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MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session May 11th, 2026
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Thank you for my house. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
- The ayes have it, and the Senate concurs in the House amendment.
- The Senate being in order, paper from the House. The Senate comes to order. Paper from the House.
- An act amending the town charter of the town of Plymouth, House Number 4501.
- House Number 4501. The bill has been read a third time.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Chair lays it out: House Bill 21.
- Does anyone wish to testify on or against House Bill 2407?
- Chair lays out House Bill 3425.
- If not, the testimony on House Bill 3425 is open.
- Does anyone wish to testify on or against House Bill 3425?
Committee:
Senate Criminal Justice
MA
Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session Jun 21st, 2026 at 11:00 am
Massachusetts Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- We have lobbied for less hunger and more housing.
- availability of housing through the Affordable Housing Act, Affordable Homes Act.
- that they can afford, I will be asking the Senate Housing Committee, Chair, and members of that Housing
- In the House to do the same.
- Madam Senate President, the House is here to let you know that a speaker has been chosen and the House
Summary:
The Senate convened for the opening day of the 194th General Court, with ceremonial remarks, an invocation, the Pledge of Allegiance, and the formal canvass of election returns. A special committee reported that all senators had been duly elected, and a committee was then appointed to notify the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Governor’s Council that a quorum of senators-elect was assembled and ready to be sworn in. Governor Maura Healey and Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll addressed the chamber, praised public service, and administered the oaths of office to the senators.
The main business of the day was the election of the Senate President. Senator Karen Spilka was nominated by Senator DiDomenico and seconded by Senator Edwards, while Senator Bruce Tarr was nominated by Senator Durant and seconded by Senator Dooner. After nominations were closed, the roll call resulted in 34 votes for Spilka and 5 for Tarr, and the Senate declared Spilka elected president. Senator Tarr then moved that the vote be considered unanimous, and the Senate agreed. President Spilka delivered an inaugural address focused on the chamber’s recent legislative record and priorities for the new session.
In her remarks, Spilka highlighted prior accomplishments including education funding, free community college, early education reforms, mental health care reform, prescription drug cost reductions, tax relief, housing, transportation, climate, and veterans’ legislation. She also outlined priorities for the new session, including a statewide listening tour, more transparency in committee and joint committee proceedings, housing and transportation affordability, health care reform, career and technical education, early education, and juvenile justice reform. She emphasized continued bipartisan work and public engagement.
The Senate also adopted temporary joint rules and temporary Senate rules, authorized printing of the daily journal, and scheduled the next meeting for the following day at 11:30 a.m. Michael D. Hurley was elected clerk of the Senate and sworn in, and James DiTulio was sworn in as Senate counsel. The chamber also adopted a memorial adjournment in memory of Mary J. Hurley of South Boston before adjourning.
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- Make a motion on House Bill 2330, B. Make a motion that House Bill 2330 be voted do pass.
- I now make a motion to vote do pass House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2330.
- You've failed to pass House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2330.
- for House Bill 1817.
- You voted do pass House Committee Substitute for House Bill 1817.
Committee:
House Government Efficiency
Summary:
The committee first took up House Bill 2330 in executive session. A committee substitute narrowed the bill’s annexation-related scope to St. Charles and Jefferson counties and removed water and sewer language because those services are provided by private entities in those counties. The committee adopted the substitute, but the final do-pass motion failed on a 6-8 vote after the chair changed his vote to no.
The committee then considered House Bill 1817, which drew discussion about reporting public assistance information in a generalized way rather than identifying individual households. An amendment clarifying that the report would use averages and not specific addresses was adopted, rolled into a committee substitute, and the substitute was then passed on an 11-1 vote with one present. Members raised concerns about SNAP, TANF, and WIC-related provisions and about consistency in the bill’s population threshold, but the bill advanced.
Public hearing testimony followed on House Bill 2291, a bill creating deadlines for local governments to act on building permit applications. Supporters, including the sponsor and industry advocates, said permit delays raise costs, slow housing and economic development, and argued the bill would not change zoning or inspections. Opponents, including the Missouri Municipal League, warned the bill’s language could be read to affect zoning and that a single 30-day deadline may not fit projects of different sizes or allow enough time for public input and safety review. No vote was taken on the bill.
The committee also heard House Bill 2336, a state property disposal bill. The sponsor said a substitute would be needed because additional properties and corrected legal descriptions had been identified, and the Office of Administration confirmed support and explained that five properties, including former DESE schools and a Springfield regional office, would be added. Finally, House Bill 2403, the “Rue Wells Act,” was heard to create an independent appeal board for student transfer eligibility decisions by activities associations. Supporters described the case as unfair and costly to challenge in court, while others questioned whether a new board would add bureaucracy or bias. Testimony from school administrators said most appeals are already resolved within the existing process, but they were open to a narrowly tailored appeals mechanism with clear recusal rules and independence.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
House Standing Committee on Elections, Constitutional Amend. and Intergovernmental Affairs (2-19-26)
Transcript Highlights:
- So, House Bill 534 along with Representative Decker's House Bill 139 is the result of the combined efforts
- So, House Bill 534 make sense to you.
- c> Decker's</c><00:03:21.280><c> House</c> along with Representative Decker's House along with Representative
- </c> appointment by the speaker of the house appointment by the speaker of the house and<00:05:14.720
- </c> House Bill 543 and the committee side. House Bill 543 and the committee side.
Summary:
The House Elections, Constitutional Amendments, and Intergovernmental Affairs Committee met to consider House Bill 534, sponsored by Rep. DJ Johnson, with a committee substitute. Johnson said the bill was the product of interim work with the Secretary of State’s office, the State Board of Elections, county clerks, KREF, and other stakeholders, and that the committee substitute folded in several election-administration changes. He highlighted provisions clarifying the timeline for felony voter-roll removals, allowing the Board of Elections to work with federal agencies to identify non-citizens on the voter rolls, creating a process for those individuals to prove citizenship and vote provisionally, and changing some KREF board appointments. He also described technical campaign-finance changes and said some provisions might still be adjusted through floor amendments.
Members raised concerns about fiscal impact, timing, and voter privacy. Rep. Bivens questioned the cost and whether the bill could affect voter records; Johnson responded that the bill itself did not require new equipment or broad new spending, though a special election in a local government failure scenario could create costs. Rep. Hancock and Rep. Marzian argued the bill could create unnecessary burdens on county clerks and questioned whether there was a demonstrated problem to justify the changes. The county clerks’ association, through Rockcastle County Clerk Danetta Ford Allen, opposed the bill as introduced, warning that citizenship checks could wrongly remove eligible voters, that online ballot images or cast vote records could threaten voter privacy and facilitate vote buying, and that the emergency clause would force major changes too close to the May primary.
Johnson defended the bill as a targeted response to a real local election failure and said the citizenship data sharing would be limited to name, date of birth, and Social Security number. He also explained that the ballot-image language was permissive and intended to let counties explore emerging technology, but he was open to removing that section or changing the effective date in a floor amendment. He further said he would consider preserving gubernatorial appointments to KREF with Senate oversight instead of shifting appointments to legislative leaders. After discussion, the committee voted 9-2 with one pass to report the bill out, with several members explaining yes votes as support for moving the bill forward while expecting further cleanup, and no votes citing cost, timing, and voter-access concerns.
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- I now move the House Committee substitute for House Bill 257 be voted do pass. Any discussion?
- I now move the House Committee substitute for House Bill 257. Be voted due pass. Any discussion?
- House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2057: Do pass. Any discussion?
- By your unanimous vote, you have voted House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2057 do pass.
- Now I bring before you House Bill 1664.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- Chairman, there is money in House Bill 2 that came over from the House for outdoor recreation grants
- Did the House not give them—did the House give them FTEs for that, right?
- Did the House not give them—did the House give them FTEs for that, right?
- The executive, after House Bill 2 passed the House, went through the bill and their executive rec, and
- House Bill 2.
Committees:
Senate Senate Finance , Senate House Appropriations & Finance
Keywords:
water project fund, New Mexico Finance Authority, NMFA, Water Trust Board, water infrastructure, wastewater, drinking water, flood prevention, watershed restoration, water storage, conveyance, delivery, water treatment, recycling, reuse, municipal infrastructure, local government finance, capital outlay, grants, loans
AZ
Transcript Highlights:
- Vince Perez, House Ways and Means Research Analyst: House Bill 2785 conforms the state statutes to the
- Typically, you own a house in Arizona if you're in that income level, and if you have a nice house, maybe
- We passed mirroring bills in the House and the Senate.
- We will now move to a staff explanation of House Bill 2089. Mr.
- We'll now move to the staff explanation of House Bill 2090. Mr.
Keywords:
individual income tax, subtraction, Arizona Revised Statutes, retirement benefits, adoption costs, charitable contributions, health insurance, premium payment, Arizona State Retirement System, contingent annuitant, long-term disability, benefits limitations, disability compensation, social security, retirement system, elected officials, ASRS, eligibility waiver, age 65, taxation
AL
Transcript Highlights:
- House Bill 459 has passed.
- House Bill 550 has passed.
- House Bill 551 has passed. Clerk, record the vote: 9 ayes, 0 nays. House Bill 551 has passed.
- House Resolution number 236 by the House Rules Committee to set the special order calendar.
- House Bill 505 by... Calendar.
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee 2/25/26
Public Safety Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- Troopers and house by the gold ties.
- </c> agenda is House File 2358. agenda is House File 2358.
- With that, House File 3496 is laid over. The next bill on the agenda is House File 3504.
- </c> house by public safety co-chair rep. house by public safety co-chair rep.
- </c> is House File 3440. is House File 3440.
Committee:
House Public Safety Finance and Policy
Keywords:
public safety, coercion, criminal penalties, law enforcement, victim protection, HF3496, supervision abatement, earned compliance credit, earned compliance credits, conditional release, supervised release, corrections, Minnesota Department of Corrections, restitution, willful nonpayment, probation-like supervision, release supervision, community supervision, lifetime conditional release, early termination of supervision
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House State Government Finance and Policy Committee 2/24/26
State Government Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- of the house?
- First step as the House author is getting it through the House.
- First step as the House author is getting it through the House.
- First step as the House author is getting it through the House.
- First step as the House author is getting it through the House.
Committee:
House State Government Finance and Policy
Keywords:
Inspector General, fraud prevention, state audit, public funds, misuse, transparency, government accountability, ethnic councils, diversity, governance, state participation, community representation, barbering, licensing, examinations, barber schools, public safety, certifications, Barber Examiners Board, Minnesota Historical Society
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Committee of Conference on HB 158, 281, 317, 340, 1062, 1187, 1234, 1300, 1306, 1381, 1541 (5/27/26)
Transcript Highlights:
- Uh, is the House good with it?
- </c> Uh is the house good with it? Uh is the house good with it?
- </c> a house to seed with amendment. a house to seed with amendment. Okay. Okay. Okay.
- </c> do the house vote and we'll move on. do the house vote and we'll move on.
- Take a little house distance the last time the House is going to meet.
Summary:
The committee of conference first took up House Bill 158 on public inspection of absentee ballot lists. The Senate explained that its amendment replaced the original bill with a requirement that the Secretary of State review absentee ballot data after each general election and report findings to the committees of jurisdiction, focusing on unusual patterns such as multiple ballots sent to the same address. After a brief caucus, the House agreed to the Senate position, and members voted individually to concur.
The committee then discussed House Bill 281, which concerns making the electronic voter checklist available in a sortable format. The main dispute was whether the public list should include the mailing address where an absentee ballot was sent if it differs from the voter’s registered address. The Senate argued that including mailing addresses could expose where voters actually live or are away from home and could create safety concerns, while the House argued the information could help candidates reach voters and was not primarily a fraud measure. The parties also discussed a related nursing home verification provision and record-retention/public-records questions. After caucusing, the House agreed to the Senate’s position with the added nursing home signing language, and the committee closed the bill on consent.
House Bill 340, concerning electioneering by public employees, was then taken up with a Senate amendment that narrowed the definition of electioneering by tying it to existing statutory language, added a prohibition on expressly or primarily political surveys, and created a civil penalty option alongside the misdemeanor penalty. Senators and representatives debated whether the penalties should be mandatory or discretionary and how the language would apply to certain categories of public employees. After further clarification and caucus, the House accepted the Senate’s amended replace-all language, and the committee closed HB 340.
Finally, the committee opened House Bill 1062, authorizing the Secretary of State to conduct random audits of citizenship qualifications of registered voters. The Senate explained that its changes removed the need for a permanent audit power by allowing records to be checked against databases and by requiring identification for registration going forward, which is why it added a sunset clause. The House member objected to the sunset and wanted the authority to continue indefinitely, and discussion continued as the transcript ended.
HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
ACT 279 WG Info Briefing - Mon Dec 1, 2025 @ 10:00 AM HST
Hawaii House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- housing for non-Hawaiian.
- </c> beneficiaries and having these houses beneficiaries and having these houses that<00:23:08.720><c
- The house itself... >> It's for the land lease. >> Okay. So for the house land lease. >> Okay.
- Thank you. elderly they have already a house. So elderly they have already a house.
- our beneficiaries in house.
Summary:
The Act 279 working group met for an informational briefing with DHHL on its use of the $600 million appropriation and progress on the department’s implementation plan. The chair reviewed the working group’s oversight role, noting that it was created to monitor expenditures, project development, and progress toward reducing the Hawaiian Homes waitlist, and that the group must submit a progress report before the 2026 session and a final report before the 2027 session. DHHL said it had provided an updated booklet reflecting the Hawaiian Homes Commission’s February 2024 recommendations and a detailed accounting of encumbrances and project progress across the islands.
DHHL highlighted several implementation themes: innovative financing and construction methods, land acquisitions and exchanges, technology, beneficiary services, and partnerships with counties and private entities. The department described a “project lease” model that gives beneficiaries access to a project rather than a specific lot, with options such as turnkey homes, owner-builder, self-help, or rent-to-purchase arrangements depending on financial qualification. Officials said this approach is intended to serve lower-income beneficiaries, expand access for people on the waitlist, and allow beneficiaries to receive support services such as financial literacy and down payment assistance.
The department reported that roughly $511 million had been encumbered for infrastructure, about $152.8 million for acquisitions, financing, and beneficiary services, and about $36 million in other covered costs, with about $588.9 million encumbered as of December 31 and about $120 million expected to be spent by that date. Officials said the original implementation plan covered about 2,722 units, while the updated plan projects roughly 6,000 to 7,000 leases and 2,472 lots to be occupied. They also described phase-two needs for additional funding, including projects on Hawaiʻi, Maui, Kauaʻi, and Oʻahu, and said they would need continued legislative support, including possible bonding and private activity bond set-asides, to complete remaining projects.
Members discussed the distinction between encumbered and spent funds, and DHHL explained that encumbrances reserve money for specific contracts while construction spending occurs over time through progress payments. The department also showcased examples of innovative projects, including a high-rise project in urban Honolulu financed through a mix of private activity bonds, tax credits, and state funds, and an acquisition-based project in Kapaʻa, Kauaʻi using multiple funding sources. DHHL emphasized partnerships with the City and County of Honolulu and Maui County, and said it is still assessing future projects to keep infrastructure costs manageable and ensure homes are safe and affordable for beneficiaries.
WA
Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Local Government Feb 23rd, 2026 at 01:30 pm
Local Government
Transcript Highlights:
- The bill passed the House with a vote of 93 to 0.
- The bill passed the House with a vote of 93 to 1.
- We now have House Bill 2272 before us pursuant to Senate Rule 49.
- We have engrossed second substitute House Bill 2418 before us.
- We have engrossed second substitute House Bill 2451 before us.
Bills:
HB2272
Committee:
Senate Local Government
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2026-06-02 (10:00AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- House calendar.
- CS House Joint Resolution 1F.
- I applaud Speaker Perez in allowing this House to do the work, allowing this House to do the research
- The Florida House has voted on and passed laws that prevent, and I'll The Florida House has voted on
- concurrence of the House.
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- When you get farther in and the houses are farther, if the houses are farther apart than, what, 30 feet
- bigger risk you have of spreading fire from house to house.
- together, the bigger risk you have of spreading fire from house to house.
- We also build the affordable housing units. Those are capped at 4%.
- And that's not just me trying to sell you a house.
Committee:
Senate Insurance
MO
Transcript Highlights:
- Here present House Bill 2711.
- I now move that House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2103...
- We have voted House Committee Substitute for House Bill 2103 do pass.
- I am for information only on House Bill 28, House Bill 16, and House Bill 2402.
- That will conclude the hearing on House Bill 2402 and House Bill 2816.
Committee:
House Utilities
AR
Transcript Highlights:
- I'd like to welcome our guests here to the House chamber.
- I'd like to welcome our guests here to the House chamber today.
- Madam Clerk, please read House Bill 1001.
- The question before the House is the passage of House Bill 1001. Prepare the machine, Madam Clerk.
- one House caucus issue. Anything else?
ID
Transcript Highlights:
- So again, this is another recommendation from the Housing Committee.
- RS 33572 is another recommendation from the interim housing committee.
- It responds directly to the Idaho housing shortage and allows homes near jobs.
- RS 3352 is another recommendation from the interim housing committee.
- It responds directly to the Idaho housing shortage and allows homes near jobs.
Committee:
House Ways and Means
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Community Affairs Feb 18th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- TAB 2 FIRST AND THAT WILL BE SB 184, AFFORDABLE HOUSING BY SENATOR GAETZ.
- LOCAL ACT THE STATE HAS TAKEN SIGNIFICANT STEPS FOR ADDRESSING AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR WORKFORCE HOUSING
- ADUS SOMETIMES CALLED CARRIAGE HOUSES OR GRANNY FLATS.
- THE PURPOSE IS AFFORDABLE, TO APPLY FOR SOME HOUSING THAT IS AFFORDABLE.
- MUNICIPALITIES AND LOCAL HOUSING AGENCY.