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MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
A New Senator Shares His Priorities | Senator Michael Holmstrom Apr 17th, 2026
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- . >> Is that what inspired you to jump in as a candidate this go-round?
- involved in a very serious way. >> You used to be behind the scenes, you know, a supporter of other candidates
- 03:51.280><c> supporter</c><00:03:51.680><c> of</c><00:03:51.920><c> other</c><00:03:52.239><c> candidates
- </c><00:03:52.959><c> or</c> know, a supporter of other candidates or know, a supporter of other candidates
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- And I may be wrong, but if I recall correctly, judicial candidates are subject to the same canon that
- I believe that's true, that judicial candidates are subject to the same canons, the same...
- However, I would say that 'everybody' would include candidates for these offices.
- If there's a prohibition for office holders, it should also be a prohibition for candidates opposing
- Chairman, the constitutional challenge to a candidate that hasn't officially declared puts you into that
Committee:
Senate State Affairs
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- And they come in full support of these two candidates. Thank you very much. Thank you.
- They're not, you know, I mean, being candid, they're not as pleasant.
- And so it puts things out there that the candidates can't respond to really clearly.
- I'm just being candid. I don't put staff in that type of situation.
- sourcing and candidate nurturing.
Committee:
Senate Rules
Summary:
The Senate Committee on Rules first established quorum and took up several routine items, including two governor’s appointments to the Court Reporters Board, references of bills to committees, and floor acknowledgments. Heather Lynn Gonzalez’s appointment was approved 3-1, Allison Salton-Sall’s appointment was approved 4-0, and the other routine items were approved 4-0.
The committee then heard testimony on two Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation appointments, Kathleen Ratliff and Joseph Tuggle, both associate directors in the Division of Adult Institutions. Senators focused heavily on the California model, staff safety, prison violence, sexual abuse prevention, retaliation concerns, and visitation. Ratliff and Tuggle said the California model is meant to balance rehabilitation with safety, that CDCR has improved communication and training, and that incidents such as the pepper-spray event at Central California Women’s Facility led to discipline, investigations, retraining, and policy review. They also described PREA reporting systems, anti-retaliation protections, statewide visiting meetings, and efforts to make visiting more family-centered and consistent. Public commenters largely supported both nominees, citing their work on rehabilitation, reentry, and sexual abuse response.
The committee unanimously voted 4-0 to send both Ratliff and Tuggle to the Senate floor for confirmation. It then heard from Jason Johnson, nominated as CDCR Undersecretary of Operations. Senators questioned him about parole supervision, public safety, contraband, prison rape prevention, workplace culture, whistleblower retaliation, and repeated allegations in late-filed opposition letters. Johnson said parole risk is assessed through established scoring and supervision levels, that sex offenders are subject to GPS monitoring and treatment, and that operations use investigations, training, and collaboration with law enforcement to address contraband and misconduct. He emphasized rehabilitation, culture change, accountability, and his commitment to staff and public safety, while acknowledging criticism and the difficulty of leading a large institution. No vote on Johnson was taken in the portion provided.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- And with me in the gallery, I'd like to introduce some constituents, candidate for Legislative District
- We should move to a national popular vote system where the candidate who gets the most votes becomes
- That is a very bad incentive for candidates.
- But you will never see, in a general election, candidates crisscrossing every state of this country.
- Candidates for president, should they be elected, will represent the entire country, and they should
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on State and Local Government - 03/20/25
State and Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- Was there any conversation about candidates for governor or legislators as well?
- Was there any conversation about candidates for governor or legislators as well?
- I think the one safeguard that we have to ensure that candidates or even former candidates for governor
- ensure that um candidates or even former<00:10:20.640><c> candidates</c><00:10:21.200><c> for</c><00:
- 10:21.600><c> governor</c><00:10:23.000><c> um</c> former candidates for governor um former candidates
Committee:
Senate State and Local Government
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Congressional Redistricting, Select Aug 1st, 2025
Congressional Redistricting, Select
Transcript Highlights:
- That's up to the candidates, but it does allow Republican candidates the opportunity to compete in these
- One went for a white candidate, one went for a black candidate. It's not about us as candidates.
- You are the candidate of choice of the voters in those districts.
- If you're a Republican candidate who needs the lines redrawn to win your seat, do better as a candidate
- I am a candidate for District 18.
Bills:
HB4
Committee:
House Congressional Redistricting, Select
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
April 22, 2025 - 01:00 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- Tourist development taxes are the resources we need to keep our candidate top of mind.
- Tourist development taxes are the resources we need to keep our candidate top of mind.
- And there are a host of other complaints about them suppressing qualified candidates to run in these
- I'm one of the candidates for town council.
- With this administration in office, and we could have as many as four new candidates.
Summary:
The State Affairs Committee met with a quorum present and took up several measures. It first considered HJR 1215, an ad valorem tax exemption for farmers and agricultural lands. The committee adopted an amendment making technical changes and removing a requirement that implementing language be set by general law. Several agricultural and business groups supported the measure, and it was reported favorably by a vote of 22-4.
The committee then heard CS for CS for HB 1169, a bill revising water management district planning, budgeting, reporting, and business practices, including restrictions on lobbyist expenditures and additional budget disclosures. An amendment removing the statutory section on management review teams was adopted after debate over whether those teams were still useful. The bill was reported favorably 19-8-7. Members then debated PCS for CS for HB 1221, which would redirect local option tourist development tax revenues toward property tax relief and give counties more control over certain local taxes. County, tourism, beach preservation, and hospitality groups opposed the bill, warning it would weaken tourism marketing, beach renourishment, and local services, while supporters argued it would provide property tax relief and accountability. The bill passed 14-12.
Finally, the committee considered HB 4079, which would dissolve the town of White Springs. The sponsor and supporters described years of mismanagement, intimidation, and illegal conduct, while opponents argued dissolution was an extreme step and pointed to the ongoing election and other remedies. After extensive public testimony and debate, the bill was reported favorably 19-6. The committee then adjourned.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 3/12/26
Commerce Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- </c><01:05:19.200><c> that</c> deal with the fact that a candidate that deal with the fact that a candidate
- They just think it's one candidate banging the head of another candidate when they look at it.
- the head of it's one candidate banging the head of another<01:39:40.000><c> candidate</c><01:39:40.480
- </c> another candidate when they look at it. another candidate when they look at it.
- </c> to don't support or oppose a candidate to don't support or oppose a candidate or<01:42:13.840><c
Committee:
House Commerce Finance and Policy
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Judiciary Mar 12th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- The current law requires a person seeking to qualify for nomination as a candidate for partisan office
- Although current law requires candidates to state such information in firm writing, courts have found
- A candidate that changed his party affiliation four months of the year.
- Prior to filing, the circuit court said we have no authority to remove the candidate who lied on this
- form based on a First DCA rejection of that and putting a candidate back on the ballot.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Hearing Senate Education Committee and Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 1 on Education May 6th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- So you said that you spoke to the SPI candidates.
- Have you spoken to the gubernatorial candidates about the potential of this proposal? I have not.
- So you said that you spoke to the SPI candidates.
- The candidates have signed up right now for that job.
- Yeah, because so much every political candidate when they run is local to the president level.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- He was our candidate for the Senate seat.
- see elected. support three candidates that we felt we wanted to see elected that fall.
- We need full transparency on our candidate qualifying.
- Under this amendment, all federal candidates Amendment, Florida will.
- , including judicial and school board candidates.
Summary:
The Senate opened with prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several introductions and memorial remarks, including a moment of silence for service members killed in the conflict in Iran. The chamber then moved to special orders and took up a series of bills, with many measures passing unanimously after brief explanations and, in several cases, substitution of House companions. Early bills included CS/CS/SB 1062 on speech and debate education, which drew extensive supportive debate about the civic value of debate programs and passed 37-0, and SB 1072 on an anti-Semitism task force, which was amended to clarify that criticism of Israel is not prohibited and then passed 37-0.
The Senate also approved CS/CS/SB 1230/HB 1019 on PFAS chemicals and firefighting foam, with discussion focused on phasing out AFFF, testing requirements, exceptions for federal aviation and military uses, and support for firefighters and water quality; the bill passed 37-0. Other measures passed without opposition included SB 1706 on the My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program, SB 186 on student health and safety and seizure response training, SB 598 on funeral and cemetery services, SB 990/HB 883 on protected cell captive insurance companies, SB 554 on nonprofit corporations, SB 560 on child welfare and foster care medication procedures, SB 684/HB 961 on electronic signatures for salvage titles, and SB 778/HB 569 on forensic client services. Two bills, SB 432 on intoxicating substances and SB 928 on dangerous crimes, were temporarily postponed.
A major portion of the meeting was devoted to SB 1134 on official actions of local governments and DEI-related activities. The sponsor argued the bill would prevent counties and municipalities from funding or promoting DEI efforts he described as discriminatory or indoctrinating, while opponents offered amendments to narrow the bill to spending only, add an intent requirement for penalties, and preserve local proclamations and observances. Those amendments were debated at length but were not adopted. The sponsor then continued explaining the bill’s exceptions, including references to holidays, heritage sites, and the Pulse Memorial, and the chamber was still in debate on the underlying measure when the transcript ended.
MD
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> difference in the choice of candidates difference in the choice of candidates or<01:36:31.280><c
- </c><01:36:40.320><c> and</c> and in the choice of the candidates and and in the choice of the candidates
- . candidates. candidates.
- Now, isn't the the the choice of candidates candidates candidates more<01:36:57.520><c> or</c><01:36:
- On who's choice of candidates, correct?
Summary:
The Senate opened with an invocation by Reverend Dr. Patrick Claybourne of Bethl AM Church in Baltimore, introduced by the senator from the 40th district, who highlighted the church’s long history, community work, scholarships, food pantry, school partnerships, and a planned rise center. The Senate journalized the invocation and then recognized several guests, including the Bethesda Roosters U16 rugby team, which was congratulated for winning the Maryland state title and the 2025 National U16 Championship, and members of the Joint Veterans Committee of Maryland. The chamber also welcomed a Johns Hopkins Police Accountability Board appointment letter, which was referred to the Executive Nominations Committee, and later a delegation from the Ghana Parliament legislative staff visiting with the Department of Legislative Services and NCSL representatives.
The main floor business centered on Senate Bill 1, which would prohibit law enforcement officers from wearing face coverings. The minority whip argued against the bill, saying it was unenforceable, an improper use of legislative time amid other state crises, and could create a system where local officers detain federal officers for a civil violation; he also said officers mask themselves because of threats and doxxing. Senators in support argued the bill was needed to address masked ICE agents, protect public safety, and respond to concerns about civil rights abuses and intimidation. After debate and vote explanations from senators, including one emphasizing immigrant heritage and another supporting the bill as a protection measure, SB 1 passed with 31 affirmative votes.
The Senate then passed Senate Bill 17, an emergency bill on alcoholic beverages related event promoters permits, by unanimous affirmative vote. It next took up Senate Bill 245, an emergency bill prohibiting immigration enforcement agreements. The minority leader questioned whether the bill would eliminate formalized 287(g) agreements and replace them with county-by-county policies, arguing that this could reduce uniformity, weaken safety, and create a patchwork of local practices. The bill’s sponsor responded that counties would still be bound by constitutional and legal limits, that the agreements provide minimal training and resources, and that the state should stop formally cooperating with federal immigration enforcement. The sponsor also said the bill would not increase profiling and that public safety would remain intact. The debate continued with concerns about Montgomery County’s evolving policy and the impact on smaller counties, but the transcript ends before final action on SB 245.
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Congressional Redistricting, Select Jul 28th, 2025
Congressional Redistricting, Select
Transcript Highlights:
- Since then, minority voters have consistently and reliably elected the candidate of their choice.
- I am a candidate for U.S.
- We the people demand to elect our own candidates.
- of Washington. ...candidate for Congress in Texas's 3rd congressional district.
- It's districts where Black and Latino voters have consistently elected their candidates of choice.
Committee:
House Congressional Redistricting, Select
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
HWN, HWN Public Hearings 04-01-2025
Transcript Highlights:
- </c> applicants were selected or candidates applicants were selected or candidates were<00:02:03.040>
- Committee, any questions for our candidate? Okay. Thank you very much.
- Thank you very for our candidate? Okay.
- Moving on to our final candidate, Governor's Message 679, Benadet Duman.
- 58.679><c> 679,</c> candidate.
Summary:
The Committee on Hawaiian Affairs heard multiple gubernatorial nominations to island burial councils, with testimony focused on the importance of filling vacancies so the councils can reach quorum and fulfill their kuleana to protect iwi kūpuna and burial sites. For GM 674, Kavuna Khalipi was introduced as OHA’s nominee for the Molokaʻi burial council, with OHA, SHPD, and several community members testifying in support and describing her cultural grounding, community service, and experience in mālama ʻāina. Testifiers also stressed that burial councils are essential for protecting ancestral remains and that prolonged vacancies have left sacred sites vulnerable.
Khalipi herself said she was honored to serve but expressed concern about accepting the appointment without quorum, saying she did not want to waste a term if the council could not function effectively. The chair explained the Senate advice-and-consent process and the consequences of inaction, and after discussion Khalipi asked to pull her nomination from the committee. The chair then deferred decision-making on GM 674 until April 10 at 1 p.m. to clarify the process and avoid unintended rejection.
The committee then heard testimony on GM 676, Dane Maxwell for the Maui and Lānaʻi burial council, GM 677, Noani Parisa, GM 678, Caroline Hartman, and GM 679, Benedict Duman. Supporters, including SHPD and OHA, highlighted each nominee’s cultural knowledge, preservation work, genealogy, and experience with burial or historic preservation matters. Testimony repeatedly linked the nominations to the need for functioning burial councils, especially in light of the 2023 Maui fires and long-standing vacancies. No votes were taken during the portion of the meeting provided; the chair indicated votes would be taken at the end of the agenda.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
The 94th Legislature Ends / Senate Leaders Reflect on their Successes and their Setbacks May 22nd, 2026
Minnesota Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- And now, those looking to fill those seats can officially apply to become a candidate.
- The page will show you what party the candidate belongs to, and it also lists their campaign website,
- so you can see where the candidates stand on the issues that matter to you.
- stand on the issues where the candidates stand on the issues that<00:28:04.440><c> matter</c><00:28:
- </c><00:28:08.120><c> same</c><00:28:08.520><c> caucus</c> one candidate from the same caucus one candidate
Summary:
The program reviewed the end of Minnesota’s 94th Legislature and featured interviews with Senate Majority Leader Erin Murphy and Minority Leader Mark Johnson about the session’s major outcomes. Murphy said Senate Democrats used their one-seat advantage to advance priorities including emergency rental assistance, immigration enforcement, stabilization of HCMC, gun violence prevention, and a $1.2 billion infrastructure/bonding bill. She also highlighted a one-year reduction in vehicle tab fees, some property tax and business tax relief, and the creation of an independent Office of Inspector General, while saying more should have been done on lead pipe replacement and that some work was delayed by House inaction and federal policy changes.
Murphy argued the session was shaped by a divided legislature and by negotiations that often happened late and behind closed doors, which she said made the process frustrating and left some Senate proposals without House counterparts. She said the Senate also worked on protecting Medicaid and SNAP from federal cuts and on stabilizing hospitals, especially HCMC and rural facilities. She described the gun violence and immigration debates as examples where bipartisan demands did not match what she saw as the needs of Minnesotans, and said the state should return to more public conference committee negotiations next session.
Johnson said Senate Republicans focused on fraud prevention, affordability, and education. He pointed to the Inspector General bill and the “Take It Back Act” as major bipartisan wins, and said Republicans used their leverage to secure the tab fee reduction and other tax relief. He also said the caucus wanted stronger protections against fraud without harming legitimate service providers, and criticized DFL priorities on government growth and education outcomes. Both leaders said relationships across the aisle improved over the session, though they differed sharply on how much was accomplished and what should be prioritized next year.
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- So signature verification is signature verification, whether it's for ballots or candidates.
- Valenti alluded to the difference between a candidate petition and a... As Ms.
- Valenti alluded to the difference between a candidate petition and an initiative petition, I think it's
- What was your experience with candidates? I didn't look.
- They did try to make an analysis based on a legal argument of trying to keep candidate petitions and
Committee:
Senate Ethics and Elections
Summary:
The committee heard a presentation from several county supervisors of elections and the Florida Supervisors of Elections Association on the 2024 election cycle and priorities for the 2025 session. They described very high turnout in the presidential election, major operational planning needs, and the heavy reliance on seasonal workers, list maintenance, ballot-on-demand systems, and secure chain-of-custody procedures. They also discussed the impact of recent legislative changes on voter-roll maintenance, including inactive voter removal, and said Florida’s election administration has improved to what they called a “platinum standard.”
The supervisors outlined several legislative requests: allowing more than one non-government “wild card” early voting site to improve access and emergency flexibility; requiring newly naturalized citizens to update driver’s license information so voter records match DHSMV data; exempting home addresses of certain election workers and ballot transporters from public records to improve safety and recruitment; restoring a checkbox on vote-by-mail return envelopes so voters can stay on the vote-by-mail list for the next cycle; aligning base salaries for supervisors, property appraisers, and clerks with other constitutional officers; and reducing ballot length by removing precinct committee races from the ballot. They also said they expect a committee bill to carry some of these proposals.
Members questioned the panel about ballot transport security, signature verification, vote-by-mail expiration, public records transparency, and the petition process for constitutional amendments. The supervisors said ballots are transported under detailed county plans with tamper-evident seals, chain-of-custody logs, trained workers, and in some cases two-person transport teams. On petitions, they said the process is labor-intensive and expensive, that fraud has occurred in some cases, and that they favor reforms such as requiring more personal identifying information and having initiative sponsors mail petitions to voters rather than making supervisors handle the mailing. They also said signature mismatches can be cured within 72 hours after Election Day and that voters are notified when possible. After the supervisors’ presentation, the committee also heard brief public testimony from Kathleen Griffiths, who urged adoption of commercial-style risk management standards in election systems and referenced several election-related bills her group supports.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session Jun 11th, 2026
California Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We have repeated mandates to limit the amount of contributions to candidates, but there is no limitation
- And what happens is, well, I'll use an example: the city of Folsom has had a candidate contribution limit
- They can just write a $50 million check and dump it on the candidate. And so it is so toxic.
- It's one of the reasons why we have contribution limits for donors to candidates.
- I just saw an article this morning that one of the governor candidates spent $200 million of reportable
Summary:
The Senate convened with a quorum, opened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, and handled several procedural matters, including referral of AB 686 to Rules, approval of motions to advance Budget and Fiscal Review Committee measures and adopt authors’ amendments, and requests to move AB 28 and AB 2539 to the inactive file. The chamber also confirmed two gubernatorial appointments: Maggie Hallahan to the Bodina Waterways Commission and Kansasaki to the Building Standards Commission.
On the floor, members took up two resolutions focused on public awareness and policy messaging. SCR 181 designated June 10 as Family Justice Center Day and highlighted the work of Family Justice Centers serving survivors of domestic violence, elder abuse, child abuse, and human trafficking; it passed 36-0. SR 112 declared June 14-20 as Familial Adenomatous Polyposis Awareness Week to encourage awareness, family health-history sharing, and early screening; it also passed unanimously. SJR 18, a resolution opposing the Citizens United decision and calling for limits on corporate influence and dark money in elections, generated extended debate over campaign finance, transparency, unions, nonprofits, and corporate political spending before passing 28-8.
The consent calendar was then adopted on a 35-0 vote. The session concluded with multiple adjournment-in-memory tributes, including Larry Mazzola, Sr., Steve Zaley, and James J. McClain, Sr., followed by announcements that the Senate would recess and reconvene on Monday, June 15, 2026, at 2 p.m.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session Jun 11th, 2026
California Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We have repeated mandates to limit the amount of contributions to candidates, but there is no limitation
- And what happens is, well, I'll use an example: the city of Folsom has had a candidate contribution limit
- . ...they can just write a $50 million check and dump it on the candidate.
- It's one of the reasons why we have contribution limits for donors to candidates.
- I just saw an article this morning that one of the governor candidates spent $200 million of reportable
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Candidates, your bill would pertain only to incumbents, incumbent members of the legislature, incumbent
- Or are other candidates for judicial office subject to the same restrictions?
- Does this bill in any way limit contributions to state-level or statewide candidates? In Texas?
- President and members, this amendment is modeled after the restrictions that candidates and judicial
- Dozens of candidates in the House took donations from other state representatives. ...state officials
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Does that mean that they were not eligible to run as a candidate for the new election?
- It's arguably the most important job that any school board member has, and you want to pick a candidate
- If you have two identical candidates in front of you, with the same educational background, the same
- How do you decide who is the stronger candidate?
- Requiring school boards to look at prospective superintendent candidates through this lens will allow
Bills:
SB2920 , SB2929 , SB2398 , SB865 , SB401 , SB2619 , SB2927 , SB1395 , SB1972 , SB2540 , SB1635 , SB1581 , SB2008
Committees:
Senate Education , Senate Education K-16