silence. The House then resolved into Committee of the Whole and later an additional Committee of the Whole to consider several bills. Measures receiving do pass recommendations included HB 2089, HB 2177 as amended, HB 2258, HB 2322 as amended, HB 2786, and HB 2825 as amended, with amendments adopted on HB 2177, HB 2322, and HB 2825. The House adopted the Committee of the Whole report and ordered those bills engrossed or regrossed as appropriate. In the additional Committee of the Whole, members debated HB 2074, HB 2104, and HB 2105, all property- or health-related measures. HB 2074 drew sharp debate over an amendment removing a life-of-the-mother exception in a partial-birth abortion provision; supporters said the change clarified that safer medical alternatives exist, while opponents argued it would criminalize care even to save a mother’s life. HB 2104 and HB 2105 were amended to add taxable improvements as a trigger for assessor review and to make a standardized report optional, with supporters saying the changes improved county property tax administration and opponents warning they could hinder assessors and create litigation. All three bills received do pass as amended recommendations and were ordered engrossed. The House then took up third-reading votes and passed HB 2173, HB 2203, HB 2223, and HB 2501 by 57-0 votes with three not voting. HB 2307, an emergency measure concerning dangerous and incompetent defendants and out-of-state treatment options, passed 37-20 with three not voting, but failed to achieve the required two-thirds vote for the emergency clause. Members explained votes in support as a temporary response to a lack of in-state treatment beds, and in opposition as a bill that was too broad or not yet implementable. The House adjourned until 10 a.m. on Thursday, February 19, 2026.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session Mar 28th, 2025

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • from last year to further California's commitment to providing safe and fun access to youth sports programs
  • unanimously voted to approve a new standard of safety for youth sports by ensuring youth athletic programs
  • A special shout-out to everyone wearing Dodger Blue.
  • This incredible program is shaping the future of Marin City by empowering young people with leadership
Summary: The Assembly convened after a quorum call, prayer, pledge, and a moment of silence for Marysville Police Officer Osmar Rodarte. Members then handled several procedural motions, including re-referring bills and moving items on the file, with AB 567 re-referred by a recorded vote of 42-17 and the remaining referral requests approved without objection. The chamber also heard a brief personal statement from Assembly Member Macedo thanking colleagues and staff for support during a health episode. On the floor, members presented and passed several measures. AB 310 by Assembly Member Alanis, requiring youth sports organizations to have AED access, emergency response plans, and coach training, passed 56-0. AB 437 by Assembly Member Lackey, expanding CIF reporting to include sports-related injuries and medical problems, passed 59-0. ACR 55 by Assembly Member Jeff Gonzalez, commemorating the 40th anniversary of ARC v. DDS and the Lanterman Act, received 62 co-authors and was adopted by voice vote. The Assembly also adopted HR 28 recognizing Major League Baseball Opening Day 2025, with extended lighthearted remarks about the Dodgers, Giants, and Athletics, and HR 23 honoring Cesar Chavez Day, which drew broad support from caucus leaders and members speaking to Chavez’s labor and civil rights legacy. Both resolutions were adopted by voice vote after adding co-authors. The chamber then approved the second-day consent calendar, including ACR 39 on Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Awareness Month and ACR 53 on Women’s Equal Pay Day, and later adjourned in memory of Ralph Miller after tributes from Assembly Members Hart and Gibson. The House adjourned until Tuesday, April 1 at 1 p.m.
NH

New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session

House State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs (01/30/2026)

State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • </p> health care programs. But we in this health care programs.
  • I'm not calling on a federally run program.
  • I have a provider that hired an employee for billing to do nothing all day every day but Blue Cross Blue
  • </c><01:40:10.000><c> Cross</c><01:40:10.320><c> Blue</c> all day every day but Blue Cross Blue all day
  • every day but Blue Cross Blue Shield<01:40:11.119><c> denials.
Keywords: 1189, house, all
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

Senate Floor Session-Day 19, March 4, 2026-PM

Wyoming Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Senate Enrolled Act Number 44. language and literacy program an act language and literacy program an
  • They asked us to program didn't come in.
  • </c> some new government programs here. some new government programs here.
  • ,</c> our existing government programs, our existing government programs, particularly<01:03:45.920><
  • the Medicare program, have particularly the Medicare program, have given<01:03:48.319><c> us</c><01:
Keywords: 916, all
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Formal House Session 33 Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am

Massachusetts House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Marshall Veterans Center on the Experiential Program. Welcome to... Mr.
  • These five fellows are here through the Young Southeast Asian Leadership Professional Fellows Program
  • These five fellows are here through the Young Southeast Asian Leadership Professional Fellows Program
  • We include a two-year pilot program.
  • The pilot program also is a very admirable route, but no doubt one that will incur a cost.
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The House first recognized several student athletes and teams, including East Bridgewater cheerleaders, Medway athletes and teams, and the Housatonic Valley basketball team, and adopted a resolution congratulating the William Diamond Jr. Fife and Drum Corps on its 25th anniversary. Members also suspended Joint Rule 12 to advance a petition concerning an extension of a lease authorization for conservation land. The chamber then took up Senate 2581, as amended, a major education and youth technology bill. The bill was rewritten to promote safe technology use and distraction-free education, including restrictions on personal electronic devices in public schools and limits on social media access for children. Members debated whether the policy should be bell-to-bell or allow more local flexibility, and several amendments were offered. An amendment from Attleboro to preserve district-specific policies was rejected, while a consolidated amendment tightening social media restrictions and related protections was adopted. The House also considered and passed several other bills, including measures amending the Sandwich charter, authorizing Springfield to help certain residents with local tax obligations, authorizing charity alcohol auctions, and directing the Boston Police Department to waive the maximum age requirement for a specific police applicant. In addition, the House rejected concurrence on a Senate version of a higher education infrastructure bill and instead appointed a committee of conference. Later, the House accepted a conference report on modernizing cannabis laws after debate focused on regulatory streamlining, equity, ownership caps, and hemp regulation. The report was adopted by roll call, and the House then passed the amended education bill to be engrossed before adjourning to the next day.
MA

Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Formal House Session 54 Jun 10th, 2026

Massachusetts House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • peers and educators at Danvers High School through active involvement in every facet of artistic programming
  • was a captain and featured performer in the color guard and was instrumental in leading the band program
  • have continued to increase, with 86 libraries reporting 309 challenges to materials, services, and programs
  • Libraries across the Commonwealth also face efforts to restrict programs, exhibits, and displays.
  • 28, and states clearly and powerfully that the law applies equally to everyone, whether you wear a blue
Summary: The House first handled a series of routine actions from the Committee on Rules, including adoption of several congratulatory resolutions and suspension of Joint Rule 12 to allow petitions to proceed, including a Hingham land transfer petition and a veteran rental assistance bridge program petition. The Ways and Means Committee then reported out several bills, including a fiscal year 2026 supplemental appropriations bill, a bill on hot work/fire safety regulation, a free expression/library bill, a bill on ownership and maintenance of certain culverts and dams, a Walsh-Kennedy Commission implementation bill, and a Billerica land transfer for the Yankee Doodle Bike Path. Each was advanced through second or third reading, with the House adopting committee amendments and ordering the bills to third reading or engrossment as appropriate. The most extensive debate centered on S. 2726, an act regarding free expression, which would address book challenges in public and school libraries, require reporting of challenges, protect age-appropriate materials, and establish review procedures. Supporters argued the bill protects intellectual freedom, librarians’ professional judgment, and access to books amid rising censorship efforts; opponents raised concerns about parental rights, local control, and exposure of minors to explicit material. Several amendments were offered and voted on, including one to strike a criminal-law protection, one to streamline the school review process, one clarifying that challenged material is considered in its entirety, and one narrowing who may initiate complaints to parents or guardians; some were rejected and others adopted. The bill ultimately passed to be engrossed by a 151-3 vote. The House also took up H. 5491 implementing the Walsh-Kennedy Commission recommendations on hot work safety after the 2014 Beacon Street fire. Members emphasized firefighter safety, certification and training requirements, stronger penalties for violations, and public notification of violations; the bill passed to be engrossed unanimously. The supplemental fiscal year 2026 appropriations bill, H. 5493, covering snow and ice costs, no-cost calls, substance use services, homeless programs, and several outside sections, also passed after amendment votes. Finally, the House enacted two local bills on Holyoke City Council special meetings and the Reading town charter, and then adjourned to meet the next day in informal session.
MO

Missouri 2026 Regular Session

Joint Committee on Administrative Rules Jan 20th, 2026 at 02:00 pm

Joint Committee on Administrative Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • I represent the certificate of need program.
  • I provide them with legal counsel services, but I'm still kind of singing the post-COVID blues, so you'll
  • I'm also at a bit of a disadvantage because the program director is actually out on vacation and had
  • Unfortunately, the program director has more information than I do.
  • And Jim Brutling are there with our IT department in the Senate, and they're doing the actual program
Keywords: 959, house, all
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session Jun 16th, 2025

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • excited to welcome our 53 students from Assembly District 48, our fourth annual young legislator program
  • Is the Chief Executive Officer at Forestry and Fire Recruitment Program.
  • He kept our streets safe, launched the largest gun buyback program, possibly in the country's history
  • The original Juneteenth flag, by the way, is red, white, and blue. Because black.
  • Through Insomniac, he has supported numerous charitable causes and community programs embodying the spirit
Keywords: 988, house, all
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • House passed and the governor didn't veto Senate Bill 294. allowed schools to voluntarily create a program
  • Working in both red and blue states to help schools address children's respiratory emergencies.
  • address this issue by adding adoption-related information to the parenting and paternity awareness program
  • Current law requires school districts to use parenting and paternity awareness programs developed by
  • to adoption to the list of topics that must be included in the Parenting and Paternity Awareness Program