Video & Transcript Research : 'Establishment Clause'
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US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Monday, February 9, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Thursday, June 4, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Lord, hear our prayers, forgive our sin, establish the work of our hands, and heal our land.
- Pursuant to clause one of rule one, the journal stands approved.
- Points of order against provisions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 or clause 5A of rule
- Pursuant to clause 8 of Rule 20, further proceedings on this question will be postponed.
- Pursuant to clause 10 of rule 20, the yays and nays are ordered.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Local Government Committee Apr 22nd, 2026
Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- ask all members, pretty much all members, thank you very much, to be present in Room 113 so we can establish
- So we can establish our quorum and begin our hearing. A little housekeeping.
- Madam Chair, can we establish quorum? Senators Durazo? Here. DeRazzo, here. Choi, here.
- The assistant notes a quorum has been established.
- Let trash pile up in people's neighborhoods and point to a force majeure clause.
Summary:
The committee heard several bills focused on wildfire resilience, land use, and local government transparency. SB 911 by Senator Becker would require notification to fire enforcement agencies when a home in a high fire severity zone is sold with an agreement for the buyer to bring the property into defensible-space compliance; the California Association of Realtors said it would drop opposition if the bill is amended to use the preliminary change of ownership report, and the bill passed 4-0 to Appropriations. SB 994 by Senator Cabaldon would bar local officials from signing nondisclosure agreements that prevent them from sharing information with the elected decision-makers of their jurisdiction; supporters framed it as a transparency measure, and it also passed 4-0 to Appropriations. SB 1041 by Senator Riggins would expand PACE financing for wildfire home-hardening improvements and add consumer protections, but it drew strong opposition from homeowner advocates, county treasurers, bankers, and others over predatory lending and lien concerns; it passed 3-2 and remained on call.
The committee also considered SB 1075 by Senator Reyes, which would require local governments in AB 617 communities to consider air-quality reduction measures in land-use approvals for industrial and commercial projects. Environmental justice groups supported the bill as a way to implement community air plans, while counties, cities, business groups, builders, trucking interests, and others opposed it as duplicative of CEQA and a barrier to investment and jobs. After debate over local control and environmental justice, the bill passed 3-2 and remained on call. SB 958 by Senator Cabaldon would advance the Midway Rising redevelopment project in San Diego, replacing a former arena and parking lots with housing, affordable units, parks, and a new entertainment venue; with no opposition voiced, it passed 3-0 to Appropriations.
Another wildfire-related measure, SB 1182 by Senator Allen, would require local governments to consider insurance availability in safety planning for development in high fire hazard areas and direct state technical guidance on the issue. Supporters said insurance access is now a key indicator of risk, while some members questioned whether the bill would add useful information or burden local governments; the bill received a 1-1 vote and remained on call. The committee then began hearing SB 1116 by Senator Caballero, a starter-home/infill housing bill creating a streamlined ministerial path for small projects up to 10 units, but the transcript cuts off before testimony or a vote on that measure.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Wednesday, May 21, 2025 - Part 2)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Clause 5(b) of Rule 21 shall not apply to the bill or amendments thereto.
- Clause 5(b) of Rule 21 shall not apply to the bill or amendments thereto.
- Clause 9(c) of Rule 21 of the...
- The Speaker: Pursuant to clause...
- WHILE THE PILLION AIR ESTABLISHMENT GETS A CUT OF $270,000.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
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HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
AGR Public Hearing - Fri Feb 7, 2025 @ 9:30 AM HST
Agriculture & Food Systems
Transcript Highlights:
- Working Group within the Department of Agriculture, requires reports to the Legislature, establishes
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a Department of Agriculture to establish a Department of Agriculture to establish
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session May 19th, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Members, there is an urgency clause on this bill that requires 54 votes. Thank you.
- This bill has an urgency clause on it. It requires 54 votes. All members vote who desire to vote.
- What we have established at today's floor session are two things.
- Clause, overturning the disgraceful decision in Dred Scott v.
- There is an urgency clause on it. The clerk will open the roll.
Summary:
The Assembly met after a quorum call, prayer, and Pledge of Allegiance, then moved through a long Daily File with several guest introductions and floor speeches. Members recognized visiting student leaders, championship football teams from Tuolumne County, Alpha Kappa Alpha members at their Capitol day, and later a descendant of Wong Kim Ark. The chamber also adopted a procedural motion allowing certain members to host guests in the rear of the chamber.
Among the major policy items, AB 578 on food delivery platform refund practices passed 47-2, AB 344 on successor beer manufacturer definitions passed 61-0, AB 454 to make California’s migratory bird protections permanent passed 55-12 on the urgency clause, AB 482 updating the Table Grape Commission passed 64-1, AB 1237 to support transit access for 2026 FIFA World Cup ticket holders passed 56-15 on the urgency clause, AB 738 on wildfire rebuild solar exemptions passed 42-2, AB 1460 on 340B pharmacy access for clinics passed 41-5, AB 750 on homeless shelter oversight passed 49-1, AB 1061 on housing in historic districts passed 41-13, AB 1523 on expanding mandatory mediation thresholds passed 65-0, and AB 316 on AI-related civil liability passed 56-0. AB 761 authorizing the Monterey-Salinas Transit District to seek a sales tax ballot measure passed 47-12.
The chamber also adopted several resolutions. AJR 3 urging protection of Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid passed 53-2 after extensive debate that included criticism of federal cuts and counterarguments focused on state Medi-Cal policy and budget decisions. ACR 65 proclaiming California Tourism Month was adopted by voice vote after coauthors were added, and ACR 62 recognizing California Nonprofits Day was also adopted by voice vote with 65 coauthors. AJR 5 affirming birthright citizenship and opposing efforts to end it passed 58-1 after a lengthy, highly partisan debate centered on the 14th Amendment and the Wong Kim Ark precedent. The session also included passage of AB 571, a CEQA exemption for the Southern California Veterans Cemetery at Gypsum Canyon, which was presented as a long-running bipartisan effort to create a final resting place for Orange County veterans.
NH
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Floor Session May 19th, 2025
California House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Members, there is an emergency clause on this bill, it requires 54 votes.
- Excuse me, this bill has urgency clause on it, it requires 54 votes. All members vote who desire.
- What we have established at today's floor session are two things.
- Clause overturning. the disgraceful decision in Dred Scott versus Sanford.
- There's an urgency clause on it. Clerk will open the roll. All members vote who desire to vote.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
HSH Public Hearing - Thu Mar 20, 2025 @ 10:15 AM HST
Human Services & Homelessness
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, although it's called the Elderly Simplified Application Project, there is a little clause in there
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it <00:46 - I think that is an inaccurate clause, so I'll be voting no. No voting noted.
- So, I I'll that is an inaccurate clause.
Summary:
The committee met on March 20, 2025, to hear a series of Human Services and Health resolutions. HCR 146, which asks the Department of Human Services to apply for and implement the Elderly Simplified Application Project, drew strong support from disability, public health, and hunger advocates. Testifiers emphasized that the measure could create a more uniform benefits application, reduce repeated paperwork, extend certification periods from one year to three years, and ease burdens on both applicants and DHS staff. DHS said it stood on its written testimony and was available for questions. The committee also heard that a universal application could help people with disabilities avoid delays and denials caused by complex or duplicative forms.
The committee then heard HR 170/HCR 174, which requests review of Aloha-based learning programs for youth in the juvenile legal system. Supporters from Opportunity for Youth Action Hawaii and DebtFree Justice Hawaii said the resolution would help advance restorative justice, community service, and culturally grounded rehabilitation, especially if youth fees and fines are reduced or eliminated. Testimony also supported HR 133/HCR 139, which asks the Office of Wellness and Resilience to report on the developmental needs of children born during the COVID-19 pandemic. Witnesses from the developmental disabilities council, the Office of Wellness and Resilience, the Hawaii Community Foundation, and others said the pandemic’s trauma and behavioral impacts justify a multidisciplinary, evidence-based report, and the office requested more time to complete its findings, suggesting a deadline at the end of 2026.
The committee also heard HR 88/HCR 92, proposing a two-year homelessness sanctuary pilot program in Honolulu. One testifier described sleeping in a car and said the pilot could provide a safer option, while the Statewide Office on Homelessness and Housing Solutions said it supported the intent but stressed that a sanctuary is still an unsheltered situation and should lead people toward permanent housing. HCR 180, calling for collaboration among homelessness and law enforcement agencies, received comments that many of the issues are already being addressed locally. HR 103/HCR 107, which would convene a working group to strengthen Title 9 protections, received support from education, women’s, and LGBTQ advocates, who asked for student and queer representation on the working group and said federal Title 9 changes make state action important. No votes were taken during the portion of the meeting provided, and the committee moved from one resolution to the next after testimony and questions.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 3/26/25
Public Safety Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Like if you look at clause 8 lines 1.17 to 1.18 which you're not touching it's just existing law.
- Like if you look at clause 8 lines 1.17 to 1.18 which you're not touching it's just existing law.
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concern. - Like if you look at clause 8 useful too.
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safety establishes and creates public safety establishes and creates public
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- This was established finance authority.
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in <00:10:22.079>20 <00:10:22.800>uh back - About 30% of the fuel clause produced about 5% of the energy.
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This community solar in the fuel clause. - This community solar in the fuel clause.
Bills:
HF2438
Keywords:
transportation finance, transportation policy, MnDOT, Minnesota Department of Transportation, Department of Public Safety, Metropolitan Council, highway funding, trunk highway fund, county state-aid highway fund, municipal state-aid street fund, state aid roads, local roads, bridge funding, road construction, transit funding, passenger rail, freight rail, aviation, airport development, safe routes to school
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
06/10/2026 - House Republican Caucus Calendar #24
Transcript Highlights:
- The Senate adopted a strike-everything amendment that prohibits access from establishing more restrictive
- The Senate adopted a strike-everything amendment that prohibits access from establishing more restrictive
- amended the bill by removing the authority for a designation marketing organization, or DMO, to establish
- of proof for awarding custody to a parent who committed domestic violence, and adding an emergency clause
- of proof for awarding custody to a parent who committed domestic violence, and adding an emergency clause
MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Health and Mental Health Jan 15th, 2026 at 08:00 am
Health and Mental Health
Transcript Highlights:
- The program encourages the establishment of...
- The program encourages the establishment of regional networks and the creation of strategic partnerships
- Would this be a bill you’d want an emergency clause on, since everything else has already passed in the
- Would you maybe ask for an emergency clause? Before I answer that, let me turn around.
- actually waited two years, and so I don’t think it’s—especially as hard as it is to get an emergency clause
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on State and Local Government - 03/05/26
State and Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
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MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Joint Committee on Revenue Jun 21st, 2026 at 01:00 pm
Joint Committee on Revenue
Transcript Highlights:
- The last of my bills before you today is an act establishing a senior property tax deferral program,
- He said he is specifically there to support House 3099 and Senate 2036, establishing a means-tested senior
- Kaufman continued that House 3099 and Senate 2036 would establish a means-tested senior property tax
- Under current law, she said, the so-called clause 41C senior exemption allows seniors to receive a $500
- This would, under current law, the clause, so-called clause 41C, senior exemption, seniors can receive
Summary:
The Joint Committee on Revenue held a hearing on bills related to senior and disability property tax relief, with a focus on helping older adults and people with disabilities remain in their homes. Testimony supported H. 3968, which would make certain senior and disability property tax exemptions permanent so eligible residents would not have to refile annually, and H. 3198, which would expand the senior circuit breaker tax credit by indexing income and credit limits to cost of living and raising the home valuation cap from $1.1 million to $1.5 million. Representative Scanlan also testified in favor of several additional bills, including a local option motor vehicle excise tax exemption for low-income seniors and veterans, a local property tax cap for low-income seniors, an expanded senior property tax exemption, and a senior property tax deferral program designed to be revenue neutral over time.
Witnesses from the City of Boston, the Massachusetts Municipal Association, and the Massachusetts Association of Assessing Officers generally supported local-option property tax relief measures and said they would help seniors age in place while giving municipalities flexibility. Committee members raised concerns about possible abuse or fraud if exemptions became permanent, and about how assessors would verify continued eligibility without annual reapplication. Supporters responded that eligibility could still be tied to real estate transactions and other documentation, and that the current annual filing requirement causes many eligible seniors to miss out on benefits. Mass Senior Action Council members testified that many seniors are struggling with rising property taxes, insurance, and other costs, and urged broader reforms such as freezing assessed values, improving outreach, strengthening the work-off program, and allowing more flexible payment or deferral options. No votes were taken; the hearing concluded after testimony and questions.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Insurance Committee Apr 30th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- The goal of AB 888, the California Safe Homes Act, is to support home hardening by establishing a new
- Currently, 11 other state departments of insurance have established mitigation grant programs, with 11
- other state departments of insurance have established mitigation grant programs, with 15 more states
- It looks like we can now establish a quorum. Madam Secretary, please call the roll. Calderon.
- Speaking of which, does this bill have an urgency clause? It does not. It is not.
Summary:
The Assembly Insurance Committee met to consider several bills focused on California’s insurance market, wildfire resilience, and consumer protections. AB 888, the California Safe Homes Act, was heard first. Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and Alabama Insurance Commissioner Mark Fowler testified in support, describing state grant programs that help homeowners harden roofs and create defensible space, with the goal of reducing losses and improving insurance affordability and availability. Supporters from the insurance industry, local government, and the Rebuild Paradise Foundation also backed the bill, and committee members emphasized the need for more incentives for mitigation. The bill passed the committee on a do pass motion and was sent to Appropriations.
AB 290, by Assemblymember Bauer-Kahan, would require the FAIR Plan to offer automatic payments and address non-renewal grace-period issues. The author described her own experience being forced onto the FAIR Plan and facing a large premium increase, while Consumer Federation of California called the bill common-sense consumer protection. The FAIR Plan opposed unless amended, saying it was already handling major wildfire claims and other operational demands and requested more time and changes to the non-renewal grace-period language. Members across the committee supported the bill as a needed modernization measure, and it passed as amended to Appropriations.
AB 1339, by Assemblymember Gonzalez, would direct the Department of Insurance to study insurance availability and pricing for affordable housing providers and report policy recommendations. Supporters from affordable housing organizations said rising premiums were forcing providers to cut services, defer maintenance, and use reserves, threatening housing stability for low-income residents. The bill passed as amended to Appropriations. AB 646, by Assemblymember Wallace, also passed to Appropriations; it concerns disclosure related to motor vehicle protection products and catalytic converter theft deterrence, with support from auto dealers and industry groups. The committee also approved AB 1531 on consent. Members later added on to the record in support of the bills, and the hearing concluded without recorded opposition votes on the measures that advanced.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Local Government Committee Apr 22nd, 2026
Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- ask all members, pretty much all members, thank you very much, to be present in Room 113 so we can establish
- So we can establish our quorum and begin our hearing. A little housekeeping.
- Madam Chair, can we establish quorum? Senators Durazo? Here. DeRazzo, here. Yeah. Choy here.
- The assistant notes a quorum has been established.
- Because the clause includes a labor dispute, a waste hauler can walk away. That's what they can do.
Summary:
The committee heard several bills focused on wildfire resilience, local land use, and transparency. SB 911 by Senator Becker would require notification to fire agencies when a home in a high fire severity zone is sold with an agreement to bring it into defensible-space compliance; the California Association of Realtors said it would drop opposition if the bill is amended to use the preliminary change of ownership report, and the bill passed 4-0 to Appropriations. SB 994 by Senator Cabaldon would bar local officials from entering nondisclosure agreements that prevent them from sharing information with the actual elected decision-makers of a city or county; supporters framed it as a transparency measure, local-government concerns were raised about personnel/separation agreements, and it passed 4-0 to Appropriations as amended.
SB 1041 by Senator Arreguín would expand access to PACE financing for wildfire home-hardening improvements and add consumer protections, hardship relief, and reporting requirements. Supporters, including Renew Financial and Cal Fire Local 2881, argued it would help homeowners finance roofs, vents, and other fire-safety upgrades, while opponents from homeowner advocates, county treasurers, bankers, mortgage lenders, and consumer groups warned about abusive sales practices, high costs, liens surviving fire or bankruptcy, and risks to vulnerable homeowners. After extensive debate, the bill passed 3-2 to Appropriations as amended and remained on call.
SB 1075 by Senator Reyes would require local governments in AB 617 communities to consider air-quality impacts and related emissions-reduction plans when approving certain commercial and industrial land uses. Environmental justice groups supported the bill as a way to make AB 617 implementation more meaningful, while the Chamber of Commerce, counties, cities, planners, builders, and several industry groups opposed it as duplicative of CEQA, a litigation risk, and a barrier to investment and jobs. The committee approved it 3-2 to Appropriations as amended, also on call. SB 958 by Senator Atkins would facilitate the Midway Rising redevelopment project in San Diego, shifting from a CEQA exemption to prospective guidance on height-related impacts; supporters said it would deliver thousands of homes, including affordable units, and the bill passed 3-0 to Appropriations, remaining on call. The committee also discussed SB 1182 by Senator Allen, which would require local governments to consider insurance availability in safety planning for development in fire-prone areas; the discussion centered on whether insurance access should be part of land-use decisions, but no vote was taken in the portion provided.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- And secondly, it would establish a minimum 72-hour waiting period before a firearms transfer can take
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a <01:39:33.239>minimum <01:39:33.719>72-hour would establish - a minimum 72-hour would establish a minimum 72-hour waiting<01:39:35.080>
period <01:39:35.840 - Commerce Clause, and whether a gun manufactured in New Hampshire with pieces and material that came
- he's trying to attack, and part of the Commerce Clause is the National Firearms Act.
AZ
Arizona 2026 Regular Session
03/30/2026 - House Democratic Caucus Calendar #13
Transcript Highlights:
- Cesar Estrada Chavez Day as a state holiday and contains an emergency clause.
- It outlines the report, what a report must include on point nine of your caucus sheet, and establishes
- What a report must include on point nine of your caucus sheet and establishes a legislative study committee
- And the bill before you does contain an emergency clause, so it will require 40 votes.
Summary:
The caucus reviewed two bills on Caucus Calendar Number 13. HB 2072, dealing with lactation care providers, was described as having a Senate amendment that would repeal Dr. Cesar Estrada Chavez Day as a state holiday and add an emergency clause; the sponsor was said to likely concur, and no questions were raised.
HB 2307, concerning dangerous and incompetent defendants and secure state mental health facility placement, was explained as amended to allow, through December 31, 2031, certain defendants to be placed at ASH’s forensic campus when no secure state bed is available, subject to specified conditions. The amendment also requires reporting and creates a legislative study committee to recommend long-term funding options, including possible Medicaid reimbursement models. Members asked about the retroactive date, bill positions, compliance concerns, and whether there was an appropriation; staff said there is no appropriation but there is a fiscal note.
The discussion noted the bill’s emergency clause, which would require 40 votes, and one member said the governor’s office intends to sign the bill. After discussion of both measures, the caucus adjourned.