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MN
Transcript Highlights:
  • inappropriately used or infrequently used rail yards, rail storage facilities, or excessive or vacated railroad
  • > storage facilities or excessive or storage facilities or excessive or vacated<00:02:44.080><c> railroad
  • </c><00:02:46.480><c> This</c> vacated railroad rights of way. This vacated railroad rights of way.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session 4/28/25 - Part 2

Minnesota House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • The city of Shakopee will be getting some funding for quiet railroad zones. Stillwater.
  • </c><02:12:37.520><c> Uh</c> railroad quiet zones. Still Water. Uh railroad quiet zones.
  • Chinese laborers built the transcontinental<02:40:21.439><c> railroad</c><02:40:22.240><c> and</c><02
  • Y'all said if I graduated from high school and if I got good grades that you'd help me go."
  • </c><02:56:00.399><c> that</c> school and if I got good grades that school and if I got good grades that
TX

Texas 89th Regular

89th Legislative Session May 13th, 2025

Texas House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Passage to the next grade level. No. No, it's not it.
  • the grade they've received in class.
  • they received the average, or in the case of the letter grade, the median grade of everyone for that
  • First of all, if you are a student with a very high grade and the median grade of the class is very high
  • So if these young girls end up separated from their marriage, separated from their means of support,
Bills: HB3902 , HB4420 , HB3269 , HB469 , HB336 , HB316 , HB5396 , HB993 , HB1342 , HB5216 , HB2046 , HB2188 , HB2450 , HB2813 , HB2857 , HB4075 , HB2911 , HB4682 , HB3117 , HB3253 , HB3442 , HB4820 , HB4336 , HB5356 , HB3669 , HB3428 , HB5465 , HB3662 , HB2590 , HB2288 , HB1886 , HB3458 , HB5603 , HB5620 , HB1489 , HB4101 , HB4990 , HB5685 , HB4950 , HB4980 , HB5684 , HB3507 , HB3566 , HB4487 , HB4462 , HB4876 , HB4915 , HB4663 , HB5570 , HB2929 , HB5261 , HB2920 , HB4642 , HB4746 , HB1609 , HB5403 , HB5453 , HB3844 , HB2336 , HB1572 , HB 1226 , HB2806 , HB2617 , HB2827 , HB3948 , HB3945 , HB4266 , HB4542 , HB3319 , HB1772 , HB2496 , HB1970 , HB3434 , HB5545 , HB5577 , HCR59 , HCR135 , HB4 , HB46 , HB3221 , HB1403 , HB3892 , HB4234 , HB722 , HB4105 , HB4413 , HB170 , HB551 , HB3053 , HB3142 , HB3180 , HB3722 , HB1794 , HB1784 , HB1581 , HB2530 , HB4308 , HB1896 , HB2974 , HB3359 , HB4580 , HB2458 , HB2215 , HB3332 , HB2278 , HB3015 , HB3151 , HB1368 , HB40 , HB 101 , HB 112 , HB146 , HB214 , HB413 , HB1523 , HB493 , HB521 , HB594 , HB557 , HB305 , HB549 , HB854 , HB 1057 , HB 1052 , HB842 , HB3174 , HB3196 , HB824 , HB 1039 , HB2529 , HB2713 , HB4936 , HB4995 , HB4830 , HB4864 , HB5219 , HB5263 , HB5154 , HB2674 , HB5525 , SB529 , SB541 , SB2004 , SB1012 , SB2269 , SB1886 , SB1236 , SB693 , SB2308 , HB2486 , HB4862 , HB4689 , HB4520 , HB2225 , HB168 , HJR218 , HB4921 , HB5623 , HB2494 , HB2545 , HB2587 , HB2625 , HB5520 , HB5436 , HB4926 , HB1573 , HB5165 , HB4811 , HB5081 , HB4755 , HB3179 , HB4310 , HB4611 , HB2159 , HB4626 , HB3637 , HB3153 , HB3066 , HB2786 , HB2966 , HB638 , HB640 , HB876 , HB497 , HB5539 , HB4809 , HB5308 , HB4687 , HB4070 , HB4421 , HB4412 , HB3284 , HB3369 , HB3420 , HB3449 , HB4098 , HB4281 , HB4120 , HB4504 , HB4370 , HB 1106 , HB2370 , HB2404 , HB3863 , HB2407 , HB2253 , HB2273 , HB2040 , HB1586 , HB3788 , HB3993 , HB4690 , HB4309 , HB4696 , HB2308 , HB 1142 , HB1533 , HB1621 , HB2242 , HB2012 , HB2193 , HB2442 , HB2464 , HB2348 , HB2313 , HB2289 , HB1942 , HB2011 , HB1629 , HB2993 , HB3592 , HB3824 , HB4076 , HB4535 , HB4623 , HB4773 , HB 1091 , HB5115 , HB5515 , HB3372 , HB5659 , HB 127 , HB386 , HB 115 , HB2868 , HB 1249 , HB4766 , HB3720 , HB4656 , HB4879 , HB 105 , HB5383 , HB4621 , HB5431 , HB5678 , HB5534 , HB4174 , HB4212 , HB3954 , HB3966 , HB3636 , HB3918 , HB1422 , HB4765 , HB4732 , HB4742 , HB5122 , HB4518 , HB5084 , HB3986 , HB4045 , HB4144 , HB3911 , HB3976 , HB4473 , HB3425 , HB3641 , HB3642 , HB3475 , HB3509 , HB3424 , HB3383 , HB4744 , HB4531 , HB4539 , HB3159 , HB5228 , HB5370 , HB4359 , HB4398 , HB4443 , HB4466 , HB3861 , HB3849 , HB4240 , HB4706 , HB4685 , HB5354 , HB5141 , HB5686 , HB3629 , HB3554 , HB3567 , HB2015 , HB3575 , HB5381 , HB1431 , HB3514 , HB4614 , HB4546 , HB4683 , HB5681 , HB5673 , HB5663 , HB4271 , HB4350 , HB4035 , HB3807 , HB3812 , HB3552 , HB3540 , HB3715 , HB3710 , HB3664 , HB4196 , HB4233 , HB4173 , HB1998 , HB3333 , HB3510 , HB4222 , HB2070 , HB2854 , HB2347 , HB 113 , HB983 , HB4847 , HB1449 , HB3833 , HB5151 , HB265 , HB1845 , HB782 , HB 108 , HB1960 , HB158 , HB1954 , HB1955 , HB2512 , HB605 , HB2581 , HB2803 , HB627 , HB2667 , HB1738 , HB636 , HB3679 , HB2638 , HB2655 , HB871 , HB2438 , HB 1107 , HB1765 , HB1822 , HB2153 , HB4099 , HB3732 , HB3171 , HB3178 , HB3182 , HB3749 , HB2814 , HB3977 , HB4204 , HB4207 , HB4449 , HB1820 , HB1876 , HB1939 , HB1347 , HB2593 , HB2136 , HB2132 , HB2658 , HB2413 , HB2757 , HB2080 , HB3154 , HB3063 , HB3009 , HB3448 , HB3006 , HB2844 , HB3241 , HB3680 , HB3169 , HB2078 , HB2507 , HB4559 , HB3946 , HB3460 , HB3405 , HB475 , HB3463 , HB3441 , HB3520 , HB2060 , HB4731 , HB4991 , HB1991 , HB5596 , HB2014 , HB2142 , HB2673 , HB2731 , HB2417 , HB2399 , HB2301 , HB3335 , HB3234 , HB3320 , HB5573 , HB4848 , HB4748 , HB4769 , HB4795 , HB2086 , HB2234 , HB2203 , HB4916 , HB5624 , HB4505 , HB139 , HB5093 , HB5302 , HB5402 , HB5606 , HB2333 , HB4630 , HB4701 , HB2583 , HB2983 , HB4924 , HB3339 , HB3793 , HB3631 , HB4882 , HB5509 , HB5499 , HB5430 , HB5561 , HB5611 , HB5043 , HB5064 , HB3733 , HB3781 , HB3219 , HB32 , HB4515 , HB5348 , HB3902 , HB4420 , HB3269 , HB469 , HB336 , HB316 , HB5396 , HB993 , HB1342 , HB5216 , HB2046 , HB2188 , HB2450 , HB2813 , HB2857 , HB4075 , HB2911 , HB4682 , HB3117 , HB3253 , HB3442 , HB4820 , HB4336 , HB5356 , HB3669 , HB3428 , HB5465 , HB3662 , HB2590 , HB2288 , HB1886 , HB3458 , HB5603 , HB5620 , HB1489 , HB4101 , HB4990 , HB5685 , HB4950 , HB4980 , HB5684 , HB3507 , HB3566 , HB4487 , HB4462 , HB4876 , HB4915 , HB4663 , HB5570 , HB2929 , HB5261 , HB2920 , HB4642 , HB4746 , HB1609 , HB5403 , HB5453 , HB3844 , HB2336 , HB1572 , HB 1226 , HB2806 , HB2617 , HB2827 , HB3948 , HB3945 , HB4266 , HB4542 , HB3319 , HB1772 , HB2496 , HB1970 , HB3434 , HB5545 , HB5577 , HCR76 , HCR127 , HCR9 , HCR40 , HCR118 , HR559 , HCR59 , HCR135
MA
Transcript Highlights:
  • That would go to either Visa or MasterCard, Shazam, MX, Discover, whoever runs the railroad and pays
  • That would go to either Visa or MasterCard, Shazam, MX, Discover, whoever runs the railroad and pays
  • I would... ...of large retailers insisting on bifurcation and a separation of the system.
  • So, you know, the systems are separated, and it's very complex.
  • I would never suggest that you bifurcate or separate the elements of the system because, you know, there's
Summary: The Special Commission on the future of credit card payments and their impacts on small businesses heard testimony from credit union, retail, banking, and payments industry representatives. Much of the discussion focused on proposals to exclude sales tax and tips from interchange fees, the Illinois Interchange Fee Prohibition Act and related litigation, and whether similar state action in Massachusetts would help small businesses or instead create a patchwork that burdens state-chartered institutions. Witnesses from defense and community credit unions argued interchange helps fund fraud prevention, cybersecurity, member services, and low-fee products, while retail and NRF representatives said merchants are paying significant swipe fees and that state laws like Illinois’s are aimed at reducing costs that are not being passed on to consumers. Several witnesses emphasized that the current payment system provides security, fraud protection, rewards, and access to credit, and that many of the costs merchants complain about are actually bundled processor or acquirer fees rather than interchange itself. Others countered that small businesses are struggling with rising overall costs and that Massachusetts should consider reforms such as allowing surcharging, improving transparency in merchant contracts, and studying collection costs. There was also discussion of the recent Visa/Mastercard antitrust settlement, with industry witnesses describing it as meaningful relief for merchants and opponents saying it is temporary and incomplete. No formal votes were taken on legislation. The commission accepted oral testimony, noted that written testimony would be accepted through July 31, and concluded the meeting by unanimously voting to adjourn. The chair and members said they would continue gathering testimony and work toward recommendations, with the chair stressing the need to find a fair middle ground that supports both small businesses and the broader payments ecosystem.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 3/13/25

Energy Finance and Policy

Transcript Highlights:
  • The one that moved their town next to the railroad is still there.
  • The one that didn't want the railroad is gone.
  • your railroad we want nothing to do with your railroad we want nothing to do with it<00:58:48.599><c>
  • </c> next to the railroad next to the railroad the<00:58:57.240><c> one</c><00:58:57.400><c> that</c>
  • ><00:59:01.599><c> the</c><00:59:01.680><c> railroad</c><00:59:02.119><c> is</c> didn't want the railroad
ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Legislative Session Day 47 Feb 27th, 2026

Idaho House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • off-season, myself and several others were asked to come into a very large general contractor's office in separate
  • Well, come to find out, my family is part of the Underground Railroad. I had no idea.
  • had two great-great-uncles, Hart and Roger Leavitt, who opened up their home for the Underground Railroad
  • Nobody loves talking about the 13th Amendment, The Emancipator, and the Underground Railroad more than
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

House and Governmental Affairs Apr 14th, 2026

House and Governmental Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • already limited in their budget, maybe within the parish audits, so we don't have to have these separate
  • What I'm getting at is, though, if we're going to separate it out and have its own law, I'm trying to
  • enforce or won't enforce today, but I would just like to see more thought put into it, preparation, separation
  • We've got railroad districts.
  • We've got railroad districts.
Summary: The House and Governmental Affairs Committee met on April 14 with a quorum and heard several recommitted public-records and government-transparency bills, along with one local audit bill and one campaign-solicitation bill. HB 55 by Rep. Villio would prohibit intentional public disclosure of juror identifying information and create a public records exception; after adopting technical amendments, the committee reported it favorably as amended. HB 608 by Rep. Chassion would make documents tied to intercollegiate athletics revenue-sharing programs confidential; supporters said it protects student-athletes and institutional competitiveness, while the Louisiana Press Association argued it would shield public money and reduce transparency. The bill was reported favorably after a roll call vote of 9-3. HB 1045 by Rep. LaCombe would raise the audit threshold for certain local auditees in a limited parish-specific application, with an amendment tying annual audits to entities in Pointe Coupee Parish above a revised revenue level and indexing the threshold to CPI. Committee members and local-government groups said the change would reduce unnecessary audit costs for small water and special districts while preserving oversight; it was reported favorably as amended. HB 1035 by Rep. Beham would add penalties for exploitative campaign fundraising aimed at elderly people; supporters described scam-like tactics and recurring withdrawals, while some members questioned how it would be enforced and whether existing fraud laws already covered the conduct. The committee ultimately reported the bill favorably by a 7-5 vote. HB 1049 by Rep. Owen would tighten open-meetings requirements by improving notice posting, minutes, and training expectations for those presiding over public bodies. Supporters said it would help volunteers and small boards comply with the law, while the Police Jury Association raised cost and staffing concerns for thousands of local entities; the bill was reported favorably. HB 1177 by Rep. Zerang would create a public-records exemption for personal information related to hunting and fishing lottery licenses, prompted by concerns that lottery winners could be harassed by animal-rights activists; it was reported favorably. At the end of the meeting, two other bills were deferred at the sponsors’ request, and the committee adjourned.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Rules Feb 13th, 2026 at 09:19 am

Senate Rules

Transcript Highlights:
  • We own apartment complexes, railroads, toll roads, utilities, and business enterprises all over the world
  • We own apartment complexes, railroads, toll roads, utilities, and business enterprises all over the world
  • I think that is an overreach, and that there are separation of powers concerns that are implicated by
  • I don't know for sure that the asking of the clause part would be a separation of powers issue, but I
  • Senator, not that we're aware of, but really how we were talking about possibly a majority stake or separately
Bills: SM20 , SM9 , SJR6 , HB124
Committee: Senate Senate Rules
MS

Mississippi 2026 Regular Session

MS Senate Floor - 11 March, 2026; 10:00 AM

Mississippi Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • No, it's using simplified reporting, and again, House Bill 1640 is a separate vehicle that we have also
  • No, it's using simplified reporting, and again, House Bill 1640 is a separate vehicle that we have also
  • on simplified reporting should be graded on simplified reporting for<01:47:10.640><c> the</c><01:47:
  • and had to spend a whole been railroaded and had to spend a whole lot<02:36:26.520><c> of</c><02:36:
  • It does not have to be a ABC-graded course. And that's an explanation of what this strike-all does.
KY

Kentucky 2026 Regular Session

Senate Legislative Session Day 27 (2-13-26)

Kentucky Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • I don't know how anybody expects us to separate ourselves from our beliefs and our morality.
  • I don't know why health care has to be held out separate.
  • ourselves from our beliefs in separate ourselves from our beliefs in our<00:32:35.919><c> our</c><00
  • Paul Church, National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Day in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
  • Network</c><01:23:52.560><c> to</c> National Underground Railroad Network to National Underground Railroad
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Judiciary Apr 28th, 2026

Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • And they're railroaded and think they've been treated unfairly. ...because they think they can handle
  • it themselves, and they're railroaded and think they've been treated unfairly when it comes to following
  • So those buildings are not funded or operated by the state, and the court is a separate branch of government
  • buildings that apparently are not operated or owned by the state and a branch of government that is separate
Bills: HR2 , HR37 , HR61 , HCR11 , HCR64 , HB89 , HB183 , HB341 , HB371 , HB451 , HB480 , HB520 , HB541 , HB579 , HB597 , HB816 , HB1004 , HB1064 , HB1165 , SB44
Committee: House Judiciary
WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Rules Committee Feb 6th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • but under Washington State law, the port districts are prohibited from enrolling employees in two separate
  • That includes the FFRRP, or the Federal Railroad Retirement Plan, or the Taft-Hartley union-sponsored
Summary: The committee first approved several package motions: gubernatorial appointments were advanced to the confirmation calendar, a consent calendar package was advanced to the consent calendar, and a regular calendar package was advanced to the floor calendar. Members noted that many of the packaged measures had been worked in advance and included bills from the Minority Caucus. The committee then advanced a series of individual bills to the floor calendar. These included SB 6086, allowing the Administrative Office of the Courts to use consultants for threat assessments when judicial officers are threatened; SB 5574, requiring instruction in Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, Latino American, and Black American history in social studies curricula; SB 5873, expanding escorted leave and compassionate leave provisions for incarcerated people; SB 5992, creating a youth development fund account for grants to youth programs; SB 5924, expanding pharmacy practice to include limited diagnosing and prescribing; SB 6134, requiring notice to striking workers about possible overpayment issues after retroactive pay; SB 6263, raising school district public bid thresholds; SB 5395, adding guardrails on AI use in prior authorization and requiring medical necessity decisions by licensed professionals; SB 6282, adding behavioral health training to apprenticeship programs; SB 5905, addressing pension enrollment rules for port district employees; SB 5950, adding certain Jewish, Sikh, and Hindu holidays to the list of non-legal state holidays; SB 6074, directing a work group to study reestablishing parole; SB 6226, protecting audiologists’ clinical autonomy in choosing telehealth or in-person care; SB 6096, requiring deferred collection systems for utility connection fees in residential construction; SB 5970, making the property tax exemption for multipurpose senior citizens’ centers permanent; and SB 6269, updating fuel definitions so hydrogen fueling stations can be overseen under weights and measures rules. One bill drew a brief objection: SB 6302, which would limit the number of independent contractors used for the same type of finishing work on public works projects to address misclassification, was supported by its sponsor but opposed by Senator King, who said it would unduly restrict independent contractors. Despite that concern, the motion to advance the bill carried. All other measures discussed were advanced by voice vote, and the meeting adjourned after no further business.
OK
Transcript Highlights:
  • Although they can be printed out on separate paper and they can be falsified, but so can a Gmail.
  • They're out on the railroads.
Committee: House Public Safety
ID

Idaho 2026 Regular Session

Legislative Session Day 50 Mar 2nd, 2026

Idaho Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • There's no overriding reason that they need to be separated out and treated, giving them essentially
  • because they I think to work with us closely on things from time to time because they have some separation
  • Speaking of the railroad branch, this is a property. This property is one...
  • He said in 1977, our family gave the railroad ranch, now called the Harriman State Park, including over
  • And that's the railroad ranch that we're talking about.
FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Feb 18th, 2026

Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development

Transcript Highlights:
  • Civilizations have always formed around transportation corridors, like rivers, ports, railroads, highways
  • His railroad is what Floridians know him for, but it was the economic development along those rail lines
  • His railroad is what Floridians know him for, but it was the economic development along those rail lines
  • So if they want a provisional ballot and they're going to show something, which is separate and apart
  • This delete-all amendment creates the vacancy relief and risk mitigation trust fund rather than two separate
Bills: S0174 , S1342 , S1334 , S1362 , S1602 , S1604
Summary: The committee first heard CS for SB 1342 on transit-oriented development by Senator Rouson, which seeks to expand housing near fixed transit corridors by updating TOD definitions and applying Live Local-style land-use principles to those areas. An amendment narrowed definitions, limited the bill to land-use and development regulations, removed a private cause of action, and added exclusions for environmentally sensitive areas, historic properties, and military installations. Supporters said the bill would increase housing supply near existing infrastructure and maximize the state’s transit investments, while local government groups and city leagues opposed it as a sweeping preemption of local zoning authority that could force high-density development without public hearings or adequate infrastructure planning. The committee adopted the amendment and then reported the bill favorably. The committee then took up CS for SB 1334 on elections by Senator Grall, which would require documentary proof of citizenship in voter registration and related election processes, update how citizenship is verified through REAL ID and the SAVE database, clarify that paper ballots are the primary voting method, and add other election-related changes such as candidate eligibility rules and timelines. Two technical amendments were adopted. During extended questioning, senators raised concerns about how documents would be submitted and stored, whether voters without Florida IDs or REAL IDs—especially students, disabled voters, seniors, and homeless Floridians—could be flagged or burdened, and what fiscal and workload impacts the bill would have on supervisors of elections and state agencies. Supporters argued the bill would streamline verification and reduce duplicate paperwork, while many public speakers and some senators said it would create barriers to voting, increase costs, and risk disenfranchising eligible voters. The transcript ends during debate on the bill, before a final vote is shown. Later, the committee considered CS for SB 1362 on advanced air mobility by Senator Harrell. A strike-all amendment aligned the bill with the House version and added vertiports and charging systems as eligible projects for public-private partnership funding, with FDOT authorized to fund certain vertiport costs within available resources. The bill drew support from industry and local representatives, and the committee adopted the amendment and reported the bill favorably. The committee also heard SB 174, which designates a portion of State Road 985 in Miami-Dade County as Charlie Kirk Memorial Avenue and directs FDOT to install markers at an estimated cost of $2,400. The bill prompted significant debate over whether Kirk’s legacy warranted a state road designation, with opponents citing his controversial statements and arguing the honor was political and divisive, while supporters said the designation recognizes civic engagement near FIU and is symbolic rather than regulatory. The transcript ends during debate on SB 174, before any final action is shown.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Leg Committee Meeting - 2025-03-26

Legacy Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • This thrilling experience will celebrate our roots and how the railroad really helped build Delano into
  • The railroad is a significant part of why Delano was created, and that is why it's very important to
  • If any of you have worked with the railroad, you know that it's an important part of Delano's history
  • She's been working on the railroad for a very long time, and we really hope that we can get that steam
  • And other areas around the country were developed through both the river and the railroad.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session Jun 29th, 2026

California House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • When you talk about it, it includes, I think, 19 separate agencies funded by the state of California
  • When you talk about, it include the, I think it's 19 separate agencies funded by the state of California
  • Immigrants in particular played a vital role in building the transcontinental railroad, helping connect
  • By establishing an education commissioner appointed through a formal process, this bill helps separate
  • And so I wanted to separate fact from fiction just a little bit.
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
  • I lived along this corridor for over 10 years in both the railroad, Yes, greatly improved.
  • I lived along this corridor for over 10 years in both the railroad, Tammy Suho Vieco: The significance
  • to me is that I lived along this corridor for over 10 years in both the Railroad Springs and Presidio
  • No, that's a separate bill. Break, break, this is Payson, not Gold Canyon. Oh.
  • No, that's a separate bill. Break, break, this is Payson, not Gold Canyon. Oh.
Summary: The committee first received a lengthy presentation from JLBC staff comparing the JLBC baseline budget with the executive proposal. Staff said the baseline shows about $577 million in available cash above statutory formulas, but that major items not included—especially tax conformity, ongoing health and school repair costs, and new federal Medicaid/SNAP administrative requirements—would significantly change the picture. The executive budget was described as about $1.1 billion larger than the JLBC baseline, driven by revenue and spending proposals including border security funding, tax conformity, higher sports betting taxes, elimination of a data center equipment exemption, short-term rental and water surcharges, SNAP administrative and error-rate costs, and several one-time items that staff argued appear ongoing. Members also discussed rising caseloads and supplementals in developmental disabilities, Medicaid/Access, and education, including concerns about declining enrollment, possible fraud in Access, and the SNAP error rate. The committee then heard and passed SB 1032, which appropriates $1.5 million from the General Fund in FY 2027 to fund the Independent Correctional Oversight Office. Testimony from the sponsor and advocates emphasized the need for independent oversight of the Department of Corrections, transparency, whistleblower reporting, and avoiding federal receivership. The bill was given a due pass recommendation on a 10-0 vote. Next, the committee considered several transportation appropriations. SB 1064, as amended, would appropriate $3 million to ADOT for improvements along West Route 66 in Flagstaff; the mayor and local planning officials testified that the corridor is congested and dangerous, with significant growth and crash history. The bill passed 7-3. SB 1059 would appropriate $9.2 million for an additional right-turn lane at SR 87 and SR 260 in Payson; supporters cited severe backups and safety concerns, and it passed 7-3. SB 1062 would appropriate $1 million for an additional left-turn lane at US 60 and Superstition Mountain Drive in Gold Canyon; supporters said the intersection is a major bottleneck and safety issue, and it passed 6-4. Finally, the committee began hearing SCR 1004, which would place on the ballot a prohibition on photo enforcement systems used by local authorities or state agencies for speeding and red-light violations. The sponsor and public testimony argued that automated enforcement is unpopular, unconstitutional, and prone to abuse, citing allegations of campaign money tied to ticket revenue and forged judicial signatures on citations. The transcript cuts off during public testimony, before any committee vote on SCR 1004 or the remaining bills.
WY

Wyoming 2026 Regular Session

House Floor Session-Day 4, February 12, 2026-PM

Wyoming House Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><00:20:53.039><c> time</c> Having been read two separate time Having been read two separate time
  • </c> &gt;&gt; having been read two separate times. &gt;&gt; having been read two separate times.
  • The question is, two separate times.
  • </c><01:34:22.960><c> time</c> having been read two separate time having been read two separate time
  • This session separates bills.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Floor Session Jan 17th, 2025

California Assembly Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Our separate struggles are really a struggle for freedom. Dignity and humanity.
  • Whether it's in San Jose, or LA, or the Central Valley as farm workers building railroads, what have
  • And that I don't think you can separate the great faith of this man from the work.