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MO
Missouri 2026 Regular Session
Crime and Public Safety Feb 26th, 2026 at 09:00 am
Crime and Public Safety
Transcript Highlights:
- We are now requiring, under the state law, which is very vague on ammunition in the first place, who
- But if it's already 18, it's 18, but there's no requirement of having an ID to be focused on.
- because there, there is a hardware shop and literally have no ID because there is no state law that requires
- rogue administration who is out here putting civilians on the streets with no proper training, with masks
- rogue administration who is out here putting civilians on the streets with no proper training, with mask
Committee:
House Crime and Public Safety
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 3/25/26
Commerce Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- covering these services out of their own goodwill for 15 years, not because they thought they were required
- No money or consideration is ever required for a player to enter the sweepstakes.
- The bill maintains the requirement for OCM to report on the CAN grants.
- It also requires a for example.
- This also then requires the 21-plus and stop warnings be included on hemp products.
Bills:
HF3794 , HF4472 , HF4410 , HF4347 , HF4412 , HF4398 , HF4397 , HF4201 , HF4199 , HF4203 , HF3706 , HF4071 , HF4120 , HF4175 , HF4188
Committee:
House Commerce Finance and Policy
Keywords:
surveillance, price discrimination, wage discrimination, automated decision systems, consumer protections, data privacy, biometrics, school district health insurance, charter school health benefits, employee benefits, public sector health insurance, health insurance survey, Legislative Budget Office, LBO report, premium costs, retiree coverage, broker commissions, third-party administrator, health plan transparency, health reimbursement arrangement
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- He explained that masking serves two primary purposes for a perpetrator: intimidation and obstruction
- He said masking dehumanizes the assailant and increases psychological trauma for the victim.
- transparency and accountability, and that passing the bill would send a clear message that using a mask
Committee:
House Judiciary, Rules and Administration
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Education Committee Members Address ICE Presence Near Minnesota Schools - 01/27/26
Transcript Highlights:
- We have seen countless videos of their unaccountable, unidentified, masked agents harassing, assaulting
- our</c><00:00:50.800><c> communities</c><00:00:51.200><c> in</c> The people who have allowed these masked
- <00:01:22.720><c> agents</c><00:01:23.280><c> harassing,</c><00:01:24.400><c> assaulting,</c> masked
- agents harassing, assaulting, masked agents harassing, assaulting, kidnapping,<00:01:26.479><c> and</
- </c> The people who have allowed these masked The people who have allowed these masked agents<00:01:34.240
Summary:
The meeting focused on the impact of recent ICE enforcement activity in Minnesota, especially on schools, students, and families. Speakers, including legislators, superintendents, a school board chair, teachers, parents, and a student, described fear in immigrant and non-immigrant communities, increased absenteeism, disrupted school routines, and broader trauma affecting children’s mental health and learning. Several speakers said students were staying home, families were avoiding bus stops and public places, and educators were taking on extra duties such as transporting students, delivering food, and helping with housing and remote learning options.
Testimony included specific examples from Columbia Heights, Fidley Public Schools, Rochester, and Maple Grove. Speakers reported detained students and family members, canceled in-person classes in some districts, expanded virtual learning, and sharp attendance declines; one superintendent cited more than 530 additional daily absences in Rochester and large increases in excused absences among multilingual, low-income, Asian-American, and Latino students. A parent and student speaker described organizing neighborhood safety efforts and a planned student walkout to demand safe busing, suspension of a policy that unenrolls students after 15 consecutive absences, and a pause on standardized testing.
The speakers repeatedly called for ICE to be removed from schools and from Minnesota, and urged elected officials to act to protect children and educators. One senator reflected on democracy, liberty, and freedom from fear, linking the situation to the purpose of public education. No formal committee vote or legislative action was taken during the excerpt; the session ended with a transition to questions and a call for community responsibility and support.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Appropriations Committee May 21st, 2025
Appropriations
Transcript Highlights:
- It's important to note that AB 1129 comes with no state costs and does not require any action by any
- And although I had my N95 mask to get me through the weeks that followed.
- AB 546 would protect Californians from exposure. to particulate matter indoors by requiring health care
- This would require a detailed review by the PUC and a proceeding to work out tricky details.
- All these are difficult questions and normally when a PUC procedure is required to implement a bill it
Committee:
House Appropriations
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Education Oversight - Morning Session Dec 17th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- Is it onto a teacher's computer that's provided by the school, or are... ...they required, or maybe not
- required but advised, to put it on their personal devices?
- I'm glad I'm not going to get the questions that these guys got, because that required a lot of thought
- that we run into that an administrator, even a law enforcement personnel or whatever, would do to mask
- It was right before school had started, and that call was masked by a trespassing.
Summary:
The committee heard extensive testimony on Oklahoma school safety from Commissioner Tipton, OSSI director Mike Fike, OACTIC director Alan Young, OSBI lieutenant Isiles Keene, and Rogers County Sheriff Scott Walton. The main focus was a statewide school-safety framework built around response, prevention, and recovery. Witnesses described training law enforcement in the LASER active-shooter response model, adding A-TURK training for coordinated law enforcement/fire/EMS response, expanding run-hide-fight and Stop the Bleed instruction for educators and staff, conducting risk and vulnerability assessments, and using the Rave panic-button system and the ProtectOK tip app to speed reporting and dispatch. They also emphasized behavioral threat assessment and management (BTAM) teams as a prevention tool to identify and support at-risk students before violence occurs.
Members asked about administrator and teacher training, school counselor involvement, how apps are deployed on personal versus school devices, and whether schools are actually using the programs. Witnesses said administrators, counselors, and SROs should be part of BTAM, that training is most effective when it is realistic and repeated, and that Rave is geofenced and typically invited onto devices by schools. Several members stressed that school leaders must buy in for safety plans to work, and one member raised concerns about traumatic training and the need for mental-health support as part of prevention. Witnesses said mental-health referral and monitoring are part of BTAM, but the school and local partners must manage the process.
OSBI’s lieutenant added broader context, comparing school safety to fire safety and noting that Oklahoma still lacks some statutory requirements for intruder drills and stronger penalties for school threats. He also discussed possible future tools such as surveillance analytics, gunshot detection, ballistic-rated doors and walls, and better access controls, while warning that technology should supplement, not replace, basic safety systems and training. Sheriff Walton closed by describing rural response challenges and his foundation’s effort to place ballistic shields in schools and police cars, arguing that human resources and rapid communication remain the biggest gaps. No votes or formal actions were taken in the meeting.
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- I now move House Bill 2848, sponsored by Representative Dolan, having to do with the offense of masked
- present on this bill because I saw the absence of ice within this because I believe that they are mask
- present on this bill because I saw the absence of ice within this because I believe that they are mask
Committee:
House Rules - Legislative
Summary:
The Legislative Rules Committee met in executive session and announced that it would not hear House Committee Substitute for HB 1941, HB 2279, and HB 1681 that morning, saying members wanted more time to review it and that a hearing would be scheduled in the near future. The committee also took up two bills not on the hearing notice: House Committee Substitute No. 2 for HB 2668 and House Committee Substitute No. 2 for HB 2780, both dealing with property tax issues.
The committee advanced a series of bills on a variety of topics, including fire district surplus property (HB 1752), personal property assessments (HB 1759), voter roll maintenance (HB 1812), epinephrine delivery devices (HCS for HB 1826, 2560, 2349, and 2194), disabled license plates and placards (HB 1827), school employee training (HCS for HB 2335), mortgage modifications (HB 2636), fuel-source-based regulations (HCS for HB 2774), masked intimidation (HB 2848), a registry of persistent domestic violence offenders (HCS for HB 3012, 2997, and 3058), motor vehicle assessments (HCS for HB 3035), and drug abuse (HCS for HB 313). Most of these measures received unanimous or near-unanimous do pass recommendations.
There was limited discussion on HB 1752, where Vice Chair Mayhew raised a constitutional concern about allowing surplus fire district property to go to public service corporations; the sponsor explained that the bill did not further define that term, and the bill still received a 9-3 do pass recommendation. HB 2848 drew supportive comments from Ranking Member Bosley after he reviewed the bill, and HB 3035 was briefly corrected for a mistaken vote before receiving a do pass recommendation. The two property tax bills, HCS No. 2 for HB 2668 and HCS No. 2 for HB 2780, were explained by their sponsors as splitting earlier legislation into separate pieces: HB 2668 covered ballot language, tax impact disclosures, abatements, and election timing, while HB 2780 addressed the remaining property tax provisions, including subclass-based levy protections and school district debt service levy changes. HB 2668 passed 9-3, and HB 2780 passed 9-0 with three present. The committee then adjourned.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Keeping immigration enforcement activity out of schools without a warrant 3/26/26
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Now they're witnessing masked agents with guns outside their schools.
- Now<00:04:18.079><c> they're</c><00:04:18.239><c> witnessing</c><00:04:18.760><c> masked</c><00:04:19.200
- ><c> agents</c> Now they're witnessing masked agents Now they're witnessing masked agents with<00:04:
- Members, I respect law enforcement, and I believe in the rule of law, but a strong system also requires
- It says, “Our schools are required to provide educational services to all school-age children regardless
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- Most states don't even require two.
- But also, those mobile units require staff.
- We have certain requirements as to staffing, including executive staffing, that are required, which you
- It requires an open bidding process.
- And I hope and I appreciate that it requires that it's included by that. that it requires that it's included
Committee:
House Health
Summary:
The committee heard several health-related bills, with most testimony focused on access to care, patient safety, and health system costs. AB 554 (Prepare Act) would expand and clarify protections for HIV prevention medications, including PrEP and injectable PrEP, by limiting prior authorization and step therapy, extending no-cost coverage requirements, and improving reimbursement for small clinics. Supporters said the bill would protect access amid federal threats to HIV prevention, while insurers opposed it as an expensive mandate that could raise premiums and conflict with state affordability targets. The author argued the bill would prevent infections and preserve California’s existing public health protections.
AB 577 would limit health plans and PBMs from restricting physicians’ ability to administer or dispense medications directly to patients when medically necessary. Supporters, including physicians and patient advocates, said the bill would improve continuity of care and prevent delays for vulnerable patients; opponents argued it was too broad, could increase drug costs, and could undermine specialty pharmacy networks. The author said amendments narrowed the bill to in-network providers, required patient consent and cost transparency, and exempted hospital outpatient facilities, but the measure still drew opposition over cost concerns.
The committee also heard AB 546, which would require coverage of portable HEPA purifiers for vulnerable enrollees during wildfire emergencies, and AB 224, which would codify California’s updated essential health benefits benchmark plan to add infertility treatment, hearing aids, and expanded durable medical equipment coverage if approved by CMS. AB 1032 would require plans to reimburse additional behavioral health visits for wildfire survivors, and AB 849 would require trained chaperones for sensitive ultrasound exams after testimony about sexual abuse in a hospital setting. AB 1196 would update outdated rules requiring three surgeons for certain heart-lung bypass procedures, and AB 1113 would codify a right to wear a mask for health reasons. AB 1386 would add perinatal care as a required hospital service, but the author said the bill would be amended further to address hospital closures and workforce concerns. Several bills drew support from patient advocates, medical groups, and county officials, while insurers and hospital groups often opposed or sought amendments over staffing, cost, and implementation concerns. Some measures were held pending quorum or were scheduled for later action, and no final votes were taken on the bills discussed in the transcript excerpt.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Solar and wind require very little.
- Solar and wind require very little.
- She also said that with the mask prohibition, masks help prevent the spread of disease.
- She also pointed out that the bill prohibits entities from requiring masks, while law enforcement, specifically
- ICE, is allowed to wear masks.
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- Is there a new requirement? Any further discussion? Seeing none, Madam Clerk, please call a vote.
- I now move House Bill 2848, sponsored by Representative Dolan, having to do with the offense of masked
- present on this bill because I saw the absence of ice within this because I believe that they are mask
Committee:
House Rules - Legislative
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh detain somebody, they go in masks.
- Uh so the uh to be masked and hidden.
- ><c> municipalities</c><02:45:21.520><c> to</c> that would require municipalities to that would require
- </c> A three-fifth supermajority is required A three-fifth supermajority is required to<02:48:42.479>
- And if I know a supermajority requirement of three-fifths is actually a mask for the tyranny of the minority
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Floor Session Feb 10th, 2026 at 01:15 pm
Washington Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- brief little history, if it wasn't mentioned previously, that the Seahawks logo actually came from a mask
- That mask then went on to a private collection in the eastern United States, ended up in Maine, and it
- That mask then went on to a private collection in the eastern United States, ended up in Maine, and it
- Senate Bill 5977, Secretary will read: An act relating to requiring publication of child near-fatality
- Instead of requiring an investigation in all cases, it allows L&I to have some authority, gives them
Summary:
The Senate began by advancing to the Eighth Order of Business and adopted Senate Resolution 8683 honoring the Seattle Seahawks for their 2025 championship season. The resolution and floor remarks celebrated the team’s 14-3 regular season, NFC West title, playoff run, Super Bowl 60 victory, and community involvement. Senators from both parties offered supportive remarks about the team’s leadership, teamwork, and impact across Washington, and the resolution was adopted unanimously. The chamber then welcomed Seahawks representatives and former player/play-by-play announcer Steve Rable to the rostrum for recognition and photographs.
The Senate then considered and passed several bills, including SB 6084 clarifying that a person may not vote more than once in the same election across states; SB 5977 requiring publication of child near-fatality reviews; SB 5985 on endometriosis awareness and research; SB 6046 placing the Civil Air Patrol within the Military Department; SB 6291 extending septic inspector training supervision from two to four years; SB 6707 directing a WSIPP study of DCYF screening tools; SB 6183 ensuring rapid coverage for HIV antiviral drugs; SB 5956 restricting harmful uses of AI, surveillance, and automated discipline in public schools; SB 5820 concerning freight rail-dependent use overlays in Clark County; SB 5936 strengthening remedies and protections for human trafficking survivors; SB 6269 modernizing the motor fuel definition to include gaseous fuels such as hydrogen; SB 6226 protecting audiologists’ clinical autonomy; SB 6025 updating fetal death gestational-age calculations to use more accurate methods; SB 6058 giving Labor and Industries discretion in wage enforcement and adopting a transparency amendment; and SB 6136 requiring publication of actuarial indicated workers’ compensation rates.
Most bills passed with broad support, though SB 5956 on AI in schools drew the most debate and passed 35-13. SB 5820 also drew a split vote, with supporters arguing it would restore environmental protections in Clark County and opponents warning it would undermine rail-related economic development and existing investments. SB 6084 passed 47-1, and the remaining measures passed overwhelmingly or unanimously. The Senate then recessed for caucus.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine the censorship industrial complex. Mar 25th, 2025 at 01:00 pm
Subcommittee on the Constitution
Transcript Highlights:
- The EU is now using the Digital Services Act outside its borders to require censorship, including of
- Because of that danger, the FCC requires a complainant to present substantial evidence beyond just the
- But in the previous administration, if you dared to say that masks were somehow ineffective or that you
- Any of us giving our opinion about whether we should or shouldn't wear a mask, even if it doesn't have
- talk about the cost of free speech, we never had that debate during COVID, not a robust debate of the masks
Committee:
Senate Subcommittee on the Constitution
Keywords:
censorship, First Amendment, social media, misinformation, free speech, government regulation, Big Tech, public discourse
Summary:
The meeting primarily focused on the implications of government involvement in censorship, particularly regarding social media platforms and compliance with misinformation standards. senators and witnesses discussed growing concerns over the influence of large tech companies, like Facebook and Google, in shaping public discourse and suppressing dissenting views. A significant part of the meeting included testimonies from various experts emphasizing the dangers of the 'censorship industrial complex'—a term used to describe the collaborative efforts between government entities and private organizations to control information flow. This collaboration is viewed as a violation of First Amendment rights, with calls for urgent legislative action to restore free speech protections.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Governor Tim Walz Media Availability 12/4/25
Minnesota House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Masked folks showing up not indicating who they are, and I want to thank the leaders and Chief O'Hara
- Masked folks showing up not indicating who they are, and I want to thank the leaders and Chief O'Hara
- </c><00:15:06.880><c> Masked</c> immigration reform is happening.
- Masked immigration reform is happening.
- Masked folks<00:15:07.680><c> showing</c><00:15:08.000><c> up</c><00:15:08.720><c> not</c><00:15:09.040
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Press Conference: Majority Leader Erin Murphy Media Availability - 04/16/26
Transcript Highlights:
- tech upgrades for counties that need to, you know, deal with these outdated systems, now more requirements
- Minnesota, Minnesota, uh<00:14:40.320><c> armed,</c><00:14:41.440><c> uninvited,</c><00:14:42.280><c> masked
- ,</c><00:14:43.120><c> and</c><00:14:43.280><c> lawless</c> uh armed, uninvited, masked, and lawless
- uh armed, uninvited, masked, and lawless agents<00:14:44.839><c> uh</c><00:14:45.040><c> who</c><00:14
Summary:
A Senate DFL leader discussed the upcoming supplemental budget and said nearly half of it is being shaped by the federal budget bill passed last July, which he argued is driving hospital distress, higher county costs, and pressure on family budgets. He said the budget will focus on affordability, health care, and responding to federal actions, including an uncompensated care fund for hospitals in distress and possible one-time county technology upgrades to handle new Medicaid-related requirements. He estimated Senator Wiklund’s health and human services proposal includes about $50 million for those upgrades and said that item would likely be handled in an appropriation bill rather than a bonding bill.
The leader also said bonding is a top priority this year and that public asset maintenance remains important, including projects tied to sports and civic facilities. On HCMC and broader hospital funding, he said he is confident the Legislature will act, but wants to address the hospital within the context of the statewide hospital delivery system. He also said the Senate has not yet taken a position on a proposed tax related to fraud restitution, but emphasized support for fraud prevention, an independent inspector general, and more resources for the Attorney General.
School safety was another major topic. He said Senate Democrats plan to bring a comprehensive package to the floor that includes school safety funding, mental health care, and measures addressing weapons of war, and he expressed hope that some Republicans will support it. He said the Senate education finance bill already includes more school safety funding than the House GOP version, less funding for private school safety, and no weapons-of-war language, but that a broader package will come through the Finance Committee soon. He also said the Senate expects to take up a stand-alone building security package to cover ongoing screening and staffing costs, and he supported creating a special security response unit for threats against lawmakers.
Other issues mentioned included support for banning NDAs for local governments, continued attention to public safety and accountability in response to federal immigration enforcement actions, and interest in a bill affecting Minneapolis sports-related taxes and PGA funding, though he said those proposals are still being worked on and may not pass this year.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Press Conference: Addressing Healthcare Worker Well Being - 02/26/25
Transcript Highlights:
- sort of common refrain of, as we think about, you know, on an airplane, that you put your own oxygen mask
- c><00:04:09.200><c> your</c><00:04:09.280><c> own</c><00:04:09.519><c> oxygen</c><00:04:09.879><c> mask
- </c><00:04:10.159><c> on</c> you put your your own oxygen mask on you put your your own oxygen mask on
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Senate Children and Youth Health Committee Feb 12th, 2025
Children and Youth Health
Transcript Highlights:
- Endure behind those closed doors, and just like you see the commercials with the masks that people put
- There's a mask that families put on.
- There's a mask that families put on, so we have to take that into consideration.
Committee:
Senate Children and Youth Health
Keywords:
parental rights, minor consent, medical consent, mental health services, school counseling, student counseling, parental notification, opt-in, health records, HIPAA, vaccine consent, adolescent health, youth privacy, confidential counseling, school mental health, reproductive health, pregnancy services, sexually transmitted infections, STI treatment, substance abuse treatment
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Education Policy Committee Feb 26th, 2025
Education Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, HB 96, this bill would require... ...Um, HB 96, this bill would require high schools to allow students
- This bill would also require high schools to provide reasonable accommodations for those activities.
- Yes, and this doesn't require the school to do it if they don't already have provisions in place.
- Additionally, it's going to require local Boards of Education to adopt an Internet safety policy that
- some schools use that for... mask locker, which some schools use.
Committee:
House Education Policy
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama Joint Legislative Budget Hearings (2) Feb 5th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- wouldn't think about recruiting a new workforce without ensuring our training aligns with their requirements
- Other technical things that they say must be required for us to qualify for that insurance.
- There's not a requirement to make a minimum score. Requirement to make a minimum score.
- A school could do that, but there's nothing in the law that requires that.
- And there's nothing we can... we would require that.